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1918-1924 - TOWN REPORTS
l �l ANNUAL REPORT OF THE OFFICERS OF THE TOWN OF BARNSTABLE FOR THE YEAR ENDING DEC. 31, 1918 THE ?p�� is2j 0�11 2 BARNSTABLE, MASS. pj 1 - HYANNIS, MASS. : F. B. & F. P. GOSS, PUBLISHERS AND PRINTERS The"Patriot" Press 1919 F.B.&F.P.Goss,Publishers and Printers. "The Patriot Press."Hyannis.Mass. a TOWN OFFICERS 1918 Selectmen EDGAR W. LOVVELL, Santuit, Chairman Term expires 1920 HOWARiD IN. PARKER, West Barnstable Term expires 1921 ALEXANDER G. CASH, Hyannis Term expires 1919 Overs.eera of Poor and Fence Viewers ~ ALEXANDER G CASH, Hyannis, Chairman Term expires 1919 EDGAR W. LOVELL. iSantuit Term expires 1920 HOWAR•D N. PARKER, 'West 'Barnstable Term expires 1921 Y Assessors HO'WARD N. PARKER, W. Barnstable, Chairni'n Term expires 1.921 EDGAR W. 'LOVELL. Santuit Term expires 1920 ALEXANDER G. CASH, Hyannis Term expires 1919 Town Clerk and Treasurer CLAREINCE M. jCHA(SE, Hyannis Term expires 1919 Collector of Taxes EVE RETT F. FULLER, Osterville Term expires 1919 School Committee EDWAR:D C. HINC'KLEY, Hyannis, Chairman Term expires 1919 JOHN E. HINCKLEY Term expires 1920 AL'LEiN CHADWI;CK Term expires 1921 Superintendent of Schools GEORiGE H. GALGER, Hyannis Surveyor of Highways JOYCE TAYLOR, ;Hyannis Term expires 1919 4, Auditors JOHN BURSLEY, 'West Barnstable Term expires 1919 ALBER'T L. EDSON, Cummaquid Term expires 1919 4 LUTHER C. HALLETT, Hyannis Term expires 1919 Tree Warden FR•ED W. CHASE, Barnstable Term expires 1919 Board of Health GRANVILLE W. HALLETT, Osterville Term expires 1919 EDW. E. HAWES, M. D., Hyannis Registrars of Voters SAMUE•L F.CROCKIER Marstons Mills (EDWIN S. PHINNEY Barnstable JOHN V. O'N'EIL Hyannis CLARENCE M. CHASE Hyannis Agent of Cobb Fund HENRY C. DAVIS, Cummaquid Constables:—"Ferdinand Baker, Barnstable; Benj. E. Blossom, iWest ;Barnstable; William A. Bearse, Hyannis; Joshua �. Chase, Hyanniu; George F. Hart, Hyannis; T. V. West, Cen- terville; Harrio C. Lovell, Osterville; Maurice J. Hinckley, Marstons Mills; Alexander S. Childs, Cotuit; Lorenzo Gifford, 'Santuit. _ Measurers of Wood and Bark:—Timothy Crocker, South Hyannis; Emilo R. Silva, West:Barnstable; William C. Gifford, Santuit. Surveyors of Lumber:-John C. Bearse, Hyannis; John E. Hinck- ley, Barnstable,*Joseph W. Hamlen, Cotuit. Sealer of Leather:—*William A. Gardner, Centerville. A Deer Reeve:—*John J. Harlow, •Santuit. Pound Keepers:—*Thomas W. Jones, Barnstable; *William F. Ormsby, Hyannis;'Wilton B. Cammett, Marstons Mills; *Jehiel R. Crosby, Centerville. *Elected,but did not take the oath of office. . t 1 5 1 • Field Drivers:—Theodore V. West, Centerville; Zenas Crocker, •Marstons Mills. Harbor Masers:—Timothy Crocker, South Hyannis; Wendell L. Hinckley, Hyannisport; Samuel N. Ames, Osterville; Carl- ton B. Nickerson, •Cotuit. Cattle Inspector:—John J. Maloney, Hyannis. Milk .Inspector:—George T. Mecarta, Marstons Mills. ' Plumbing Inspector:—Henry G. Phillips, Hyannis. Inspector of Wires:—Fred S. Kent, Barnstable. Sealer of Weights and Measures:—Samuel N. Ames, Osterville. Superintendent of Moth Work:—Robert F. Cross, Osterville. Inspectors of Slaughtered Animals:-4Marcus N. Harris, Barn- t� . stable; George T. Mecarta, Marstons Mills. Forester:—Henry C. iBacon, Hyannis. Fire Wardens:=Merrill H. Marston, Cummaquid; William A. Jones, Barnstable; Lawrence b. Hinckley, Barnstable; 'Charles L. Bassett, West Barnstable; Calvin Benson, West Barnstable; Aubrey C. Benson, West Barnstable; John Bursley, West Barnstable; Alex S. Childs, Cotuit; Ezra Hobson, Cotuit; Burleigh Savery, Cotuit; Thomas .Rennie, Cotuit; Wallie F. Harlow, Santuit; Isaac J. Green, Marstons Mills; Zenas Crocker, 'Marstons I Mills,• S. Fremont Crocker, Marstons Mills; Edwin T. Howland, Osterville; Samuel iN. Ames, Os- terville; Ira L. Hinckley, Osterville; Robert Daniel, Oster- ville; Aaron S. Crosby, Centerville; Jehiel R. Crosby, Cen- terville; William T. Beales, Hyannisport; James F. Crowell, plc Hyannis. 9 G INDEX Page Town Officers .............................................. 3 Assessors' Report ........................................... 9 Overseers of Poor Report .................................... 11 Selectmen's Report .................................I....... 14 -Recapitulation ........................................... 20 Treasurer's Report ........................................... 21 Receipts 21 .......................................... Expenditures ........................................... 37 ,Summary ............................................... 46 Debt of Town .......................................... 48 Financial 4 iCondition of Town 52 ' Appropriations and Amounts Expended .................. 54 Comparative'Table ....................:................. 56 Auditor's Report ............................................ 58 ,� Highway 'Surveyor's Report ................................. 61 r. Expenditures ............................................ 61 Snow ................................................... 62 .1 Town Clerk's Report ......................................... 63 Annual Town Meeting .................................. 63 Births .................................................. 80 Marriages .............................................. 85 Deaths ................................................. 87 JuryList ................................................... 93 Moth Department Report .................................... 95 Forest Warden's Report ..................................... 98 Deputy Forest Fire Wards .................................. 99 I 8 a Page Milk Inspector's Report ..................................... 100 6 Report of !Sealer of Weights and Measures .................. 101 School Committee's Report .................................. 103 iSuperintendent's Report ................................ 105 Listof Teachers ........................................ 109 :Statistics .............................................. 124 Financial Report of Secretary .......................... 130 Barnstable High 'School Principal's Report.............. 132 'Statistics, Barnstable High School ...................... 134 Elizabeth Lowell High School Principal's Report ... .... 138 iStatistics, Elizabeth Lowell ?High School 140 Report of Drawing jSupervisor ...`....................... 141 iReport of Supervisor of Music 143 Board of Education ....................... 145 i y i - ASSESSORS' REPORT Real estate valuation, $7,292,860 . Tangible personal estate, 1,222,070 Total valuation of the town excluding intangible , personal property, $8,514,930 Number of polls assessed, 1,391 persons assessed on property, 2,473 persons assessed on polls only, 507 horses assessed, 408 " cows assessed, .440 other cattle assessed, 161. " sheep assessed,' 7 " dwelling houses assessed, 1,954 acres of land assessed, 32,950 (� APPROPRIATIONS ►" For town expenses,' $152,242.42 State tax, 19,360.00 County tax, 12,893.77 State Highway tax, 2,985.90 State Auditor's tax, 146.94 Total appropriations, $187,629.03 B-2 10 Total tax levy,. including polls, $140,723.26 Income tax on intangibles from Commonwealth, 30,449.17 � Estimated receipts, corporation and bank tax, 5,299.41 Estimated receipts, back taxes, miscellaneous receipts and December assessment 191-7, 13,000.00 Total receipts,, $189,471.84 Making an overlay of $1,842.81 Tax rate, $16.20 per $1,000. DECEMBER ASSESSMENT 1_918 Real estate, $2,800 00 Personal estate, $1,600.00 Y HOWARD N. PARKER, EDGAR W. LOVELL, ALE,X. G. CASH, Assessors of Barnstable. REPORT OF OVERSEERS OF POOR ALMSHOUSE ACCOUNT John Mulvey, salary as keeper, $400.00 Standard Oil Co., gasoline, 2.50 D. Al. Seabury & Son, supplies, 2756 G. W. Hallett, plumbing, 9.30 C.W. Megathlin, supplies, 14.09 John Mulvey, supplies,, 4151 F. P. Wright, sawing wood, -5.1.3 ' A. W. Lawrence, grain, 166.65 James F. Kenney, supplies and repairs, 16.00 Manuel Joseph, fish, 5.92 If. W. Jenkins, labor and supplies, 30.42 Peter A. .Nese, repairs on shoes, 8.25 F. J. Lyons; shoes, 6.45 Bartlett'-, Shoe Store, shoes, 4.00 W. H. Sears, fish, 32.35 John Smith, sawing wood, 7.7.5 James Keveney, supplies, 30.10 Max Malchman, supplies, 17.91 Joseph Davis, sawing wood, 7.80 r A. D. Makepeace Co., supplies, 0,224.74 Medical attendance, 170.40 A. M. Coville, supplies, meat, 52846 a' J. W. B. Parker, supplies, 270.17 John Bursley, burial of paupers, 78.50 May Hamblin, carriage, 35.00 B. E. Blossom, coal, 117.97 B. E. Blossom, ice and cement, 39.98 B. E. Blossom, labor, 41.15 Annie Pearlstein, supplies, 64.45 Elmer W. Lapham, supplies, 39.75 Poultry, 17,50 12' Attendant with Etta Jackson to Tewksbury, $13 91 Isaac J. Green, painting, 9.00 L. B. Boston, pair of pigs, 20.00 Horace Nickerson, coal, 13.41 F. W. Parker, carting coal, 2.00 John Bursley, tools, 11.50 Benjamin Sears, supplies, 38.55 W. H. Crocker, pasture, 10.00 J. H. Blossom, labor, •90 Bay View Stock Farm, service, 7.00 M. G. Bradford, supplies, 20.40 :Frank L. Sturgis, harness, 15.00 John Hinckley & Son Co., lumber, 17.07 W. F. Bodfish, supplies, 6.75 Alfred Weeks, pasture, 5.00 Pew rent, H. S. Smith, Tr., 12.00 Andrew Carlson, hay, 15.00 William Lovell, supplies, 1200 Walter C. Jones, labor, 3.14 Harry L. Holway, smith work, 29.60 Barrel of flour, 13.50 $3,727.49 ` Expended for poor in Almshouse, $3,727.49 Expended .for poor outside of .Almshouse, 4,885725 $8.;61.2.74 Received from cities and towns, account of poor, $277 19 Received from State, account of poor, 24541 Received from sale of produce, Town Farm., 15705 Received from rent of land, 21100 890.65 Total cost of poor outside of receipts, $7,722 09 13 Expended for State Aid by Selectmen, $2,625 00 Expended for Soldiers' Relief by Selectmen, $582 45 Expended for Alothc:rs with dependent children, $2,528 15 Chapter 412, Acts of 1.910, prohibits publishing names of recipients of above items. i ALEX. G. CASH, EDGAR W. LOVELL, HOWARD N. PARKER, Overseers of Poor. A , SELECTMEN'S REPORT MISCELLANEOUS OR UNCLASSIFIED John J. Maloney, release from quarantine, $15 00 Herbert Gifford, cutting and burning brush, 5 90 Vaccinations, 24 00 Boston Mailing Co., 23 25 F. D. Ballow, police and constable badges, 5 48 Cora P. Crocker, rent of land, 35 00 House of Correction, board of prisoners, 54 50 W. F. Potter, lighting traffic signals, 18 00 James W. ?Iolmes, lighting traffic signals, 12 50 Lantern for traffic signs, _l 85 William A. Bearse, delivering town reports, 8 00 Treasurer's bond, 56 00 Collector's bond, 160 00 Pos-tage for Tax Collector, 151 80 Telephone for the town office-, and almshouse, 65 01 Buzzards Bay Electric Co., clerk's office, 63 05 Insurance on town. buildings, 999 60 Insurance, Workman's Compensation Act, 1,518 29 Postage, Town Clerk's office, 191 24 Suppli,es, Town Clerk's office, 46 21 ,\ H. B. Chase & Son; fuel for Clerk's office, 29 00 Clarence M. Chase, travelling expenses, 137 69 Alex. G. Cash, travelling expenses, etc., 70 02 Supplies to Selectmen and Assessor's office, 46 94 Typewriter and desk, Selectmen's office, 44 00 H. W. Jenl-ins, wood. for town office, 18 00 Hobbs'& Warren, Tax Collector's books, 10 50 Julius Nickerson, surveying, 5 00 F. 0. Smith,, surveying oyster grants, 74 00 Y. 0. Smith, surveying qualiaug grants, 22 00 F. 0. Smith, setting bound stones, 31 00 15 - F. O Smith, surveying Cotuit cemetery, $17 00 A. W. Lawrence, services as janitor, Town House, 10 00 Dyer Electric Co., supplies to Clerk's office, 3 77' Services of constables, town meeting, 8 00 B. E. Blossom, constable service, 8 50 Howard N. Parker, travel, telephone, express, etc., 113 89 Howard N. Parker, postage for town office, 34 97 Edgar W. Lovell, travel, postage, telephone, etc., 160 27 Shirley Chase, abstracts of transfers, 110 91 Supplies for Sealer of Weights and Measures, 115 66 John J. Maloney, services as constable, 8 00 Setting buoys in Lewis Bay, 23 00 Charles C. Paine, legal services, 185 80 B. E. Blossom, setting railroad signs, 17 00 Auto List Publishing Co., auto list, 5 00 Constable services, July 3d and 4th,- 41 00 Everett F. Fuller, tax sales, 387 60 F. P. Wright, sawing wood, town office, 2 24 John Bursley, express on books, 1 23 G. W. Hallett, moving safe, 12 50 A. S. Childs, constable service, 10 50 $5,119 67 PRINTING AND ADVERTISING Advertising for nomination papers, $2 60 Advertising vacancy on School Board," 1 60 Advertising Articles for Warrant, 1 25 Advertising Register of Voters notice, 18 05 Clasp envelopes, etc., 6 35 Advertising notice to Income Tax payers, 3 55 Advertising; warrant, 28 30 Advertising traffic hearing at Hyannis, 1 50 Advertising for bills, 3 25 Printing Town Reports, 441 35 Supplies to Assessors' office, 11,, 00 Report of Road Committee, 6 30 16 Advertising clam and quahaug hearings, $10. 50. Advertising notice' to dog owners, 17 75 Advertising permit to take quahaugs, 17 00 Printing.for Tax Collector, 20 10 Advertising notice to tax payers, 14 85 Advertising hearing Buzzards Bay Electric Co., 1 75 Advertising Sealer of Weights and Measures, 3 00 Advertising gasoline hearings, 21 00 Pay rolls and bill heads, 13 45 Advertising notice to voters,. 3 50 Advertising notice to tax payers, 2 40 Advertising notice to destroy moths, 7 75 Printing for Town Clerk's office, 3 50 Advertising for return of births and deaths, 4 05 $665 70 J' TREE WARDEN Leslie Nickerson, 16 hours labor, $4 80 Fred W. Chase, 48 days, self and horse, 192 00 George F. Bart, labor on trees, 29 80 Wm. A. Bearse, fertilizer for High School ground, 5 00 Grasselli Chemical Co., arsenate of lead, 77 50 John Hinckley & Son Co., cement, 90 Moth Department,.spraying trees, 100 00 Vincent J. Cross, labor on trees, 220 hours, 66 00 Chester Bearse, labor on trees, 55 ho.urs, 16 50 W. F. Jenkins, labor on trees, 15 hours, 4 50 Robert DTurphv, 34 hours labor, 10 20 � F. P. Hallett, 30 hours labor, 9 00 $51.6 20 { MOTH WORK Christina Nate, rent of building, $39 50 Noble H. Chase, labor, 15 60 17 Robert F. Gross, Supt., telephone, postage, etc., $462 00 Vincent J. Cross, labor, 102 00 J. H. Crowell, labor, 13 20 Albert Williams, labor and use of machine, 187 13 C. W. Crowell, labor, 42 00 W. A. Bearse, labor, 48 75 C. H. Coleman, freight, express, etc., 40 07 Fitz Guptil Co., engine and sprayer, 485 00 Fitz Guptil Co., supplies, 149 80 Dow Chemical Co., supplies, 1,786 00 H. Crowell, labor, 7 20 T. Chase, labor, 57 00 Charles Pierce. labor, 175 53 Wilson Scudder, labor and use of truck, 379 31 A. W. Lapham, Jr, self and team, 152 64 A. W. Lapham, use of team, 148 75 Leslie Nute, labor, 14 00 Loring Jones, supplies, 1 50 Gasoline cans, 11 50 Freight on sprayer, 7 00 V. H. Anderson, labor and use of truck, 227 63 A. Grounds, labor, 46 87 Winthrop Scudder, labor, 42 38 Standard Oil Co., gasoline, ' 39 60 W. S. Scudder, use of truck, 71 25 W. B. Pierce, labor, 52 50 Ralph Tarr, labor, 85 50 Daniel Bros., supplies, 105 08 Maurice Hinckley, labor, 3 00 F. B. & F. P. Goss, printing notices, 10 80 R. Williams, labor, 6 00 Central Garage, supplies, 36 80 Kent's Garage, supplies, 2 90 Samuel Cabot, supplies, 19 60 A. D. Makepeace Co., supplies, 1 78 N. E. Electric Co., supplies, 10 81 George Thomas, labor, 1 50 Harold Jones, labor, 4 50 Geo. Palmer, labor, _ 5 00 $5,098 98 18 8 ELECTION EXPENSES AND PRIMARIES Rooms for Register of Voters, $6 00 Delivery of ballot boxes; 48 09 Clarence M. Chase, Register of Voters, 70 00 S. Fremont Crocker, Register of Voters, 50 00 John V. O'Neil, Register of Voters, 50 00 Edwin S. Phinney, Register of Voters, 50 00 Travelling Expenses, Register of Voters, 16 00 W. S. Tucker, moving ballot booths. 5 50 Election officers, Precinct No. 1, 61. 50 Election officers, Precinct No. 2, 55 00 Election officers, Precinct No. 3, 87 00 Election officers, Precinct No. 4, 63 00 Election officers, Precinct No. 5, 54 50 Election officers, Precinct No. 6, 56 00 Election officers, Precinct No. 7, 65 00 Masonic Hall, Hyannis, 29 00 Howard Hall, Centerville, 21. 00 Union Hall, Osterville, 20 00 Village Hall, Marstons Mills, 20 00 Village Hall, Barnstable, 30 00 Freedom Hall, Cotuit, 20 00 F. B. & F P. Goss, printing, 120 20 Repairs to ballot boxes, 3 25 $1,001 04 FIRES John,Bursley and 8 others, fire near church, $2 60 Chemicals for fire extinguishers, 34 00 C. L. Bassett and 14 others, fire near Whel.den's, 1.0 '1 0 William A. Jones and 42 others, Mary Dunns Pond, 66 36 Wm. T. Beales and 5 others, near Maurice Phinney's, 3 25 Henry C. Bacon and 2 others, near Maurice Phinney's, 3 54 John Bursley, near Bill & Daniel's, 1 30 Wire Brooms, 7 75 Harry B. Ryder and 17 others, forest fire, 24 50 19 I. J .Green and 4 others, fire at Marstons Mills, $7 .50 A. S. Crosby and 2 others, fire at Centerville, 10 55 ® H. C. Bacon and 2 others, Howes building, 5 70 A. S. Childs, fire at Santuit, 4 00 Henry C. Bacon, chimney fire, 1 50 Railroad fires, 36 60 $219 25 REPAIRS Repairs and. stock at Almshouse, $131 38 Repairs and stock on wells, 53 1.3 Labor and material on cemeteries, 139 90 Mowing cemeteries, 97 03 Labor on dump grounds, 143 70 Stock for Town Clerk's office, 10 76 Mowing monument grounds, 12 00 Labor and material, repairs on Town House, 47 52 $635.42 CLAM WARDEN 1 Albert C. Smith, Warden, $211 60 i 20 RECAPITULATION .Expended for Almshouse, ' $3,727 49 Outside Poor, 4,885 25 State Aid, 2,625 00 " Soldiers' Relief, 582 45 Mothers with Dependent Children, 2,528 15 Miscellaneous expenses, 5,119 67 Printing and advertising, 665 70 Tree Warden, 516 20 Moth work, 5,098 98 Election expenses and primaries, 1,001 04 it Fires, 219 25 ` Repairs on town buildings, etc., 635 42 Clam Warden, 211 60 $27,816 20 Respectfully submitted, EDGAR W. LOVELL, HOWARD N. PARKER, ALEX. G. CASH; Selectmen Town of Barnstable. f� REPORT OF TOWN TREASURER RECEIPTS FROM STATE TREASURER Corporation Tax, $5,743 21 Income Tax, 30,639 01 National Bank Tax, 1,538 66 State Aid, 1,494 00 Soldiers' Exemption, 73 10 Loss of tax on land for public institutions, 2 86 $39,490 87 FROM TAX COLLECTOR Account 1.915 taxes, $591 1.7 Account 1916 taxes, 6,607 55 Account 1.917 taxes, 30,822 58 Account 1918 taxes, 128,285 53 Account 1918 taxes, December assessment, 36 30 Account interest, 1,566 23 _, $167,909 36 22 s. TEMPORARY LOANS Hyannis Trust Company, $90,000 00 LICENSES Chester Bearse, auctioneer's, $2 00 Edward L. Chase, 2 00 Aaron S. Crosby, 2 00 John J: Maloney, 2 011 A. Ernest Nickerson, 2 00 Maurice R. Phinney, 2 00 Forest Burlingame, billiard, 2 00 Charles C. Dixon, 2 00 Charles F. Fuller, 2 00 Edward M. Harding, 2 00 Freeman M. Henderson, 2 00 Heman F. Pierce., 2 00 Henry Aittaniemi, clam license, 1 00 Tidie Benttien, 1 00 Clarence Chase, 1 00 Morgan Childs, 1 00 Charles C. Crowell_., 1 00 John Davison, 1 00 Joseph Davis, 1 00 Chas. Dixon, 2d, 1 00 Charles C. Dixon, 1 00 Manuel Enos, 1 00 Alfred Frank, 1 00! Joshua Geer, 1 00 Benj. F. Gibbs, 1 00 Raymond Goodspeed, 1 .00 Axel Hakhainen, 1 00 John T. Hawes, 1 00. Ezra Hobson, 1 00 Emil Hyonen, 1 00 Albert F. Jones,_ _ 1 00 Chester S. Jones, (2), 2 00 T. Maitland Jones, 1 00 i 23 . Arvid Lampi, elaan license, $1 00 Charles N. Libby, 1 00 A. P. Libby, 1 00 Hugo Luoto, 1 00 Lauri Luoto, 1 00 John Lynch, (2), 2 00 Andrew Maki, o 1 00 Frank Maki, 1 00 John Maki, 1 00 Henry Manni, 1 00 H. C. Mortimer, 1 00 David Nelson, 1 00 William J. Nelson, 1 00 Jonas Niska, 1`00 John B. Oliver, 1 00 Ivar Pelton, 1 00 Elmer Peltonen, 1 00 Louis E. Rice, 1 00 Charles W. Ruska, `` 1 00 David J. Ruska,� 1 00 Victor Ruska, 1 00 Emil Ryberg, 1 00 Henry Sala, 1 00 W. H. Sears, 1 00 John P. Swenson, 1 00 Samuel 'S,yriala, 1 00 John Thomas, 1 00 , Manuel Thomas, 1 00 Fillemon Willman, 1 00 Victor Winnikainen, 1 00 Elmer W irtanen, " 1 00 William Wirtanen, 1 00 Walter L. Main Co., circus, 15 00 Sig. Sautelle, 4C5 00 C. C. Fish Freezing & Pack. Co., fish trap, 75 00 E. C. Jerauld, fish,trap, 50 00 A. C. Smith, fish trap, 2 00 Elizabeth A. Pusey, itinerant vendor, 42 80 Morris Harrison, junk license, 15 00 Hugh Murphy, 15 00 Louis Ne,vberg, 15 00 24 A. T. Aiken, Milk, $0 50 Henry Aittaiiiemi, 50 Wallace Alden, C450 Rose Armstrong, 50 Martin Atwood, 50 Bacon Farm, 50 Nelson W. Bacon, 50 0. F. Bacon, 50 William Baker, 50 Robert Balboni, 50 F. S. Bartlett, 50 E. B. Bassett, 50 Edwin Baxter, 50 Horace Baxter, 50 Bay View Stock .Farm, 50 E. B. Bearse, 50 Elroy Bearse, " 1110 William A. Bearse, 50 W. P. Bearse & Co., 50 Charles L. Berry, 50 Bill & Danel, 50 B. E. Blossom, < 50 J. H. Blossom, 50 Julius Bodfish; 50 L. B. Brackett, 50 A. N. Bremner, 50 Charles H. Brennan, 50 ' Elizabeth Burke, 50 John Bursley, 50 Ernest Cameron, 50 A. W. Cahoon, 50 Henry Cahoon, 50 C. G. Cammett, 50 Edward Cammett, 50 Fred Cammett. 50 Wilton Cammett, (2), Peter Campbell, 50 George Carver, 50 Walter. J. Chase, 50 A. S. Childs, 50 Everett P. Childs, 50 Warren Codd, 50 25 Braddock Coleman, .Milk, $0 50 William A. Coleman, 50 B. A. Connor, 50 Allen Crocker, 50 B. S. Crocker, 50 Chester Crocker, 50 Frank Crocker, 50 Paul Crocker, 50 S. Fremont Crocker., 50 Zenas Crocker, 50 Werner Crook, 50 Aaron S. Crosby, 50 Coleman Curran, 50 John Davidson, 50 John J. P. Dixon, `` 50 William Dixon, 50 A. F. Edson, 50 °Frank S. Enos; 50 Manuel Enos, 50 H. C. Everett, 50 Cyrus Fish, 50 George F. Fish., 50 Peter Fish, 50 M,,u.nuel Flores, 50 Manuel Frates, 50 Frank Frazier, 50 Austin Fuller, 50 Calvin Fuller, 50 Prince A. Fuller, 50 Walter I. Fuller, 50 Lorenzo Gifford, 50 George Goodspeed, 50 a.. A. C. Hallett, " 50 Carlton Hallett, 50 E. C. Hamblin, 50 r Henry Hamblin, 50 R. W. Hamblin, 50 Ernest S. Harlow, (2), 1 00 Wallie Harlow, 50 Morris Harrison, 50 John Hendrickson, 50 Nestor Hill, ". 50 B-8 26 Davis Holmes, Milk, $0 50 T. S. Holway, 50 S. E. Howland, 50 H. W. Jenkins, 50 E. C. .Jerauld, 50 Alton Jones, 50 Charles Jones, 50 Ellennetta Jones, 50 L. Alex. Jones, 50 V. E. Jones, 50 Mrs. C. E. Keck, 50 Keveney Farm, 50 Frank Korpelo,. 50 Olof Kurra, 50 A. W. Lapham, 50 A. W. Lawrence, 50 Victor Leeman, 50 Ambrose Lewis, 50 Manuel Lima, 50 Frank H. Linnell, 50 Harris C. Lovell, 50 W. B. Lovell, 50 Richard Macomber, 50 John Madeiros, 50 Joseph H. Maher, 50 John Mackey, 50 John Maki, 50 Charles B. Marchant, 50 S. B. Marchant, 50 Annie Molony, 50 Henry Morse, 50 Henry L. Morse, 50 John B. Oliver, 50 D. O'Neil Est., (2), 1 00 George Parker, 50 Herbert Parker, 50 d Joseph Pelt'onen, 50 Jack F. Perry, 50 Oliver H. Perry, 50 Henry G. Phillips, 50 C. A. Phinney, 50 John A. Phinney, 50 27 R Nelson P. Phinney, Milk, $0 50 Antone Rego, 50 Joseph Robello, 50 Jack Rogers, 50 J. C. Rothwell, 50 Elias Ruska, 150 Silas Ruska, 50. Charles Ryder, 50 Harry B. Ryder, 50 Gustavus Scudder, 50 George Seabury, 50 Henry Sears, 50 Michael Shuley, 50 E. R. Silver. (2), 1 00 John Siira., 50 Edward F. Smith, 50 J. H Smith Est., 50 Manuel Souza, 50 John Swenson, 50 Samuel Syriala, 50 - Manuel Thomas, 50 Henry Wanne, 50 Mrs. Eliza West, � 50 F. L. Whitcomb, (2), _ 1 00 Victor Winnikainen, 50 Elmer Wirtanen, 50 George 0. Woodbury, 50 Frank Wri ght, `` 50 Henry Wright, 50 Mrs. Betsey R. Wyman, 50 Cape Amusement Co., moving pictures, 10 00 E. 0. Dottridge, (2), 20 00. Samuel H. Childs, oyster grant 270 00 Ezra J. Gifford, 49120 00 Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co., (2), oleomargarine 1 00 L E. B. Bassett, 50 N. H. Bearse. 50 Cotuit Co-operative Grocery Co., 50 I. Crocker, 50 W. I. Fuller, 50' A. C. Hallett, 50 H. S. Parker & Co., 50 L. P. Wilson, 50 28 Tsaac Cohen,, pedler's, $10 00 Cora P. Crocker, - 10 00 C E. Doubtfire, 10 00 James Ka.los, 10 00 Kostas Karros, 10 00 Peter Panesis, 10 00 Spiros L. Panesis, 10 00 V. Pappadendrom, 1.0 00 Nelson P. Phiuney, 10 00 John Roza, 10 00 Freeman Adams, quabaug license 1 00 John F. Adams, 1. 00 Victor Adams, 1. 00 Clarence L. Baker, 1 00 Eugene Baker, 1 00 Evert Baker, 1. 00 Royce Baker, 1 00 Gerald Chadwick, 1 00 Benj. F. Chase, " 1 00 Russell Childs, 1 00 Preston Cobb, 1 00 Andrew -Crosby, 1 00 Clarence Crosby, 1 00 Horace Crosby, 1 00 Merrill Crosby, 1 00 Orin Crosby, 1 00 Eugene Crowell, 1 .00 Roy Eldredge, 1 00 Frank B. Fnos, 1 00 Edgar Evans, . 1 00 George F. Fuller, 1 00 Alton S. Hallett, 1 00 'David Hamblin, 1 00 1� Leonard Hamblin, 1 00 U. G. Hinckley, 1 00 C. F. Hodges, 1 00 Albert Homer, 1 00 Antone Jason, 1 00 C. B. Jones, 1 00 Charles E. Lewis, 1. 00 Richard Lewis, 1 00 Russell Lewis, 1 00 29 W F. Lewis, Quahaug license, $1 00 �. Charles N. Libby, 1 00 David F. Loring, 1 00 John Murray, 1 00 David Nelson, 1 00 W. J. Nelson, 1 00 David E. Nickerson, 1 00 Henry T. Nickerson, 1 00 Sidney E. Nickerson, 1 00 Fred Parker, " 1 00 Jarvis Robbins, 1 00 J. R. Robbins, 1 00 Harry Robinson, 1 00 Fred Scudder, 1 00 Wilbur Stubbs, 1 00 John L. Terry, 1 00 Winslow K. Thacher, 1 00 N. E. West, 1 00 F. H. Williams, (2), 2 00 John W. Williams, 1 00 M. T. Woodbury, 1 00 $973 30 BOARD OF HEALTH State of Massachusetts, refund, $176 16 County of Barnstable, refund, 35 00 $211 16 BURIAL LOT FUNDS Estate of Henry E. Crocker, $300 00 " George Lovell, 4 67 cc Freeman Taylor, 100 00 " I Robinson Weeks, -300 00 Miss Lizzie E. Lovell,• 200 00 Oak Grove Cemetery Association, Hyannis, 200 00 $1,104 67 30 SCHOOL FUND Union Institution for Savings, withdrawn, $415 00 COBB BURIAL LOT Income from Cobb Fund, $5 00 STURGIS FUND Mass. Hospital Life Insurance Co., $170 00 INTEREST ON .DEPOSITS Hyannis TrustCompany, $246 74 FIRES Town of Mashpee, $1 60 New York, New Haven & Hartford R. R. Co., 47 05 $48 65 PL 31 COTUIT SCHOOL BUILDING Sale of stock, etc., $96 25 TREE WARDEN Check returned, $9 00 MOTHERS WITH DEPENDENT CHILDREN Town. of Bourne, $418 17 State of Massachusetts, 771 99 $1,190 16 MOTH WORK Charles Almy, $50'00 Mrs. T. H. Ames, 7 25 M. S. Arkush. 30 00 George C. Backus, 8 00 Mrs. Mary L. Barton, 6 00 Miss Frances Baxter, 1 75 E. B. Bearse, 57 27 Roscoe Brackett, 14 50 Mrs. Mary E. Brigham, 7 25 C. Buonamici, 20 00 Miss Bertha Chadwick, 1 75 32 r� Edward Channing, $40 00 Malcom G/ Chace, 261 00 w Samuel H. Childs, 2 00 Wilton L. Childs, 1 00 C. R. Codman, 5 00 J. S. Coffin, 14 50 ' A. Coolidge, 30 00 Wilbur Crosby, 3 00 Mrs. William B Crosby, 1.0 00 _Mrs. Annie D. Cross, 22 00 Leslie Dana, 10 00 Mrs. F. A. Day, 14 50 J. F. Deems, '28 00 S. J. Elder Est., 20 00 Mrs. Mary C. Farrell, 10 00 Joseph B. Field, 19 00 Arthur L. Finney, 180 00 John AT. Fish, 1 25 W. B. Foster, 28 60 C. F. Fuller, 1 25 Prince A. Fuller, 14 50 Walter I. Fuller, 2 00 A. G. Greenough, 1.5 00 Mrs. E. W Halliday, 23 50 W. H. Hayes, 15 00 J. T. Herrick, 45 00 George Hitchcock, 3 00 Mrs. F. H. Q. Howe, 6 00 C. B. Jones, 15 00 F. E. Jones, 51 75 W. E. Jones, 50 00 K Henry P. Leonard, 20 00 J. M. Leonard, 1 25 F. H. Lovell, 16 20 O. D. Lovell., 6 75 Mrs. Anna P. Lowell, 20 00 Howard Marston, 29 00 D. H. Martin, 15 00 Mrs. B. M. Monypenny, 12 50 Mrs. W. E. S. Parker, 65 00 F. W. Parsons, • 58 00 Mrs., Marcia L. Patterson, 6 00 s ^ 33 W. G. Phippen, $36 00 +� Mrs. Genieve Pierson, 20 00 Mrs. Lucy E. Prescott, 1 00 Dr. J. J. Putnam, 20 00 Theodore Reese, 15 00 H. S. Rock, 8 00 J. H. Ropes, 40 00 J.-E. Rothwell. 79 80 State,Normal School, 2g; 50 State Treasurer, 14 70 Mrs. C. M. Storrow, 31 20 J. W. Tallman, 4 00 F. W. Taussig, 30 00 Tree Warden, 100 00 W. O. Underwood, 29 00 E. G. Wadsworth, 30 00 J. H. Wainwright, _ 20 00 Mrs. S. K. Wesson, 30 00 F. L. Whitcomb, 4 80 $1,935 32 PRINTING AND ADVERTISING Louis Arenovski, $1 75 George R. Beach, - 1 75 Buzzards Bay Electric Co., 1 75 Mrs. Elizabeth B. Cash,, 1 75 Mrs. Edith M. Cobb, 1 75 J. T. Herrick, 1 75 W. Y. Humphreys, 175 Z. H. Jenkins, 1 75 L. F. Paine, 3 50 L. K. Paine, 175 C. A. Phinn oy, 1 75 T. F. Phinney, 1 75 Clarence E. Stevens, 1 75 C. A. Street, 1 75 C. A. Sturgis, 1 75 $28 00 34 INTEREST ON BURIAL LOT FUND INVESTMENT h Interest on City of Providence bond, No. 93 $150 00 Interest on State of Mass. bond, No. 834 70.00 Interest on State.of Mass. bond, No. 861 35 00 Interest on State of Mass. bond, No. E516 70 00 Interest on State of Mass. bond, No. E529 35 00 Interest on State of Mass. bond, No. 1079 70.00 Interest on State of Mass. bond, No.. 2905 35 00 Interest on State of Mass. bond, No. 4942 35 00 Interest on State of Mass. bond, No. 5198 35 00 Interest on U. S. Liberty bonds, 44 84 Interest on Deposit Union Savings Bank, 3 08 $582 92 INTEREST ON COBB FUND INVESTMENT Interest on State of Mass. bond, No. 605, $140 00 Interest on State of Mass. bond, No. 1080, 70 00 Interest on State of Mass. bond, No. 4889, 140 00 Interest on Deposit Wareham Savings Bank,. -9 90 $359 90 COURT FINES First District Court, $19,3 02' RENTS B. E. Blossom, $20 00 E. P. Childs, (2 yrs.), 30 00 " 35 E. C. Hall Co., 10 00 Linder Library, 1 00 A. D. Makepeace Co., 93 00 Alex. Michelson, (2 yrs.), 20 00 N. Y., X. H. & H. R. R. Co., 25 00 Wianno Club, 12 00 $211 00 ALMSHOUSE AND'POOR City of Boston, $171 62 Town of Dennis, 105 57 State of Massachusetts, 245 41. Sale of produce, etc., 157 05. $679 65 ROADS r , State Treasurer,'account Osterville Road, $11,704 71 State Treasurer, account Cotuit Road, 6,472 53 State Treasurer, 30 20 Andrew Adie, donatiori account East Bay Road, 600 00 Town of Yarmouth, stock, 45 64 West Beach Bathing Co., stock, 35 00 J. M. Hansen, stock, 14 63 Sale of crusher and boiler, 325 00 Check returned, 1 89 $19,229 60 36 SCHOOLS Y Income from Cobb Fund, $404 32 E. L. Chase, County Treasurer, Dog Fund, 543 07 State of 'Mass., tuition, 309 00 Town of Mashpee, tuition, 24 00 J. D. W. Bodfish, tuition, 24 75 G. H. Galger, tuition, 25 05 $1,330 19 MISCELLANEOUS S. N. Ames, Sealer's fees, $79 55 Emil Ranta, land at Barnstable, 50 00 John B. Cornish, Ret. premiums,Ins. Policy, 10 25 Forest Starr, burial lot, 10 00 Burial Lot Surplus Fund, withdrawn, 161 58 N. E. Telephone & Telegraph Co., rebate, 36 35 Checks returned, 19 37 rc $367 10 4 87 « EXPENDITURES TOWN OFFICERS Edgar W. Lovell, salary as Selectman, Assessor and Overseer of the Poor, $1,000 00 Howard N. Parker, salary as Selectman, Assessor and Overseer of the Poor, 1,000 00 Alex. G. Cash, salary as Selectman, Assessor and Overseer of the Poor, , ` , 1 1,000 00 Everett F. Fuller, salary as Tax Collector, 1,000 00 Clarence M. Chase, salary as Town Clerk, 500 00 Clarence M. Chase,salary as Town Treasurer, 1,000 00 Fred S. Dent, salary as Inspector of Wires, 500 00•. .Tohn.J. Maloney, salary as Cattle Inspector, 300 00 Samuel N. Ames, salary as Sealer of Weights and Measures, 350 00 Henry C. Bacon, salary as Forester, 75 00 S N. Ames, salary as Harbor Master, 5 00 Timothy Crocker, salary as Harbor Master, 5 00 W. L. Hinckley, salary as Harbor Master, 5 00 C. B. Nickerson, salary as Harbor Master, 5 00 $6,745 00 STATE AND COUNTY TAXES State tax, $19,360 00 County tax, 12,893 77 State Highway tax, 2,985 90 Auditing municipal accounts, 146 94 Penalty for not making return, 6 00 $35,392 61 38 SELECTMEN'S BILLS Outside Poor, $4,885 25 Almshouse, 3,727 49 State Aid, 2,625 00 Soldiers' Aid, 582 45 Repairs to town property, 635 42 Mothers with Dependent Children, 2,528 15 Printing and advertising, 665 70 Moth work, 5,098 98 Free Warden, 516 20 Miscellaneous, 5,119 67 Fires, 2.19 25 Election. expenses, 1,001 04 Clam Warden, 211 60 $27,816 20 BILLS ON ACCOUNT OF SCHOOLS School purposes, $37,061 57 School transportation, 6,451 25 School supplies, 1.,910 94 School repairs, _ 3,933 38 $49,357 14 K TEMPORARY LOANS Hyannis Trust Company, $105,000 00 39 BILLS ON ACCOUNT OF ROADS Repairs on roads, $25,494 55 Repairs on bridges, 894 02,-- Ocean Street, Hyannis, 2,736 00 Craigville Road,' 5;878 00 Long Beach Road, Centerville, 498 38 Osterville State Road, 26'7,02 17 Cotuit State Road, 6,472 53-AZ97.0? Snow bills, 2,187 77 $70,863 42 NOTES Four Stone Road notes, $4,000 00 One Osterville School note, 2,000 00 One Grand Island Bridge note, 2,000 00 $8,000 00 BILLS APPROVED AT TOWN MEETING K As per list shown in the Clerk's record of the Annual Town Meeting, $837 56 r MEMORIAL DAY Barnstable Soldiers' Memorial Association,' $300 00 40 INTEREST ON LOANS Stone Road notes, $80 00. Ost.erville School notes, 60 00 Grind Island Bridge notes, 40 00 $180 00 INTEREST ON TEMPORARY LOANS Hyannis Trust Company, $2,619 99 TNTEREST ON BURIAL LOT FUNDS Oak Grovoa Cemetery Association, and others, $591 31. INTEREST ON COBB FUND 'Henry C. Davis, agent, $409 32 � p COBB BURIAL LOT George Snow, care-of.lot, $5 00 41 BURIAL LOT FUND INVESTMENT Ilyannis 'Trust Co., U. S. Liberty Loan bonds, $900 00 Iinion Savings Bank, Fall. River., deposit, 204 67 $1,104 67 TAXES ABATED Account of 1915 taxes, $399.82 Account of 1916. . taxes,. 1,217 12 Account of 1.917 taxes, 908 67 Account of:1.91.8 taxes, 398 06 $2,92� 67 TRAFFIC OFFICERS James B. Hazelton, officer, $357 00 Joshua A. Chase, officer, 94 00 George F. Hart, officer, 52 00 A. H. Crocker. officer, 44 50 Harris C. Lovell, officer, 30 50 William F. Potter; tending lights, 18 00 Walter L Fuller, tending lights and supplies, 13 37 $609 37 COURT FEES As approved by the Judge of the First District Court, $479 34 B-4 42 BOARD OF HEALTH C. W. Milliken, M. D., services as member $284 try C. W. 1\'Iilliken, M. D., medical attendance, 330 50 C. E. Harris, All. D., services as member, 14 00 C. E. Harris, 11l D., medical attendance, 19 50 E. E. Hawes, N) D., services as member, 85 80 G. W. Hallett, services as member, 145 80 J., H. Higgins, At. D., medical attendance, etc., 1.1 52 W.• D. Kinney, 111. D., medical attendance, ,etc., 31 50 All. N. Harris, Inspector of Slaughtering, 250 00 Geo. T. Alecarta, Inspector of Slaughtering, 250 00 Geo. T. Mecarta., Alilk Inspector, 329 79 FT. G. Phillips, Plumbing Inspector, 181 72 Westfield State Sanatorium, board and supplies, 266 28 Lakeville State Sanatorium, board and supplies, 1.77 14 City of Boston, board and supplies; 243 .29 Barnstable County Infirmary; board and supplies, 1.29 36 A. C. Hallett, supplies, 69 70 W. I. Fuller, 4441 76 A. W. Cahoon, 29 70 William Lovell, 13 25 W. L. Case, 12 95 E. B. Bassett, 12 10 J. T. McKetchnie, 12 00 State of Mass., 6 00 C. W. Megathlin, - 4 70 H. B. Chase & Sons, 3 00 Hobbs & Warren Co., 2 62 J. J. Maloney, services, 14 94 David Kelley, cups for prizes, 1.9 70 Cape Fish Co., removing whale, 35 00 F. B. & F. P. Goss, printing, 15 38 $3,043 26 43 STATE GUARD EXPENSES Bills paid accounj rent, $892 22 Transportation, 441 77 Electric lights, 339 16 Supplies, 319 91 Labor and stock on rifle range, etc, 243 18 Telephone service, 47 30 Drill at Falmouth, 20 39 Printing, 15 75 Miscellaneous, 13 70 $2,333 38 SUPPRESSION OF.CRIME John J..Maloney, $30 00 A. S. Childs, 8 00 $38 00 COT UIT SCHOOLHOUSE . As per,bills approved by the Committee, $1,696 25 JAMES OTIS MEMORIAL Thomas W. Nickerson, cutting panel onISoulder, $10 00 94 n ATHLETIC PURPOSES AT HIGH SCHOOL L. AT. Doody, $150 00 CAPE COD FARM BUREAU Henry C.'Davis, Treasurer, $300 00 LAND FOR COTUIT CEMETERY Mrs. Martha A. Brackett, $50 00 SCHOOL FUND As,per bills approved by the School Committee, $415 00 N STURGIS FUND Selectmen of Barnstable, Trustees, $170 00 r 45 MISCELLANEOUS OR UNCLASSIFIED Amount paid to physicians for birth returns, $21 75 Amount paid to undertakers for death returns, 19 50 Amount paid for recording vital statistics, 78 30 Amount paid for certification of notes, 8 00 $127 55 R " 1 46 SUMMARY 'TOTAL RECEIPTS Received from State Treasurer, $39,490 87 Tax Collector,. 167,909 36 Temporary loans, 90,000 00 Licenses, 973 30 Board of Health, 211 16 Burial Lot funds, 1,104 67 School Fund, 415 00 Cobb Burial lot, _ 5 00 Sturgis Fund, 170 00 Interest on,deposits, 246 74 Fires, 48 65 Cotuit School building, 96 25 Tree Warden, 9 00 Mothers with Dependent Chil- dren, 1,190 16 Moth work, 1,935 32 Printing and advertising, 28 00 Interest on Burial Lot Fund In- vestment, 582 92 Interest on Cobb Fund Invest- ment, 359 90 Court Fines, 193 02 Rents, 211 00 Almshouse and Poor, 679 65 q Roads, 19,229 60 Schools, 1,330 19 Miscellaneous, 367 10 $326,786 86 Cash balance, January 1st, 1918, 5,167 06 $331,953 92 47 TOTAL EXPENDITURES fi,'pended for Town,Officers, $6,745 00 State and County taxes, 35,392 61 Selectmen's bills, 27,816 20 Schools, 49,357 1.4 Temporary loans, 105,000 00 Roads, 70,863 42 Notes, 8,000 00 Bills approved at Town Meeting, 837 56 Memorial Day, 300 00 Interest on loans, - 180 00 Interest on temporary loans, 2,619 99 Interest on Burial Lot funds, 591 31 Interest on Cobb Fund, 409 32 Cobb Burial Lot, 5 00 . Burial Lot Fund Investment, 1,104 67 Taxes abated, 2,923 67 Traffic officers, 609 37 Court fees, 479 34 Board of Health, 3,043 26 State Guard expenses, 2,333 38 Suppression of Crime, 38 00 Cotuit School House, 1,696 25 James Otis Memorial, 10 00 'Athletic purposes at High School, 1-50 00 Cape Cod Farm Bureau, 300 00 Land for Cotuit Cemetery, 50 00 School Fund, 415'00 Sturgis Fund, 170 00 Miscellaneous or Unclassified, 127 55 A $3 Dec. 31, Cash balance, 10,385 88 $331,953 92 OUTSTANDING OSTERVILLE SCHOOL" NOTES One note, $500, due 1919, $500 00 48 DEBT OF TOWN Note due 1919, $500 00 I LIST OF BURIAL, LOT FUNDS HELD IN TRUST BY THE TOWN Estate of A. C. Adams, $1.25 00 Josiah Ames, 75 00 Cordelia S. Bearse, 150 00 Richard Bearse, 100 00 Eben Bodfish, 50 00 Lydia F. Bourne, 1.00 00 David Bursley, 200 00 Mercy T. Cobb, 100 00 Warren Cammett and A. A. Crain, 150 00' Augustine F. Childs, 150 00 Henry E. Crocker, 300 00 Loring and Nathan Crocker, 300 00 Julia Crosby, 100 00 Ebenezer Crowell, 200 00 Elkanah Crowell, 200 00 Henry L. Davis, 200 00 J. A. Davis, 300 00 Jane E. Edson, 300 00 Lydia S. Fish, 100 00 Herschel Fuller, 100 00 Franklin B. Goss, 300 00 Gorham Hallett, 100 00 Lydia T. Hamblin, 100 00 Deborah C.'Handy, 200 00 Eliza M. Handy, 278 37 Hannah Haywood, 1.00 00 Gustavus A. Hinckley, 125 00 William C. Howland, 200 00 Oliver C. Hoxie, 100 00 Mary E. Huckins, 100 00 F. G Kelley, 150 00 49 Estate of E. G. Lothrop, $200 00 George Lovell, 204 67 ` Hannah Lovell, 150 00 Lizzie E. Lovell, 200 00 William S. Lumbert, 100 00 A. D Makepeace, 500 00 Harriet S. Parker, 100 00 William B. Parker, 100 00 Harrison. G. Phinney, 150 00 Joseph L. Proctor, 100 00 Patrick Regan, 200 00 , Nelson Rhodehouse, 100 00 H. A. Scudder,' 100 00 Nelson Scudder, 200 00 Charles H. Smith, 200 00 Fred L. Stimpson, 200 00 William W. Sturgis, 75 00 Henry L. Swain, 90 00 Timothy Swinerton, 100 00 Freeman Taylor, 100 00 Robinson Weeks, 300 00 S. Whelden, 200 00 J. R Wilson, 100 00 Centerville Beechwood Cemetery Association, 1,200 00 Hyannis Oak Grove Cemetery Association, 8,150 00 $18,173 04 g LIST OF BURIAL LOT FUND ,INVESTMENTS ` City of Providence bond; No. 93, $5,000 00 Commonwealth of Mass.bond,No.E516, 2,000 00 Commonwealth of Mass.bond,No.E529, 1,000 00 Commonwealth of Mass. bond,No. 834, 2,000 00 Commonwealth.of Mass. bond,No. 861, 1,000 00 Commonwealth.of Mass.bond,No. 1079, 2,000 00 Commonwealth of Mass.bond,No. 2905, 1,000 00 Commonwealth of Mass.bond,No. 4942, 1,000 00 5,0 Commonwealth of Mass. bond,No. 5198, $1,000 00 4'/4 per cent U. S. Liberty Loan bonds, 1,900 00 Deposited .in Union Savings Bank, Fall River, b Book No. 17692, 273 04 $18,173 04 COBB FUND DEBT Amount of loan, $10,233 00 Invested ,as follows: Commonwealth of Mass. bond,, No. 605, $4,000 00 Commonwealth of Mass. bond,, No. 1080, 2,000 00 Commonwealth of Mass bond, No. 4889, 4,000 00 Deposited Wareham Savings Bank, Book No. 18577, 233 00 $10,233�00 STURGIS FUND Received under will of Catherine Sturgis, $4,000 00 Invested as follows:. � 51 Mass. Hospital Life Insurance Co., Policy No. 85, $4,000 00 SCHOOL FUND Received under will of Reuben Hallett, $661 68 Received under will of Martha Whelden, 1,000 00 Accrued interest, 460 05 $2,121 73 Net expenditures previous to 1918, $399 09 Expended by order of School Commit- tee, 1918, 415 00 814 09 $1,307 64 Deposited as follows: Union Institution for Savings, :Boston, Book No. 82,221, $249 06 Hoine Savings Bank, Boston, Book No. 134,668 1,058 :58 $1,307 64 1 � ESTIMATED VALUE OF REAL ESTATE, ETC., OWNED BY THE TOWN 'Almshouse and land, $7,500 00 "'Cobb" woodland, 100 00 "Lumbert" woodland, 50 00 Pound meadow, 10 00 Town House and restaurant, 2,000 00 52 . Schoolhouses and lots, 100,000 00 Hearses, hearse-houses and tombs, 400 00 Town office and furniture, West Barnstable, 2,500 00 ' Personal property, in schoolhouses, 4,750 00 Pumps and wells, contents, 200 00 Town office, Hyannis, 8,500 00 Road machinery, etc., 1,000 00 $127,010 00 FINANCIAL CONDPTION OF THE 'TOWN Assets Cash on hand, December 31, 1918, $10,385 88 State Aid, due from the State, 2,625 00 Due from Tax Collector, account 1916 taxes, 241 29 Due from Tax Collector,account 1917 taxes, 2,166 39 Due from Tax Collector,account 1918,taxes, 12,467 73 Due from Tax Collector, account 1018 taxes, (Dec. 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Satisfactory vouchers for ' all sums expended have been shown. RECEIPTS Balance on hand, December 31st, 1917, as shown by last Auditors' report, $5,167 06 Froni Tax Collector, loans and current receipts, 326,786 86 $3311953 92 EXPENDITURES v Current expenses, notes and temporary loans, $321,568 04 Balance, Dec. 31, 1918, 10,385 S8 $331,953 92 'Deposited in the Hyannis Trust Company, $13,367 1.9 To offset outstanding checks, 2,981 31 $10,385 88 . 59 We also find Burial Lot Fund Investment securities as follows: City of Providence bond, No. 93, $5,000 00 Commonwealth of Mass. bond,No.E516, 2,000 00 Commonwealth of Mass. bond, No.E529, 1,000 00 Commonwealth of Mass.bond,No. 834, 2,000 00 Commonwealth of Mass. bond, No. 861, 1,000 00 Commonwealth of Mass. bond,No. 1079, 2,000 00 Commonwealth of Mass. bond,No. 2905, 1,000 00 Commonwealth of Mass.bond, No. 4942, 1,000 00 Commonwealth of Mass. bond,No. 5198, 1,000 00 United States Liberty Loan bonds, 1,400 00 Receipt from the Hyannis Trust Co. for one Fourth Liberty Loan Bond, 500 00 Deposited in the Union Savings Bank, Fall River, Book No. 17692, 273 04 $18,173 04 COBB FUND INVESTMENT Commonwealth of Mass. bond, No. 605, $4,000 00 Commonwealth of Mass.bond,No. 1080, 2,000 00 Commonwealth of Mass.bond,No.4889,' 4,000 00 M Deposited in the Wareham Savings Bank, Book No. 18577, . - 233 00 $10,233 00 STURGIS FUND INVESTMENT Mass. Hospital Life Insurance Co., Policy No. 85, $4,000 00 60 SCHOOL FUND INVESTMENT Deposited in the Union Institution for Savings, w Boston, Book No. 82221, $249 06 Deposited in the Home Savings Bank, Boston, Book No. 134668, i 1,058 58 $1,307 64 JOHN BURSLEY, ALBERT L. EDSON, LUTHER C. HALLETT, Auditors, Town of Barnstable. K . HIGHWAY SURVEYOR'S REPORT ROAD ACCOUNT, 1918 Appropriated: Repairs on roads and bridges, $25,000 00 Craigville Road and Ocean Street, 8,000 00. Long Beach Road, Centerville, 500 00 Osterville,State Road,. 15,000 00 Total appropriations, $48,500 00 Received: I State Treasurer, account Ostervill.e State Road, 11,704 71 State Treasurer, account Cotuit State Road, 6,472 53 Miscellaneous, 1,052 36 From Contingent Fund, 400 00 Due .for sale of material sold, 558 00 $68,687 60 EXPENDITURES Repairs on roads: Barnstable, $705 50 Centerville, 1,506 45 Cotuit, 1,678 19 General, 13,064 65 Hyannis, 2,558 68 Hyannisport,_ 1,149 79 Allarstons Mills, 740 40 Newtown, 442 90 Osterville; 1,449 42 Plains, 1,173 87 62 Santuit, $439 54 West Barnstable, 585 16 $25,494 55 Repairs on bridges, 894 02 Total repairs on roads and bridges, $26,388 57 Ocean Street, Hyannis, 2,736 00 Craigville road, 5,878 00 Long Beach Road, Center- ville, 498 38 *Osterville State Road, 26,702 17 Cotuit State Road, 6,472 53 Total expenditures, 68,675 65- Unexpended balance, $11,95 *Net expenditure $14;997.46. SNOW ACCOUIT Appropriated, $3,000 00 EXPENDED Barnstable, $445 14 Centerville, 128 91 Cotuit, 72 70 Hyannis, 608 41 Hyannisport, 118 33 Marstons Mills, 170 99 Newtown, 88 81 Osterville, 110 73 Plains, 190 65 Santuit, 124 32 y West Barnstable, 128 78 Total expenditures, 2,187 77 Unexpended balance, $812 23 i JOYCE TAYLOR, Surveyor of Highways. r R REPORT OF TOWN CLERK ` ANNUAL TOWN MEETING March 4th and 5th, 1918. At a meeting of the inhabitants of Barnstable, qualified to vote on Town Affairs, held in the different precincts named in the`warrant for said meeting, for the election .of. Officers, etc., on Monday, March 4th, 1918, while acting under the following article: Art. 1. To choose a; Moderator for the subsequent meeting, Town Clerk, Town 'Treasurer, Collector of Taxes, one 'Selectman for three years, One Assessor for three years, one Overseer of Poor for three years, one Fence Viewer for three years, three Audi- tors for one year, one School Committee for three years, one School Committee for the unexpired term, oneSurveyor of Highways for one year, one member of Board of Health for three years, one Tree Warden for one year, Constables, and to elect any other officer whose name may appear on the official ballot. Also to vote on the question, shall license -be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in the Town of Barnstable, and for any other question b that may legally appear on the official ballot. The whole number of votes cast was 525, except for School Committee, for which there were 580, which being assorted ' and counted according to law, the result was found to be as follows Moderator at the Annual Meeting. *Edward C. Hinckley, had 429 *Elected. 64 Town Clerk (One Year) 'Clarence M. Chase 436 Town Treasurer (One Year) 'Clarence M. Chase 438 Selectman (Three Years) 'Howard N. Parker 41.4 TT. G. Bradford 1 J. M. Leonard 1 Assessor (Three Years) 'Howard N. Parker 41.2 M. G. Bradford 1 J. -M. Leonard 1 Overseer of the Poor ('Three Years) '`Howard N. Parker 402 M. G. Bradford 1 E. L. Chase 1 Fence Viewer (Three Years) `'"Howard N. Parker 3S3 M. G. Br,,.-.dford 1. School Committee (Three Years) *Allen Chadwick 31.9 Solomon F. Haskins 211 School Committee (Unexpired Term) 'John E. Hinckley 418 p 65 Collector of Taxes (One Year) °Everett F. Fuller 443 Surveyor of Highways (One Year) Joyce Taylor 407 W. A. Jones 2 W. F. Nickerson 1. Auditors (One Year) -John Bursley 393 ,':Albert L. Edson 378 "Luther C. IIallett 383 G. W. Hallett. 1 Tree Warden (One Year) --Fred W. Chase 355 Henry WaterLan 2 C. Bearse 1. Hobert F. Cross .1 Board of Health (Three Years) 'Charles W. Milliken 383 J. H. Higgins 1 Constables (One. Year) -'Benjamin E. Blossom 361 *William A. Bearse 355 ,'Joshua A. Chase 335 "George F. Hart 336 "Theodore V. West 327 "'Harris C. Lovell 364 66 a *Lorenzo T. Gifford 267 Matthew V. Hickey 111 F Alexander S. Childs 297 *Maurice Hinckley 12 *Ferdinand Baker 6 H. C. Mortimer 2 Foster Crocker 2 Wilton Cammett 2 A. C. Smith 1 Merrill Marston 1 George Mecarta 1 J: F. Young 1 John Blagden' 1 Alfred Crocker, Jr. 1 Austin Fuller 1 Calvin Fuller Nat. Bearse 1 William, Potter 1 M. N. Harris, Jr. 1 Preston. Cobb 1 Allen Nickerson 1 J. H. Higgins 1. Shall License be Granted for the Sale of Liquors Yes 142 No 287 'Acceptance of Chapter 23 Acts 1917 Yes' 139 No 147 Acceptance of Chapter 254 Acts of 1917 Yes 172 No 111 , 67 THE SUBSEQUENT MEETING In accordance with the warrant the subsequent meeting was held at the Town House on Tuesday, March 5th, 1918. The meeting was called to order at nine o'clock a. m. by the Town Clerk, the warrant read and also the vote for Town Officers, etc., on the preceding day. The respec- tive officers were declared elected. Dr. Edward C.,Hinckley was then qualified as Moderator and took charge of the meeting. The following tellers were appointed by the Moderator: Walter D. Baker, Arthur G. Guyer, Harold Jacobs, Charles E. Lewis. -Benjamin F. Sears, F. Percy Goss, Walter I. Ful- ler, Edgar W. Lovell. Art. 2. To elect all other necessary Town Officers for the ensu- ing year. The following officers were elected Agent of the Cobb Fund—Henry C. Davis. Measurers of Wood and Bark—Timothy Crocker, Emilo R. Silva. William C. Gifford. Surveyors of Lumber—John E. Hinckley, John C. Bearse, Joseph W. Hamlin. . I Sealer of Leather—William A. Gardner. Deer Reeve--John J. Harlow. Pound Beepers—Thomas W. Jones, Wm. F. Ormsby, Wil- ton $. Cammett, J. R. Crosby. Field Drivers—Theodore V. West, Zenas Crocker. Art. 3. To hear and act upon the report of the various Town 68 officers, also to hear the report of any Committees, and to take any action thereto and to act fully thereon. a Voted to accept the report of the Town Officers as printed. Mr. W. .4. Baldwin, Chairman of the Committee which was appointed last year in regard to building onto the Training School building, reported that this committee did not recommend taking any, action at this time. This re- port was accepted and it was voted to continue this com- mittee for another year and that they should make a report at,the nest annual meeting. The`committee which was appointed in 1917 to make rec- ommendations in regard to making appropriations reported • that they had no recommendations to make at this time. Voted to accept their report and to continue the same com- mittee for another year with the exception that, Mr. Henry P. Leonard was substituted for Mr. Ralph W. Crosby. The Road Committee presented a report which was ac- cepted and placed on file. Later it was voted to continue the same committee for another year. The committee on the James Otis Memorial made a verbal report which was also accepted. A letter from -Governor McCall was read and placed on file. The following motion by Mr. Charles C. Paine was made and accepted: "That the Town Officers be requested in making their " annual reports, if consistent with their duties, to omit there- from all unnecessary detail of work, labor and materials, and payments to individuals and to report summaries and classifications of expenditures; and that they be further requested to report the needs and requirements of their departments, with their recommendations, with estimates of the appropriations required to meet such needs, and to carry into effect such recommendations for action thereupon' by the Town at the annual meeting." 69 • Art. 4. To receive and act upon the accounts-of all persons to whom the Town is indebted. Voted to pay the following bills which had been approved by the Auditors: Edward C. Hinckley, Expenses as School Coin- mittee $23.36 Alfred Crocker, Jr., Expenses as School Com- mittee 44.90 S. F. Haskins, Expenses as School Committee 40.29 Edward C. Hinckley, Services and Expenses as Chairman of the Cotuit School Building Committee 131.70 Alfred Crocker, Jr., Services and Expenses as Secretary of the Cotuit School Building Committee 124.42 ,S. F. Haskins, Expenses Cotuit School, Building ' Committee 1.4.60 C. M. Chase,Expenses Cotuit School Building Com- inittee 10.00 John Bursley, Services and Expenses as Auditor 52.80 Albert L. Edson, Services and Expenses as Auditor 42.99 Luther-C. Hallett, Services and Expenses as Auditor 39.00 William A. Bearse, Services as Town Constable 100.00 Everett F. Fuller, Tax Collector's Bond 160.00 John P. W. Bodfish, Attending hearing before the Mass. Highway Commission 5.50 J. Milton Leonard, Auto Service account .T. 0. Committee 8.00 Chester Bearse, Plans and Blue Prints, T. 0. Com- mittee 25.00 $822.56 Edward C. Hinckley, Services as Moderator 1500 $83.7.56 70 A bill of Mr. T. A. Whiteley's not approved by the Audi- tors wac presented and it was voted to leave it in the hands of the Surveyor of Highways with authority to pay the A same if correct. Art. 5. To see!what sums of money the'Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the following purposes, for the ensuing year, viz:—Support of Poor, Repairs on Roads, Bridges, Snow, Support, of Schools, Repairs-on School Houses, Transportation of Scholars, Text Books and 'Supplies, Repairs on Town property, Printing and Advertising, Interest, Town Officers, Miscellaneous Expenses, Trees and labor on same, Suppression of Gypsy and Brown Tail Moth, Soldiers' Relief, Reserve Fund, Election Expenses, State Aid, Board of Health, Extinguishment of Fires, Aid for Mothers with Dependent Children, and for all other legal- expenditures. The following appropriations were voted Support of Poor $8,500.00, Repairs on Roads (And Bridges) 25,000.00 Snow Bills 3,000.00 Support of Schools 38,000.00 Repairs on School Houses 1;750.00 Transportation of Scholars 6,315.00 Text Books and Supplies 1,850.00 Repairs on Town Property 1,500.00 Printing And Advertising 1,000.00 Interest .3,000.00 Town Officers 7,000.00/ Miscellaneous Expenses 4,500.00 Trees and Labor on saine 500.00 Suppression of Moths 3,239.86 Reserve.Fund 1,500,00 , State Aid $2,000.00 Board of Health 2,500.00 Extinguishment of Fires 500.00 Mothers with Dependent Children 1,500.00 Traffic Officers 650.00 School Physician 150.00 71 Soldiers' Relief $650.00 Suppression of Crime 250.00 Election Expenses 1,200.00 $114,054.86 Art. 6. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Town Treasurer with approval of the. Selectmen, to borrow money in anticipation of revenue of the current financial year. Voted that the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, be and hereby is authorized to borrow money in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year be- ginning January 1st, 1918, and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year, and any debt or debts in- _ curred under this vote to be paid from the revenue of said financial.. year. Yes, 64; No, 0. - Art. I. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Town Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money on, and after January 1, 1919, in anticipation of revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1919. Voted that the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen be and hereby is authorized to borrow money on and after January 1st, 1919, in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1st, 1919, 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. Yes, 49; No, 0. Art. 8. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the proper observance of Memorial Day and to act fully thereon. Voted to raise and appropriate $300.00 for this purpose 72 and place the same in the Bands of the Barnstable Soldiers' • Memor.ic)1 Association. Art. 9. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Select- men to make such leases as in their opinion will be for the best interest of the Town,.and to confirm all leases heretofore given. Voted that the Selectmen be so authorized. Art. 10. To see if the Town will vote to elect one or more Surveyors of 'Highways at the next annual Town Meeting and to act fully thereon. Voted to elect one Surveyor of Highways at the nest an- nual Town Meeting. Art. 11. To see if the Town will vote to elect the iSurveyor or Surveyors for the term of three years, and to act fully thereon. Indefinitely postponed. Art. 12. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Eight Thousand Dollars ($8,000.) to provide for the pay- ment of Notes of the Town maturing in 1918. Voted to raise and appropriate $8,000.00 for this purpose. Art. 13. To see if the 'Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum not exceeding $8,000.00 or to borrow the same,, and issue its notes, bonds or scrip therefor, for the purpose of complet- ing the oil road on Ocean Street, in the Village of Hyannis, and the Craigville Beach Road, or take any action in relation thereto, and to act fully thereon. Voted to raise and appropriate $8,000.00 for the purpose " of building these two pieces of road. Art. 14. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Select- men to agree in writing, in behalf of the 'Town, to contribute a sum not exceeding $15,000.00 toward the cost of.a State Highway, which the 'Massachusetts Highway Commission proposes to lay out and construct in the Town, from the West end of the present State Highway, between the Villages of Hyannis and Centerville, to the 'East end of the present State Highway, near Coleman's corner, in the Village of Osterville. " 73 Art. 15. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum,not exceeding $15,000.00 or to borrow the same, and issue its notes, bonds or scrip therefor, for the purpose of carrying into effect any action of the Town under the preceding article or otherwise expending the same for the repair and rebuilding of roads, or take any action in relation thereto, and to act fully thereon. Under, these two articles taken together it was voted that $15,000.00 be raised and appropriated for the purpose specified in Article 14 and that the Seleotmen be so authorized. Art. 16. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Select- men to indemnify the Commonwealth of .Massachusetts against any and a.l'_ claims or demands for land.and grade damages, which may result from the lay-out and construction of a State High- way in this Town, from the West end of the present State High- way, between the Villages of Hyannis and Centerville, to the East end of the present -State Highway near Coleman's corner, in the Village of Osterville. Voted that the Town authorize the'Selectmen to indemnify the Commonwealth of. Massachusetts against any and all claims or demands for land and,grade damages which may re- sult from the lay-out,'andi construction of a State Highway in this Town, from the West end of the present State Highway between the villages of Hyannis and Centerville and the East end of the present State Highway near Coleman's cor- ner in the village of Osterville; also the State Highway to be built in the village of Cotuit from the end.of the present State Highway to Alain street. Art. 17. To see if the Town will authorize the iSelectmen to enter into .a contract with the Massachusetts Highway Com. mission for the construction of any State Highway, which may be laid out in this Town during the present year, and,to sub-let said contract, if they deem it to the best interests of the Town. _ Voted that the Selectmen be so authorized. Art. 18. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropri- B-6 74 v ate a sum of money not to exceed $2,500:00 to be used for defraying, expenses in connection with the State Guard. Voted to raise and appropriate $2,500.00 for this purpose.. Art. 19. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or issue its notes, bonds or scrip for the sum of iSixteen Hundred Dollars ($1,600.00) for the purpose of paying outstanding bills `on the new School building at Cotuit, or take any action in relation thereto, and to act fully thereon. Voted to raise and appropriate $1,600.00 for this purpose. Art. 20. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate in accordance with Section 9,-Chapter 707,Acts of the Massachusetts Legislature of 1914, a sum of money, to be expended by the Cape Cod Farm Bureau for Boys' and Girls' Club Work or agricultural demonstration work in the Town of Barnstable. Voted to raise and appropriate $300.00 for this purpose. Art. 21. To see if the Town will instruct the Selectmen to mark the boundary line between the Towns of Yarmouth and Barnstable, in the tide waters of Lewis Bay and Hyannis Harbor, with suit- able buoys, land marks and ranges, and to,act fully thereon, and to raise and appropriate a sum of money not to exceed $300.00 for said purpose. (By,request). Voted to raise and appropriate $150.00 for this purpose. . Art. 22. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.90) to be placed in the hands of the Selectmen for the purpose of paying the necessary compensation and expenses of the Clam Warden for the ensuing year and thereafter. (By request). A motion to raise $500.00 for this purpose was voted down after which it was voted to raise and appropriate $250.00 for this purpose. Art. 23. To see if the Town will vote to refund to the Fish Pedlers in the Town of Barnstable the amount of money paid by ahem for Licenses to peddle fish in 1916, or take any action in re- lation thereto and to act fully thereon. (By request). Voted that the Town Treasures be authorized to refund 75 to the fish_pedlers in the Town of Barnstable the amount paid by them for licenses to peddle fish in the year 1916 if advised by the Commissioner of Weights and Measures that they were illegally licensed. , Art. 24. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money sufficient to pay for either part or full time service of a garden supervisor the coming season. Indefinitely postponed. Art. 25. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Select- men to indemnify the Commonwealth of Massachusetts against any and all claims or demand for land and grade damages, which may result from the lay-out and construction of a State High- way that may be laid out, contracted for or built in the year 1918 in the Town of 'Barnstable, and to act fully thereon. Laid on the table. Art. 26. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to enter into a contract with the Massachusetts Highway Commis- sion for the construction of any State Highway that may be laid out, contracted for, or built in the year 1918, and to act fully thereon. Laid on the table. Art. 27. To Lee if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or issue its notes, bonds or scrip for any sum of money to be used for the purpose of constructing-a Town Building on the land on :Main Street, in Hyannis, which was purchased for town pur- poses last year, or take any action in relation thereto and to act fully thereon. (By request). Art. 28. To see if the Town will vote to appoint'a,Committee to investigate and report upon the advisability of providing a new Town Hall and office Building, and to make plans, estimates and recommendations for the same, and that a sum not to exceed $500.00 be raised and appropriated for the use and expenses of such Committee, and to act fully thereon. (By request). Under these two articles taken together it was voted that a committee be appointed consisting of the Town Treasurer, 76 Y the Chairman of the Board of Selectmen, and five other persons to be named by the. Moderator to investigate the A advisability of constructing a new. Town Building on the Town lot on Main street in Hyannis, and to report thereon with plans and.estimates to the next annual Town Meeting, and that the sum of $500.00 be raised and appropriated for the use of said-committee. The Chair appointed John D. W. Bodfish, Irving W. Cook, J. Milton Leonard, William F. Makepeace and John E. Hinckley. Art. 29. To see if the Town will vote to take any action relative to parking automobiles in Hyannis on Ocean Street, between Main and South Streets, and on Main Street between Ocean Street and the entrance to the Normal School Grounds. (By request). Art. 30. To see if the Town will vote to request and instruct the Selectmen to make rules and orders for the regulation of carriages and vehicles used in the Town, and to fix penalties for the violation of the same, and to act fully thereon. (By request). Under these two articles taken together it was voted that the Selectmen be authorized and requested to make rules for the regulation of Carriages and Vehicles; and that they be .requested to grant hearings before making such rules. Art. 31. To see if the Town will vote to request its officers not to make any contracts for work or supplies without first ad- vertising for bids, and to snake all such contracts with the lowest responsible bidders, or take any action in relation thereto, and to act fully thereon. (By request). Indefinitely postponed. Art. 32. To see if the Town will vote to elect two Constables in the precinct of Osterville, or take any action in relation thereto, and to act fully thereon. (By request). Voted to elect two Constables in the precinct of Oster- villP. Art. 33. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate a sum of money to be expended for Athletic purposes at the Barnstable 77 High School or take any action in relation thereto and act fully thereon. (.By request). w Voted to raise $150.00 for this purpose. Art. 34. To see if the Town will accept the report of the Select- men as to the lay-out of extension of road on Long Beach in the Village of Centerville, and to appropriate a sum of money therefor. Voted to accept the report of the Selectmen as to the lay- out of this road and that $500.00 be raised and appropri- ated for the purpose of building this road. Art. 35. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to sell the old dump ground in Barnstable, or take any action in rela- tion thereto and act fully thereon. Voted that the Selectmen be authorized to sell this piece of land at public or private sale and to execute deeds for. the same. Art. 36. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to sell or otherwise dispose of .the Crusher Plant belonging to the Town, and to act fully thereon. Voted that the Selectmen be so authorized. Art. 37. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of $100.00 for.the purchase of a piece of land adjoining the Cotult Cemetery, and to act fully thereon. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of$100.00 for the purpose of purchasing this piece of land. x Voted that the thanks of the Town be extended to Mr. Albert Starck of Centerville and Mr. Charles henry Davis of South Yarmouth for their kindness to the Town thereby enabling the schools to be kept open during the recent shortage of coal. Voted that the Surveyor of Highways be authorized to take the money necessary for the repairs on bridges from .the amount appropriated for the repairs on roads. 78 Voted that it be the sense of this meeting "That the Col- lector of. Taxes be required to collect.and pay.to the Town R Treasurer on or before December 31st, 1918, all outstanding taxes of any previous years together with the total amount ' of the April levy of this year. The December assessment to be collected and paid to the-Treasurer at such time as the Assessors shall determine." Voted that it be the sense of this meeting "That twenty thousand dollars ($20,000.00) of the amount due for un- collected taxes previous to the year 1918 be applied to this year's appropriations." Voted that it be the sense of this meeting "That we re- quest our Senator and Representative to use their influence before the Highway Commission to have the State take bver the mile of Stone Road in the village of Barnstable, it be- ing the only piece which has not been taken over by the State in that part of the Town." The following resolution was offered by Air. William Jen- kins: Resolved that it is the sense of this meeting that there should be a Town Historian of this Town's doings in the present war and that there be some person appointed from each precinct of the Town to collect data of such local doings. That there be one person who shall be the Historian to whom all collected data shall be submitted. � Voted that the compensation of the Town Constable be $50.00 and that William A. Bearse be the Constable to per- form the Town's business. The committee appointed under Mr. Jenkins' resolution above is as follows: Alfred Crocker, William F. Jenkins, Samuel W. Hallett, John B. Cornish,.G. Webster Hallett, Dr. J. H. Higgins and Benjamin F. Sears. 79 Voted that the suiil of $15.00 be paid to the Moderator for his services and also.the thanks of the meeting. Meeting closed at 12:40 p. m. Attest: CLARENCE M. CHASE, r Town Clerk. K 80 BIRTHS Births recorded in the Town of Barnstable for the year R 1918, with the name, place of birth, and Christian name of parents: Jan. 8. 'Robert Samuel Johnson, West Barnstable, Henry and Rose M. , Jan. 16. (Illegitimate). Jan. 17. Arthur Cash, Jr., Barnstable, Arthur and Alice. Jan. 20. Antone Batavia Cabral, Osterville, Manuel B, and Mary J. Jan. 28. Robert Dight �$avery, Cotuit, George H. and Louise A. Feb. 1. Margaret May Young, Barnstable, George. and Ellen E. Feb. 2. (Daughter) Ferriera, Santuit, Frank A. and Rosa. Feb. 3. Norman Penniman, Hyannis, Elisha S. and Ethel C. Feb. 6. (Illegitimate). Feb. 9. Tony Perry, Marstons 'Mills, Benjamin and Mary. Feb. 18. .Richard Foster Klimm, Hyannis, Henry and Edith. Feb. 19. Oswald Edwin Ruska, Barnstable, Charles W. and Selma. Feb. 20. (Illegitimate). r Feb. 21. (Stillborn). Feb. 22. Adeline Lucy Bastien, Hyannis, George and Beatrice M, Mar. 2. Beryl Elizabeth Sherbut, Cotuit, Ralph S. and Annie E, y Mar. 14. Geraldine Prouse Lovell, Cummaquid, Shirley D. and . Constance C. Mar. 15. Harlan Newell Nickerson, Hyannis, Alex, and Maud L. Mar. 18. Marguerite Minnie Coville, Cummaquid, Arthur M. Jr., and Minnie. 81 Mar. 22. Gordon Farnsworth Kelley, OAerville, Charles L and w 0 Anna I. Apr. 7. Aiberta Mary Corcoran, Hyannis, John L. and Florence I2. Apr. 7. Ellen Katherine Winnikainen, West Barnstable, Otto and Wilhelmina. Apr. 9. Gordon Francis Cash, West Yarmouth, Raymond . and Selina. Apr. 15. Cynthia Evelyn Booth` Gibson, Marstons Mills, Ray R. and Evelyn. Apr. 16. Marguerite Thacher; West Yarmouth, Edward C: and Annie •M. Apr. 20. Edward Allen Hallett, Barnstable, Edward E. and Mary H. Apr. 20. Lawrence Standish 'Cannon, Hyannis, Loton J. and Alice G. Apr. 20. Ralph Jennings Cannon, Hyannis, Loton J. and Alice G. . i Apr. 28. Effie Florence Nickerson, Cotuit, Roland B. and Cather- ine M. Mp y. 9. Walter Everett Crocker, Jr., Barnstable, Walter E. and Bessie E. May 12, Ida Virginia O'Brien, Hyannis, 'William G. and Mabel F. May 19. Edward Francis Johnston, West Barnstable, Sylvester and Maria S. May 19. Ellen Irene Imbert;, Hyannis, George and Ida. May 20.. Martha Anna Bystrom, Osterville, John P. and Anna A. May 23. Joseph Sullivan Davis, Jr.,West Barnstable, Jos. S., Jr., and Mary R. I , May 26. Marjorie Gordon Long, Hyannis, Edwin F. and Edith F. May 26, John Marston Ryder, Barnstable, Carleton I. and Isa- bella F. 82 May 29. Y,arriett Ellen Scudder, Osterville, Frederick F. and Ethel E. w June 4. Edward Coville, Hyannis, Darius and Delia. June 23. Ina Gertrude Crosby, 'Osterville, Herbert B. and Ange- line L. June 26. Catherine Edith Brown, Centerville, Wilbert L. and Marion F. ' June 26. Merrill Loring Phillips, Cummaquid, John A. and Gladys P. • July 5. Edith Elizabeth Dixon, Barnstable, Charles C. and Laura B. July 1,1. Caroline Elizabeth Allen, West Barnstable, George E. and Catherine. July 11. Charles M71ellington Jones; Barnstable, William A. and Elsie M. ' July 13. Frederick Edward Maki, W'est.,Barnstable, Andrew and Mary E. July 18. John 'McKeon, Barnstable, Patrick and :Maria. July 18. Annie McKeon, Barnstable, Patrick and Maria. July 19., Joseph Bradshaw Tatlow, Jr., Barnstable, Joseph B. and Louise E. July 22. Caroline Paul ,Morin,Hyannis, Julius P. and Hester C. July 22. Henry Thomas'Morin, Hyannis, Julius P. and Hester C. July 24. 'Constance Bowman Hoxie, -Santuit, Maurice A. and Mar- y jorie T., Aug. 3. Ellen Dorothy Peltonen, West Barnstable, Ivar and Karan M. Aug. 5. Frederick Bearse, Centerville, Albert F'. and Christina. Aug. 14. Lauchlan MacLean Crocker, Jr., Marstons Mills, Lauch- Ian M. and Wilhelmina M. y 83 Aug. 15. Loring Goodspeed Jones, Jr., Marstons Mills, Loring G. w and Ada H. Aug. 16. Herbert Mervin Malchman, Hyannis, 'Max and Ada S. Aug. 17. Ada Ellsworth Ellis, Hyannis, Warren E. and Grace M. Aug. 20. Edward Semple Greacen, Osterville, Walter J. and Ber- tha J. Aug. 21. Louisa Pina, Marstons 'Mills, Charles and Mary. r Aug. 22. Josephine de Lima ;Motta, West Barnstable, Manuel and 'Maria. Aug. 26. John Parker Hallett, James H. and Asenith J. Aug. 31. ('Son) Libby, Barnstable, Charles N. and Avira. Sept. 4. (Son) Barrus, Barnstable, Howard D, and Hester. Sept. 11. Jean Crocker, Hyannis, Aurin H. and Flora C. Sept. 15. Irving Garfield Bodfish, Hyannis, John D. W. and Louie E. Sept. 18. Edith .Maud Kelley, Hyannis, Zenas H. and Mary F. iSept. 20. Colette Dorothy Siira, Centerville, John and Hilma. • Slept. 21. Amalia Fernandes, West .Barnstable, Conrado and Mary. 'Sept. 24. Wilho Alfred Lampi, West Barnstable, Arvid and Anna. Sept. 26, Russell Phillip Savery, Cotuit, 'Eustis R. and Mary A. Sept. 18. Wilfred Leonard Pyy, West Barnstable, John and Hilma. Sept. 28. (Daughter) 'Tsiknas, Hyannis, George E. and 'Mary. Oct. 5. ('Son) Cahoon, Hyannis, William and Jennie. Oct. 11. Leo Albert Arnio, Centerville, Joseph E. and Ida. - Oct. 12. Marie Frances Landers, Cotuit, Samuel E. and Eunice M. 84 Oct. 13. 'Eleanor Louise :Childs, Osterville, Herman F. and Edna S. a Oct. 16. (Son) Sherman, Hyannis, Linwood A. and Ouida. Oct. 29. Norman Willard Williams, Hyannis, Lester W. and Florence M. Nov. �2. Willard Hallis Nickerson, Marstons. Mills, Willard E. and Susie M. Nov. 4. (Son) Handfield, Barnstable, Adolph"and Elizabeth. Nov. 8. (Son) Cotell, Hyannis, Harris E. and Nettie E. Nov. 13. Robert .Francis Nickerson, Cotuit, Freeman M. and Geneive M. _Nov. 17. •Joivo Armas Anderson, West Barnstable, Jack and Ida S. Nov. 20. (Son) Nickerson, Marstons 'Mills, Albert B. ,and Jessie .M. Dec. 4. Leo Victor Ruska, Centerville, Victor and Linta H. Dec. 5. (Daughter) Jones, Centerville, Thomas M and Sophia. Dec. 12. Elizabeth Mary Enos, Santuit, Manuel and Sylvia. ' Dec. 14. George iClark 'Campbell, Santuit, Peter and 'Mary E. Oluitted from 1913 report: June 8. Harriet Inez Jones, Centerville, Thomas M. and Sophia. Omitted from 1917 report: May 27. ,'Theodore Howard Benttinen, West Barnstable, Tidie and Hilda. Aug. 31. Warren Richard Libby. Sept. 4. Harold Sears Barrus. Sept. 28. Helen G.. Tsiknas. 85. Oct. 16. Francis Linwood Sherman. R , Nov. 4. Henry Wallace Handfield. Nov. 11. Ralph Ofeldo Cotell. Nov. 20. Nelson Burgess Nickerson. Dec. 5. Evelyn iRuth Jones. MARRIAGES Marriages.recorded in. the Town of Barnstable for the ,year 1.918: Jan. 1. Aubrey Sprague Handy of West Dennis and Bernice Edith Bryant of Hyannis. Jan. 1.1' Charles Mervyn Eldredge of Osterville and Geneive An- nand Fuller of Osterville. Jan. 7. Charles Arnold-Flexon of Hyannis and Minnie Bell Der. by (Murray) of Hyannis. Jan. 10. Manuel Lewis Cabral of Cambridge and'Ruth Elizabeth •Kelley of Centerville. Feb. 2. Axel Johnson of Centerville and Hilda Katrina Dahl- berg of Centerville., Feb. 27. Z,�nas Henry Kelley of Hyannis and Mary Edith Burns of Hyannis. Mar. 30. William Edward Williams. of Reading and Adele Savage Tacker of Reading. Apr. 6. '07alter Collins Clark of Bridgewater and Lottie Ra4d (Edson) of Barnstable. May 12. Spiros L. Panesis of. Hyannis and Anna Rossehton: of Pennsylvania, 86 June 3. Charles B. .Marchant of Hyannisport and Katie A. Gar- rett (Gillis) of Hyannisport. A June 7. James C. Devitt of Minneapolis and Elma. G. Baxter of Hyannis. June 22 i-loward Charles Cocley of Hyannis and Lillian Mildred Chase of Nantucket. Jur-e 22. Donald. B. Small of Chatham and Geneive Bradford of 1yannis. June 26. kVil.liam Francis Gardner of ISouth Hyannis and Hazel llae Keyes of South Hyannis. June 26 George Henry Edwards of Hyannis and.Louise Marie McDonough of Hyannis. June 29. Antonio B. Rebello of Santuit and :Maria Roderigues of New Bedford. July Jo1i_i Parrsinen of Sagamore and Hilma Elma iSiiva of Hyannis. July 6. Colemar Curran of Hyannis and Nora Bane of Hyannis. July 1.1.. Carlton Leslie Taylor cf Hyannis and Irma Amelia Coleman of Barustable. July 16. Samuel L. Satcher of Boston and Arlessia H. Bassett of Ch�tham July 28. Gerard Chapman of Dennis and'B.ertha E..Hamblin of. ?darstons Mills. , Aug. 31. F*ank W. Taussig of Washington, D. C., and Laura . Fisher of Yonkers, N. Y. Aug. 31. Jcas de P. Lima of West Barnstable and 'Maria da L. emaral (de Medeiros) of West Barnstable. Sept. 7. Joseph N. Perry of 'Marstons 'Mills and Emma G. P. Pells of Marstons 'Mills. Sept. 10. Prince Warren NaDh of Chelsea and Emily Sweet Whit- ford of -Centerville. 87 Sept. 11. Poivilas Peter Yankanchas of Osterville and Margaret Burke of Osterville. r p Sept. 25. John J. MacDonald of Malden and Mary E. Suzan of Barnstable. Sept. 27. Newell Curtis 'Cushing of Neponset and Gertrude Lee Greene of .Marstons Mills. Oct. 16. Eurleigh Dalton Leonard of Osterville and Jessie Boult of Osterville: Oct. 28. Albert Austin .Winship of Weymouth and Gertrude Grace Bunker of Hyannis. Nov. 5. James N. Rogers- of Osterville and Elizabeth A. Cor- coran (Codd) of Csterville. Nov. 9. John Bodge Oliver, Jr., of West,Barnstable and Doris May Elms of Fall River. Dec. 22. Albert P. Coleman of Ostervil)e and Mary Schenck of New Market, N. J. Dec. 25. Norman Richard Steele of Everett and 'Marion Parker Crowell of Hyannis. DEATHS' Deaths recorded in the Town of Barnstable for the ,year 1918: Jan. 2. Mary L.'Peak (ShQrman), Hyannis, 77 y. Jan. 3. Elizabeth A. 'Cash (Holway), Hyannis, 49 y., 1 m., 12 d. Jan. 9. Olive C. 'Brown, Craigville, 2'y., 8m., 12 d. Jan. 17. Lcroy C. .Stevens, Barnstable, 27 y., 10 m., 25 d. Jan. 24. Ella E. Whitman (Sanborn), West 'Barnstable, 62 y., 7 in., 15 d. 88 \ Jan. 28. Florentine Chatfield (Handy), -Cotuit, 84 y., 1 m., 15 d. A .Tan. 31. Joseph H. Phinnev, Hyannisport, 7v, 5 m. Feb. 1. Helen M. Jones (Reed), West Barnstable, 80 y., 9 m.,2 d. Feb. 3. Mary -S. Frazier, Santuit, 1 d. Feb. 4: Rebecca F. Cahoon (Hill), Hyannis, 71 y., 4 M. , Feb. 9._ Albert R. B. Johnston, Hyannis, 45 y.,•7 d. Feb. 11., John Nouisisnen, Centerville, 67 y., 1 m. Feb. 21. (,Stillborn). Feb. 24. Antone Perry, 'Marstons 'Mills, 15 d. Feb. 24. John C. Roza, Barnstable, 1 m., 25 d. Mar. 2. Samuel A. Putnam, Hyannis, 77 y., 7 m., 9 d. Mar. 8. Israel Crocker, Osterville, 85 y., 7 m., 3 d. Mar. 9. Augustus D. Ayling, Centerville, 77 y., 7 m., 11 d. Mar. 12. William Jackson, Barnstable, 58 y., 4 d. Mar. 19, Robert B. Fuller, �iantuit,'78 y., 4 m., 13 d. Mar. 27. Lemuel F. Backus, Centerville, 52 y., 6 m.,.14 d. Mar. 28. Sylvester G. Whelden, Osterville, 59 y., 11 m., 29 d. Mar. 30. Julia H. Fuller (Wearer), Santuit, 62 y., 2 m., 5 d. Mar. 31. Henry C. 'Swift, Cotuit, 65.y.,J,m., 20 d. Apr. 6. Dennis Amaral, West Barnstable, 4 y., 4 m., 26 d. Apr. 7. William E. Bearse, Centerville, 79 y., 7 m., 29 d. Apr. 14. Henry Clinton Jonas, Marstons Mills, 57 y., 4 m., 14 d. Apr. 17. Aagust Carlson, West Barnstable, 16 y., 8 m., 17 d. Apr. 20. Harlan N. Nickerson, Hyannis, 1 m., 5 d. Apr. 22. Deborah A. Pinkham (Folger), Santuit, 66 y., 6 m., 1 d. 89 Apr. 27. Ralph B. Hoxie, Cotuit, 27 y., 2 m., 14 d. q May 4. Frances P. Bearse (Lattin), Centerville, 81 y. May 19. Louisa Crocker, West Barnstable, 74 y., 1 m., 27 d. May 28. John M. Ryder, Barnstable, 2 d. June 26. ,Abbie L. Parker ('Ciayner), West'Barnstable, 80 y., 10 m. June 29. Christopher C. Chase, Harwich, 82 y., 1 m., 19 d. June 29. Isaac, J. Greene, Marstons ;Mills, 68 y., 9 m., 15 d. July 2. Herbert F..Kelley, Centerville, 65 y., 6 m., 10 d. July 9. Fliza Ann Howland (Richardson), Hyannis, 74 y., 4 m., 7 d. July 10. ,Abigail N. Nickerson .(Holbrook), Hyannis, 84 y., 26 d. July 12, Caroline A. Hallett (Bearse), Hyannis, 75 y., 16 d. July 15. Presby Clark Phillips, Hyannis, 58 y., 3 m., 11 d. July 19. John 'McKeon, Barnstable, 101-2 hrs. July 19. Eliza Freeman (Robbins ('Robinson), Hyannis, 153 y., 8 m. July 20. Joseph Perry Roza, West Barnstable, 56 y. July 21. John Young, Barn;table, 74 y., 7 m., 24 d. July 24. Sarah 'M. Hawkins (Washburn), Hyannis, 82 y., 9 19 d. July 26. 'Manuel.C. Aranjo, Hyannis, 24 y., 4 m., 20 d. July' 26. Isabel Holt, West Roxbury, 65 y., 11 m., 11 d. Aug. '22. . Edward Semple Greacen, New York, 2 d. Aug. 30. Howard M. Jacobs, New York, 65 y., 9 m., 4 d. tSept. 2. Norman Tobey, I3yannis, 1 y. Sept. 3. ;Mary Edith Smith., Montclair, N. J., 3 y., 9 m., 14 d. B-7 90 Sept. 13 Angeline B. 'Crocker, •Hyannis, 72 y., 7 m., 17 d. Sept. 22: Nellie Atwood ('McNeil), West Barnstable, 56 y. Sept. 25. Leander B. Shaw, Hyannis, 36 y., 6 m., 25 d. Sept. 28. Rinaldo J. Childs. Hyannisport, 72 y., 10 m., 2 d. Sept. 28. James Webb; Cotuit, 84 y., 5 m., 7.d. Oct. 1. Olive A. Lockwood (Crosby), 67 y., 7 m., 15 d. Oct. 2. George R. Young, Barnstable, 28 y., 1 m., 20 d. Oct. 3. Bertha E. Mayall (Coyle), Hyannis, 51 y., 9 m. Oct. 4. .Nellie T. Young (Driscoll), Barnstable, 40 y., 3 m., 5 d. Oct. 5. Charles R. Codman, Brookline, 88 y., 11 m., 7 d. Oct. 9. Eugene Mills, Barnstable, 23 y. i Oct. 12. Josephine -S. Chase (Crocker), Hyannis, 34 y., 9 m., 14 d. Oct. 12. I abecca Percival, Barnstable, 72 y., 7 m., 6 d. . Oct. 14. Henry L. Pingree, Barnstable, 73 y., 11 m., 20 d. Oct. 21. Wilma Pyy (Hittonen), West Barnstable, 38 y., 1 m. Oct. 23. Elsie Estelle Pyy, West Barnstable, 1 y., 7 m., 1 d. Oct. 25. "/Tilton V. Cobb, Hyannis, 37 y., 6 m. Nov. 5. Caroline P. Crowell (Hallett), Hyannis, 69 y., 2 m., 17 d. Nov. 10 ' Edith M. Kelley, Hyannis, 1,m., 18 d. ` Nov. 10. Emerson B. Gavery, Cotuit, 25 y. Nov. 13. Percival F. Butmar_, Hyannis, 53 y. Nov. 13. Robert S. Johnson, West Barnstable, 10 m., 5 d. Nov. 15. Wilfred Leonard Pyy, West Barnstable. 1 m., 27 d. Nov. 18. John F. Marsh, Centerville, 81 y. Nov. 21. Malcom L. MacQuade, Hyannis, 2 y., 3 m.,.17 d. 91 Nov. 22. Arthur J. Baker, Hyannis, 53 y., 6 m. Nov. 23. Aaron S. Crosby, Centerville, 76 y., 1 m., 17 d. 4 _ Nov. 28. Jessie Barbosa (Amaral), Barnstable, 38 y. Nov. 29. Edith A._Klimm (Sherburne), Hyannis, 39 y. Dec. S. Abbie L. Bodfish (Smith), West Barnstable, 82 y., 5 m. 21 d. Dec. 8. Edwin T. Howland, Osterville, 71 y. Dec. 19. Frederick W. Parker, Cotuit, 39 y., 4 m., 5 d. Dec. 20. Betsey A. Morse (Perry),iHyannis, 68 y., 2 m., 5 d. Dec. 24. Evelyn Carlson (Dixon), West Barnstable, 30� y., 9 m,, 3 d. Dec. 25. Amelia W. 'Pullen (Lord), Santuit, 87 y., 26 d. - Dec. 26. Earl DeWitt, Osterville, 33 y., 9 m., 10 d. Dec. 27. Hernfan F. !Childs, Osterville, 27 y., 7 m., 22 d. Dec. 29. William H. Bennett, Osterville, 86 y., 2 m., 8 d. Dec. 29. William W. Stockman, Osterville, 76 y., 9 m., 20 d. Dec. 31. Arno Arvid Aittaniemi.."West Barnstable, 1 y.,8 m.,8 d.' Out of town deaths brought here for burial: Jan. 17. John R. Dodge, Jr., Medford, 4 d. Feb. 11. Henry E. Crocker, Haworth, N. J., 69 y., 7 m., 29 d. Mar. 6. William J. Nickerson, New Bedford, 73 y., 5 m., 24 d. May 14. Jemima I-I. Jones, Boston, 79 y. July 17. Louise 'Miller, .Boston, 78 y., 10 m.. 27 d. July 23. CharIes 0. Adams, Somerville, 83 y., 9 m., 11 d. 92 Aug. 31. Isadore Whelden,'Montclair, N. J., 76 y., 1 m., 21 d. Sept. 3. .John Duffy, Foxborough, 70 y. � Sept. 21. Daniel Crocker, Cambridge, 57 y., 4 m. Sept. 23. Thomas Wannie, Quincy, 47 y., 9 m., 5 d. r Sept. 23. 13arold B. Crowell, Boston, 30 y. Oct. 24. Hattie Deanglo, Worcester, 24 y. Oct. 20. Horace A. Emerson, Boston, 28 y., 6 m., 3 d. Oct. 28. Mary M. Stevens, 'Medway, 83 y., 8 m., 13 d. Nov. 3. Emma E. Crowell, Boston, 49 y. Nov. 6. Mertie Z. Bruce, 'Malden, 23 y., 8 m.,,8 d. Nov. 21. Horace Cobb, ;Brockton, 1 mi, 21 d. Dec. 9. Isabelle Gvstafson, Minnesota, 28 y. Dec. 23. Alton C. Churbuck, (Melrose, 41 y., 6 m.; 23 d. Dec. 26. Dora A. Jones, Sandwich, 18 y., 8 m., 8 S. Dec. 31. Sarah F..Adams, Somerville, 77 y., 6 m., 12 d. CLAR:ENCE M. CHASE, Town Clerk. JURY LIST Jury list of Town of Barnstable as prepared under the l.aovisions of Section 4, Chapter 291, of the General Acts of 191 8: Freeman C. Adams, Oyster Grower John H. Burrill, Poultryman Chester Bearse, Contractor Gorham F. Basset, Retired Winthrop D. Bassett, Insurance James E. Baxter, Merchant William C. Baker, Painter Noah A. Bradford, Contractor Braddock Coleman, Carpenter Arthur M. Coville, Meat Dealer Timothy Crocker, Retired Zenas Crocker, Farmer Elliott F. Crosby, Boat Builder. Edward S Crocker, Hotel Keeper Horace M. Crosby, Boat Builder Alexander S: Childs, . Laborer S. Fremont Crocker, Farmer Frank E. Crocker, Plumber Jehiel R. Crosby,' Farmer s ' William E. Cushman, Retired games H. Connolly, Automobile Dealer William E. Cox, Hotel Keeper Judah Crowell, - Farmer Charles E. Doubtfire, Farmer Edwin F. Fuller, , Contractor ' Edmund D. Fuller, Painter Ezra J. Gifford, .. Oyster Grower 94 ` Arthur 'G. Guyer, Druggist John A: Grigson, Carpenter F. Percy Goss, Retired Herbert W. Harlow, Fisherman William D. Holmes, Carpenter M. Raymond Harlow, Cranberry Grower John J. Horne, Laborer Charles L. Howe, Retired George L. Hamblin, Oysterman Joseph W. Hamblin, Contractor Osborne L. Hallett, Retired Harry W. Jenkins, Farmer Joseph W. Jenkins, Laborer Edgar A. Jones, Farmer Walter C. Jones, Carpenter Harold Ja-•obs, Carpenter Burleigh D. Leonard, Auto Repairs Henry P. Leonard, Contractor Charles E Lewis, Fisherman Howard G. Lumbert, Carpenter Henry C. Mortimer, Fisherman Augustus B. Nye, Retired Thomas H. Nye, Painter Horace W. Nickerson Ice Dealer Sidney Nickerson, Retired Willis T. Nickerson, Retired Nelson P. Phinney, Farmer Burleigh H. Savery, Salesman Albert C. Smith, Retired Benjamin F. Sears, Merchant Charles H. Stubbs, Plumber Jos. W. Tallman, Jr. Mason Henry A. Stevens, Salesman Henry Waterman, Retired Frank A. Bayley, Retired' 0 p MOTH DEPARTMENT To the Selectmen of Barnstable: During the past year the work of this department has continued along similar lines as outlined in my,report to you last year. The changed-conditions that have come about since the, last report, as a result of the world war; have necessarily altered my plan of work. Owing to the advanced cost of labor, spraying material and equipment, a definite curtailment had to be made in the work to make a saving: The spring and winter creosot= ing work of. the egg masses was discontinued, that the money thus saved might be used in the spraying operations. The spraying machines started work May 26th and con- tinued as weather permitted, through the month'of June, up to July 5th. Three power sprayers, owned by 'the town, were used in this work. The large sprayer was used to advantage on the tall trees along the highways and in the villages.. Two 5-h. p. were mounted on auto trucks. Without ex- plaining more in detail, a great advantage can readily be seen, for quick and efficient work, as compared to horse drawn sprayers. If all the spraying could be done in the first fifteen,days of 'the spraying season, more effective work, at a very,re- duced cost, could be accomplished. A large number of parasites of the various kinds have }been liberated in the infested areas in the town the past . year. The Calosoma beetle was very evident throughout the town, and its work on the gypsy caterpillars and pupae very marked. Results of the work of parasites liberated in 1916 are en- couraging, and no doubt when'they have increased and be- coine climatized, a marked advance will be made in the destruction of the gypsy and brown-tails. Spraying for citizens and 'property owners on their pri- vate property was done to a greater extent than last year. This work consisted of thinnings, creosotjng, spraying or- chards, cranberry bogs and private estates. The total receipts from this work were $1,935.32. Spraying equipment belonging to the town is now stored and in perfect working condition for operation in 1919. Following this report is a copy of the Cranberry Growers' Committee on moth work. Experts from the State For- ester's office accompanied the Cranberry Growers' Commit- tee when inspecting the cranberry bogs in this town. Respectfully submitted, ROBERT F. CROSS, Moth Superintendent. CRANBERRY GROWERS' COMMITTEE REPORT The Cranberry Growers' Committee on moth work, after having inspected the cranberry bogs very carefully have found them badly infected with gypsy moths. 97 Some bogs .are practically ruined at, the present time, with the prospect that a great deal more damage is sure to occur in the next year, and for some time to come. Considering the great damage to the cranberry industry, we earnestly desire, and would ask towns that they pro- cure adequate spraying equipment for the protection of the growers. And we would further advise cranberry growers that they keep in close touch with their local moth superinten- dent for further advice or assistance. J. MYRICK BUMP. • t REPORT OF FOREST WARDEN Report of Forest Warden for the year ending Dec. 31, 1918: 16 Railroad fines set by engines, costing, $59 30 Number of men who worked on railroad fires, 92 Number of acres burned on railroad (mostly grassland), 24 8 Forest fires, costing, ].09 1.5 Number of men who worked on fires, 86 Number of acres burned, 160 Number of fire permits issued, 416 Respectfully submitted, II. C. BACON, Forest Warden. DEPUTY FOREST FIRE WARDS Deputy Forest Fire Wards appointed by H. C. Bacon, Forest Warden, for year 1919, and telephone numbers: H. B. Ryder, Cummaquid, Barnstable 5-12 Wm. A. Jones, Barnstable, Barnstable 72-3 Geo. C. Seabury, Barnstable, 'Barnstable 36-2 Charles L. Bassett, West Barnstable, Barnstable 59-12 John Bursley, West Barnstable, Barnstable 58-6 Calvin Benson, West Barnstable, Barnstable 54-5 S. Fremont Crocker, Marstons Mills, Cotuit 32-6 Zenas Crocker; Marstons Mills, Cotuit 18-5 Loring G. Jones, Marstons Mills, Cotuit 156-4 W. F. Harlow, Santuit, Cotuit 11,3 T. D. Rennie;'Santuit, Cotuit 129-2 Ezra Hobson, Cotuit, Cotuit 145 A. S. Childs, Cotuit, Cotuit 66-11 S. N. .Am(, , Osterville, Cotuit 245-2 Ira L. IIinckley; Osterville, Cotuit 167-3 Robert Daniel, Osterville, Cotuit 67 Frank E. Crocker, Centerville, Hyannis 168-3 J. R. Crosby, Centerville, Hyannis 108-2 J. Alonzo Stevens, Centerville, Cotuit 3-3-22 Wm. T. Beals, Hya.nnisport, Hyannis 35-3 James F. Crowell, Hyannis, Hyannis 36-2 H. C. Bacon, Hyannis, Hyannis' 144-2 REPORT OF MILK INSPECTOR Marstons Mills, Jan. 29, 1919. To the Board of Health of Barnstable. Gentlemen: I herewith submit my report, as Inspector of Milk, from June 1, 1918, to the present time: I have issued 154 milk licenses. issued 6 milk permits. issued 10 oleomargarine licenses. made 254 dairy inspections. analyzed 99 samples of milk officially, and 18 by request. Of the 99 samples, 10 were found to be*below the standard in butter fat. After notifying the producer that his milk was below the standard in fat, I have not found it so the second time. - I believe that the milk that is being sold in town, is well above the average of that being sold throughout the state. Respectfully submitted, GEORGE T. MECARTA, Inspector of Milk. REPORT OF SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES Annual report of. Sealer of Weights and Measures for 1918: Total scales seal.ed,- 207 Adjusted; 3. Condemned, 3 Liquid measures sealed, 204 Condemned, 10 Measuring pumps sealed, 63 Adjusted, 3 Condemned: I Number weights sealed, 294 Adjusted, 7 Sealing fees, $69 57 Adjusting charges, 1 64 Total, $71 21 S. N. AMES, t Sealer. • e 1 .� r REPORT OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE To the Citizens of the Town of Barnstable: We respectfully submit the following report on the Public Schools, prepared by the Superintendent and Secretary, for the year ending December 31, 1918. EDWARD C. HINCKLEY, ALLEN CHADWICK, JOHN E. HINCKLEY, ORGANIZATION OF THE SCHOOL BOARD . Members Term Expires Residence Edward C. Hinckley, 1919 Hyannis Allen Chadwick, 1921 Osterville John E. Hinckley, 1920 Barnstable G. H. Galger, Superintendent of Schools, Hyannis. Office hours, Evenings, 8 to 9; Saturdays, 1 to 4 and 8to9p. M. Chairmar_ of Board—Edward C. Hinckley. Secretary of Board—G. H. Galger, Tel. 71-3. 104 Auditing Committee—Edward C. Hinckley, Allen Chad- wick, John E. Hinckley. Committee on Examination,of Teachers—Superintendent. Purchaser of Books, Apparatus and Supplies—Superin- tendent. Special Committee in Charge of School Buildings at Centerville and Hyannis-Edward C. Hinckley. Special Committee in Charge of School Buildings at Barnstable, West Barnstable and Marstons Mills—John E. Hinckley. Special Committee in Charge of School Buildings at Cotuit, Santuit and Osterville—Allen Chadwick. Committee on Transportation of Scholars to High Schools —E. C. Hinckley, Allen Chadwick, John E. Hinckley. Attendance Officers—George A. Smith, Barnstable; Cal- vin' Benson, West Barnstable; A. Seabury Childs, Cotuit; John J. Harlow, Santuit; W. B. Cammett, Marstons Mills; Geo. F. Hart, Hyannis; T. V. West, Centerville; Chester L. Baker, Osterville. CALENDAR, 1919 The High Schools begin Dec. 30, 1918, and continue 12' weeks; March 31, ai:d continue 13 weeks; the first Tuesday after the first Monday in September, and continue 16 weeks. The elementary schools, unless otherwise ordered, begin Dec. 30, 1918, and continue 12 weeks; March 31, and con- tinue 13 weeks; Sept. 8, and continue 15 weeks. Calendar subject to change. SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT To the School Committee of Barnstable: In accordance with the rules of the School Committee, I herewith submit my fourteenth annual report on the public schools, the same being the twenty-eighth in the series of superintendents' reports. SCHOOL BUILDINGS Repairs and Improvements Accomplished Under the heading "Repairs" are included expenditures for all repairs and additions of whatever nature, janitors' supplies of all kinds, additional furniture, cleaning of build- ings, etc. I I The approximate amounts of the larger bills incurred for repairs are mentioned below: Barnstable Village: The larger bills were incurred in part in repairing ceil- ings and walls damaged by freezing pipes. The walls of the halls'and of all the rooms were painted, and beaverboard wainscoting substituted for plaster. The larger bill.-, to- taled about $250. Total expenditures, $424.35. ' west Barnstable: The larger bills were one of $63 for' furnace repairs and one of about $30 for the construction of a book closet. Total expenditures, $241.92. Alarstons Mills: The larger bills, totaling about $60, were for painting B-S 106 and kalsomining. Total expenditures,. $150.68. Cotuit The larger bills were one of $240 for providing the heat- ing pipes in the new building with asbestos packing, and one of $75 for curtains. Total expenditures, $615.61. Santuit: Small bills only were incurred, totaling $16.50. Osterville: - A bill of $226 for an electric pumping engine, and bills totaling about $350 for extensive repairs on the roof., the construction of new basement doors, and repairs on the school grounds, constituted the larger expenditures in con- nection with this building. Total expenditures, $905.44. Barnstable High School: The larger bills were those totaling about $475 for car- penter work and painting and $200 for plumbing in'fitting up the west wing of the basement as a laboratory for the course in household arts. Total expenditures, $998.21.. Training .School: No large individual bills were incurred. Total expendi- tures, $189.57. Centerville. Bills of about $230 for painting the exterior of the build- ing and of $70 for shingling were incurred. Total expendi- tures, $391.10. CHANGES IN THE TEACHING FORCE, 191.8 Nearly half the schools suffered changes of teachers dur- ing the year and it was necessary in many cases to employ substitutes pending the difficult and often impossible task of securing satisfactory successors to those resigning. We have now but one male grammar school principal where we formerly had six, and for this the near is directly re- sponsible: 107 At Barnstable John F. Brackett was succeeded by Miss . Blanche G. Carey, and Miss Carey by Mrs. Isadore Eldredge. Miss Florence -AL Furbish was followed by Mrs. Whittemore and Mrs. Eldredge as substitutes and later by Miss Marion F. •McKinnon as permanent teacher. At West Barnstable Mrs. Eldredge, as substitute princi- pal was succeeded by Miss Mabel C. Ray, and later by Ruth G. Man�-hnster. At Marstons Mills Miss Deuel was fol- lowed by Miss Elizabeth A. Brown as principal of the grammar school.. Al Cotuit Harold 1. Moore was succeeded by Miss 'Grace Dottridge as substitute principal, Miss Caro- line C. Nickerson being transferred later to that position from the intermediate grades. Miss Genieve C. Bearse-and Miss Marie Adams acted successively 5 s primary teachers in place of Miss Snow, on leave of absence. Miss Florence B. Roys succeeded Miss Nickerson as teacher of the inter- mediate grades. 'At the Elizabeth Lowell High school Miss Lucille Smith as assistant was followed by Mrs. B. W. San- derson. At Oster-ville Harper B. Mitchell «vas followed by Rich. mond S. -Barton as principal, and Mr. Barton by Miss Emma A. Jordan. Lucy 11. Nutter, teacher of grades five and six, was followed by Eliza; F. Whittemore. At the Training School Miss Josephine DeWolfe was suc- ceeded by Miss Eugenia A. 1\1cColl, and Beatrice E. Larry by Miss Florence Nichols, after Miss Mary Murray and Mrs. Eldredge had served as substitutes. At Centerville Mr. A. E. Standisli was followed suc- cessively by Miss Marguerite L. Loral, Mrs. Helen E. Paine and Miss Mabelle E. Steele as principal of the grammar school. Miss Elsie W. Whitford was _followed by Miss Katharine M. Ormsby as teacher of the primary school. At the Barnstable High. school. Willard H. Gildersleeve was followed by Mr. T...J. Denney as Sub-Master, and Miss Clara L. Ifinckley by Miss Sarah N. Ward as commercial 108 instructor. Miss Marion E. Roys was appointed as in- structor in the newly introduced course in household arts. Miss Florence M. Furbish, whose excellent spirit, and " fine qualifications as a teacher, made her,exceedingly popu- lar among pupils and parents, died from the prevailing epi- demic in December. r " 109 LIST Or TEACHERS, JANUARY, 1919 Schools Teachers When Appointed , Barnstable: '� Grammar Isadore Eldredge October, 1918 Intermediate Katharine Bryan January, 1914 Primary Marion F. McKinnon September, 1918 West Barnstable: Grammar Ruth G. Manchester September, 1918 Intermediate Susie W. Merritt March, 1910 Primary Bertha :S. Weber )September, 1911. Marstons Mills: Grammar Elizabeth, A. 'Brown September, 1918 Primary Lillian G. Murdock October, 1907 Cotuit: Elizabeth Lowell High B. W. Sanderson September, 1912 Elizabeth Lowell High Mrs. B. W. Sanderson November, 1918 Grammar Caroline C.'Nickerson September, 1917 Intermediate Florence B. Roys tSeptember, 1918 Primary 'Marie Adams September, 1918 ,Santuit: Caroline H. Warner September, 1907 Gantuit. Assistant Gertrude L. 'Cushing October, 1918 Osterville: Grammar Emma A. Jordan October, 1918 Grades V and VI Eliza F. Whittemore September, 1918 Grades III and IV Uliza'beth F. Alden November, 1916 GradesT and II Violet A. Oates September, 1915 Centerville: ,Grammar Mabelle E. Steele January, 1919 'Primary Katharine Ormsby September, 1918 Hyannis: Barnstable High Louis M. Boody October, 1895 Sub jMaster T. J. Denney May, 1918 Assistant Lillian L. Decatur March, 1916 Assistant Grace M. Wyman September, 1916 Assistant Marion I,. Roys -September, 1918 Com. Instr. Sarah N. Ward 'September, 1918 Training School: Grades VIII and IX Wm. G. Currier September, 1911 VI and VII Eugenia A. McColl September, 1918 V and VI Emilie S. Sears September, 1914 IV -Carrie B. Dean 'September, 1910 III Florence Nichols January, 1919 • II Bessie A. Morse September, 1914 I Grace V. Rowland September, 1910 Supervisor of Draw- ing Margerie Leonard -September, 1916 Supervisor of Music Mabelle M. Boody September, 1915 r 110 SCHOOL ENROLMENT AND ATTENDANCE The average attendance for the ,year has been greatly reduced by the epidemic.. The .enrolment for the fall terns of 1918 slows a reduction in every village but one from that of 1-917; this, and the fact that the school department 'has issued by far the largest number of transfer cards, and employment certificates for employment out of town, ever issued within a similar period, would seem to indicate a decrease in both the school. and adult population. The school ceLsus of last April also -showed a decrease in the number of children of school age. This decrease, however, has been so evenly scattered throughout the different schools that no reduction in the number of school roonis. occupied has been practicable. SCHOOL DEPARTMENT FINANCES The sum voted for the schools in 1918 exceeded that of the preceding year by two thousand -dollars; the school expenditures for 1-918 exceeded those of 1.917 by a soiree- what smaller sum.. The. expenditures. for teachers" salaries exceeded those . of 1917 by about two thousand dollars, the expenditures for janitors' salaries, for repairs, for transportation and for text books and supplies were but little larger than those of the preceding year, and the expenditures.for fuel some- ' what less. 1 School Purposes Funds available under,"School Purposes" constitute those received through the direct_appropriation and also those received from other sources, such as the dog tax, in- come from the Cobb Fund, tuition receipts, etc. Any por- tion of such funds may be expended under other school de- 111 partnient heads. Tl,e appropriations available-totaled $39,- 480.19, the expenditures were $37,061.57, the larger part of the balance remaining being expended under "Repairs." Text-Books and Supplies The expenditures exceeded slightly the direct appropria- tion, duo to the purchase of supplies for the new depart- ment of household arts. The expenditures, totaling $1,- 910.94, were within the available appropriations. Transportation The expenditures for transportation exceeded the esti- mate by $13625, due to increased compensation made Wee- tive in September. The total expenditures were $6,451.25. Repairs War prices for material and labor and for janitors' sup- plies helped to increase materially the expenditures for re- pairs. The larger items were for plumbing and carpenter work in fitting up the,`rest wing of the Barnstable High school basement as a laboratory .for the household arts course, for shingling and painting the Centerville building and for extensive miscellaneous repairs and improvements at Osterville. The total expenditures, $3,933.38, exceeded the direct appropriation by something over two thousand dollars, but the excess was paid by the transfer of unex- pended funds from "School Purposes.',' Total Expenditures The sum expended for all school expenses of whatever kind was $49,357.14, leaving an unexpended balance of $38.05. At the close of the fiscal year there were no out- 112 standing bills of. consequence. A small amount of tuition money was due from the Commonwealth. Comparative Table of Relative Expenditures The following• table shows the percentage of the total, school expenditures for the items mentioned for the years 1916, 1917 and 1918. A ten year comparison with 1916 may be found in the report for 1916. Items 1916 1917 1918 iSalaries: Teachers and Supervisors, 53.22 52.80 54.30 Janitors, 6.36, 5:90 .6..00 iSuperintendent and Secretary, 4.33 4.20 4.00 Text-books and supplies, 3.49- 3.70 3.80 Fuel, 8.48 11.10 9.50 Transportation, 14.79 13.60 13.00 Repairs, 8.43 7.90 8.30 Census and miscellaneous, .90 .80 1.10 100.00 100..00 100.00 The relative expenditures given in the above table are illustrated in graphic form by the chart on another page.. 113 t Te a ch ev`s and S upev�vtso rs ypoKS, r � THE SCHOOL DEPARTMENT DOLLAR Showing the Proportionate Parts Spent for Each Item for Each Dollar Expended 114 Cost of Schools Per Pupil, Comparative Table Items 1916 1917 1918 Teaching, $21.23 $'24.52 $25.38 Music and Drawing, 1.45 1.46 1.45 Superintendent and Secretary, 1.88 2.05 2.00 Janitor service, 2.75 2.92 2.90 Test-books and supplies, 1.51 1.84 1.91 Fuel, 3:67 5.48 4.70 Repairs, 3.65 3.87 3.93 Transportation, 6.39 6.63 6.45 Census and miscellaneous, .38 .40 .61 The cost per pupil, based on the number of different pu- pils enrolled, for the support of the schools, including all items except new buildings, was $49.36, an increase of 1.9 cents per pupil over that of 1917.. The average cost for the other towns of Barnstable county is slightly greater. Figures given in last year's report on a ten years' period ending in 1917, giving the percentage of increased cost per pupil, showed: For teaching, state 38 per cent, town 24 per cent; Text-books and supplies, state 38 per cent, town 9 per cent; Transportation, state 80 per cent,'town 31. per cent; Total support, state 43 per cent, town 34 per cent. If these figures are substantially correct, it would appeal- that this town, financially a strong one, has been conserva- tive in the matter of increased school expenditures as con- - pa.red mitt other towns of the state as a whole. ESTIMATED EXPENDITURES FOR 191.9 Transportation At present rates of compensation the suns needed for transportation in 1919 will be $6,975.00. 115 Repairs An average of $180 per building would call for an appro- priation of. $7 800 for the ensuing year. This estimate is subject to revision by the School Board. Text-Books and Supplies The addition of the course in household arts, and probable minor expenses connected with military training, will add somewhat- +o the sum needed under this head, and not less than $2,100 should be appropriated for the above purposes. School Purposes It is difficult .under present conditions to estimate the amount needed .for this department more closely than with- in one thousand or two thousand dollars, as the cost of fuel is always uncertain, and in some cases the matter of salaries is one rather of necessity than of option on the part of the school authorities. It is frequently necessary to pay new teachers more than the scheduled initial salary. Besides the increases called for by length of service, the annual salaries of the principal and sub-master of the Barnstable High school and of the janitor of the Barnstable,High and the Training schools were increased one hundred dollars each, and slight increases were made in the salaries of the supervisors of music and of drawing. As a `step toward a more just financial compensation, I recomiuend'that the salaries of our regular grade teachers be increased by not less than one dollar per week, and that the maximum annual salary of high school assistants be increased by fifty dollars. The above would give our grade teachers an annual salary of $722, reached the fourth year of service. The prevailing salary in towns of similar 116 , valuation is $800 or more. Indications point to the early passage of a law considerably increasing the compulsory minimum annual salary now required to be paid teachers. If the income from miscellaneous sources is not materially reduced and no unexpected expenditures are called for, it seems probable that an appropriation not greater than that of last year, namely $38,000, will suffice for School Purposes the ensuing year. Summary, of Estimates for 1919 1918 1919 Text-books and-Supplies, $1,850 $2,100 Repairs, 1,850 1,800 Transportation, 6,315 7,000 School Purposes, 38,000 38,000 PROGRESS OF THE SCHOOLS The Epidemic The experience of many of our schools the past year, especially since September last, has been such that the above title may seem of doubtful fitness, unless we think of the progress as resembling that of the crab, sidewise. The -forced closing of the schools for many weeks, with the excessive number of changes in the teaching force, have combined to practically wreck the program of work usually covered. I.f. the loss is to be in any measure re- trieved it means, for the rest 'of the school year, the hardest kind of work by each teacher, the closest application by each pupil and the.heartiest cooperation by each parent. 117 The "Three R's" To those who have at hand means of comparison, there can be no doubt that in the teaching of'the "'Three R's," during the past twenty years or more, there has been a steady though slow improvement in nearly all of the public schools of the state, with good prospects of continued im- provern:'^t. ]'he "Three R's," however, do not constitute an edue,tion but enly the means of securing one. The "Throe R's" amount to little unless used by a sound body, trained lu n-ls, a clear mind and a good will,for the active use of all these will be required in the more unselfish citi- zenship of the future. New Subjects A course in domestic science or household arts has been introduced into the Barnstable High school. Its success- ful continuance will depend upon the practical nature of the training given and the interest and industry of the pupils. Such courses where introduced have almost never been discontinued, except for financial reasons. Military training has also been introduced into the Barn- stable High school. As Sub-Master Denney, who has charge, and a member of the School Board much interested in the subject, have both had experience in military train- ing, the prospects are excellent for good work. The First Essential Last year the School Board appointed four physicians to serve as School Physicians, in the endeavor to meet more adequately than in the past the needs of the schools in the promotion of health. The war prevented the carrying out of the plan. Since the whole structure of a successful edu- cation rests upon the promotion and maintenance of good 1 118 physical health, the latter should be always the primary ob- ject of tha schools, and school authorities are becoming more and more awake to this obligation. Each For All and All For Each The cooperative spirit; the thought and habit of help- fulness, which the war work in the schools has developed has far more than counterbalanced any supposed loss suf- fered thereby in.the regular subjects. Only as this spirit is further developed in daily life can the war be said to have been won. The past year has been the hardest in the history of our schools and the school authorities have reason to be grate- ful to.teachers, parents and pupils for the excellent spirit shown by all under trying conditions. TOWARD WINNING THE WAR The Shortage of Teachers Never before.has the difficulty of obtaining teachers been so extreme as during this year. Except for the best paid positions in the cities and larger towns, school authorities in hundreds of cases have been glad to obtain, not efficient teachers,but any teachers. The effect of this on the schools, especially on rural schools, has been,obvious enough.. It is useless to blink the matter and unwise to minimize the dis- astrous effects,-for they are nothing less than such., The shortage of teachers existed in a marked degree before the war but was greatly aggravated by it, men teachers entering the ranks and women teachers leaving the schoolroom for munition and clerical war work. After all has been said on the matter, the fact'remains I that this growing shortage has been due to two chief fac- tors First. The naturally difficult and trying nature of the occupation. Second. Relatively poor financial and social rewards. A partial remedy for the second difficulty lies directly within the power of the citizen and parent and until such a remedy is applied radically, persistently and intelligently, our boys and girls of the rising generation, who are to meet such tremendously difficult tasks in the days to come, will be unjustly handicapped by .their inadequate preparation. More adequate financial rewards, and friendly intelligent, daily cooperation with the teachers' work by each parent -are indispensable for success in the ever present task of each generation, that of preparing the coming generation to make a better world. Without such cooperation, for which there can be no substitute, the efforts of educators, so called, and of school officials will count for little in the long run. The intelligent, sympathetic, broad minded teacher is in- deed one essential to the effective training of the young, but the other essential is an intelligent, sympathetic, broad minded citizen body actively cooperating. The Rural School Problem The war has hardly "exhibited the full range of our deficiencies"' so far as our schools are concerned, but it has helped to show more clearly than ever the need of radical improvement in our rural schools if there is to be anything like in equalization of educational-opportunity. So appar- ent has this need become that both the national and state governm(nts are actively engaged seeking means to better a situation that has become a menace to the development of a safe and effective citizenship. One southern state has passed by popular vote amendments to its constitution 120 , which will compel the practical doubling of the present state and local appropriations for schools, and a bill now in Con- gress proposes and annual expenditure. by the Na;.kional Government of $100,000,000 for educational purposes, of which $20,000,000 is to be used to cooperate with the states, in the promotion of physical and health education, $15,000,- 000 to extend and improve the facilities for the preparation of teachers for the public schools, and particularly the rural schools, and $50,000,000 for the equalization of educational opportunities wy thin the several states, especially in rural and village schools. The bill also provides for a Depart- ment of Education in the President's Cabinet. The efforts of the state and national governments can be only cooperative, however.' The initial advance must be the task of the individual towns, whose citizens must con- stitute the shock troops to go over the top toward the ob- jective of securing for all children in all schools all the train- ing which is their due for a high minded and patriotic citizenship. It is natural to attempt to overlook or sugarcoat unpleas- ant facts, bat the facts are not disposed of by either process. This is one fact, that rural schools as a whole offer educa- tional opportunities inferior to those of city schools. This is true even.,of Massachusetts rural schools, possibly of some near home. Some of the causes of this are 1. Financial limitations. 2. Omission of important subjects. 3. Excessive number of grades to a teacher. 4. Poor teaching and frequent change of teachers. 5. Ineffective supervision. 6. Frequent ultra-conservative spirit in the community. 1. Many small towns suffer from the first cause,and this has led to the present movement to increase the state aid to such. A few small towns, including our own, have a 121 valuation .sufficient to justify fairly adequate appropria- tions for the schools. 2. Hand training and its applications in vocational train- ing are almost entirely absent from most rural schools except that in some of the high schools attempts toward vocational training are made through commercial and domestic science courses, and some "manual training." The excessive cost of duplicaing proper equipment in many small scattered buildings, and the impossibility of obtaining adequately trained teachers indicate little prospect of improvement in this direction at present. 3. The average citizen still.fails to realize that several grades to a teacher is probably the biggest single factor militating against successful teaching in rural schools. Con- solidation and specially trained teachers are the most effect-' ive means of lessening this evil. . 4. The generally unfavorable conditions in rural schools make it difficult to induce ambitious and able teachers to take up the work, and do not encourage teachers who are secured to remain. Radically improved material and moral support are indispensable if this ominous injustice" to our boys and girls is to be lessened. 5. The great variety of duties imposed upon supervising officers of the schools and the expansion of "red tape" work, from which there seems no escape, greatly lessens the time and energy that should be given to certain important phases of school supervision. No immediate remedy for this seems to be in sight. 6. "Every man is as lazy as he dares to be," is a hard saying, containing .more truth however than we like to acknowledge. This natural inertia, combined with the rela- tively less strenuous daily life of rural communities, tends to foster the ultra-conservative spirit so difficult to over- come. Radical improvement in our rural schools means breaking away from old lines of thought and action and B.-9 122 the expenditure of unusual amounts of time, energy and money, ye`.; all this must be done if we.are to .win the war for a better civilization, for it was for this and not merely for "beating the Hun," that millions gave their lives in the great world war. Better Things Coming Some, but by no means all, of the defects of our rural schools have been pointed out above. It may be a pleasanter task to point out some suggested improvements, as urged by that wise educational leader,'Charles,W. Eliot. What We Owe the Young 1. A complete course in physical .training for every child, the National Government to plan and.enforce the course and pay part of the expense. 2. Considerable expansion by the National and State gov- ernments of the functions of the medical examiner, the school nurse and the district nurse. 3. Teaching of agriculture to be an important feature in the education of every child in both the rural and urban population. 4. ReduAion in the number of school periods assigned to memory subjects and to,mathematics. 5. Addition to all school programs of instructions in the sciences of observation .in the arts and crafts, and in the elements of music, drawing, modeling, and architecture. " 6. Better buildings, better laboratory equipment; better teachers; and more money for education. 7. Development of the spirit of patriotic cooperative ser- vice on the part of all boys and girls.; "team work." 8. Conveying of fundamental religious ideas to every American child and adolescent in,the schools. 123 Surely, all of these are needed in carrying on the most important and the most difFi@ult of all human tasks, .the right education of the young. Respectfully submitted, G. H. GALGER. 124 STATISTICS School Year, 1917-1918 1. Number of children residing in town: (a) Five years of age or over and under seven; Boys, 68; girls, 57; total, 125 (b) Seven years of age or over and.un- der fourteen; Boys, 289; girls, 298; total, 587 (c) Fourteen years of age or over and under sixteen: Boys, 56; girls, 62; total, 118 2. Total. membership for the ,year, 1,010 3. Average membership for the year, 886 4. Ave,'rage attendance for the year, p0 5 Number of school. buildings in use, 10 6. Number of public schools, 27 7. Number of men teachers, 4 S. Number of women teachers, 29 9. Number of supervisors, - 2 10. Total number of teachers and supervisors, 35 125 ENROLMENT, FALL TERM, 1918 YEAR ON SOHOOL SCHOOLS tl Barnstable.......... 8 9 18 12 13 15 10 5 12 102 . West Barnstable..... 12 18 15 8 16 10 5 7 91 Santnit............. 5 .11 4 7 7 34 Cotult................ 10 4 11 6 10 10 8 3 5 67 Marstons MilI8....... 9 9 6 9 I0 4 4 6 67 Osterville............ 6 11 M 16 16 11 15 10 10 110 - Centerville........... '8 7 8 7 0 8 0 8 4 50 Training School...... 37 32 34 26 29 39 21 21 21 260 ElizabethL l,.,igh 9 7 4 2 1 23 Barnstable High..... 39 34 23, 22 1 119 Totals............. 95 101 I11 91 101 97 63 54 68 48 41 27 24 2 913 y i 126 J DETAILED REPORT OF MEMBERSHIP AND ATTENDANCE For the Year Ending June, 1918 a W.'Cl W U ,SCHOOLS o � C ce ' � Primary: Barnstablq, 46 38 32 West /Barnstable, 35 33 31 Marstons Mills, 32 31 29 tcotuit, 27 23 22 Santuit, 37 34 32 Osterville, 34 29 27 Centerville, 28 25 23 Intermediate: S Barnstable, 53 38 33 West Barnstable, 41 35 33 d P Cotuit, 27 22 20 Osterville, 30 29 26 Osterville, 37 26 23 y o y Grammar:, ° 0 Barnstable, 23 18 17 o West Barnstable, 37 32 30 Marstons Mills, _ 17 15 14 Qotuit, 20 16 15 b Osterville, 26 25 23 Centerville, 34 31 30 y Training-School: cd- Grade I, 31 30 26 0 .� II, 39 34 30 N II!I, 36 34 31 IV, 31 27 26 " �- V and VI, 45 41 38 to VI and VII, 51 39 37 ae � VII!I and IX, 45 41 38 High Schools: Elizabeth Lowell (Cotuit), 25 20 19 ,Barnstable (Hyannis), 118 106 101 Totals, 1,005 872 806 127 'BARNSTABLE SCHOOLS, 1918 Expenditures for School Purposes, 1918, in Detail His- SCHOOLS Teachers Janitors Fuel celtan- Totals eous --------------- 3 Barnstable Grammar........... $932.00 Intermediate......... . ...... 608. Primary...................... 616.20 $308.04 $362.44 $30 47 $2,857.15 6 West Barnstable Grammar.... 916.25 Intermediate.............•... 684 00 Primary..................:... 684.00 300.00 287.77 37.92 2,859.94 10 Santnit......................... 684.00 Assistant..................... 237.00 63.00 61.13 32.16 1,067.29 11 Cotult Grammar................ 883.75 Intermediate................. 705.00 Primary....................... 661.00 $22.00 11 Elizabeth Lowell High ......... 1,040.00 Assistant..................... 731.25 220.00 337 67 56.05 4,886.72 12 Marstons Mills Grammar....... . 700.00 Primary...................... 684.00 13 "Assistant......... 39.00 300 00 198.68 51.16 1,972.84 13 Osterville Grammar............ 898.75 Intermediate................. 661.00 III and IV................... 615.00 I and II............... 684.00 359.00 432.46 66.00 3,703 21 17 Training School VIll and IX...' 950.00 VI and V11.... 591.00 684.00 IV............. 684.00 III............. 519.40 II............. 684.00 I 684.00 433.28 1.36718 86.46 6,683.32 18 Barnstable High,Prin..........j 1.720.00 Sub-Master................... 1,140.00 Com.Istrnetor................ 850.00 Assistant.............. ..... 790 00 .......... 770.00 ..... ............... 320.00 400.00 1,282.83 141.49 7,414.32 20 Centerville Grammar........... 856.00 Primary...................... 593 00 200.00 432.83 34.03 2,115.36 Sup«rvlsorof Drawing......... 770.00 Supervisor of Music......... .. 685.00 1,455.00 Secretary and Superintendent..' 1,999.92 School Census .................. 74 50 ---------------------=--------------------- Totals....................... $26,854.60 $2,905.32 $4,702.49 $524.74 $37,061.57 128 W EXPENDED FOR TEXT-BOOKS AND SCHOOL SUPPLIES, 1918 » Allyn & Bacon, - $95 65 American Book Co., . 42 32 E. E. Babb & Co., 4.36 16 W. D. Baker, 3 30 L. M. Boody, 5 21 C. C. Bowles & Co., 26 00 Cambridge Supply Co., 101 00 Oliver Ditson Co., 14 21 Dowling School Supply Co , 81 41 Ginn & Co.; 185 48 F. B. & F. P. Goss, 28 00 D. C. Heath & Co., 129 28 Houghton 1ifflin Co., 91 96 Jordan Marsh Co., 177 98 Margerie Leonard, 12 84 C. W. Megathlin, 8 70 Chas. E. Merrill Co., 24 62 Milton Bradley Co., 243 93 Office Appliance Co., 9 47 Prang Co., 7 10 Leroy Phillips, 3 57 Little, Brown & Co., 2 36 Phonographic Institute Co., 15 00 Rand, McNally Co., 8 39 liemington Typewriter Co., 67 70 B. H. Sanborn & Co., 19 32 B. W. Sanderson, 4 38 Chas. Scribner's Sons, 6 65 y 129 Silver Burdott & Co., 25 07 C. W. Thompson & Co., 3 70 Whitcomb & Barrows, 24 18 Warwick & York, 6 00 $1.,910 94 Direct appropriation, $1,850 00 vailable appropriation, $1,910 94 EXPENDED FOR TRANSPORTATION, 1918 Edward L. Harris, Barnstable-West Barnstable- Hyannis auto-barge service, $2,100 -00 Alton S. Jones, Marstons Mills-Cotuit auto-barge service, 1,645 00 J. Milton Leonard, Osterville-Centerville-Hyan- nis auto-barge service, 15700 00 Wm. A, Bearse, Hyannisport-Hyannis barge service, 710 00 Geo, A. Smith, Barnstable barge service, 296 25 t Total expended $6,451 25 Direct appropriation, $6,315 00 Available appropriation, $6,451 25 130 y BARNSTABLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS, 1918 Financial Report of the Secretary Bills audited for school purposes, repairs; ,text-books and supplies, and transportation, for the fiscal year ending December 31., 1918: Section School Purposes `Repairs 3 $2,857 15 $424 35 6 2,859 94 241 92 10 1,067 29 16 50 11 4,856 72 615 61 12 1,972 84 150 68 13 3,705 21 905 44 17 6,683 32 189 57 18 7,414 312 998 21 20 2,115 36 391 10 Supervisors of Drawing and 'Music, 1,455 00 Secretary and Superintendent, 1,999 92 School census, 74 50 Total;; school purposes, $37,061 57 $3,933 38 Text-books and supplies, 1,910 94 Transportation, 6,451 25 46,423 76 Total expenditures, school department,,1918, $49,357 14 G. H. GALGER, Secretary. Dec. 31, 1918 } 131 FINANCIAL SUMMARY, 1918 d• Available Appropriations for Schools General scbool purposes, including all salaries, fuel, and miscellaneous expenses, $38,000 00 Repairs to school buildings and grounds, 1,750 00 Text-books and supplies, 1,850 00 Transportation, 6,315 00 School physician, 150 00 Dog tax income, 543 07 Cobb Fund, interest, 404 32 Commonwealth' of Massachusetts, tuition, 309 00 Town of Mashpee, tuition, 24 00 . Tuition Mashpee pupils, paid by parents, 20 25 J. D. W. Bodfish, tuition, 24 75 Telephone tolls, 2 95 Fuel account, E. C. Hinckley, 1 30 Public property damaged and sold, 55 Total. available appropriations, 1918 $49,395 19 Expenditures for Schools General school purposes, $37,061 57 Repairs to school buildings and grounds, 3,933 38 Text-books and school supplies, 1,910 94 T Transportation, 6,451 25 Total expenditures, 1918, $49,357 1.4 Unexpended balance, 38 05 $49,395 19 G. H. GALGER, Secretary School Committee. December'31, 1918. 132 REPORT OF THE PRINCIPAL OF THE BARNSTABLE HIGH SCHOOL G. H. Galger, Superintendent of Schools.. Dear Sir: The work of this past year has been seriously hampered by illness. Especially is this true of the fall.term. Yet I believe that teachers and pupils are putting_themselves into the daily tasks with added intensity, and that we shall do a good year's work. The Domestic Science course, introduced in September, is as yet in an experimental state. i erman as a study has been removed from the school program. French has taken its place. Department of Science The following changes have been made: The course in Physics has the usual three periods each week for %recitation., but the laboratory periods have been changed from two periods each week .to four periods each weep--thus maki .g the Physics course a five period a weel course. This enables the students to - obtain sufficient laboratory work to supplement, the theory study. The course in Chemistry has been changed from two to three recitation periods per week, and the laboratory , periods have been extended from two to four each week, thus rnal-ing the Chemistry course a five period a week course Two- hours of laboratory work are required for one unit o, credit. The modern demands for a knowledge of. Chem.istry as well as the practical benefits of the course have motivated the strengthening of this department. Department of History and Civics The Senior class as a whole is enrolled in the study of : 133 .American History and Civic Improvements and Citizenship. This year the two courses continue for five periods a week throughout the year whereas last year the course was a four period a week course. History of the world move- ments is brought freely into the course and the demands of citizens of the coming new era emphasized. The two courses supuleme.!il; each other in developing the impor- i.cince of t!ce day, and its demand for intelligent citizenship. Department of Military Science This course is new this year. It requires two periods per week, and teaches military drills, tactics, and theories of offense and defense. The interest in the course has been of the best throughout the year. The course is under direct supervision-of the sub-master, but he is ably assisted by officers from the student-body. Uniforms have been pur- «uased by the School Board. The prospects for this depart. inent are very encouraging. School Commandant—Thomas J. Denney. Captain—Edson R. Rand. Lieutenant---Daniel L. Nye. First Sergeant—Walter L. lAarchant. Sergeau.ts—Howard H. Scudder, Vernon B. Bearse. Corporals—Leslie B. Ryder, Robert,H. Boody, George E. Kelley. . a Quartermaster—Ralph R. Crosby. The land to the west of the school building has been graded, giving an athletic field of good size. The boys, un- der the direction of Mr. Denney,,had undertaken early in _the fall to put this field into good shape but their plans were for the time frustrated by the sudden closing of school. A service flag was presented to the school at our Memorial exercises, by the B. H. S. Alumni Association. Miss Maud L_Case made the presentation. 134 The school has had its part in war. work. As a branch of the Junior Red Cross Society, it has contributed its a share in the supplies asked for by the Red Cross Society. . The class of 1918, in keeping with the spirit of the times, gave every cent in its treasury to war needs. BARNSTABLE HIGH SCHOOL STATISTICS Number Enrolled in Barnstable High School, 1918 From Hyannis, 1 43 West Barnstable, 18 Osterville, 18 Centerville; 15 Barnstable, 14 Cummaquid, 4 South Hyannis, 3 Hyannisport, 2 117 135 NUMBER OF GRADUATES, JUNE, 1918, 21 Graduates Entering Other Institutions Class of 1916: Jackson College, 1 b ramingh,am State Normal School, 1 Class of 1918: Jackson College, 1 Gordon College, 1 Trinity College, 1 Temple University, 1 Smith College, 1 Chauncy H311 School, 2. Mass. Normal Art School, 1 Hyannis State Normal School, 2 Burdett's Business College; 1 NUMBER OF PUPILS TAKING DESIGNATED' STUDIES, FALL TERM, 1918 Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Post Grad. Algebra, 39 10 2 1 Physics, 31 1 Plane geometry, 31 Solid Geometry, 1 1 Domestic Science, 6 8 8 4 Drawing, 39 31 7 4 Chemistry, 25 i English, 39 31 28 19 1 4 French, 18 10 20 4 1 Latin, 16 20 10 3 U. 'S. History, 19, Civics, 19 General History, 39 1 i Bookkeeping, 14 Penmanship, 15 Stenography, 17 13 Typewriting, 18 14 Singing, 39 31 '28 19 Military Training, 14 14 5 4 1 Respectfully submitted, L. M., BOODY, 136 GRADUATION EXERCISES t of the Elizabeth Lowell High School and the Barnstable High School First• Baptist Church, Hyannis, Thursday, June 27t.h, 191.8: , Program The March. Song, "The Unfurling of the Flag," Densmore The School. Address. Mr. Frank D. Howard Song—"Rouse Ye America," Newton The School Presentation of Diplomas. Rev. W. G. Huber Song—"To America.," Waller' The School Director of Music—Mabel`le Hemenway Boody. Pianist—Priscilla Alden Stevens. 137 Members of Graduating Classes ELIZABETH LOWELL HIGH SCHOOL English Course Frederick Loveland Harlow. BARNSTABLE HIGH SCHOOL Latin Course Winifred Solonia Berry, Margaret Cross, Alice Elizabeth .Bond, Rosa Janice Lumbert, Elizabeth Boody, Stella Wil- helmina Michelson, Virginia Paine, Ruth Hazeltine Crocker. English Course Blanche Marie Aikens, Elsie Adelaide Doane, Hazel Ames, Isabel Franklin Lewis, Jessie Boult, Myrtle Louise Lewis, Ethel Rose Coleman, Gertrude May Mitchell, Ida Sophia Pearlstein, Horatio Lockerby Bond, Richard Edson Rand, Hugh Sears Ferguson, Erkki Walterman Rosengren, John Bayard Smith. Class Motto: "Pro Patria" B.-10 138 REPORT OF THE PRINCIPAL, ELIZABETH LOWELL HIGH SCHOOL Mr. G. H. Galger, Superintendent of Schools: Dear Sir:=The time for the annual report finds this school, i lie ot!iers, far behind its schedule on account of lost time. At the opening of the fall term, a small but gen- erally wt ll-prepared class was enrolled and the work began with evefy indication of a prosperous year. Enforced vaca- tions and interruptions have taken more than a third of the time to date. A serious loss was the resignation of Miss Lucille Smith, after more than four years of faithful and efficient service. She had .resigned in May, but. had returned for a few weeks until her departure for the west. It was a difficult proposition for a new teacher to take up the work in the middle of a. broken term, especially with such a wide varie- ty of subjects and following one so deservedly popular. Most people have no idea of the difficulties involved and are prone to think that. the work can go on as though no interruption had occurred. I would again urge parents to visit the Rchool during working hours. Our visitors' list does not show-aparent's name for more than two years. Visiting is the only reliable way in which you can judge of.your child's progress.. In June, .Mr. Boody very kindly invited the school to join Barnstable High school 'in the annual graduation exercises, thus bringing all the high school pupils together for the first time to participate in exercises of any sort. Our' own school closed wih a speaking contest, the pro- ceeds being for the school branch of the Red Cross Aux- iliary. The pupils spent much time and effort in prepara- tion and the results were very creditable to the partici- 139 pants. Little public interest was shown, however, and only • a very small audi.nee was present, scarcely more than rela- tives and intimate friends of the speakers. Gerald Gross, '21, and Mildred Greene, '19, were awarded first honors, while `second honors went to Frederick Harlow, '18, and Melissa Dottridge, '21. ' i The commercial course continues popular and we feel that it should be strengthened as much as the resources of the school will permit without encroaching on other sub`- jects. But with only two teachers, it is difficult to give each subject its due attention. Verily, the problems of the small high school are far out of proportion to its size, and each one is peculiar unto itself. Respectfully submitted, , B. W. SANDERSON, Principal. S 1 140 �. ELIZABETH LOWELL HIGH SCHOOL STATISTICS f1 REGISTRATION, FALL TERM, 1918 From Cotuit, 9 ' Sautuit, 5 Marstons Mills 8 Mash.pee, 1 Total, 23 Number of Pupils Taking, Designated Subjects, Fall Term, 1918 First Second Third Fourth Subject Year Year Year Year Special English 9 7 4 2 French 5 4 4 1 Typewriting 7 1 2 1 Stenography 2 1 Latin 2 3 U. 'S. History 1 3 1 Physics 2 3 Bookkeeping 9 4 Elementary Science 9 4 Algebra 9 2 Geometry 7 GRADUATING CLASS, 1918 Frederick Loveland Harlow, English course. r 141 REPORT OF SUPERVISOR OF DRAWING Mr. G. II. Galger, Superintendent of Schools. Dear Sir:—An exhibition of the work in drawing was prepared last sprhig by the teachers in the schools of the town. One large mount was provided for each primary and intermediate school, and two, since the drawings were larger, for the grammar schools. We tried to show, a variety in the types of drawings and also work from a rep- resentative number of pupils. I collected these sheets from the various schools and exhibited them all together in each school for about a week. A very real interest was shown in them by both teachers and pupils, and I felt that the exhibition gave the public a stronger interest in other parts of the town. The enforced vacations and various holidays have caused so many interruptions to the school work during the fall term that the effect is greatly felt everywhere. We have also been 1znfortunate in having so many changes in teach- ers during the past year, owing to the unusual conditions in the country. Many readjustments have been necessary, but we can only go to work with renewed energy and hope that much may be accomplished in the next half-year. At least we have not had such great difficulties as there have i been in other countries. Various construction problems were undertaken in the schools between Thanksgiving and Christmas, the most popular being the checkerboards. They were made in several schools with good results in most cases. I think the best work on this problem, at least if the age of the children is considered, was done in Mrs. Whittemore's room, Grades 5 and 6, in Osterville. This year I have begun with the children a study of the�Munsell Color System, which I hope may be carried 142 further next year. Mr. Munsell became widely known be- cause of his•work in the field of color. He has worked out a systematic course of study suitable for public school use, which if followed through the grades should give pupils a comprehensive knowledge of colors�and.how to obtain harmonious color combinations.,• Last year I mentioned a course in "Home Furnishing." I have tried it in various classes, finding the first year in high school most satisfactory. I am 'using it there this year with excellent -results. The girls have shown great interest in it. - I One of the girls who was graduated,from,the Barnstable High school last year is now studying at the Massachusetts Normal Art School. I'have been pleased,to hear good re- ports of the work-she is doing there. We have in the high school several pupils who show artistic ability and I am now trying to look up the,best art school.for a girl who expects-to study art after completing her high school course. Respectfully submitted, MARGERIE LEONARD. d 143 REPORT OF SUPERVISOR OF MUSIC G. H. Galger, Superintendent of Schools., Dear Sir:—With very few exceptions the study of music and of music appreciation has been carried on in our schools With a greater degree of care and regularity than in the preceding year. .Most of our teachers have been exceed- ingly faithful, and have made great effort to keep the work up to the standard. Now and.then,.however, I find a teach- er who seems to fail. to recognize the value of music in the child's development. These teachers leave much of the work for me to do on my weekly visits. In spite of the necessary vacations, many of the schools have covered practically all the ground assigned them for this last term. It has been my purpose to devise some means whereby we might provide phonographs for those schools which have none. Owing to the many•calls.for money for war relief, I have dropped the matter for the present, but I still feel the necessity for these machines in every school. The Oster- ville school collected money the past year for a few records, and Miss Merritt's room at West Barnstable bought two records for their own special use. Last June, the Barnstable High school invited the Eliza- beth Lowell High school of Cotuit to unite in holding the h graduation exercises at Hyannis. The schools had separate music practice, coming together for the first time on the s night of graduation. The evening proved so successful that we can but wish the experiment may be repeated.. All the music for these exercises was of a patriotic character. Mucli has been written about the necessity of learning to sing correctly our patriotic songs. During the year, the High, Grammar, and Intermediate schools have studied pa- triotic songs, both old and new. 144 _ It was my privilege to attend, last May,.a conference of four days, of the Eastern Music Supervisors' Association, held in Boston. The lectures by many leading music educa- tors, and the visits to classes in music in and around the city, proved sources of great inspiration to me. The time was well spent, for I returned full of hope for the work in our own schools. During the war, music has received a greater impetus than ever before known in the world's history. . People are beginning to realize its value—that it has given to our sol- diers a morale which they could not have obtained m any other way. If it has done so much in war, what can it not do in times of peace? Respectfully submitted, MABELLE M. H. BOODY, Supervisor of Music. n s • BOARD OF EDUCATION The ;School Board consists of three members, one of whom is chosen annually. The Statutes of the State define the powers and duties. REGULAR MEETINGS The regular meetings of the Board occur monthly. SPECIAL MEIET'INGS Special meetings of the Board may be called by majority of the Board, or by the chairman. OFFICERIS OF THE BOARD The officers of the Board shall consist of a Chairman, a Secre- tary, and such other officers and special committees as may be necessary. These officers shall be chosen at the first annual meeting each year. THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD shall preside at the meetings of the Board, and perform•such other duties as usually pertain to that'office. In the absence of the Chairman his powers and duties shall de- volve upon a chairman pro tem., DUTIES ,OF THE SECRETARY He shall act as scribe at all meetings of the Board and shall keep, suitable records of all their proceedings. He shall prepare a statement of all debts, moneys raised by the Town, or received from other sources, paid by the order of the Board, and furnish the Superintendent with the same for publication in his annual 4 report, and together with the Superintendent constitute the Ex- amining Committee. ORDER OF BJ•SINE'S'S s The usual order of business of the Board shall be as follows: 1. Reading the records of the previous meeting; or the call, if a special meeting, and the records. 2. Reports of Committees. 3. Unfinished business. 4. iReport of Superintendent. 5. 'Report of Secretary. 6. Other business. [Approved by the School Committee December 2S, 1893, and December 19, 1908.] B—11 w • z, i o -, 1 O � '' ANNUAL REPORT OF THE OFFICERS OF THE Town Of Barnstable FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1919 ®�THE �►®� BARNS.TABLE, 9 MASS. p' 1639• �rbW lm1k'( . HYANNIS, MASS. F. B. & F. P. GOSS, PUBLISHERS and PRINTERS The "Patriot" Press 1920 F.B.&F.P.Goss,Publishers and Printers. "The Patriot Press,"Hyannis,Mass. TOWN OFFICERS 1919 Selectmen Edgar W. Lovell,. Santuit, Chairman Term expires 1920 Howard N. Parker, West Barnstable Term expires 1921 WilliamLovell, Hyannis Term expires 1922 Overseers of Poor and Fence Viewers William Lovell, Hyannis, Chairman Term expires 1922 Edgar W. Lovell, Santuit Term expires 1920 Howard N. Parker, West Barnstable Term expires 1921 Assessors Howard N. Parker, W. Barnstable, Ch'n 'Perm expires 1-921 Edgar W. Lovell, Santuit Term expires 1920 William Lovell, Hyannis Term expires 1922 Town Clerk and Treasurer Clarence M- Chase, Hyannis Term expires 1920 Collector of Taxes Everett F. Fuller, Osterville Term expires 1920 School Committee Edward C. Hinckley, Hyannis, Chairm'n Term expires 1922 John E. Hinckley, Barnstable Term expires 1920 Allen Chadwick, Osterville Term expires 1921 4 Superintendent of Schools ° George H. Galger, Hyannis Surveyor of Highways Joyce Taylor, Hyannis Term expires 1920 Auditors John Bursley, West Barnstable 'Perm expires 1920 Albert L. Edson, Cumtn.aquid 'Perm expires 1920 Luther C. Hallett, Hyannis 'Perm expires 1920 Tree Warden Robert F. Cross, Osterville Terta expires 1920 Board of Health Granville W. Hallett, Osterville 'Perin.expires 1922 Charles E. Harris, Hyannis Term expires 1920 William A. Jones, Barnstable '.Perin expires 1921 Registrars of Voters Samuel F. Crocker Marstons Mills. Edwin S. Phinney Barnstable John V. O'Neil Hyannis Clarence M. Chase Hyannis Agent of Cobb Fund Henry C. Davis, Cummaquid Constables:—Ferdinand Baker, Barnstable; Benj. E. Blos- som, West Barnstable; William A. 13earse, Hyannis Joshua A. Chase. Hyannis; George F. Hart, Hyannis; T. V. West, Centerville; Chester L. Baker, Ostervill e.; Harris C. Lovell, Osterville; Maurice J. Hinckley, Mar- stons Mills, Alexander S. Childs, Cotuit-Lorenzo Gif- ford, Santuit. 5 Measurers of Wood and Bark:—Thaothy Crocker, South Hyannis; Emilo R. Silva, West Barnstable; William C. Gifford, Santuit. Surveyors of Lumber:—tiJohn C. Bearse, Hyannis; John E. Hinckley, Barnstable; 'Joseph W. Hamlin, Cotuit. Sealer of Leather:—'William A. Gardner, Centerville. Deer Reeve:--John J. Harlow, Santuit. Pound Keepers:—-Tfi.omas W. Jones, Barnstable; ",-William F. Ormsby, Hyannis; "'Wilton B. Canimett, Marstons Mills; "Jehiel R. Crosby, Centerville. .Field Drivers:—Theodore V. West, Centerville; "Zenas Crocker, Marstons Mills. Harbor Masters,:—Tiuiotby Crocker, South Hyannis; "'Moses" Sturgis, Hyanni.sport;. *Samuel N. Ames, Osterville: 'Carlton B. Nickerson, Cotuit. Cattle Inspector:—John J. Maloney, Hyannis. Milk Inspector:—George T. Mecarth, Marstons Mills. Plumbing Inspector:—Henry G. Phillips, Hyannis. Inspector of Wires:—Fred S. Dent, Barnstable. Sealer of Weights and Measures:—A. Ernest Nickerson, Co- tuit. Superintendent of Moth Work:—Robert F. Cross, Oster- ville. Inspectors of Slaughtered Animals:—Marcus N. Harris, Barnstable; George T. Mecarta, Dlarstons Mills; John J. Maloney, Hyannis. Forester:—Henry C. Bacon, Hyannis. *Elected, but did not take the oath of office. INDEX Page Town Officers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Assessors' Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Treasurer's Account . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . ... . . . 17. Treasurer's Report . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Receipts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . 2 G) Payments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3") Report of the Audit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Highway Surveyor's Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Expenditures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Snow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . 54 Forest Warden's Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Deputy Forest Fire Wards . . . . ? . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Milk Inspector's Report . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Report of Sealer of Weights and I Measures . . . . . . . . . . 59 Tree Warden's Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 60 Moth Department Report . .. . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 62 Board of Health Report . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . 61 Inspector of Wires Report . . ... . . . . . ... . . . . . . .. . . . . .. . 67 Barnstable Soldiers' Memorial As;ociation . . . .. . . . . . . 63 JuryList . . . . .. . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . .*. . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 70 8 Page Town Clerks Report 72 Annual Town Meeting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 Special Town Meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88, 89 Births . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 Marriages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 Deaths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.01 School Committee's Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . 1.07 Superintendent's Report 109 Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .`127 Financial Report of Secretary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130 Barnstable High School Principal's Report . . . . . . 13 Statistics, Barnstable High School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135 Elizabeth Lowell High School Principal's Report 136 Statistics, Elizabeth Lowell High School . . . . . . . . 1.3�') Report of Supervisor of Music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141 Board of Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 ASSESSORS' REPORT Real estate valuation $7,808,430 00 Tangible personal estate 1,407,600 00 Total valuation of the town excluding intan- gible personal property $9,216,030 00 Number of polls assessed 1,39() Persons assessed on property 2,353 Persons assessed on polls only 529 Horses assessed 829 Cows assessed 473 Other cattle assessed 176 Swine assessed 2055) Fowl assessed 1,750 Dwelling houses assessed 1,96E Acres of land assessed 33,000 APPROPRIATIONS For town_ expenses $162,912 52 State tax 18,260 00 State tag, special 1,095 60 State Highway tax 4 7,805 91-3 B-2 10 ' State Auditor's tag 262 20 County tag 20,378 51 Excess over overlay, 1916 627 86 Total appropriations $211,342 6 Total tax levy, including polls $164,993 74: Income tax on intangibles from Commonwealth 27,029 13 Estimated receipts, corporation and bank tax 7,278 00 Receipt from School fund 2,500 00 Estimated receipts, back taxes, miscellaneous, December assessment 11,000 00 Total receipts $212,800 92 Making an overlay of $1,458 25. Tax rate, $17.60 per $1000. DECEMBER ASSESSMENT, 1919 Real estate valuation $11,780 00 Personal estate valuation 6,680 00 $18,460 00 HOWARD N. PARKER, EDGAR W. LOVELL, WILLIAM LOVELL, Assessors of Barnstable TREASURER'S ACCOUNT Showing Receipts and Expenditures Taxes 1916 Uncollected Jan. 19, Received from Collec- 1.919 $258 70 for $259 60 Overpaid 90 $259 60 $259 60 Taxes 1917 Uncollected Jan. 1, 'Received from Collec- 1919 $2,119 02 for $1,935 73 Balance uncollected. 183 90 $2,119 02 $2,119 02 Taxes 1918 Uncollected Jan. 1, Received from Collec- 1919 $12,570 88 for $12,138 20 (Balance uncollected 432 68 $12,570 88 $12,570 88 Taxes 1919 Warrant to C'oilllec- (Received from Uollec- tor $164,993 74 for $158,636 33 December Assessment 312 90 Balance uncollected 6,700 31 $165,336 64 $165,336 64 Moth Assessment for 1916 Uncollected Jan. 1, Received from Gollec- 1919 $1 06 for $1 06 Overlay 1916 Abated previous to Added to 'Tax Levy $627 86 1919 $594 35 Charged to Revenue lb 93 Abated in 1919 49 44 $643 79 $643 79 Overlay 1917 Abated previous to 'To be raised in 1919 $21;6 58 1920 $1,321 31 Abated 'in 1919 1,104 76 $1,321 34 $1,321 34 Overlay 1918 Abated in 1919 $945 38 'Balance, Jan. 1, 1919 $1,444 75 Balance 499 37 $1,444 75 $1,444 75 Overlay 1919 Abated in 1919 $721 07 Amount of Overlay $1,458 25 Balance 737 18 $1J58 26 $1,458 25 Tax Titles Balance, Jan. 1, Redeemed in 1919 $334 42 1919 $387 60 Balance 53 18 $387 60 $387 60 Tax Title Revenue Receipts in 1919 $334 42 B,alance Jan. 1, 1919 $387 60 Balance 53 18 $387 60 $387 60 13 State Aid Due-from State for Otate Treas. $2,619 00 Y 1918 $2,625 00 'Charged to Revenue 6 00 $2,625 00 $2,625 00 Revenue 1918 and prior A,ipplied to 1919 Balance Jan. 1, 19,19 $21,354 58 'Taxes $10,000 00 Transferred to 1919 Revenue 11,354 58 $21,254 58 $21,354 58 Revenue 1919 Debits $221,809 17 Credits $233,76,5 37 Balance 11,956 20 $233,765 37 $233,76.5 37 Estimated Receipts To 1919-Tax Levy $37,807 18 Credits $48,468 04 Moth Dept. 7,66 71 ,Schools Dept. 73 00 Highway Dept. 861 42 Mothers' Aid Dept. 1,274 34 -Poor Dept. 1,926 68 Revenue 15,758 71 $48,468 04 $418,468 04 Accounts Receivable ,State Aid $1,866 00 B,alance $4,556 38 Burial of Soldier 50 00 Outside Poor 43-9 05 Mothers' Aid 1,019 60 ul2oth Dept. 111 75 Land Rents 55 00 Oyster Grants 991 67 R. IR. Fires 23 31 $4,556 38 $4;556 38 14 Accounts Receivable Revenue Balance $4,556 38 AfvailWble when col- lected $4.556 38 f $4,556 38 $4,556 38 Town Building Committee Balance $500 00 Appropriated $500 90 Town Officers Expended $7,436 68 Appropriated $7;500 00 Trans, to 'Revenue 63 32 $7,500 00 $7,500 00 Election Expenses Expended $'977 20 Appropriated $1,200 00 Trans. to Revenue 222 80 $1,200 00 $1,200 00 Suppression of Crime Expended $175 00 Appropriated $250 00 Trans. to Revenue 75 00 $2;50 00 $250 00 Traffic Officers Expended $971 14 Appropriated $650 00 From ReserveFund 321 14 $971.14 $971 14 Court Fines and Fees . Expended $394 92 Receipts $103 65 'Trans. from Revenue 291 27 $394 92 $394 92 15 Fires Expended $1.89 12 Appropriated $500 00 Trans. to Revenue 310 87 $500 00 $500 00 Moth Department Expended $7,854 53 Appropriated $3,407 13 Trans. to Revenue 241 77 Receipts 4,688 57 $8,096 30 _ $8,096 30 Tree Warden Expended $1,0-05 00 Appropriated $1,000 00 From (Reserve Fund 5 00 $1,005 00 $1,005 00 Clam Warden Expended $302 10 Appropriated $250 00 From Reserve Fund 52 10 $302 10 $302 10 Board of Health Expended $2,901 01 Appropriaited $`,000 00 Trans. to Revenue 98 95 $3,000 00 $3,000 00 Public Health Nursing Expended i $500 00 Appropriated $500 00 Grand Island Bridge Balance. $2,976 6-1 Dal. Jan. 1, 1-919 $2,976 61 16 Barnstable Wharf Balance $896 63 Bal. Jan. 1, 1919 $896 63 t Lewis Bay Wharf Baillance $1,598 90 Bal. Jan. 1, 1919 $1,598 90 Highways and Bridges Expended $31,779 44 Appropriated $30,000 00 Trans. to Revenue 14 82 'Receipts 1,794 26 $31,794 26 $31,794 26 Snow Bills Expended $11.7 55 Appropriated $1,000 00 Trans. to Revenue 882 45 $1,000 00 $1,000 00 New Road at Osterville Expended $1,329 62 Appropriated $1,600 00 Trans. to Revenue 270 38 $1,600 00 $1,600 00 New Road at Hyannisport Expended $302 86 Appropriated $300 00 From Reserve Fund 2 86 $302 86 $302 86 State Highway at Osterville Expended $3,514 20 'State Treasurer $3,514 20 State Highway at Centerville Expended $10,179 85 Appropriated $25,000 00 Balance 18,500 00 �State 'Treasurer 3,679 85 $28,679 85 $28,679 85 17 Support of Poor Expended $11,498 54 Appropriated $8,500 00 Receipts 1,944 81 From Reserve Fund 1,053 73 $11,498 54 $11,498 54 Mothers with Dependent Children Expended $4,693 32 Appropriated $2,000 00 Receipts 1,274 34 From Revenue 1,418 98 $4,693 32 $4,693 32 Soldiers' Relief Expended $520 15 Appropriated $650- on Trans. to Revenue 129 85 $65,0 00 $650 00 State Aid Expended $1,866 00 Appropriated $2,000 00 Trans. to 'Revenue 134 00 $2,000 00 $2,000 00 Soldier's Burial Expended. $50 00 Due from State $50 00 Support of Schools Expended $42,522 09 Appropriated $38;500 00 Receipts 967 88 Trans.from;Supiplies 36 33 Trans. from Revenue 3,017 88 $42,522 09 $42,522 09 Transportation of Scholars Expended $7,080 00 Appropriated $7,000 00 Trans. from Revenue 1 80 00 $7,0,80 00 $'7,080 00 18 School Repairs Expended $3,073 55 Appropriated $1,800 00 Trans. from Revenue 1,273 55 $3,073 55 $3,073 55 School Supplies Fsx,pended $2;063 67 Appropriated $2,100 00 Trans. to iSupport of Schools 36 33 $2,100 00 $2,100 00 Printing and Advertising Expended $646 11 Appropriated $800 00 Trans. to Revenue 153 89 $800 00 $800 00 Miscellaneous Expended $5;095 57 Appropriated $"000 00 Receipts 30 40 ,Reserve Fund 65 17 $5,095 57 $5,095 57 Repairs on Town Property Expended $1,280 90 Appropriated $1,500 00 Trans. to Revenue 219 10 $1,500, 00 $1,500 00 Rent G. A. R. Hall Expended $60 00 Appropriated $80 00 Balance 20 00 $80 00 $80 00 19 State Guard Expenses Expended $1,177 98 Appropriated $1,800 00 Trans. to Revenue 152'2 02 $1,800 00 $1,800 00 Welcome Home Celebration Expended $3,132 77 Appropriated $2,500 00 Trans. to 'Revenue 69 03 Receipts 701 80 $3,201 8!) $3,201 80 Reserve Fund Trans. to: Appropriated $1,500 00 Traffic Officers $321 14 Tree Warden 5 00 Clam Warden 52 10 Miscellaneous 65 17 Hyannisport Road 86 ;Support of Poor 1,053 73 $1,560 00 $1,500 00 Memorial Day Q Barnstable ;S'olldiers' Appropriated $300 00 Memorial Association $300 00 $300 00 $300 00 Cape Cod Farm Bureau Treas. IC. C. Farm Appropriated $300 00 (Bureau $30-0 00 $300 00 $300 00 Bills Approved at Town Meeting Expended $424 79 Appropriated $412'4 79 20 Interest Expended $2,302 61 Appropriated $1,500 00 Receipts 802 61 $2,302 61 $2,302 61 Debt Osten-ville School Note $500 00 Appropriated $500 00 Trust Fund Income Care of Cobb .Lot $5 00 Income: Int. on'Cobb Fund 409 32 Cobb Fund Inv't $365 48 Int. on -Cemetery P. C. )Cemetery P. C. Fund Fund 626 74 Inv't 623 55 School Fund 47 69 (School Fund 47 69 Sturgis Fund 170 00 iSturgis Fund 170 00 Trans. from Revenue 52 03 $1,258 75 $1,258 75 Trust Funds Invested $1,009 78 Receipts $1,009 78 Temporary Loans Hyannis'Trust Co. $100,000 00 !Hyannis Trust Co. $100,000 00 State and County Taxes Expended $47,802 29 .From Revenue $47,802 29 Cash Bal. Jan. 1, 1919 $,10,385 88 Paid out $346,409 78 Received 365,070 56 IB'ao. 'Dec. 31, 1919 29,046 66 $3175,456 44 $375,156 44 21 NON-REVENUE ACCOUNTS Loans Authorized As per vote $25,000 00 Highway Construc- tion $2.5,000 00 $25,000 00 $25,00 09 Net Bonded Debt State :Highway Loan .$25,000 00 Balance $25,000 00 State Highway Loan Balance $25,000- 00 As authorized $25,000 00 TRUST FUNDS Trust Fund Cash and Securities Bal. Jan. 1, 1919 $33,713 68 03ad. Dec. 31., 1.919 $34,735 25 Receipts 1;021 57 $34,735 25 $34,73'5 25 Sturgis Fund iSecurities Total On hand Jan. 1, 1919 $4,000 00 $4,000 00 On hand Dec. 31, 1,919 4,000 010 4,000 00 Receipts Payments Income received $170 00 FiApended $170 00 School Fund Savings Eanks Total On hand Jan. 1, 1919 $1,307 64 $1,307 64 On hand Dec. 31, 1919 1,319 43 1,319 43 Receipts Payments ,Withdrawn from Bank $47 69 Expended $47 69 Net income 11 79 Added to +Fund 11 79 $59 48 $59 48 22 Cobb Fund iSecurities ISavings]Bks. Total On hand Jan. 1, 1919 $10,000 00 $233 00 $10,233 00 On hand Dec. 31, 1919 10,000 00 233,00 10,233 00 Receipts Payments Income received $360 48 iSchoo,l purposes $404 32 Trans. from Treasury 418 8-4 Care of lot 5 00 $409 32 $409 32 Cemetery Perpetual Care Fund Securities S'avinigslBks. 'Total On hand Jan. 1, 1919 $17,900 00 $273 04 $18,173 04 On hand Dec. 31, 1919 18,400 0,0 782 82 19,182 82 Receipts Payments Income received $623 55 )Care of lots $626 71 'Trans. from 'Treasury 3 19 Securities purchased 500- 00 'Deposits for Peer- Deposited in Savings petual Care 1,009 78 Bunk 509 78 $1,636 52 $1,636 52 1 - r � cll� co ao cq d, .a Go � 0 PA tn o CID 0 uo C o c Q p tO � r-In p M H 5 r m V2 cn mQ ram, L7 7 / / & / 7 \ / 27 ? 2 o o�c t- 7 + + a � - ) # ( Q / g ce \ . to % 01 PS / o / � a B e e 7 2 ' # � ® rd % G PI2 / e � 6 / ® / \ f . k / E s� . TREASURER'S REPORT l Showing Classification of Receipts and Expenditures RECEIPTS General Revenue Taxes: Current Year $1.58,636 33 Previous Years 14,332 92 'From the State: Corporation Tax 6,1.64 73 National Bank Tax 1,667 31 Income Tax 31.,757 1.8 $212,558 47 Licenses and Permits: Junk $60 00 Peddlers 80 00 Billiard 12 00 Milk 80 00 Moving Piet-Lire 20 00 All Others 362 36 Quahaug 103 00 Clam 77 00 794 36 Fines and Forfeits: ` Court 103 65 Grants and Gifts: Dog Licenses 21.7 86 Total General Revenue, $213,674.34. 27 Coin.mercial. Revenue Special Assessments: Moth 1 06 Privileges: Oyster Grant $1.,1.47 95 Fish Trap 152 00 1.,299 9% Departmental: Sealer of Weights and. Nfeasur.es $71. 21- Gypsy Moth4,564 60 Forest Fires 10 70 Board of IIealth 1.1.S 35 Highways: Sale of Material. 28 OS Sale of Stone, etc. 1,463 93 Donations 250 00 1918 Construction 3,514 20 191.9 Construction 3,679 S5 Side Walks and Curbing 25 00 Almshouse, Sale of Produce 180 48 Reimbursements .for Charities: Individuals S3 89 Cities and To«us 1,199 85 State 253 65 Mothers' Aid from Cities and Towns 229 34 Mothers' Aid from State 1,045 00 Soldiers' Benefits: State Aid 2,619 00 Soldiers' Relief 76 55 Schools: Tuition of State Wards 83 25 Other Tuition 214 00 All Other 442 77 28 Recreation: Welcome Home Celebration 701 80 Unclassified '279 25 21,134 75 Cemeteries: Sale of Lots $20 00 Care of Lots 5 00 25 00 Interest: On Deposits $234 47 On Taxes 737 94 On Tax Titles 36 06 On Cemetery P. C. Fund 623 55 On Cobb Fund 360 48 On Sturgis Fund 170 00 2,162 50 Total Commercial Revenue, $24,623.26. Municipal Indebtedness Municipal Indebtedness: Temporary Loans $100,000 00 State Highway Loan 25,000 00 e 1.25,000 00 Agency, Trust and Investment Agency: Tax Titles $334 42 Trust and Investment: Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds 1,009 78 School Fund 47 69 1,391 89 29 Refunds and Transfers Refunds: Moth Department $300 17 Road Department 27 25 School Department 10 00 Poor Department 7 00 Miscellaneous 36 65 381 07 Total Receipts $365,070 56 PAYMENTS General Government Nroderator . $20 00 Selectmen's Department: Salaries $1,350 00 Stationery and Postage 44 97 Printing and Advertising 99 86 Car Fares 336 94 Telephone 60 95 All Other Expenses 223 45 2,116 1! Accounting Department: Town Auditors $112 12 State Audit 262 20 374 32 Treasurer's Department: Salary $1,416 68 Stationery and Postage 146 98 All Other Expenses 76 45 1,640 A- Assessors' Department: Salaries , $1,350- 00 Clerical Assistance 77 00 30 Stationery and Postage' 29 80 All Other Expenses 127 90 1,584 70 Collector's Department: Salary $1,250 00, Stationery and Postage 72 14 Printing 19 64 Telephone 6 20 All Other Expenses 160 03 1,508 01 Other Finance Offices and Accounts: Certification of Notes 1S 00 Law Department: Town Counsel $150 00 Special Attorney 218 50 All Other Expense 400 00 7.68 50 Town Clerk's Department: Salary $500 00 Recording 160 50 Stationery and Postage 69 96 Printing and Advertising 40 75 Telephone 43 67 Hyannis Office 123 54 All Other 198 59 1,137 01 Election and Registration: Registrars' Salaries $220 00 Election Officers 459 00 Printing and Advertising 209 70 All Other 193 50 1,082 20 Town Hall: Janitor $10 00 ` Repairs 40 26 50 26 Total for General Government $10,299 28 31 Protection of Persons and Property Police Department: ' Traffic Officers $908 06 Court Fees 394 92 Town Constable 100 00 Other Employees 310 00 Signs 132 65 $1,845 63 Inspection of Wires: Salary 500 00 Sealer of Weights and Pleasures: Salary $350 00 Stationery and Postage 9 26' Printing and Advertising 3 00 Travel Expenses 100 00 Supplies 29 85 492 11 Gypsy and Brown 'fail Moth Extermination: Salary of Superintendent $463 50 Labor .2,289 45 Stationery and Postage 13 50 Telephone 25 32 Insecticides 3,214 23 Tools 328 98 Teams, etc. 1,324 81 All Other Expenses 202 49 7,862 28 Planting and Trimming Trees: Salary of Superintendent $65 00 Labor 703 70 Trees 152' 40 Teams 82 15 All Other Expenses 1 75 1,005 00 32 Fires: Salary of Forester $100 00 Labor 113 30 Apparatus 3 75 Team Rire 22 00 All Other Expense 55 60 294 65 Clam Warden Salary 302 10 Total of Protection of Persons and Property $12,301 77 Health and Sanitation Health: General Ad ministration: Salaries $236 07 Stationery and Postage 20 83 Printing and Advertising 43 56 Telephone 3 65 All Other 40 58 $334 69 Quarantine and Contagious Diseases: Medical Attendance $138 00 Drugs and 1lledicine 23 20 Clothing 14 00 Hospitals 14 29 State Board Charity 9 71 All Other 50 199 70 Tuberculosis: Board and Treatment $664'J5 All Other Expense 90 75 754 90 Vital Statistics: Return of Births $23 75 Return of Deaths 12 00 35 75 33 Other Expenses: Plumbing Inspector $280 75 Fumigating 27 50 Vaccinations 5 00 Public Health Nurse 500 00 School Physician 37 50 Inspector of Animals 300 00 Inspector of Slaughtering 901.83 Inspector of Milk 384 67 All Other Expenses 7 00 , 2,444 25 Total for Ilealth $3,779 29 Sewer Maintenance: Catch Basins: Labor $S7 00 Supplies 8 80 95 80 Refuse and Garbage: Dumps: Labor $310 96 Teams 25 70 336 66 Street Cleaning: Labor 36 00 Total for IIealt:h and Sanitation $4,247 75 IIighways General Administration: Superintendent $1,469 20 State Highway Tax 7,805 98 Expense of'Road Committee 26 04 $9,301 22 34 General Expenses: Labor $8,580 23 Teams 3,503 13 Stone, etc. 7,674 22 Equipment and !repairs 2,739 60 Contract on Hyannis Street 6,500 00 All Other 304 88 29,302 06 Other Expenses: Town Pumps $9 75 Harbor Masters 20 00 Guide Posts 25 36 55 New Construction: Osterville $1,351 62 Hyannisport 302 86 1918. State Road 4,072 20 1919 State Road 10,179 85 Contract 35,000 00 50,906 53 $89,564 92 Side Walks and Curbinbs: Construction $142 50 Labor 13 26 Materials 159 60 All Other 17 00 ;332 36 Snow and Ice Removal: Labor $S7 95 Teams 24 60 Repairs 5 00 117 55 Total for Highways $90,014 f 3 35 Charities and Soldiers' Benefits Poor Department: General Administration: Salaries $300 00 Stationery and Postage 2 63 $302 63' Outside Relief Groceries and Provisions $1,974 61 Coal and Wood 4S5 43 Board and Care 539 79 Medical Attendance 548 53 State Institutions 632' 42 Cash 1,893 50 All Other 630 87 6,705 15 Relief by Other Cities and Towns: : Cities $455 60 Towns 180 00 665 60 Mothers' Aid: This Town $4,463 31 Other Cities and Towns 230 01 4,693 .32 Total $12,366 70 Almshouse: Salaries and Wages: Superintendent $400 00 Other Employees 42 25 $442 25 Other Expenses: Groceries and Provisions $2,382 74 Dry Goods and Clothing 142 41 Buildings 275 15 Fuel and Light 401 57 36 Hay and Grain 374 24' Medical Attendance 166 14 All Other 292 22 4,034 47 Total $4,476 92 Soldiers' Benefits: State Aid $1,866 00 Soldiers' Burial 50 00 Soldiers'Relief Fuel $22 90 Groceries and Provisions 42 00 Rent 20 00 Medical Attendance 76 25 All Other 359 00 520 10- Total $2,436 15 Total for Charities and Soldiers' Benefits $19,279 77 Schools General: Expenses of Committee $158 53 Salary of Superintendent 2,093 27 Truant Officers 26 13 Stationery and Postage 103 31 Telephone 221 53 Traveling Expenses 284 96 School Census 65 00 All Other 101 57 $3,054 30 Teachers' Salaries: High $8,500 40 Elementary 20,040-12 Music and Drawing 1,380 00 '29,920 52 37 Text Boohs and Supplies: High and Elementary 2,099 92 Transportation: High and Elementary 7,080 00 Janitors' Services: High and Elementary 3,31.7 OS Fuel and Light: High and Elementary 5,838 20 1llaintenance of Buildings and Grounds: High $563 44 Elementary 2,682 28 3,245 72 Furniture and Furnishings: Elementary 199 04 Other Expenses: School Fund $47 69 All Other 105 56 153 25 Total for Schools $54,908 03 Recreation and Unclassified Parts: Labor $33 62 Celebrations and Entertainments Welcome Home Celebration 3,132 77 Unclassified: Damage to Persons and Property $634 00 Memorial Day 300 00 Printing Town,Reports 382 85 Insurance 1,210 22 State Guard 1,177 98 All Other 366 00 4,071 05 Total for Recreation and Unclassified $7,237 44 38 Enterprises and Cemeteries Cemeteries: Labor $379 66 Supplies 50 20 Care of Lots 631 74 Al.l Otber 94 60 $1,156 20 Total. for Enterprises and Cemeteries $1,1 56 20 Interest and Maturing Debt Interest: Temporary Loans $2,292 61 General Loans 10 00 $2,302 61. Municipal Indebtedness: Temporary Loans $100,000 00 General Loans 500 00 100,500 00 Total. for Interest and Maturing Debt $102,802 61 Agency, Trust and Investment Agency: State Tax $19,355 60 County Tax 20,37S 51 $39,734 11 Trust and Investment: Cemetery Perpetual. Care Fund $1,009 7S Cobb Fund 409 32 Sturgis Fund 170 00 1,559 1.0 T,otal for Agency, Trust and Investment $41,323 21 3� Refunds and Transfers Refunds: Taxes $1.8 24 Transfers: 1.916 Taxes Abated $49 44 1917 Taxes Abated 1,104 76 1.918 Taxes Abated 941 38 1.91.9 Taxes Abated 725 07 2,820 65 Total. for Refunds and Transfers $2,838 89 SUMMARY Receipts Cash on hand, January 1, 1919 $1.0,385 S8 General Revenue $21.3,674 34 Cou1mercial Revenue 24,623 26 Municipal Indebtedness 125,000 00 Agency, Trust and Investment 1.,391.89 Refunds and Transfers 381 07 365,070.56 $375,456 4 1]xpendi.tures General Government $10,299 28 Protection of Persons and Property 12,301 77 Ilealth and Sanitation 4,247 75 IIighways 90,014 83 Charities and Soldiers' Benefits 19,279 77 Schools 54,908 03 40 Recreation and Unclassified 7,237 44 Enterprises and Cemeteries 1.,156 20 Interest-and Maturing Debt 102,802 61 Agency, Trust and Investment 41,323 21 Refunds 2,838 89 $346,409 78 Cash Balance, December 31., 1.91.9 29,046 66 $375,456 41 CLARENCE Ar. CHASE, Treasurer I REPORT OF TIDE AUDIT BY THE BUREAU OF STATISTICS To the Board of Selectmen, Mr. Edgar W. Lovell, Chairman, , Barnstable, Massachusetts. Gentlemen: I submit herewith my .report of an audit of the accounts of: the town of Barnstable and of the installation of a sys- tem of accounts, made in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 598 of the Acts of 1.91.0 as amended and a, vote of the town. This report is in the form of a report to me by Mr. Ed- ward H. Fenton, Chief Examiner of this Bureau, who was placed in charge of the work. Very truly yours, GEO. A. BACON, Director B-I 42 Mr. George A. Bacon, Director, Bureau of Statistics, State House, Boston. Sir: I have made an audit of the books of the to«7n of Barn. stable and have installed a system of'accounts as petitioned for by vote of the town. and in accordance with the provi. sion.s of Chapter 598 of the Acts of 1919 as amended. The audit consisted of an examination of the treasurer':; cash accounts, all. trust funds belonging to the town, the taxes and assessments for the years 1916, 1-91-7, and 1.918, also such other departmental accounts as affect the cash transactions and such as affected the balance sheet slh.owing the assets and liabilities of the town as of January 1, 1919. The treasurer's records of receipts and disbursement, for the period from January I to July 1, 1919 were checl..ed, and comparison was made with deposits in the bank a vl with the checks draw:u. The outstanding checks on July 1 were listed and t1lo bank statement was reconciled with the cash book. The receipts were also verified by comparing the re- ported payments- to th'q treasurer with the payments by duly approved authorization. As all receipts are deposited. in the bank and all payments are made by check the audit of these accounts was greatly facilitated. The' treasurer is also custodian of certain trust fends. The savings bank books and. securities of the several. ftuirl, were examined and .found 'io correspond with the treas- urer's records. A reconciliation of cash and a summary of trust funds, are appended to, this report. The commitments of taxes and assessments to the collec- tor were examined; payments to the treasurer were checked 43 to the treasurer's cash boob, and abatements of taxes by the assessors were checked with the assessors' records. Tho unpaid accounts were listed and verification notices wer<.; mailed to a number of persons whose names appeared ou the books as owing money to the town. As no claim -\vas made that any such account had been paid, I am satisfieJ that the list is correct. In reconciling the commitment lists with the warrants, differences were noted and corrections were made. The abatements on account of the years 191.6 and 1917. were iri excess of the overlay for each of those years; this excess should be provided for as stipulated by chapter 28 of the general acts of 1918. The treasurer has been the principal. accounting officer, and much of the work involved in carrying on the system cif accounts installed -i11 be clone in his office. The primary object of a, system of accounts is to insure a more efficient expenditure of public money. This can be done by keeping each department official co.r.:stantly ad- vised as to the condition of the appropriations under hip control so that a workk program can be arranged that will insure the carrying on of the necessary work of his depart- ment throughout the entire year within the sum appro print-ed for his use. The statutes specifically provide that the several depart ments shall not incur liabilities in excess of the sums ap- propriated for their use, with certain specific exceptions; it is necessary, therefore, to plan the work carefully in ord,, r that the greatest aanoumt of service may be obtained wit!i. the means at hand. The several books and forms provided contemplate th.n systematic classification of accounts by means of groupinc• all items of receipts and all. items of-expenditure of a simil.r nature under what is termed a functional classification,— that is, grouping those items that are related, thus allowine, the public to see at a glance what each particular service is costing. 44 Ample provision has been made for handling the accounts in a businesslike manner and, with the accounts kept up to date, as I believe they will be, the several town officers will have available at all times information that will aid them in planning their. work,Wand that will also insure a complete statement of the financial condition of the town from time to time. The books and accounts under the new system were opened as of January 1, 1-919, and the financial transactions to July l were entered therein.. A balance sheet showing the financial condition of the town at the time the books were opened is appended to this report. While engaged in making the audit and installing the system of accounts, I received the hearty co-operation of the several officials. To those who gave much valuable time and greatly assisted me in the work, -I wish, on behalf of my assistant and for myself, to express my appreciation oi' the co operation. received and assistance rendered. Respectfully submitted, EDW. H. FENTON, Chief Examiner. 45 RECONCILIATION OF TREASURER'S CASH Cash on hand Jan. 1, 1919 $10,385 88 Receipts Jan. 1 to June 30, 1919 91,897 30 $102,283 IS Payments Jan. 1 to June 30, 1919 $93,648 15 Cash on hand June 30, 1919 8,635 03 $102,283 1S Hyannis Trust Company Balance June 30, 1919, per bank statement $16,823 36 Outstanding checks, per list $8,188 33 Balance June 30, 1919, per check book 8,635 03 $16,823 36 TAXES 1916 Taxes committed to E. F. Fuller, Collector 1917 $20,142 44 Moth assessment committed to E. F. Fuller 55 62 Undetected difference 20 62 $20,218 69 Payments to treasurer: 1917 $12,804 45 1918 • 5,390 43 $18,194 88 Abatements: 1917 $546 92 1918 1,217 12 1,764 04 Outstanding Dec. 31, 1918: Taxes $258 70 Moth 1 06 259 76 $20,218 68 46 Outstanding Jan. 1, 1919 $259 76 Payments to treasurer Jan. 1 to June 25, 1919: 'faxes $178 29 Moth 1 06 $179 35 Abatements 33 51 Outstanding June 25, 1919, per list 46 90 $259 76 TAXES 1917 Assessors' warrant $176,480 69 Additional commitment 67 41 $176,548 10 Payments to treasurer: 1917 $142,708 50 1918 29,913 91 $172,622 41 Abatements: 1917 $850 63 - 1918 90S 67 1,759 30 Warrant in excess of list 47 37 Outstanding Dec. 31, 1918 2,119 02 $176,548 10 Outstanding Jan. 1, 1919 $2,119 02 Payments to treasurer Jan. 1 to June 25, 1919 $514 41 Abatements Jan. 1 to June 25, 1919 687 33 Cash on hand June 25, 1919 41 90 Abatements not reported 45 49 Outstanding June 25, 1919, per list 829 89 $2,119 02 47 -TAXES 1918 Assessors' warrant $140,723 26 Additional. commitment 139 28 Dist in excess of warrant 30 1.7 $140,892 71 Payn_i.ents-to treasurer 1918 $127,923 77 Abatements 1918 398 06 Outstanding Dec. 31, 1918 12,570 SS $140,892 71 Ontstaruting Jan. 1, 1919 $12,570 85 - P,iyu en.ts to treastirer Jan. 1. to June 25, 1919 $S,333 77 Abatements Jan. I to June 25, 1919 186 33 Cash on hand June 25, 1919 1,087 73 Abatements not reported 223 76 Outstanding June 25, 1919 2,734 29 $12,5 70 SS STURGIS POOR FUND Securities Total On hand January 1, 1918 $4,000 00 $4,000 00 On hand December 31, 1918 $4,000 00 $4,000 00 Receipts Payments Income received $170 00 Expenditures $170 00 Total $170 00 Total $170 00 48 SCHOOL FUND Savings Bank Deposits Total On hand January 1., 1.918 $1,647 69 $1,647 69 On hand December 31, 1918 $1,307 64 $1,307 64 Receipts Payments Withdrawn from Expenditures $415 00 savings bank $340 05 Income received 74 95 1 Total $415 00 Total $415 00 COBB SCHOOL AND BURIAL LOT FUND Savings Bank Deposits Securities Total Ou band January 1, 1918 $233 00 $10,000 00 $10,233 00 On hand December 31,1918 $233 00 $10,000 00 $10,233 00 Receipts Payments Income received $359 90 Expenditure for care Transferred from of lot $5 00 town treasury 54 42 Expenditure for school purposes 409 32 $414 32 Total $414 32 49 CEMETERY PERPETUAL CARE FUNDS Savings Bank Deposits Securities Total On hand January 1, 191 S $6S 37 $17,000 00 $17,068 3 7. On hand December 31, 1915 $273 04 $17,900 00 $I8,173 04 i Receipts Payments Income received $582 92 Securities purchased $900 00 Transferred from Deposited in sav- town treasury S 39 ings bank 204 67 Deposits for per- Expenditures for care petual care 1,104 67 of lots 591 31 Total $1,695 98 Total $1,695 98 r•+ C• � 11:1 p CID GJ C17 rFs p c� O O c0 c0 6� O CO c0 Cq O C— rn In CSC 00 1-0 � ce � y bf 1-a ccv c.) z c w bD p 4 r a m O �-•-I vv 4J h O N r GJ ti l ccpq c� 6> eH S•+ rCIJ O �G' CC_ ce Cd ;z p'y C) E �i ce Q A 1-Z . o ce CIO c0 O O,C.0 p hh� rl P/2 L'3 CID O C�'J .. 00 ce p GV 00 '.F WSJ CA C O cA cece CyJ LfJ pq 00 m O di co C— cq r-I L(J - a--� 6n C\l rl ' Q2 N 1-) 41 CL In N oEH &-i � �QN as c c C `s c7co Go ca � r UJ �dJ � 'V r�L a � o � - o � CID U Cf) c c.0 Cn co c r A EA � co w t m F+ Z+ ' HIGHWAY SURVEYOR'S REPORT REPAIRS ON ROADS RECEIPTS Appropriated $30,000 00 Sale of Material 1,492 01 Donations 250 00 Account of Curbing 25 00 Refunds 27 25 $31,794 26 EXPENDED Barnstable $626 29 Centerville 1,327 41 Cotuit 1,156 94 General 13,696 89 IIyannis 2,492 64 IIyannisport 869 07 Marstons Mills 457 39 Newtown 218 73 Osterville 1,487 68 Plains 1,189 70 Santuit 681 61 West Barnstable 343 57 Main Street, Hyannis 6,500 00 Repairs on Bridges 731 52 $31,779 44 Unexpended Balance 14 82 _. .. $31,794 26 53 New Road, Hyannisport 'Appropriated $300 00 Overrun 2 86 Expended. $302 86 New Road., Osterville Appropriated $1,600 00 Expended $1,329 62 Unexpended. Balance 270 38 $1,600 00 Rebuilding Roads Appropriated $35,000 00 Contract: Barnstable; Osterville, Cotuit $35,000 00 State Highway, Osterville Received from. State $3,51.4 20 Expended $3,514 20 State Highway, Centerville Appropriated $25000 00 Received from State 3,679 85 $28,679 S5 Expended $10,179 85 Unexpended Balance 18,500 00 $28,679 85 54 Snow Pills Appropriated -$1,00Q Oi! Expended: -Barnstable $42 39 Hyannis 64 16 Marstons 1\Iills 6 05 Osterville 4 95 Unexpended Palanee 882 45 $1,000 0f) JOYCE TAVLOR, Surveyor of II1Whways REPORT OF FOREST WARDEN i Report of Forest Warden, H. C. Bacon, for the year 1919 Forest Fires as follows: Afar. 26. J. R. Crosby and. S'others Apr. 10. •John Bursley 1 0 Apr. 18. Robert Daniel and 3 others 3 00 Apr. 1.9. John Bursley and 2 others 2 20 Apr. 19. J. Alonzo Stevens and 10 others 13 :)S Apr. 19. J. R. Crosby and 3 others 2 5 Apr. 22.. H. C. Bacon and 9 others S Or Apr. 28. H. C. Bacon and 1.1 others 1.0 11:1) May 4. Robert Daniel and 3 others 3 00 flay 30. Robert :Daniel. and _i others 7 20 Sept. 29. II. C. Bacon and 1_ other 3 0� Total. $62 3. Railroad Fires as follows: Jan. 12. Geo. C. Seabtiry and 3 others $1 25 Feb. 2. John Bursley and 3 others 3 0 Feb. 3. John Bursley and, 2 others 2 5 Feb. 3. H. B. Ryder and 3 others 2 68 Alar. 7. W. A. Jones and 1 other 50 liar. 10. W. A. Jones and 2 others 1. 00 Apr. 2. Geo. C. Seabury and. 3 others 2 91. May 3. John Bursley and 2 others 1 36 May S. L-[. C. Bacou and 3 others 1 64 July 6. H. B. Ryder and 4 others 1 9 56 July 7. H. B. Ryder and 14 others 6 15 July 9. 1I. B. Ryder and 7 others 4 05 Dec. 15. Geo. C. Seabury and. 6 others 4 19 $31. 76 The whole number of Forest Fires 1 L The whole number of Railroad Fires 13 The whole niimber of Fire Permits issued 512 The smallest amount of money expended on fires for the last twenty-five years. The reason is that people are getting interested and report the fires before they get a good start. Respectfully submitted, H. C. BACON, Forest Wardeu DEPUTY FOREST FIRE WARDS Deputy Forest Fire Wards appointed by II. C. Bacon, Forest Warden, for the year 1.920 and their telephone num- bers: H. B. Ryder, Cummaquid Barnstable 5-12 Wm. A. Jones, Barnstable Barnstable 72-3 Geo. C. Seabury, Barnstable Barnstable 36-2 Chas. L. Bassett, West Barnstable Barnstable 59-1.2 John Bursley, West Barnstable Barnstable 58-6 Calvin Benson, West Barnstable Barnstable 54-5 S: Fremont Crocker., Marstons lllills Cotuit 32-6 7enas Crocker, Alarstons Mills. Cotuit 18-5 Loring G. Jones, Marstons Mills Cotuit 1.56-4 W. F. Harlow, Santuit Cotuit 1.1.-3 Thomas D. Rennie, Santuit. Cotuit 129-2 Ezra Hobson, Cotuit Cotuit 145 A. S. Childs, CotLiit Cotuit 66-11. S. N. Ames, Osterdille Cotuit 245-2 Robert Daniel, Osterville Cotuit 67 Frank E. Crocker, Centerville Hyannis 168-3 J. R.'Crosby, Centerville Hyannis 1.08-2 J. Alonzo Stevens, Centerville Cotuit 33 22 Wm. T. Beals, Hyannisport Hyannis 35-3 James F. Crowell, Hyannis Hyannis 36-2 Ira W. Bacon, Hyannis Hyannis 162-12 H. C. Bacon, Hyannis Hyannis 1.44-2 Hyannis, January. 31, 1920. B-6 REPORT OF MILK INSPECTOR Marstons, Mills, Jan. 26, 1920 To the Board of Health of Barnstable: Gentlemen: I give you my report as Inspector of Milk, from.June 1, 1919, to the present time: I have issued 152 mill: licenses, also 1S ol.eomargarine licenses. Have made 195 dairy inspections. I'have analyzed 102 samples of mills officially, and 49 samples by request. Of the 102 samples tested, 11 were found to be below the Mass. standard of good duality. After the dairymen were notified that their. milk Alas below the standard, in only one instance did I find it to be below the standard the second time. During the past year, the milk sold in town has been cleaner., and the cow'stables have been in better conditiwa than at any time since I have been doing the work as In- spector. ' Very.respectfully, GEORGE T. MECARTA, Inspector of Mil;c REPORT OF SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES Annual .report of Scaler of Weights and Measures for 1919: Total Scales Sealed 201 Adjusted 6 Condemned 4 Liquid Measures Sealed 190 Condemned 10 Measuring Pumps Sealed 63 Adjusted 5 Condemned I Number of Weights Sealed 260 Adjusted 4 Sealing fees N $66 25 Adjusting charges 3 S7 Total $70 12 A. E. NICKERSON, Sealer TREE WARDEN'S REPORT I hereby submit a report of in.y work as Tree Warden for 1919: The,work of the Tree Warden has been clone on the most economical basis possible in order to be able to do the neces- sary work in the different sections of the town. In going over the town I found it necessary to remove 27 dead trees. Fourteen of these were elms 12 to 1.8 inches in diameter., 6 maples, 3 catalpas, 2 ailanthus and 2 horse chestnuts. I find the general condition of the street trees to be good as a whole throughout the town. As,far as possible they were gone over and given a light but necessary pruning. This pruning consisted of removing the lower limbs which interfered with traffic on the street, and pedestrians on the sidewalks. Dead limbs and cross branches were also giver. attention. In many instances large scaffold branches had to be removed to allow traffic free passage beneath.. Much can be done by a thorough pruning for the per- manent growth of our trees. They really are more lasting than 'the street or highway which they border, and in con- templating the future, let us not forget to save and car for what we have already in the way of street trees. I feel that much has been accomplished, but there are still many details that need attention; the planting of treys 6? in sections where thore are very few street 'trees and the annual care for those already planted and growing. During the past season 300 young sturdy nursery grown trees were planted in prepared holes out of which two died z,nd one was run over and broken. Expenditures will be found on another page of this report. i Respectfully, ROBERT F. CROS REPORT OF MOTH SUPERINTENDENT To the Selectmen of Barnstable: It is my aim and desire to make this report as concise as possible and it contains only a brief summary of the year', work. During the year the Gypsy Moth work has been continued with unabated energy, and with encouraging results; along the highways, and in residential parts of the town. Not withstanding the difficulties in securing competent labor, and the ever advancing prices of materials used in con- nection with this work, I have succeeded in making satis- factory progress. As is,well known our woodlands are commonly a mass of crowded crooked choked growth with more trees struggling for an existence than can under such conditions ever reach maturity. Owing to the depredations of the gypsy moth in the woodlands many trees are now dead or in a dying condi- tion, in the infested areas; and if the owners of such wood- land could be only interested in cutting more wood for fuel, or market, it would be beneficial to them and a great help in combating this pest; especially is this so around the shores of the cranberry bogs that are so located in the low lands surrounded mostly by an oak growth. We started spraying May 26 and discontinued June 27. Five power sprayers owned by the town were used in this work. 63 Each sprayer was equipped with. 40 feet of pressure hose, and enough suction Bose to enable each machine to get water a from the natural water sources in the particular sections where they worked. Up to this time we have always used the paste form of arsenic of lead; this season we used two tons of the dry forr1i of arsenic and I found it to have better killing and sticking dualities than the paste. Eight tons of paste lead was used. Sixty-five estates were inspected and work done by th-, owners as advised by this department. One hundred fifty-two citizens had spraying and other moth work,done, paying the actual cost of same. Forty-six citizens bought lead or creosote. The total receipts froin citizens and property owners were $4,688.57. There have been a number of parasites liberated by the Federal Government during the year. Flacherie (or wilt) which is a fungus disease one of the most effectual means of destroying the gypsy caterpillars was not as evident as in 1918. The equipment belonging to this department has beett, stored and is now in good condition for work when the proper time arrives. Respectfully submitted, ROBERT F. CROSS, Moth Superintendent J 1 REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH It seems advisable'at the approach of the annual Town meeting to make a report of the work of the Board o IIealth. The regular duties of the board have been the care of contagious diseases, enforcing the local rules of sanitation. appointing milk and plumbing inspectors, inspectors of slaughtering, and the care of the Town sick in the various State Institutions. With the nation-wide crusade for better health conditions, especially among children, more action is demanded from the local health departments, and the co-operation of t.hc 6tizens of the Town is needed to successfully carry on.the work. Barnstable is fortunate in having a Nursing Association, and one alive to the needs of the community, and to the iossibilities of the work. Child welfare work is probably receiving as much attention as any branch of community work, and what has been done in that direction in Barn- stable with the small amount of money appropriated by the Town at the last annual meeting, clearly shows what can be done, if the Town will follow up this policy. Health officials throughout the. country are aware that Tuberculosis is not yet conquered, and it is the history of all the attempts at prevention of disease, that sooner or later Tuberculosis is met. In every Town there will be a number of cases, and the history of an advanced case`shows from • 65 8 to 20 undeveloped cases following. Through the Public Health Nurse, and Child Welfare Movement, if it can be closely followed, few of these.cases.escape detection, an-I with the advise and help of the Physician and the Nursin - Association, a large part of the cases can be arrested, and the children be allowed to grow up under normal conditions The housing conditions in the Town, especially among the foreign population are distinctly bad, and while result: along these lines come slowly, the advent of the District Nurse among there has awakened a desire to better their home conditions. We .are to be congratulated upon the condition of the school buildings in the Town, especially their adaptation to the modern health requirements. Under such conditions, with a child welfare movement well started, the boys and girls of the Town have every opportunity for better physical development than the generation that preceded them. Con- tagious disease is being closely watched by the State Depart- ment of Health, and the local boards are receiving the bene- fit of their investigations. One thing that makes it difficult for the local board to control a contagious disease, is the fact that parents do not take their children's ailments seriously enough. When a child is not feeling well, it should have proper care, and i parents do not understand the symptoms of the different children's diseases, a Doctor should be called at once so that in case of a contagious disease, the children may not be. come carriers and a menace to their neighborhood. The general cleanliness.of the Town must be a co-opera- tive work. The dumping grounds'and the disposal of gar- bage have assumed a serious aspect, and the Town will have 66 to take action `in this matter very soon. Deep your owr premises in such condition that your neighbor cannot cont. plain, co-operate with the Board of Health so that we cau make the Town of Barnstable what we all desire, a clean and healthy Town. G. W. HALLET I', Secretary, Barnstable Board of Health r REPORT OF, INSPECTOR OF WIRES January 6, 1920 Selectmen of the Town of Barnstable. The following is the report of the Town of Barnstable for the Inspection of Wires for the past year: January Inspections 11 Miles traveled 57 February C47 44 4980 March cc14 cc 4973 April 9412 cc 9479 May 13 44 44103 June 2S 44 cc170 July 26 44 99203 August 8 99 cc80 September 14 ig 4962 October 12 49 4469 November 13 cc 4485 December 26 155 Totals 184 1216 F. S. KENT, Inspector of Wires BARNSTABLE SOLDIERS' MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION The following is the account of the Barnstable Soldiers' Memorial Association: RECEIVED On hand Jan. 1, 1919 $54 01 Received from Town 300 00 Error at Bank 1 50 $355 51 PAID Error at Bank $2 68 Account Book 70 Miss Sarah Dixon 25 00 Rev. E. A. Chase 10 00 Capt. C. L. Barry - 10 00 Wm. Carroll, Band 110 00 Mrs. Boody, Music 10 00 Mrs. Addie Backus, Music 5 00 Ginn & Co., Music 2 96 J. M. Leonard, Transportation 35 00 G. L. Hamblin & Son, transportation 3 00 A. Michelson, Transportation 13 50 Caroline D. Coleman, Transportation 1 50_ Mrs. May Hallett, Dinner 43.44 69 M. M. Haskell, Flags, etc. 11 60 N. H. Bearse, Rope 2 20 T. V. West 3 00 G. W. Hallett, Sundries 6 50 Mrs. May Hallett, Laundry i 1 46 Postage 69 $298 23 On hand Dec. 1, 1919 •57 28 $355 5l. JURY LIST JURY LIST•FOR THE TOWN OF BARNSTABLE 1920 Freeman C. Adams Oyster Grower Walter D. Baker Merchant James E. Baxter Merchant Horatio S. Bond Plumber Frank A. Bayley Retired. John M.. Blagden BlacksmiVi John Bursley Farmer John H. Burrill. Poultryma,u Seabury Bearse Carpenter- Alonzo Crosby Retired Timothy Crocker Retired Irving F. Crocker Retired Alexander S. Childs Caretaker Edward S. Crocker Hotel. heeper Chester A. Crocker. Farmei° Andrew W. Crosby Boat Builder Horace M. Crosby Boat Buildee Braddock Coleman Carpenter Arthur M. Coville Meat Dealer Ernest O. Dottridge Janitor Herbert N. Davis Merchant Albert L. Edson Retired Frank Thacher Insurance Walter I. Fuller Merchant 71 Edmund D. Fuller Painter Calvin H. Fuller Carpenter Everett F. Fuller Town Officer Arthur G. Guyer Druggist Ezra J. Gifford Oysterman Joseph W. Hamlin - Carpenter Carlton C. Hallett Cranberry Grower Leonard Hamblin Oysterman Marcus H.,Howes, Fisherman Henry C. Mortimer. Fisherman John J. Horne Laborer Roscoe W. Hamblin Retired Charles L. Howe Retired Walter C. Jones Carpenter Zebina H. Jenkins Farmer George B. Lewis Plumber Howard G. Lumbert Carpenter Charles E. Lewis Fisherman Harris C. Lovell Laborer Edward W. Maher Clerk Arthur A. Phinney Retiree Heman F. Pierce Barber George H. Palmer Plumb!•r Carlton I. Ryder Painter Ales. T. Stuart Telephone Herbert A. Smith Carpenter' Thomas H. Soule Retired Isaiah C. Sears Salesman Wilson S. Scudder Coal Dealer George Seabury Farmer Albert C. Smith Retired Roscoe Brackett Cranberry Grower Herbert C. Wright Retired_ John S. Whitaker Retired Lorenzo P. Wilson Merchant Eben P. Williams Carpenter TOWN CLERK'S REPORT ANNUAL TOWN MEETING March 3d and 4th, 1919 At a, meeting of the inhabitants of Barnstable, qualified to vote on Town affairs, held in the different prccinctrs named in the Warrant for said meeting, for the election of Officers, etc., on Monday, March 3rd, 1919, while a.ctinp ender the following article: Art. 1. To choose a Moderator for -the subsequent meeting, Town (Clerk, Town Treasurer, Collector of Taxes, one Selectman for three years, one Assessor for three years, one Overseer of the Poor for three years, three Auditors for one year, one School Com- mittee,for three years, one Surveyor of Highways for one year, one member of Board of Health for three years, one member of.Board of Health for the unexpired term, elevenConstables, Tree Warden, and to elect any other officer whose name may appear on the official ballot. Also to vote on the following questions: Shall license be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in the. Town of Barnstable; Shall the provisions of Section 363 ,of Chapter 560 of the Acts of the'year 1907, relative to the term of office: and duties of the Town Clerk be accepted; Shall the provisions of Sectio-n 364 of Chapter 560.of the Acts of the year 1907, to establish the office of Highway Surveyor .be accepted; Shall Sections 1 to 14, inclusive, of Chapter 28, of the Revised Laws and acts and amendments thereof and in addition thereto authorizing cities and towns to layout public parks within their limits, be accepted, and for any other question that may legally appear on the official ballot. 73 The whole number of votes cast was 822 except for School Committee for which there were 825, which being assorted and counted according to law, the result was .found to be as follows: Moderator at the Annual Meeting 'Edward C. Hinckley had 665 Town. Clerl: (One Year) `Clarence M. Chasc had 691 Frank Thacher had 1 Town•Treasurer (One'Year) "Clarence M. Chase had 663 Frank Thacher. had 1 Selectman (Three Fears) Alexander G. Cash had 303 'William Lovell had 335 Charles II. Nye had 135 E. S. Crocker 1 Assessor (Three Years) Alexander G. Cash. had 291 'William Lovell had 326 Charles H. Nye had 132 E. S. Crocker had 1 ' -Elected B-6 Overseer of the Poor (Three Years) Alexander 'G. Cash had 302 'William Lovell had 319 Charles H. Nye had 129 E. S. Crocker had 1 School Committee (Three Years) -,"-Edward C. Hinckley had 652 C. L. Barry had 1 Collector of Taxes (One Year) *Everett F. Fuller had 672 Surveyor of Highways (One Year) 'Joyce Taylor had 642 Charles Sherman had 1 Auditors (One Year) ""John Bursley had 567 "Albert L. Edson had 548 "-Tjuther C. Hallett had 575 Tree Warden (One Year.) Fred W. Chase had 21.7 '`Robert F. Cross had 475 Board of Health (Three Years) *G. Webster Hallett had 572 75 Board of (Unexpired Terni) *William A. Jones had 511 \ C. E. Harris had 1 E. L. Harris had 1 A. Lapham had 1 Constables (One Year) 'Benjamin E. Blgssoni had 513 "`William A. Bearse had 496 /'`Joshua A. Chase had 488 *George F. Hart had 493 *Theodore V. West had 443 *Chester L. Baker had 455 *Harris C. Lovell had 462 *Alexander S. Childs had 442 `-Lorenzo Gifford had 43 ''Maurice Hinckley had 11 *Ferdinand Balser had 3 Foster Crocker had 3 B. F. Sears had 2 M. N. Harris had 2 C. C. Dixon had 1 H. B. Ryder had 1 1. H. Smith had 1. George Snow bad ] William A. Jones had 1 George Hamblin had 1 Cyrus B. Jones had 1 Edward Cammett had 1 George Mecarta i+ad 1 William Potter had I M. V. Hickey had 1 Ezra Hobson bad. 1 Acceptance of Section 363, Chapter 560, Acts of 1907 'Yes 1.93 - No 76 Acceptance of Section 364, Chapter 560, Acts of 1.907 ' Yes 1.87 No i 87 Acceptance of Sections 1 to 14, Chapter 28, Revised Laws 1 ''Yes 19T No 90 Shall. License be Granted for the Sale of Intoti.cating Liqtiors in. This Town Yes 299 *No 357 THE SUBSEQUENT MEETING In accordance with the Warrant the subsequent meeting was held at the Town House on Tuesday, March 4th, 1919. The meeting was called to.order at nine o'clock A. A/r. by the Town Clerk who read the Warrant and also the �,ote for Town Officers, etc., on the preceding day. The respective officers were declared elected. Dr. Edward C. Hinckley was then qualified as Moderator and took charge of the ineeting. The following tellers were appointed by the Moderator: Il erbert A. Smith, Luther C. Hallett, Beni. F. Sears, Edward W. Childs, Arthur G. Guyer, Charles 11 Lewis, IIowar.d G. Lambert, Heman P. Crocker. Art: 2. To elect all other necessary Town Officers for the ensu- ing year. 77 The following officers were elected: Agent of the Cobb Fuud—Henry C. Davis. Measurer of Wood an(! Bark—T niotby Crocker, Emilo R. Silva, Win. C. Gifford. Surveyors of Luniber—John E. Hinckley, John C. Bearse, Joseph W. IIamlin.. Sealer of Leather—William A. Gardner. Dcer Reeve—John J. Harlow. Pound Keepers—Thomas W. Jones, C'Y illiaia V. Ormsby, Wilton B. Camnlett, Jehiel R. Crosby. Field Drivers—Theodore V. West, %eras Crocker. Harbor Plasters—Timothy Crocker, Moses Sturgis, Sam- / uel N. Ames, Carlton B. Nickerson. AIrt. 3. To hear and act upon the report of the various Town Officers, also to hear the report of any committees and to take any action thereto and to act filly thereon. Voted to accept the Report of the Town Officers as printed. o The report of the Road Conintittee as printed in "The Patriot" was accepted. It was voted to continue this Committee for another year and that Mr. John C. Bearse be substituted for Mr. Irving W. Cool:. The Committee appointed to consider the matter of chang- ing the methods of business for the Town made a report in which it was recommended that a Committee of seven, one from each voting precinct of the Town, be appointed, to be 78 known as the Finance Committee who shall serve without pay and,whose duty it shall be to hold meetings and give � bearings on each and every article which appears in the Warrant and submit printed recommendations of each arti- cle to the Town for consideration at its annual meeting. It was voted to accept the report and adopt the recommenda- tions of the Committee and the following gentlemen were appointed members of the Finance Committee: Alfred Crocker, John Bursley, John C. Bearse, Chester Bearse, Henry P. Leonard, S. Fremont Crocker, and Charles L. Gifford. It was voted to accept the report of the Town Building Committee and the Committee continued with Arthur G. Guyer in place of Irving W. Cook and that the amount of $500.00 appropriated last ,year for the use of the Committee be made available for its use the coming year. The Committee on enlarging the Training School or erect- ing a new building on the High School grounds recom- rnended the erection of a new three room building on the High School grounds, but did not recommend the'construe- tion of the building this year. Which report was accepted. Art. 4. To receive and act upon the accounts of alll persons to whom the Town is indebted. Voted to pay the following bills: John Bursley, Services and Expenses as Auditor $43.20 Albert L. Edson, Services and Expenses as Auditor 38.92 Luther C. Hallett,,Services and Expenses as Auditor 30.00 Edward C. Hinckley, Expenses as School Committee 29.98 John E. Hinckley, Expenses as School Committee 57.86 Allen Chadwick, Expenses as School Committee 70.69 John Bursley, Expenses on Road Committee 12.04 J. Milton Leonard, Expenses on Road Committee 14.00 F. B. & F. P. Goss, Printing, acet. Road Committee 8.10 William A. Bearse, Services as Town Constable 100.00 Edward C. Hinckley, Services as Moderator 20.00 $424.79 / 79 Art. 5. 'To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the following purposes, for the ensuing year, * viz.: Support of Poor, Repairs -on Roads, Bridges, Snow, Support of Schools, Repairs on School Houses, Transportation of Scholars, Text BaoA :and Supplies, Repairs on Town Property, Printing and Advertising, 1;uterest, Town Officers, Miscellaneous Expenses, Trees and Labor on same, Suppression of Gypsy and Brown Tail Moth, Soldiers' Relief, Reserve Fund, Election Expenses, State Aid, Board of Health, Extinguishment of Fires, Aid for Mothers with Dependent Children, and for all other llegal expenditures. The following appropriations were voted: Support of Poor $8,500.00 Repairs on Roads and Bridges 30,000.00 Snow Bills 1,000.00 Support of Schools 38,500.00 Transportation of Scholars 7,000.00 Repairs on School L-Iouses 1,800.00 Text Books and Supplies 2,100.00 Repairs on Town Property 1,500.00 Printing and Advertising 800.00 Interest 1,500.00 Town Officers 7,500.00 Miscellaneous 5,000.00 Trees and Labor on same 1,000.00 Suppression of 1\-Ioths 3,407.73 Soldiers' Relief 650.00 Reserve Fund 1,500.00 Election Expenses 1,200.00 Board of Health 3,000.00 Extinguishment of Fires 500.00 Mothers with Dependent Children 2,000.00 Traffic Officers 650.00 Suppression of Crime 250.00 Clam Warden 250.00 State Aid $2,000.00 $119,607.73 80 While acting under this article it was voted to make the salary of the Surveyor of Highways $1,500.00, to be taken from the appropriation for Repairs on Roads. It was also unanimously voted to increase the salary of the Town Clerk and 'Treasurer to $2,000.00, Art. 6. To see if the Town will vote'to authorize the Town Treas- urer, with the approval of the Selectanen, to borrow money in antici- pation of the- revenue•e of the current financiail year. Voted that the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the • Selectmen, be and hereby is authorized to borrow money in anticipation of th.e revenue of, th.e financial. year begin- ning January 1st, 1919 and to issue a note or notes th.ere.fof, payable within one year. Any debt or debts incurred under this vote to be paid frown the revenue of said financial year. Yes 80. No 0. Art. 7. To see if the Town will vote to authorize, the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to 14orrow money on and after January 1st, 1920, in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1st, 1920. Voted that the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, be and hereby is authorized to borrow money on and after January 1st, 1920, in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January lst, 1920, 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. Yes 134. No 0. Art. S. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a. sum of money for the proper observance of Memorial Day and to act fully thereon. 81 Voted to raise and appropriate $300.00 for this purpose and place the same in the hands of the Barnstable Soldiers' Memorial Association. Art. 9. 'To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to make such leases as in their opinion will be for-the best interest of the Town, and to, confirm all leases heretofore given. Voted that the Selectmen be so authorized. Art. 10. To see if the Town will vote to elect one or more Sur- veyors of Highways at the nest annual Town Meeting and to act fully thereon. Under articles I01and 1.3 taken together it Was vote(-[ that the office of highway Surveyor be established and the term of office fixed at three years in accordance with the provi- sions of section 152 of Chapter 257 of the Acts of 1-91-8, sec- tion 402 of Chapter 835 of the Acts of 191-3 and the corres- ponding provisions of earlier laws. which are hereby accepted. Yes 96. No 15. Art.. 11. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the .sum of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) to provide for the pay- ment of a note of the Town maturing in 1919. Voted to raise $500.00 for this purpose. A Art. 12. To see if the Town will vote to pay a commission of one per cent. for the collection of the taxes, or to take any action o, in relation thereto and to act fully thereon. Voted to pay the Tax Collector a salary of $1,300.00 per year. Art. 13. To see if the Town will vote to elect the Highway Sur- 82 veyor for a term of three years, in accordance with, provisions of Chapter 222 of the Ants of the year 1911. (By request). Disposed of in connection with Article 10. Art. 14. To see if the Town will vote to elect the Town Clerk for a term .of three years. (By request). \. Voted unanimously t4at the term of office of the 'lbws Clerk be fixed at three years. Art. 15. To see,if the Town will vote to pay the Forest Warden a salary of One Hundred and Twenty-five .Dollars ($125.00) or to take any action in relation Uiereto and to act fully thereon. (By request,). ' Voted to pay the Forest Warden a salary of $125.00 per year. Art. 16. To see if the Town will vote to elect a Board of Park Commissioners to consist of three persons, one to be elected for one year, one for -two years, and one for three years, at the next annual Town ;Meeting, or to take any action in relation thereto and to.act fully thereon. ('By.request). Voted that at the next Annual Town Meeting a. board of Park Commissioners consisting of three persons be elected by official ballot, one for a term of one year, one for a term of two years, and one for a term of three years, and there- after one each ,year for a term of three ,years, any vacancy to be filled in like manner for the balance of the unexpired term. ;Art. 17. To see if the Town will ra}se and appropriate a sum of / money to be expended for athletic purposes at the Barnstable High School or take any action, in relation thereto and to act fully thereon. (By request). Indefinitely postponed. 83 Art. 18. To see if the Town will vote to pay at the rate of three dollars per day for Ja,bor and three dollars per day for horse hire or to take any action in relation thereto and to act fully thereon. (By request). Voted to pay 33 IA cents per hour for labor and 30 cents per hour for horse hire. - Art. 19. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to agree in writing, in :behalf -of the Town, to contribute'a sum not* ` exceeding $25,000.OG toward the cost of a State Highway which the Massachusetts iHighway Commission propose-s•to lay out and con- struct in the Town, from the west end of the present ,State High- way, between the villages of Hyannis and Centerville, to the east end of the present State Highway in the. village of OsterviNe. Voted that the Selectmen be authorized to agree in writ- ing, in behalf of the Town, to contribute, a sum not ex- ceeding $25,000.00 toward the cost of a State 'Highway which the Massachusetts Highway Commission proposes to lay out and construct in the Town, from the west end of the present State Highway, between the villages of. Hyannis and Centerville, to the east end of the present State High- way in the village of Osterville, with the request that the Road be built through the village of Centerville if possible. Yes 155. No'0. Art. 20. .To see if the Town will vote to.raise and appropriate a n sum not exceeding $25,000.00 or to borrow the same, and issue its notes, bonds or, scrip therefor, for the purpose of carrying into effect any action of the Town under the preceding articles or other- wise expending the same for the rebuilding of road§, or to take any e action in relation thereto aid to act fully thereon. Voted that the Town borrow the sum of $25,000.00 for the purpose mentioned in this article and that the Treasurer, With the approval of at least a majority of the Board of Selectmen, be' and hereby is authorized to issue Notes of 84 tJie Town therefor, payable; within five years. The rate of interest and other details to be left to the discretion of the Treasurer and the Board of Selectmen. Yes 156. No 0. -Art. 21. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or issue its notes, bonds or scrip for a sum not to exceed $35,000, the same to tie, expended in rebuilding such portions of the follow- ing sections of roads as your Road Committee may suggest, viz.: A section about 1 1-4 milei in the village of Barnstable, a section of about four miles of the West Barnsta+bleaOsterville road and a section of about 2 1-4 miles of the Marstons iMilWC'otuit road, or to take any action in relation thereto and to act fully thereon. Voted to raise and appropriate $35,000.00 for the purpose specified in this article. Art. '22. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to indemnify the Commonwealth of Massachusetts against any and all claims or demands for land and grade damages, which may re- sult'from the lay-out and construction of any -State Highway that may be laid out, contracted for or built in the Town of Barnstable in the year 1919, and to act fully thereon. Voted that the Selectmen be authorized to inderunify the Commonwealth of Alassachmetts against any and all, claims or demands for land and grade damages which may result from the lay-out and construction of any State Highway that may be laid out, contracted for or built in the Town of Barnstable in the year 1919. Art. 23. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to en- ter into a contract with the Massachusetts Highway Commission for the construction of any State Highway which may 'be laid out in this Town during -the present year, and to sub-let said contract, if they deem.it to the best interests of the Town. Voted that the Selectmen be authorized to enter into a 85 contract with the Massachusetts Highway Commission for the construction of any State Highway which may be laid out in this Town during the present year, and to sub-let said k. contract, if they deem it to the best interests of the Town. Art. 24. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for and to elect a!Director for the Cape Cod Farm Bureau, as authorized by Sections 1 and 5, -Chapter 273, Acts of the Massachusetts Legislature of 19,1,8. Voted to! raise and appropriate the sum of $300.00 for this purpose and to elect Mr. John Bursley a director of the Cape Cod Farm Bureau. A.rt. 25. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the.sum of $1;80.0.00 to be used for defraying the expenses of the Town Company of the State Guard, or take any action in relation thereto and to act fully thereon. (By request). Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $1,800.00 for the purpose of defraying the expenses of the Town Company of the State Guard. Art. 26. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $5,00.00 to be expended by the Selectmen or Board of Health in accordance with iSection 1,Chapter 72 of the Acts of 1911, for Public Health Nursing Service to be rendered in the Town of :Barnstable. (By request). Voted that the sum of $500.00 be raised and appropriated to be expended by the Selectmen, either directly or through the Board of Health for Public Health. Nursing Service to he rendered in the Town of Barnstable. R- Art. 27. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $80.00 annually, to be expended for rent of such rooms as may be needed in Howard Hall, Centerville, by Theodore Park- man Post, G. A. R., for its meetings. i By request). 86 Voted to raise $80.00 annually for this purpose. Art. 218. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Tax Col- lector to collect the total amount of the April, 1919, tax levy on or A before December 31, 1919, and the amount of 'December, 1919, levy at such time as the Assessors may determine or take any action thereto and to act fully thereon. Voted to adopt this article. It was also voted that it is The sense of this meeting that $10,000.00 of the amotmt due for uncollected taxes be applied to this year's appro- priations. Art. 29. To see if the Town will vote to give, its advertising to ala local papers published in LBarnstable, or take any action thereto and act fully thereon. (By request). Voted not to give the advertising to all the local papers published in the Town of Barnstable. Art. 30. To •see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $500.00 to be expended for the purpose of the Suppres- sian of Gypsy Moths around the. cranberry 'bogs in the Town, said sum to be expended under the direction of the Gypsy broth Commit- tee of the Cranberry Growers' Association, or to Make any action in relation thereto and to act fully thereon. (By request). Indefinitely postponed. Art. 31. To sea if the Town will vote to refund to the fish ped- lers in the Town of Barnstable the amount of money -paid by them for licenses to peddle fish in said Town in the year 1916, or to take any action in relation thereto and to act fully thereon. (By request). Voted that the Selectmen be instructed to refund to the Fish Pedlers in the Town whatever money they consider was unjustly collected from them for licenses in 1916. Art. 32. To see if the Town will vote to petition the Director 87 of the Bureau of Statistics for an aµdit of its accounts in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 593, Acts of 1910, and amendments thereto. Voted that the Selectmen be and hereby are authorized to petition the Director of the Bureau of Statistics for such ,in audit of the Town's accounts as may be necessary to install an accounting system, and to install an accounting system in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 598 of the Acts of 1910. Art. 33. To see if the Town will vote to accept the following By-law: "Article VI. The accounts of the Town Officers shall be audited annually under the supervision of the Director of the Bureau of Statistics." Voted to accept the following By-law: "Article VI. The accounts of the Town Officers shall be audited annually un- der tb.e supervision of the Director of the Bureau of Statis- tics.", Art. 34. To see if the Town will vote to accept the report of the Selectmen as to the laying out of a Public Way in Osterville be. ginning at a 'point on 'West Bay Road at or near the entrance. to West Bay Inn; thence running in a southeray direction to Sea View Avenue, and to raise a sum of money therefor,or to take any action in relation thereto and to act fully thereon. Voted to accept the report of the Selectmen as to the lay- out of this road and that $1,600.00 be raised and appro- priated for the purpose of building this Road. M ' (Art. 35. To see if the Town will vote to accept the report of the Selectmen as to the layout of a Public Way in the Village of Hy. ." annisport, beginning at Hawthorne Avenue and running Easterly to land, now or formerly, of Harriet Carpenter, to raise a sum of money therefor, and to act fully thereon. Voted to accept the report of the Selectmen as to the lay- 88 out of this Road and that $300.00 be raised and appropriated ' for the purpose of hardening this road. w Voted that the Towu Constable business be given to William A. Bearse and that he should have $100.00 for the same. Voted that the thanks of the Meeting and $20.00 be ex- tended to the Moderator for his services. Voted to adjourn at 1.2.10 P. M. Attest: CLAREiVCE 'M. CHASE, Town Clerk SPECIAL TOWN MEETING In accordance with the foregoing Warrant about twenty of the voters of the Town who had remained after the Annual Meeting had adjourned earlier in the day met at the Town I3onse at one o'clock P. M. March nth, 1919. The meeting was called to order by the Town Clerk who road the Warrant. ' On motion of Dr. E. C Hinckley it was voted to cast one ballot for Mr. Edward L. Chase as Moderator. There being no other votes Mr. Chase was declared elected and sworn by the Clerlc. Art. 2. To see if the Town will vote to accept a Spraying Ma- chine donated by the Hyannisport Improvement Society, to be ased when necessary by the ViUage of Hyannisport, and at other tines by the Town wherever needed. 189 Tinder the above article it was voted to accept the Spray- ing Machine donated by the Hyannisport Improvement So- ciety. The meeting was adjourned at 1.05 P. Attest: CLARENCE M. CHASE. Town Clerk SPECIAL TOWN MEETING COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS Barnstable, ss. To either -of the Constables in the Town of Barnstable in the 'County of'Barnstable, Greeting In the name, of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts you are hereby directed to notify and warn the inhabitants of said Town, qualified to vote in elections'and Town affairs, to meet at the Town House in said Barnstable on Wednesday the sixteenth day of April next, at two-thirty o'clock in the afternoon, then and there to act on the following articles: Art. 1. To choose a Moderator for saidMeeting. Art. 2. 'To see if the mown will vote to raise and appropriate a sum not to exceed Twenty-five Hundred Dollars, this sum to'be expended under order of the Selectmen for the 'purpose of a Wel- come Home Celebration for the Soldiers, Sailors. and Marines who have -returned home from the United States Service, or to be ex- pended as may be determined later, or take any action thereto and act fully thereon. B-7 00 Art. 3. To seep if the Town will vote to pay at the rate of three ' dollars per day for labor, or to take any action in reflation thereto and to act fully thereon. Aid you are directed to serve this Warrant by posting up at- tested copies thereof at each and every precinct, and by publishing the same in the Barnstable Patriot, a newspaper printed in said Town, seven days at least before the time of holding said meeting. ,Hereof fail not, and make due return -of this 'Warrant, with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk, at the time and place of meet- ing, as aforesaid. Given under our hands this fifth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and nineteen. EDGAR W. LOVELL, HOWARD N. PARKER, WILUA'M LOVEILL, Selectmen of Barnstable A true copy. Attest: WILLIAM A. DEARSiE, Constable. In accordance with the foregoing Warrant about thirty- five voters met at the time and place specified. 1. The Meeting was called to order at 2.30 P. M. by the Town Clerk and the Warrant read. ARTICLE 1 It was voted to cast one ballot for Edward L. Chase, Esq., for Moderator which was done and he was declared elected. ART:IGLE' 2 Voted that this article be adopted and $2,500.00 be raised and appropriated for that purpose. 91 ARTICLE 3 Voted to.pay at the rate of three dollars per day of eight hours for labor. Adjourned at three o'clock R.M. Attest: CLARENCE M. CHASE, Town Clerk 92 BIRTHS Births recorded in the Town of Barnstable for the year 1919, with the name, place of birth and Christian name of: parents: Jan. 11. Donald Barrett, Hyannis, Joseph J. and Katherine. Jan., 17. -May Elizabeth Cobb, Hyannis, Henry A. and Ella M. Jan. 18. 'Marie Hope Childs, Osterville, Guy P. and Florence. ,Jan. 20. •Francis Curtis Chadwick, Osterville, Gerald A. and Annie F. Jan. 28. Helen Rilda Sanborn, Santuit, George F. and Minnie A. Jan. 29. James Franklin Hazelton, Hyannis, James B. and Lillian. Jan. 31. Barbara Mae 'Bearse, Hyannis, William A. and Annie H. Feb. 4. Emerson Raymond Bacon,,Ilyannis,'W,uldo R. and Elsie E. Feb. 7. (Stillborn) Feb. 9. Beatrice Marlon Perry, Barn,stalble, Joseph and.Julia. Feb. 13. (•Illegitimate) Feb. 15. (Illegitimate) Feb. 1:7. Alfred 'Austin Fuller, Marstons Mills, Ansel A. and Rose. v Feb. 19. 'Clinton Perry, Marstens 'Mills, Benjamin and Mary. Feb. 20. Victor (Eugene Sears, (Hyannis, Luther H. and Edith B. Fe+b. 22. lLouis +Francis Bowes, Hyannis, James N. and iAbibie T. l 93 Feb. 22. Priscilla May Jacobs, Centerville, Harold S. and Vedora S. Feb. 23. Lydia Alberta Perry, Marstons Mills, Joseph M. and Emma G. Feb. 25. Ellen Salo, West Barnstable, Henry and Anna O. Feb. 25. Josepai Francis Walsh, Jr., Hyannis, Joseph F. and Eliza- beth :M. Feb. 2,8. (Stillborn) Mar. 4. Edith Lee'Carte'r, West Barnstable,John E. and Martha S. Mar. 13. Vlaire Russell Pollock, Hyannis, Walter B. and Gertrude P. Mar. 15. (Stillborn) Mar. 30. Janice Leona Willey, Hyannis, James E'. and Lottie. Apr. 1. Uva Edward Ruska, Winchester, 'Conn.,Mattie and Hilda. Apr. 9. Claire Burlingame, Osterville, Forrest and Blanche R. Apr. 10. . .Lena •Helen Gomes, Osterville, John and C!athelene. Apr. 13. IMae Frances Gardner, Hyannis, 'William F. and Hazel M. Atpr, 14. Percy Loring Clark, Jr., .Hyannis, Percy L. and Edna E. Apr. 16. John Bothelho Robello, Cotuit, Anton- B. and 'Mary R. Apr. 20. Helen •LagCrgren, Osterville, -Carl L. and Emily M. W Apr. 22. James Harvey Lewis, Osterville, Edmond H. and Carrie E. Apr. 23. IHelen S. Panesis, Hyannis, Spero and Anna. Apr. 27. Ethel Maxine Stevens,, Brockton, Clarence E. and Jose- phine E. 94 Apr. 27, Louis James Panesis, Hyannis, James L. and Nostandena. May 1. John Berthold B1_eicken, iOsterville, iGerhard and Beatrice L. May 4. Samuel Frederick Syrjal'la, Jr., West Barnstable, Samuel F. and Mary J. May 15. Donald Irving Beales, Hyannisport, Alonzo R. and Har- riet M. May 14. Bertha Matilda Johnson, West Barnstable, Henry and 'Rosa M. May 16. Anna iMavis Jones, Marstons Mills, Cyrus W. and Anna B. May 18. Barbara Louise Sherburne, Hyannis, Wilbur E. an.1 Mabel A. May 24. Francis Eugene 'MacEacheron, Craigville, Charles P. and Mary. May 24. Manuel John iFMazer, Santuit, Augustus E. and Mary. May 25. Helen Benttinen, West Barnstable, Tidie and Hila. June A. Helen Louise Souza, Osterville, John B. and Anna J. June 25. Lillian Irene Maki, West Barnstable, Frank and Fannie J. July 4. Donald Myron Drew, Hyannis, Ithel M. and Elila, M. July 4. Edith Margaret Cash, Cummaquid, Arthur and Alice. • July 14. Estelle Winifred Nelson, Cummaquid, William and,Min- nie. July 14. Ardelle Catherine; Nelson, Cummaquid, William and Minnie. July 17. !Sylvia Ellen Harju, West Barnstable, Adiel J. and Mary. 95 July 24. Lillian Bernice Burke, Barnstable, John E. and 'Bessie. July 24. Ruth Mae 'Hinckley, -Hyannis, Charles H., Jr. and Irma L. Aug. 2. John ;Roderick, West Barnstable, Manuel and Louisa. Aug. 9. Elliot William Krook, West 'Barnstable, Werner and ana L. Aug. 112. Gertrude Eleanor Sherburne, Hyannis, George E. and Gladys J. Aug. 15. Oscar Shirley Johnson, Centerville, John and Selma. Aug,. 18. Richard Madeir•o, Marstons Mills, 'Manuel and Nellie. Aug. 19. Jennie Cabral, Centerville, Manuel-L., Jr. and Ruth E. Aug. 31, 'Tyyne •Kahelin, Centerville, Adam and Linda. Sept. 2. 'Thelma Elizabeth Johnson, Centerville, .Per A. and Hilda K. Sept. �5. Agnes Fernando, West Barnstable, Conrad and Mary. Sept.14. Annie Mary Roza, West Barnstable, Manuel O. and Ange- line M. Sept.14. David�C'oates,_Osterville,-George and Mary V. Sept.19. Curtis Harwood Jones, Marstons, Mills, Loring G. and Ada H. Sept.'2'7. 'Rita Adeline Kelley, Hyannis, Zenas H. and Mary E. Sept.'28. Russell Randolph Walker, 'Jr., Centerville, Russell R. and Grace E. Oct. 2. Raymond Minni, West'Barnstable, Henry and Hilma. Oct. 113. Karros, Barnstable, Kostas and Anna. 96 Oct. 17. (Shirley Evelyn Smith, Hyannis, Stilson H. and Margaret E. Oct. 119. Samuel Victor Monteiro, Hyannis, Joseph B. and Florence d. Oct. 28. Rosie Barros, Osterville, Antone and Anna. Oct. 30. (Esther Marie Johnson, West Barnstable, Sylvester and Marie. Nov. 3. E2nmie Nickerson Dill,Byannis,.(Charles;O. and Emmie L. Nov. 6. _Marion 'Cornish Gifford, Marstons Mills, Lorenzo T. an:1 Nora W. Nov. 12. Mary Alice Pin•o, Marstons Mills, Charles and Mary., Nov. 16. Ernest Raymond Hamblin, Sandwich, William D. and Emma'M. Nov. 19. Virginia Richmond, Hyannis, Walter E. and Lillian M. Nov. 23. 'Nancy Winifred Cammett, Marstons (Mills, Chester G. and Mercy E. Nov. 24. Rita Cross, Hyannis, John D. and Elizabeth C Nov. 24. Regina Cross, Hyannis, John D. and Elizabeth C. Nov. 28. (Chester Harvey Jones, Marstons Mills, Henry E. and Alice E. Dec. 4. Patrick Joseph McKeon, Jr., Barnstaible, Patrick J. and Marie M. y Dec. 13. Emil Elias Winnikainen, West 'Barnstable, Victor and Rose M. 'Dec. 15. (Robert Freeman Scudder, Hyannis, Frederick F. and Ethel E. 97 Dec. 15. -Charles'Francis Molony, Centerville, Samuel J. and Annie. Dec. 16. Adolf Willman; West Barnstable, Filemon and 'Maria. Dec. 211. Thomas Alfred Maki, West Barnstable, rgndrew and Mary E. Dec. 22. Edmund Rogers, Santuit, Jack R. and 'Mary G. Dec. 22. George Freeman Smith, !Cotuit, Albert N. and Annie A. Dec. 27. Jones, Barnstable, 'William ,�, and Elsie. Dec. 30. Vivian 'Frances Kelley, :Centerville, David F. and Una E. Oinitted froin 1912 Town Report: Sept. 3. .Harriet Frances -Richmond, 'Hyannis, Walter E. and Lillian M. MARRIAGES Marriages recorded in the Town of Barnstable for the year 1919: Jan. 7, Cyril Sturgis Hamblin of 'Cotuit and Elsie Worcester Childs of Cotuit. Feb. 8. James 14'11liott Dickie of 'Orleans and Viola Mae Hiltz of Hyannis. Feb. 8. ,Joseph Francis Walsh of Hyannis and Elizabeth Mabel Doane of West Barnstable. Feb. 14. John Johnson of -Centerville and Selma Prittinen of Cen- terville. Feb 15. Joe Amaral of West Barnstable and 'Mary Thomas of West Barnstable. Feb. 15. Timothy Crocker of Hyannis and Mary Annie Collins of Belfast, Me. 98 Feb. 16. Charles Sumner Morrill of Hyannis and Anna F. Meyer y of Hyannis. Feb. 17. John D. Tina of Marstons Mills and 'Margaret Rosary of � Hyannis. Feb. 20. William 'Easteribrook Hinckley of New York and Julia Agnes Burke of New York. Mar. 15. Alden Belmont Childs of West Barnstable and Fannie 'Combra of Vineyard, Haven. Mar. 22. Filemon Willman of West Barnstable and Maria Ahola of Quincy. Apr. 6. iSeth Ezekiel Hamblin of Mars-tons Mills and Mary Carm (Rogers of Marstons Mills. Apr. 12. William Clifton Matthews Bowen of Hyannis and Alice Wright ;Buffington of 'Dennisport. Apr. 12. Frederick G. Brackett of Kingston and Maude Hallett Marston of Barnstable. May 3. (Almon L.Mason of Hyannis and Jessie:Mason (Horne) of Boston. May 5. Lester Manton Perry of C-otuit and Elizabeth A. Gavin of Boston. May 6. John 'Williamson of Centerville and Hilda Niska of Hy- annis. May 24. 'Neil Atwood of West Barnstable and Marie Johnson of South Carver. June 3. Edward Francis Smith of Hyannis and Caroline Alice Kerr (iStraley) of Centerville. June 3. 'Herbert Weston Gifford of C'otuit and Sadie iMae Sher- burne of Hyannis. 99 June 10. FvATalter Henry ,Sherman of 'Hyannis and Gladys N. David- son of Dorchester. June 10. Carl William Starck of Centerville and Cilarabel Bradford Soule of Hyannis. June 14. Carroll (Parker Crosby of Osterville and Sarah Etta Alley of O•sterville. June 28. 'Sydney Tucker Knott of Barnstable and Margaret Crock- er of Barnstable. June 34. Charles Matthew 'Brown of Hyannis and Ann Rose Tresa iO;'Brien of New Bedford. June 30. -Howard Fuller of Providence and Hannah Percival Water- man of Centerville. July 1. Leslie Alvin 'Ferry of Centerville and Amanda Harju of 'C'raigville. July 1. 'Lesber Garfield Horton of Wel,lfleet and .Harriet Priscilla Ham of Wellfleet. July 5. (Henry C. Luce of Marion and Beatrice E. Larry (Dunakin) of New York City. July 16. :Manuel Maderios of C'otuit and Isabelle Frazier of San- tuit. July 20. Frederick Randolph Hebditch of Hyannis and Myrtice Day Hodges of Attleboro. Aug. 5. iRobert Howard Doane of West ,Barnstable and Lillian Rose Foley of Cotuit. Aug, 7. Mervyn Allen Pollock of -Hackensack, N. J., and Lucinda 'Duff of Brooklyn, N. Y. Aug. 11. Clarence Sims of Slatersviile, R. I. and Lena Hazel Sher- man of'C'entral FaRs, R. I. 100 Aug. 22. Howard 'Elmwood Bearse -of Hyannis and Mary Teresa Ryan of Summit, N. J. Sept. 1. illichard Evans Hefter of Dennis and Caroline- Chipman' Nickerson of Hyannis. Sept. 1. Stephen T. Williams of Barnstable and Doris 'Sheehan of Barnstable. Sept. 4. Maybury William Fleming of New York City and Lois 'Thompson Kent of Barnstable. Sept. 4. .James Richard Aharan of Hyannisport and Blanche Mil- dred Taylor of 'Millbury. Sept.10. William Jackson Young of Louisville, Ky. and Irene IMary Taggart of Indianapolis,Ind. Sept. IT Eric Albert Starck of Centerville,and,Margerilla Crocker of Centerville. ,Sept. 13: William Robbins ;Blagden of Hyannis and Clora May iMarchant of Yarmouth. Sept.27. 'Domingo Roger Monteiro of Hyannis and Sarah Washing- ton of Hyannisport. SgAt.30. iRichard Burns Murphy of 'Hyannis and. Alice Teresa Donnelley of Lowell. Oct. 3. Joseph,Mitchell Daniel of Osterville and Marion Albertine Childs of Osterville. Oct. 4. 'Winslow 'Knowles 'Thacher of Hyannis and Jessie Smith Hallett of Barnstable. Oct. 4. Heman Baker 'Chase of Hyannis and Josephine DeWolfe of Hyannis. Oct. 14. Arthur Russell Mason of Hyannis and Flora Mae Crowell of Hyannis. Oct. 15. Manuel iC. Barboza of Falmouth and Mary P. Gomes of Osterville. Oct. 17. Thomas Wiggin 'Bennett of Craigvilla and Helen Abbie Dearborn of West Fairlee, Vt. ,Oct. 31. Alfred Ray 'Thackeray of New Bedford and Elsie Mae Wilson of Hyannis. Nov. 9, Myron George Bettencourt of East Weymouth and Alice Gertrude Smith of Hyannis. Nov. 18, Dexter Kelley of 'Hyannis and Hilda H. Hall of 'Boston. Dec. 1. Anthony'George, Jr., of West Barnstable and Helen Eliza- beth Sears of Barnstable. Dec. 10. Michael E. F. O'Connell of Winchester and Ina Frances Greene of 'Marstons (Mills. Dec. 20. Cleveland L. Woodward of Cincinnati and iEmily Proctor Crosby of Barnstable. Dec. 24.. Henry Klimm of Hyannis and 'Blanche Marion Davidson of Hyannis. DEATHS 'Deaths recorded in the Town of Iarnstable for the year 1.919: Jan. 1. C'lara Jones, Hyannis, 58 y. Jan. 2. Antone R. 'Souza, Santuit, 33 y., 11 m., 22 d. t 102 Jan. 15. Jennie Cabral Metias (Cabral), Santuit, 72 y., 10 m., 2 d Jan. 10. Minnie L. 'Crocker (Davis), Barnstable, 33 y., 6 m., 2 d. Jan. 11. Alexander W. Finlay, Eyannis, 20 y., 8 m., 9 d. Jan. 16. Lovisa Covell (Wade), Hyannis, 83 y., 7 m., 7 d. Jan. 29. Andrew C. Nickerson, C'otuit, 73 y., 8 m., 5 d. Feb. 3. Minnie E. Lovell (Mecarta), Marstons -Mills, 38 y., 3 m.. 10 d. Feb. 6. David E. Nickerson, Cotuit, 59 y., 7 m. Feb. 7. (iS•tilllborn) Feb. 22. Almira H. Linnell ('Allyn), West 'Barnstable, 80 y., 9 m., 6 d. Feb. 24. David H. iChiiids, Fall River, 91 y., 4 m., 28 d. Feb. 25. Alice E. Bacon (Stickney), Hyannis., 57 y. Feb. 26. Nicholas Souza, Osterville, 51 y., 8 m., 14 day. Feb. 28. (Stillborn) Feb. 28. Lemuel A,. Jones, ;Barnstable, 74 y., 13 d. Mar. 1. Joseph O. Fhinney, Hyannisport, 2 hrs. Mar. 10. Bradley S. Nickerson, Cotuit, 59 y., 1 m., 13 d. }' Mar. 14. Eunice S. Fuller (Cathcart), O-sterville, 75 y., 1 m., 23 d. Mar. 15. (Stillborn) M'ar. 211. Cynthia E. B. Gibson, Marstons Mills, 11 m., 6 d. Mar, 24. Mehitable D. Bodfi-sh (Rod'fish), West Barnstable, 94 y., 4 m., 22 d. 103 Mar. 26. Benjamin F. Childs, Centerville, 94 y., 4 m., 28 d. r Mar. 28. John F. Mahoney, Sandwich, 38 y., 5 m., 6 d. Apr. 1. Willis L. Case, Hyannis, 68 y., 9 m., 5 d. Apr. 15. Barry J. Gifford, Cotuit, 58 y., 4 m., 18 d. Apr. 19. Mary,Anderson (Jones), Hyannis, 59 y. Apr. 23. Helen S. -Panesis, Hyannis, 1=2 hr. May 7. Qara L. Gifford (Baxter), Hyannis, 64 y. May 9. Ralph J. Cannon, 'Hyannis, 1 y., 19 d. May 10. Mary A. Gifford (Baker), Santuit, 77 y., 4 d. May 14. 'William Congdon, West Barnstable, 711 y.; 7 m., 28 d. May 16. Thomas J. Hanslberry, Ostervil'le, 20 y., 6 m. .May 17. Bridget L. Stevens (Liberty), Hyannis, 78 y. _ -may 17. Benjamin Amaral, Centerville, 1 y., 15 d. May 21. ,Roy V. FAdredge, Osterville, 33 y., 8 m., 29 d. :May 21. IHiram S•. Amens, Barnstaible, 77 y. May 24. -Joanna F. Chipman, West Barnstable, 80 y., 7 m., 11 d. May 28. iGeorge N. Karadimos, Hyannis, 216 y. June 17. Eliza A. Goodspeed (Hoxie), Osterville, 8.0 y., 7 m., 2,2 d. June 24. Elizabeth McQuade (McNicol), Cotuit, 62 y., 9 m., 17 d. June 25. 'Samuel H. Childs, Ootuit, 67 y., 5 d. June 26. Clarinda T. Bearse (Fisher), Cotuit, 80. y., 6 m., 13 d. 104 June 29. Ira 'B. Bass•ett, Hyannis, 71 y., 3 m., 18 d. - July 6. Miary A. 'Davis (Goodwin), Barnstable, 66 y. July 13. 'Annie Lawton Ring, Providence, 52 y., 1.1 m., 4 d. July 23. iGrace B. Hallett (Bassett), Hyannis, 61 y. July 29. Wesley IS. Tucker, Hyannis, 67 y. July 30. Wendell L. Hinckley, Hyannisport, 85 y., 7 m., 21 d. Aug. 2. Annie S. Fish (Percival), West Barnstable,.67 y., 7 m., 13 d. Apig. 3. Isaac H. Brown, Cotuit, 22 y., 3 m., 30 d. Aug. 9. Rufus W. 'Baker, Hyannis, 69 y., 11 in., 20 d. Aug. 18. Mary iR. Jason, Hyannis, 33 y., 1 m., 22 d. Aug. 10. J•osephine McHenry, Hyannisport, 79 y., 8 m., 3 d. Aug. 22. Lillian Sorensen, •New York, 13 y. Sept. 9. Emma R. J•enkins (Raymond), Osterville, 79 y., 7 m., 11 d Sept.21. •Horace Cahoon, Hyannis, 44 y. Sept.24. 'Mary Jacintho, West Barnstable, 51 y., 7 m. Oct. 3. -Jennie A. (Parker (Bearse), Osterville, 79 y., 21 d. Oct. 3. Margaret ;S. Handy (Scudder), Centerville, 86 y., 10 rn. 26 d. a Oct. 6. !Simeon Eldridge, Hyannis,'84 y., 1 m., 27 d. Oct. 15. Adelaide G. Wyer (Crowell), Hyannis, 82 y., 5 m., 20 d. Oct. 2.4. Elizabeth F. Murphy, Hyannis, 38 y., 11 m., 24 d. 105 Oct. 24. William Andrew Gardner, Boston, 42 y., 2 m., 11 d. Nov. 10. Guy P. Childs, Gotuit, 25 y., 30 d. Nov. 11. Mary J. Storey (Grush),:Essex, 70 y. Nov. 15. Lillian gstelle 'Dixon, (Hoyt) Boston, 32 y., 5 m., 22 d. Nov. 216. Charles A. Lovejoy, West Barnstable, 77 y., 2 m., 23 d. Dec. 7. Edwin W. Edson, Barnstable, 76 y., 1 m., 20 d. Dec. 10. Melinda Nickerson, 'Holbrook, 74 y., 2 m., 14 d. Dec. 20. 'Richard lMaduro, Santuit, 4 m., 3 d. Dec 22. 'Franklin L. Ellis, 'Centerville, 79 y., 7 m., 26 d. Dec. 30. Asenath• Whelden, Barnstable, 87 y., 1 m., 29 d. Brought here for burial: Feb. 11. Leonard G. Wilbar, Chelsea, 17 y., 1 m., 27 d. Apr. 19. Mary Allen Anderson, Boston, 59 y. Apr. 25. Lizzie Ellen .Lum'bert, Somerville, 64 y., 9 d. May 9. Louise Landers, Newport, 4 d. ' May 10. 'Martin J. ,,A lmer 'Taunton 1 Aylmer, y., 9 m., 6 d. May 13. Ulnora Baxter, Framingham, 70 y., 9 m., 7 d. i (May 118. George W. Crocker, 'Brookline, 76 y., 2 m., 9 d: July 212. Edward C. Hatch, Brockton, 8 y., 9 m., 12 d. Aug. 2. 'Elizabeth Lewis, Plympton, 61 y., 4 m., 11 d. B-8 i0G Aug. 12. George L. Thacher, (Summit, N. J., 58 y., 10 m., 11 d. Sept. 1. John Beals Cornish, Campton, N. H., 73 y., 1 m. � ,Oct. 122. [Mary Francis Oliver, Bronx, IN. Y., 81 y., 6 m., 21 d. Oct. 28. IFred H. Bassett, Canada, 34 y. iNov. 11. (Cord•elia G. Phinney, .Brockton, 94 y., 3 in., 2 d. Nov. 115. Janet Bassett, Cleveland, 2 y., 11 m., 2'7 d. Nov. 29. Cyrenius A. Lovell, Provincetown, 48 y., 6 m., 22 d. Dec. S. Mary A. Lovell, Mashpee, 86 y., 10 m., 7 d. Dec. 17. Alton S. Jones, 'Boston, :51 y., 8 m., 13 d. CLARENCE M. CHASE, Town Clerk: h. M ` REPORT OF SCHOOL, COMMITTEE To the Citizens of the Town of Barnstable: We respectfully submit the following report on the Public Schools, prepared by the Superintendent and Secre- tary, for the year ending December 31, 191.9. EDWARD C. HINCKL] Y ALLEN CHADWICP JOHN E. HINCKLEl ORGANIZATION OF THE SCHOOL BOARD !Members Term Expires ',Residence Edward C. Hinckey 1.922 II,yannis a Allen Chadwick 1.921• Osterville John E. Hinckley 1920 Barnstable G. H. Galger, Superintendent of Schools, Hyannis. Office hours, Evenings, S to 9; Saturdays, 1 to 4 and 8 to 9 P. M. Chairman of Board—Edward C. Hinckley. Secretary of Board—G. H. Galger, Tel. 71-3, Res.,40S. 108 Auditing Committee—Edward C. Hinckley, Allen Chad- wick, John E. Hinckley. Committee on Examination of Teachers—Superintendent. M Purchaser of Books, Apparatus and Supplies—Superin- tendent. Special Committee in Charge of School Buildings at Centerville and Hyannis—Edward C. Hinckley. Special Committee in Charge of School Buildings at Barnstable, West Barnstable and Marstons Mills—John E. Hinckley. Special Committee in Charge of School Buildings at Cotuit Santuit and Osterville—Allen Chadwick. Committee on Transportation of Scholars to High Schools—E. C. Hinckley, Allen Chadwick,• John E. Hinckley. Attendance Officers—George A. Smith, Barnstable; Calvin Benson, West Barnstable; A. Seabury Childs, Cotuit; ` John J. Harlow, Santuit; W. B. Cammett, Marstons Mills; Geo. F. Hart, Hyannis; T. V. West, Centerville; Chester L. Baker, Osterville. CALENDAR, 1920 The High Schools begin January 5, 1920, and continue 12 H weeks; April 5, 1920, and continue 12 weeks; the first Tuesday after the first Monday in September, 1920, and continue 16 weeks. The Elementary Schools, unless otherwise ordered, begin January 5, 1920, and continue 12 weeks; April 5, 1920, and continue 11 weeks; September 13, 1920, and continue 15 weeks. Calendar subject to change. a SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT To the School Committee of Barnstable: In accordance with the rules of the School Committee, I herewith submit my fifteenth annual report on the Public Schools, the same being the twenty-ninth in the series or superintendents' reports. SCHOOL BUILDINGS Repairs and Improvements Accomplished Under the heading "Repairs" are included expenditure,; for-all repairs and additions of whatever nature, janitors' supplies of all hinds, additional furniture, cleaning of buildings, etc. Barnstable 'Village: Concrete approaches to the entrance porches were con- structed, and the large windows on the north side were equipped with patent metal weather strips, a new cess- pool was made and improved grading executed. Addi- tional seats and desks were provided for the grammar " school. Total expenditure approximately $550. West Barnstable: New curtains were provided, repairs were made to the crematory system, a bubble fountain installed and the usual minor repairs made. Total expenditure about $180. t 110 M Marstons Mills: Minor repairs were made and additional seats and desks furnished. Total expenditures approximately $120. Cotuit: Engine repairs, painting and varnishing at the grammar school building and painting and plumbing at the Elizabeth Lowell school, with the usual minor repairs, involved a total expense for both buildings of about $900. Santuit: The interior of the building was thoroughly renovated with "paste, putty and paint," also varnish., and is now in excellent condition. Total expenditure about $200. Osterville: Repairs on the electric engine, masonry, plumbing work and miscellaneous repairs involved a total expenditure o $460. Centerville: Miscellaneous minor repairs caused a total expenditure of about $125. Training School: The usual miscellaneous repairs caused an expenditure o F about $180. Barnstable High School: Expenditures involved the purchase of a new range for the household arts course; and plastering, plumbing, an.1 miscellaneous work. Total expenditures approximate])- $360. ' CHANGES IN THE TEACHING FORCE, 1919 Some fifteen or more changes of teachers took place dur- ing the year and this fact together with time lost from 111 - schools closed on account of sickness interfered seriously with successful work. The shortage of teachers, beyond anything ever before known in the history of the schools, has already had serious, effects and threatens effects still more serious, with little prospects of immediate improvement. To those in direct, touch with the work of. the schools, the prospect is anything but encouraging. At Barnstable Mrs. Eldredge was succeeded by Harriet A. Wetherbee, and Miss Bryan by. Georgia W. Horr. At West Barnstable Miss Manchester was followed by Mr•. Carleton E. Pike as principal. At Cotuit Miss Nickerson, as principal, was succeeded by Fred W. Cox, and Mr. Cos by Harry A. Johnson. Miss Roys was succeeded by Ethlene L. Winn and Miss Adams by Christabel Snow. At the Elizabeth Lovell IIigh School, Mrs. Sanderson was succeeded by Miss Irene H. Wilson, and Mrs. Sanderson was appointed Commercial Instructor. At Osterville Emma A. Jordan, as principal, was fo1_ lowed by Harold I. Moore, and Miss Elizabeth F. Alden by Miss Marie Adams. At Centerville Miss Steele, as'principal, was succeeded by Miss M.,Abbie Packard. At the Barnstable IIigh School Mr. T. J. Denney, as sub- master, was followed by Mr. R. H. Flocken., and Miss Decatur by Mildred M. Little, who was succeeded by A i:;s Faustina Freeman. Miss Roys, as instructor in household arts, was followed by Priscilla D. Smith. At the 'Training School Miss McColl was succeeded by Mrs. Eldredge, and Mrs. Eldredge by Miss Anastasia U. McMullen. Miss Margerie Leonard, after three years of excellent work as Supervisor of Drawing, resigned in October. 112 It may well be noted here that at the close of the school_ year of 1919-20, one of our teachers will have served the. town of Barnstable for twenty-five years. The value of a d quarter of a century of devoted and efficient teaebing can be fully realized and adequately rewarded, only through the honorable and useful lives of its beneficiaries, and in this respect at least the principal of the Barnstable IIig•h School may .feel himself amply compensated. SCHOOL ENROLMENT AND ATTENDANCE The enrolment and attendance showed a gecredse over those of last year, this malting the second successive school year marked by a decrease in membership. The enrolment for this fall, 1919, however, is slightly greater than that of the preceding fall, and this may indicate a turn in the tide. The main cause for the decrease was the favorable financial rewards offered workers in the industrial centers. A PRESENT CRISIS Never in the Nation's history has the need for teachers of native ability, broad training, devoted spirit and teach- ing power been greater, and never has the shortage of adequately equipped teachers been so great. Says the United States Commissioner of Edu.eation There is now an estimated shortage, of 50,000 teachers in the United States, and not less than 300,000 in service are below any reasonable standard of ability and preparation. And the best men and women are not preparing to teach. The best men and women are not preparing to teach." What an indictment of the conditions surrounding the teaching profession! 113 G It is the practically universal testhnony of the principals of normal and other teacher-training schools that the native ability of the entering classes of today is distinctly below that of the classes of a decade or more ago. And in Massa• chusetts the entering classes of the normal schools in the fall of 1919 were even smaller than those of the supposed low water mark numbers of 1918. The attendance in the normal schools in thirty-five states decreased nearly thirty per.cent. from 1916 to, 1919. F. ,P. Gilbert, Deputy State Commissioner of Education for New York, states that 1000 rural communities-employ- ing nearly 5000 teachers, in that state were forced to close their schools because of .lack of teachers, and similar con- ditions are reported from many other states. It is interesting to note that the Commissioner of Educa- tion in Maine, where the salaries have been notoriously low, states that the minimum salaries of the rural school teachers have been raised to $900, and that the State Granger; have assisted in finding places where teachers could get board and room for from $4 to $7 a week. The State Commissioner of Education in Rhode Island advocates paying girls a small salary while, attending nor- mal school and requiring a four years' course to be taken Payson Smith, Commissioner of Education in 11lassachu. setts, states that the closing of rural schools is leading to "degenerate communities." Altho the causes leading to the above. conditions aro many and complex, three of the leading causes are ap- parent enough. They are: The difficult nature of the work and its 16 attendant nervous strain. The time and expense involved in prep- aration. The meager financial rewards, except in the large cities. 114 The remedy for the first difficulty lies in the reduction of the number of pupils and grades to a teacher, and in improved aims and methods in teaching, objects that cats be obtained but slowly. It is likely that more time rather than less will in tho future be required in preparation for teaching. The e1- pense may be reduced by some form of state or national aid. The remedy for the third difficulty is at the present tiu;.z under lively discussion and partial application. The National Industrial Conference Board reports that the cost of living increased 82.2 per cent. between July 1.911 and November 1919. The wage increases in the leading, industries during the same period, omitting esceptionat cases, varied from 60 per cent. to 110 per cent. The claims of the teachers are that they should receive a wage increase comparable to the increase in the cost of living, that because their salaries before the war iv--,-(- unjustly low as compared with those in occupations re- quiring less preparation, even with such an increase their wage return will still be less than a just estimate of their responsibilities would assign them. That the salaries of most teachers have in the past been unjustly low can hardly be denied. A claim for a wage increase for the lower paid teacli.ers equal to the increase ii-, the cost of living seems no more than just. At the time of writing, December, ].919, scores of tovvu, all over the state are making flat increases in teachers' salaries of from $200 to $400, largely as an emergency measure, and frequently in addition to increases made a year ago. A flat increase, however, except as an emergency measure, is likely to work injustice since salaries of dif- ferent teachers in the same town usually vary widely, and it would seem but common fairness that salaries nearest the bread line should receive the highest percentage of increase. 115 y A common minimuin-ma.ximurn schedule for the smaller towns seems at the present time to be, minimum, $1000, maximum, $1.200. The larger towns and cities are paying, more. Brookline has fixed the, maximum annual salary o l grade teachers at $2000. The Barnstable School Board at its December meetin. adopted the following schedule for grade teachers. Salary: first year $800, second year $900, third year $1000. As th responsibilities of our several elementary school principal, varied widely, and as the -work of the different high school assistants also called for varying abilities, it seemed best to consider these at a later meeting. Action on school salaries moved so rapidly throughout the state however during December, that it seem desirabl.; that further consideration be given the subject at a special ineeting. Consequently a special in.ecting of the Board w-1,, held on Friday, January 2, 1920, for the sole purposeo, of considering and acting on the salary question. The matter was considered at length and a general increase in salaries inade comparable to those made in other towns of similar or less valuation. The salaries of regular grade teachers were arranged on a rnini.mrun-masirnurn basis as follows: first year $900, second year $1000, third ,year $1100; salaries of regular high school assistants to be approximately $100 annually above those of grade teachers. Salaries of the principals of the five larger grammar schools to be: first year $1.,050, second year $1150, third year $1250; of the two smaller grammar schools, first year $950, second year $1050, third year $11.50. The salaries of the principals of the Barnstable High School and the Elizabeth Lowell High School were fixed at. $2100 and $1.300 respectively. Later, approxi mately similar increases were made in the salaries of other assistant teachers and special teachers. 116 If the increases now very generally being granted to y teachers. seem to appear large it should be noted that: I. Increases comparable with the in- crease in the cost of living have been made only with the lowest paid teachers. H. As compared with wage increases in most occupations the increase in teach- ers' salaries generally has been delayed from one to two or more years. III. . Even if the, cost of living had not been increased, teachers' salaries, especially in the rural schools, should, as a matter of simple justice have been sub- stantially increased. EQUAL RIGHTS IN EDUCATION "Nothing is ever settled until it is settled right," and the problem of the equalization of educational gpportunity is still unsolved. Identity of opportunity is not to be ex- pected, but there is no good reason why the quality of teach- ing in the rural school should not equal that in the city school. Full utilization of the opportunities of the rural school calls for teaching preparation and ability even superior to that demanded in teachers of highly organized. city schools. The special drawbacks characteristic of rural schools have been repeatedly discussed in previous reports and neP.d not be reiterated here. Only when our rural schools are taught by teachers of high character, native ability, and extended and highly specialized training will anything like an "equalization of educational opportunity" be secured., and only then will our boys and girls have secured the "square deal," in their preparation for life, to which they are entitled. 117 One secret of solid success in great and enduring educa- tional and industrial institutions is their ability to hold and develop efficient and loyal workers, through favorable con- ditions and adequate rewards. Only through such condi- tions and such rewards can we hope to hold the teacher until he becomes identified with the community, understand- ing the difficulties of parents, sympathizing with their best aspirations, and co-operating Nvith them toward developing the best possible qualities in the boys and girls committed to his,care. l B � Y 118 FINANCIAL The available appropriations and the expenditures of the School Department for 1919 follow: EX- Unex- Appro- IExpen- cess expen-pended priations ditures diture balance School -Purposes $38;967 88 $42,522 09 $3;554 21 Text-books and Supplies 2,100 00 2,016,3 6.7 $36 33 (Repairs 1,800 00 3,073 35 1;273 �55 Transportation 7,000 00 7,080 00 80 00 $49,867 88 $54,739 31 $4,871 43 "School Purposes" Under the title "School Purposes" are included expendi- tures for all salaries, for fuel and for all other purposes not included under the heads "Text-books and Supplies," "Repairs,"� and "Transportation."Transpor tation.'� Expenditures under the sub-head "Miscellaneous" include those for telephone, water and electric service, express and freight, amountinm to about $300; transportation in visiting schools, amountiul" to about $95; graduation expenses, 'school physician,' school census, truant service, transportation for the ball team and other minor expenditures. The total expenditures for salaries were $35;320.85; for fuel., $5,825.87, and for mis- cellaneous purposes as indicated above, $1,375.37. Total , for "School Purposes," $42,522.09. The excess expendi- tures for "School Purposes" were chiefly on account of in- creased salaries effective in September. Text-Books and Supplies . Expenditures under this head include those for the usual books and supplies, typewriters for the Elizabeth Lowell 1 0 IIigh School and supplies for the household arts course in the Barnstable High School. Repairs It is hardly necessary to refer to the present cost of labor and materials in connection with repairs. Those made seemed necessary and their cost not likely to f)c reduced by delaying them.. Transportation Two increases in compensation amounting to eighty dol- lars for the fall term, resulted in that amount of excess ex- penditure over the appropriation. TABLE OF COMPARATIVE EXPENDITURES The following table shows the amount spent for each item, per each hundred dollars expended. The figures for the state are those of 1.91.8, the latest available; those for the town are for 1919: Barnstalble State 1919 1918 Salaries: Teachers, supervisors, secretary and superintendent $58 40 $68 79 Janitors 6 20 6 69 Test-books and supplies 3 80 4 66 Fuel 10 60 e Transportation 13 00 2 1S Repairs 5 60 4 57 Miscellaneous 2 40 1 97 Other items 11 14 $100 00 $100 00 120 CHARTS SHOWING RELATIVE EXPENDITURES, I979 .CHART I. Expenditures for running expenses for Barnstable except for schools, 1919. Expenditures for schools, 1919. r 121 CHART II Teachers and Supervisors Transportation Fuel Janitors Repairs Secretary and Superintendent. Text books and supplies Mlscellenpous s s-s 122 a ESTIMATED EXPENDITURES FOR 1920 The present unsettled and rapidly changing industrial y and'financial conditions make it extremely difficult to con- struct a reliable budget in this department for the ensuing year. There is at this writing no evidence of a reduction in the cost of living, and few signs of such a reduction in the near future, while the pressure for increased salaries is � unremitting. There has been and is a steady increase iu the cost of text-books and supplies, and in executing re- pairs and improvements, and the total cost of transporta- tion is likely to be greater also. The expenditures for fuel the last two years have averaged $5500 per year and are likely to be greater next year. Since it is impossible to tell how many vacancies may occur, and at what salaries the new teachers may be employed, the Board reserving the right to appoint new teachers at more than the minimum, it is not possible to make an entirely accurate budget. An approximate budget follows, based on the, minimum-maxi- MUM schedule mentioned above: Barnstable village, three teachers at $1,000, $1,040, $1,085; West Barnstable, three teachers, at $1,100, $1,100, $1,085; Alarstons Mills, two teachers, $990, $1,100; Cotuit, three teachers, $1,100, $1,040, $1,085; Santuit, two teacher,;, $1,100, $300; Elizabeth. Lowell, three teachers, $360, $950, $1,300; Osterville, four teachers, $1.,000, $1,100, $1,100, $1,250; Centerville, two teachers, $990, $1,040; Training School, seven teachers, $1,000, $1,000, $1,100, $1,100, $1,100, $1,100, $1,250; Barnstable High, six teachers, $900, $1.,100, $1,100, $1,100, $1,600, $2,100; Supervisor of Music and Supervisor of Drawing, $1,800; Secretary and Superin� tendent, $2,600; Janitors, nine, $3,400; an approximate total y of $45,500 for all salaries. Fuel, $5,600; text-books and supplies, $2,200; miscellaneous, $1,000; transportation, $7,200; repairs, $4,000. This gives a total of $65,500 fo, all estimated expenditures on account of schools. From 123 this should be substracted $1,000 as a probable income from. the Cobb fund and the dog tat, leaving $64,500 as the total, sum which should be voted for schools. On the basis of the salary schedule now in use the amount to be received from the state should be not less than $7,000, making the net cost of the schools for the ensuing ,year about $57,500. Table of Estimates All salaries of the school department $45,500 00 Fuel 5,600 00 Miscellaneous 1,000 Oft T� xt-books and supplies 2,200 00 Transportation 7,200 00 Repairs 4,000 00 Total estimated expenditures $65,500 00 Income from Cobb fund and dog tax, estimated -1,000 00 Sum which should be voted $64,500 00 Probable return from income tax 7,000 00 Probable net cost of schools, 1920 $57,500 ail Total expenditures for 191.9 $54,739 31. The estimates given are subject to change by the School Board and the force of circumstances. STATE ACCOUNTING SYSTEM w • It has been a common practice in the past in town de- partments, to transfer in a given department an unex pended balance under one head to another in which a de- ficiency appeared 'probable, for example, if near the close of the year if a surplus appeared probable under "Books and Supplies," and a deficiency under "Transportation" the latter was met, as a matter of practical convenience, by transferring to "Transportation" the probable surplus un- der "Books and Supplies." Under the new system this is not supposed to be done, appropriations under a specified head being expendable only under that head. It would seem desirable, therefore, if the money appropriated for schools should continue to be voted under the four heads "School Purposes," "Text-books and Supplies," "Re- pairs," and "Transportation," that the amounts so voted be liberal enough to cover all probable contingencies in each case, or that the money be voted under one or at most two heads, thus allowing transfers when desirable. The money- could be intelligently voted, either under the two heads "Salaries" and "Upkeep" or under the single head "Schools," if a sufficiently detailed budget is presented the voters. 11 comparison of expenditures inade in 191-9 and estimated for 1920, under the old headings, follows: Estimated (Expended expenditures 1919 1920 "School Purposes" $42,522 09 $52,100 00 Text-books and supplies 2,063 67 2,200 00 Transportation 7,080 00 7,200 00 Repairs 3,073 55 4,000 00 $54,739 31 $65,500 00 Income: Dog tax and Cobb fund $1,000. State income tax $7,000 8,000 00 r Probable net cost of schools, 1920 $57,500 00 The gross sum noted above could be voted finder one head "Schools" or School Purposes, or under two hea.d , "Salaries" and "Upkeep," as previously noted, the first plan being preferable. 125 PROGRESS OF THE SCHOOLS The teachers have devoted themselves faithfully to tho task of making up the serious losses in training caused by the closing of schools during the epidemic and the diver- sion of interest and efforts during the war. They have been handicapped in some cases by delays in receiving, books and supplies, caused by strikes in the printing and transportation trades, and, also, by the general spirit of unrest which is an aftermath of the war. Teachers are facing now the task of teaching more effectively than ever those principles and practices which lead to a high standard of citizenship, principles and prac- tices which must be applied to industrial, economic and social life day by day. The task is difficult enough at best, impossible of accomplishment without the aid of the home, the church and the market place. The two fundamental necessities of all solid progress in education are the trained teacher of high character and tha co-operating community; without these the best of theoriaa will fail. Says the Governor of the Commonwealth: "In our past solicitude for the pupil we have neglected the teacher. In honor and in compensation the profession of teach- ing is coming to be surpassed by com- mercial and industrial employment. This has resulted in diminishing the attendance of our normal schools .by one-third and will soon make impossible the securing of trained instructors of our youth. The an- cient respect for our schools and for learn- ing cannot be continued unless that re- spect attach to the persons of.those who there teach and lead. The value of edu- cation itself is diminished unless it can be received in an attitude of reverence. Un- 12G less the teacher amounts to something the pupil will not amount to anything. No talent is too high for education, no price too, great for understanding." Respectfully submitted, G. H. GALGER 127 STATISTICS School Year, 1918-1919 1. Number of children residing in town: (a) Five years of age or over and under seven 11S (b) Seven years of age or over and under fourteen 6 6' (c) Fourteen years of age or over and under sixteen 115 2. Total membership for the year 961 3. Average membership for the year 816 4. Average attendance for the year 750 5. Number of school buildings in use. 10 6. Number of public schools 27 7. Number of men teachers 7 S. Number of women teachers 9. Number of supervisors 10. Total number of teachers and supervisors 37 11. Population of the town 4,995 12. Valuation of the town $9,216,030.00 r , L 00 w LO " 00 W r-I Q) CD 00 CQ Sje�Qy � rnc» r- u� -4kmLacq i aka 1 jeiaadS c w y eb w I o D5 � w op ca am 0 oo rn a ri m F I~-I CD CD 00 P4 H eD O V .y C- M W ri e-i ri r�i � N I a � Mo � ti � �;000 � m 44 M ca eo o z " (� W Lo oo N Ln em Ica N I-i rI m rn oow oo � r- c- t- oo W VP W O I O r-1 co o = 1 bn b c „ > �! i muCdr°� oCDF, r6m N 1�9 DETAILED REPORT OF MEMBERSIIIP AND ATTENDANCE. For the Year Ending June, 1919 a a � SCHOOLS bnCd Cd o R 9)S2 d q Primary: Barnstable 37 29 25 West Barnstable 30 28 25 Warstons Mills 34 31 27 Cotuit 27 20 19 ISantuit 4'1 31 28 (Osterville 25 18 17 (Centerville 33 26 24 Intermediate: Barnstalble 44 37 34 West 'Barnstable 30 2'8 25 Cotuit 28 25 2.2 Osterville 34 28 27 . Osterville 29 26 23 , Grammar: O w Barnstable 28 23 21 West Barnstable 23 22 20 Marstons Mills 26 19 17 a Cotuit 16 115 13 ° IOsterville 315 32 &0 w 'Centerville 19 19 18 a Training'School: 'Grade I 42 3'3 30 11I 33 27 25 N 1n1 3.5 31 27 1y 27 2-6 24 V and VI 19 40 36 a ' VI and VII 47 39 38 VII and IX 45 38 35 High Schools: Elizabeth Lowell (Cotuit) 23 21 20 Barnstable (!Hyannis) 1211 1,04 100 'Totals 9'61' 816 750 130 BARNSTABLE SCHOOLS, 1919 Financial Report of the Secretary Schools Teachers Janitors Totals 3 Barnstable Grammar $976 00 Intermediate 6'91. 00 Primary 618 50 $305 08 $2,590 58 6 West Barnstable Grammar 950 00 Intermediate 744 00 Primary 744, 00 3118 00 2,7'54 00 10 'Santuit 744 00 (Assistant 262 50 78 00 1,084 50 11 (Gotuit Grammar 957 60 Intermediate 691 00 Primary 802 00 520 00 2,970 50 11 Elizabeth Lowell High 1,100 00 ,Assistant 790 00 Assistant 120 00 226 00 2,236 00 12 Mlarstons Mills Grammar 82,6 25 Primary 744 00 Assistant 60 00 300 CO 1,930 25 13 Ostervihle Grammar 1,073 35 'Interme•iate 738 50 1II and IV 691 00 I and II 744 00 41'6 00 3,662 85 17 'Training iSchool VIII and IY 950 00 VI and VII 6.95 00 V and VI 744 00 IV 744 00 III 715 00 II 744 00 I 744 00 470 00 5,S06 00 18 Barnstable High Principal 1,916 90 1Sub4Master 1,280 00 Commercial Instructor 920 00 Assistant 820 00 Assistant 877 50 ;Assistant 780 00 470 00 6,964 40 20 'Centerville Grammar 987 60 Primary 645 00 216 00 1,848 50 Supervisor of Drawing 660 00 'Supervisor of Music 720 00 1,380 00 Secretary and Superintendent 2,093 27 Fuel 6,825 87 Miscellaneous 1,375 37 T'extabooks and Supplies' 12,063 67 Repairs 3,073 55 Transportation '7,080 00 Total expenditures, school department $54,739 31 G. H. GALGER, Secretary School Committee December 31, 1919. 131. EXPENDED,FOR TRANSPORTATION, 1919 Edi�,ard i,. Harris, Barnstable-West Barnstable- , Hyannis auto-barge service $2,100 00 J. Milton Leonard, Osterville-Centerville-Hyan- nis auto-barge service 1,850 00 Alton S. Jones, IMarstons Mills-Cotuit auto-barge service 1,810 00 Geo. A. Smith, Barnstable barge service 500 00 Wm. A. Bearse, I3yannisport-I1yannis barge service 820 00 Total expended $7,080 00 Appropriation 7,000 00 Expended over appropriation $80 00 FINANCIAL SUMMARY, 1919 Available Appropriations for Schools General School Purposes, including all salaries, fuel, and miscellaneous expenses $38,000 00 Text-books and supplies . 2,100 00 Transportation 7,000 00 Repairs to school buildings and grounds 1,800 00 Dog fund, income 217 83 Cobb Fund, interest 404 32 Commonwealth of 1\Iassachusetts, tuition 83 25 Commonwealth of Massachusetts, .refund 1,0 00 Town of Mashpee, tuition 204 00 Tuition_of Mashpee pupils, paid by parents 10 00 Telephone tolls, from school telephones 6 65 Sale of engine 25 00. Public property damaged 3 52 Household Arts course, B. H. S. 3 28 Total available appropriations, 1919 $49,867 88 132 Expenditures for Schools General school purposes $42,522 09 Repairs to school buildings and grounds 3,073 55 Text-books and school supplies 2,063 67 Transportation 7,080 00 $54,739 31 Available appropriations 49,867 88 Expended over appropriations 4,871 43 G. II. GALGER, Secretary School Coinmitte., December 31, 1919. 133 REPORT OF. THE PRINCIPAL OF THE BARNSTABLE HIGH SCHOOL G. H. Galger, Superintendent of Schools: Barnstable, Mass. Dears Sir: What has been done during this last year and in previous years may be allowed to speak for itself. It is of what has not been done that I wish to speak. "A sound mind in a sound body" has been quoted by many in educational reformer, but although we have with varying degrees of success attempted for years to produc? the sound mind, the sound body has been left more or less to chance. For the so-called physical culture, occupying ten minutes of school time, I have, little use. It may have some small value. No doubt it has, but nevertheless, when one considers that the few exercises possible are taken in a crowded school room, that the same clothing is worn during and after the exercises, that these exercises taken in the narrow area between desks must of necessity bc; restricted, one can but feel that the term physical culture applied to such exercises is a misnomer. It seems to me that the time has come for something di.r- ferent. We need a gymnasium and we need a good one It should be large enough for the purpose. It should be properly and completely equipped. In addition to the re quired apparatus, it should contain bathrooms with hot and cold water. Pupils would not exercise in their street clothes, but in. gymnasium suits, as is customary in the larger high schools which have gymnasiums of the kind I have in'mind. AboN,e all there should be an instructor trained in one of the many excellent schools for physical culture, wbo would give leis entire time to this work. 134 Does all this seem visionary? It may be so, but it is vision that has been with rue for many years. It nev,=r fades and never can fade. And there is a reason for its persistence. Many years ago I came to the town of Barnstable. Not one year has passed that I have not stood by the casket of one of my pupils. It has been a rare year when there has been only one occurence of this kind. Is it not reasonable to suppose, that of all those «wlie have passed away in the very springtime of life, there was one who might now be living and working if we had giveil as much of our time and effort to build a healthy body as we did to train him in algebra or Latin, if we had fitte(.i. him for glorious living and not merely for college or techni- cal school? There may be a difference of opinion as to «whether French should be taught in preference to German, whether algebra should be studied, whether geometry is necessary, whether any one of the academic subjects included in the educational program is of vital importance but there can b:, but one reply when one asks, "Should our boys and girls be taught to know their own bodies, to keep them clean in- side and outside, to know how to make themselves strong-, healthy, and fit for life?" The boys and girls of a town are its best assets. Let us give them the best. Respectfully submitted, r LOUIS M. BOODY. BARNSTABLE HIGH SCHOOL STATISTICS Number Enrolled in Barnstable High School From Hyannis 2 Osterville 25 Barnstable 1S West Barnstable 17 Centerville 15 Cummaquid 4 Hyannisport Marstons Mills 3 South Hyannis 1 Total US Number of Pupils Taking Designated Studies Fall Term, 1919 YEAR OF SDROOL � SV,BJUCT 1 2 3 4 P.G. Algebra 47 10 7 Science 30 21 Plane Geometry 37 7 3 Solid Geometry 4 English 46 31 27 23 4 'Latin 28 14 12 8 French 22 15 '12 4 2 History 46 23 Civics 23 Bookkeeping 15 Stenography 18 13 Typewriting 23 19 Penmanship 23 10. Rapid Calculation 23 19 Domestic (Science 8 12 136 ELIZABETH LOWELL HIGH SCHOOL Mr.. George H. Galger, Superintendent of Schools: I herewith present my annual report. Perhaps the most noticeable and commendable feature o the year just closed is the high attendance record, the aver- age being a little over 95,per cent. Two girls who walk from 1\11ashpee have a perfect record for the Fall term; an- other who rides her bicycle missed only two days during the entire year. The long winter and spring term of twent .- four weeks without a recess was a heavy strain on tic pupils. fret they maintained a splendid spirit up to grad- nation day. Forced recesses on account of influenza caused a net los of twenty-five days; still the work accomplished for tiv+ ,year was very near the usual amount. The History and Civics class should perhaps be mentioned as particularly- efficient. The graduating exercises were held at Marstons Mills, 1, a compliment to that village, which furnished all but on^ of the class. It was essentially a program by the students, as well-written essays and chorus songs by the school made up the numbers. The class entering in the Fall term is an excellent one— ambitious, studious and doing excellent work. Miss Irene H. Wilson, a graduate of Mount Holyoke Col- lege, joined the teaching force in September, taking ii� charge the mathematics and languages. She has also docie very effective work in directing the music. The appearance of the school building was much improved during the Fall term by painting the trimmings. New equipment during the year included replacing the Remington typewriters, which had been constantly in us, for five ,years, with new machines of the same make. A ten- volume set of Harper's Encyclopedia of United States His- tory has been added to the library. A large detail map o� 137 the French battlefields has been given by Sergeant-Major Lauchlan Al. Crocker, E. L. H. S., 1910. This map was used by him during his service as a Flash and Sound Ranger. The interruption in the Drawing classes is very unfortun- ate. Particularly interesting was the course in the history of art which Miss Leonard was giving to the girls when compelled to give up her work. We again extend a cordial invitation to parents and citi- 2ens to visit the school during working hours, with a sin- cere wish that they will accept. The teachers would then. feel that the people recognized that they had a high school in their midst and that its mission was to help the com- munity through its young people. Respectfully submitted, B. W. SANDERSON, Principal.. B-10 138 ELIZABETH LOWELL HIGH SCHOOL Pupils Taking Designated Subjects—Fall Term,, 1919 Year 1 11 IIl Algebra 13• 1 Geometry 6 Commercial Arithmetic 2 7 Latin 7 1' French 5 4 2 English - 13 6 7 Chemistry 1 6 7 Elementary Science 1.2 Greek History 5 4 5 Typewriting 5 4 Stenography 5 Enrolment, Fall Term, 1919, From Cotuit 10 Santuit 3 Marstons Mills 6 Ma.sbpee 7 Total 26 Graduates Entering Other Institutions, 1919 Class of 1917: Hyaxinis State Normal School 1 Class of 1919: Hyannis State Normal School 1 . Framingham State Normal. School 1 Barnstable High School 2 139 ELIZABETH LOWELL HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATING EXERCISES June 27, 1919, 8.00 P. M. Liberty Hall, Marstons Mills PROGRAM Piano Solo Elizabeth D. Fuller, '2' Invocation Rev. Frank W. Dunhair+ "A:merica the Beautiful" School Essay, The Power of the Doughnut Mildred Lewis Fisher. Essay, Opportunities. of South American Trade Forest Crosby Hamblin Essay, Music in the War illildred Louise Greene Canadian Boat Song School Essay, Chemistry's Part in the War Donald Ellwood Higgins Essay, Recoustruction of Crippled Soldiers Priscilla Phillippa Higgins E. L. I-I. S. Roll of,Honor Carroll Hat-wood Fuller "Tlie Boys are Coining Home" School. Presentation of Diplomas Dr. J. Haydn Higgins "Long Live, Long Live America" School Informal.Reception to Graduates i 140 CLASS ROLL Latin Course Forest Crosby Hamblin Donald Ellwood Higgins Priscilla Phillippa Higgins English Course Carroll Harwood Fuller . Mildred Lewis Fishar Mildred Louise Greene Class Colors I'L.ed, White and Blue Class Motto " `Impossible' is un-American" Class Flower White Carnation • i 1 141 REPORT OF SUPERVISOR OF MUSIC To G. H._Galger, Superintendent of Schools: Dear Sir: Since the war, the people of America have come to the realization that music in all its forms is a necessity. Singing is especially necessary as this form e E expression is common to all. Teachers have worked faithfully and earnestly for the- development of our school choruses, hoping that in the future community choruses will be formed in every village: ' The real growth of these school choruses depends largely upon the knowledge and ability of each individual child to sing correctly and tunefully. In the lower grades so much. of the music study is done with the individual child that. teachers and supervisor have little difficulty in determin- ing his ability. As lie reaches the grammar grades, how- ever, more work is done in concert. This gives the super visor less opportunity of knowing what each one can do. This last September, I determined to test the voice of each child in the Town of Barnstable, and make a record which I could keep for reference as the year went on. I sought to discover his reading ability as well as the singing quality of his voice. Though a long and. somewhat tedious task, I worked with each pupil from the first grade-through the High School. This has already proved to be worth while. I have found very few who cannot sing fairly well. There are more, however, who depend too much on their musical neighbor for the reading. The use of the talking machine is becoming more uni- veIrsal in our schools. At the present time, there are but four buildings in the town without machines—the two high schools, Marstons Mills, and Cotuit. This year the principal ? of the Cotuit Grammar has very kindly placed his own 142 Victrola in the building for school use. The Centerville School has purchased a new Victrola, recommended es- pecially for schools, and a large number of records. Much credit is due the Santuit School. The teacher and pupils have earned a-fine Victrola by attending to the janitor work of the building aj.id receiving pay from the town. In all these schools, teachers and pupils have given money for records. In Centerville, Santuit, and West Barnstable, friends in the village have contributed, also, for this pur- pose. During the year we have been enabled to make a study. of some of our famous composers. It is certainly a great pleasure to find that boys and girls do appreciate the fine things if only given a chance. The high schools are improving in their chorus work,which is regarded by most students as a recreation. Through the efforts of Mr. Boody, a piano has been rented for the school year and placed in one of the smaller rooms that I may be able, during school hours, to carry on vocal and orchestral work. This fall we gathered together pupils, who played instruments, and formed an orchestra. At present we have three first violins, two second violins, one flute, and the piano. While we feel the need of other instruments, yet, we are pleased to make the beginning. . In•Centerville, I found two children who wished to start on the piano but had not had the opportunity of taking- lessons outside. I saw no reason why I should not allow them to make a beginning in school, as we have a piano in the building. A course of this kind is an experiment on my part. A few months later, I sliall learn whether or not such a course is practical. Last May, I attended the Conference of Eastern lliusic Supervisors held at Hartford, Connecticut. For four days I had the pleasure of hearing many fine lectures on the problems of our public school music, of visiting all grades from the first through the high school. I took part in cone- munity sings. I heard the Hartford High School Chorus 148 render "Hiawatha's Wedding Feast." The Hartford Glee Chub entertained the Conference with a splendid concert given under the leadership of Mr. Ralph Baldwin, who is also the supervisor of music at Hartford. These days wer;, a source of great pleasure and helpfulness. I Nvish to thank you and the Committee for making .it possible for me to attend. Respectfully submitted, 1\IABELLE M. H. 1300DY, �i `i Supervisor of Afusic. y BOARD OF EDUCATION The School Board consists of three members, one of whom is chosen annually. The Statutes of the State define the powers and duties. REGULAR, MEETLNGS The regular meetings of the Board occur monthly. SPECIAL MEETINGS Special meetings of the Board may be called by majority of I the iBoard, or by the chairman. I OFFICERS OF THE BOARD The officers of the -Board shall consist of a 'Chairman, a Secre- tary, and such other officers and special committees as may be necessary. These officers shall be chosen at the first annual meeting each year. THE 'CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD shall preside at the meetings of the Board, and perform such other duties as usually pertain to that office. In the absence of the Chairman his powers and duties shall de- volve upon a chairman pro tem. DUTIES OF THE SECRETARY He shall act as scribe at all meetings of the Board and shall keep suitable records of all their proceedings. He shall prepare a statement of all debts, moneys raised by the Town, or received from other sources, paid by the order of the Board, and furnish the 'Superintendent with the same for publication in his annual report, and together with the Superintendent constitute the Ex- amining Committee. ORDER OF BJSINES'S The usual order of business of the Board shall be as follows: 1. Reading the records of the previous meeting; or the call, if a .special meeting, and the records. 2. Reports of Committees. 3. Unfinished business. 4. ,Report of Superintendent. 5. 'Report of Secretary. 6. Other business. [Approved by the School Committee December 23, 1893, and December 19, 1'908.] A � -NUAL REPORT OF THE OFFICERS OF THE Town .. of . FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1920 r �OF THE rod BJIMNSTAEL , _ .9 MA6 M p� ©A 639. A OM NA HYANNIS, MASS. ' F. B. &F. P. GOSS, PUBLISHERS and PRINTERS The "Patriot" Press 1921 G F.B.&F.P.Goss,Publishers and Printers. "The Patriot Press,"H yannis.Mass. Wr a 3 -1 ' TOWN OFFICERS 1920 Selectmen Edgar W. Lovell, Santuit, Chairman Term expires 1923 Howard N. Parker, West Barnstable Term expires -192.1 William Lovell, Hyannis Term expires 1922 Overseers of Poor and Fence Viewers William Lovell, Hyannis, Chairman Term expires..1922 Edgar W. Lovell, Santuit Term expires 192 Howard N. Parker, West Barnstable Term expires 1921 Assessors Howard N. Parker, W. Barnstable, Ch'n Term expires 1921 Edgar W. Lovell, Santuit - Term expires 1923 William Lovell, Hyannis Term expires 1922 Town Clerk _ Clarence M. Chase, Hyannis Term expires 192 Town Treasurer Clarence M. Chase, Hyannis Term expires 1921 4 Collector of Taxes Everett F. Fuller, Osterville Term expires 1921 School Committee Edward C. Hinckley, Hyannis, Ch'n Term expires 1922 John E. Hinckley, Barnstable Term expires 1923 Allen Chadwick, Osterville Term expires 1921 Superintendent of Schools George H. Galger, Hyannis Surveyor of Highways Joyce Taylor, Hyannis Term expires 1923 Auditors John Bursley, West Barnstable Term expires 1921 Albert L:Edson, Cummaquid Term expires 1921 Luther C. Hallett, Hyannis Term expires 1921 Tree Warden Robert F. Cross, Osterville Term expires 1921 Board of Health Granville W. Hallett, Osterville Term expires 1922 Charles B. Harris, Hyannis Term expires 1923 William_A. Jones, Barnstable Term expires 1921 Registrars of Voters Samuel F. Crocker Marston Mills Edwin S. Phinney Barnstable Jahn V. G-Neil Hyannis Clarence M. Chase Hyannis w 1 5 Agent of Cobb Fund' Henry-C. Davis, Cummaquid Constables—Ferdinand Baker, Barnstable; Benj. E. Blos- som, West Barnstable,- William A. Bearse, Hyannis; Howard E. Bearse, Hyannis; George F. Hart, Hyannis T. V. West, Centerville; Chester L. Baker, Osterville; Harris C. Lovell, Osterville; Maurice J.. Hinckley, Marstons Mills;.Alexander S. Childs,°Cotuit. ,Park'Commissioners William F. Jenkins, West Barnstable Term expires 1921 Benjamin F. Sears, Cotuit Term expires 1922 Samuel W. Hallett, Hyannis Term expires 1923 .Measurers of Wood and Bark—Timothy Crocker, South Hy annis; *Emilo R. Silva, West Barnstable; *William C. Gifford, Santuit: Surveyors of Lumber—*John•C. Bearse, Hyannis; John E. Hinckley, Barnstable; *Joseph W. Hamblin, Cotuit. Sealer of Leather—James E. Baxter, Hyannis. Deer Reeve—*John J. Harlow, Santuit. Pound Keepers—*Thomas W. Jones, Barnstable; *William F. Ormsby, Hyannis; Wilton B. Cammett, Marstons Mills; *Jehiel R. Crosby, Centerville. Field Drivers=Theodore V. West, Centerville; *Zenas Crocker, Marstons Mills. *Elected but did not stake the oath oR office. 6 Harbor Masters—Timothy Crocker, South Hyannis; *Moses Sturgis, Hyanni.sport; *Samuel N. Ames, Osterville; *Carlton B. Nickerson, Cotuit. Cattle Inspector—John J. Maloney, Hyannis. Milk Inspector—George T. Mecarta, Marstons Mills.. Plumbing Inspector—IIenry G Phillips, Hyannis. Inspector.of Wires—Harrison E. Kent; Barnstable. Sealer of Weights and Measures—Everett L. Hoxie, Cotuit Superintendent of Moth Work—Robert F. Cross, Osterville. Inspectors of Slaughtered Animals—Marcus N. Harris, Barnstable; George T. Mecarta, Marstons Mills; John J. Maloney, Hyannis. Forester—Zebina H. Jenkins, West Barnstable. . i I - ' � K--'------ ' - ' Page � 'Town Officers ........................................ ... � ' . Ammwsovre Report ............................ » znoaonror�s -A000unt ................ ..`................... 11 ' 7roa^oror�s Report ..'..'''''''...'. ..,................... x� Reonipno ..................,... ...................... oo . Payments ....................... ...................... ou Smuoovrr ....................'... ...................... «v Highway �Smrroyor's Report .............................. 48 , mopoomuxrea ................... .....................! 42 Snow ................................................ «* � mxuk Ixmnamoor's Report .................................. un 'Tree Warden's Report ......... .............,...... 46 'Moth Department (Rowmr ................................ *n . Report ou :Sealer oc Weights and 'Measures.............'... oo Barnstable IS,omiers' mcooxmiu Asao. ...................... sz � Park -Commissioners' cno»vr ............................... . no Historical Committee, nonvr ............................... »« o*mru of zsomumz -Remor .....................,....',...... so . JuryList ................................................ na _ Town Clerk's'Rowv' '''''.'...'''''. .......'............. oo AnnuaATown Woouog ................................ oo ~ m»a-ciu Town !Meetings .............................. 76, xo aurtum ........................ '.............^.'.... ox Marriages ..................... ....................... on � Deaths ........................ ...................... 81 School Committee's(Repor .........................,.,.... »o aopu, .............................. 09 'Snmueuom .................'..... .............`..''..... zzz Fuounoumo»onort od Secretary .. ...................... 113 �Stutistmooaooatamle High 'Sthom...................... zzs � iSitutiemos, Eaizxbomu Lowell Hugh So&ov ................ 119 ' ' � ' � ' L ASSESSORS' REPORT 1920 Real estate valuation $8,712,220 00 Tangible personal estate 1,451,030 00 Total valuation of the town $10,163,250 09 Number of polls assessed Persons assessed on property 2,442 Persons assessed on polls only 479. Horses assessed 277 Cows assessed 438 Other cattle assessed 175 Swine assessed 16.; Fowl assessed 1,200 Dwelling houses assessed 2,02?3 Acres of land assessed 33,000 APPROPRIATIONS _ For town expenses $184,735 11 State tax 23,240 00 State tax, special 1,095 60 State Highway tax 6,61-1 87 a State Auditor's tax 276 26 4t B_2 i 10 County tax 28,510 43 Excess over overlay; 1917 1,426 06 Poll taxes to return to state 4,152 00 Total appropriations $250,047 33 Total tax levy including polls $202,054 24 Income tax on intangibles from the state 32,979 57 Estimated receipts, corporation and bank tax 7,800 00 State aid-account 1,866 00 Moth work account � 4,000 00 Mothers' aid account .1,275 00 Poor department 1,500 00 Oyster grants, ,ete. 1,000 00 Total receipts $252,474 81 Making an overlay of $2,A27 48 Tax rate $19.20 per $1000. -DECEIBER ASSESSMENT Real estate valuation $18,820 00 HOWARD N. PARKER, EDGAR W. LOVELL, WILLIAM LOVELL, Assessors, Town of Barnstable f � TREASURER'S ACCOUNT SHOWING RECEIPTS AND' EXPENDITURES Taxes 1917 Uncollected Jan. 1, Received from Godlec- 19,20 $183 90 'tor $i83 91 Taxes 1918 a ,Uncollected Jan. 1, Received from Gollec- 1,920 $432 68 for $171 28 Balance unoodilected 261 42 $432 68 '$432 68. Taxes 1919 Uncollected Jan. 1, Received, from Gollec- 1920 $6,700 31 for $6,027 95 Balance uncollected 672 36 $6,700 31 $6,700 31 Taxes 1920 `vagrant to CoMec- (Receiveld from Godlec- tor, . 1 $202,054 2.1 for $1,97,988 73 December Assessment 386 34 Balance uncollected 4,451 85 $202,440 58 $202,440 53, Overlay 1917 Balance Jan. 1, Revenue $1,42,6 06 1920 $1,321'34 Abated'in 1920 104 72 $1,426 06 $1,426 06 12 Overlay 1918 Aibated in 1920 $50 06 B,a.lance Jan. 1, Balance 449 31 11920 $499 37 $499 37 $499 37 Overlay 1919 Abalted in 1919 $28 16 Balances Jan. 1, Balance 709, 02 - 1,920 $737 18 $737 18 $737 18 Overlay 1920 Abated in 1920 $1,000 22 Amount.of Overlay $2,427 48 Balance 1,427 26 $2,427 48 $2,427 48 Tax Titles Balance Jan. 1, 19120 $53 18 Balance $53 18 Tax Title Revenue Balance $53 18 Balances Jan. 1, 11920 $53 18 Revenue 1919 Appropriated $6,000 00 Badance Jan. 1, 1920 $11;956 20 Trans. to 1920 Rev. 5,956 H $11,956 20 $11,956 20 i Revenue 1920 Debits $255,621 48 Credits $276,8-69 99 Balance 21,248 51 $276,869 9-9 $276,869 91) 13 Estimated Receipts Revenue $65,315 17 Gredits $65,315 17 04 �. Accounts Receivable Balance Jan. 1, Gredits $5,316 07 d 1920 $4,556 38 Balance 5,826 71 Debits, 6,586 40 $11,142 7.8 $11,142 78 Accounts Receivable Revenue Debits $5,316 '07 'Balance Jan. '1, 1920 $4,5-56 38 Balance 5,826 71 Credits 6,586 40 $'1'1,142 78, $11,142 78 State and-County Taxes County 'Tax $28,510 43 Revenue $63,886 16 State Tax 23,240' 00 - State Tax (.Special) 1,095 60 Auditing ' " 276 26 State Highway-Tax 6,611 87 Givili.an 'War Pall Tax 4,152 00 $63,886 16 $63,886 16 APPROPRIATIONS Town Building Committee Balance Jan. 1, Expended $187 55 1920 _ $500- 010, Balance 312 4-5 $500 00 - $500 00 Town Officers Appropriated $9,000 00 Expended $9,327 34 Reserve Fund 327 34 $-9,327 34 $9,32'7 34 14 Election Expenses Appropriated $1,700 00 Expended $1,678 95 iRevenue 21 05 $1,700 00 $1,700 00 Suppression of Crime Appropriated $250 010 Expended $280 0) Reserve Fund 30 00 $280 00 $280 00 Traffic Officer Appropriated $1,200 0,0 Expended $1,468 54 Reserve Fund 268 54 $1,468 54 $1,468 54 t Court Fines and Fees Court Fines j$536 00 Court Fees expended $2'99 60 Revenue 236 40 $536 00 $536 00 Fires Appropriated $1;000 010 Expended $4,036 67 Revenue 3,036 67 $4,036 67 $4,036 67 Moth Department Appropriated $8,00-0 00 Expended $8,089 00 Reserve Fund 89 00 $8,089 0-0 $8;089 00 Trees • Appropriated $1,5,00 00 Expended $1,432 43 'Revenue 67 57 $1;500 00 $1,500 00 15 Clam Warden ., Appropriated $350 00 Expended, $263 00 Revenue 8'7'00 $350 00 $350 00 Board of Health A-ppropriated $3,000 00 Expended $3,462 16 Reserve Fund 462 16 „ $3,462 16 $3,462 16 . Public Health Nurse Appropriated $500 00 Expended $500 00 Grand Island Bridge Balance Jan. 1,•1920 $2,976 61 Balance $2,976 61 Barnstable Wharf Balance Jan. 1, 1920 $-8,96 63 Blaftance `$896 63 J Lewis Bay Wharf Balance Jan..1, 1920 $1,598 90 •Expended $37 42 Balance 1,561 48 $1,598 90 $1,598 90 Highways and Bridges Appropriated $3,5;000 00 Expended $35,428 1.3 Receipts 380 40 Reserve Fund 47 73 / $3'5,428 13 $35,428 13 t Draining Barnstable Road ' Appropriated $2,500 00 Expended $1,905 21 4 Balance 594 76 $2,500 00 $2zoo 00 16 + Snow Bills; Appropriated $6,750 00 Expended $6,700 17 Revenue 49 83 $6,750 00 $6,750 00 Highway Construction 1920 Appropriated $50,000 00 Expended $5.01-000 00 New.Lay-out at Hyannis Appropriated $750 00 Expended $522 16 Revenue 227 84 $750 00 $750 00 Widening.Main St., Hyannis Appropriated $12,000 00 Expended $6,84,0 34 Balance 5,159 66 $12,000 00 $12,000 00 State Highway, Centerville Balance Jan. 1, 1920 $18;500 010 Expended $40;023 55 Rec. •from State 26,292 00 Balance 4,768 45 $44,792 00 $44,792 00 Parker Road, Osterville Appropriated $7,500 00 �Exple.nded $15,000 00 Donation 7;5,00 00 $15,000 00 $15,000 00 Engine for Grand Island Bridge Appropriated $5010 00. Bialance $500 00 Support of Poor 9 Appropriated $14,000 010 Expended $13,908 41 Revenue 91 5Q $14,000 00 $14,000 00 - a 17 Mothers with Dependent Children Appropriated $9,000 00 Expended $8,555 08 Revenue 444 92 _ $9,000 0'0 $9,000 00, Soldiers' Relief Appropriated $60-0 00 Expended $652 70 `'Reiserve Fund 5'2 70 $652 70 $652 70 State Aid Appropriated $1,500 00 Expended M238 00 Revenue 262 00 $1,500 00 $1,500 0) Soldiers' Burial Revenue $110 00 Expended $110 00 School Salaries ApprIa'p-riated $45,500 00 Expended ., $47,332 38 Receipts 404 32 Trans. from 'School Purposes 1,427 94 Reserve Fund 12 $47,332 38 $47,332 38 School Purposes Appropriated $19,000 0'0 Expended $18,294 58 Receipts 722 52 'Trans. to Salaries 1,427 94 a $19,722 52 $19,722 52 Libraries 1 Appropriated $1,000, 00 Expended $1,00'0 00 18 0 Athletic Purposes at High School Appropriated $1,500 00 Expended $1,481 15 Revenue 1'8 85 $1;50,0 00 $1,500 00 Printing. and Advertising Appropriated $800 00 Expended $649 22 Revenue _ 150 78 $800 00 $800 00 Miscellaneous Appropriated $7,000 00 Expended $7,203 22 Reserve Fund 2,03 22 $7,203 22 $7,2,03 22 Repairs on Town Property Appropriated $1;500' 010 Expended $1,533 24 Reserve Fund 33 24 $1,533 24 $1,533 21 Rent G. A. R. Hall Balance Jan. 1, 1920 $20 00 Expended $80 00 Appropriated 80 00 Balance 20 00 $100 00 $10.0 00 State Guard Expenses Resjerve Fund $30 00 Expended $30 0J Reserve Fund Appropriated $2;500 00 Transfers $1,585 68 Reveuue 9174 32 k d $2;500 00 $2,5010 00 o o •- 1,9 Memorial Day a Appropriated $300 00 'Barnstable 'Sioldiers' !Memorial Assn $300 00 Cape Cod Farm Bureau Appropriated $500 00 T•reas. .C. C. Farm Bureau $500 00 Bills Approved at Town Meeting Appropriated $3.05 11 Expended $305 11 Land for Dump at Hyannis Appropriated $500 00 Expended $242 76 Revenue _ 257 24 $500 010 $500 00 Land at Sandy Neck and Park Commission Appropriated $500 �0�0 Expended $224 57 Revenue 275 43 $500 00 $500 00 Refund to Fish Pedlers ' Appropriated $150 00 Expended $140 00 Reivenue 10 00 •$150 00 $150 00 Care of Cobb Burial Lot Agent of Cobb Fund $5 00 Expended $5 00 Interest Appropriated $4,0,00 00 Expendied $3,956 78 Revenue 43 22 C $4,000 00 $000 00 20 Debt Payable in 1920 Appropriated $5,000 00 Highway, Note, $5;000 00 ' Trust Fund Income Income: Int. on Ooibb 'Fund $40-9 32 ,Cobb Punt.Inv't- $361 07 Int. on Oeimetery P.+G. 1Cemetery P. iC. Fund Fund 670 55 Inv',t. 677 17 int. on :Sturgis Fund 190 00 iSturgis 'Fund, Inv't. 190 0.0 Reserve Fund 41 63 $1,269 87 $1,269 87 Trust Funds Cemetery P. C. Fund $1,472 2,0 Invested $1,472 20 Temporary Loans Hyannis Trust Co. $100,000 100 Hyannis 'Trust Co. $100,000 0) Cash Balance Jan. 1, 1920 $29,046 66 Paid.out $466,852 68 Received 473,044 53 Bull. Dec. 31, 1920 35,2318 51 $502,091 19 $502,0911 19 NON-REVENUE ACCOUNTS ' Loans Authorized Annual 'Meeting $50,000 00. Highway Construction $50,000, 09 Special July 29th 13,500 00 Widening Hyannis 'St. 12,000 00 Special October 27th 2,500 00, Draining Barnstable Rd. 2,500 00 Parker iRd., Osterville 1;500 09 $66,000 0'0 $66,000 00 21 Net Bonded Debt Highway'Loans $70,000 00 Balance $86,000 00 Hyannis Main St. Loan 12,000 00 a Draining Darnstab'le -Rd. Loan 215,00 00 Parker Road Loan L500 00 $86,000 010 $86,000 OJ o TRUST FUNDS Trust Fund Cash and Securities Balance Jan. 1, 1920 $34,735 25 Balance Dec. 31 $36,267 44 Receipts: Cemetery Pd. $1,472 2-0 School Fund 59 99 1,532 19 $36,267 44 $36,267 44 Sturgis Fund • :Securities 'Total On hand Jan. 1, 1920 $4,000 00 $4;000 00 On hand Dec. 31, 1920 4,000 00 4,000 00 Receipts Payments In-come received _ $190 00 Expended $190 00 School Fund (Savings B,ks. Total On hand. Jan. 1, 1920 $1,319 43 1$1,319 43 On hand Dec. 31, 1920 1,379 4-2 1,379 42 Receipts Payments Int. on Deposits $59 99 Added to Fund $59 99 0 Cobb Fund 'Securities 'Savin•gs Bks. Total On hand Jan. 1, 1920 $10,000 00 $233 00 $10,233 00 a On hand Dec. 31, 1,920 10,000 00 233 00 1-0,233 00 Receipts Payments Income received $361 07 School purposes $404 32 iR;eserve Fund 48 25 -Oare jot Lot 5 OG { $409 32 $409 32 i e 22 Cemetery Perpetual Care Fund Securities Savings Bks. Total On hand Jan. 1, 1920 $18,40-0 00, $782 82 $19,18,2 82. On hand Dec. 31, 1920 18,400 00 2,255 02 20,655 02 'Receipts Payments Income race!red $677 17 Depo-sited in Banks $1,472 20 Deposits for Pierpetuali Care of dots 670 5.1 Care 1,472 20 Reserve Fund 6 62 $2,149 37 $2,149 37 a F 23 ' LIST OF BURIAL LOT FUNDS HELD IN TRUST BV THE TOWN Estate of A. C. Adams $125 00 Josiah Ames 75 Olt Robert Baegn 500 00 Adeline Bearse 50 00 Arthur Bearse 100 00 Cordelia S. Bearse 150 00 Richard Bearse 100 00 Eben Bodfish + 50 Obi Christina H. Bodge 99 00 Lydia F. Bourne 100 0:) David Bursley 200 O0 Mercy T. Cobb 100 00 Warren Cammett and A. A. Cram 150 00 Augustine F, Childs 150 00 Henry E. Crocker 300. 00 Loring and Nathan Crocker 300 00 Julia Crosby 100 OQ Ebenezer Crowell 200 0!" Elkanah Crowell 200 00 Henry L. Davis 200 00 J. A. Davis 300 00 Jane E. Edson 300 00 Lydia S. Fish 100 00 Herschel Fuller 100 00 Sumner Gorham 100 00 Franklin B. Goss 360 01) _ Gorham Hallett 100 00 Lydia T. Hamblin 100 Of), Deborah C. Handy 200 00 Eliza M. Handy 278 37 Hannah Haywood 100 00 Gustavus A. Hinckley 125 00 Josiah and Abby Hinckley 310 50 b 24 Estate of William C. Howland $200 00 Oliver C. Hoxie 100 00 Mary E. Huckins 100 00 F. G. Kelley 150 0 Mary E. Lewis 150 00 F. G. Lothrop 200 00 George Lovell 219 24. Hannah Lovell 150 06 Lizzie E. Lovell 200 00 William S. Lumbert 100 00 A. D. Makepeace • 500 W) Mary M. Nye - 1.50 (It Harriet S. Parker 100 01) William B. Parker 100 0() Harrison G. Phinney 150 00 Josepli L. Proctor 1.00 00 Patrick Regan 200 .0 , Nelson Rhodehouse 100 00 H. A. Scudder 100 00 Nelson Scudder 200 00 Charles H. Smith 200 00 Fred L. Stimpson 200 00' _ William W. Sturgis 75 00 Henry L. Swain 90 01) Timothy Swinerton 100 00 Freeman Taylor 100 00 Robinson Weeks 307 9j S. Whelden 200 00 J. R. Wilson 100 00 " Herbert W. York 200 0`) Centerville Beechwood Cemetery Association 1,200 0:) Hyannis Oak Grove Cemetery Association 8,950 0", $20,655 02 25 _ SCHEDULE OF NOTES PAYABLE Draining Widening Barnstalrllea Hyanifis,Sit. Highways Parker Rd. IRbod 1921 $2,000 00 $15;000 00 $1,500 00 $2,500 00 $21,000 00 1922 2,000 00 15,000 00 17,000 00 1923 1;000 00 16,000 00 16,000 00 1924 1;000` 0,0 15,000 00 16,000 00 1925 1,000 00 10,000 00 1.1,000 00 1926 1,000 •00 1,000 00 1927 1,000 00 1,000 00 1928 1,000 00 1,000 00 1929 1,000 00 1,000 00 193,0 1,000.00 1,000 00 $12,000 00 $70,000 00 $1,500 00 $2,600 00 $86,000 00 d B-3 J' b o L6Cj°rn N o N eLcJ oc cQ Lo i LO CA LO,-{M m Ln o(Lo co o r-+ ec dgcDCD"di diOGONO mC)C\ cq cfl co,-i w C)C It M M t- r-- t-C�co Co(D LO m cq 4- d4 O CI &C i ,-i di LCJ a) , Cd ca rl � ��,c��dc�ay,F-iq rail o y� o a U2 CddPa�y.gto CC al po '�000 41 w ca pq U C� A N I HCeD 0 Lo CO L—� o z i/2 O CeD .00 Cal Lo O L'3 GV CeD CO LO d ISj 1- 1C� GD 0 U H cca cad (q cq cc LO O —i diOLor O d1 CeD 00 OCID 00x0 L—o rICQrl 00mOM000fl0 CC Lam-LO di O Lo di in LC:)Co .. CJ Co d{ CYJ Lo LO CD co co .4-a fF} O t m O y 4 o Cd �� a F1� m ai m a iL-mid+ Cq., s n, 4' a� ccd cce cd a)tH F+E1 kcciamamp + ra O � D4 � A w ' GG C ��.d� 4�LI 0 p0 tf �O c9 Gp p0 d � OG 'n t.0 ` r� od rd q � a � • to tD r o po t tn in d ca A N W , TREASURER'S,REPORT • S CLASSIFICATION OF RECEIPTS -AND EXPENDITURES RECEIPTS General Revenue Taxes: Current Year - $196,988 51 Previous Years 6,200 17 From the State: Corporation Tag 5,223 59 National Bank Tag 4,244 01, Income Tag 41,1:47 32 $253,803 60 Licenses and Permits: Junk $40 00 Pedlers and Vendors 346 20 Billiard and Pool _ 16 00 Milk 37 00 Clam 93 00 Quahaug _ 45 00- All other 346 00 923 20 Fines and Forfeits: " Court 536 00 Grants and Gifts: r Dog Licenses 722 52 Total General Revenue $255,985.32. G - 29 Commercial Revenue ' Privileges: a. Oyster Grants $757 95 Fish Traps 151 00 908 95 Departmental: ' Sealer of Weights and Measures $70 12 Gyspy Moth 3,882 37 - Trees 10 50 Forest Fires 23 31 Board of Health -17 14 Highways Donations $7,750 00 Sale of Material 31 00 State Treasurer 26,491 95 .All other 143 40 34,416 35 Almshouse, Sale of Produce . 172 86 Reimbursements for Charities: Individuals 124 21 Cities and Towns , 1,079 07 State, 405 80 Mothers' Aid, Towns 543 17 Mothers' Aid, State 2,829 57 Soldiers' Benefits: State Aid 1,801 00 Soldier's burial 50 00 Soldiers' Relief 48 78 Schools: Tuition of State Wards $179 25 Other Tuition 18 50 Sale Books and Supplies 27 25 All other 423 27 Unclassified 376 25 46,498 77 30 Cemeteries: Care of Lot 5 00 Interest: Deposits $301 69 _ Taxes 429 98 Cemetery P. C. Fund 677 17 . Cobb Fund 361 07 Sturgis Fund 190.00 1,959 91 Total Commercial Revenue $49,372.63. Municipal Indebtedness Municipal Indebtedness: '. Temporary Loans $100,000 00 Highway Loan 50,000 00 Hyannis Street 12,000 00 Draining Barnstable Road 2,500 00 Parker 'Road 1,500 00 166,000 00 Agency, Trust and Investment Trust and Investment: Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds 1,472 20 Refunds and Transfers Refunds: Welcome Home Celebration $98 70 Road Department 51 94 Miscellaneous 61 60 School Department 2 14. 214 38 ' r Total Receipts $473,044 53 r �1 PAYMENTS General Government Moderator $20 0%) Selectmen's Department: Salaries $2,474 84 Stationery) and Postage 60 14 Printing and Advertising 128 95 Traveling Expenses 438 44 Telephone 95 66 All other expenses 312 56 3,510 59 . Accounting Department: State Audit $276 26 Town Auditors 7 47 283 713 Treasurer's Department: Salary $1,500 00 Stationery and Postage 157 88 1,657 84 Assessors' Department: Salaries $1,725-00 Stationery and Postage 16 54 Printing 18 49 All other expenses 149 80 1,909 8> Collector's Department: Salary $1,300 00 . Stationery and Postage 68 18 Printing and Advertising 23 55 Telephone 5 40 All other expenses 12 17 1,409 30 Other Finance Offices and Accounts: Certification of Notes 42 0) is 32 Law Department: Town Counsel $150 00 , Special Attorneys 516 00 Witness Fees 700 00 All other expenses 10 00 ' 1,376 00 Town Clerk's Department: Salary $500 00 Recording 209 00 Stationery and Postage 196 28 Printing and Advertising 12 55 Telephone 50 96 Hyannis Office 178 54 All other expenses- 184 58 1,331 91_ Election and Registration: Registrars' Salaries $270 00 Election•Officers 750 50 Printing and Advertising 339 35 Hall Rent 198 00 All other expenses 161 25 1,719 10 Town Hall: Janitor 10 00 Total for General Government $13,270 34 Protection of Persons and Property Police Department: Traffic Officers $1,248 50 Court Fees 299 60 Town Constable - 100 00 Other Employees 662 09 - $2,310 19 Inspection of Wires: Salary 500 00 Sealer of Weights and Measures: Salary $350 00 33 Stationery and Postage 4-14 Printing and Advertising 3 00 Traveling Expenses 150 00 ;Supplies 87 22 594 36 Gypsy and Brown Tail Moth Extermination: Salary of Superintendent $268 15 Labor 2,313 24 Stationery and Postage 3 75 Insecticides 31775 56 Hardware and Tools 268 22 Teams 'and Trucks 1,395 24 All other expenses 64 84 8,089 00 Planting and Trimming Trees: Salary-of Superintendent $170.50 Labor 605 52 Printing and Postage 5 38 Hardware and. Tools 2 48 Trees 180 75 Teams and Trucks 424 30 All other expenses 37 50 1,426 4-i Fires: Salary of Forester - $62 50 Labor on Fires 3,772 07 Apparatus 27 07 Teams and Trucks 102 50 _ All other expenses 148 75 4,112 89 Clam Warden: Salary and expenses 263 00. Total Protection of Persons and Property $17,295 87 34 Health and Sanitation Health: General Administration: Salaries $403 30 Printing and Advertising 33.94 $437 24 ' t Quarantine and Contagious Diseases: Board and Treatment $73 98 Medical Attendance 40 00 Nurses 7 95 Loss of Wages 274 00 Other Cities and Towns 52 00 All other expenses 23 92 471 85 Tuberculosis: Board and Treatment $560 00 All other expenses I75 25 v 735 25 Vital Statistics: Return of Births $31 50 Return of Deaths 20 25 51 75 Other Expenses: Plumbing Inspector $606 00 Fumigation 34 35 Vaccination 33 50 Public Health Nurse 500 00 School Physician 300 00 Inspector of Animals 350 00 Inspector of Slaughtering 750 00 Milk Inspector 407 47 2,981 32 Total for Health $4,677 41 35 Sanitation: Refuse and Garbage: Labor $416 51 j Land for Dump 150 00 All other expenses 50 567 Oi Total for Health and Sanitation $5,24.1 42 Highways General Administration: Salary.of Superintendent $1,500 00 State Highway Tax 6,611 87 - $8,111 �!7 General Expenses: Labor $16;267 02 Teams 3,707 44 Stone, etc. 3,478 66 Equipment and Repairs 3,948 98 Rebuilding at Hyanni.sport 6,000 00 All other expenses 532 53 33,934 63 _ Other .Expenses: Town Pumps $3 15 _ Harbor Masters 15 00 Signs 115 07 133 2'3 New Construction: Rebuilding Roads as per contract $50,000 00 State Highway, Centerville 40,023 55 Parker Road, Osterville 15,000-00 Widening Hyannis Street 6,840 34 Draining Barnstable Rd., Hyannis 1,905 24 New Lay-out at Hyannis 522 16 Lewis Bay Wharf 37 42 , y 114,328 71 36 Snow and Ice Removal: - Labor $5,786 48 Teams 821 39 All other expenses 92 30 6,700 17 Total for Highways -- $163,208 60 Charities and Soldiers' Benefits Poor Department: General Administration: Salaries $550 00 Outside Relief: Groceries and Provisions $2,363 75 Coal and Wood 849 98 Board and Care 1,593 16 Medical Attendance 818 21 State Institutions 225 14 Cash 1,992 00 P" All other expenses 590 38 8,432 62 Relief by other Cities and Towns: . Cities $114 00 Towns 180 00 294 0`? Mothers' Aid: This Town $8,109 45 Other Cities and Towns 445 63 8,555 0e Total Poor Department $17,S3 L 70 Almshouse: Salaries and Wages: Superintendent $541 99 Other Employees - 119 21 $661. 21) r 37 Other Expenses: Groceries and Provisions $2,751 70 Dry Goods and Clothing 386 78 Buildings 29.0 03 Fuel and Light 531 33 - • Hay and Grain 154 90 Medical Attendance ' 148-2.5 . All other expenses 570 36 4,833 35 Total for Almshouse -$5,494 5 Soldiers' Benefits: State Aid $1,238 00 Soldiers' Burial 110 00 Soldiers' Relief Fuel $14 00 Groceries 11 74 Medical Attendance 25 00 All other 601 96 652 70 Total for Soldiers' Benefits $2,000 70 Total for Charities and Soldiers' Benefits $25,326.95. Schools General: Salary of Superintendent $2,441 36 Clerical Assistance 22 65 Truant Officers 19 75 Printing and Postage 29'69 Telephone 237 95 Traveling Expenses 598 ,46 School Census 60 00 All other expenses 39 11 $3,448 97 38 Teachers' Salaries: High $11,230 50 Elementary 28,776 84 Music and Drawing 1,230 00 • 41,237 34 Test Boobs and Supplies: High $549 70 Elementary 1,015 51 1,565 21 Transportation: High and Elementary 7,580 00 Janitors' Services: High $799 84 Elementary 2,853 84 _ 3,653 C5 Fuel and Light: High and Elementary 3,34.5 71 Maintenance of Buildings and Grounds: • High $402 90 Elementary 3,751 12 Furniture and Furnishings: High $37 20 Elementary - 237 04 274 24 All other expenses 245 43 Total for Schools • $65,504 60 Libraries Libraries: Special Appropriation $1,000 00 Total for Schools and Libraries $66,504 60 39 Recreation and Unclassified Parks: Labor and Teams $224 57 I3igh School Playground 1,481 15 $1,705 72 Unclassified: •• Memorial Day $300.00 Printing Town Reports 429 78 Insurance 2,939 22 State 'Girard Expenses 30 00 Town Building Committee 187 55 Refiind to Fish Pedlers 140 00 Rent for G. A. R. IIall - so 00 Cape Cod Farm Bureau 500 00 All other expenses 107 77 4,714 32 Total for.Recreation and- Unclassified $6,420 Oti_ Enterprises and Cemeteries Cemeteries: Labor $854 59 Care of Lots 675 55 All other expenses 25 39 Total for Enterprises and Cemeteries $1.,555 53 .Interest and Maturing Debt Interest: Temporary Loans $2,706 78, General Loans 1,250 00 $3,956 78 Municipal Indebtedness: Temporary Loans $100,000 00 General Loan 55000 00 105,000 00 Total for Interest and Maturing Debt $108,956 78 40 Agency, Trust and Investment Agency: State Tag $24,335 60 County Tag 28,510 43 Civilian War Poll Tag 4,152 00 $56,998 03 Trust and Investment: Cemetery Perpetual Care Fund $1,472 20 Cobb'Fund 409 32 Sturgis Fund 190 00 , 2,071 52 Total for Agency, Trust and Investment $59,069 55 SUMMARY Receipts Cash on hand Jan. 1, 1920 $29,046 6G General Revenue $255,985 32 Commercial Revenue 49,372 63 Municipal Indebtedness 166,000 00 Agency, Trust and Investment 1,472 20 Refunds and Transfers 214 38 473,044 53 $502,091 19 Expenditures General Government $13,270 34 Protection of Persons and Property 17,295 87 Health and Sanitation 5,244 42 Highways 163,208 60 Charities and Soldiers' Benefits 25,326 95 10 • l 41 Schools and Libraries 66,504 60 Recreation and Unclassified, 6,420 04 Enterprises and Cemeteries 1,555 53 Interest and Maturing Debt 108,956 78 Agency, Trust and Investment, 5.9,069 55 . $466,852 68 Cash balance; December 31'st, 1920 35,238 51. $502,091 19 CLARENCE M. CI3ASE, Treasurer B-4 HIGHWAY SURVEYOR'S REPORT REPAIRS ON ROADS RECEIPTS Appropriated $35,000 00 Donation 250 00 Damage to Property 130 40. Reserve Fund 47 73 $35,428 .1 EXPENDED Barnstable $2,024 02 Centerville 692 25 Cotuit 1,016 98 Hyannis 2,262 35 Hyannisport 6,886 10 Marstons Mills 967 60 Osterville 1,929 51 Plains 1,072 13 Santuit 1,323 19 Pest Barnstable 647 38 General 16,606 62 $35,428 1.3 t f 43 Lewis Bay Wharf Part of appropriation $37.42 Paid for surveying $37.42 Draining Barnstable Road Appropriated $2,500.00 Expended $1,905.24 Balance 594.76 $2,500.00 - $2,500.00 New Construction Appropriated $50,000.00 Contract: Osterville, West Barnstable and Marstons Mills, Co- tuit $50,000.00 $50,000.00 $50,OCO.00 New Lay-out of Road at-Hyannis Appropriated $750.00 Expended $522.16 Balance 227.84 $750.00, $750.00 Widening Main St., Hyannis Appropriated $12,000.00 Expended $6,840.34 Balance 5,159.66 $12,000.00 $12,000.00 State Highway, Centerville Balance Jan. 1, 1920 $18,500.00 Expended $40,023.55 Received from State 26,292.00 Balance 4,768.45 $44,792.00 $44,792.00 Parker Read, ®sterville Appropriated $7,500.00 Contract $15,000.00 Donations 7,500.00 $15,000.00 $15,000.00 • 44 Snow Bills ' Appropriated $6,750.00 Expended: Barnstable $907.66 Centerville 377.82 Cotuit 282.07 Hyannis 1,910.77 Hy annisport 104.14 Marstons Mills 459.48 Osterville 1,649.50 Plains' 159.95 Santuit . 355.66 W. Barnstable 493.12 --$6,700.17 Balance 49.83 '$6,750.00 $6,750.00 JOYCE TAYLOR, Surveyor of Highways REPORT OF, MILK INSPECTOR Marstons Mills, January 19, 1921. To the Board of Health of Barnstable: Gentlemen`: I herewith give you a report of my work as Inspector of Milk, from June 1st, 1920, to January 1st, 1921. I have issued 136 milk licenses and analyzed 89 samples of milk officially and 8 by request. Of the 89 samples I found 3 to be low the Mass. standard of,good quality. I have made 144 dairy inspections. There:has been one case of adulterated milk and one conviction. Very respectfully, GEORiGE T. MECARTA, Inspector of MiLc REPORT OF TREE WARDEN I hereby submit a report of my work as Tree Warden foi 1920: This report is just a brief outline of what was done der ing the year, and I feel that much has been accomplished. I found it necessary to remove sixteen trees varying in size from eight to eighteen inches in diameter, there being six large silver oaks, four willows, two small elms, three locusts and one maple. The severe winter was especially hard on trees of all kinds, the blizzards of sleet and snow during February and March doing serious damage. The great weight of frozen snow bent and broke many branches in sections exposed to the sweeping winds. The whole tops were twisted and broken so badly that they had to be severely headed back in order to save them. This pruning or heading back was done throughout the town with the object that the new growths would renew the symmetrical character of the trees as they developed All limbs and broken parts were removed from the streets as soon as cut. Two hundred fifty young, thrifty, nursery grown maples were planted in well prepared holes along the streets. All young trees.of less than five inches in diameter were dug around and given necessary pruning. Spraying was done for the elm tree beetle in sections where it appeared. Spraying was also done for the tent caterpillar along all the highways, and signs now indicate that this pest will be very much in evidence the coming season. 47 Spraying for the tent,caterpillar should be done in May, and is by far the best method; burning destroys the part o C tree or shrub thus treated. T find that the trees as a whole along the streets are in very good condition; that young trees planted the past two years have made a very good growth and with a little an- nual care promise to make a good showing for themselves as they develop. ' The Telephone and the Electric Light Company have, when notified regarding their, wires interfering with tho trees, been very prompt in attending to the same, covering and guying the wires to protect the trees. Respectfully submitted, ROBERT F. CROSS. REPORT OF MOTH SUPERINTENDENT To the Selectmen of Barnstable: In submitting this report, the following is a ,summary of the year's work in as concise a form as possible not en- tering into detail. During the past year work has been confined to the resi dential sections and along the most traveled highways. ' Creosoting of the gypsy egg masses was done in the villages and along the bi ghway to some extent where bad infesta tions appeared. We have co-operated with the citizens, es- tate owners and cranberry men; supplied material to thern at cost; made examinations of wood land and other prop erty; and advised the owners, who asked us to do 'so, the best practical methods to pursue. As I have advised in previous reports, the wood lot own- ers must take a loss or turn their!wood into cash, as the depredations of the gypsy caterpillar in infested areas are killing the trees, and if cut off and sold or used for fire wood. they would renew themselves, which seems to be nature's way of repeating itself in forestry, if not replanted by seen or growing stock. Trees were sprayed in all the villages and along all the highways, private estates and cranberry bogs, the owners paying the actual cost of time and material.. Eight tons of the dry form or powdered arsenate of learl were used in spraying operations and proved an advantage over the paste arsenate. The dry form is less }sulky hence easier and more economical to handle. 49 Spraying operations were started May 29th and discon- tinued July 3rd. Five power sprayers were, used in this work. Spraying and other moth work was done for one hundred eighty-six property owners. Sixty-six citizens' and property owners bought lead or creosote. Forty-two estates were inspected. and work done as ad vised by the owners. Two hundred forty gallons of creosote were used durinn the year. The total receipts from work for spraying, ,etc., to be paid to the Town Treasurer are $4,532.17. The browntails were very few the past year, only one infestation and a very few scattering -nests. Those were cut off and destroyed. I am advised to be on the lookout for an out-break of this pest again. Reports come from other parts of the state that they had had out-breaks last year. The work did not go along as fast as planned at the be- ginning of the year owing to the great difficulty in obtain- ing labor. All the tools and spraying machines are store-j. in a building and some minor repairs will be necessary ou the two older .sprayers before starting work this year. Respectfully submitted, ROBERT F. CROSS, Moth Superintendent REPORT OF SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES Total Scales Sealed 23z Adjusted 18 Condemned 11 Total Weights Sealed 451 Total Oil Pumps Sealed 156 Adjusted 13 Condemned 6 Total Molasses Pumps Sealed 6 Condemned 4 Total Yard Sticks Sealed 29 Condemned 9 Total Liquid Measures Sealed 152 Condemned 13 Total Dry Measures Sealed '' Total number Sealed 893 Adjusted 52 Condemned 43 Sealing fees $73 59 Adjusting fees 2 09 Total $75 68 E. L. HOXIE, Sealer ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TREASURER, OF BARNSTABLE SOLDIERS' MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION RLCEIVED On hand January 1., 1920 $57 28 Received•from Town of Barnstable 300 00 Contribution 1 00 $358 2S PAID W. G. IIuber, Speaker $25 00 George R. MacDonald, Speaker 5 00 Capt. C. L. Barry, Speaker 10 00 William Carroll, Band 110 00 Music 16 03 Transportation 38 00 Dinner 47 94 Theo. Pa.rkman Post, Flags, etc. 13 21 Miscellaneous 24 40 $289 58 On hand December 31., 1920 68 70 $358 26 REPORT OF PARK COMMISSIONERS To the Honorable Selectmen of Barnstable: The Park Commissioners, chosen last March, report as follows: The little parks at road junctions have been cared for as was formerly done by the Tree Warden. These little spots are hardly worth the name.of parks yet local associations have given them names and they, are pleasing to the eye. Some of them are on property not owned by the town. We recommend that the town take action relative to these areas. The work done at the Town High School grounds-is a decided improvement and a valuable asset to the town's property. The work was well executed by Mr. Horace P. Baxter. Some additional work will be needed during th-F coming year. The Commissioners wish to express their appreciation to Mr. George F. Hart, who has been greatly interested in this work and has rendered valuable assistance. The work relative to the "Benjamin Bodfish Memorial" lot on Sandy Neck was delayed on account of the difficulty of getting help. The work is not yet completed. The object to be accomplished there, is, to .provide a short driveway and a place to turn and park such automobiles as desire 6 go there without the danger of being held by the soft sand until relieved by Mr. Benjamin E. Blossom at the expense of the owner of the car. As the town has for many years 053 , recognized it as a public right of way and has spent money to maintain"-the same, we feel assured that this work is a needed improvement. We believe that our town should have other and more extensive areas, such as would be an attraction to our sure- mer coming friends and offer to our own people ,th,3 pleasures they enjoy when visiting the parks and pleasure grounds of other towns and cities. Thanking the citizens of the town for the kindly sympa thy and co-operation in our modest doings in this first year of your Commissioners' service the foregoing is respectfully submitted. Appropriated for Parks $500 00 Paid S. P. West $10 00, George C. Scabury 6 50 T. V. West 8 00 Wm. F. Jenkins 161 07 Frank P. Hallett 25 00 George F. Hart 6 50 Moth Department 7 50 22457 Balance on hand Dec. 31, 1920 $275 43 Appropriated for High School Playgrounds $1,500 00 Paid Horace P. Baxter $1,475 15 F. R. Hebditch 6 00 1,481 15 Balance on hand Dec. 31, 1920 $18 85 WILLIAM F. JENKINS, SAMUEL W. HALLETT, BENJAMIN F. SEARS, Park Commissioners ' REPORT. OF THE HISTORICAL COMMITTEE At the annual ineeting of 1918, by motion of Mr. Williai-? F. Jenkins, the town passed a resolution that it was the sense of that meeting that there should be a Town Historian of the Town's doings in the World War, that a person from each precinct of the Town be appointed to collect data, of local doings and submit same to the Historian. - The committee appointed was the following: Alfred. Crocker, Barnstable; William F. Jenkins, West Barnstable: Samuel W. Hallett, Hyannis; John B. Cornish, Centerville: G: Webster Hallett, Osterville; Dr. J. H. Higgins, Marstons Mills; Benjamin F. Sears, Cotuit. This committee organized with Mr. Jenkins as chairman. and Mr. Samuel W. Hallett as secretary. At the first meet ing of the Committee Mr. Alfred Crocker resigned stating that an unusual amount of work in connection with his posi- tion on the Exemption Board and the April Session of Court prevented him from attending to such work as the position might require. Mr. Marcus N. Harris was elected to serve in Mr. Crocker's place. The death of the lamented Mr. John. B. Cornish caused a vacancy in our number and Mr. Alfred Crocker whose duties now permitted him to attend to the work was chosen and accepted the position. ,The committee now,stands as thus enumerated. At a meeting held April3, 1918, Mr. James Otis of 1:T fo!- nisport was unanimously elected historian. His acceptance was regarded by all as a matter of great good fortune and 55 he has already done not a little work in getting together data, than whom no one is better qualified. Ill health, how- ever, did not permit him to carry forward his plans and he was compelled to resign. To fill the vacancy your,coni- mittee appointed Mrs. Ora A. Hinckley of Hyannis. Mrs. Hinckley has for many years been a resident of the town, coming here first as.a teacher in the public schools. She is now librarian of the Hyannis Public Library and is much interested in local history. We bespeak for Mrs. Hinckley the aid of all who can in any way assist in perpetuating the record of Barnstable's part in the world's crisis. WILLIAM F. JENKINS, Chairman SAMUEL W. HALLETT, Secretary REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH The year 1920 has closed, and the Town is to. be con- gratulated on the average health condition during the year. The number of cases 'of contagious diseases reported to the Board of Health during 1920, was 202. Diphtheria 3, Measles 92, Mumps 5, Scarlet, Fever 10, Scarletina 5, Whooping Cough. 27, Infantile Paralysis 2, Typhoid Fever 2, Lobar.Pneumonia 7, Influenza 44, Tu- berculosis 5. There were 16 deaths from these diseases, Lobar Pneu= monia 7, Tuberculosis 5, Influenza 4. The expenses of the Board of Health are increasing each year in proportion to the growth of they health work. In 1921 we are in hopes to establish with the help of the State Department of Public Health, a full time Health Officer for Barnstable County. This Officer will be a regular Physician. If we succeed in this, the children will be able to have a closer watch kept on their physical condition. A full time Public Health Nurse is a future possibility, and with the co-operation of the Barnstable Public Health Association, the Massachusetts Tuberculosis League, and the vigilance of our Nursing Association the child welfare movement will be vigorously carried`on, and the children of today have the prospect of growing up in normal physi- cal condition. '57 We propose to establish a Dental Clinic in connection with this work, also a fund for surgical work among the children. We believe this to be the business of the Board of Health, to hold, to protect, to conserve the health of the community, and we ask the support of,the citizens of this Town in this work. G. W. HALLETT, Secretary. B-6 l JURY LIST a I ' 1921 Victor H. Anderson Cooper Thornton R. Adams Fisherman John Bursley Farmer• Benj. E. Blossom Coal Dealer Lawrence B. Boston Farm Bureau F. Burton Buck Merchant Harvey F. Crocker Carpenter Lauchlan M. Crocker Laborer Edward S. Crocker Merchant Harold Crosby Hotel Deeper Braddock Coleman - Carpenter Arthur M. Coville, Jr. Merchant James F. Crowell Fisherman Heman I. Coleman Carpenter f William E. Cushman Retired. 'Benjamin F. Chase Plumber Timothy Crocker Retired Albert L. Edson Retired. Walter I. Fuller - Merchant Calvin H. Fuller Carpenter Frank P. Hallett Retired J. Lester Howland Furniture Dealer -Osborne L. Hallett Retired 'Leonard F. Hamblin Fisherman F. Howard Hinckley, Jr. Lumber Dealer Chester S. Jones Farmer f 59 IJerbert E. Holway Clerk William A. Jones Contractor Walter C. Jones Carpenter Gilbert S. Jenkins Carpenter Zebina H. Jenkins - Cranberry Grower James F. Kenney Merchant Alfred S. Kelley Painter Burleigh D". Leonard Garage Proprietor Herbert L. Lovell Fisherman Henry B. Loring . Chauffeur Harry F. ,Lumbert Carpenter Alexander Michelson Merchant Henry C. Mortimer Fisherman Cliester A. Murray Auto Dealer Freeman M. Nickerson Plumber Joseph II. Alaher Ice Dealer Leonidas B. Lewis . _ Electrician William R. Nickerson Marble Cutter. John V. O'Neil Merchant. Lucius F. Paine Contractor Toilston F. Phiuney Merchant Arthur A. Phinney Retired Harold W. Sears Auto Dealer Frank K. Rich Clerk Charles B. Robbins Carpenter- William H. Robbins Oysterman Harry W. Tobey Merchant.. David E. Seabury Merchant Herbert.A. Smith Carpenter Frederick E. Sherman Fish 'Dealer Walter M. Stiff Carpenter Richard Wirtanen Garage Keeper Eben P. Williams Contractor Martin Wirtanen Garage Keeper TOWN CLERK'S REPORT ANNUAL TOWN MEETING March 1st and 2nd, 1920 At a meeting of the inhabitants of the Town of Barnstable, qualified to vote on Town affairs, held in the different precincts named in the Warrant for said meeting, for the election of Officers, etc., on Monday, March 1st, 1920, while acting under the following article: - Art. 1. To choose a Moderator far the subsequent meeting, Town CIerk for three years, Town 'Treasurer for one year, Collector of Taxes one year, one Selectman for three years, one Assessor for th.rr o years, ones Overseer of the Poor for three years, three Audi- tors for one year, one School Committee for three years, one Sur- veyor of Highways for three years,,one member of Board of Health for three years, eleven Constables, Tree. Warden, three Park.com- missioners, one for one year, one for two years, ,one for three years, and to elect any other officer whosei name may appear on the offilcial ballot. Also to vote on the following question: Shall license be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in the Town of Barn- stabile, -or any other question that may appear on the official ballo`. The whole number of votes cast was 938 except for School Committee for which there were 953, which being assorted and counted according to law, the result was found to be as follows: Moderator at Annual Meeting *Edward C. Hinckley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 780. *Elected 61 Town Clerk (Three Years) *Clarence M. Chase . 813 Town Treasurer (Three Years) *Clarence M. Chase .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . 795 Selectman (Three Years) *Edgar W. Lovell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 775 N. E. West . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Assessor (Three Years) *Edgar W. Lovell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . 730 N. E. West . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Overseer of the Poor *Edgar W. Lovell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 742 N. E. West . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 School Committee (Three Years) *John E. Hinckley . 749 Frank Gardner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... 1 Collector of Taxes Milton L. Baxter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .`. . . : . . . . 295 *Everett F. Fuller 602. J Constable in Precinct No. 1 *Ferdinand Baker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 David Nelson . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 5 Thos. H. Nye .. . .. . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . .. . . ... . . . 1 62 George Snow .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 M. N. Harris . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 John Phillips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . l Edward L. Harris . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Charles Dixon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . 1 James Holmes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 H. C. Mortimer . .. . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ]. Braddock Coleman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Constable in Precinct No. 2 *B. E. Blossom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Three Constables in Precinct No. 3 *Howard E. Bearse 530 *William A. Bearse . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 546 *George F. Hart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 541 Constable in Precinct No. 4 *Theodore V. West . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 475 H. G. Lumbert . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .. .. . 1 Nathan Bearse . . . 1 Two Constables in Precinct No. 5 '. _'Chester L. Baker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 499 *Harris C. Lovell . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . 491 Robert Cross 1 Constable in Precinct No. 6 e *Maurice J. Hinckley . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Lorenzo Gifford . 2 Ephraim Jones . . . .. . . . . ... . . . . 1 ' E 63 Ben Hallett . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . ... . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . E. E. Doane . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . Wallace Hallett . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . Two Constables in Precinct No. 7 *Alexander S. Childs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . 452 E. L. Hoxie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 William Perry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 William Potter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 A. E. Nickerson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... I Chas. L. Gifford . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I Leslie Hobson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 T. E. Rennie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... .. . . . . . 11 John Murray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. I Surveyor of Highways (Three Years) Lauchlan Al. Crocker . . . . . . . i . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168 William A. Jones. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350 Owen B. Lewis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 *Joyce Taylor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 402 Three,Auditors (One Year) *John Bursley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . 678 *Albert L. Edson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . 617 *Luther C. Hallett . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 668 Tree Warden *Robert Cross . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . 771 J. P. Hallett . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Lauchlan Crocker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Member of Board of Health (Three Years) *Charles E. Harris . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . .. . . . . . 747 T. V. West . .. . . .. . . .. . .... .. . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . .. ... 1 64 Park Commissioner (One Year) *William F. Jenkins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . .. . . 579 Park Commissioner (Two Years) *Benj. F. Sears . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . 546 Park Commissioner (Three Years) *Samuel W. Hallett . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 579 Shall License be granted for the Sale of Intoxicating Liquors? *Yes 469 No . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . 312 THE SUBSEQUENT MEETING In accordance with the Warrant the Subsequent Meeting was held at the Town House on Tuesday, March 2, 1920. The meeting was called to order at nine o'clock A. M. by the Town Clerk who read the Warrant and the result of the previous day's voting. The respective officers were de- clared elected. Dr. Hinckley then qualified as Moderator and took charge of the meeting. The following tellers were appointed and sworn by the Moderator: Benjamin Sears, Harrison E. Kent, Walter I. Fuller, Harold Crosby, William F. •Jenkins, Heman P. Crocker, Ernest 0. Dottridge, and Chester G. Cammett. 65-- Art. 2. To elect all other necessary Town Officers for the ensuing year. The following officers were elected: Measurers of Wood and Bark ' Timothy Crocker, South Hyannis Emilo R. Silver, West Barnstable William C. Gifford, Santuit Surveyors of Lumber John C. Bearse, Hyannis John E. Hinckley, Barnstable Joseph W. Hamblin, Cotuit Sealer of Leather James E. Baxter, Hyannis Deer Reeve John J. Harlow, Santuit Pound. Keepers Thomas W. Jones, Barnstable William F. Ormsby, Hyannis% Wilton B. Cammett, Marstons Mills Jehiel R. Crosby, Centerville ' Field Drivers Theodore V. West, Centerville Zenas Crocker, Marstons Mills 66 Art. 3. To hear and act upon the! report of the various Town Officers, also to hear the report of any committee and take action in regard to such as may be deemed expedient. Voted to accept the report of the Town Officers as printed in the Town Report. The Town Historical Committee reported verbally briefly. The report of the Town Building Committee was read while acting under Art. 18 at which time it was voted to accept the report of the Committee as read and afterwards it was voted to continue this Committee for another year. Art. 4. To receive and act upon the accounts of all persons to whom the Town is indebted. Voted to pay the following bills which had been approved by the Auditors: Edward C. Hinckley, ]xpeuses as School Committee $53.16 John E. Hinckley, Expenses as School Committee 59.48 Allen Chadwick, Expenses as School Committee 65.00 William A. Bearse, Town Constable 10000 A. L. Edson, Services as Auditor 5.47 L. C. Hallett, Services as Auditor 2.00 Edward C. Hinckley, Services as Moderator 20.00 $305.11. Art. 5. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the following purposes, for the ensuing year, viz: Support of Poor, 'Repairs on Roads, Bridges, Snow, Support of Schools, Repairs on Schooai Buildings, Transportation of Scholars, Text-books and Supplies, Repairs on Town Property, Printing and Advertising, Interest, Town Officers, Miscellaneous 'Expenses, 'Trees and Labor on same, Suppression of Gyspy and Brown Tail Moth, Soldiers' Relief, Reserve Fund, Election Expenses, State Aid, Board of Health, Extinguishment of Fires,,Aid for Mothers with Dependent Children, Rent of Howard Hall, Centerville, for G. A. R. and for all other aegal expenses. 67 Voted to raise and appropriate the following amounts: Support of Poor $12,000.00 Repairs on Roads and Bridges" 41,000.00 Snow Bills 6;000.00 School Salaries 45,500.00 School Purposes 19,000.0() Repairs on Town Property 1,500.00 Printing and Advertising 800.00 Interest 4,000.00 Town Officers 9,000.00 Miscellaneous 7,000.00 Trees and Labor on same 1,500.00 Suppression of Moths 8,000-00 Soldiers' Relief 600.00 Reserve Fund 1,500.00 Election Expenses 1,700.00 State Aid 1,500.00 Board of Health 3,000.00 Fires 500.0G Aid for Mothers with dependent Children 6,000.00 Rent for G. A. R. IIall 80.00 Traffic Officers 1,200.00 Suppression of Crime 250.00 Clam Warden 350.00 $171,980.00 *Voted that the sum of six thousand dollars be added to the amount called for in the pending motion for repairs on roads, the said amount of six thousand dollars, or,such portion of it as may be necessary, be expended on Parker Road in the village of Oster- ville, provided that a like sum, -or a sum equal to one-half of the total sum to be expanded on said Road, be contributed by private subscription. Voted to take up Art. 29 in,connection with this article, under which -it was voted that the sum of five thousand dollars be added 68 to the amount asked for for the repairs on Roads, said sum to be expended for the purpose of keeping a truck and repair crew on the roads for eight months in the year. • 4 Voted that the Selectmen be authorized to place Liability Insur ante on the School barges while used in -the performance of School duties. Art 6. To see if the 'Town will vote to authorize the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the,Selectmen, to borrow money in anticipation of the revenue of the current financial year. Voted that the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, be and hereby is authorized to borrow money in anticipation of the revenue of- the financial year begin- ning January 1st, 1920, 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 Unanimous. Art. 7. To see if the 'Town will vote to authorize the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to 'borrow money on and after January 1st, 1921, in anticipation of the revenue of tho financiaa year beginning January 1st, 1921. Voted that the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, be and hereby is-authorized to borrow money or: and after January 1st, 1921, in anticipation of the revenue; of the financial year beginning January 1st, 1921, and to issue a note or notes therefor payable within one year. Any debt or debts incurred under this vote to be paid from th, revenue of said financial year. Unanimous. Art. 8. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) toprovidefor the pay- meait of a note of the Town maturing in 1920. Voted to raise and appropriate $5,000.00 for this purpose. 69 Art. 9. ITo see if the Town will votes to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the proper observance of Memorial Day and to act fully thereon. Voted that the sum of three hundred dollars be raised and appropriated for this purpose and placed in the.hands oI the Barnstable Soldiers' Memorial Association. Art. 10. 'To see if the Town will vote to authorizes the Selectmen to make such leases as in their apinion_wiil.be for the best interest of the Town, and to confirm all],leases heretofore given. Voted that the Selectmen be so authorized. Art. 11. To see if the Town will vote to pay at the rate of fifty cents per hour for labor, and thirty-seven and one-half cents per hour for horse hire, �or to take any action in relation thereto and to act fully thereon. Voted to leave this matter in the hands of the Surveyor of Highways. Art. 12. To see if the Town will vote to increase the salaries of the,Selectmen, Assessors and Overseers of the Poor, or to take any action in relation thereto and to act fully thereon. Voted to pay the following salaries:. Selectmen $900.00 per year each Assessors 600.00 per year each Overseers of the Poor 200.00 per year each Art. 19. To see if the Town wI% vote to raise and appropriate, or issfle its notes, bonds or script for the sum of$12,560.04 for the purpose of completing the Cotuit and Marstons Mills road, or take any action in relation thereto and to act fully thereon. (By (Road Committee.) Art. 14. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, or -issues its notes, bonds or script,for the.sum of $37,500.00 for the f 40 purpose of completing the Osterville and West Barnstable road or take any action in relation thereto and d to act fully thereon. (By Road Committee.) It was voted to take up these two articles together and while acting under them it was.voted that the Town borrow the sum of Fifty thousand dollars for the purposes men- tioned in these two articles and that the Treasurer, witi+ the approval of at least a majority of the Selectmen, be and hereby is authorized to issue Notes of the Town therefor. payable within five years. The rate of interest and othae details to be left to the discretion of the Treasurer and tl:e Board of Selectmen. -Unanimous. Art. 15. To see if the Town will vote to accept the deed of the lot -of land adjoining the Town Office lot on !Main Street in the Village of Hyannis; the purchase price having been paid by a can: mittee of the Hyannis Board of Trade, or take any action in relation thereto and to act fully thereon. (By request.) Voted not to accept the above mentioned deed. Art. 16. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the, Selectmen to sell the buildings on the hand of the Town on the south side of Main Street in the Village of+Hyannis, or make such other disposi- tion of such buildings as they may deem best, or take any action in relation thereto and to act fully thereon. (By request.) Indefinitely postponed. Art. 17. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to convey to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts certain land be- longing to the Town and situated in that part of said Town known as Hyannis, in consideration of the conveyance of a like area by said Commonweailth to•the Town, the purpose of said conve an. being to straighten the boundary line between the land of thn. :Commonwealth occupied by the State Normal School buildings and land belonging to said Town, or take any action in relation thereto and to act fully thereon. (By request). Indefinitely postponed. 71 Art. 18. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum not exceeding $200,000.00_or to borrow the same, and issue its notes, .bonds or script therefor, for the purpose of building a Town Hall, and Office Building on the Town lot-on the south side of Main -Street in the Village; of Hyannis, or take any action in relation thereto and to act fully thereon. ('By request.) A motion to appropriate $185,000.00 for this purpose, $5,000.00 by direct taxation and $180,000.00 to be borrowed' was not carried. The vote being Yes 226; No 198. A motion to raise and appropriate $1.25,000.00 for an offiec. building, $5,000.00 by direct taxation and $120,000.00 to be borrowed was not carried. The vote being Yes 9, No 227. Art. 19. To see if the. Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for, and to elect a Director for the Cape Cod Parin Bureau as authorized by Sections 1 and 5, Chapter 273; Acts of the Massachusetts Legislature of 1918. Voted,to raise $500.00 for this purpose and John Bursley was elected a Director from the Town of Barnstable. Art. 20. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum not to exceed $1,000.00 for the,purpose of buying books for the several libraries in Town, said sum -to be placed in the hands of a committee of citizens, to be'distributed among the severall• libraries, as seems to the committee to be just and equitable, or take any ae- ti•on in relation thereto and to act-fully thereon. (By request). Voted to raise the sum of $1,000.00 for this purpose. r Art. 21• To see if the Town will vote to.raise and appropriate the sum of $500.00 to be expended by thei Selectmen or the Board of Health, in accordance with Section 1, Chapter 72, of the Acts of 1911, for Public Health Nursing,Service to be rendered in the 'Town of Barnstable; or take any action in relation thereto and to act fully thereon. Voted to raise the sum of $500.00 for this purpose. 72 Art. 22. To see if the Town willl vote to authorize the Selectmen .to indemnify the Commonwealth of Massachusetts against any and all claims or demands for land and grade damages which may re- sult from the layout, widening and construction on Main Street in the Village of Hyannis between Ocean Street and Winter Street, or take any-action in relation thereto and to act fully thereon. Voted that the Selectmen be so authorized. Art. 23. To see if the Town will vote to.raise and appropriate a sum not to exceed $500.00 to purchase Qand, suitable for a public dumping ground in the Village of Hyannis, or take any action in relation thereto and to act fully thereon. (By request.) Voted to raise the sum of five hundred dollars for this purpose. Art. 24. To see if the Town will vote -to raise and appropriate such sum of money as may.be necessary for the building of-a public wharf in the Village of Barnstable, in addition to the amount al, ready appropriated and-choose'a committee to have the, matter in charge, or take any action in relation thereto and to act fully thereon. (By request). Voted to lay this article on the table. Art. 25. To see if the Town will vote to request,the Selectmen to take up the matter of the elimination of the grade crossing, known as "Ministers Crossing" in the Village of Barnstable, on the Hyannis Road, with the Railroad Commissioners, or take any ac- Lion in relation thereto and to'act fully thereon. ('By request.) Voted that the Selectmen be authorized to take up this matter with the proper authorities. Art. 26. To see if the Town will request the Surveyor of High- ways--to repair and harden the road leading from :the bridge to.the Common Fields and Town Landing at the shore, or take any action in reflation thereto and to act fully thereon. '(By request.) Voted that the Surveyor of Highways be so requested. 73 Art. 27• To see if the Town will vote to pay a bounty on wood- chucks, and raise! and appropriate such sums as may be necessary for that purpose, or take any action in relation thereto and to, act fully thereon. (By request.) Indefinitely postponed. AM. 28. To see if the Town will vote to purchase a new engine, or other motive power, for use at Grand Island Bridge to improve the workirvg of the draw, and raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money for the same, or take any action in relation thereto and to act fully thereon. (By request.) Voted to raise the sum of five hundred dollars for this purpose. Art. 29. To see if the Town will request its Surveyor of High- ways -to employ "Full-time ;Section Men" to care for thei repairs on highways, and to raise and appropriate a sum of money therefor, or take any action in reflation thereto and 'to act fully thereon. (By request.) Disposed of under Article 5.. Art. 30• To see if the Town will vote to accept the report of the Selectmen on the :petition to lay-out, locate or locate anew the road in Hyannis, beginning near the Depot at southeast corner of the Clark lot, occupied by -L. P. Wilson, on north side of Main Street, and running northerly to the! County road from said Hyan- nis to Barnstable, and to raise and appropriate a sum of money therefor, or take any action in relation thereto and to act fully thereon. Voted to raise the sum of seven hundred and.fifty dollars for this purpose. Art. 31. 'To see if the town will adopt A. commission form of government, with a Town Manager, or take any action in ro'lation thereto and to act fully thereon. (By request.) Indefinitely postponed. E-6 74 Art. 32. To see if the Town will vote to refund to the fish peddlers in the Town of Barnstable the amount of .money paid b:; them for licenses to peddle fish in said Town for the year 1916, or take any action in relation-thereto and to act fully thereon. (By request.) Voted to adopt this article and that the sum of one hun- dred and fifty dollars be raised for this purpose. Art. 33. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to be expended for athletic purposes at the Barn stable High School, or take any action in relation thereto and to act fully thereon. (By .request.) Voted to raise the sum of fifteen hundred dollars for this purpose and place the same in the hands of the Park Com- missioners. Art. 34. To see if the Town wiQd vote. to, accept a deed from Jahn D. W. Bodfish of two acres of beach on Sandy,Neck, and raise and appropriate a sum of money for the Park -Commission to ua7) in connection therewith, or take any action in relation thereto'and to act fully thereon. (By request.) Voted that the deed of land .from John D. W. BodfisN! as set forth in this Article be accepted, and that the sum of five hundred dollars be raised and appropriated .for the use of the Park Commission in connection therewith or otherwise as said Commission deems best. It was also voted that a rising vote of thanks be extended to Mr. Bodfish for his generosity in donating the above land. Art. 35• To see if the Town will vote to amend Section 1, Ar title 3 of the By laws so as to read as follows: The Selectmen shall meet at the Town'Office on each:Monday.for-the purpose of drawing orders and approving bills as is hereinaftem provided, and shall remain in session from 9 a. in. until 3 p. in. Voted that this Article be adopted. 75 Art. 36. To see if the Town wiad vote to authorize the,Selectmen to indemnify the+.Commonwealth,af Massachusetts against any and all claims or demands for land and grade damages, which may,re- suit from the lay-out and construction of any State Highway that may .be laid+ out, contracted for or built in the town of Barnstable In the year 1920, and to act fully thereon. Voted that the Selectmen be so authorized. Art. 37. To see if the Town will vote to approve the action of the .Selectmen in closing out the appropriation accounts of 1919. Voted that this Article be adopted. Voted that the Town Constable business for the ensuing year be given to William A. Bearse for,One Hundre.1 Dollars. During the Meeting the Moderator spoke a few words is memory of our late townsman, Mr. Edward L. Chase, who had bcen so prominent in Town Meeting for many year and asked all those present to stand until the drop of th gavel as a token of respect to his memory. Later it was voted that a Committee of three be ap- pointed to draw up resolutions on the death of Mr. Chase. The following were appointed: Capt. C. L. Barry, Messra John Bursley and Edgar W. Lovell. Voted that the thanks of the meeting and the sum of twenty dollars be extended to the Moderator for his very efficient services. Voted to adjourn at two o'clock. ' Attest: CLARENCE M. CHASE, Town Clerk 7s SPECIAL TOWN MEETING COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS Barnstable, ss• To either of the Constables of the Town of Barnstable in the County of Barnstable, Greeting In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby directed to_notify and warn the inhabitants of said Town, qualified to vote in 'Elections and in Town affairs, to meet at the Town House in said Barnstable on Thursday, the Twenty-ninth day of July nest, .at two o'clock ini the afternoon, then and there to act on the following articles: Art. 1. To choose a Moderator to preside'at said meeting. Amt. 2. To see if the. Town will vote'to raise and appropriate the sum of twelve, thousand dollars, or to borrow the, same, and is- sue its notes, bonds or script therefor, the same to be, used for the purpose of carrying out-the decree of the County Commissioners as to the widening of'Main Street in the Village of Hyannis, or to take ally a(Ai•un ill lC-lfal1•V'ti tileA ctV caiiil t'G <��,t fully tai�rciii. Art. 3. 'To see if the Town will vote, to raise and appropriate, or issue its notes, bonds or script payable, within one year, the sum of $1,500.00 to. be used for lbuilding Parker road (so called) ir. the Village of Ost•erville, providing the sum of $1,500.00 is obtained by subscription, or to take any action in-relation thereto and to act fully thereon. Art. 4. 'To see if the, Town will vote to accept the, deed of the lot of land adjoining thei Town Office Ilot on -Main street in the Village of Hyannis, or to take any action in relation thereto and to act fully thereon. (By request.) Art. 5. To see if the Town will vote to give the,District Nurse Association the use o,f any part -of the Town Office building, barn and shed, -on the Town lot in Hyannis, which is not now'being used for Town purposes, or take any action -in relation thereto and to act fully thereon. (By request.) 77 Art. 6. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $750.00 for purpose of paying :for labor on snow, or to take any action in regiation thereto and to act fully thereon. Art. 7. To see if the 'Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $250.00 for purpose of paying for labor on fires, or take any action in relation thereto and to act fully thereon. Art. 8. To see if the Town will vote to accept the report of the Selectmen as to the layout of a road in thei Village of Hyannis, beginning near the railroad •crossing at 'Main street and running northwesterly to the Hyannis-Barnstable county road, or take any action in relation thereto, and to act fully thereon. And you are directed to serve this Warrant by posting up attested copies thereof at each and every postofficea district, and by publish- ing the ,:same in the Barnstable Patriot, a newspaper printed in said Town, seven days at least before the time of holding sari meeting. Hereof fail not, and make due return :of this, Warrant, with your ' doings thereon, to the Town Clerk, at the time and places of meet- ing, as aforesaid. Given under our hands this sixteenth day of July in the year of -our Lard one thousand nine hundred and twenty. E'DGA:R. W. LOViELL, - HOWARD N. PARKER, WILLIA'M LOVE!LL, Selectmen of Barnstable A true copy. Attest: WTLLIAM A. 'BEARSEf,-0onstable In accordance with the foregoing Warrant about on, hundred and fifty Voters met at the Town House at. thc: time mentioned in the Warrant. The meeting was called to order by the Town Clerk at two o'clock and the Warrant read. , 78 AJRaTICIN, 1 Dr. Edward C. Iiinckley was unanimously elected Mod- erator and sworn by the Clerk. The following tellers were appointed and sworn by the Moderator: T. F. Phinney, S. Fremont Crocker and J. Milton Leonard. ARTICLE 2 y Voted that the Town borrow the sum of $12,0.00.00 for " the purpose mentioned in this article and that the Treasurez, with the approval of at least a majority of the Selectmen be authorized to issue notes of the Town therefor, payable within ten years. The rate of interest and other details to be left to the discretion of the Treasurer and the Board of Selectmen. Yes 104, No 0. ARTICLE 3 Voted that this article be adopted and that the, Town borrow the sum of $1,500.00 for the purpose mentione,l . herein and that the Treasurer, with the approval of at least a majority of the Selectmen be authorized to issue a note of the Town therefor, payable within one year. The rat; of interest•and other details to be left to the discretion or the Treasurer and the Board of Selectmen. Yes 115, No OP. ARTICLE 4 Voted that the Town accepts unconditionally the gift o a certain parcel of land from Edward L. Chase and others said parcel being that described in a deed to the Towi?. dated November 10th, 1919, and recorded at the Registry of Deeds in Book 363, page 61, which deed is formally ac- cepted and the action of the Town Building Committee in receiving and recording the deed is approved and ratified. 79 The Clerk is hereby authorized and directed to convey the thanks of the Town to. Edward L. Chase and to each of those contributing to this gift by furnishing them a copy of this vote. Unanimous. ARTICLE 5 Voted that this article be adopted. ARTICLE 6 Voted that the sum of $750.00 be 'raised and appropriated for the purpose mentioned in this article. ARTICLE 7 Voted that the sum of $500.00 be raised and appropriated for the purpose mentioned in this article. ARTICLE 8 Voted to accept the report of the Selectmen as read. (See Book 12, page 441)-. There being no further business the meeting adjourned at 2.20 P. M. Attest: CLARENCE M. CHASE, Town Clerk l 80 SPECIAL TOWN MEETING COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS Barnstable, ss. To either of the Gonstables .,of the Town 'of Barnstable in the County of Barnstable, Greeting In the name of the Commonwealth of ,Massachusetts, you are hereby directed to notify and warn the inhabitants 'of said Town, qualified to vote in Elections and in Town affairs, to meet at the Town House in said B-arnstable on Wednesday, the Twenty-seventh day of October next, at two o'clock in the afternoon, then and there to act on the following articles: Art. 1. To choose a 'Moderator to preside at said meeting. Art. 2. To see if the Town will vote to issue a note or notes for a sum not to.exceed two thousand dollars payable within one year from date, the same to be used for support of poor, or to take' any action thereto and to act fully thereon. Art. 3. 'To see if the Town will vote to issue a note, or notes for a sum not to,exceed three thousand dollars payable within one year frc,m date the - c t o 'be ^u for Ild Gthers' ��'.,.,.....,. uo�. ti+u, or take a11J' al;tlUll ' thereto' and to, act fully thereon. Art. 4. To see, if the town will vote to issue' a note.or notes for the sum not to exceed one, thousand doillars payable within one year from date, the same to be used-as a contingent fund, or take any action thereto and to act fully thereon. Art. 5. 'To see if the town will vote to issue a note -or notes for a sum not to exceed two thousand five hundred dollars .payable within one year from date, the same to bei used for the purpose of ' draining the road in Hyannis leading from (Main street, near the Railroad crossing to the Barnstable-Hyannis road, or take an-:, action thereto and to act fully thereon. (By request.) And you are directed to serve this Warrant by posting up'attested copies thereof at each,and every postoffice district, and by publish- ing the same in the Barnstable Patriot, a newspaper printed in said Town, .seven days at least before the time of holding said meeting. 81 Hereof fail not, and make due return of this; Warrant, with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk, at the time and place of meet- ing, as aforesaid. Given under our hands this sixteenth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and twenty. E'D'GAR W. LOVELL, HOWARD N. PARKER, WILLIAM LOVE'LL, Selectmen -of Barnstable A true copy. Attest: HOWARD E. BEAR-SSE, Constable Barnstable, ss. October 27, 1920 Pursuant to the foregoing Warrant, I have notified and warned the inhabitants of,the Town of Barnstable by post- ing up attested copies of the same at each and every pre- cinct and by publishing the saine in the Barnstable Patriot seven days before the date hereof as within directed. HOWARD E. BEARSE, Constable of Barnstable - Barnstable, October 27, 1920, and the return thereon. A true copy of the Warrant. Attest: CLAREN�E M. CHASE, Town Clerk Pursuant to the foregoing Warrant about twenty voters met at the Town House at the time mentioned. The rueet- ing was called to order by the Town Clerk and the Warrant read. 82 ARTICLE 1 Under this article J. Milton Leonard was elected Modera- tor and sworn by the Clerk. He appointed A. G. Guyer and W. A. Jones as tellers. ARTICLE 2 It was voted to appropriate the sum of $2,000.00 for this purpose from the surplus revenue. ARTDULE 3 It was voted to appropriate the sum of $3,000.00 for this purpose from the surplus revenue. ARTICLE 4 - It was voted to appropriate the sum of $1,000.00 for this purpose from the surplus revenue. ARTICLE 5 Under this article it was voted that the Town borrow the sum of $2,500.00 for the purpose of constructing a drain to abate the nuisance which exists on the premises men- tioned in this article, and that the Treasurer, with the ap- proval of at least a majority of the Board of Selectmen, be and hereby is authorized to, issue a note or notes of the Town therefor payable within one year. The rate of inter- est and other details to be left to the discretion of the Treasurer and the Board of Selectmen. Unanimous. There being no further business it was voted to adjourn at 2.11 o'clock. Attest: CLARENCE M. CHASE, Town Clerk. 83 BIRTHS P, Births recorded in the Town of Barnstable for the year 1920, with the name, place of birth and Christian name of parents: j Jan. 4. Kenneth Lynwood Snow. iCotuit, Herbert L. and Helen K. Jan. 4. Frank Allen Nikula, Weist Barnstable, Martin and Rosa. Jan. 5. John Lawrence Corcoran, Hyannis, John L. and 'Florence R. Jan. 9. Lawrence Albert Brown, Craigville, Wilbert L. and 'Marion F. Jan. 13. Walfrid Wichtor Huhtanen, Hyannis, Jaakko S. and Helka G. Jan. 16. Mary Long, Hyannis, Arthur ,C. and 'Eleanor. Jan. 19. John Piva 'Lema, Jr., West Barnstable, John P. and Mary L. Jan. 21. 'Oliver May Hinckley, Hyannis, Curtis B. and Emily F. Jan. 21. (Stillborn) Jan. 21. Harry Neilo Atwood, West Barnstable, Neilo and 'Marie. Jan. 24. Willia.ni Alexander Banks, Osterville, John and Alexen- driana. Jan. 25. (Stillborn) Jan. 25. 'Zilpha Rose Wright, Osterville, Preston A. and Teresa Feb. 3. John Rosary Pina, ,Marstons IMills, John B. and'Margare!. Feb. 5. Rose Eilizabeth Savery, Cotuit, George H. and Louisa A. Feb. 11. Edna May Coville, -Cummaquid, Arthur M. and Minnie. Feb. 12. (Stillborn) Feb. 12. (Stillborn) Feb. 13. (Stillborn) Feb. 22. Martha Arlene Robinson, Hyannis, Nathaniel H. and Ruth T. Feb. 27. Nellie :Mabel Luce, Hyannis, Irvil G. and Aroline L. Mar. 1. Dorothy May Bystrom, Osterville, John P. and Anna'A. 1 - 84 Mar. 7. Doris Elizabeth Duffin, Osterville, Arthur J. and Jessie A. Mar. 7. •Barbara Hinckley, Osterville, Herbert L. and Gwendolyn L. Mar. 8. Willis Hinckley Leonard; Osterville, Burleigh D. and Jessie. Mar. 10. Vaseleos,'George Tsiknas, Hyannis,George E. and Mary G. Mar. 10. Mary Maud Wyman, Osterville, Arthur M. and Mary E. Mar. 11. Vivian Bernice 'Purdy, Barnstable, Frank H. and Ethel. -Mar. 15. Emily Hall Pierce, Marstons Mills, William B. and Helen Mar. 28. Louise Price Hardy, Hyannisport, Frank H. and Anna. Mar. 29. 'Burton Pryor Hardy, Hyannisport, Frank H. and Anna. Mar. 29.- Hardy, Hyannisport, Frank H. .and Anna. Mar. 29. Harold Francis 'George, Barnstable, Anthony and Helen (E. Apr. 1. Gladys Marae Cotelle, Hyannis, Lauren E. and Lula 'M. Apr. 3. ,Miriam Helen 'Ruska, Barnstable, Charles W. and Selma. Apr. 6. Marilyn S'tarck, Centerville, Eric A. and Margarilda L. Ayr. 8. Francis juixu:5 Allure, vsturyiiie, Francis D. and Daisy E Apr. 13. Augustus Oliver Hazelton, Hyannis, James B. and Lillian. Apr. 16. Helen Panesis, Hyannis, Spiro and Anna. Apr. 18. John Thomas Lewis, Osterville, Owen B. and Mary E. Apr. 21. Virginia Sarah Crocker, South Hyannis, Timothy and !Mary A Apr. 29. Dennis 'Thomas, West Barnstable, 'Manuel M. ;and Rosa May 4. Harry Grosvenor Long, Hyannis, 'Edwin F. and Edith F. May 4. Alden Belmont Chiilds, Jr., West Barnstable, Alden B. and Fannie C. May 12. Roger Lewis Hamblin, Marstons 'Mills, Charles L. and Mary M. o May 20. Martin Wirtanen, Jr., West Barnstable, Martin and Jenny. May 24. Hilda Maria Arttaimeine, West Barnstable, Henry and Jda. 85 May 25. Ruth Lillian Renkainen, New Bedford, John and 'Mary. May 26. (Illegitimate) June 1. Aline 'Lema, West Barnstable, 'Manuel and Mary. June 2. Lucette Janine Perry, C'entervillle,!Myron H,and Marie C. June 2. Frances Deaver Lapham, -Osterville, Franklin T. and Beatrice E. June 2. Dana Williamson, Centerville, John and Hilda. June 10. Norman Richard Donahue, Centerville, John J. and Jessie. .1 June 10. 'Barbara Dunham, Cotult, Prank W. and Doris E. June 15. Harriett Evelyn B,odflsh, Hyannis, John D. W. and Louie E. June 16. Edward Lamp!, West Barnstable, 'Thomas A. and Anna. June 16. Richard Westley Pinson, Osterville, Horace E. and Lil- lian G. June 17. PhySlis Althea Carter, West Barnstable, John E. and ;Martha S. June 18. F•rank Burton 'Bearse, Barnstable, Omer 'B. and Abbie K. June 18. Olavi Victor Wiinikainen, West Barnstable, Otto and Mlina. June '25. Shirley Louise .Aharan, Hyannisport, James R. and Blanche iM. June '29. Jessie Percivile Harlow, Santuit, John P. and Agnes A. June 29. 'Pearce Kent, Barnstable, Harrison E. and Ann. 1 June 30. Barbara Rose Doane, Osterville, Robert H. and Lillian R. June 30. Joseph Peter Cabral, Santuit, John P. and Mary G. July 3. Martha-Jane Thacher, Hyannis, Edward C. and Annie M. July 4. Manuel Fernando, West Barnstable, Conrad and Mary. July 7. 'Beverly Ryder, 'Cummaquid, Carleton I. and Isabella F. July 23. Jean Atwood, Hyannis, Danlell L. and 'Lillian W. July 23. Prescott Hayes Fish, West Barnstable, Preston H. and Beatrice G. July 28. Burlingame, Cotult, James H. and Ouida N. July 28. 'Barbara_Bates, Hyannis, E•lbridge 'B. and Gladys E. 86 July 29. Margaret:Mary Murphy, Hyannis, Richard B. and Alice T. Aug. 2. Sherman Neil Crocker, Marstons Mills, 'Lauchlan !M. and Wilhelmena W. Aug. 2. David Gordon iFhller, Osterville, Walter I. and Esther. Aug. 3. 'Donald Francis Handfield, Barnstable, Adolph and Eliza- beth. Aug. 4. 'Gorham Walker Hinckley, Barnstable, Charles H. and Jessie. Aug. 15. 'Ida Teresa Cash, Barnstable, Arthur and Alice. Aug. 16. Mabel Roderick, West Barnstable, Manuel and Louise. Aug. 19. 'Mary Della Adams, Osterville, Thornton R. and Mar- garetta P. Aug. 20. John Freeman Perry, Marstons Mills, Benjamin and Mary Aug. 29. 'Edwards Burks Nickerson, Barnstable, .Nathan C. and Hazel. Aug. 29. Ruth Evelyn 'Kelley, Hyannis, Dexter and Hilda H. Aug. 29, Tyyne Eisther Imberg, Hyannis, George N. and Ida P. Sept. 1. William Freeman Bettencourt, Hyannis, :Myron G. and Alice. Sept. 1. Walter Kenneth Marsh, Cotuit, Charles W. and May. Sept. 9. (F"rances Howard iSturgis, Barnstable, Howard 'S and Frances. ,Sept.12. Basial ;Mathew Peters, 'Cotuit, Richard L. and Eweline 'M.- Sept.14. Henry Fredbush Johnson, Centerville, John and Selma. Sept.14. :Muriel Elimbeth Chase, Cotuit, Harold C. and Dorothy H Sept.16. iMary Elizabeth Gardner, Hyannis, William F. and Hazel M. Sept. 25. Bernard Campbell ,McQuade, Ostervi➢le, John and Mar. garet. Sept.25. Edith Abbie Kelley, Hyannis, Zenas H. and Mary E. • Sept.27. Harold Alfred Wirtanen, West Barnstable, Elmer E. and W ilhelmina. Oct. 1. (Russell Eric Starck, Centerville, G. Russell and Anna B. Oct. 9. Robert Crocker Rankin, Osterville,George R. and Fuca E. 87 Oct. 12. 'Rosemary Scudder, Osterville, Stuart F. and Marie. Oct. 20. Jane Joseph, Osterville, (Manuel and Margaret. Oct. 21. Joseph Edwin Johnson, West B•arnstablle-, Henry and J Rosa M. Oct. 23. Mary Catherine Cross, Osterville, Robert F. and Annie F. Oct. 29. Marjorie Janet West, iOotuit, Henry J. and :Mary Ann. Nov. 3. Manuel Robello, -Cotuit, Antone IB. and Mary. Nov. 3. Victor 1Robello, Cotuit, Antone B. and Mary. ,Nov. 17. Esther Rolse 'Malchman, Hyannis, iSamued and Minnie A. a Nov. 18. Donald Francis Jones, Catuit, Wilton F. and Lillian F. Nov. 21. Kathleen Alice Lovell, Marstons !Minds, Winfred B. and ;Mary A. Nov. 22. Wilma Ellene Blagden, Hyannis, William R. and Clora ' IM. Nov. '24. Marilyn Boes'se, Hyannis, Dewey D. and 'Maud B. Nov. 30. 'Barbara Francis Lindsay, Hyannis, Benjamin F. and Doris H. Dec. 5. Norman Earl Sanborn, Cotuit, George F. and :Minnie A. Dec. 14. Gertrude Virginia Grew, Barnstable,Ernest W. and Eva L. Dec. 15. Charles James Kelley, Hyannis, Charles J. and 'Mary F. Dec. 16. Niilo Valentin 'Rosen!g.re n, 'Centerville, Alfred and Ain!. Dec. 24. Elleianor Francis Eldredge, Chatham, Edwin F. and Family W. Dec. 24. Gertrude Pauline Libby, 'Barnstable, Albert P. and Edith G. .. Dec. 24. Josephine Pino, M:arstons 'Mulls, _Charles and Mary. Dec. 25 (IStillb-orn) Dec. 26. William Thomas Whiteley, Jr., Osterville, Wpm. T.'and Helen M•.. Dec. 31. Frances Weston Gifford, Cotuit, Herbert W. and Sadie M. 88 MARRIAGES Marriages recorded in the Town of Barnstable for the year 1920: `* ' Jan. 2. Stuart Franklin Scudder of Osterville and Marie Adams. of Osterville. Jan. 5. 'Edward Henry Foley of iCotuit and Gertrude Mary Fallon of Waverley. Jan. S. Rasmus Christian Klimm of Hyannis :and Johanna Grace Butler of Hyannis. Jan. 19. Preston Fish of Hartford, Conn., and Beatrice Bearse of Cotuit. Jan. 31. Hugo Icidor Persson of -Centerville and Hannah Maria Poulson of West Somerville. Feb. 3. Lauren 'Ellsworth Cotell,of Hyannis and Lula .Mari•e. Pye of West Barnstable. Feb. 16. -William Thomas Whiteley of Oisterville and Helen Redihan of Providence, 1R.. I. Feb. 17. Winfred B. Lovell of 'M'arstons Mills and Mary Fraters of MarstonsMills. Mar. 1. Wallace Ryder, Jr. of Cotuit and Marjorie, Lovell Bowen . .of Hyanniu. Mar. 4. George Walter -Sturges of Hyannisport and Charlot'e Frances Cahoon of West Chatham. Mar. 20. Albert Henry Robbins of Hyannis and Nettie Blanche . Walker of Eastham. Mar. 28. Nathan Ellis Roscoe).of Hyannis and Tina Golden of Hyannis. Mar. 31. Thomas Nutley of Harwich and Inez- Ann MacCallum (Cahoon) of South Brewster. Apr. 24. Wilson Scott Scudder of Osterville arid. Mildred Lewis Fish-er of Cotuit. May 8. Halmer Call of Centerville and Selma Johansson of Cen- tervIlle. May 29. Frank E. N. Brown of Hyannis and Adeline Fulton of Provincetown. 89 May 29. John Peter Swenson of Centerville and Lucy 'Emeline ' Perry of Centerville. May 31. -Andrew Carlson of West Barnstable and Beatrice Bod- �' fish -of West Barnstable. June 2. 'Ernest -O. Dottridge, Jr. .of Cotuit and Lila Belle Childs of Cotuit. June 9. Patrick Joseph Halloran of Roxbury .and Estella Mary Childs of Centerville. .dune 16. Joseph 'Michael Stanton of Franklin and Cynthia Turner of Franklin. June 17. Samuel 'Malchman of Orleans and Minnie Pearlstein of Hyannis. June 21. Gharles Henry Brown of Osterville and Alice Mildred Sleeper (Lindsey) of 'Brookline. June 29. Leo Anthony Childs of C'entervillle and Marion Barbara, Chase of Hyannis. July 5. David Davis Grew,of Falmouth and Elizabeth Hall Stiff of Hyannis. July 13. Wilton Francis Jones of. Cotuit and Lillian Florence Bavery of Cotuit. Aug.. 4. Benjamin Page Bakewell of Pittsburgh, Pa. and Esteille Lytle Dunn -of New York City. Aug. 9. 'Edward D'Arcy of -St. Louis, Wo. and -Mary L. Blanchard of St. Louis, !Mo. Aug. 14. John Loring Gib'by of Revere and Nellie Eliza Hamblin of Warst•ons Mills. Aug. 21. 'Theodore Henry Dewhirst of Groveland and Helen Eliza beth Linvell of Hyannisport. Aug. 25. Horace F. Goodspeed of Cotuit and S. Eleanor Lander of -Campello. Aug. 28. Oscar Linwood Chadwick of Osterville and Helen Ruth Whiteley of Osterville. Aug. 29. Jesse 'Murray of Osterville and Christine Riedell of Plymouth. Sept. 6. William Souza Condinho of Santuit and Mary Sousa of Santuit. B-+1 90 Sept. 7. Joseph Allen 'Dixon of Centerville and Claudia Florence Ross of.Centerville. Sep',t. 7. Parker 'Sears of Hyannis and Belle 'Richmond Baxter of Hyannis. Sept.11. Ajsa. Franklin B. Parker of Cotuit and Florence Peck of Liberal, Mo. Sept.12. James Kalos -of Ostervill6 and .Mary T. Gutga of Ipswich. Sept 13. .Carl Wallace 'Soule of Bridgewater and Maude Allen Weeks of 'Marstons•'Mills. Sept.14. ,,William ,S.ICoffin of New York-City and Catherine Butter- field of New York City. Sept,14 ,13oscoe.: Conklin Chase of West Harwich and Bertha Susanna Frantz of Allentown;"Pa. Sept..19. Joseph Walter Sherman of Orleans_ and Ethel Wharton Rogers of Orleans. _ Sept.28. Stephen Swift Richards of Carver and 'Linda Agnes Bearse of Santuft. Oct.'. 4. Uharries Franklin 'Marr of Osterville- and Isabel Franklin' Lewis lot Osterville. Oct. 9. James H. Parks of Sandwich and Lelia M.,E list of Oster- ville. Oct. 9. Edwin Carl•Lagergren of Osterville 'and Nancy Niel -of Malden. Oct. 24: Gustavus Pelis Cowett of Mashpee and Oara Hendricks of 'Mashpee. Oct. 27. Benjamin Franklin iSears of Cotuit and Amelia Howes (Sturges) Gifford -of Cotuit. Oct. 27. Seth Collins of Waquoit and Marion Louise Harlow of Cotuit. Nov. 1. Walter J. Sugden -of Hyannis and :Mabel A. Cram of Hyannis. Nov. 6. !Manuel 'Enos Frazier of Santuit and Mary C. Ca'brad of Osterville. Nov. 13. Albert Francis Fitzgerald of Portland, Me. and Laura Kelley Robbins of Yarmouth. Nov. 22. Edward Marston Harding of 'Barnstable and Catherine Dolan of (Medford. r 91 Nov. 24. Joseph James Barry of Osterville and Elizabeth 'Mar- garet Neilan of Providence, iR. I. N•ov. 25. 'Malcolm iCrosby of Osterville and Alta Eldridge Battles of Middleboro. Nov. 27. Raymond Spencer iSinnett of Marstons Mills and Mary Eliza Crocker of Newtown. Dec. 2. Hurry Eldridge of Hyannis and Catherine Whalen of Hyannis. Dec... 6. Ulifton W. 'Ellis of Yarmouth and Emily Souza of Oster- ville. Dec. 14. Lucius Kingman Paine of Hyannisport and Alice M. (Smith) Haywood of Harwich. Dec. 15. Ralph Winthrop 'Rowland of 'Somerville and Cecile Mar guelri•be Taylor of Hyannis. Dec. 23. Benjamin Perry of Marstons Mills and 'Mary Fernandes of Marstons •Mills- Dec. 25. Wilton Bradford Crosby of Osterville and Lucy Ann Ellis- worth Sawyer of Middleboro. Dec. 27. Myron .Driffield 'Ryder of Cotuit and Kathryn Melissa Keim'pton of Falmouth. Dec. '29. Alfred Leslie Low of Hyannis and Lillian Mertis Chase of Hyannis. DEATIIS Deaths recorded in the Town of Barnstable for the year ,1920: Ja,n. 1. !Edward L. Chase, Hyannis, 61 y., 8 m., 22 d. Jan. 7. 'Paul Rogers, lCotuit, 21 y., 9 m., 26 d. Jan. 10. 'Rebecca Chase Paine (Wood), Hyannfsport, 80 y., 7 m., 1 d. ' Jan. 11. Agnes Walker (Gardner), Hyannis, 44 y., 3 d. Jan. 13. Julius Nickerson, Cotuit, 64 y., 3 m., 22 d. Jan. 14. Free Love Crowell (Lumbert), Barnstable, 82 y., 1 m., 28 d. s 92 Jan. 17. John A. Peak, Hyannis, 70 y., 4 m., 7 d. Jan. 21. (Stillborn), Jan. 25. ('Stillborn) Jan. 29. .Caroline �C. Hefler (Nickerson), Hyannis, 28 y., 27 d. Jan. 30. George H. Runnels, Barnstable, 44 y., 9 m., 27 d. Feb. 4. Thomas Crocker, Barnstable, 90 y., 4 m., 6 d. Feb. 7. Sadie Leadpont, Ostervvlle, 60 y. Feb. 8. Francis W. Holway, Hyannis, 88 y., 11 m., 15 d. Feb. 8. Joseph C Crocker, Hyannis, 88 y. Feb. 11. Olive Easterbrook E'asterbro-o'k (Hawes), Barnstable, 66 y., 11 m., 15 d. Feb. 12. (Stillborn) Feb. 12. (Stillborn) Feb. 13. Kostantina P'anesis (Marvoginis), Hyannis, 27 y. Feb. 13. (Stillborn) Feb. 15. Sarah Taylor Baker (Howes), Santuit, 86 y., 8 m., 7 d. Feb. 15. Roland G. Ashley, Osterville, 22 y., 18 d. Feb. 18. Ellen Maria Loring ('Stoodley), Barnstable, 78 y., 1 m., 4 d. Feb. 29. Ann Murphy (Burns), Barnstable,. 85 y. Mar. 2. Dliihu Loomis, Centerville, 96 y., 4 m., 18 d. ,Mar. 5. Gustavus Scudder, Cotuit, 75 y., 6 •m., 6 d. Mar. 14. Sarah C. Meiggs (Lumbert), Centerville, 84 y., 7 m., 6 d. Mar. 17. !Mary :S. Hallett (Childs), Hyannis, 86 y., 1 m., 17 d. Mar. 19. Jarvis Robinson Fisher, Cotuit, 92 y., 3 m., 10 d. Mar. 19. Persis S. Lehnert (Crocker), Marstons'Mills, 76 y., 11 m., 1 d. Mar. 20. John Thomas Xulvey, West Barnstable, 59 y., 3 m., 7 d. Mar. 29. (Infant) Hardy, Hyannisport, 3 hrs. Apr. 7. Marilyn Starck, Centerville, I d. - Apr. 12. Reginald P. Osborne, Hyannis, V y., 4 m., 4 d. Apr. 22. Anna Webb Bodfish,,Cotuit, '61 y., 1 m., 3 d. Apr. 2.5. Abbie J. iChilds (Bearse), Centerville, 86 y., 7 m., 12 d. 93 May 4. Eleanor E. Blossom ('Crowell), West Barnstable, 61 y., 4 m., 25 d. May 11. Harriet A. Lewis, 'Barnstable, 75 y. May 23. iSarah E. Hallett, Hyannis, 54 y. May 24. Adeline ,C. Baker (Howes), Hyannis, 80 y., 11 m., 15 d. June 1. Daniel Crosby, Osterville, 69 y., 3 m., 15 d. June 6. George-O. Goodspeed, :Marstons Mills, 59 y., 7 m. June 7. Edward F. Smith, Hyannis, 74 y., 6 m. June S. S'ylvanus F. Bodfish,,Barnstable, 77 y., 6 m., 10 d. - • June 12. Caroline H. Nye, Barnstable, 66 y., 11 m., 3 d. June 13. Amanda A. Rask (Keturi),_West Barnstable, 48 y., 5 m., 28 d. June 17. Charles H. Wall,ey, Hyannis, 81 y., 11 m. June 17. 'Carlton B. Nickerson, Cotuit, 74 y., 1 m., 29 d. June 17. Murtha A. Gorham, Barnstable, 91 y., 4 m., 2 d. June 26. Benjamin E. Cammett, Marstons'Mills, 62 y., 8 m., 25 d. July 4. Beverly Underwood, Attleboro, 1 y., 6 m., 6 d. July 6.. 'Ida M. .Menzies (Crowell), Centerville, 65 y., 7 m., 20 d. July 13. Frank H. Berry, Hyannis, 60 y. July 19. Mary Angeline George (Silva), Barnstable, 59 y., 10-m., 17 d. July 20. iMary F. Chasei (.Bearse), Hyannis,-87 y.' July 2.0. Pearce S. Kent, Barnstable, 21 d. July 28. Lottie Rand Clark (Edson), Barnstable, 44 y., 8 m., 16 d. Aug. 5. Caroline Smith (Carroll), Hyannisport, 83 y. Aug. 17. Eugene Henry Pearson, Chicago, Ill., 66 y., 2 in., 4 d. Aug. 22. 'Sarah 'B.. Nackley (Bcyd), Allston, 42 y. Aug. 26. Tryphosa G. Lewis (Clark), Centerville, 78 y., 5 d. Sept.10. Emelin M. Purdy, Barnstable, 2 y., 2 m., 1 d. Sept.1-4. !Martha Josephine Jenkins (Wh•elden), Barnstable, 78 y., 2 m., 26 d. Sept.16. 'William F. Adams, Osterville, 56 y., 11 m., 28 d. Sept.17. Samuel F. 'Syriala, Jr.,`Barnstable, 1 y., 4 m., 13 d. 94 Sept.22. Ira. L. Hinckley, Osterville, 68 y., '2 m., 28 d, S'ept.24. William Amasa Bearse, Hyannis, 37 y., 3 m., 28 d. rSept.28. Phillip Richardson, Hyannis, 79 y. ` Oct. 4. Henry.B. Sears, Centerville, 77 y., 7 m., 18 d. Oct. 5. Annie J. Crocker (McLean), Marstons 'Mills, 58 y., 5 1 d. Oct. 5. Sarah Helen Crosby (West), Osterville, 65 y., 8 m., 27 d. Oct. 7. Gladys Cotelle, West Barnstable, 6 m., 6 d. Oct. 9. '.Mary Jane Fish,West Barnstable, 75 y., 3 m., 5 d. Oct. 17. Clarence O. Howard, Barnstable, 74 y., 8 m., 8 d. Oct. .21. William Irving B-odiish, West Barnstable, 58 y., 7 m., 8 d. Oct. 26. E.meline F. Crocker (Fuller), West Barnstable-, 77 y., 20 d. Nov. 1. Herbert H. Crowell, 'Hyannis, 70 y., 3 •m. Nov. 6. (Infant) Hinckley, Hyannis, 2 minutes. Nov. 14. Andrew Bradford Gardner, Centerville, 82 y. Nov. 17. Sarah P. Sears (Crocker), Hyannis, 67 y., 3 m., 19 d. Nov. 20. George W. Childs, !Clotuit, 76 y., 11 m., 23 d. Nov. 20. Charles A. Baxter, Hyannis, 71 y., 8 m., 14 d'. Nov. 20. George H. Faller, Cotuit, 83 y., 11 m., 15 d. Nov. 30. Richard S. Handy, Cotuit, 8'5 y., 3 m., 3 d. Dec. 2. Bernard IC. Backus, Centerville, 44 y., 9 m., 17 d. Dec. 15. Mary. E. Newton (Nickerson), Hyannis, 58 y., 1 m., 20 d. Dec. 21. Whna iCa1•son, Barn-stable, 57 y. Dec. 25. (Stillborn) Dec. 26. Edward L. 'Chase, Jr., Hyannis, 35 y., 2 •m., 20 d. Dec. 27. Dennis C. iSturgis, Centerville, 96 y., 6 m., 23 d. Dec. 28. 'Florence E. Childs (Perry), Oaterville,29 y., 11 m., 11 d. Brought here for burial: Jan. 3. )Sarah Leavitt, Lynn, 62 y., 3 m., 2 d. Jan. 25. Ruth H. Crocker, New York, 18 y. Feb. 1. 'Roland Nickerson, Boston, 33 y., 6 m. 95 Feb. 15. Caroline. Billings, Providence, 59 y., 110 ,m., 28 d. Mar. 14. Isaiah M. Adams, Bourne, 80 y., 3 gym., 5 d. Apr. 3. Thomas H. H. Knight, Melrose, 518 y., 2 m. Oct. 26. William 'Johnson, Boston, 74 y., 2.m., 29 d. Dec. 7. Lillian 'M. Alfvin, Somerville, 41 y., �2r m., 3 d. CLARENCE M. CHASE, Town Clerk v • l REPORT OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE _ s To the Citizens of the Town of Barnstable:. We respectfully submit the following report on the Public Schools, prepared by the Superintendent and Secretary, for the year ending December 31, 1920. EDWARD C. HINCKLEY ALLEN CHADWICK JOHN E. HINCKLEY e ORGANIZATION OF THE SCHOOL BOARD _ Members iTerm E'xpires Residence Edward C. Hinckley 1922 Hyannis Allen Chadwick 1921 Osterville John E. Hinckley 1923 Barnstable G. H. Galger, Superintendent of Schools, Hyannis Office hours Evenings, 8 to 9; Saturdays, 1 to 4 and 8 to 9 P.M. Chairman of Board—Edward C. Hinckley. Secretary of Board—G. H. Galger, Tel. 71-3, Res. 408. 98 Auditing Committee—Edward C. Hinckley; Allen Chad- wick, John E. Hinckley. Committee on Examination of Teachers—Superintendent. Purchaser of Books, Apparatus and Supplies—Superia- tendent. Special Committee in Charge of School Buildings at Centerville and Hyannis—Edward C, Hinckley. Special .Committee in Charge of School Buildings at Barnstable, West Barnstable and Marstons Mills—John E. Hinckley. Special Committee in Charge of School Buildings,at Cotuit, Santuit and Osterville—Allen Chadwick. Committee on Transportation of Scholars to High Schools E. C. Hinckley, Allen Chadwick, John E. Hinckley. Attendance Officers—George A. Smith, Barnstable; Calvin Benson, West Barnstable; A. Seabury Childs, Cotuit and Santuit; W. B. Cammett, Marstons Mills; ..Geo. F. Hart, Hyannis; T. V. West, Centerville; Chester L. Baker, Oster- , ville. 0 CALENDAR, 1921 The High Schools begin January 10, 1921, and continue ]1 Weeks; April 4, 1921, and continue 13 weeks; the, fire s Tuesday after the first Monday in September, 1921, and continue 16 weeks. The Elementary Schools, unless otherwise ordered, begin January 10, 1921, and continue 11 Weeks; April 4, 1921, and continue 12 weeks; September 12, 1921, and continue 15 weeks. Calendar.subject to change. SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT, To the School Committee of Barnstable: In accordance with the rules of the School Committee I herewith submit my sixteenth annual report on the Public Schools, the same being the thirtieth in the series of superin- tendents' reports. SCHOOL BUILDINGS Repairs and Improvements Accomplished Under the heading "Repairs" are included expenditures for all repairs and additions of whatever nature, improve- ments to grounds,-janitors' supplies of all kinds, additional furniture, cleaning of buildings, etc. The larger expenditures were for painting at-Barnstable Village,. West Barnstable, Marstons Mills and Osterville, for shingling at Santuit, for a new pump and painting the • corridors at the Cotuif grammar school building, for a new central furnace and general repairs at the Training Schoo' and; for plumbing and general repairs at the Barnstable high school. Repairs and Improvements Needed It is not possible at the present time to specify the repairs likely to be needed the coming year. Judging from past experience they are likely to exceed present expectation. The situation as to overcrowding in the Barnstable High and in the Training School is unchanged, being neither 100 worse nor better than in the recent past. The question of increased accommodations is one for the townspeople to consider at the proper time. CHANGES IN THE TEACHING FORCE, 1920 Some fourteen or fifteen changes were made in the teach- ing force during the year; of these only, two were among the grade teachers, neither for financial reasons. It is pos sible that the fact that the most radical salary increaser were given the grade teachers had a bearing on this. Of the seven grammar school principals, all resigned, with the exception of Mr. Currier. These positions are most difficult to fill satisfactorily. They should be filled by men for the best results, yet with the exception of the Training School, none of them constitutes what might be considered "a man's job." To pay current salaries for men principals in these . positions would constitute an almost prohibitory expense and it would be difficult to get good candidates while the number of more attractive positions still exceeds the supply of desirable applicants. No immediate remedy for these unfortunate conditions is apparent. At Barnstable Village, Miss Wetherbee was succeeded by Miss Addie K. Forbes as principal; at West Barnstable, Mr. Pike by Mrs. Isadore Eldredge; at Marstons Mills, Miss Brown by Mr. Norman S. Tukey; at Cotuit, Mr. Johnson by Miss Ruth_ Chandler; at Osterville, Mrs. Eldredge by Miss Etta B. Trecartin,-and at Centerville, Miss Packard by Mr. Russell E. Tupper. Miss Mary Murray served acceptably as substitute teacher in the third and fourth grades at Osterville after the with- drawal of Marie A. Scudder, Miss Vernnette L. Perrin as- suming the position in the spring term. Miss M. Marie Goodrich succeeded in September Miss Oates, who had done excellent work in the primary grades for several years. The customary continuous performance in relation to change of teachers took place in the Barnstable- High 101 School. Miss Wyman, who resigned in January, was fol- lowed by Miss Decatur as substitute teacher, Miss Williams, later assuming the position. Miss Freeman, Miss Williams and Miss Smith resigned during the summer. Miss Decatur resumed the position vacated by Miss Williams, and Miss Alice 0. Dow was elected to Miss Freeman's position. Miss Eleanor S. Bourne was elected instructor in. Household _ Arts. Mr. Id, H. Flocken, sub-master, also resigned during the summer and Mr. Wm. H. 'Greeley, of Gloucester„ was chosen to fill this position. r Miss Irene H. Wilson, assistant teacher in the Elizabeth Lowell High School, resigned during the summer vacation. It proved impossible to secure a suitably equipped candi- date who would accept the position and the opening of the school was postponed a week in hope of securing such. It was found possible to secure temporarily the services of Miss Gertrude Handy, of Cotuit, who did most valuable work in the school during the fall term. 'Later, Miss Mary Hobbs, of Manchester, N. H., a graduate of Mt. Holyoke College, was elected to this position. In the Training School the vacancy caused by the resigna- tion of Miss Nichols in June, was temporarily filled by Mrs. J. DeW. Chase. Later, Miss Alma L. Tower was elected to the position. Some ten months' search for a competent supervisor of drawing who would accept the position proved unavailing, and it was finally decided to unite the positions of super- visor of drawing and supervisor of music. Mrs. Mabelle M. Boody, who had served several year's acceptably as super- visor of music, was elected to the new position.. 102 - LIST OF TEACHERS, JANUARY, 1921 Schools Teachers When Appointed Barnstable: Grammar Addie K. Forbes . Sept., D20 Intermediate Georgia W. Horr Oct., 1919 Primary Marion.F. McKinnon Sept., 19,18 West Barnstable.: Gramimar Isadore Eldredge Sept., 1.920 Intermediate Susie W. 'Merritt Mar., 1910 Primary Bertha IS. Weber Sept., 1911 Assistant Sylvia Atwood Sept., 1920 Marstons !M111s: Grammar Norman IS. 'Tukey Sept.; 1920 Primary.. Lillian G. 'Murdock Oct.. 1907 Cotuit: Elizalbeth Lowell High B. W. Sanderson :Sept., 1912 Eilizalbelth Lowell Higl Mary Hobbs Sepit., 1920 FAizalbeth Lowell Higr Mrs. B. W. Sanderson Nov., 1918 ,Grammar Ruth Chandler Sept., 1920 Intermediate Ethlene L. Winn Sept., 1919 Primary Christabel ;Snow Sept., 19,04 S-antuft: Caroline H. Warner Sept.; 1907 CsterVille: Grammar Etta B. Trecartin Sept., 1920 -Grades V iand VI Eliza F. Whittemore Seppt., 191-8 Grades IUI and IV Vernnette L. Perrin May, 1920 Primary M. .Marie Goodrich Sept., 1920 Centerville: Grammar Russell E. Tupper Sept., 1920 'Primary Katherine Ormsby Sept., 1918 Hyannis: Barnstable High Louis 'M. Boody Oct., 1895 Sub-master Wm. H. Greeley Sept., 1920 Com'l Inst. IS-arah N. Ward Sept., 1918 Assistant Lillian L. Decatur Mar., 1.916 Assistant Alllicei O. Dow Sept., 1920 Assistant Eleanor IS. Bourne Sept., 19,20 'Training :Slcheol: ,Grades VIM and IX Wm. G. Currier Sept., 1911 VI, and'VII Anastasia V. McMullen Jan., 1920 V and VI Emilie tS. ,Sears Sept., 19,14 • ?V Carrie B. 'Dean Sept., 1910 IIiI Alma L. 'Tower Nov., 1920 I'I Bessie, A. !Morse Sept., 1914 1 Grace V. IlDwvland Sept., 1915 Sup'r Drawing and Music Mabelle M. Boody Sept., 1915 163 SCHOOL ENROLMENT AND ATTENDANCE The total enrolment for the school year was less than that of the preceding year, but both the average member- ship and daily attendance were larger, as follows: Total Average iiaily -Enrolment Membership Attendance 1918-19- 961 816 750 1.919-20 950 855 789 Fewer pupils moved away during the year, and the ab- sence of any widespread outbreak of contagious disease helped the attendance. attendance. The number of pupils enrolled in the high school would seem to be a fairly good test of the active interest of a com- munity in public education. The enrolment per thousand of the population.in the United States is nearly sixteen.; in California, which ranks, highest, it is twenty-seven; in Massachusetts it is twenty-one; in Barnstable, approxi- mately thirty. FINANCIAL Under the new system of accounting some changes in,the classification of school accounts have been rendered .neces- sary. Formerly, under the heading "School Purposes," ex- penditures for all salaries, for fuel and for minor miscel- laneous items were included. Under the present system the term `School Purposes" is discarded "Salaries" consti- tutes a separate heading, while under the heading "Gen- eral" are included expenditures for fuel, freight, express, ,postage; electric telephone and water service, the school census, transportation in visiting schools, athletics, grad- uation expenses, truant service and all minor expenditures not properly classified under other heads. The headings "Test-books and Supplies," "Repairs" and "Transportation" and "General" are included in the term "Upkeep." Under the old system bills contracted beyond the appro- 104 priations in a given year were, within certain limits, paid in that year; under the present system'such bills, must be carried over to the next fiscal year. Miscellaneous receipts on account of schools, such as tui- tion received on account of state and city wards, telephone tolls, property damage, etc., formerly expended as part of the school appropriations are now diverted to the town treasury and must be voted for the use of the schools to be so utilized. The returned income tax, intended to aid in the payment of school salaries, must also be so voted to - become effective for that purpose. The total of these re- ceipts should be subtracted from the total expenditures to -find the net taxation cost of the schools. The total expendi- tures of the department for 1920 were $65,626:96, while the receipts from the sources indicated above were $7,109.70, of which $197.75 was for tuition, $41.90 for telephone tolls, property damage, materials sold, etc., and $6,870.05 income tax returned from the-Commonwealth, making the net taxa- tion cost of the schools based on actual expenditures and receipts $58,112.94, after subtracting the interest of the Cobb Fund. Financial Summary 1920 Appropriations Available: Direct tax voted $64,500 00 Dog tax 722 .52 Reserve Fund _ 12 . Cobb Fund, interest 404 32 $65,626 96 Expenditures: Teaching and supervision $43,678 70 Janitor service 3,653 fib Text-books and supplies 1,654 87 Repairs 4,288 85 Transportation 7,580 00 General 41770. 86 $65,626 96 105 The total obligations incurred during the year however, exceeded the total expenditures given above by approxi- mately $4,010.37 and these obligations must be paid from the 1921 account. They are approximately as follows: General, including fuel $2,819 84 Repairs 250 52 Textbooks and Supplies 807 93 Salaries 108 32- Total bills carried to 1-921 account $3,986 61 Under "General" above, bills for fuel to'the amount of $2,700 are included, the'total cost of fuel purchased in 1920 being $6,400. The amount for "Text-books and Supplies" includes $493 for new typewriters, the total. obligations in- curred under this head being $2,462.80. It will thus be seen that the obligations incurred in 7920 exceeded the 'estimates by the following approximate amounts: Salaries $1,940, Fuel $800, Text-books and Sup-, plies $250, Repairs $540, Transportation $380. Following the action of hundreds of School Boards throughout the state, the Barnstable School Board at its July meeting made an additional readjustment of teachers' salaries, effective in September 1920. The new schedule and the schedule in effect in January; 1920, are shown below: Salaries Grade Teachers 1st year 2d year 3d year 4th year Jan., 1920 $900 $1,000 $1,100 Sept.,1920 $1,000 $1,100 $1,200 $1,300 The salaries of high ,school assistants were fixed at ap proximately one hundred dollars per year more than those of grade teachers. Salary of the principal of the Barn- stable High School $2,200; sub-master $1,800; principal of s—s 106 the Elizabeth Lowell High $1,400; supervisor of music and drawing, $1,800. - Salaries of grammar school principals fifty dollars annually more than those of grade teachers. Many towns of a population of 10,000 or less and of val- uations of from $3,000,000 to $10,000,000 adopted during the year minimum-maximum schedules varying from $900 to $1,300 annually, to $1,000 to $1,600, the first amount in each. case representing the initial 'salary and the second the maximum, reached by annual additions of from $50 to $100. The schedules of many of the larger towns and cities show larger maximum salaries. Thus the substantial difference between city and rural school salaries, greater than the dif- ference in the cost of living, still persists. In the whole country the pay of city teachers averages 80 per cent more than that of rural teachers; in Massachusetts it is frequently double, the annual average. salary in the cities being $728 more than that hi the small towns. There is however, a. nation-wide awakening to the injustice and danger of a con- tinuance of this condition and an insistent demand that the child in the rural school shall be taught and trained by teachers of at least equal native ability and thorough train- ing as those of the city schools, even if such a result can be secured only by the granting of state and national financial aid. The current Report of the United States Com- missionerof Education .states: "There was a de- crease of 19,000 normal school students and 7,000 graduates in 1920, some State normals reporting a shrinkage as high as 50 per cent. Teachers' training courses in colleges show a similar falling off." Young people of ability and enterprise are simply refus- ing to spend money and time in. laborious preparation for entering a profession so difficult and so inadequately re- 107 warded. IIigher salaries are not the only factor necessary to decrease such a shortage; there must be fewer pupils and fewer grades to a teacher and a more sympathetic daily co- operation of the home with the teacher's task before highly- trained, able men and,women will be willing to make teach ing a life work. During the .past two years many thousands of communi ties all over the country have been compelled to add Heavily to their expenditures for public education, and the end is not yet. It is evident that in every case there should be wise financial forethought, and that increased efficiency should follow increased expenditures. Financial ability to meet these greater expenditures varies greatly in the towns and cities of Massachusetts. The Report of the "Special Commission on Teachers' Sal- aries, appointed by Governor.Coolidge, says "The valuation per pupil of a town is the best single index available of the financial ability of a city or"town to support good schools." Of the 116 towns of less than 5,000 population and main- taining high schools, Barnstable showed (1918-19) a valuc- tion per pupil of $10,662, the average valuation per pupil in these 116 towns being $6,892. The report also says that the school tax per $1.,000 of valuation is the best single index. available of the-financial effort made by a city or town, to support good schools. In .these 116 towns the school tax varies from $2.66 to $12.55; the average being $6.71, Barn- stable, $5.69. Of this same group Barnstable ranks second in total valuation, being excelled only by the town of MaxL chester. Thus the ability of Barnstable to meet these ex- penses seems evident; its willingness it has always shown. ESTIMATED EXPENDITURES FOR 1921 The difficulties in the way of making a reliable budge', mentioned in last year's report,still hold. The past year has shown the largest increase yet made in the cost of text- books, with a marked deterioration in quality of paper and- 108 binding, even in the publications of.the most reliable houses; the cost of paper also has reached the maximum during the year, but shows some signs of a decline. It is unsafe to make any prediction as to they cost of labor, general supplies and fuel. If a majority of our teachers remain, a large proportion will, by length of service,be entitled to maximum pay. The salary schedule,. assuming that no radical additions will be made, will probably be approximately asfollows: Barnstable Village, three teachers, at $1,290, $1,240, . $1,140; West Barnstable, three teachers, $1,350, $1,300, $1,300, part-time assistant, $340; Santuit $1,200; Marsto.ns Mills, two teachers, $1,290, $1;300; Cotuit, three teachers, $1,190, $1,240, $1,300; Elizabeth Lowell $1,400, $1,200, $480; - Osterville, four teachers, $1,290, $1,140, $1,060, $1,300; Centerville, two teachers, $1,290, $1,240; Training School, seven teachers; $1,356, $1,300, $1,300, $1,300, $1,300, $1,1.40, $1,140; Barnstable 13igh, six teachers, $2,200, $1,800, $1,400, $1,406, $1,400, $1,140; Supervisor of Music ,anal. Drawing $1,800; Secretary and Superintendent $2,600; Janitors, nine, $3,666; School-physicians, three, $300; an ap- proximate total of $52,400 for all salaries: Text-books and supplies will call for approximately $2,800; fuel, $5,000; miscellaneous, $1,000; bills, 1920 account, $3,986.00. Trans- portation, as at present conducted, would cast about $8,150, but as additional transportation is to be provided for tliz Santuit pupils the probable total cannot as yet be given. The probable cost of repairs is also too uncertain to allow of a reliable estimate at the present time. The sums which will need to be voted therefore, divided as last year under the two heads "Salaries" and "Trans- portation and Upkeep" appear to be $52,400 for the former and such a sum under the latter head as will meet all other probable expenditures, the dog tax and Cobb Fund incomo being counted as part of the appropriation. The income tag return will probably amount to about 109 $7,000, and this sum plus about $1,000 income from mis- cellaneous sources, subtracted from the direct tax appropria, tion voted will give the net taxation cost of'the schools. PROGRESS OF THE SCHOOLS In spite of the many changes of teachers in the grammar and high school grades there seems to have been, both in these and the lower grades, a general spirit of settling down to work in marked contrast to the unrest previously exist ing. While thorough preparation in the "Three R's" is far from being an adequate preparation for life, it is an indis- pensable part of such a preparation and should never be shunted aside to accommodate some temporary fad or "drive." Complaint is often made of the drudgery and lack of interest involved in attempting to master the "Three R's," but drudgery forms apart of most of the worth-while work of life, and "Lack of interest" is often but a longer way of spelling "Laziness." Our elementary schools are in general following the sug. gestions in the courses of study issued by the State Depart- ment of Education, with such modifications as local condi- tions seem to render advisable. These courses, prepared by the co-operation of skilled teachers and superintendents, are proving of value as standards to be approximated by every school as far as possible. Our failure as a people to deal adequately with vital in dustrial•and commercial abuses, rendered still more..con- spieuous by the war's after-effects, has led to a widespread demand for the more.effective teaching of civics, economies and history in both schools and colleges, and the Massa- chusetts Legislature has just enacted a law requiring that full courses in civics and history be given in both the ele- mentary and high schools. Both of these subjects have been taught in most of the elementary schools for some time, but the treatment of civics has usually been of a most un- satisfactory and inadequate nature, due to the lack of knowledge and proper training of teachers in the subject. With the extension"of the suffrage we may look for greater 110 interest on the part of the teachers and the mothers of our school children in improving the humanistic side of school training, giving greater attention to such subjects as health promotion, thrift, simple• economics, effective home town government and related matters. Serious losses caused by change of teachers are inevitable but these have been greatly lessened in our high schools this year by the hard work which every teacher has willingly done, and to this is largely due the improved spirit men- tioned above. Commercial subjects and household arts are increasingly popular and additional accommodations will soon be neces sary for the commercial department in the Barnstable High school if it continues to attract increasing numbers of pupils. The character of the work in chemistry and physics has shown a marked improvement within recent years and both subjects are now taught with emphasis on their relation to practical life. The academic subjects are being taught with the same thoroughness which has in the past won for,the graduates of the high schools of this town an enviable rec- ord in higher institutions. With the schools taking over more and more many of the duties formerly assumed to be the peculiar province of the home, it is becoming more than.ever the duty of teachers to inculcate in our youth the courage, ability and integrity to meet the complex and difficult duties of modern life, .in the spirit of co-operative service for the common good. Surely the untrained and unfit should not be allowed to un- dertake a task of such vital importance. Teaching has been. defined as the noblest of professions and the sorriest of trades. It is for the public to determine, by the nature of: its support and co-operation, which it shall be. Upon the kind of that support depend the welfare of the coming gen- eration and the safety of the nation. Respectfully submitted, G. H. GALGBR. 111 STATISTICS SCHOOL YEAR, 1919-1920 1. Number of children residing in town: (a) Five years of age or over and under seven 124 (b) Seven years of age or over and under fourteen 579 (c) Fourteen year's of age or over and under sixteen 133 2. Total membership for the year 937 3. Average membership for the year. 855 4. Average attendance for the year 789 5. Number of school buildings in use 10 6. Number of public schools , 27 7. Number of men teachers 6 S. Number of women teachers 29 9. Number of supervisors 1 10. Total number of teachers and supervisors 36 11. Population of the town, U. S. Census, 1920 4,83"G 12. Valuation of the town $10,163,250.00 112 DETAILED REPORT O.F MEMBERSHIP AND ATTENDANCE For the Year Ending June, 1920 a rl, SCH'OOLS F, > > Primary: Barnstable ................. 30 24 21 West 'Btarnsta'ble ........... 25 24 21 Marstons 'Mills ............. 28 24 21 Gotuit ..................... 16 13 12 Isantuit ................... 33 31 26 O•stervill•e ................. 22 21 20 0en•terville ................ 33 31 30 rn Intermediate.: Barnstable ................ 41 32 29 West Barnstable ........... 43 40 36 >" Ootnit 34 30 27 O'sterville ................. 2.7 26 2 Ostervihe ................. 30 29 7 2 Grammar: w Cd Barnstable ................ 312 '28 25 West Barnstable. 32 28 2.3 �y Marstons Mills ....'........, 28 25 22 Cotuit ................... 18 14 14 $4 01sterville ................, .34 32 3o - ce ,Centerville ................ 1:7 16 15cd Traininlg iSGhool: �+ Grade •I ................... 30 26 23 9 hboo II ................... 37 33 29 s III .................. 35 32 29 HIV ............ 32 29 �7 V and VI ........... 48 42 12 a+ VI :and VII ........... 45 41 38 VIII and IX..:....... 36 32 30, High Schools: Elizabeth Loweld, (Ooltuit) .. 26 2,2 21 Barnstable (Hyannis) ...... 138 130 124 Totals ................ 950 855 789 BARNSTABLE SCHOOL DEPARTMENT, 1920 Financial Report of the Secretary Schools 'Teachers Janitors Totals 3. Barnstable Grammar $1,174 34 Intermediate 1,039 23 Primary 1,078 83 $360 00 • $3,652 40 6. West Barnstable Grammar 1,168 29 Intermediate 1,179 00 Primary 1,179 00 360 00 Assistant 1112 60 3,998 79 10. Santuit 1,1'7'9 00 Assistant 207.00 88 00 1,474 00 11. Cotuit Grammar 1,089 24 Intermediate 1,078 8'3 Primary 1,179 00 500 00 3,847 07 Eliza.6ath Lowell High 1,340 00 Assistant 1,060 00 Assistant 408 00 2,50 00 3,058 09 12. .Marstons Mills Grammar 1,1128 99 Primary 1,17-9 00 Assistant 300 00 2,607 99 13. Os.terville Grammar 1;225 20 Intermediate 1,1'85 00 lII and IV 98,0 65 I and.II 1,099 95 . 456-00 4,946 8� 17. Training School: VII'I and IX 1,299 50 VI and VII 1,039 23 V and V1 1,179 00 IV 1,179-00 III 1,039 23 IR 1,179 00 I 1,179 00 549 84 8,643 80 18. Barnstable High, Principal! 2,140 00 Sub master 1,620 00 Commerciail Instructor 1,220 00 Assistant 1,220 00 Assistant 1,242 50 Assistant 990 00 549 84 8,972 34 20. Centerville Grammar 1,068 50 Primary 1,078 8'3 240 00 2,387 33 Suplervisor Drawing & 'Music 1,252 150 1,252 50 ' -Secretary and Superintendent 2,491 36 2,4911 36 Textibooks and Supplies 1,654 87 1,654 87 Repairs 4;288 85 4,288 S5 Transportation 7,•580 '00 7;580 00 General - 4,770 86 4,770 86 Total expenditures, school department $65,626 96 G. H. GALGER, Secretary School Committee December 31, 1920._ 114 Expended for Transportation,. 1920 Edward L. Harris, Barnstable, West Barnstable- Hyannis auto-barge service . $2,220 00 J. Milton Leonard, Osterville-Centerville-Hyannis auto-barge service 1,850' 00 Ephriam Jones, Marstons Mills-Cotuit auto barge service 1,140 00 Loring Jones, Marstons Mills-Cotuit auto barge service 960 00 Wm. A. Bearse, Hyannis Port-Hyannis barge service 510 00 Win. A. Bearse, Estate of,Hyannis Port-Hyannis' service 100 00 Annie H. Bearse, Hyannis Port-Hyannis barge service 300 Ou Geo. A. Smith, Cummaquid-Barnstable barge service 500 00 Total expended for transportation, 1920 $7,580 00 FINANCIAL SUMMARY, 1920 Available Appropriations for Schools " Salaries $45,500 00 Transporatation and Upkeep 19,000 00 Cobb Fund, income $404.32; Dog tax, $722.52 1,126 84 Reserve fund 12 Total available appropriations, 1920 $65,626 96 0 115 Expenditures for Schools Teaching and Supervision $43,678 70 Janitor service 3,653 68 Text-books and Supplies 1,654 87 Repairs 4,288 85 Transportation 7,580 00, General 4,770 86 $65,626 96 Additional obligations incurred,. approximate, $3,436.53. G. H. GALGER, Secretary School Committee December 31, 1920. BARNSTABLE HIGH SCHOOL STATISTICS Number Attending in Fall Term, 1920 From Hyannis 55 Osterville 26 West Barnstable 20 . Centerville - 13 Barnstable 12 Cummaquid 5 Hyannisport 2 South Hyannis 2 Hyannis Park 1 Yarmouth 1 West Yarmouth 1 Total 138 116 BARNSTABLB HIGH SCHOOL ,Number of Pupils Taking Designated Subjects Fa11 Term, 1920 YEAR OF SCHOOL 1 2 3 4 P.G. Algebra ...................... 38 4 8 Latin ......................... 12 16 4 6 Geometry, Plane ................ 34 05 Geometry, Solid ................ . 4 French ........................ 22 27 15 English 40 37 33 27 1 Physics ........................ 2'5 1 Chemistry. ..................... 15 1 General !History ................ 38 United IStates History .......... 27 Civics .. 27 .... .................. Penmanship and Rapid(3 lculation 30 1S Bookkeeping ................... 18 1 Typewriting ................... 27 18 1 S'bemography, ................... 27 16 1 Domestic Sfcience ............... 10 11 15 Free-hand Drawing .. 10 6 3 2 MechanicaW Drawing............. 21 16 1 Music ......................... 40 37 33 -2'7 117 GRADUATION EXERCISES BARNSTABLE HIGH SCHOOL First Baptist Church, Hyannis " June 24, 1920 PROGRAM. March, Tha.nhauser Wagner ALVERDA CAHOON Prayer REV. SARAH A. DIXON Song,Happy Birds HoLt GIRLS OF GRADUATING CLASS The History VERNON BURLINGAME BEARSE Song, Jeunes Fillettes RENA LOUIS LOVELL •LUCIA BRA-LEY MILLIKEN MAMIE SERAPHENE POLIO DORIS HINCKLEY_ SEABURY The Gifts VIVIEN BEARSE SHERMAN FRANCES CROSBY WHITAKER Song, Gaily We're Tripping Vearie GIRLS OF GRADUATING CLASS The Prophecy MARTHA DAVIS HALLETT June Song Kin; SCHOOL Presentation of Diplomas DR. EDWARD C. HINCKLEY AMERICA 118 Class Motto Finimus coeptari MEMBERS OF CLASS OF 1920 Latin Course SYLVIA ATWOOD JOSEPHINE MARY CROSS VIVIEN BEARSE SIIERMAN RICHARD WALLACE SOU1.1,' English Course ROBERT LEWIN BAXTER VERNON BURLINGAME BEARSE SUSIE MARGARET BURKf: AGATHA PRISCILLA CROCKER MARTIIA DAVIS HALLETT LILLIAN HARRISON CURTIS FRANKLIN HINCKLEY RENA LOUIS LOVELL EDNA.MARVEN MARCHANT LUCIA BRALEY MILLIKEN DOROTHY WEBSTER MORSE DORA GERALDINE PEARLSTEI�J MARION OLMSTEAD PHINNEY MAMIE SERAPHENE POLIO ANNA AMANDA ROSENGREA DORIS HINCKLEY SEABURY WINIFRED VEAZIE FRANCES CROSBY WHITAKER. 119 1 ELIZABETH,LOWELL HIGH SCHOOL Registration, Fall Term, 1920 From Cotuit ;? Santuit � Marstons Mills Osterville 1 Mashpee 6 Total 22 *Pupils Taking Designated Subjects Year I II III IV Algebra 6 2 . Geometry 6 Commercial Law 2 English 6 6 3 7 French 3 4 3 2 Latin 3 Bookkeeping 4 3 1 Physics 3 2 3 American History 3 7 Elementary Science 6 Typewriting 4 2 .1 Stenography 1 4 120 Graduate, June, 1920, Caroline Winifred Campbell. Graduates Entering Other Institutions . Class of 1917: Boston School of Physical Education ]. Class of 1919: Hyannis State Normal School Clark College 7 B. W. SANDERSON, Principal. s rr ANNUAL REPORT OF THE • OFFICERS a OF THE 0 Town of Barnstable FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1921 �oF THE roe P 'yp o BAHI�STABLE, .� MASS. py voA 1�39. `gym rFo MAY�. ti HYANNIS, MASS. F. B. & F. P. GOSS, PUBLISHERS and PRINTERS The "Patriot" Press 1922 f F. B. & F. P. Goss, Publishers and Printers "The Patriot Press," Hyannis, Mass. TOWN OFFICERS 1921 Selectmen Edgar W. Lovell, Santuit, Chairman Term expires 1923 Howard N. Parker, West Barnstable Term expires 1924 William Lovell, Hyannis Term expires 1922 Overseers of Poor and Fence Viewers William Lovell, Hyannis, Chairman Term expires 1922 Edgar W. Lovell, Santuit Term expires 1923 Howard N. Parker, West Barnstable Term expires 1924 Assessors Howard N. Parker, W. Barnstable Ch'n Term expires 1924 Edgar W. Lovell, Santuit Term expires 1923 .William Lovell, Hyannis Term expires 1922 Town Clerk Clarence M. Chase, Hyannis Term expires 1923 0. Town Treasurer Clarence M. Chase, Hyannis Term expires 1922 4 Collector of Taxes Everett F. Fuller, Osterville Term expires 1922 School Committee Edward C. Hinckley, Hyannis, Chairman Term expires 1922 John E. Hinckley, Barnstable Term expires 1923 Allen Chadwick, Osterville Term expires 1924 Superintendent of Schools George H. Galger, Hyannis Surveyor of Highways Joyce Taylor, Hyannis Term expires 1923 Auditors John Bursley, West Barnstable Term expires 1922 Albert L. Edson, Cummaquid Term expires 1922 Luther C. Hallett, Hyannis Term expires 1922 Tree Warden Robert F. Cross, Osterville Term expires 1922 Board of Health Granville W. Hallett, Osterville Term expires 1922 Charles E. Harris, Hyannis Term expires 1923 William A. Jones, Barnstable Term expires 1924 Registrars of Voters Samuel F. Crocker Marstons Mills Edwin S. Phinney Barnstable John,V. O'Neil Hyannis Clarence M. Chase Hyannis a 5 Agent of Cobb Fund Henry C. Davis, Cummaquid Constables—*Ferdinand Baker, Barnstable; Benj. E. Blos- som, West Barnstable; William A. Bearse, Hyannis; Howard E. Bearse, Hyannis; George F. Hart, Hyannis; T. V. West, Centerville; Chester L. Baker, Osterville; Harris C. Lovell, Osterville; Maurice J. Hinckley, Mar- stons Mills; Alexander S. Childs, Cotuit; William Pot- ter, Cotuit. Park Commissioners William F. Jenkins, West Barnstable Term expires 1924 Jean G. Hinkle, Osterville Term expires 1922 Samuel W. Hallett, Hyannis Term expires 1923 Measurers of Wood and Bark—*Timothy Crocker, South Hyannis; Emilo R. Silva, West Barnstable; William C. Gifford, Santuit. Surveyors of Lumber—*John C. Bearse, Hyannis; *John E. Hinckley, Barnstable; '*Joseph W. Hamblin, Cotuit. Sealer of Leather—"James E. Baxter, Hyannis. Deer Reeve—*John J. Harlow, Santuit. Pound Keepers—*Thomas W. Jones, Barnstable; * William F. Ormsby, Hyannis; *Wilton B. Cammett, Marstons Mills; *Jehiel R. Crosby, Centerville. r Field Drivers — Theodore V. West, Centerville; *Zenas Crocker, Marstons Mills. *Elected but did not take the oath of office, e 6 Cattle Inspector—John.J. Maloney, Hyannis. Milk Inspector—George T. Mecarta, Marstons Mills. Plumbing Inspector—Henry G. Phillips, Hyannis. Inspector of Wires—Fred S. Dent, Barnstable. Sealer of Weights and Measures—Everett L. Hoxie, Cotuit. Superintendent of Moth Work—Robert F. Cross, Osterville. Inspectors of Slaughtered, Animals — Marcus N. Harris, Barnstable; George T. Mecarta, Marstons Mills; John J. Maloney, Hyannis. Forester—Zebina H. Jenkins, West Barnstable. INDEX Page TownOfficers ............................................ 3 Assessors' Repirt ................... ...................... 9 Report of the Audit.................... 11 Treasurer's Account ................;..................... 14 Treasurer's Report ....................................... 31 'Receipts ........................................... .. 31 *Payments ............................................. 34 Summary .............................................. 45 JuryList ................................................ 46 Highway Surveyor's Report ......... ...................... 48 Expenditures ........................................ 48 iSnow ................................................ 50 Barnstable Soldiers' 'Memorial Asso. 51 Town iCderk's Report ................ ...................... 51 Annual Town 'Meeting ................................. 51 Blirths ........................ ...................... 69 Marriages ........................................... 77 Deaths .............................................. 8i Report of Sealer of Weights and Measures................. 89 Park Commissioners' Report ........ ...................... 9i Tree Warden's Report ............. ............. 93 Moth Department IRleport ................................ 95 Inspector of Wires Report ................................ 97 Cape Cod Health Bureau Report .......................... 98 Scho-al Comimittee'•q Report ................................. 101 Buperintendent's Report .............................. 103 Statistics ......................I...................... 110 Financial Report of Secretary .. ...................... 121 8 Statistics, Barnstable High School...................... 132 iStatistics, Elizabeth Lowell High School................ 127 Principal of Elizabeth Lowell High School Report ........ 125 Principal of Barnstable High School Report ............... 130 Music and Drawing Supervisor's Report ................. 136 Commercial Instructor's Report .......................... 139 Domestic Science Department Report...................... 141 School Physician's Report ................................ 142 ASSESSORS' REPORT 1921 Real estate valuation $9,127,340 00 Tangible personal estate 1,503,250 00 Total valuation of the town $10,630,590 00 Number of polls assessed 1,434 Persons assessed on property 2,713 Persons assessed on polls only 519 Horses assessed 242 Cows assessed 504 Other cattle assessed 182 Swine assessed 116 Fowl assessed 1,820 Dwelling houses assessed 2,010 Acres of land assessed 33,000 APPROPRIATIONS For town expenses $287 862 39 County tax 31,095 92 State tax 23,240 00 Special State tax 1,095 60 B-2 10 'State Auditor's tax 107 16 State Highway tax 6,800 19 Poll taxes to return to State 4,302 00 Total appropriations $354,503 26 Total-tax levy including polls $311,204 99 Income tax on intangibles from the State 24,362 52 Estimated receipts, Corporations and Bank tax 9,400 00 State aid account 1,800 00 Moth work account 4,000 00 Mothers with Dependent Children account 2,000 00 Poor department 1,500 00 Miscellaneous receipts 2,000 00 Total receipts $356 267 51 Making an overlay of $1,764 25 Tax rate $28.60 per $1,000. DECEMBER ASSESSMENT Real estate valuation $9,650 00 Personal estate 30,950 00 HOWARD N. PARKER, EDGAR W. LOVELL, WILLIAM LOVELL, Assessors Town of Barnstable REPORT OF THE AUDIT Report of an audit of the accounts of the Town of Barn- stable made in accordance.with the provisions of Section 35, Chapter 44, General Laws, June 3, 1921: June 3, 1921 To the Board of Selectmen, Mr. Edgar W. Lovell, Chairman, Barnstable, Massachusetts. Gentlemen: I submit herewith my report of an audit of the accounts of the town of Barnstable for the year ending December 31, 1920, made in accordance with the provisions of Section 35, Chapter 44 of the General Laws. This report is in the form of a report made to me by Mr. Edward H. Fenton, Chief Examiner of this Division, who was placed in charge of the work. Very truly yours, THEODORE N. WADDELL, Director of Accounts. 12 Mr. Theodore N. Waddell, Director of Accounts, Department of Corporations.and Taxation, State House, Boston. Sir: As directed by you, I have made an audit of the accounts of the town of Barnstable for the fiscal year ending Decem- ber 31, 1920, and submit the following report. The books and accounts in the treasurer's office were ex- amined and checked, the reported disbursements being com- pared with the selectmen's warrants authorizing the pay- ment of money and with the treasurer's cash book. The appropriation accounts were examined and all appropria- tions, transfers, and loans authorized were checked with the town clerk's records. The classification book was examined and checked with the appropriation accounts. The ledger postings were checked to the books of original 'entries, the ledger was footed, an analysis sheet made, and a balance sheet prepared. The cash on hand was verified by an actual count, and the bank balance was reconciled. . The accounts committed to the collector were verified; the reported receipts were checked with the cash book and with the treasurer's ledger; the abatements were checked with the records of abatements granted; and the outstand- ing accounts were listed and checked with the treasurer's ledger. The several trust funds in the custody of the treasurer were checked and the bank books and bonds representing the investments of the funds.were examined and found to agree with the amounts recorded on the treasurer's books.' The records of the milk inspector were checked and the 13 recorded receipts compared with the payments to the treas- urer. The system of accounts installed has been well kept, and during the process of the audit each official showed that he would welcome any suggestion which would insure the carrying on of the work so as to provide every possible auto- matic check on the town's finances. The balance sheet, as shown in the town report and which was verified, shows the town to be in an excellent financial condition and one of which the citizens may well feel proud. While engaged in making the audit, uniform courtesy and assistance was extended by every department official. The greater portion of our work was in the offices of the treasurer and collector, and these officials greatly facili- tated the audit by their cheerful co-operation. The treas- urer also aided me very materially by driving the examiner to various parts of the town in order that certain accounts might be verified. For this co-operation and assistance, I wish, on behalf of my assistant and for myself, to express my appreciation to the several town officials. Respectfully submitted, EDWARD H. FENTON, Chief Examiner. TREASURER'S ACCOUNT SHOWING RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES Taxes 1918 Jan. 1, 1921 uncollected $261 42 Received from Collector $261 42 Taxes 1919 Jan. 1, 1921 uncollected $672 36 Received from Overpaid 10 13 Collector $682 49 $682 49 $682 49 Taxes 1920 Jan. 1, 1921 uncollected $4,451 85 Received from Collector $4,327 98 Balance uncollected 123 87 $4,451 85 $4,451 85 Taxes 1291 Warrant to Received from Collector $311,204 99 Collector $302,427 45 December Assessment 1,216 18 Balance uncollected 9,993 72 $312,421 17 $312,421 17 Overlay 1918 Abatements in 1921 $230 27 Balance Jan. 1, 1921 $449 31 Transferred to Overlay Surplus 219 04 $449 31 $449 31 15 Overlay. 1919 Abatements in 1921 $607 69 Balance Jan. 1, 1921 $709 02 Transferred to Overlay Surplus 101 33 $709 02 $709 02 Overlay 1920 Abatements in 1921 $512 17 Balance, Jan. 1, Balance, Dec. 31, 1921 $1,427 26 1921 915 09 $1,427 26 $1,427 26 Overlay 1921 Abatements in 1921 $1,930 73 Amount of Overlay $1,764 25 From Overlay Surplus 166 48 $1,930 73 $1,930 73 Overlay Surplus Transferred to 1921 From 1918 Overlay $219 04 Overlay $166 48 From 1919 Overlay 101 33 Balance Dec. 31, 1921 153 89 $320 37 $320 37 Tag Titles Jan. 1, 1921 Balance $53 18 Dec. 31, 1921 Balance $53 18 Tax Title Revenue Dec. 31, 1921 Balance $53 18 Jan. 1, 1921 Balance $53 18 Surplus Revenue 1920 Transferred to 1921 Jan. 1, 1921 Balance $21,248 51 Revenue $21,248 51 16 Surplus Revenue 1921 Debits $358,370 38 Credits $399,136 59 Balance Dec. 31, 1921 40,766 21 $399,136 59 $399,136 59 Estimated Receipts Debits $45,076 03 Credits $56,596 97 Transferred to Revenue 11,520 94 $56;596 97 $56,596 97 Accounts Receivable Jan. 1, 1921, Balance $5,826 71 Credits $2,805 27 Debits 2,649 59 Dec. 31, 1921, balance 5,671 03 $8,476 30 $8,476 30 Accounts Receivable Revenue Debits $2,805 27 Jan. 1, 1921 Balance $5,826 71 Dec. 31, 1921 Balance 5,671 03 Credits 2,649 59 $8,476 30 $8,476 30 State and County Taxes County Tax $31,095 92 From Revenue $66,640 87 State Tax 23,240 00 State Tax (Special) 1,095 60 Auditing 107 16 State Highway Tax 6,800 19 Civilian War Poll Tax 4,302 00 $66,640 87 $66,640 87 APPROPRIATIONS Town Building Committee Jan. 1, 1921 balance $312 45 Dec. 31, 1921 balance $312 45 17 Town Officers Appropriated $9,500 00 Expended $9,605 00 Reserve fund 105 00 $9,605 00 $9,605 00 Election Expenses Appropriated $800 00 Expended $654 50 Cr. to surplus 145 50 $800 00 $800 00 Suppression of Crime Appropriated $1,250,00 Expended $1,441 32 .Donations 315 00 Cr. to Surplus 123 68 $1,565 00 $1,565 00 Traffic Officers Appropriated $2,350 00 Expended $2,002 42 Cr. to Surplus 347 58 $2,350 00 $2,350 00 Court Fines and Fees Court Fines $257 50 Court Fees $499 28 Revenue 241 78 $499 28 $499 28 w Fires Appropriated $500 00 Expended $298 85 Cr. to Surplus 201 15 $500 00 $500 00 Moth Department r Appropriated $8,000 00 Expended $7,991 96 Cr. to Surplus 8 04 $8,000 00 $8,000 00 18 Trees Appropriated $1,500 00 Expended $1,467 56 Cr. to Surplus 32 44 $1,500 00 $1,500 00 Clam Warden Appropriated $300 00 Expended $244 50 Cr. to Surplus 55 50 $300 00 $300 00 Board of Health Appropriated $5,600 00 Expended $5,572 97 Cr. to Surplus 27 03 $5,600 00 $5,600 00 Public Health Nurse Appropriated $500 00 Expended $500 00 Grand Island Bridge Jan. 1 Balance $2,976 61 Dec. 31 Balance $2,976 61 Barnstable Wharf Jan. 1 Balance $896 63 Dec. 31 Balance $896 63 Lewis Bay Wharf Jan. 1 Balance $1,561 48 Expended $1,564 00 Reserve Fund 2 52 $1,564 00 $1,564 00 19 Highways and Bridges Appropriated $30,000 00 Expended $30,137 72 Reserve Fund 137 72 $30,137 72 $30,137 72 Draining Barnstable Road Jan. 1 Balance $594 76 Expended $17 44 Transfer 305 24 Cr. to Surplus 272 08 $594 76 $594 76 Snow Bills Appropriated $5,000 00 Expended $3,923 60 Cr. to Surplus 1,076 40 $5,000 00 $5,000 00 Widening Roads by order of County Commissioners Appropriated $2,500 00 Expended $2,805 24 Transfer 305 24 $2,805 24 $2,805 24 Highway Construction Appropriated $59,000 00 Expended $58,822 00 Cr. to Surplus 178 00 $59,000 00 $59,000 00 Hyannis Main Street Gutters Appropriated $8,000 00 Expended $7,946 42 Cr. to Surplus 53 58 $8,000 00 $8,000 00 20 Widening Main Street, Hyannis Jan. 1 Balance $5,159 66 Expended $6,941 14 Revenue 1,781 48 $6,941 14 $6,941 14 State Highway, Centerville Jan. 1 Balance $4,768 45 Expended $9,241 11 Rec'd from State 7,010 89 Cr. to Surplus 2,538 23 $11,779 34 $11,779 34 Engine for Grand Island Bridge Jan. 1 Balance $500 00 Expended 1 $767 52 Transfer 267 52 $767 52 $767 52 Support of Poor Appropriated $14,000 00 Expended $13,176 78 Cr. to Surplus 823 22 $14,000 00 $14,000 00 Mothers' Aid 'Appropriated $9,000 00 Expended $8,442 51 Cr. to Surplus 557 49 $9,000 00 $9,000 00 Soldiers' Relief Appropriated $400 00 Expended $554 50 Reserve Fund 154 50 $554 50 $554 50 21 State Aid Appropriated $1,500 00 Expended $1,286 00 Cr. to Surplus 214 00 $1,500 00 $1,500 00 School Salaries Appropriated $54,000 00 Expended $52,766 25 Cr. to Surplus 1,233 75 $54,000 00 $54,000 00 School Purposes Appropriated $27,000 00 Expended $28,265 14 Receipts 1,270 33 Cr. to Surplus 5 19 $28,270 33 $28,270 33 Libraries Appropriated $1,000 00 Expended $1,000 00 High School Play-ground Appropriated $1,500 00 Expended $1,359 16 Cr. to Surplus 140 84 $1,500 00 $1,500 00 Printing and Advertising Appropriated $700 00 Expended $661 85 Cr. to Surplus 38 15 $700 00 $700 00 Miscellaneous Appropriated $7,500 00 Expended $8,444 06 Reserve Fund 944 06 $8,444 06 $8,444 06 22 Repairs Appropriated $2,000 00 Expended $1,436 83 Cr. to Surplus 563 17 $2,000 00 $2,000 00 Rent for G. A. R. Jan. 1 Balance $20 00 Expended $80 00 Appropriated 60 00 $80 00 $80 00 Reserve Fund Appropriated $2,000 00 Transfers $2,000 00 Memorial Day Appropriated $300 00 Expended $300 00 Cape Cod.Farm Bureau Appropriated $500 00 Expended $500 00 Rent for American Legion Appropriated $200 00 Expended $200 00 Bills Approved at Town Meeting Appropriated $402 39 Expended $402 39 Park Commissioners Appropriated $1,000 00 Expended $761 70 Cr. to Surplus 238 30 $1,000 00 $1,000 00 Care of Cobb Lot Income Cobb Fund $5 00 Expended $5 00 23 Improvement of Cemeteries Appropriated $500 00 Dec. 31 Balance $500 00 Interest Appropriated $8,500 00 Expended $9,156 20 Reserve Fund 656 20 $9,156 20 $9,156 20 Debt Payable 1.921 Appropriated $21,000 00 Expended $21,000 00 Trust Fund Income Income: Expended: Cemetery P. C. Cemetery P. C. Fund $729 74 Fund $712 54 Cobb Fund 361 66 Cobb Fund 409 32 Sturgis Fund 200 00 Sturgis Fund 200 00 School Fund 62 76 School Fund 62 76 Revenue 30 46 $1,384 62 $1,384 62 Trust Funds Deposits for Cemetery Cemetery P. C. Fund P. C. Fund $2,148 93 (Investment) $2,148 93 School Fund School Fund (Loan) 300 00 (Savings Bank) 300 00 $2,448 93 $2,448 93 Temporary Loans Hyannis Trust Co. $175,000 00 Hyannis Trust Co. $175,000 00 Cash Jan. 1 Balance $35,238 51 Expended $548,115 53 Receipts 549,280 31* Dec. 31 Balance 36,403 29 $584,518 82 $584,518 82 24 NON-REVENUE ACCOUNTS Net Bonded Debt Jan. 1 Balance $86,000 00 Notes paid in 1921 $21,000 00 Dec. 31 Balance 65,000 00 $86,000 00 $86,000 00 Notes Payable Highways: Net Bonded Debt $65,000 00 1922 $15,000 00 1923 15,000 00 1924 15,000 00 1925 10,000 00 $55,000 00 Hyannis Main Street: 1922 $2,000 00 1923 1,000 00 1924 1,000 00 1925 1,000 00 1926 1,000 00 1927 1,000 00 1928 1,000 00 1929 1,000 00 1930 1,000 00 10,000 00 $65,000 00 $65,000 00 TRUST FUNDS Trust Fund Cash and Securities Jan. 1 Balance $36,267 44 Withdrawn: Receipts: School Fund $300 00 Cemetery P. C. Fund 2,148 93 Dec. 31 Balance 38,179 13 School Fund 62 76* $38,479 13 $38,479 13 25 Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds Jan. 1 Balance $20,655 02 Dec. 31 Balance $22,803 95 Receipts 2,148 93 $22,803 95 $22,803 95 Cobb Fund Jan. 1 Balance $10,233 00 Dec. 31 Balance $10,233 00 Sturgis Fund Jan. 1 Balance $4,000 00 Dec. 31 Balance $4,000 00 School Fund Jan. 1 Balance $1,379 42 Withdrawn $300 00 Receipts 62 76 Dec. 31 Balance 1,142 18 $1,442 18 $1,442 18 B-3 r m 00moo � rn cfl rn o ,-i cl o 00 � N Lo � co o = N c� i co o mm eM CG = o O Go cucoco o .. LOco �00 L � ( � � o W o a rn o `� 4 a Cdw a C,: apcd pq t o w q GV W cdce Fl �i O di E-4 U�2 a� A � o °,-I o co cq o p Go N N000d�+ oo Ei ce � c Cl CD 0LON `'"w ' c� N F W .. U2 ;�4 m o Cd o � � s. U r2 m C t � a� a� a3 s. � o p Cd a: ai o O w � E'' E� E-+ �+ � o �. cc el X w U A � Ems+ CID O O O = 0 0 � ri O O O O M O �, N O O O o0 GV O rl ri ci L�f'J c�fl Gil O 4r4 fi} •Ef} {�} ff} ' S� c d O Cd a � al l a In P w +; w . 0 bA cd c� � o � ( 00 m m q �tr c� - EH 02 W a A � .. O Gi r MM c� F y is z F List of Burial Lot Funds Held In Trust by the Town Estate of A. C. Adams $125 00 Josiah Ames 75 00 Robert Bacon 500 00 Adeline Bearse 50 00 Arthur Bearse 100 00 Cordelia S. Bearse 150 00 Richard Bearse 100 00 Eben Bodfish 50 00 William I. Bodfish- 100 00 Christina H. Bodge 99 00 Lydia F. Bourne 100 00 David Bursley 200 00 Mercy T. Cobb 100 00 Warren Cammett and A. A. Cram 150 00 Thomas Chatfield 100 00 Augustine F. Childs 150 00 Henry E. Crocker 300 00 Loring and Nathan Crocker 300 00 Gorham F. Crosby 100 ,00 Julia Crosby 100 00 Ebenezer Crowell 200 00 Elkanah Crowell 200 00 Henry L. Davis 200 00 J. A. Davis 300 00 Jane E. Edson 300 00 Jarvis R. Fish 100 OU Lydia S. Fish 100 00 29 Herschel Fuller 100 00 Sumner Gorham 100 00 Franklin B. Goss 300 00 Gorham Hallett 100 00 Lydia T. Hamblin 100 00 Deborah C. .Handy 200 00 Eliza M. Handy 278 37 Hannah Haywood 100 00 Gustavus A. Hinckley 125 00 Josiah and Abby Hinckley 321 37 Jehiel P. Hodges 150 00 William C. Howland 200 00 Oliver C. Hosie 100 00 Mary E. Huckins 100 00 F. G. Kelley 150 00 Mary E. Lewis 150 00 F. G. Lothrop 200 00 George Lovell 226 91 Hannah Lovell 150 00 Lizzie E. Lovell 200 00 William S. Lumbert 100 00 A. D. Makepeace 500 00 Mary M. Nye 150 00 Harriet S. Parker 100 00 William B. Parker 100 00 Harrison G. Phinney 150 00 Joseph L. Proctor 100 00 Patrick Regan 200 00 Nelson Rhodehouse 100 00 H. A. Scudder 100 00 Nelson Scudder 200 00 Charles H. Smith 200 00 Fred L. Stimpson 200 00 William W. Sturgis 75 00 Henry L. Swain 90 00 30 Timothy Swinerton 100 00 Freeman Taylor 100 00 Robinson Weeks 313 30 Asenith Whelden . 600 00 S. Whelden 200 00 J. R. Wilson 100 00 Herbert W. York 200 00 Centerville Beechwood Cemetery Association 1,775 00 Hyannis Oak Grove Cemetery Association 9,350 00 $22.803 95 a TREASURER'S REPORT Classification of Receipts and Expenditures RECEIPTS General Revenue Taxes: Current year $300,496 72 Previous years 3,872 23 From the State: Corporation Tax 6,553 67 National Bank Tax 1,376 78 Income Tax 32,964 81 Civilian War Poll Tax 216 00 $345,480 21 Licenses and Permits: Junk $45 00 Pedlers and Transient Vendors 1,330 00 Sunday 32 00 Billiard and Pool 12 00 Milk `110 00 Auctioneers 8 00 Clam 161 00 Quahau; 59 00 All other 386 00 2,143 00 Fines and Forfeits: Court 257 5.0 Grants and Gifts: Do; Licenses 665 30 Total General Revenue $348,546 01. 32 Commercial Revenue Privileges: Oyster Grants $40 00 Fish Traps 151 00 191 00 Departmental: Police $335 00 Fires 346 21 Gypsy Moth 2,590 38 Trees 25 00 Board of Health 64 99 Highways: Sale of Material $14 05 State Treasurer 7,010 89 7,024 94 Almshouse: Sale of Produce $64 55 Sale of Cow 95 00 Board of Inmates 310 00 469 55 Reimbursements for Charity: Individuals $69 30 Cities and Towns 1,541 77. State 618 01 Mothers' Aid (State) 3,965 96 6,195 04 Soldiers' Benefits: State Aid $1,238 00 Soldier's Burial 110 00 Soldiers' Relief 88 35 1,436 35 33 Schools: Tuition State Wards $248 25 Other Tuition 231 60 Cobb Fund 404 32 All other 9. 25 893 42 Unclassified 584 91 19,965 79 Cemeteries: Sale of Lot $10 00 Care of Lot 5 00 15 00 Interest: Deposits $386 97 Taxes 461 90 Cemetery P. C. Fund 729 74 Cobb Fund 361 66 Sturgis Fund 200 00 School Fund 62 76 2,203 03 Total Commercial Revenue $22,374.82. Municipal Indebtedness Temporary Loans 175,000 00 Trust and Investment Trust and Investment: Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds $2,148 93 School Fund 300 00 2,448 93 34 Refunds Roads $688 80 Schools 212 75 Soldiers' Benefits 9 00 910 55 Total Receipts $549 280 31 PAYMENTS- General Government Moderator at Annual Meeting $20 00 Selectmen's Department: Salaries $2,700 00 Stenographer at Town Meeting 105 74 Stationery and- Postage 341 82 Printing and Advertising 98 25 Traveling Expenses 203 54 Telephone 100 05 West Barnstable Office 28 00 All other expenses 192 70 3,770 10 Accounting and Auditing: State Audit 107 16 Treasurer's Department: Salary $1,500 00 Stationery and Postage 168 83 1,668 83 Collector's Department Salary $1,300 00 Stationery and Postage 71 26 Printing and Advertising 26 25 All other expenses 106 46 1,503 97 35 Assessors' Department: Salaries $1,800 00 Stationery and Postage 34 70 Traveling Expenses 14 75 All other expenses 137 20 1,986 65 Other Finance Offices and Accounts: Certifying Notes 14 00 Law Department: Town Counsel $150 00 Special Attorneys 101 18 Expenses of Hearings 1,304 34 1 1,555 52 Town Clerk's Department: Salary $500 00 Recording 170 17 Stationery and Postage 110 18 Printing and Advertising 72 00 Telephone 27 67 Hyannis Office 149 53 All other expenses 130 14 1,159 69 Election and Registration: Registrars' Salaries $270 00 Election Officers 261 50 Printing and Advertising 40 20 Hall Rent 53 00 All other expenses 46 00 670 70 Town Hall: Janitor $10 00 Repairs 75 65 85 65 Total for General Government $12,542 27 • n 36 Protection of Persons and Property Police Department: Town Constable $100 00 Traffic Officers 1,775 50 Patrolmen 1,115 00 Special Police 277 00 Court Fees 620 60 All other expenses 263 92 $4,156 02 Inspection of Wires: Salary 500 00 'Sealer of Weights and Measures: Salary $350 00 Traveling Expenses 150 00 Supplies 14 43 514 43 Gypsy and Brown Tail Moth Extermination: Salary of Superintendent $450 75 Labor 2,558 19 Stationery, Postage and Telephone 14 05 Insecticides 2,240 00 Hardware and Tools 756 55 Teams and Trucks 1,818 20 All other expenses 154 22 7,991 96° Planting and Trimming Trees: Salary of Superintendent $165 00 Labor 774 53 Trees 200 15 Teams and Trucks 327 88 1,467 56 37 Fires: Labor $249 35 Teams 23 00 Apparatus 26 50 298 85 Clam Warden: Salary and Expenses 244 50 Total for Protection of Persons and Property $15,173 32 Health and Sanitation Health: General Administration: Salary of Agent $300 00 Printing and Advertising 115 96 All other expenses 123 05 $539 01 Quarantine and Contagious-,.Diseases: Board and Treatment $212 57 Medical Attendance 8 00 Other Cities and Towns 160 00 380 57 Tuberculosis: Board and Treatment $1,915 72 All other expenses 61 61 1,977 33 Vital Statistics: Return of Births $42 25 Return of Deaths 27 25 69 50 38 Other Expenses: Plumbing Inspector $551 00 Fumigation 40 08 Vaccination 10 00 Public Health Nurse 500 00 Cape Cod Health Bureau 1,000 00 Dental Clinic 398 88 Inspection of Animals 350 00 Inspection of Slaughtering 291 66 Milk Inspector 214 79 All other expenses 179 65 3,536 06 Total for Health $6,502 47 Sanitation: Refuse and Garbage: Labor on Dumps ,603 97 Total for Health and Sanitation $7,106 44 Highways General Administration: Salary of Superintendent $1,500 00 State Highway Tax 6,800 19 $8,300 19 General Expenses: Labor $16,606 25 Teams 4,015 52 39 Broken Stone, etc. 5,855 36 Equipment and repairs 1,665 73 All other general expenses 251 09 28,393 95 Other Expenses: Engine for Grand Island Bridge $767 52 Signs 34 80 Town Pumps 57 63 859 95 •New Construction: Rebuilding Roads $58,822 00 State Highway, Centerville 9,241 11 Hyannis Main St. Gutters 7,946 42 Widening Main St., Hyannis 7,593 72 Lewis Bay Wharf 1,564 00 Widening Roads by order of Com- missioners 2,805 24 Draining Barnstable Road 17 44 87,989 93 Snow and Ice Removal: Labor $3,709 97 Horses 211 63 All other expenses 2 00 3,923 60 Total for Highways �129,467 62 Charities and Soldiers' Benefits Poor Department: General Administration: Salaries $600 00 Outside Relief: Groceries and Provisions $2,272 93 Coal and Wood 845 64 40 Board and Care 1,438 14 Medical Attendance 490 86 State Institutions 635 57 Cash Aid 2,271 00 All other expenses 828 05 8,782 19, Relief by other Cities and Towns: Cities $31 00 Towns 45 00 76 00 Mothers' Aid: This Town $7,931 09 Other Cities and Towns 541 92 8,473 01 Total for Poor Department $17,931.20. Almshouse: Salaries and Wages: Superintendent $600 00 Other Employees 218 40 818 40 Other Expenses: Groceries and Provisions $2,180 79 Dry Goods and Clothing 268 02 Buildings 147 89 Fuel and Light 369 73 Hay and Grain 137 87 Medical Attendance 131 94 All other expenses 434 29 3,670 53 Total for Almshouse $4,488.93. Soldiers' Benefits: State Aid $1,286 00 Military Aid 30 00 41 Soldiers' Relief: Fuel $19 50 Medical Attendance 12 00 Cash Aid 493 00 524 50 -1,840 50 Total, Soldiers' Benefits $1,840.50. Total for Charities and Soldiers' Benefits $24,260 63 Schools and Libraries Schools General: Salary of Superintendent $2,833 10 Clerical Aid 24 00 Truant Officer 9 26 Stationery, Printing and Postage 50 21 Telephone 254 02 Traveling Expenses 504 05 School Census 84 00 School'Physician and C. C. Health- Bureau 1,300 00 All other expenses 26 87 $5,085 51 Teachers' Salaries: High $12,736 00 Elementary 31,733 97 Music and Drawing 1,800 00 46,269 97 Test Books and Supplies: High $1,459 12 Elementary 1,218 71 2,677 83 B-4 42 Transportation: High and Elementary 8,745 00 Janitors' Services: High $799"84 Elementary 2,8.63 34 3,663 18 Fuel and Light: High $3,391 56 Elementary 6,849 76 • 10,241 32 Maintenance of Buildings and Grounds: High $509 33 Elementary 3,141 60 3,650 93 Furniture and Furnishings: High $74 31 Elementary 421 42 495 73 Other Expenses: Athletic Purposes $393 00 Graduation Exercises 81 31 474 31 'Total for Schools $81,303.78. Libraries 'Libraries: Divided among the Libraries,of the Town 1,000 00 'Total for Schools and Libraries $82,303 78 Recreation and Unclassified Parks and Play-grounds Parks: Labor $463 55 Horses 60 00 43 Loam 129. 00 All other Expenses 109 15 $761 70 Play-grounds: Barnstable High School 1,359 16 Total for Parks and Flay-grounds $2,120.86. Unclassified: Damages to Persons and Property $434 26 Memorial Day 300 00 Printing Town Reports 427 30 Insurance 3,339 13 Rent for G. A. R. 80 00 Rent for American Legion 200 00 Donation to Cape Cod Farm Bureau 500 00 Town Float in Plymouth Pageant 508 79 All other expenses 33 73 5,823 21 Total for Recreation and Unclassified $7,944 07 Cemeteries Cemeteries: Labor $414 67 Care of Lots 712 54 Fences 146 44 All other expenses 7 28 Total $1,280 93 44 Interest and Maturing Debt Interest: Temporary Loans $4,256 20 Highway Loans 4,240 00 Hyannis Main St. Loan 660,00 $9,156 20 Maturing Debt: Temporary Loans $175,000 00 Highway Loans 15,000 00 Draining Barnstable Road Loan 2,500 00 Hyannis Main Street Loan 2,000 00 Parker Road Loan 1,500 00 196,000 00 Total for Interest and Maturing Debt $205,156 20 Agency, Trust and Investment Agency: State Tax $24,335 60 County Tax, 31,095 92 Civilian War Poll Tax 4,302 00 $59,738 52; Trust and Investment: a Cemetery Perpetual Care Fund $2,148 93 Cobb Fund 409 32 Sturgis Fund 200 00 School Fund 362 76 3,121 01 Total for Agency, Trust and Investment $62,854 53 Refunds Refunds: Taxes $25 74 45 SUMMARY Receipts Cash on hand Jan. 1, 1921 $35,238 51 General Revenue $348,546 01 Commercial Revenue 22,374 82 Municipal Indebtedness 175,000 00 Trust and Investment 2,448 93 Refunds 910 55 549,280 31 $5842518 82 Expenditures General Government $12,542 27 Protection of Persons and Property 15,173 32 Health and Sanitation 7,106 44 Highways 129,467 62 Charities and Soldiers' Benefits 24,260 63 Schools and Libraries 82,303 78 Recreation and Unclassified 7,944 07 Cemeteries 1,280 93 Interest and Maturing Debt 205,156 20 Agency, Trust and Investment 62,854 53 Refunds 25 74 $548,115 53 Cash Balance, Dec. 31, 1921 36,403 29 $584,518 82 CLARENCE M. CHASE, Treasurer • JURY LIST, 1922 Victor H. Anderson Cooper Clarence Bangs Retired John Bursley Farmer Walter D. Baker Manufacturer Benjamin E. Blossom Coal Dealer Lawrence B. Boston Farm Bureau Frank Boult Carpenter Harvey F. Crocker Carpenter Lauchlan M. Crocker Chauffeur Edward S. Crocker 'Hotel Keeper Harold Crosby Hotel Keeper Ralph Crosby Boat Builder Braddock Coleman Carpenter Arthur M. Coville, Jr. Chauffeur James F. Crowell Fisherman Nathaniel P. Coleman Photographer Benjamin F. Chase Plumber Timothy Crocker Retired Everett F. Fuller Town Officer Walter I. Fuller Merchant William F. Fitzgerald Manager Frank P. Hallett Retired J. Lester Howland Furniture Dealer Leonard F. Hamblin Fisherman F. Howard Hinckley, Jr. Lumber Dealer William H. Irwin Retired Chester S. Jones Farmer Herbert A. Howland Ice Cream Manufacturer 47 Herbert E. Holway Clerk William A. Jones Contractor Zebina II. Jenkins Cranberry Grower James F. Kenney Merchant Alfred S. Kelley Painter Burleigh D, Leonard Garage Proprietor Herbert L. Lovell Fisherman Henry B. Loring Auto Mechanic IIarry F. Lumbert Carpenter Alexander Michelson Garage. Chester A. Murray Auto Dealer Freeman N. Nickerson Plumber Seth R. Nickerson Carpenter Joseph II. Maher Ice Dealer Leonidas B. Lewis Electrician John V. O'Neil Merchant' Lucius K. Paine Contractor Arthur A. Phinney Retired William P. Saint Clerk Harold W. Sears Auto Dealer Benjamin Sears Merchant Frank K. Rich Clerk Charles B. Robbins Carpenter 'William II. Robbins Oysterman Harry W. Tobey Merchant 'David E. Seabury Merchant Frederick E. Sherman Fish Dealer Walter M. Stiff Carpenter Richard Wirtanen Garage Martin Wirtanen Garage Alfred G. Weeks Farmer Lorenzo P. Wilson Merchant: • REPORT OF SURVEYOR OF HIGHWAYS Repairs on Roads RECEIPTS Appropriated $30,000 00 Reserve Fund 137.72 $30,137 72 EXPENDITURES Barnstable $1,592 27 Centerville 2,266 06 Cotuit 1,356 88 Hyannis 590 58 Hyannisport 1,028 27 Marstons Mills 1,907 60 Osterville 2,273 91 Plains 677 82 Santuit• 1,324 92 West Barnstable 471 26 General 16,648 15 $30,137 72 • 49 Lewis Bay Wharf Jan. 1 Balance $1,561 48 Building Wharf Reserve Fund 2 52 as per contract $1,560 00 Other expenses 4 00 $1,564 00 $1,564 00 Draining Barnstable Road Jan. 1 Balance $594 76 Labor $17 44 Transfer 305 24 Unexpended 272 08 $594 76 $594 76 Widening Roads by order of County Commissioners Appropriated $2,500 00 Labor and horses . $2,805 24 Transfer 305 24 $2,805 24 $2,805 24 State Highway, Centerville Jan. 1 Balance $4,768 45 As per contract $9,241 11 Ree'd from State 7,010 89 Unexpended 2,538 23 $11,779 34 $11,779 34 Engine for Grand Island Bridge Jan. 1 Balance $500 00 Electric Motor and Transfer 267 52 installing same $767 52 $767 52 $767 52 Rebuilding Roads . Appropriated $59,000 00 Resurfacing, grading, etc., as per con tract $56,216 63 Catch-basins and drains 757 00 Building Fences 1,848 37 Unexpended 178 00 $59,000 00 $59,000 00 50 Widening Main Street, Hyannis Balance Jan. 1 $5,159 66 Land Damage $5,206 22 Surplus Revenue 1,781 48 Building Curbing and other labor 2,387 50 $7,593 72 Less Check returned 652 58 $6,941 14 $6,941 14 Hyannis Main Street Gutters Appropriated $8,000 00 Building Pavement $6,170 50 Broken Stone, etc. 1,575 51 Catch-basins and labor 200 41 Unexpended 53 58 $8,000 00 $8,000 00 Snow Bills Appropriated $5,000 00 Eixpended: Barnstable $623 16 Centerville 236 88 . Cotuit 87 35 Hyannis 914 30 Hyannisport 79 20 Marstons Mills 415 60 Osterville 471 41 Plains 323 10 Santuib 179 85 W. Barnstable 592 75 $3,923 60 Unexpended 1,076 40 $5,000 00 $5,000 00 JOYCE TAYLOR, Surveyor of Highways TOWN CLERK'S REPORT ANNUAL TOWN MEETING March 7 and 8, 1921 At a meeting of the inhabitants of the Town of Barn- stable, qualified to vote on Town affairs, held in the differ- ent precincts named in the Warrant for said meeting,for the election of Officers, etc., on Monday, March 7, 1921, while actin.- under the following article: Art. 1. To choose a Moderator for the subsequent meeting, Town Treasurer, Collector of Taxes, one Selectman for three years, one Assessor for three years, one Overseer of the -Poor for three years, three Auditors for one year, one School Committee for three years, one member of the Board of Health for three years, one Tree Warden for one year, one Park Commissioner for three years, Con- stables, and to elect any other officer whose name may appear on the official ballot, also to vote on the question, shall license be granted for the sale of certain non-intoxicating beverages in this town. Will the town accept Chapter 240, Acts of 1920, relative to an act to permit, under public regulation and control, certain sports and games on the Lord's Day. The whole number of votes cast was 904, which being assorted and counted according to law, the result was found to be as follows: Moderator at Annual Meeting "Edward C. Hinckley ....................................................................................... 731 Charles L. Gifford ...................................... 1 J. Milton Leonard ................................................ :.. 4 S. Fremont Crocker .......................................................................................... 1 *Elected. 52 Town Treasurer (One Year) *Clarence M. Chase ...............•----=---......---............-----------........................---------....... 800 Selectman (Three Years *Howard N. Parker .............................................................................................. 756 FrankH. Williams ....................................................................................... 1 CharlesF. Fuller ......................................................•-----•--•----------..........------........ 1 Assessor (Three Years) -",Howard N. Parker ............................................................................................ 730 FrankH. Williams ...............................................................................•------....... 1 CharlesF. Fuller .................•------...------.................------------.......--••--------------------...... 1 Overseer of Poor (Three Years) "Howard N. Parker ........................•----------......................................................... 731 Frank H. Williams .............................. ........ 1 Charles F. Fuller .......... 1 School Committee (Three Years) '^'Allen Chadwick ....................................-................................................................. 377 GraceDottridge .-------•-------------............................................................................ 259 SolomonF. Haskins .......................................................................................... 235 Collector of Taxes (One Year) 'Everett F. Fuller'----------------------------------------------------------------------- --------•---........... 780 T. D. Rennie .. ............... 1 • Three Auditors (One Year) -'-John Bursley .................._........................................................................................ 731 . *Albert L. Edson ................•----•-----•----............------•---.......-----.....----........................ 666 *Luther C. Hallett ........................••------....................----•-------•-----...---................ 706 S. F. Crocker ............................................................................................................ 1 l 53 Tree Warden (One Year) *'Robert F. Cross ...................................................................................................... 789 Board of Health (Three Years) *William A. Jones ................................................................................................ 726 J. H. Higgins ............................................................................................................ 1 A. Lincoln Baker ..................................................................... 1 Park Commissioner (Three Years) 'William F. Jenkins ........................................................................................ 651 Park Commissioner (Unexpired Term) i *Jean G. Hinkle ......................................................................................................... 621 Constables *Howard E. Bearse ............................................................................................. 517 `George F. Hart ..................................................................................................... 511 *James B. Hazelton -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 502 HarryJ. Young .................:................................................................................. 179 `Theodore V. West --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 517 *Chester L. Baker- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 544. -'Harris C. Lovell ................................................................................................ 567' *Alexander S. Childs ......................................................................................... 526 *Benjamin E. Blossom ....................................................................................... 19 ;'Ferdinand Baker ...............................................................*................... ......... 9 *Maurice J. Hinckley .......................................................................................... 5 *William Potter ......................................................................................:.....:.. 4 JohnPhillips ............................................................................................................ 6 EverettL. Hoxie ................................................................................................ 3 ElIdaLovell ............................................................................................................... 3 54 LauchlanCrocker ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 3 ErnestNickerson ............................................................................................... 3 LeslieHobson ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2 Thirty-one had one each .............................................................................. 31 Shall License be granted for the sale of certain non- intoxicating beverages? Yes .. . ...................................................................................................................... 324 *No ........................... . ............................................................... .................................... 428 Acceptance of Chapter 240, Acts 1920 . *Yes .................................................................................................................................. 359 No ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ........................... 282 THE SUBSEQUENT MEETING In accordance with the Warrant the Subsequent Meeting was held at the Town House on Tuesday, March 8, 1921. The meeting was called to order at nine o'clock A. M., by the Town Clerk, who read the Warrant and the result of the previous days voting. The respective officers were de- clared elected. Dr. Hinckley then qualified as Moderator and took charge of the meeting. The following tellers were ap- pointed and sworn'by the Moderator: Herbert A. Smith William A. Jones Henry P. Leonard Arthur G. Guyer Mrs. Walter D. Baker Mrs. William Lovell , William S. Lumbert Heman P. Crocker 55 Art. 2. To elect all other necessary town officers for the ensu- ing year. The following officers were elected: Measurers of Wood and Bark Timothy Crocker South Hyannis Emilo R. Silver West Barnstable William C. Gifford Santuit Surveyors of Lumber John C. Bearse Hyannis John E. Hinckley Barnstable Joseph W. Hamblin Cotuit Sealer of Leather James E. Baxter Hyannis Deer Reeve John J. Harlow Santuit Pound Beepers Thomas W. Jones Barnstable William F. Ormsby Hyannis Wilton B. Cammett Marstons Mills Jehiel R. Crosby Centerville Field Drivers Theodore V. West Centerville Zenas Crocker Marstons Mills 56 Art. 3. To hear and act upon the report of the various town officers, also to hear the report of any Committees, and to take any action thereto and to act fully thereon. Voted to accept the report of the Town Officers as printed. The Town Building Committee's report was accepted and the recommendations adopted. (See report on file). Mr. William A. Baldwin made a verbal report for the Committee which was appointed several years ago in re- gard to enlarging the Training School. Voted to accept his report and that the Committee be con- tinued with authority to take up the matter of enlarging the High School at Hyannis. The Road Committee's report as printed was accepted and the Recommendations adopted. It was voted to con- tinue the same Road Committee for another year and that they take up with the Highway Commission the matter of getting aid from the State. The Selectmen reported in regard to the Grade Crossing at Barnstable and read a letter from the Railroad Commis- sion in which they stated that they %vere unable to do any- thing about this at the present time. The report was ac- cepted. The following resolutions on the death of Mr. Edward L. Chase were read: Whereas, by the death of our most highly esteemed and well beloved townsman, EDWARD LEWIS CIIASE, of IIyannis, the Town of Barnstable has lost an inestimable, valued and patriotic citizen, and 57 Whereas, by the consistent, conscientious and continuous performance of his duties as a citizen of the Town of Barnstable, the citizens thereof have lost a good and faithful friend and associate, and Whereas, from his earnest and upright performance of duties in many an official. capacity, the Town-and County of Barnstable have lost a true and recognized leader in- their respective affairs, and Whereas, the citizens of the Town of Barnstable, when as- sembled for matters of civic moment_, will keenly miss his sound judgment, foresight and that rare ability to "pour oil on troubled waters," and Whereas, his neighbors, friends and fellow townspeople Avill ever miss his cheerful, kindly cooperation and counsel, but will ever cherish his memory, therefore, be it Resolved, that the Town of Barnstable, through this Com- mittee duly appointed and in executive session convened, do hereby adopt these Resolutions as its official act and the . Town Clerk be instructed to incorporate the same as a part of the minutes of the Town Meeting of March 8th, 1921, and be it further Resolved, that a copy of these Resolutions be sent the ,widow of our lamented townsman, trusting that they may assist in lightening the deep sorrow of her loss. For the TOWN OF BARNSTABLE EDGAR W. LOVELL, JOHN BURSLEY, C. LAWRENCE BARRY, Committee on Resolutions Barnstable, Massachusetts, February twenty-eight, 1921. B-5 58 By a rising vote it was voted to accept the report of the Committee and the resolutions were adopted. Art. 4. To receive and act upon the accounts of all persons to whom the town is indebted. Voted to pay the following bills which had been ap- proved by the auditors: Estate of William A. Bearse, Services as Constable' $100.00 Edward C. Hinckley, Expenses as School Committee 79.55 John E. Hinckley, Expenses as School Committee 72.84 Allen Chadwick, Expenses as School Committee 120.00 Leonard's Garage, Transporting Road Committee 10.00 Edward C. Hinckley, Services as Moderator 20.00 $402.39 Art. 5. To see what sums of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate for the following purposes for the ensuing year, viz.: Support of Poor; Repairs on Roads and Bridges; Snow; School Purposes; School Salaries; Suppression of Crime; Clam Warden; Traffic Officers; Repairs on Town Property; Printing and Adver- tising; Interest; Town Officers; Miscellaneous Expenses; Trees and Labor on same; Suppression of Gypsy and Brown Tail Moth; for use of Park Commissioners; Soldiers' Relief; Reserve Fund; Election Expenses; State Aid; Board of Health; Extinguishment of Fires; Aid for Mothers with Dependent Children; Rent of Howard, Hall, Centerville, for G. A. R., and for all other legal expenses. Voted to raise and appropriate the following amounts: Bills approved at Town Meeting $402.39 Support of Poor 14,000.00 Repairs on Roads and Bridges 30,000.00 Snow 5,000.00 School Salaries 54,000.00 59 School Purposes 27,000.00 Suppression of Crime 1,250.00 Clam Warden 300.00. Traffic Officers 2,350.00 Repairs on Town Property 2,000.00 Printing and Advertising 700.00 Interest 8,500.00 Town Officers 9,500.00 Miscellaneous 7,500.00 Trees and Labor on same 1,500.00 Suppression of Moths 8,000.00 Park Commissioners 1,000.00 Soldiers' Relief 400.00 Reserve Fund 2,000.00 Election Expenses 800.00 State Aid 1,500.00 Board of Health 5,600.00 Fires 500.00 Mothers' Aid 9,000.00 Rent for G. A. R. 60.00 Payment of Notes 21,000.00 Appropriated under Special Articles Memorial Day 300.00 New Roads (Article 11) 59,000.00 Main Street, Hyannis 8,000.00 B. H. S. Playground 1,500.00 Care of Cemeteries 500.00 Farm Bureau 500.00 Libraries 1;000.00 Public Health Nurse 500.00 Rent for American Legion 200.00 Widening Roads (County Commissioners) 2,500.00 $287,862.39 60 Art. 6. To see if the town will vote to authorize the Town Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen to borrow money in anticipation of the revenue of the current financial year. Voted that the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, be and hereby is authorized to borrow money in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year begin- ping January 1, 1921, and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year. Any debt or debts incurred un- der this vote to be paid from the revenue of said financial year. (Unanimous). Art. 7. To see if the town will vote to authorize the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money on and after Jan. 1, 1922, in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1st, 1922. Voted that the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, be and hereby is authorized to borrow money on and after January 1, 1922, in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1922, and to is- sue 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. (Unanimous). Art. S. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $21,000 to provide for the payment of notes of the town ma- turing in 1921. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $21,000.00 for this purpose. Art. 9. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the proper observance of Memorial Day and to act fully thereon. Voted that the sum of $300.00 be raised for this purpose and placed in the hands of the,Barnstable Soldiers' Mem- orial Association. 61 Art.•10. To see if the town will vote to authorize the Select- men to make such leases as in their opinion will be for the best interest of the town, and to confirm all leases heretofore given. Voted that the Selectmen be so authorized. Also voted that the Selectmen be authorized and instructed to consult such authorities and take such action as they may find necessary to establish rights of the Town to make leases or to sell portions of or all of the land held by the Town under the Will of Parker Lombard. Art. 11. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate, or issue its notes, bonds or script for $60,000 to be expended for re- building about four miles of road in the town as foilows: about one mile on the Centerville and Hyannisport road, about three- fourths of a mile on the Osterville and West Barnstable stage road, and about two and one-fourth miles on the West Barnstable and Cotuit stage road, or take any action in relation thereto and to act fully thereon. Under this article the motion to borrow the sum of $60,- 000.00 for the purpose herein mentioned was voted down by the following vote: Yes 29 . No 183 The motion to raise $60,000.00 by direct taxation was voted down by the following vote: Yes 87 No 172 After quite a discussion it was voted that the meeting adjourn twenty minutes for lunch, and after the meeting was called to order again, it was voted tb raise the sum of $59,000.00 by direct taxation for the purpose mentioned in this article. It was also voted that it is the.sense of this meeting that the responsibility for constructing these new 62 roads be placed in the Road Committee and that they should approve all contracts and should inspect all work done. Art: 12. To see if the town will raise and appropriate or issue its notes, bonds or script for a sum not exceeding $10,000 for the purpose of constructing a stone or oil road commencing on Main St., Hyannis, near the Makepeace place, so called, extending in a westerly and southerly direction to the corner of Marston and. Scudder Avenues, Hyannisport, thence turning in a westerly di- rection to the stone or oil road that connects Craigville with Hyan- nisport. (By request). Indefinitely postponed. Art. 13. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum not to exceed $5,000 or to borrow the same and issue its notes, bonds or script therefor, for the purpose of hardening the gutters on Main St., Hyannis, from Ocean St. to Sea St., or take any action in relation thereto and to act fully thereon. (By re- quest). Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $8,000.00 for this. purpose. Art. 14. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money not exceeding $1,500 for the purpose of extending the work of last year on the Barnstable High School Playground, and to appoint a committee to have charge of the same, or to take any action in relation thereto and to act fully thereon. (By re- quest). Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $1,500.00 for this purpose and that the Park Commissioners should have charge of the work. Art. 15. To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of $500 to be placed in the care of the Selectmen, for the purpose of improving the conditions existing in the several town cemeteries, by re-setting fallen tablets or markers, cutting brush and bushes and such other work as may be deemed.necessary. (By request). 63 Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $500.00 and that a Committee of seven, one from each Precinct, be ap- pointed by the Selectmen whose duty it shall be to visit the different Burial Lots and see what in their judgment is re- quired for the expenditure of the money appropriated, and report their doings at the next annual Town Meeting. Art. 16. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for, and to elect, a Director for the Cape Cod Farm Bureau, as authorized by Sections 1 and 5, Chapter 273, Acts of the Massachusetts Legislature of 1918. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $500.00 for this purpose and Mr. John Bursley was elected Director of the Cape Cod Farm Bureau. Art. 17. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum not to exceed $1,000 for the purpose of buying books for the several Libraries in town, said sum to be placed in the hands of a Committee of citizens, to be distributed among the several,libraries, as seems to the committee to be just and equitable, or take any action in relation thereto, and to act fully thereon. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $1,000.00 for the purpose mentioned in this article, and that the money be placed in the hands of the same Committee as last year. Art. 18. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $500 to be expended by the Selectmen or the Board of Health, in accordance with Section 1, Chapter 72, of the Acts of 1911, for public health nursing service to be rendered in the Town of Barnstable, or take any action in relation thereto and to act fully thereon. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $500.00 for this purpose. Art. 19. To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum 64 of $200 for the purpose of providing temporary quarters for a period of one year, said amount to be used in defraying the ex- penses of rental for temporary quarters suitable for Headquarters of Barnstable Post,*No. 206. American Legion in the village of. Hyannis. (By request). Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $200.00 for the purpose of providing temporary quarters for the American Legion. Art. 20. To see if the town will vote to take some action toward the providing of permanent quarters of Barnstable Post, No. 206, American Legion, in the village of Hyannis, as provided in Chap- ter 254, Sections 1 and 2, as passed and approved April 6, 1920, by the Massachusetts Legislature. (By request). Voted that article 20 be referred to the Town Building Committee, they to meet a Committee from the Barnstable Post No. 206, American Legion, with Headquarters at Hy- annis, for the purpose of conferring together to decide what would constitute suitable quarters for the Barnstable Post of the American Legion, and that no further action at this Town Meeting be taken, the Town Building Committee to make such recommendations as they may deem suitable upon this subject, after a thorough investigation, their re- port to be made at the neat annual or special Town Meet- ing. Art. 21. To see if the town will vote to raise or borrow a sum of money and appropriate the same for the purpose of building a new Town Hall and office building, or take any action in relation thereto and to act fully thereon. (By request). Indefinitely postponed. Art. 22. To see if the town will adopt a commission form of government, with a Town Manager, or take any action in relation thereto and to act fully thereon. (By request). 65 Art. 23. To see if the town will authorize the Selectmen to ap- point a Committee of seven citizens to consider the advisability of adopting limited town meetings when such are legally available for Barnstable, and to report thereon at the next annual town meeting. (By request). Art. 32. To see if the town will vote to have its By-Laws re- vised or amended and to appoint a Committee to report at the next Special or,Regular Town Meeting concerning the same or to take any action thereon or relation thereto. (By request). Voted.that articles 22, 23 and 32 be taken up together at this time. Under these three articles taken together it was voted that a Committee of seven be appointed by the chair to re- port at the next annual Town Meeting in regard to the different matters specified in these three articles. The Following were appointed: Roscoe W. Hamblin John E-. Hinckley William F..Makepeace Charles L. Gifford Ralph W. Crosby Samuel H. Hallett Dr. James H. Higgins Art. 24. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money not to exceed $2,500 to be expended in widening of Highways as ordered by the County Commissioners, or take any action in relation thereto and to act fully thereon. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $2,500.00 for this purpose. Art. 25. To see if the town will raise and appropriate a sum of money not to exceed $2,500 for the purpose of taking care of drain- age on Crosby Avenue in village of Osterville, or take any action in relation thereto and to act fully thereon. Indefinitely postponed. 66 Art. 26. To see if the town will authorize the Selectmen to sell the land formerly used for a Dump Ground near the village of Hy- annis on the Barnstable road, or take any action in relation thereto and to act fully thereon. Voted that the Selectmen be so authorized. Art. 27. To see if the town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to sell the School House and land in the village of Osterville, lo- cated on the North side of Main St., or take any action in relation thereto and to act fully thereon. Indefinitely postponed. Art. 28. To see if the town will accept the provisions of Chapter 94, Section 120 of the General Laws relative to the licensing for carrying on the business of slaughtering. Indefinitely postponed. Art. 29. To see if the town will vote to accept the provisions of Sec. 7, Chapter 136, of the General Laws, relative to licensing cer- tain Dealers to sell fruit, ice cream, confectionery, soda water, etc., on the Lord's Day, or take any action in relation thereto and to act fully thereon. Voted to accept the provisions under Section 7, of Chap- ter 136 of the General Laws. Art. 30. To see if the town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to sell the hearses belonging to the town or take any action in rela- tion thereto and to act fully thereon. Voted that the Selectmen be so authorized. Art. 31. To see if the Town will straighten, macadam or build a suitable oil and sand road, from Bacon's corner, so called, to the Common Fields Bridge, in the Town of Barnstable, and raise the money for that purpose. (By request). Indefinitely postponed. 67 Art. 33. To see if the town will instruct the Selectmen to place a traffic officer at the four corners near Nathan H. Bearse's store in Centerville and appropriate a sum of money therefor and take any action in relation thereto and act fully thereon. This article was taken up in connection with article 5, of which time it was voted that $350.00 be added to the a.monnt appropriated for Traffic Officers, to be expended for the purpose herein mentioned. The following resolutions were adopted: RESOLUTIONS RELATIVE TO THE OPEN SEASON ON pMIGRATORY SEA-FOWL ONLY AND THE PROTECTION OF THE SCALLOP FISHERY Whereas,It has become a self evident fact that the migratory sea-fowl, especially coots, are rapidly destroying the scal- lop fishery along the shore of Cape Cod, and, Whereas, The said migratory sea-fowl congregate over these Zn scallop beds in countless numbers, feeding on these young shell fish during the months of December and January of each year, and, Whereas, The time has arrived when it is a question of the preservation of our scallops, rather than protection of migratory sea-fowl, be it, Resolved, That we the citizens of the town of Barnstable in Town Meeting assembled, earnestly protest the protection of migratory sea-fowl during the month of January, as we firmly believe that justice to both sea-fowl and shell fish re- quire that the open season on said migratory sea-fowl should be changed from the present law, viz: Open season from ss September 15th to December 31st, to open season from Oc- tober 15th to January 31st of the following year. And that a certified copy of these resolutions be sent, one copy to the Advisory Committee of the Biological Department at Washington, D. C., one copy to the Congressman from this District, and one copy to the Massachusetts Fish and Game Commission through our Representative in the Leg- islature. Voted that the thanks of the meeting and the sum of $20.00 be extended to the Moderator for his very efficient services. Voted to adjourn at 1.20 P. M. , Attest: CLARENCE M. CIIASE, Town Clerk. 69 BIRTHS Births recorded in the Town of Barnstable for the year 1921, with the name, place of birth and Christian name of parents: Jan. 6. Miriam Hill, Hyannis, Nestor and Amelia. Jan. 13. Nancy Adeline Jones, Marstons Mills, Loring G. and Ada H. Jan. 13. Ruth Helen Leeman, West Barnstable, Victor and Eu- femia. Jan. 28. Mary Elizabeth Perkins, Hyannis,William H. and Inez H. Jan. 28. Carl Salo, West Barnstable, Henry and Otilia. Feb. 5. Barbara Landers, Cotuit, Earl W. and Esther L. Feb; 10. (Illegitimate). Feb. 16. Bradford Ames Crosby, Osterville, Carrol P. and Sarah E. Feb. 17. Kenneth Earle Williams, Hyannis, Lester W. and Flor- ence M. Feb. 18. Mabel Miriam Pelton, West Barnstable, Ivar and Karin M. Feb. 21. Allen H. Klimm, Hyannis, Henry W. and Blanche. Feb. 22. Lillian Alice Jackson, Osterville, Andrew and Alviina. Feb. 23. Jessie Bernice Washington, Hyannisport, Hanson and Jessie B. Feb. 26. Rose Adee Burlingame, Osterville, George C. and Ber- trice J. Feb. 27. Paul Dennis Syrilla, West Barnstable, Samuel F. and Mary J. 70 Feb. 28. Emerson, Hyannis, Charles and Stella. Mar. 4. Lois Antonette Hopkins, Hyannis, Harold and Emma. Mar. S. Vernon Cedric Montero, Hyannis, Domingo R. and Sarah J. Mar. 9. Annie Florence Maderios, Cotuit, Manuel B. and Mary I. Mar. 9. Louise Ann Pike, Hyannis, William J. and Muriel A. Mar. 10. Jerome Crosby Hallett, Osterville, James H. and Asenith J. Mar. 11. Gordon Otis Jerauld, Hyannis, Bruce K. and Lucile J. Mar. 11. Sadie Florence Nickerson, Cotuit, Albert B. and Jessie F. Mar. 14. Dorothy Lima, West Barnstable, John P. and Mary L. Mar. 15. Donald Eugene Hall, Hyannis, Charles F. and Christine L. Mar. 17. Lee Crocker, Cotuit, Milton H. and Nellie G. Mar. 28. William Grant Howes, Barnstable, William and Louise. Apr. 3. George Newell Nickerson, Hyannis, Alexander and Maud L. Apr. 5. Harold Filemon Willmon, West Barnstable, Filemon and Maria A. Apr. 5. Francis Alexander Bremner, Osterville, Alex. N. and Elizabeth J. Apr. 8. Robert Walsh, West Barnstable, Joseph F. and Elizabeth M. Apr. 12. . Robert Armos Ruska, Centerville, Victor and Linda. 71 Apr. 13. Henry Sears George, Barnstable, Anthony and Helen E. Apr. 14. Charles Francis Crocker, Hyannis, Ernest and Helene. Apr. 20. Ireland, Hyannis, Samuel F. S. and Edith M. Apr. 21. Winifred Bacon, Hyannis, Albert J. and Mildred A. Apr. 22. Pauline Rogers, Cotuit, Jordan and Theresa. Apr. 28. Ethel Louise Hull, Cotuit, Ulysses N. and Ethel L. Apr. 29. Seth Robert Hamblin, Marstons Mills, Seth E. and Mary C. May 2. Edwin Cecil Lagergren, Hyannis, Edwin C. and Annie. May 4. Toini Tuulikki Hemmila, Hyannis, John and Hilda. May 6. Pota Kalas, Osterville, James C. and Mary. May 9. Ruseta Sethares, Hyannis, Manuel and Ankelino. May 10. (Illegitimate). May 14. Eleanor Susanna Waller, West Barnstable, John and Susanna. May 15. Stedman Stark, Centerville, Eric A. and Margarilla L. May 16. Mariori Christine Bearse, Centerville, Albert F. and Christine. May 18. Doris Lucile Hinckley, Osterville, Herbert L. and Gwen- dolyn L. May 19. Kimball Howes Coombs, Hyannis, Luther K. and Emma P. May 21. Lloyd Herbert Linnell, Hyannis, Percy B. and Hilda. 72 May 23. Howard W. Quinn, Hyannis, Lester and Eva L. May 23. Chester Arthur Savery, Cotuit, George H. and Laura A. May 28. James Sousa Codinko, Cotuit, William S. and Mary M. May 28. James K. Karras, Barnstable, Kostas and Anna. June G. Nathalie Hope Phillips, Cummaquid, John A. and Gladys P. June 12. Leo Anthony Childs, Jr., Centerville, Leo A. and Marion B. June 18. Virginia Wirth Hall, Hyannis, Joseph R. and Estella M. June 21. James Ernest Childs,'2d, West Barnstable, Alden B. and Fanny. June 21. Rita Eldridge, Hyannis, Henry and Catherine. June 23. Honorah Frances Childs,, Cotuit, Russell B. and Annie T. June 24. Charles Harold Breidenthal, Jr., Cummaquid, Charles H. and Marion L. June 26. George Harding Lapham, Osterville, Frank T. and Bea- trice E. June 28. Albert Henry Marchant, Jr., Hyannis, Albert H. and Agnes P. June 29. Allen Francis Jones, Hyannis, William A. and Elsie M. June 29. Peter Fernandes, West Barnstable, Conrad and Mary. June 29. Kathryn Gertrude Ryder, Hyannis, Myron D. and Kath- ryn M. July 7. Roy Albert Brown, Centerville, Wilbert L. and Marian F. 73 ' July 9. (Stillborn) July 12. James Rego Souza, Cotuit, John R. and Georgianna. July 14. Ruth Evelyn Eldridge, Hyannis, Elmer and Mabel. July 15. Alvin Raymond Perry, Centerville, Lester A. and Johanna A. July 15. John Leary Terry, Jr., Hyannis, John L. and Edith F. i July 17. Florence May Cox, Eastham, William E. and Addie L. July 20. Dorothy Wyman Stackhouse, Hyannis, Charles W. and Evelyn R. July 22. Alvah Thomas Bearse, Hyannis, Ethan A. and Effie M. July 22. Eleanor Bearse, Centerville, William E. and Celeste E. July 23. Robert Oliver Dottridge, Cotuit, Ernest O. and Lila B. July 24. Edward Corriera, Botellio, Santuit, Antone C. and Mary L. July.28. Eben Sturgis Hinckley, Hyannis, Curtis B. and Emily F. July 30. George Wesley Dunham, Cotuit, Frank W. and Doris E. Aug. 1. (Illegitimate) Aug. 2. Sparrow Emery Young, Hyannis, S. Randolph and Alice E. Aug. 8. Norman-Earle Wilson, Hyannis, Earle S. and Josephine P. Aug. 8. Charles Joseph MacEacheron, Hyannis, Charles P. and Mabel. Aug. 10. Nancy Olivia Lee, Hyannis, Cyrus C. and Avis M, B-6 74 Aug. 12. Marguerite Jones, Hyannis, Leslie R. and Cathleen. Aug. 17. Thelma Catherine Fuller, Hyannis, Thomas B. and Alice A. Aug. 18. Frank Smith Jones, Osterville, Guy A. and Caroline S. Aug. 19. Gordon Field, West Barnstable, Harvey John and Nancy E. Aug. 19. Albert Gordon Williams, Hyannis, Norman E. and Helen A. Aug. 21. Anne Waldron, Hyannis, Francis A. and Mildred. Aug. 22. John Cecil Sullivan, Hyannis, John R. and Celia E. Aug. 23. Sarah Marsh Beeton, Hyannis, Harold M. and Caroline. Aug. 24. August Francis Enos, Santuit, August and Mary. Aug. 26. William Cabral, Centerville, Manuel L. and Ruth E. Sept. 8. Harvey Francis Sinnett, Hyannis, Raymond S. and Mary E. Sept. 8. Elizabeth Ann Barry, Hyannis, Joseph J. and Elizabeth M. Sept. 8. Roger Edwin Macomber, Barnstable, Richard A. and Edna M. Sept. 9. Vera Emma Swenson, Centerville, John P. and Lucy M. Sept.12. Mary Geneive Eldridge, Hyannis, Charles M. and Geneive A. Sept.12. Elizabeth Kelley, Hyannis, Robert M. and Helena B. Sept.18. Arthur Phillips Bush, 3d, Hyannis, Arthur P., Jr., and Helen. 75 Sept.18. Morin, Hyannis, Julius P. and Hester C. Sept.19. (Stillborn). Sept.20. Alfred Parker Chadwick, Osterville, Oscar L. and Helen R. Sept.21. Gay Gordon Ayrault, Hyannis, Walter and Blanche M. Sept.24. (Stillborn) Sept.26. Harrison Fuller Brackett, Santuit, Roscoe and Miriam F. Sept.26. Ann Hope Whiteley, Osterville, Henry A. and Ada. Sept.30. Leona May Cole, Hyannis, Burton W. and Estelle M. Sept.30. Myrtle Edith Luce, Hyannis, Irvil G. and Aroline L. Oct. 3. (Illegitimate) Oct. 3. Althea Elizabeth Garrow, Hyannis, Alan E. and Adelaide G. Oct. 6. Doris Francis, Barnstable, William W. and Virginia. Oct. 10. Elinor Frances Doane, Cotuit, Robert H. and Lillian R. Oct. 10. Manuel Henry Davis, West Barnstable, Joseph S. and Mary. Oct. 16. Harold Chesley Weeks, Jr., Hyannis, Harold C. and Gladys. Oct. 16. Edson Fisher Scudder, Cotuit, Wilson S. and Mildred L. Oct. 17. Frederick Bryant Scudder, Hyannis, Frederick F. and Ethel M. Oct. 24. Beatrice Roderick, Barnstable, Manuel and Louisa. `r 1 76 Oct..27. Charles Henry Hazelton, Jr., Hyannis, Charles H. and Grace H. Oct. 28. Barbara Louise Johnson, Hyannis, Morris I. and Mary. Nov. 2. Carrie Louise Cotell, Hyannis, Harris E. and Nettie E. Nov. 3. Chase, Hyannis, Ralph and Viola L. Nov. 3. Virginia Allen, Attleboro, Maurice B. and Vernette L. Nov. 8. Joseph Manuel Lus, Hyannis, Manuel J. and Dora A. Nov. 8. Phyllis Evans, Osterville, Russell C. and Melissa C. Nov. 10. Joseph Botelho Robello, Cotuit, Antone B. and Mary H. Nov. 14. Cyrus Wilbur Jones, Jr., Marstons Mills, Cyrus W. and Anna B. Nov. 15. Carol Scudder, Osterville, Stuart F. and Marie. Nov. 18. Charles Franklin Marr, Jr., Hyannis, Charles F. and Isabel F. Nov. 19. Alice Florence Enos, Hyannis, Manuel S. and Sylvia. Dec. 2. Joseph Curtis Whittemore, Hyannis, Clarence F. and Annie R. Dec. 3. Elijah Marcus Cash, Hyannis, Raymond W. and Selina V. Dec. 6. Charles Henry Bearse, Jr., Hyannis, Charles H. and Lauretta S. Dec. 6. Marie Kelleher, Hyannis, James H. and Alice C. Dec. 9. Lawrence Alwyn Baker, Hyannis, Alwyn and Estella F. Dec. 12. Kendrick Freeman Marchant, Hyannis, Chester E. and Etta C. 77 Dec. 12. Frances Anna Stark, Centerville, Russell G. and Anna B. Dec. 24. (Stillborn). Dec. 24. Robert Davis Klimm, Hyannis, Rasmus and Joanna L. Dec. 26. Irene Margaret Lampi, West Barnstable, Thomas A. and Anna A. Dec. 27. Uno John Manni, West Barnstable, Henry and Hilma. Omitted from Report of 1920: July 27. Frederick Randolph Hebditch, Attleboro, Frederick R. and Myrtice D. Sept. 4. Gladys Elizabeth Hamblin, Marstons Mills, Leonard F. and Maud L. Oct. 9. Helen Sibley Smith, Waltham, Charles E.and Charlotte S. MARRIAGES Marriages recorded in the Town of Barnstable for the year 1921: Jan. 29. Judah Crowell of Hyannis and Delia Louise Wilder (Mottor) of Hyannis. Feb. 5. George Warren Runnells of Hyannis and Agnes L. Young of Barnstable. Feb. 15. Luther Adams Tripp of Framingham and Marion Lena Chalke of Hyannis. Feb. 27. Millard P. Hall of Harwich and '_Muriel S. Nevins of West Harwich. Mar. 3. Roger Weston Tillson of Harwich and Effie M. Cahoon of Pleasant Lake. 78 Mar. 4. Jemino Barbosa Vincente of Hyannis and Beatrice May Mitchell of Hyannis. Mar. 12. Bernard Maurice Nickerson of West Barnstable and Ethel Gertrude Marchant of Cummaquid. Mar. 23. William Alonzo Coleman of Woonsocket, R. I., and Effie Louise Burlingame of Cotuit. Apr. 9. William Emerson Lake of West Barnstable and Mary Elizabeth Anderson of West Barnstable. Apr. 9. Aristides Evangelus Phontrides of New York City and Margaret Garrison of Cambridge. Apr. 12. William C. Newton of Hyannis and Edna Sterre of Hy- annis. •Apr. 29. Fred Sedgewick Dixon of Barnstable and Lucy S. Royle (Doten) of Dennis. May 5. George A. Reed of Hyannis and Phoebe Roza of Sand- wich. May G. David Kingsland of Barnstable and Sarah Ann Whipple of Buzzards Bay. May 19. Ray Williard Harrison of Hyannis and Hazel Evelyn Brown of Amsterdam, N. Y. May 21. Maurice Burton Allen of Osterville and Vernette Louise Perrin of Osterville. May 21. William Kokko of Barnstable and Hilda Leematainen of Sandwich. May 25. Nennis Benia of Kingston and Mary Balboni of Sandwich. May 28. Manuel Lus of Centerville and Dora Anna Powers of Dennis. 79 June 1. Frank Howard Hinckley, Jr., of Barnstable and Eunice Isabel Marsh of Lynn. June 15. Charles William Guartha of Springfield and Maria Louise Pierce (Clegg) of Hyannis. June 24. John J. Delaney of Hyannis and Lucy Moquin of Bristol, Conn. June 25. Frederick Robert Evans of New York City and Nellie Gertrude Handy of Cotuit. June 27. Joseph Anthony Mayo of Hyannis and Helen Linette Hopkins of Chatham. t June 29. Frank Maynard Gifford, Jr., of Middleboro and Winifred Hazel Hoxie of Cotuit. July 4. John Randall Huggard of Chicago, Ill., and Anna Louise Crosby of Osterville. July 7. Matthew Gannett of Falmouth and Mary Margaret Robin- son of Bourne. July 9. Robert Hathaway Jones of Barnstable and Anna Gray Walley of Hyannis. Aug. 2. Donald Edgar Bowen of Hyannis and Sarah Lena Levy of Newburyport. Aug. 6. Attilio Giaquinto of Washington, D. C., and Martha O. Christianisen of Washington, D. C. Aug.s20. Lester Severin Field of Hyannis and Marion Goss of New Bedford. Aug. 21. Napoleon J. Dupuis of Hyannis and Mary Elizabeth Snow of West Yarmouth. Aug. 27. John. Nunes Duarte, Jr., of Marstons Mills and Julia Enos Farrar of Santuit. 80 Sept. 3. Abner Isaac Jones of Barnstable and Mary W. Steers (Waite) of Barnstable. Sept. 5. Walter S. Hallett of Boston and Ethel M. Rich of Malden. Sept. 9. John W. Wales of Denver, Col., and Ettie Fear (Burr) of Denver, Col. Sept.17. Charles F. Hilliard of Sandwich and Bertha M. Ander- son of Sandwich. Sept.19. Louis H. Burlingame of St. Louis, Mo., and Grace Semple of St. Louis, Mo. Sept.21. George Oliver of West Barnstable and Mary E. Childs of West Barnstable. Sept.23. Ralph Richard Williams of Osterville and Edith Beatrice Alley of Osterville. Sept.26. Ralph Chase of South Yarmouth and Viola L. Cummings of Hyannis. Oct. 6. William Petersen of Hyannis and Alice Elizabeth Bond of Hyannis. Oct. 9. Wilfred A. Ellis of West Harwich and Agnes Adele Phil- lips of Dennisport. Oct. 12. Shirley Savery Evans of Osterville and Maude Ethel Pierce of Pawtucket, R. I. Oct. 15. Leo Edmund Beaumont of Boston and Susie Margaret Burke of Centerville. Oct. 16. Ernest Chester Eldridge of South Chatham and Olive Augusta Hinckley of Barnstable. Oct. 19. Antone E. Frazier of Santuit and Julia Ferreira of Oak Bluffs. 81 Oct. 22. John P. Lydon of Chatham and Madge R. Lyle of Prov- incetown. Oct. 31. Lester Williams Murphy of Hyannis and Lenore Evelp Baker of Hyannis. Nov. 20. Kusti Ahola of Centerville and Tyyne Heinonen of Centerville. Nov. 20. William Hautanen, of Centerville and Hilja Wannie (Wahlberg) of Centerville. Nov. 21. James Shepherd, Jr., of Hyannis and Jeanette Frances Eldridge of Hyannis. Nov. 24. Horace A. Crosby of Osterville and Mary Ellen Welch of Norwood. Nov. 24. Arthur R. Potter of Cotuit and Gertrude Washington of Hyannis. Nov. 27. Karl William Davidson of Hyannis and Sylvia Hannah Kittila of West Yarmouth. Dec. 18. Manuel Souza Mederos of Barnstable and Isabel Frances Thomas of West Barnstable. Dec. 31. John Henry Gay of Dorchester and Vera P. Williams of Centerville. DEATHS Deaths recorded in the Town of Barnstable for the year 1921: Jan. 1. Margaret A. Murray (Bryant), Hyannis, 66 y., 5 in., 24 d. Jan. 1. Lydia Ann Landers (Goodspeed), Cotuit, 79 y., 4 in., 16 d. 82 Jan. 5. Moses Sturges, Hyannisport, 71 y., 28 d. Jan. 5. Abbie F. Robinson (Wood), Cummaquid, 74 y. Jan. 8. Hannah S. Wheeler (Kelley), Centerville, 76 y., 11 m., 12 d. Jan. 9. Dana Williamson, Centerville, 7 m., 7 d. Jan. 27. Sarah Abby Cammett (Fish), Marstons Mills, 80 y., 4 m., 8 d. Feb. 7. Rodney E. Linnell, Cotuit, 72 y., 4 m., 22 d. Feb. 7. Homan I. Coleman, Hyannis, 59 y., 9 m., 27 d. Feb. 11. Abbie F. Jones (Loring), Barnstable, 80 y., 1 m., 3 d. Feb. 15. Lucinda Hallett Galger (Pinkham), Hyannis, 89 y., it m., 1 d. Feb. 26. Edgar Willard Linnell, Hyannis, 71 y., 3 m., 27 d. Feb. 27. Hiram R. Kelley, Centerville, 72 y., 7 m., 12 d. Feb. 28. (Infant) Emerson, Hyannis, 1-2 hr. Feb. 28. Stella Emerson (Silver), Hyannis, 25 y., 1 m., 7 d. Mar. 4. Laura E. Sherman (Goodspeed),Hyannis, 66 y., 10 m., b d. Mar. 11.• David M. Seabury, Barnstable, 78 y., 11 m. Mar. 12. Harriett E. Bodfish, Hyannis, 8 m., 25 d. Mar. 12. Ezekiel C. Baker, Hyannis, 74 y., 10 m. Mar. 17. Joseph E. Johnson, West Barnstable, 4 m., 24 d. Mar. 20. Wilton B. Jones, Santuit, 43 y., 9 m., 23 d. 83 Mar. 20. Eleanor Hamblin (Hoxie), Marstons Mills, 81 y., 7 m., 4 d. Apr. 1. Albert T. Ellis, Hyannis, 49 y., 3 m., 24 d. Apr. 1. AIlen H. Klimm, Hyannis, 1 m., 11 d. Apr. 5. William Dixon, Cummaquid, 95 y., 2 m., 1 d. Apr. 5. William J. Conley, Centerville, 61 y., 3 m., 2 d. Apr. 7. John M. Blagden, Hyannis, 69 y., 2 d. .Apr. 10. Susan E. Butler (Crowell), West Dennis, 53 y., 11 m., 27 d. Apr. 12. Frederick Currier, Yarmouth, 52 y., 6 m., 11 d. Apr. 13. Rita Cross, Hyannis, 1 y., 4 m., 20 d. Apr. 19. Rosa C. Kelley, Centerville, 80 y., 9 m., 13 d. Apr. 19. Frank B. Bearse, Hyannis, 82 y., 4 m., 29 d. Apr. 21. (Infant) Ireland, Hyannis, 1 d. Apr. 24. Julia F. Hallett (Phinney), Centerville, 83 y., 7 m., 22 d. Apr. 26. Alexander Toolas, Sandwich, Il y., 15 d. Apr. 30. Edwin Baxter, Hyannis, 68 y., 8 m., 16 d: May 5. Oliver Pocknett, Hyannis, 15 y., 9 m., 11 d. May 9. Osborne L. Hallett, Hyannis, 62 y., 6 m., $ d. May 17. Christina Hamblin, Barnstable, 80 y., 4 m.,.8 d. May 23. Mercy M. Phinney (Hallett), Barnstable, 64 y., 6 m., 15 d. 84 May 24. Dora Ames (Phinney), Osterville, 62 y., 8 m., 19 d. May 25. Henry Mayo Percival, Barnstable, 62 y., 6 rn., 21 d. June 11. Mary A. Lovell (Crosby), Osterville, 85 y., 9 m., 5 d. June 15. Ida D. Frost (Pitcher), Hyannis, 71 y., 7 m., 30 d. June 21. Lucy A. Crosby (Backus), Osterville, 85 y., 9 m., 25 d. June 23. Martin A. Hammersky, Cleveland, 46 y., 10 d. June 25. Benjamin F. Pocknett, Hyannis, 45 y. June l3. Ozial P. Baker, Cotuit, 85 y., 5 d. July 3. Mary O. Gomes (O'Co-inell), Osterville, 39 y., 6 m., 9 d. July 4. Edgar R. Evans, Osterville, 60 y., 1 m., 14 d. July 6. Peter Fernandez, West Barnstable, 7 d. July 9. Frederick C. Weld, Lowell, 56 y., 9 m., 27 d. July 9. (Stillborn). July 13. Albert Hinckley, Osterville, 42 y.,.8 m., 22 d. July 13. Johanna Crowell (Kevenaugh), Hyannis, 51 y. July 13. Rebecca Hinckley, Barnstable, 77 y., 1 m., 8 d. July 15. George W. Taylor, Hyannisport, 53 y. July 15. Mary E. Crowell, Hyannis,. 64 y. July 19. Benjamin F. Rich, Hyannis, 68 y., 6 m., 12 d. July 20. Roy Wellington Draper, Sharon, 34 y., 8"m., 16 d. t 85 July 24. Frank Foster Sherburne, Lexington, 55 y., 1 m., 27 d. July 24. Roberta Crawford, Philadelphia, Pa:, 25 y. Aug. 2. Edward S. Flanagan, Centerville, 17 y., 6 m., 10 d. Aug. 4. Clarence J. Baker, Barnstable, 43 y., 8 m., 26 d. Aug. 8. Angeline Crosby (Torey), Osterville, 40 y., 5 m., 10 d. Aug. 9. Mary Elizabeth Case (Donnell), Hyannis, 65 y., 11 m. Aug. 9. Joshua T. Small, Provincetown, 68 y. Aug. 13. Lois Robinson (Spiney), Hyannis, 73 y., 29 d. Aug. 13. William Terry, Melrose, 61 y. Aug. 14. Beatrice M. Bastien (Coleman), Hyannis, 28 y., 5 m., 16 d. Aug. 22. Lillian Smith, Hyannisport, 59 y., 1 m., 6 d. Aug. 23. .Bridget E. Suzan (Mitchell), Barnstable, 53 y., 2 m., 30 d. Aug. 24. Zoeth A. Sherman, Yarmouth, 52 y., 10 m., 29 d. Aug. 25. Mary McKee, Whiteport, N. H., 45 y. Aug. 27. Cyrus F. Proctor, Hyannis, 72 y., 4 d. Aug. 30. Joseph E. Baribeau,. Lynn, 18 y., 5 m. Aug. 31. Lillian Marsh, Craigville, 16 y., 2 m. , b Sept. 2. John W. Stubbs, South Wellfleet, 44 y., 10 m., 13 d. Sept. 3. Joseph E. Small, South Dennis, 64 y., 3 m., 16 d. Sept. 6. Minnie R. Burgess, West •Barnstable, 60 y., 9 m., 28 d. 86 Sept. 7. Watson E. Crocker, Centerville, 81 y., 8 m., 26 d. Sept.12. Norman Eldredge, Sagamore, 15 y., 7 m., 11 d. Sept.17. Elisha B. Fish, West Barnstable, 69 y., 3 m., 14 d. Sept.19. (Stillborn). Sept.20. (Infant) Morin, Hyannis, 2 d. Sept.25. (Stillborn). Sept.26. Everett W. Crowell, Centerville, 79 y., 16 d. Sept,28. Eliza T. Watson, Brookline, 83 y., 5 m., 30 d. Oct. 1. Horace Cobb, Hyannisport, 64 y., 7 m., 17 d. Oct. 3. Winfield Gray, Hyannis, '49 y., 5 m., 10 d. Oct. 3. Max Howland, Montclair, N. J., 40 y., 1 m., 27 d. Oct. 6. Allen M. Nickerson, Barnstable, 69 y., 6 m., 9 d. Oct. 6. Eugene C. Whittemore, Dennisport, 50 y., 3 m., 6 d. Oct. 7. Otway C. Herbert, Santuit, 85 y., 2 m., 22 d. Oct. 7. Eunice P. Brown (Burrill), Orleans, 63 y., 6 m., 23 d. Oct. 14. Hannah E. Nickerson (Kelley), Centerville, 85 y., 11 m., 8 d. Oct. 15. Melvina Ronciate, Sandwich, 31 y. 0 + Oct..18. Elizabeth F. Davis (Hewins), Hyannis, 87 y., 7 m., 13 d. Oct. 22. Hepsibeth R. Nickerson (Cash), Cotuit, 77 y., 24 d. Oct. 23. Maynard H. Whittemore ,Hyannis, 10 y., 9 m., 3 d. 87 Nov. 3. Emma Eliza Sherman, Hyannis, 64 y., 7 m., 29 d. Nov. 5. Martha C. Dexter, West Barnstable, 68 y., 10 m., 27 d. Nov. 11. Paul Rawson Crocker, West Barnstable, 77 y., 7 m., 4 d. Nov. 12. Elizabeth Crawford Doolittle, Osterville, 65 y., 7 m., 29 d. Nov. 15. Benjamin F. Sears, Cotuit, 63 y., 6 m., 30 d. • Nov. 18. Franklin Thacher, Hyannis, 79 y.,.6 m., 18 d. Nov. 20. Laura P. Eldridge, Barnstable, 67 y., 8 m., 14 d. Nov. 26. Herbert Gifford, Santuit, 63 y., 2 m., 28 d. Nov. 26. Martha D. Hallett, Hyannis, 76 y., 3 m., 9 d. Nov. 29. Elizabeth M. Crocker, Hyannis, 40 y., 17 d. Nov. 30. Joseph Neves, West Barnstable, 4 m., 10 d. Dec. 8. Meribah Briggs Thomas, Hyannis, 50 y., 11 m., 8 d. Dec. 19. Clara Anna Edson, Cummaquid, 68 y., 9 m., 3 d. Dec. 22. William C. Butler, Hyannis, 56 y., 3 m. Dec. 24. (Stillborn). Dec. 27. Antone R. George, Hyannis, 64 y., 10 m., 11 d. Dec. 29. Thacher B. Crocker, Hyannis, 61 y., 4 m., 14 d. Brought here for burial: Dec. 25, 1920. George L. Howland, Paris, Me., 69 y., 11 m., 10 d. 88 Feb. 11, 1921. Mabel B. Williams, Providence, 45 y, Mar. 29. Nancy Crocker Paine, Boston, 83 Y. Apr. 1. Charles Edward Bearse, New York, 72 y., 10 m., 13 d. Apr. 2. .Alma M. Flinkman, Quincy, 4 y., 10 m., 4 d. Apr. 13. Lydia G. Cobb, Braintree, 81 y., 10 m., 5 d. May 5. Theresa D. Lewis, Boston; 45 y., 5 m., 24 d. May 27. Ellen A. Cash, Boston, 72 y., 4 m., 3 d. June 16. Hilda Rosengren, Boston, 10 y., 11 m., 29 d. July 9. Francis B. Crocker, New York, 60 y. Aug. 30. Henry M. Hodges, Middleboro, 86 y., 6 m., 17 d. Sept.19. Euretta F. Linnell, Warren,R. I., 82 y., 6 m., 10 d. Sept.22. Joseph S. Wallingford, Boston, 92 y., 8 m., 7 d. Oct. 31. Freeman S. Hodges, Jacksonville, Fla., 70 y. Nov. 24. John R. Wilson, 75 y., 3 m., 15 d. Dec. 2. Julia Ellis, Boston, 65 y. Dec. 14. Everett W. Jones, Brockton, 46 y., 6 m., 1 d. CLARENCE M. CHASE, Town Clerk REPORT OF SEALER of WEIGHTS and MEASURES 1921 Spring Balances sealed 77 Condemned 27 All other scales sealed 190 Condemned 18 Weights sealed 480 Adjusted 9 Oil-measuring Pumps sealed 55 Condemned 6 Molasses Pumps sealed 8 Condemned 1 Dry Measures sealed 6 Condemned 1 Liquid Measures sealed 163 Condemned 19 Ice Cream cans sealed 6 Yard Sticks sealed 44 Condemned 4 Tapes sealed 3 Total sealed 1,032 Condemned 76 Adjusted 9 1,117 s-7 90 There has been issued: Transient Vendors' licenses 42 Veteran State licenses 2 State licenses 1 Junk Pedlars' licenses 3 State has returned on Pedlars' licenses 17 Sealing Fees $70 75 Adjusting Fees 1 00 EVERETT L. HOXIE, Sealer REPORT OF PARK COMMISSIONERS To the Selectmen of Barnstable: The Board of Park Commissioners submits the following report for the year 1921: The several small road-angles to which the name "parks" is applied have been cared for. Work has been continued at Sandy Neck and the auto- mobile road and parking space provided has been used by a large number of people who are pleased that there is such a place. The firing by the State artillery interfered to some extent with the free use of the bath-house placed there in the early summer. It is certain that there will be an increasing number of travelers to that region and a much better road is needed. The work on the play-ground at the High School iii Hyannis left in the hands of the Park Commissioners has been carried forward and the field is in condition to be used for base ball and football. The efforts expended are appreciated. Thanks are clue Mr. Charles C. Owen for his gratuitous assistance. New conditions exist regarding the road-side lunch camp- ing of automobile parties. �We hope to provide some suit- able spots for such rest-places. The Park Commissioners recommend that action be taken to secure that part of the Craigville beach known as the Town Landing with additional adjacent territory for a Town Bathing Beach. 92 Appropriated for Parks $1,000 00 Paid for Parks: Sandy Neck $540 70 Centerville 54 50 Hyannis 25 50 West Barnstable 8 15 Osterville 129 00 Personal Expenses 3 85 761 70 Balance on hand Dec. 31, 1921 $238 30 Appropriated for High School Play-ground $1,500 00 Paid for High School Play-ground: Labor $1,080 26 Loam 114 00 Grass Seed 5 90 Manure 159 00 1,359 16 Balance on hand Dec. 31, 1921 $140 84 Respectfully submitted, WILLIAM F. JENKINS, JEAN G. HINKLE, SAMUEL W. HALLETT, Park Commissioners REPORT OF TREE WARDEN To the Selectmen of Barnstable: I hereby submit a report of my work for 1921: I am glad to report the general condition of our street trees to be very good. All the street trees were gone over and given the necessary pruning while dormant; the young trees less than five inches in diameter were dug around and fertilized. The younger trees planted during the past three years have made a very good growth; and with a little annual care will develop and make good specimens, and add to the beauty of the streets that they border. It was necessary to remove twelve trees varying from eight to twelve inches in diameter. Sixteen trees were treated after being run down by auto- mobiles. Three hundred thrifty nursery grown trees were,planted in well prepared holes along the streets. Spraying for the elm tree beetle was done in only one section of the town where it appeared. I am glad to report that this pest was not as much in evidence, as in past years. Spraying for the tent caterpillar was done during May. I would advise the removal of all the scrubby growths of the bird cherry along our highway, only allowing to. grow trees of this variety.that are in good'condition. By the re- moval of the bird cherry you not alone remove the feed of the tent caterpillar, but also that very serious disease 94 known to plum growers as black knot or plum wart. Six permits were given for removal of branches, etc. Expenditures will be found on another page of this re- port. Respectfully submitted, ROBERT F. CROSS. REPORT OF MOTIF DEPARTMENT To the Selectmen of Barnstable: I hereby submit for your imformation a brief report of the operations against the Gypsy and Brown-tail moths for the fiscal year ending Dec. 31st, 1921: As my annual reports of this work have treated in detail, or to some extent, the introduction, history and habits of this pest, I do not consider it necessary to take up your time repeating the same here. The manner of conducting the work has not differed materially from former years. It has been my aim to employ only those methods which ex- perience has shown to be the most effective in reducing the insects, keeping in mind'at all times the necessity of practicing the strictest economy. The importance of this work has become more appreciated by the property owners who are making every effort to rid their trees of this ,pest, and they are more willing than ever before to cooperate with us in this work. In the residential sections and along the highways men were put to work creosoting the Gypsy egg mass in March and April. Spraying operations started May 27. Thy town's full equipment of power sprayers were put to work and all the trees along the highways ancL in the villages were sprayed with a strong arsenate spray. 'Spraying was done on the property of citizens, cranberry bogs, orchards, etc., the .owner paying the actual cost of the work and material. On July 9th spraying was discontinued and the machines cleaned, repaired and stored in a building at Oste.rville. 96 A slight infestation of Brown.-tails made their appearance in the West Barnstable and the Barnstable sections. The State department has traced them as comin Jr from Sandy Neck. I am convinced that with the proper cooperation on the part rf property owners a serious ouz-break of this pest can be prevented, and spare the eitizens the inconvenience and suffering caused by this poisonous caterpillar. All the webs of n(•cts in the infested sections were cut off, c•athered up anii '-nzrned. On going, through those secti ms this fall, I saw no evidence of any nests there„ b xpeiid:tures and receipts will be found in the Treas- urer's report. . • Respectfully submitted, ROBERT F. CROSS, Moth Superintendent REPORT OF INSPECTOR OF WIRES Barnstable, Mass, February 4, 1922 Number of inspections made 210 Number of miles traveled 1453 Respectfully, F. S. KENT, Wire Commissioner REPORT OF THE CAPE COD HEALTH BUREAU JUNE 1, 1921—JANUARY 1, 1922 There are many persons in the town of Barnstable. who are as yet unfamiliar with what the Cape Cod Health Bu- reau is doing for them. Briefly, it is an alliance of Cape Cod Towns with the .United States Government for the purpose of improving health conditions. Unsanitary conditions, directly or indirectly, affect our business; for example, continued sewage contamination of shell-fish beds will shut our product out of city markets, where the Boards of Health are unusually active this year. Continued production of unclean milk will bring in outside products and eventually discourage local dairymen. Wells contaminated by sewage or drainage will interfere with summer rentals and boarders. All of these conditions have occurred during the past six months, and have been met in a manner satisfactory to all. The protection of the life and health of our own children and also of our summer residents is of paramount import- ance. We cannot forget that the first draft found thirty percent of the young men from the country at large were physically defective. This same draft found Cape Cod with forty-seven percent defective. Our annual loss in life from diseases dangerous to the public health in Barnstable County, when measured in money value, is approximately $150,000. This figure allows nothing for the expenses in- curred during the illness resulting in death. 99 The period already covered has hardly sufficed to ac- quaint us with the territory and conditions. Gradually the danger points are being found and means planned to eradi- cate them. So many people are now realizing that con- ditions which have long been tolerated may now be rem- edied that we find it hard to meet the demand with the present force and funds. It is hoped that every citizen of the town will show his interest in the welfare of his family and community in call- ing to our attention any and all unsanitary conditions com- ing to his or her notice. The following are the completed activities to date in the town of Barnstable: Dairy Inspections 146 Milk analyzed 172 samples 20 samples below standard Sanitary Inspections 170 Nuisances 10, Lectures 4 Water analysis of public supplies 1 Children examined for suspected communicable diseases 214 Respectfully submitted, R. B. SPRAGUE, M.D., Agent of the Board of Health Town of Barnstable Field Agent U. S. Public Health Service REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE To the Citizens of the Town of Barnstable: We respectfully submit the following report on the Pub- lic Schools, prepared by the Superintendent and Secretary, for the year ending December 31, 1921. EDWARD C. HINCKLEY ALLEN CHADWICK JOHN E. HINCKLEY ORGANIZATION OF THE SCHOOL BOARD Members Term Expires Residence Edward C. Hinckley 1922 Hyannis Allen Chadwick 1924 Osterville . John E. Hinckley 1923 Barnstable G. H. Galger, Superintendent of Schools, Hyannis Office Hours: Evenings, 8 to 9; Saturdays, 1 to 4 and 8 to 9 P. M. Chairman of Board—Edward C. Hinckley Secretary of Board—G. H. Galger, Tel. 71-3, Res. 408 102 Auditing Committee—Edward C. Hinckley, Allen Chad- wick, John*E. Hinckley. Committee on Examination of Teachers—Superintendent. Purchaser of Books, Apparatus and Supplies—Superin- tendent. Special Committee in Charge of School Buildings at Centerville and Hyannis—Edward C. Hinckley. Special Committee in Charge of School Buildings at Barnstable, West Barnstable and Marstons Mills—John E. Hinckley. Special Committee in Charge of School Buildings at Cotuit, Santuit and Osterville—Allen Chadwick. Committee on Transportation of Scholars to High Schools —E. C. Hinckley, Allen Chadwick, John E. Hinckley. Attendance Officers—George A. Smith, Barnstable; Wm. Potter, Cotuit and Santuit; W. B. Cammett, Marstons Mills; Geo. F. Hart, Hyannis; T. V. West, Centerville; Chester L. Baker, Osterville. CALENDAR, 1922 The High Schools begin January 9, 1922, and continue 13 weeks; April 17, 1922, and continue 11 weeks; the first Tuesday after the first Monday in September, 1922, and continue 16 weeks. The Elementary Schools, unless otherwise ordered, begin January 9, 1922, and continue 13 weeks; April 17, 1922, and continue 10 weeks; September 11, 1922, and continue 15 weeks. Calendar subject to change. SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT To the School Committee of Barnstable: In accordance with the rules of the.School Committee, I herewith submit my seventeenth annual report on the Public Schools, the same being the thirty-first in the series of superintendent's reports. SCHOOL BUILDINGS REPAIRS AND IMPROVEMENTS ACCOMPLISHED At Barnstable Village the unfinished front room upstairs was finished and furnished complete and the grammar school classes transferred thereto from the room downstairs, Ithe primary pupils being transferred from the room on the north side to the room thus vacated. The room formerly used by the primary pupils is being used for recreational and manual training purposes. The walls of the several rooms were painted and the woodwork varnished. An irri- provement in the water service was made by installing an electric motor and pump and a large pressure tank. The larger bills were for plumbing, $645.00, and carpenter work, $783.00. These bills were carried over to the 1922 account. Total expended including janitor's supplies, $279.84. At West Barnstable the building received two coats of paint outside and some grading was clone in the school yard. Total expenditures, $386.94. At Marstons Mills, the building was given one coat of 104 paint outside and a general touching up inside. Total ex- penditure, $195.68: At Cotuit the largest single item of expense was the con- struction of a brick retaining wall between the school grounds and the Irwin estate at a cost of about $400. This was carried over to the 1922 account. Total expenditures, both buildings, $350.52. At Osterville the installing of extra windows, building up chimneys, mason work, plumbing, and miscellaneous reNai�a i;uuSOu � tv�ai cdNo,lu��u�� At Centerville an electric pumping engine was installed at a cost of $275, and the usual miscellaneous repairs made. Total expenditures, $595.96. At the Training School, the grammar school pupils were transferred to the down-stairs room, and the fourth grade transferred to the room thus vacated. Additional furniture to supply needed seats was purchased at a cost of $195.00. The principal's room is at present badly over-crowded. Total expenditures, $561.17. A bill of about $300 for car- penter work was carried to the 1922 account. At the Barnstable High steel ceilings were installed and extensive improvements were made in the facilities for the domestic science department at a cost of about $700, this being carried to the 1922 account. The usual miscellaneous repairs were made at a cost of $736.00. The totals above given include expenditures for cleaning and for janitors' supplies. Additional obligations incurred are mentioned elsewhere. REPAIRS AND IMPROVEMENTS NEEDED So far as can be judged at present the more expensive improvements needed for the coming ,year will be the erection of proper fences on three sides of the Grammar School yard at Cotuit, and the substitution of a modern lavatory system for the worn out crematory system at the West Barnstable building. 105 CHANGES IN THE TEACHING FORCE, 1921 Fewer changes than usual. took place in the teaching force during the year. Miss Forbes, principal at Barnstable Village resigned in June, and Miss Grace C. Smith., who had served some years ago as Supervisor of Drawing in this town, was appointed to the vacancy. Mr.. Tukey was transferred to West Barn- stable and Miss Elizabeth A. Brown, who had previously served in th.e same position, was appointed to the vacancy thus caused at Marstons Mills. No change took place in) Cotuit until Mrs. Winn, a conscientious and efficient worker, resigned in December. Mrs. Christine Murray and Mrs. Alta B. Crosby were appointed at Osterville to fill the posi- tions formerly occupied by Mrs. Allen and Miss Goodrich, respectively. No changes took place in the high -schools. In the Training School, Beatrice E. Luce took the place of Miss Tower in the third grade. Mrs. Isadore Eldredge and Miss Mary Murray have given most valuable service as emergency substitute teachers. Could the frequent change of teachers be still further reduced one of the most demoral- izing factors in rural. school administration would be largely overcome. W 4 B-8 106 LIST OF TEACHERS, JANUARY, 1922 Schools Teachers When Appointed Barnstable: Grammar Grace C. Smith Sept., 1921 Iutermediate Georgia W. Horr Oct., 1919 Primary Marion F. 'McKinnon Sept., 1918 West Barnstable: Grammar Norman ;S. Tukey Sept., 19-20 Intermediate Susie W. Merritt Mar., 1910 p„, R•nrtha ,S '"Febn scpt 1�i1i Marstons !4211s: Grammar Elizabeth A. Brown Sept., 1919 Primary Lillian G. Murdock Oct.. 1907 Cotui•t: Elizabe,thi Lowell High B. W. Sanderson Sept., 1.912 Elizabeth Lowell Higl Mary Hobbs Sept., 1920 Elizabeth Lowell Higl, Mrs. B. W. Sanderson Nov., 1918 Grammar Ruth Chandler Sept., 1920 Intermediate Bertha A. Newcomb Jan., 1922 Primary% Christabel iSnow Sept., 19104 Santuit: Caroline H. Warner Sept., 19017 Ogterv'ille: Gramimar Etta B. Trecartin Sept., 19,20 Grades V -and VI Eliza F. Whittemore Sept., 191-8 Grades IN and IV Christine Murray Sept., 1921 Primary Alta B. Crosby Sept., 1921 Centerville: ,Grammiar Russedl E. Tupper Sept., 1920 Primary Katherine Ormsby Sept., 1918 Hyannis: Barnstable High Louis M. Boody Oct., 1895 tSub-master W:m. H. Greeley Sept., 1920 Com'I I•nst. Sarah N. Ward Sept., 1918 Assistant Lillian L. Decatur Mar., 1916 Assistant AlUcae O. Dow Sept., 19120 Assistant Eleanor 1S. Bourne Sept., 1920 Training ,,%hnol: Grades VILI and -IX Wm. G. lCurrier Sept., 1911 VI and VII Anastasia U.McMullen Jan., 1920 V and VI Emilie iS. Sears Sept., 1914 IV Carrie B. Dean Sept., 1910 III Isadore Eldredge Dec., 1921 II Bessie A. Morse Sept., 1914 I Grace V. Rowland Sept., 1,915 Sup'r Drawing and Music Mabelle M. Boc�dy Sept., 1,915 Al ` 107 ti SCHOOL ENROLMENT AND ATTENDANCE The total enrolment for 1920-21 was slightly greater than that of the preceding ,year, and the average membership and average daily attendance about the same. Total Average Daily Enrolment Membership Attendance 1919-20 950 855 789 1920-21 980 852 781 The proportion of our grammar school graduates who enter high school remains considerably greater than the average throughout the state, though the average has in- creased rapidly during the last two or three years. 108 DETAILED REPORT OF MEMBERSHIP AND ATTENDANCE FOR THE YEAR ENDING JUNE, 1921 a a SCHOOLS cd Qi Primary: Barnstable ................. 38 30 30 West Barnstable ........... 32 27 25 Marstons NI.ills ............. 25 22 21 C.otuit 24 18 16 iSantuit .................. 32 29 24 O stervi'lle ................. 22 18 15 0enterville ................ 34 28 26 Intermediate:: Barnstable ................ 34 30 28 West Barnstable 44 40 37 c Cotuit ................... 27 20 18 0 O-sterviile ................. 23 22 18 Osterville ................. 32 28 25 Grammar: c, Barnstable ................ 28 27 23 cd West. 'Barn:staJblie 32 29 28 ° sa Marstons Mills ............. 24 20 19 Cotuit 30 24 22 O sterville ................. 39 33 30. Centerville 25 21 17 y Tra'ininlg.ISchool: m Grade I .............. ... 38 31 29, °: II 28 25; 23 10 III .................. 35 31 28 -,l IV ............ 35 30 28. V land VI ........... 47 42 38 VI and V'II ........... 47 40 36 VIII and IX 41 41 39 High Schools: Mzabebh Loweill (Cotuit) .. 22 19 18 Barnstable (Hyannis) ...... 142 127 120 Totals ................ 980 852 781 coome-Locn,-r-0ooM o +•� 1 O�M C-lf�'-1 C-00 e-1 M I m F .-1 �•-1 � r-1 oa ti a. ca Cl � � m r•1 M I CD lf� 00 O C-LO �fJ �--4 0V to M-I m 00 C-w LV C-00 C- rC- W ri W j 00 m O w w GV C-W O O y, .��weo�n CqIr,C'� I t W p CQowt-mmm= o 1 1 .-4 m I o O 00o'IV mm I r- r-i r-1 ri N M ri r-I Y m y r. �Nq" w cd� iq, F r��v� o ourm 110 STATISTICS SCHOOL YEAR., 1920-21 1. Number of children residing in town: (a) Five years of age or over and under seven 126 (b) Seven years of age or over and under fourteen 605 (c) Fourteen years of age or over and under sixteen 2. Total membership for the year 980 3. Average membership for the year 852 4. Average attendance for the year 781 5. Number of school buildings in use 10 6. Number of public schools 27 7. Number of men teaches 6 8. Number of women• teachers w, 29 9. Number of supervisors 1 10. Total number of teachers and supervisors 36 11. Population of the town, U. S. Census, 1920 4,836 12. Valuation of the town $10,630,590.00 PROGRESS OF THE SCHOOLS No radical changes in the conduct of the school work have been made during the year. More systematic efforts in the promotion of health training have been made and these are receiving the increasing cooperation of many homes. In the elementary schools there is a slow but steady im- provement in the teaching of the fundamental subjects. ' Some of the newer books in history and civics are much better adapted to the capacities of grammar school children than those formerly published, and with the help of these better work will be done along this important line. ill The lack of systematic hand training in our rural schools is a deplorable defect, difficult if not impossible to remedy under present conditions. Outside the Training School, only when, by a fortunate accident, a competent teacher in the subject is secured, is any consistent work of this charac- ter done. Thus a most valuable factor in character train- ing is lost, and certainly character training was never more needed than at present. Fortunately the general unrest in society and the dubious industrial outlook appear thus far to have affected the younger children but little; they are as unworried, irresponsible and irrepressible as ever, and it is difficult for one in daily contact with their enthusiasms to remain a pessimist. With no break in their ranks during the year our high school teachers have responded to increased demands on their efforts with a faithfulness and energy deserving of all praise. Owing to the very small number of pupils in the Elizabeth Lowell School, the smallest in any high school in the state, the five ninth grade pupils were transferred from the gram- mar school to the high school building and have continued their ninth grade work under the high school teachers with good results. There are thirteen high school pupils in all and of these three are from Mashpee. The sophomore and senior classes have but one member each. The annual ex- pense of the school is about $4,000. A large amount of individual work is done, and the excellent cooperation of the local Public Library is worthy of commendation. More room and an increase in the teaching force are needed at the Barnstable High. The increasing demands in the commercial course are fast betting beyond the time and strength of one teacher dnd one room is an insufficient accommodation. The rush to the colleges is causing a de- cided stiffening in admission requirements and in order to 112 do justice to both those who wish to enter college and those who wish to take the so-called practical courses more teach- ing help will be necessary. To the efforts of the teachers in this school most of the young folks are responding in splendid fashion. Both the girls and boys have formed school organizations which are carrying out many excellent schemes looking to school and community benefit. The various athletic teams have made a reputation for fine playing and clean sportsmanship, ex- tending far beyond the county. Nowhere, except in the good home, are young people held continuously for five or six hours daily to higher stand- ards of thought and action than in the schools. Trite as the saying is, it is true that the hope of the nation rests in the schools, and, in these times of crumbling standards, the hope of the schools rests in the cooperation of the home and the church. "W E ARE HERE!" The famous saying is being repeated today by the hun- dreds of thousands of young people whn are flooding our high schools and colleges throughout the entire country, looking for wise counsel, efficient teaching and inspiring leadership. The ready response of the public to the need of radical increases in the expenditures for the public schools indicates an increasing comprehension of the critical conditions which the young people of today must meet, and meet successfully, in a period of social and industrial de- moralization which otherwise may wreck what is left of our civilization. Fundamental to such success are the develop- ment of the team-spirit in community and national life, definite ideals of social and industrial betterment, some knowledge of the more fundamental principles of eco- nomics and civics, and the will and ability to adequately perform the homely duties of everyday life. All these 113 qualities and much more must be the common property of the average citizen, and all these must be taught and strengthened in the daily work of the public schools. Only by highly trained, resourceful, forward-looking teachers, backed by all the organized resources for betterment which the community offers, can these results be even approxi- mately attained. Now, as never before, must the community insist on high character, native ability and intensive train- ing in those who are to guide the young generation into a feeble and inefficient or an upright and vigorous citizenship. What prospects have our rural schools of obtaining such teachers? For more than a generation educational leaders have been uttering insistent warning that unless the rural sebool. problem of better teaching and better facilities should be more nearly solved, sure disaster would result to the social structure from the continuous drain of the more virile and ambitious portion of the rural population to the cities. The majority of rural teachers are loyal to the best ideals of their profession and faithful in the performance of their duties. But loyalty and faithfulness are not enough. High native ability, versatility, social sympathy and intensive special training for the specific problems offered by the rural schools are indispensable. The danger and the need were becoming plainly apparent to most thoughtful par- ents, when the outbreak of the war complicated the whole situation. In the industries wages and salaries shot up- ward, closely following the increased cost of living. In- creases in the salaries of teachers followed more slowly and were less in amount than those in the leading industries; thus the relative salary position of the teachers was not improved. Should the cost of living continue to decrease and the salaries of teachers remain the same a portion of the long needed increase may result. The situation as it really is at present is clearly stated in the current report of the State Department of Education, as follows: 114 It must be recognized that the qualifications of the teachers employed in the smaller towns of the State compare unfavorably with those in the larger towns and cities. The most potent reason for the difference in the qualifications of the rural and urban teachers is to be found in the salaries paid. If one deducts from these salaries the cost of board and room, paid by the city teacher and the rural teacher respectively, it will be found that the city teacher receives a net salary 65 percent higher than the rural teacher. . . . The divergence between the salaries of city teachers and rural teachers has become greater since 1910. When one considers in this connection the fact that rural towns must pay more than cities for well-qualified teachers, it becomes evident that one of the most urgent problems yet to be solved in Massachusetts is that of leveling up teachers`salaries and quali- fications in the rural schools. Not until this is accomplished can Massachusetts realize in any complete way the ideal of providing an equality of educational opportunity for all the youth of the Commonwealth. The problem is more than local or state in character. National safety is dependent on a proper balance in the development of rural and city life. On the financial side Massachusetts has responded with characteristic vigor, the average salary increase for teachers within the past ten years being almost 100 percent. The average maximum sal- ary of women teachers in cities in December, 1920, was $1.,486, and in towns of over 5,000 population, $1,226 an- nually. The average salary of high school principals, in schools of from 100 to 200 pupils, was $2,500; the average salary of town and city superintendents, $3,579. The maxi- 115 mum salaries in towns of the approximate valuation of Barnstable now vary rather widely; $1,250 to $1,500 would include most. The schedule salary for women teachers in Barnstable is as follows: first year $1,000; second year ` $1,100; third year $1,200; fourth year $1,300. Some of the towns in the county pay more, some pay less. Although the general increase in rural salaries has not been such as to improve greatly the relative position of the rural as corripared with the city teacher, it has resulted in decreasing the number of resignations from the service. Securing competent teachers for the vacancies that do oc- cur, however, is still almost impossible, the cities and 1•arger towns offering salary and other advantages with which rural towns find it impossible to compete. While this conditiori continues, although the individual schoolroom is in practice our most democratic institution, the fundamental requisite of a democracy, equality of opportunity, has not been secured. Is the pupil of the rural school ever to receive the "square deal" to which he is entitled? If so, it will be only by unremitting cooperative effort by all good citizens along social,'financial, legislative and ethical lines. There is prom- ise of such in the increased influence and power of the woman voter in social and political matters of vital interest. What is the truth of the whole matter? We are entering upon critical years, the most critical perhaps in history. Unless the church, the school and the market-place work together for a higher and better civilization what can we expect of the future of the young people whose fate is to be so largely fixed by our ideals and efforts today? It has be:.n well said that while war is the test of manhood, an after-the--,var peace is the supreme test of citizenship. Respectfully submitted, G. H. GALGER. December 31, 1921. 116 FINANCIAL COMPARATIVE EXPENDITURES Since the expenditures for our schools have so largely increased within the last two or three years,it becomes more than ever the duty of the school authorities to offer a bud- get which shall in all respects represent as close economy as is consistent with maintaining a high standard of school . efficiency. To confine ourselves to a certain expenditure per head because certain other towns so do has never been the policy of Barnstable. A town is entitled to credit in so far as it endeavors to place its schools in the first rank in efficiency, and makes if necessary financial sacrifices in so doing. The measure of such sacrifice is in the school tax per $1,000 of valuation. In 1919-20 Barnstable ranked 104 in this respect, 103 towns taxing themselves more heavily and 250 less heavily. Of the 113 towns of less than 5000 population and maintaining high schools, Barnstable at that time ranked 15 in valuation per pupil, ninety-seven having a lower valuation. The expenditure for school support from local taxation, per $1,000 of valuation, was for Barnstable$5.40; average for the 113 towns above mentioned $7.33. Complete returns for 1920-21 have not been received. The expenditures for 1921 will undoubtedly be shown to be much greater throughout the state. The maximum salaries, Dec. 1, 1921, for elementary teachers in*one hundred Massa- chusetts towns of moderate size reporting, varied from $1,100 to $1,500. The schedule maximum salary for grade teachers in Barnstable is $1,300. Three towns in Barn- stable County report maximum salaries for grade teachers of $1,400. No general changes were made in our salary schedule for teachers during 1920, but individual increases were made in the salaries of the high school principals rind three of the high school instructors, these being indicated it the detailed budget below. Several more teachers, if they 117 remain, will be entitled to the schedule increase on the minimum-maximum basis. A large proportion of our teach- ers have now reached the maximum (fourth year) basis and this indicates very clearly a decided improvement in our ability to retain teachers. A study of the following table might raise the question, among others, as to how far the costs stated, which were increased in 1921, indicate the relative efficiency of the dif- ferent schools. TAXATION COST PER PUPIL From the Report of the State Department of Education, 1919-20, it appears that the taxation cost of the s0i.00ls "per pupil in average net membership" varies widely. In Barnstable County the cost appears to have been as follows Falmouth ...................................................................................$75.66 Bourne ................................................................................................ 72.09 Orleans ................................................................................................ 64.80 Barnstable ...................................................................................... 59.69 Harwich ............................................................................................. 55.04 Yarmouth .......................................................................................... 51.59 Dennis ....................:.............................................................................. 51.21 Brewster ............................................................................................. 50.33 Chatham .............................................................................. ............ 42.11 Wellfleet .............................................................................................. 36.28 Provincetown .................•--............................................................ 27.26 118 TEN YEAR STATE COMPARISON 1909-10 1919-20 Perc.increase 1. Salaries of teachers and supervisors Cost per pupil $24.41. $4525 87 2. Text-books and supplies Cost per pupil 1.86 3.09 66 3. Janitor service and fuel Cost per pupil 4.31 8.32 93 4. Total for support, not including new buildings Cost per pupil 34.42 64.95 88 The percent of increase for (4) for the town of Barn- stable was 57, as compared with 88, the average for the state. The increase for 1920-21 was much larger than for any other similar period and probably at least equals the percentage of increase throughout the state for.the same period. The state figures for the latter period have not yet been published. • ESTIMATED NECESSARY EXPENDITURES FOR 1921 The necessary uncertainties as to the cost of repairs, transportation and fuel render the total of any budget un- certain, but fairly close estimates can be made on salaries and supplies. The probable salary requirements for 1922 appear to be as follows: Barnstable Village, three teachers, $1,240, $1,300, $1,500; West Barnstable, three teachers, $1,300, $1,300, $1,350; Marstons Mills, two teachers, $1,300, $1,350; Cotuit Gram- mar, three teachers, $1,100, $1,300, $1,350; Elizabeth Lowell High, three teachers; $520, $1,300, $1,500; Santuit $1,300; Osterville, four teachers, $1,040, $1,200, $1,300, $1,350; Cen- terville, two teachers, $1,300, $1,350; Training School, seven teachers, $1,200, $1,240, $1,300, $1,300, $1,300, $1,300, $1,350; 119 Barnstable High, six teachers, $1,300, $1,400, $1,400, $1,400, $2,000, $2,500; Supervisor of Music and Drawing $1,800; Secretary and Superintendent $2,900; Janitors, nine, $3,660, a total for all salaries of approximately$53,800. The amount voted for 1921, was $54,000. The same sum should prove sufficient for 1922. Under "Books and Supplies" are included all text and other books and stationery used in schools, and all supplies used in the Household Arts, Chemistry and Commercial Courses. Appropriation for 1921 was $2,800, expenditures, $2,769.71. A similar sum will be needed for 1922; two of the larger expenditures will be for typewriters and for new individual dictionaries for the grammar grade.-pupils; those at present in use are Webster's, but of very ancient vintage. Fuel expenditures for 1921, were $10,173.49, this large amount being due to several bills carried over from the year before. The actual expenditures for fuel during 1920, were $3,201.57, making the average cost for the two years $6,- 687.53, annually. Transportation of pupils during 1921, cost $9,550; of this, 1$805 was carried over to the 1922 account. Additional service from Osterville will add an undeter- mined amount to the total cost for 1922, unless reductions should be made elsewhere. $10,800 may cover the cost of transportation in 1922. Many.items beside fuel are classed as "General," under the general term "Upkeep." They include telephone, elec- tric and water service, health, athletics, express and freight, transportation visiting schools, the school census, gradua- tion expenses, and all minor expenditures not elsewhere classified. Under this head the expenditures included $300 paid the three school physicians and $1,000 paid to the Cape Cod Health Bureau, about $380 for the promotion of athletics, $120 for transportation visiting schools, $450 for electric, 120 water and telephone service, express and freight, $84 for ` the school census, $10,173.49 previously noted for fuel, and a total of $365.98 for all other items, giving a total of '$12,873.47 under "General." The minimum amounts needed for "Transportation and Upkeep" the ensuing year appear to be as follows: Trans- portation, $10,800; fuel, $6,000; text-books and supplies, $2,800; repairs, uncertain; Health Bureau, $1,000; athletics, $300; miscellaneous, $800; bills carried to 1922 account, $4,400; a total of $26,100, to which should be added the cost of repairs, ,yet to be estimated. APPROPRIATIONS VOTED, 1921 Salaries $54,000 Transportation and Upkeep $277000 APPROPRIATIONS RECOMMENDED, 1922 Salaries $54,000 Transportation and Upkeep To be estimated The above estimates are subject to change by the School Board. The making of a reliable budget under present conditions presents several difficulties. The law forbids expenditures beyond the amounts voted. This means that obligations necessarily incurred beyond the appropriations must be carried over to the next year, a bad practice, or a special town meeting must be called for additional needed' appro- priations, also. a bad practice. It would seem to follow that these difficulties could be overcome by each department asking for an amount reasonably sure to be enough, but here the natural tendency to be liberal with the town's money has to be guarded against. A partial remedy would seem to be for each department to present a minimum bud- ' get, and that a contingent fund be established, the latter to be drawn upon only under real emergencies. BARNSTABLE SCHOOLS, 1921 FINANCIAL REPORT OF THE SECRETARY Expenditures School's Teachers Janitors Total; 3. Barnstable Grammar $1,411 63 " Intermediate 1,139 32 Primary 1,239 49 $360 00 $4,150 44 6. West Barnstable. Grammar 1,349 76 Intermediate 1,334 21 Primary 1,300 00 Assistant 172 50 360 00 4,516 47 10. Santuit 1,300 00 97 50 1,397 50 11. Cotuit Grammar 1,189 19 Intermediate 1,239 49 Primary 1,300 00 500 00 4,228 68 Elizabeth Lowell High 1,440 00 Assistant 1,270 00 Assistant 496 00 250 00 3,456 00 12. .Marstons Mills Grammar 1,289 50 Primary 1,300 00 300 00 2,889 50 13. Osterville Grammar 1,289 50 Intermediate 1,334 21 III and IV 999 84 I and II 1,099 78 456 00 5,179 33 17. Training School: VIII and IN 1,350 00 VI and VII 1,147 24 V and VI 1,300 00 IV 1,350 00 III 1,139 32 IR , 1,300 00 I 1,300 00 549 84 9,436 40 18. Barnstable High, Principal 2,320 00 Sub-master 1,880 00 Commercial Instructor 1,400 00 Assistant 1,400 00 Assistant 1,400 00 Assistant 1,160 00 549 83 10,109 84 20. Centerville Grammar 1,289 50 Primary 1,239 49 240 00 2,768 99 Supervisor Drawing & 'Music 1,800 00 1,8.00 00 Secretary and Superintendent 2,833 10 Textbooks and Supplies 2,769 71 2,769 71 -Repairs 3,876 96 3,876 96 Transportation 8,745 00 8,745 00 General 12,873 47 12,873 47 Total expenditures, school department $81,031 39 G. H. GALGER, December 31, 1921. Secretary School Committee B-9 122 COST OF TRANSPORTATION, 1921 Edward L. Harris $2,160 00 J. Milton Leonard 1,665 00 Loring Jones 2,160 00 Loring Jones 1,260 00 Annie H. Bearse 1,000 00 Geo.,A. Smith 500 00 Total expended 1921 $8,745 00 Carried over to 1922 account 805 00 Total cost of. transportation 1921 $9,550 00 y FINANCIAL SUMMARY, 1921 AVAILABLE APPROPRIATIONS FOR SCHOOLS Salaries $54,000 00 Transportation and Upkeep 27,000 00 Cobb Fund, income, $404.32; Dog tax, $665.30 1,069 62 Rebate, fuel account 196 31 Rebate, Cape & Vineyard Electric Co. 440, Total available appropriations, 1921 $82,270 33 123 . EXPENDITURES FOR SCHOOLS Salaries: Teaching and Supervision $49,100 07 Janitor Service 3,666 18 Transportation and Upkeep: Text-books and Supplies 2,769 71 Repairs 3,876 96 Transportation 8,745 00 General 12,873 47 Total expenditures, 1921 $81,031 39 Additional obligations incurred, approximate $4,400-00 It will be seen from the above that there was an unexpend- ed balance under "Salaries" of $1,233.75. This was turned back to the town, as it could not be expended for any pur- pose but the payment of salaries. The total amount avail- able under "Transportation and Upkeep" was $28,270.33, 'and total expended $28,265.14, leaving an unexpended bal- ance of $5.19. NET TAXATION COST OF THE SCHOOL DEPARTMENT, 1921 Expenditures on account of schools $81,031 39 Receipts on account of schools: Return of income tax $6,311 45 Cobb Fund 404 32 Dog tax 665 30 Tuition, State wards 248 25 Tuition from towns 231 60 Damage to property 6 25 Property sold 3 00 Rebate, fuel account 196 31 Rebate, Electric Co. 4 40 8,070 88 Net taxation cost based on receipts and ex- penditures $72,960 51 124 If the bills carried over to the 1922 account had been paid in 1921, the total taxation cost of the schools in 1921 would have approximated $77,000. y 125 Report of the.Principal of the Elizabeth Lowell Nigh School Mr. G. H. Galger, Superintendent of Schools: Dear Sir: I herewith present my annual report. The year just finished has been very satisfactory, all con- ditions being considered. To be sure our numbers have been small, but numbers alone do not make a school. We have had a harmonious group of pupils who work well and vv'ith a good Spirit. A "Larger school of course is desirable and the present remedy logically is to bring enough pupils from other sections to fill the school to capacity, at the same time relieving the serious congestion at Hyannis. The largest class in recent years was graduated in June. With commendable energy a play was given which pro- vided the means of obtaining a speaker and defraying the expenses of an enjoyable reception. A baccalaureate ser- vice was held at the Congregational Church, where Rev. C. W. Mock preached a helpful sermon. Rev. Sarah A. Dixon, the Commencement speaker, gave a pleasing address, holding the close attention of her many hearers. The Ninth Grade also came to us with the fall term. We feel that this is a great advantage to them as they are ac- quiring high school methods while still studying the sub- jects with which they are familiar. Their secondary in- struction will thus begin in the fall under conditions to which they have become accustomed. The Boy Scouts removed several unsightly trees from the grounds in the spring term and planted on Arbor Day two 126 memorial trees, which were dedicated Memorial Day. Ap- propriate tablets will be placed soon. Following the usual Memorial Day exercises, the pupils marched to Mosswood Cemetery where the soldiers' graves were decorated with flowers and flags. , Unusually fine exercises were given for Armistice Day with many parents and the Grammar School as guests. Christmas also was appropriately observed, the exercises being followed by the popular "Christmas pie." The war map used by Sergeant Lauchlan M. Crocker dur- in- his service has been hung in the History Room. The American Legion generously presented the school with one of the Roosevelt bronzes, for which our thanks. are extended. A large world map was recently purchased. This,mA really essential in the courses in current events at the pr,,:,- ent time. This work is required of all, the "Literary Di- gest," "Bosto]]. Herald," "New Fork Times," `Popular Science Monthly," "National Geographic," and "Cum nt Events" being available at all times. The "Current ll:,,- tory Tests" are given as they are issued. Good reports come from those graduates who have to hi-•her institutions. It is to be regretted that a lamer percent do not have the ambition to continue their studies and realize the benefit of broader'training. Respectfully submitted, B. W. SANDERSON, Principal 127 ELIZABETH LOWELL HIGH SCHOOL REGISTRATION, FALL TERM, 1921 According to Classes Ninth Grade 5 First Year 6 Second Year 1 Third Year 5 Fourth Year 1 18 REGISTRATION, FALL TERM, 1921 From Cotult 5 Santuit 3 Marstons Mills 1 Osterville 1 Centerville 1 Mashpee 3 18 PUPILS TAKING DESIGNATED SUBJECTS Year IX X XI XII XIII English 5 6 1 5 1 French 6 1 4 Typewriting 1 5 1 m Stenography 4 Latin 1 U. S. History 5 5 128 Year IX X XI XII XIII Science 6 Bookkeeping 1 1 Com. Arithmetic 5 1 3 1 r Algebra 6 'Geography 5 Number of Graduates, June, 1921 8 GRADUATES ENTERING OTHER INSTITUTIONS Class of 1921: Hyannis State Normal 1 Massachusetts Agricultural College 1 1 129 Graduation Exercises Elizabeth Lowell High School BAXTER HALL, SANTUIT Wednesday Evening, June 29, 1921 PROGRAM Processional March, "A Song of the Flag" Spaulding Invocation Songs a. Swing Song Lohr b. Santa Lucia Italian Address Rev. Sarah A. Dixon, Ph.D. When the Roses Bloom Again Adams Presentation of Diplomas America, My Home Wooler Reception to Graduates THE CLASS OF 1921 Evert Leroy Baker Marion .Wismer Collins Melissa Dottridge Marcella Gordon Fish Elizabeth Dorothy Fuller Mary.Baker Gifford Udell Thurston Perry Mary Hay Reid Kenneth Smith Turner Class Motto: "Proceed, not recede" Class Colors: Green and White Class Flower: White Rose 130 Report of the Principal of the Barnstable - High School G. H. Galger, Supt. of Schools: Dear Sir: We have been growing since the writing of my last report, two years ago. This is apparent in many ways but particu- larly in the increasing membership. The school was built for 98 pupils. The enrolment this year was 137. The assembly room no longer has an adequate seating capacity and two recitation rooms have received the over- flow. We are hampered by lack of room. The number of teachers engaged in teaching the purely academic subjects remains the same as before, but the num- ber of recitations has increased as some classes are divided into two divisions. One can readily see that the amount of work required of the teachers is becoming greater each year and a corres- pondingly decreasing amount of time can be given to pupils preparing for college and technical school. Firm in the belief that co-operation is the foundation of lasting success in the community or the school, I have preached team-work, team-play in season and out. Team- work wins in baseball and it won us the championship last spring: Team-work wins in football and it won us more games last fall than the most sanguine of us expected to win, and team-work wins in school as pupils are slowly dis- covering. "Effective team-play is founded upon promptness, ready obedience, willingness to subordinate one's self to the gen- era� good, enthusiasm, ana that comprehensive quality called loyalty. All these are at the very root of every sue- 131 cessful enterprise; and what modern business asks most eagerly is that the boys who come into it shall obey orders intelligently and promptly; shall see how much instead of how little, they can do to further the interests of the con- cern; and in whatever they do, shall show the essential virtues of team-play—namely, enthusiasm, self-subordina- tion, and unflagging loyalty." In this spirit of co-operation two clubs have been formed, the Alphabet by the girls, and the Alpha Alpha by the boys. These are not social clubs, but were organized in the spirit of service, service for the school, and for the com- munity at large. They have raised approximately,$400. Of this $100 has been put aside as the nucleus of a fund to purchase appara- tus when the long-desired gymnasium shall have become a reality. The remaining $300 has been given where we. thought it —ould do the most good. The largest single donation was $203 to the Cape Cod Hospital. A year ago the school purchased one share in the Mac- Millan Arctic Association and when the Bowdoin sailed for Baffin's Land last August all the flags on the little schooner were the gift of the Barnstable High School. The opening game on the new Athletic field was played on October S. From the fact that this was the first game on a field that seems destined to be used for athletic purposes for years to come it may not be out of place to give here the names of the members of the winning team and their positions: Captain Vincent Sala..............................................................................-fullback Manager Walter M. Brooks.............................................................right end George0. Bond.....................................................................--........................left end Ralph R. Crosby... ....... ............___.................- -left tackle RaymondL. Moore....................................................................................left guard RobertH. Boody..................................................................................................center 132 G. Truman Lewis...................................................................................right guard LeslieF. Nute .:............................................:...............-:.......................right tackle Briah K. Connor....................................................................................quarterback Charles N. Libby, Jr................:.....................................................left half-back E. Thomas Murphy.....................................................................right half-back Substitutes William Murphy Herbert Jason Kenneth Bond Earle Eldredge Percy Lovejoy Kenneth Wilson Number of Graduates June, 1921...................................................... 26 GRADUATES ATTENDING OTHER INSTITUTIONS Hyannis State Normal School 7 Boston University School of Law 1 Boston University College of Business Administration 1 Bridgewater State Normal School 1 Brown University 2 University of Florida 1 New England Conservatory of Music 1 BARNSTABLE HIGH SCHOOL STATISTICS NUMBER ENROLLED IN BARNSTABLE HIGH SCHOOL From Hyannis 46 West Barnstable 21 Osterville 32 Centerville 15 Barnstable 13 Cummaquid 3 South Hyannis 2 Hyannisport 2 West Yarmouth 2 West Dennis 1 137 133 BARNSTABLE HIGH SCHOOL NUMBER OF PUPILS TAKING DESIGNATED STUDIES, FALL TERM, 1921 YE'AIR. OF SCHOOL 1 2 3 4 P.G. Algebra ....................... 41 12 2 2 Physics ....................... 24 1 Plane Geometry ............. 35 10 2 Solid Geometry ................ 2 Domestic Science ................ 12 it 12 Drawing ....................... 31 21 13 3 1 Chemistry ..................... 20 1 2 English ....................... 41 35 33 26 2 French ........................ 30 31 8 2 Latin ............. 19 10 5 2 United (States History .......... 25 1 Civics .................... 25 1 General (History ............. 41 Bookkeeping ................... 21 Penmanship .................... 19 23 21 20 Stenography ................... Typewriting ................... 26 20 Singing ........................ 41 35 33 26 Respectfully submitted, LOUIS M. BOODY. 134 Graduation Exercises of Barnstable High School June 30, 1921, First Baptist Church, Hyannis, Mass. PROGRAM March of School Class History Leslie Baxter Ryder Cantata, The Pilgrims of 1620 (Hosmer) School Class Gifts Alverda Elizabeth Cahoon Clara Hurlburt Morton Mayall Class Prophecy Dorothy Fay Ellis Presentation of Diplomas Dr. Sarah A. Dixon America Supervisor of Music, Mabelle Hemenway Boody Accompanist, Earle Eldredge CLASS OF 1921 Alverda Elizabeth Cahoon ' Elsie Rich Chadwick Dorothy Fay Ellis Catherine Jane Hansberry Margaret Josephine Hansberry Olive Elizabeth Hinckley Persis Howes Jenkins Sylvia Johnson Ruth Dora Lazarus Clara Hurlburt_Morton Mayall Elizabeth Amanda Nelson Helen Annie Noll Annie Viola Nute 135 Maxine Elliott Peak Ella Maude Robinson Rosalind Veazie Robert Hemenway Boody Hector Earle Chase Ralph Robinson Crosby Prince Albert Fuller, Jr. Ralph David Iiinckley George Engs Kelley Wyville James Keveney Russell Burnham Lewis Leslie Baxter Ryder William Raymond Smith CLASS MOTTO Quod bonum est, tenete 136 Report of the Supervisor of Drawing and . Music 6 G. H. Galger, Superintendent of Schools, Barnstable, Mass. Dear Sir: In September, 1920, 1 was elected supervisor of music and drawing,for the schools of the town. It was somewhat gratifying to me to again take charge of both subjects, as I had had ,the pleasure of introducing these branches into the regular school curriculum some years ago. Owing to the resignation of Miss Margerie Leonard, and the difficulty in procuring another supervisor of drawing, the schools were without a supervisor for nearly a year. Regular teachers found so much work to be clone along other lines that little or no attention vas paid to drawing. In the high schools, the study was discontinued altogether. Both teachers and pupils seemed to welcome the return of this study, and entered into the work with enthusiasm. To my mind, the greatest good derived from drawing is the opening of the eyes of children, that they may enjoy the beauties of nature which come into their daily lives. To this end, we have made color studies of flowers, fruits, trees and shrubs. We have studied landscapes in the ever chang- ing seasons. We have made sketches from memory in color. In order to get children to express themselves freely in drawing in the primary grades, no attention is paid to rules of perspective, but children are encouraged to make pictures of familiar objects, and to illustrate their stories or their experiences in work or play. In the grammar grades, a careful study of common objects in perspective is 137 begun. Thru all grades, pupils are taught to construct useful articles from paper, card-board, cloth and other ma- terial.s. The work of the spring term was given over to the study of color and color harmony and to decorative design. In the high schools, the program was so crowded already, that it was thought best to make drawing entirely elective. The result was, that those are continuing the work who are really interested, and those who need it in their later study in normal school., college or technical school. Last June, a small exhibition was held in the parlors of the Federated Church, of some of the work clone in the Barnstable High School. during the year. In other villages, the work was exhibited in the school buildings. Of music, there is little to write, altho we are endeavor- ing to hold up the standard by studying only the best. In this way, we may be able to counteract the influence of the so called popular music of.today. A piano has been placed in the drawing room of the Barnstable High School so that the work of the orchestra, and of the small choruses for boys and for girls, is carried on without interfering with the work of the assembly room. The Cotuit Grammar School has purchased a square piano for use in that building. A $75 victrola, earned by pupils and teachers, is enjoyed in the Marstons Mills building. The organ which the gram- mar room of this school has now acquired, is a great help. In order that we might have a part in the,Tercentenary Celebration of the landing of the Pilgrims, the Barnstable High School rendered at the graduation exercises, a can- tata, The Landing of the Pilgrims by E. S. Hosmer, in which the whole school took part. Below, I am submitting the rank in drawing of pupils in the primary, intermediate, and grammar grades, given by teachers, for the Fall term of 1921. B-10 138 Of the 514 pupils, 38 rank P (poor), 143 F (satisfactory), 241 G (good), and 92 E (excellent). Thanking you and all others who have assisted me in carrying on my work, I remain, Respectfully, MABELLE M. H. BOODY, ` Supervisor of Music and Drawing 139 Report of the Commercial Instructor B. H. S. To the Superintendent of the Barnstable Schools: Dear Sir: The Commercial Department of the Barnstable High School opened this year with a membership of eighty-nine pupils: twenty seniors, twenty-one juniors, twenty-five sophomores, and twenty-three freshmen. Besides these, four from the other departments joined the typewriting class. The work which is done in this department is largely con- fined to training for bookkeepers and stenographers—only two types of many office workers. We have not the room, equipment, nor teachers for all of the so-caned commercial subjects. We have one room known as the "Commercial Room." It is the typewriting room. Formerly all of the business subjects were taught in this room, and the typewriters were moved about to accommodate the classes. Some of the classes have outgrown this room and are now held in the main room. Our typewriting equipment is good. This year six old machines have been exchanged for new, and last year sev- eral new ones were purchased. We have in all seventeen machines, a sufficient number for this year, by making the two classes into three divisions. We are much in need of a bookkeeping room, equipped with proper desks. Such a room could be used to good advantage by the class in penmanship. The business requirements in this locality, I think, war• rant the equipment of a room as an office appliance room.. It could, also, benefit the pupils who are taking a general course,by giving them an opportunity to fit for one vocation. 140 Often the pupils who fail in other departments are put into the Commercial Department, and many of them mako a excellent progress. They learn by doing. The training of the hand and the eye, and the attempt at accuracy cannot a fail to be beneficial. Our classes are by no means made up, however, of retarded pupils. Many of them are some of the brightest boys and girls in school who elected this course, upon entering the high school, with the idea of pre- paring for work. Last year; to encourage thrift and also for practice work, we organized a system of school banking. All of the work ,,vas done by the pupils under the supervision of the teacher. Each pupil depositing in the school bank, known as the Barnstable High School Savings, was given a book with the amount credited,to him. The Barnstable High School Sav- ings opened an account with the Hyannis Trust Company, depositing the aggregate amount each week; thus small sums of money went on interest at the beginning of each month. From November 30 to the close of the school year, the deposits amounted to $87.04, the withdrawals to $27.85, leaving a balance in the bank of $59.19. The work has been continued this year, and the interest credited July 10, to the Barnstable High School Savings, has been credited on the individual books. From Mr. Boody the pupils get stenographic practice. One of the pupils is appointed each week to act as his secretary. .This helps very materially in fitting him for a position. Mr. Galger and Mr. Greeley furnish material for practice in manipulating the mimeograph. This also aids the pupils in preparing a more extended course in office training than has usually been given. Respectfully submitted, SARAH N. WARD, Commercial Instructor December 31, 1921. 141 Report of the Domestic Science Department B. H. S. G. H. Galger, Superintendent of Schools: Dear Sir: My aim has been to teach the problems which would be the most beneficial to the pupils in an average home. They include in the Sewing Department; sewing by hand and by machine; such knowledge in textiles that v,ill enable the students to purchase suitable material for garment making; mending and repairing garments. An exhibit was given in the Spring of all the work that was accomplished by the students during the school year. It was well attended, but I do hope that more of the parents will be interested in the future exhibits. My general plan in Cooking is to teach the fundamentals by means of a series of projects, the projects being of most use to the average pupil. At the end of the course the girls planned, cooked and served a breakfast and a luncheon for review work of the projects. The improvements that have been made in the laboratory have been very much appreciated by the students, and been conducive to better work in both cooking and sewing. If the equipment and room were such as would be needed, I think a lunch counter could be managed efficiently by the department. Respectfully submitted, ELEANOR S. BOURNE, Instructor in Household Arts December 31, 1921. 142 Report of School Physician z Mr. George H. Galger, Superintendent of Schools, Barnstable, Mass. My Dear Sir: The Cape Cod Health Bureau began active work about the middle of June 1921, hence, our first annual report is annual in name only. The fiscal year of the Bureau does not coincide with that of the towns in which we work, and because of the government subsidy cannot be changed at present. This does not mean that the towns will receive any less work for their appropriation. The services of the Bureau are paid in full to June 1922. . The first three and a half months of the school year, with the many holidays and emergency calls, has not sufficed to complete the survey of the twenty-one hundred school chil- dren under our supervision. The sanitation and hygiene of the Barnstable schools more nearly approaches the ideals for which we are work- ing than has been found in any other town in our district, and the pupils, considered as a whole, show the benefits re- ceived therefrom. While several complaints have been received regarding the poor ventilation in certain build- ings, it may be well to call to the attention of the parents that the ideal heating and ventilating system has not yet been made, and upon certain days and winds unsatisfactory ventilation is to be expected. We will, however, give this condition our serious consideration and report more at length at some later date. The pupils from certain school- rooms show an unusually high percentage of eye strain, and I believe that this fact should receive our immediate at- 143— tention, as it is largely a matter of rearrangement of 'seats in order to use the light to better advantage and avoiding the glare. Very extensive surveys have established certain normal standards by which the nutrition of children can be meas- ured. It is found that among school children as a whole twenty percent are below the normal. In this twenty, per- cent are those who are below in their studies, those who are most liable to contract the contagious diseases of childhood and who lay the foundation for adult tuberculosis, Bright's disease, heart trouble, and other less serious but trouble- some and efficiency reducing diseases. In our study of the Barnstable children we found twenty- eight percent to be below the normal nutritional standard which represents the group just mentioned. With the aid of the Red Cross, Miss Agnes M. Raymond, supplied by the Cape Cod Chapter of the American Red Cross, we hope to demonstrate some new features in school nutritional work; but it is further hoped that the parents of the town will make it a point to consult Miss Raymond regarding the nutritional difficulties and other problems connected with the life of their children in school. I can heartily recom- mend Miss Raymond as a .woman of excellent training and wide experience in this field. We cannot forget that while the country at large showed that thirty percent of the men coming up for the draft were defective physically, Cape Cod must live under the stigma of having forty-seven percent defective. The solution of this problem is not dependent upon any one group of persons but demands the closest cooperation of all who are interested in the education and welfare of our children. Fur- thermore we seldom stop to consider that a child's time in. school has a money value, but loss of time on account of sick- ness, failure to grasp the work because of physicial handi- caps, subsequent necessity of repeating the grades, doctor's 144 and nurses' fees, loss of teaching time, etc., tax us untold d thousands during every generation. To stop this loss means thought, effort, and above all, things cooperation. a The following detailed report of my preliminary findings will show that there is ample room for improvement. To be sure many of these conditions are at present only the weak.link in an otherwise strong chain, but are worthy of immediate attention. 'Pupils examined 879 Pupils absent aild not examined 101 Symptoms of eye strain 429 Abnormal ears 284 Need of immediate dental attention 380 Abnormal noses 191 Throats _ 380 Hearts 32 Enlarged cervical glands 377 Undernourished 249 Sundries 135 Marked adenoid obstruction 69 Successfully vaccinated 624 Respectfully submitted, R. B. SPRAGUE, M.D. Health Officer and Medical School Inspector Field Agent U. S. Public Health Service ANNUAL REPORT OF THE OFFICERS OF THE Town of Barnstable FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECE 'BER 31, .1922 THE 1 BARNSTAELE, V .� MASS. p> ®A 1639. ?FE MA`S HYANNIS, MASS. F. II. R F. P. GOSS, PUBLISHERS and PRINTERS The "Patriot" Press 1923 t "••F. B: & PJi YGoss; Publishers'and"Printers "The P .'riot Press," Hyannis, Mass. r. TOWN OFFICERS 1922 J Selectmen Edgar W. Lovell, Santuit, Chairman. Term expires 1923 Howard N. Parker, West Barnstable Term expires 1924 William Lovell, Hyannis -Term expires 1925 Overseers of Poor and Fence Viewers, William Lovell, Hyannis, Chairman Term expires 1925 Edgar W. Lovell, Santuit Term expires 1923,' Howard N. Parker, West Barnstable Term expires 1924 Assessors Howard N. Parker, W. Barnstable, Ch'n Term expires 1924 Edgar W. Lovell, Santuit Term expires 1923 William Lovell,.Hyannis Term expires 1925 Town Clerk Clarence M. Chase, Hyannis Term expires 1923 Town Treasurer Clarence M. Chase, Hyannis Term expires 1923 e 4 Collector of Taxes Everett F. Fuller, Ost'erville "Perm expires 1923 School-Committee., „ Edward 'C.` linckley, Hyannis, Ch'n Term expires'.1925 Richard Cobb', Barnstable " Term expires 1923 Allen Chadwick, Osterville Term aspires 1:1924 Superintendent of:Schools George H. G'Galger, Hyannis Surveyor,of'Highways Joyce;Taylor,,Hyannis Term expires 1923. Auditors John Bursley; West Barnstable -Term 'expires:1929 Albert-L. Edson., Cummaquid Term expires ,1923 Lutlier C. Hallett, Hyannis Term expires 1923 Tree Warden Robert F. Cross, 'Osterville Term expires 1923 Board of Health Granville W. Hallett,: Osterville Term expires 192.5 Charles E. Harris, Hyannis Term expires 1923 William A. Jones;•Barnstable. Term'expires 1924- Registrars of Voters. Samuel F. Crocker Marstons Mills Edwin S. Phinney Barnstable John V. O'Neil Hyannis Clarence M. Chase Hyannis { 5 Agent of Cobb Fund - Henry C. Davis,.Cummaquia,,, Constables—,"Ferdinand Baker, Barnstable; Benj. E. Blos- som, West Barnstable.,; Charles.H. Hazelton,: Hyannis.; James B. IIazeltori, Hyannis; George„F Mart, Hyannis; J. V. West, Centerville; Chester L. ;Baker, Osterville', IHarris C. 'ovell, Osterville,; Maurice J.,Hinekley,Oar stons Mills; Alexander S. ..Chilcls;::Cotuit; William Pot- ter, Cotuit. Park Commissioners William F. Jenkins, West Barnstable. Term expires 1924 Jean G. Hinkle, Osterville Term 'expires 1925 Samuel W. Hallett, Hyannis Term expires 1923 Measurers of .Wood and lark.—Timothy.;Crocker,:;South I-Iyaz�nis; Emilo R. Silva, West,Barnstab.le,,.William'C. Giffprd,.,Santuit. ; Surveyors of Lumber—John.: . Bearse, Hyannis; *John E. Hinckley, Barnstable; ``Joseph W. Hamblin, Cotuit. Sealer of Leatb.er—*James E. Baxter;.,Hyannis. Deer Reeve--lVohn J. Harlow, Santuit: Pound,.Keepers—_ *Thomas W. Jones,,Barnstab.lepl William F. Ormsby, Hyannis; 'Wilton B. Cammett, Marstons Mills; *Jehiel R:,Crosby; Centerville. Field. Drivers—Theodore V. West, Centerville Zenas Crocker, Marstons Mills. *Elected but did not take the oath of office. 6 Cattle Inspector—John J. Maloney, Hyannis. Milk Inspector—George T. Mecarta, Marstons Mills. Plumbing Inspector—Henry G. Phillips, Hyannis.. Inspector_of Wires—Fred. S. Kent, Barnstable. Sealer .of Weights and N.easures—Everett,Ia. Hoxie, Cotuit. Superintendent of Moth Work—Robert F.'Cross, Osterville. Inspectors of Slaughtered Animals Marcus N. Harris, Barnstable; Everett L.Hoxie, Cdtuit; John J, Maloney, Hyannis. Forester=Zeb'ina H. Jenkins, West Barnstable.; INDEX Page Town Officers ............................................ 3 Assessors' Report ............... .........:............ 9 Report of the Audit ........................................ 11 Treasurer's Report ..................................... 14 .Receipts ... ....... 33 Summary ........... ...... ......6............. 33 Expenditures ................. 34 Estimates for 1923 ... .... 42 Highway Surveyor's Report. ................................:. 44 Expenditures ........................................... 44 'Snow ..... ..... 45 Town,Clerk's Report ........6...........................6..... 49 Annual Town Meeting .................................. 49 Births ................................................. 1O1 Marriages ............................................. 107 Deaths ................................................. 111 JuryList .................................................. 117 Report of Road Committee ................................ 119 Park Commissioners' Report ................................ 126 Report of;Sealer of Weights and Measures .................. 132 Cape Cod Health Bureau Report 133 Report of Forest Warden ................................... 137 Tree Warden's Report ...........6......................... 139 Moth Department Report ................................... 141 School Committee's Report ................................ 143 Superintendent's Report ............................... 145 Statistics .............................................. 151 Financial Report of Secretary .......................... 158 Statistics, Elizabeth Lowell High School .......:....... 171 Statistics, Barnstable High School 176 Principal of Elizabeth Lowell High School Report ......... 169 Principal of Barnstable High School Report ................ 173 Music and Drawing Supervisor's Report ..................... 179 Commercial Instructor's Report ............................ 183 P Household Arts Department Report ...................:. 185 Health Officer's Report ..........................:......... 187 s ASSESSORS' REPORT 1922 Real Estate valuation $9,480,21-0 00 Tangible personal estate 1,524,270 00 Total valuation of the town $11,004,480 00 Number of polls assessed 1,590 Persons assessed on property 2,533 Persons assessed on polls only 570 Horses assessed 225 Cows assessed 524 Other cattle assessed 187 Swine assessed 89 Fowl assessed 1,450 Dwelling Houses assessed• 2,145 Acres of land assessed 33,000 APPROPRIATIONS For town expenses $295,830 15 State tax 20,640 00 County tax 26,374 57 State Highway tax 5,880 33 Signboards and milestones 431 28 State Auditor's tax 93 89 Poll taxes to be returned to State 4,770 00 Total appropriations $354,020 22 B-2 10 Tag levied on property $279,513 72 1590 polls assessed 7,950 00 Income tag received from Commonwealth 20,145 77 Estimated receipts from all sources 17,400 00 Surplus revenue from treasury 30,000 00 Total receipts $355,009 49 Making an overlay of $989 27 Tag rate $25.40 per $1,000. DECEMBER ASSESSMENT Number of polls assessed, 23. Valuation of real estate $29,820 00 Personal estate 1,800 00 Total valuation December assessment $31,620 00 HOWARD N. ,PARKER, EDGAR W. LOVELL, WLLLIAM LOVELL, Assessors Town of Barnstable • REPORT OF THE AUDIT July 31,' 1922. To the Board of Selectmen, Mr. Edgar W. Lovell, Chairman, Barnstable, Massachusetts.- Gentlemen: I submit herewith my report of an audit of the accounts of the Town of Barnstable for the fiscal year ending Decem- ber 31, 1921, made in accordance with the provisions of Section 35, Chapter 44, General Laws. This report is in the form of a report to me by Mr. Edward H. Fenton, Chief Examiner of this Division, who was placed in charge of the work. Very truly yours, THEODORE N. WADDELL, Director of Accounts Mr. Theodore N. Waddell, Director of Accounts, Department of Corporations ab.d Taxation., State IIouse, Boston. Sir: As directed by you, I have made an audit of the books and accounts of the town of Barnstable for the fiscal year. ending December 31., 1921, and submit the following re- port thereon. 12 The books and accounts of the town treasurer were ex- amined and checked, and as .the treasurer acts as the ac- counting officer for the town, the financial transactions are reflected on the books in his office. The reported receipts were checked to the original sources from which they came and the disbursements were compared with the selectmen's warrants authorizing payments. The town clerk's records of appropriations made at the town meeting were checked to the appropriations as en- tered in the ledger, as were the records of transfers and loans authorized. The ledger postings were checked to the cash book and the journal, in which all ledger entries originate. An analysis of the ledger was made, thus proving the accuracy of the work in general, and a balance sheet was prepared., which verified the balance sheet which is given in the town report of 1921. A reconciliation of the treasurer's cash and bank balances was made as of June 30, 1922, which shows the cash and bank balances to be correct. The transactions of the several trust funds in the custody of the treasurer were checked, and the bank books and se- curities representing the investments of the funds were ex- amined and listed, being found to agree with the records. The taxes committed to the collector were examined, the -collections reported as paid to the treasurer were checked with the treasurer's books, and the abatements were checked to the assessors' records of abatements granted. The outstanding accounts were listed and a reconciliation of the taxes for the years 1920 and 1921 was made. The outstanding accounts were further verified by mailing no- tices to a number of persons whose names appeared on the collector's books as owing amounts to the town, and from the replies received I am satisfied that the accounts are ? correct. 13 The records of licenses and permits issued by the se- Jectmen were examined and verified by the receipts as ,shown on the treasurer's books. The accounts of the milk inspector were examined, and the receipts for milk and oleomargarine licenses issued by the inspector were checked to the receipts as shown by the treasurer. The records of receipts at the town farm were not avail- able as there was a change made in,superintendents in 1921 and the old records could not be located. The new superintendent has been keeping the records since he was installed in office, and these were checked to the treasurer's books. The records of the school department were examined and payments of receipts to the treasurer were verified by the treasurer's records. The town clerk's records of dog and of hunting and �1 - ring licenses issued in 1921 were examined, and the records -of fees collected were checked to the amounts shown as having been paid to the State and county treasurers. The surety bonds covering the treasurer and tax collector were examined and found to be in proper form. It was noted that the town clerk was not bonded-as required by Section 13, Chapter 41, General Laws. The general accounting work was found to be in an ex- cellent condition and shows the result of the care and time given by the several persons whose duty it is to carry on the system of accounts as :installed. Appended to this report are tables showing a reconcilia- tion of the treasurer's cash and bank balances, summaries , of the tax accounts, and also a statement relative to the trust funds. While engaged in making the audit I received the cooper- ation of the various officials, and for this courtesy and as- sistanse I wish to extend, both for my assistant and myself, my thanks and appreciation. Respectfully submitted, EDWARD H. FENTON, Chief Examiner. TREASURER'S REPORT Cash Jan. 1, 1922 Cash on Expended $499,174 41 hand $36,403 29 Balance 22,452 47 Receipts 485,223 59 $521,626 88 $521,626 88 1920 Taxes Jan. 1, 1922 Due the Received from Town $123 87 Collector $123 85 Error in Warrant 02 $123 87 $123 87 1921 Taxes Jan. 1, 1922 Due the Received from Town $9,993 72 Collector $9,361 16 Error in Abatement 5 76 Balance 638 32 $9,999 48 $9,999 48 1922 Taxes Amount of Warrant $287,463 72 Received from December Assessments 1 918 19 Collector $278,191 36 Balance 10,190 55 $288,381 91 $288,381 91 Overlay 1920 Abatements $64 13 Jan. 1, 1922 Balance $915 09 Transferred to Overlay Surplus 850 96 $915 09 $915 09 15 Overlay 1921 Abatements $1,348 92 From Overlay Surplus $1,004 85 Error in Abatement 5 76 Balance 338 31 $1,348 92 $1,348 92 Overlay 1922 Abatements $982 38 Amount of Overlay $989 27 Balance 6 89 $989 27 $989 27 Overlay Surplus Transferred to 1921 Jan. 1, 1922 Balance $153 89 Overlay $1,004 85 From 1920 Overlay 850 96 $1,004 85 $1,004 85 Tax Titles Jan. 1, 1922 Balance $53 18 as reported $53 18 ` Tax Title Revenue Balance $53 18 Jan. 1, 1922 as reported $53 18 Loans Authorized As per vote at School House Loan $15,000 00 Town Meeting $15,000 00 ESTIMATED RECEIPTS Debits 1922 Revenue $53,277 61 Civilian War Poll Tax returned to State 33 00 $53,310 61 16 Credits State Treasurer: Income Tax $29,009 45 Corporation Tax 6,153 49 National Bank Tat 1,364 43 Civilian War Poll Tax 297 00 Acet. Board of Health 383 57 Acet. IIighways 3 30 $37,211 24 Licenses: Pedlers and Vendors $1,445 00 Automobile Dealers 280 00 Clam 155 00 Milk' 58 50 Quahaug 43 00 Sunday 36 00 Moving Pictures 30 00 Junk 30 00 Inn Holders' and Vietualers' 28 00 Circus 25 00 Merry-go-round 20 00 Alcohol 20 00 Garbage 16 00 Billiard 14 00 Bottling 5 00 Auctioneers' 8 00 2,213 50 Oyster Grants $836 95 Fish Traps 80 00 916 95- Sealer of Weights and Measures, fees 75 68 Reimbursements for Moth Work 2,704 57 Charities: Reimbursement for Relief: Cities and Towns $1,320 01 17 State 836 76 Mothers' Aid from State 4,358 53 State Aid from State 1,286 00 Soldiers'Relief from State 84 31 Military Aid from State 15 00 7,900 61 Almshouse: Sale of Milk, etc. $233 17 Board of Inmate 315 00 548 17 Schools: Tuition of State Wards $297 60 Other tuition 267 25 Telephone calls 3 05 Damage to property 50 568 40 Interest: Tries $478 92 Deposits 279 17 758 09 Refunds: Freight claim $15 00 Check returned 5 00 Payment stopped on old checks 62 90 82 90 Rent of Land and Hyannis Office 306 00 Reimbursement for Advertising 21 00 Sale of voting lists 2 00 Sale of Wood 1 50 $53,310 61 18 Accounts Receivable Jan. 1,1922 Balance $5,671 03 Balance $7,191 95 Net charges 1,520 92 $7,191 95 $7,191 95 Accounts Receivable Revenue Balance $7,191 95 Jan. 1, 1922 Balance $5,671 03 Net credits 1,520 92 $7,191 95. $7,191 95 State and County Taxes County Tax $26,374 57 1922 Revenue $58,190 07 State Tax 20,640 00 State Highway Tax 5,580 33 Civilian.War Poll Tax 4,770 00 Pilgrim Highway Signs 431 28 Auditing 93 89 $58,190 07 $58,190 07 1922 Revenue Appropriated at Town 1922 Tax Levy $287,463 72 Meeting $295,830 15 Estimated Receipts 53,277 61 State and County Excess and Deficiency Taxes 58,190 07 towards 1922 Taxes 30,000 00 1922 Overlay 989 27 December Assessment 918 19 Support of Poor 3,200 04 Appropriation Balances: Fires 3,212 92 Interest 2,177 64 Balance to Excess and Park Commission 643 69 Deficiency Acct. 15,509 62 Mothers' Aid 375 00 Traffic Officer 358 00 Suppression of Crime 337 25 State Aid 312 00 Military Aid 240 00 Town Officers 225 00 Board of Health 186 10 Mill Way 128 65 Rent American Legion 100 00 Snow Bills 86 11 Highway Commission 73 0$ Moth Department 12 02 Printing 5 61 Public Health Nurse 3 50 Schools 3 28 Hyannisport Police 3 00 Trees 1 40 Sidewalks 1 16 $376,932 07 $376,932 07 19 Excess and Deficiency Account 1922 Revenue for Jan. 1, 1922 Balance $40,766 21 Taxes $30,000 00 . From 1922 Revenue 15,509 62 Error in 1920 Warrant 02 ` Balance (Surplus) 26,275 81 $56,275 83 $56,275 83 APPIWPRIATION ACCOUNTS Town Building Committee Balance $312 45 Jan. 1, 1922 balance $312 45 Town Officers Salaries: Appropriated $10,000 00 Selectmen $2,700 00 Assessors 1,800 00 Overseers of Poor 600 00 Treasurer 1,500 00 Town Clerk 500 00 Tax Collector 1,300 00 Inspector of Wires 500 00 Sealer of Weights and Measures 500 00 Inspector of Animals 350 00 Harbor Masters 25 00 Balance to Revenue 225 00 $10,000 00 $10,000 00 Election Expenses Election Officers $1,035 00 Appropriated $1,500 00 Registrars of Voters 270 00 From Reserve Fund 331 45 Rent of Polling places 194 50 Printing 180 25 Autos for transporting Ballot boxes 99 75 Posting Warrants 40 00 Repairs to booths 11 95 $1,831 45 $1,831 45 20 Traffic Officers Wages of Officers $2,045 00 Appropriated $2,700 00 Signs and Painting 197 89 Tending Lights 99 00 $2,341 89 Balance to Revenue 358 11 $2,700 00 $2,700 00 Hyannisport Police Wages of Officer $297 00 Appropriated $300 00 Balance to Revenue 3 00 $300 00 $300 00 Suppression of Crime Patrolmen $2,160 00 Appropriated $2,250 00 Special Officers 84 00 Donation 335 00 Badges 3 75 $2,247 75 Balance to Revenue 337 25 $2,585 00 $2,585 00 Court Fines and Fees Court Fees $616 67 First District'Court Fines $65 00 From Reserve Fund 551 67 $616 67 $616 67 Fires Labor $3,440 38 Appropriated $500 00 Automobiles and Teams 174 00 From 1922 Revenue 3,212 92 Chemicals and-Tools 77 46 Food 19 58 Printing 1 50 $3,712 92 $3,712 92 21 Moth Department Automobiles and Appropriated $8,000 00 Trucks $2,380 28 Check Returned 103 62 Insecticides 1,867 56 Labor -1,665 45 Equipment and Tools 1,638 61 Salary of Superintendent 391 25 Rent of Barn 75 00 Telephone 19 40 Water 20 00 Freight and Carting 19 55 Printing 14 50 $8,091 60 Balance to Revenue 12 02 $8,103 62 $8,103 62 Trees Labor $546 40 Appropriated $1,500 00 Trucks 404 50 Check Returned 40 00 Trees 270 00 Salary of Tree Warden 142 00 Hardware and Tools 94 00 Insecticides 40 00 Tree Guards 37 50 Telephone 4 20 $1,538 60 Balance to Revenue 1 40 $1,540 00 '$1,540 00 Clam Warden Clam Warden: Appropriated $300 00 Barnstable $202 00 From Reserve Fund 2 00 Hyannis 100 00 $302 00 $302 00 22 Board of Health Salary of Agent $300 00 Appropriated $6,500 00 Stationery and Postage 6 01 Printing 24 91 Labor on Beach 3 00 Quarantine and Con- tagious Diseases: Medical Attendance 93 00 Groceries and Provisions 33 73 Loss of Wages 58 00 Cities and Towns 109 50 Rent 12 00 Tuberculosis: Board and Care 1,906 49 Clothing 49 75 Plumbing Inspection 652 00 Fumigating 26 69 Cape Cod Health Bureau 1,250 04 Dental Work 510 97 Slaughtering Inspection 1,273 81 Milk Inspection 4 00 $6,313 90 Balance to Revenue 186 10 $6,500 00 $6,500 00 Public Health Nurse ` District Nursing Asso- Appropriated $500 00 ciation $496 50 Balance to Revenue 3 50 $500 00 $500 00 HIGHWAYS Grand Island Bridge Legal Expense $1,000 00 Balance Jan. 1, 1922 $2,976 61 Balance 1,976 61 $2,976 61 $2,976 61 23 Barnstable Wharf Balance $896 63 ,Balance Jan. 1, 1922 $896 63 Cotuit Wharf Surveying $50 00 Appropriated $1,000 00 Expenses of Committee 33 00 Printing 1 90 $84 90 Balance 915 10 $1,000 00 $1,000 00 Repairs on Roads and Bridges *Expended $29,162 78 Appropriated $30,000 00 Transferred to From Reserve Fund 326 53 Hospital Road 1,163 75 $30,326 53 $30,326 53 Snow Bills *Expended $2,413 89 Appropriated $2,500 00 Balance to Revenue 86 11 $2,500 00 $2,500 00 Hospital Road *Expended $4,163 75 Appropriated $3,000 00 Transferred from repairs on Roads 1,163 75 $4,163 75 $4,163 75 Mill Way *Expended $1,871 35 Appropriated $2,000 00 Balance to Revenue 128 65 $2,000 00 $2,000 00 24 Hyannis Main Street Gutters As per contract $5,000 00 Appropriated $5,000 00 New Roads *Expended $59,926 97 Appropriated $60,000 00 Balance to Revenue 73 03 $60,000 00 $60,000 00 Sidewalks *Expended $4,998 84 Appropriated $5,000 00 Balance to Revenue 1 16 $5,000 00 $5,000 00 Wood Roads *Expended $500 00 Appropriated $500 00 (*For Detail of expenses, see Surveyor .of Highways report.) Aid for Mothers with Dependent Children Cash $6,837 00 Appropriated $9,000 00 Medicine and Medical Attendance 636 02 Fuel 608 34 Rent 237 02 Groceries and Pro- visions 167 34 Clothing 79 98 Board and Care 59 30 $8,625 00 Balance to Revenue 375 00 $9,000 00 $9,000 00 25 ' Support of Poor Outside Poor: Appropriated $15,000 00 Cash aid $4,168 00 1922 Revenue 3,20.0 04 Board and Care 1,753 17 From Reserve Fund 195 08 Groceries and Pro- visions 3,320 49 Medicine and Medical Attendance 2,095 10 Fuel 1,125 19 Cities and Towns (aid) 536 08 State Institutions 485 71 Clothing 398 39 Rent 38,1 00 Repairs 80 16 Burial 50 00 Total amount on Outside Poor $14,393 29, Almshouse: Salary of Warden $600 00 Groceries'and Provisions 1,744 32 Fuel 423 94 Hay and Grain 390 85 Dry Goods and Cloth- ing 390 53 Medicine 153 50 Repairs to Building and Contents 94 74 Labor 81 80 Tools, etc. 70 85 Furniture 37 10 Pew Rent 12 00 Cash 2 20 Total amount on Almshouse $4,001 83 Total amount on Out- side Poor and Alms- house ' $18,395 12 $18,395 12 State slid Cash aid $1,188 00. Appropriated $1,500 00 Balance to Revenue 312 00 $1,500 00. $1,500 00 Soldiers' Relief Cash aid $1,103 00 Appropriated $1,000 00 From Reserve Fund 103 00 $1,103 00 $1,103 00 s-3 26 Military Aid Cash aid $60 00 Appropriated $300 00 Balance to Revenue 240 00 $300 00 $300 00 SCHOOL PURPOSES Receipts Appropriated $85,000 00 Dog Money 661 55 Cobb Fund 404 32 Check Returned 56 65 $86,122 52 General: Salary of Superintendent $2,900 00 Clerk 32 00 Truant Officer 12 00 Stationery and Postage 33 .85 Telephone 260 76 Travelling expense 200 95 Census 84 00 Transportation of teachers 6 00 Hall Rent 6 00 Express 3 08 Cape Cod Health Bureau 1,250 00 $4,790 14 Salaries: High $13,442 00 Elementary 32,397 68 'Music and Drawing 1,800 00 47,639 68 27 Text Books and Supplies.: high $1,725 24 Elementary 1,648 77 3,374 01 Transportation 11,590 00 Janitors: High $799 84 Elementary 2,880 84 3,680 68 Fuel and Light: High $390 25 Elementary 2,072 02 2,462 27 Maintenance of Buildings and Grounds: High $2,446 47 Elementary 9,065 73 11,51.2, 20 Furniture and Fixtures: High $64 88 Elementary 331 52 396 40 Athletics 553 97 Graduation and Diplomas 119 89 Total $86,119 24 Balance to Revenue 3 28 $86,122 52 New School Building Bills approved by Appropriated $15,000 00 Committee $12,516 74 Balance 2,483 26 $15,000 00 $15,000 00 28 Libraries Hyannis $300 00 Appropriated $1,000 00 Osterville 200 00 Cotuit 130 00 Barnstable 90 00 West Barnstable 85 00 Centerville 120 00 Marstons Mills 75 00 $1,000 00 $1,000 00 Printing Town Reports $441 88 Appropriated $700 00 Selectmen's Dept. 119 41 Elections 58 75 Clerk and Treasurer's Dept. 40 60 Tax C ollector's Dept. 26 25 Assessors' Dept. 7 50 $694 39 Balance to Reyenue 5 61 $700 00 $700 00 Miscellaneous Appropriated $7,500 00 From Reserve Fund 168 36 Check Returned 83 00 $7,751 36 Expenditures Selectmen's Dept.: Travelling expense $460 05 Stenographer at Town Meeting 145 40 29 Telephone 133 75 71 Surveying 488 30 Stationery and Postage 73 96 Electric Lights 17 13 $1,318 59 Treasurer's Dept.: Checks $144 65 Envelopes and Postage 126 22 Bond 70 00 340 87 Tax Collector's Dept.: Travelling expense $110 00 Bond 160 00 Stationery and Postage 75 80 Telephone 2 95 348 75 Assessors' Dept.: Clerical Assistance $100 00 Cards 175 20 Stationery and Postage 44 08 Auto List 12 00 331 28 Finance Dept.: Certifying Notes $20 00 Printing Coupons 32 21 52 21 •Legal Dept.: Town Counsel $150 00 Special Attorney 102 94 Expense of Hearings 164 35 417 29 Town Clerk's Dept.: Stationery and Postage $274 82 Travelling expense 136 70 Returning Vital Statistics to State 439 32 30 Telephone 33 94 Fuel and Water at Hyannis Office 64 39 949 17 Services of'Constables 44 00 Traffic Signs 32 58 Sealer of Weights and Measures: Travelling expense $318 54 Supplies 10 60 329 14 Vaccination 1 50 Guide Boards 24 09 Almshouse: Horse $150 00 Telephone 53 41 203 41 Insurance 3,302 16 Taxes Returned 56 32 7,751 36 Repairs Dumps: Appropriated $2,000 00 Labor and Teams $610 30 From Reserve Fund 292 97 Almshouse 711 32 Town House 39 46 Town Pumps 14 09 Signs 35 13 Cemeteries: Labor and Teams 340 74 Repairing Typewriter 15 00 Soldiers Monument Grounds 449 66 Hearse-house 71 92 Hyannis Office 5 30 $2,292 97 $2,292 97 31 Rent G. A. R. Rent of Howard Hall $80 00 Appropriated $80 00 Reserve Fund Transfers to: Appropriated $2,000 00 Court Fines and Fees $551 67 Election Expenses 331 45 Highways 326 53 Repairs 292 97 Support of Poor 195 08 Miscellaneous 168 36 Soldiers' Relief 103 00 Trust Fund Income 28 94 Clam Warden 2 00 $2,000 00 $2,000 00 Memorial Day Barnstable Soldiers' Memorial Association $300 00 Appropriated $300 00 Cape Cod Farm Bureau Treasurer of Cape Cod Farm Bureau $500 00 Appropriated $500 00 Rent American Legion Hall Rent $100 00 Appropriated $200 00 Balance to Revenue 100 00 $200 00 $200 00 Bills Approved at Town Meeting Expense of School Appropriated $400 15 Committee $289 14 Expense. of Town Government Committee 90 51 Services of Auditors 5 50 Moderator 15 00 $400 15 $400 15 32 Park Commissioners Trees'and Shrubs $96 50 Appropriated $1,000 00 Loam, etc. 89 50 Labor 78 25 Building Wall 59 06 Surveying 25 00 Stone 8 00 $356 31 Balance to Revenue 643 69 $1,000 00 $1000 00 Cobb Burial Lot Care of Lot $5,00 Income from Cobb Fund $5 00 Care of Cemeteries Labor $37 10 Jan. 1, 1922 Balance $500 00 Expense of Committee 10 00 Appropriated 300 00 $47 10 Balance 752 90 $800 00 $800 00 Debt Highway Loan $15,000 00 Appropriated $17,000 00 Hyannis Main Street Loan 2,000 00 $17,000 00 $17,000 00 Interest Highway Loans $3,150 00 Appropriated $8,000 00 Temporary Loans 2,122 36 Hyannis Main Street Loan 550 00 $5,822 36 Balance to Revenue 2,177 64 $8,000 00 $8,000 00 33 Trust Fund Income Care of Burial Lots $767 32 Income from Cemetery: Interest on Cobb Fund 409 32 Perpetual Care Fund $786 04 Sturgis Fund: Income from Cobb Fund 361 66 Income paid to Income from Sturgis Selectmen 200 00 Fund 200 00 ,School Fund: Income from School Added to Fund 51 93 Fund 51 93 From Reserve Fund 28 94 $1,428 57 $1,428 57 Trust Funds Invested: Deposited for Perpetual Cemetery Perpetual Care: Care Fund $3,478 27 Beechwood Cemetery $300 00 Oak Grove Cemetery 300 00 Hillside Cemetery 350 00 Estate of: R. M. Waite 300 00 Luther Baker 150 00 E. T. Howland 103 50 Stephen B. Fuller 200 00 Hannah E. Nickerson 500 00 Nellie A. Fish 100 00 . Hannah Wheeler 200 00 Ida D. Frost 950 00 J. and A. Hinckley 11 25 George Lovell 8 04 Robinson Weeks 5 48 $3,478 27 $3,478 27 Temporary Loans Hyannis Trust Company Hyannis Trust Company Paid $125,000 00 Borrowed $125,000 00 SUMMARY OF CASH ACCOUNT January 1, 1922, cash on hand $36,403 29 Receipts 1920 Taxes $59 72 1921 Taxes 8,012 24 1922 Taxes 277,208 98 $285,280 94 34 Schoolhouse Loan 15,000 00 Estimated Receipts 53,310 61 Donation on account of Police 335 00 Court Fines 65 00 Moth Dept. Check Returned 103 62 Tree Dept. Check Returned 40 00 School Dept. Check Returned 56 65 Dog Money 661 55 Miscellaneous Account Check Returned 83 00 Income from Trust Funds . 1,399 63 Trust Funds 3,478 27 Temporary Loans 125,000 00 Income from Cobb Fund 409 32 485,223 59 $521,626 88 Expenditures Civilian War Poll Tax $33 00 State and County Taxes 58,190 07 Town Officers 9,775 00 Election Expenses 1,831 45 Traffic Officers 2,341 89 Hyannisport Police 297 00 Suppression of Crime 2,247 75 Court Feces 616 67 Fires 3,712 92 Moth Department 8,091 60 Tree Department 1,538 60 Clam Warden 302 00 Board of Health 6,313 90 Public Health Nurse 496 50 35 Grand Island Bridge 1,000 00 T Cotuit Wharf 84 90 Repairs on Roads and Bridges 29,162 78 Snow Bills 2,413 89 Hospital Road 4,163 75 Mill Way 1,871 35 Main Street Gutters 5,000 00 New Roads 59,926 97 Sidewalks 4,998 84 Wood Roads 500 00 Support of Poor 18,395 12 Mothers' Aid 8,625 00 State Aid 1,188 ,00 Soldiers' Relief 1,103 00 Military Aid 60 00 School Purposes 86,119 24 New School Building 12,516 74 Libraries 1,000 00 Printing 694 39 Miscellaneous 7,751 36 Repairs 2,292 97 Rent G.A.R. 80 00 Memorial Day 300 00 Cape Cod Farm Bureau 500 00 Rent American Legion 100 00 Bills approved at Town Meeting 400 15 Park Commission 356 31 Cobb Burial Lot 5 00 Care of Cemeteries 47 10 Debt 17,000 00 Interest 5,822 36 Trust Fund Income 1,428 57 36 Trust Funds 3,478 27 Temporary Loans 125,000 00 $499,174 41 December 30, 1922 balance 22,452 47 ' $521,626 88 NON-REVENUE ACCOUNTS Net Bonded Debt Jan. 1, 1922, Notes paid in 1922 $17,000 00 Balance $65,000 00 Balance 63,000 00 School House Loan 15,000 00 $80,000 00 $80,000 00 Notes Payable Highways: Net Bonded Debt $63,000 00 1923 $15,000 00 1924 15,000 00 1925 10,000 00 $40,000 00 Hyannis Main Street: 1923 $1,000 00 1924 1,000 00 1925 1,000 00 1926 1,000 00 1927 1,000 00 1928 1,000 00 1929 1,000 00. 1930 1,000,00 8,000 00 School House Loan: 1923 $3,000 00 1924 3,000 00 1925 3,000 00 1926 3,000 00 1927 3,000 00 15,000 00 $63,000 00 $63,000 00 37 TRUST FUNDS Trust Fund Cash and Securities Jan. 1, 1922 Balance $41,709 33 Balance $38,179 13 Cemetery Perpetual Care Fund 3,478 27 School Fund 51 93 .$41,709 33 $41,709 33 Cemetery Perpetual Care Fund Balance $26,282 22 Jan. 1, Balance $22,803 95 Receipts 3,478 27 $26,282 22 $26,282 22 Cobb Fund Balance $10,233 00 Jan 1, 1922 Balance $10,233 00 Sturgis Fund Balance $4,000 00 Jan. 1, 1922 Balance $4,060 00 School Fund ` Balance $1,194 11 Jan. 1, 1922 Balance $1,142 18 Receipts 51 93 $1,194 11 $1,194 11 LIST OF BURIAL LOT FUNDS HELD IN TRUST BY THE TOWN Estate of A..C. Adams. $125 00 Josiah Ames 75 00 Robert Bacon 500 00 Luther Baker 150 00 Adeline Bearse 50 00 'Arthur Bearse 100 00 Cordelia S. Bearse 150 00 Richard Bearse 100 00 Eben Bodfish 50 00 William I. Bodfish 100 00 38 Christina H. Bodge 99 00 Lydia F. Bourne 100 00 David Bursley 200 00 Mercy T. Cobb 100 00 Warren Cammett and A. A. Cram 150 00 Thomas Chatfield 100 00 Augustine F. Childs 150 00 Henry E. Crocker 300 00 Loring and Nathan Crocker 300 00 Gorham F. Crosby 100 00 Julia Crosby 100 00 Ebenezer Crowell 200 00 Elkanah Crowell 200 00 Henry L. Davis 200 00 J. A. Davis 300 00 Jane E. Edson 300 00 Jarvis R. Fish 100 00 Lydia S. Fish 100 00 Nellie A. Fish 100 00 Ida D. Frost 950, 00 Herschel Fuller 100 00 'Stephen B. Fuller 200 00 Sumner Gorham 100 00 Franklin B. Goss 300 00 Gorham Hallett 100 00 Lydia T. Hamblin 100 00 Deborah C. Handy 200 00 -Eliza M. Handy 278 37 Hannah Haywood 100 00 Gustavus A. Hinckley 125 00 Josiah and Abby Hinckley 332 62 'Jehiel P. Hodges 150 00 Edwin T. Howland 103 50 William C. Howland 200 00 Oliver C. Hosie 100 00 39 Mary E. Huckins 100 00 F. G. Kelley 150 00 Mary E. Lewis 150 00 F. G. Lothrop 200 00 George Lovell 234 95 Hannah Lovell 150 00 Lizzie E. Lovell 200 00 William S. Lumbert 100 00 A. D. Makepeace 500 00 Hannah E. Nickerson 500 00 Mary M. Nye 150 00 Harriet S. Parker 100 00 William B. Parker 100 00 Harrison G. Phinney 150 00 Joseph L. Proctor 100 00 Patrick Regan 200 00 Nelson Rhodehouse 100 00 H. A. Scudder 100 00 Nelson Scudder 200 00 Charles H. Smith 200 00 Fred L. Stimpson 200 00 William W. Sturgis 75 00 . Henry L. Swain 90 00 Timothy Swinerton 100 00 Freeman Taylor 100 00 R. M. Waite 300 00 Robinson Weeks 318 78 Hannah Wheeler 200 00 Asenith Whelden 600 00 S. Whelden 200 00 J. R. Wilson 100 00 Herbert W. York 200 00 Centerville Beechwood Cemetery Association 2,075 00 Hyannis Oak Grove Cemetery Association 9,650 00 Osterville Hillside Cemetery Association 350 00 $26,282 22 Lid m » oo r-I CA W m ri CA i CO CD ri CO IM C(D m LCJ L- CYD ri Cal r N cD Lo ri m O co O di CO CO r iU m GV c0 CO Lo Co GV e--i L— 67 ri 00 Lo Ce'J m CA C� di N � ri GV ra 02 Pi W p p p a Cd o7� w CIS ZS Ca W �" '� r~/1 � � ,si •� F�-i Cam? � � Q O M H cd n6�7 Y-1 C�'J U1 � .h- '•� U1 'y GJ S•a QJ �" ct cq y J~-.-'-.-' ri O d) c a O di E•i W Cq CS7 �h rCA cq O N CQ Lo }--I r-i O di m GV O m Cd,d Co Lo d1 LO O LO CV O co m � 00 di (M � di cli CO ri ri CID ri COI O LM T O GV cV ri ri fA F W � ra F ce 44 o R In U C y M N M ; o o U2 A x F o O o P9 o 4-1 ri U2 O U1 Fi H1 F cd ap O O O O GV 0 0 ri I m P N - O O O O cq O O r-I CYD O O O O Cl CO C' C; I ,� cD O O O O - cl) Cr O G� O � CA O O N cM di r-I co z Cd � w w � aCIS �? . as a o W q � � 41 o 4> �' o o °' o vz r-I N c O m cr cc n c t'o o o FTi o v co 00 q o o r- O m cez 41 rD F, a� N � C q G' 715 cv r-I o w cd F FA 4� O EE+ z FI B-4 ESTIMATES FOR 1923 In accordance with a vote passed at the.last Annual Town Meeting that the Selectmen should submit in the annual report an estimate of appropriations required for the coming year, grouped and classified as required by the Auditor of the Commonwealth, we submit the following: Expended in 1922 Required in 1923 General Government: Selectmen's Dept. $4,142 08 $4,500 00 Financial. 52 21 50 00 Tax Collector'.s Dept. 1,675 00 1,700 00 Town Clerk and, Treasurer's Dept. 3,043 44 3,000 00 Assessors' Dept. 1,938 37 2,000 00 ` Legal Dept. 1,417 29 500 00 Election Dept. 1,890 20 650 00 Municipal. Buildings 39 46 3,000 00 Protection and Persons and Property: Police Dept. 5,574 31 5,500 00 Inspection of.Wires 500 00 650 00" Sealing of Weights and Measures 829 14 850 00 Moth Dept. 8,091 60 8,000 00 Tree Dept. 1,538 60 2,000 00 Fires 3,712 92 500 00 Clam Wardens 302 00 350 00 Health and Sanitation: Health Dept. 7,469 40 7,200 00 Sanitation (Dumps) 611 80 1,000 00 43 Highways: *Repairs on Roads and Bridges 30,277 32 30,500 00 Snow and Ice removal 2,413 89 2,500 00 Charities and Soldiers' Benefits: Outside Poor and Almshouse 19,909 85 20,000 00 Aiding Mothers with dependent children 8,625 00 9,000 00 State Aid 1,188 00 1,200 00 Military Aid 60 00 Soldiers' Relief _ 1,103 00 800 00 Schools: School Purposes 86,408 38 86,000 00 Recreation and Unclassified: Parks and Play-grounds 805 97 1.,000 00 Unclassified 3,904 04 4,000 00 Reserve Fund 2,000 00 3,000 00 Cemeteries: Care of Cemeteries 454 76 400 00 Interest and Debt: Interest 5,822 36 6,500 00 Debt 17,000 00 19,000 '00 'The Road Committee recommend $70,000.00 for new con- struction. EDGAR W. LOVELL, HOWARD N. PARKER, WILLIAM LOVELL, Selectmen of Barnstable. REPORT OF SURVEYOR OF HIGHWAYS Repairs on Roads and Bridges RECEIPTS Appropriated $30,000 00 From Reserve Fund 326 53 $30,326 53 EXPENDITURES Labor $10,634 78 Teams and Trucks 5,320 57 Stone, Loam, etc. 3,483 76 Ocean Street Drain: Labor $1,248 54 Drain pipe 768 40 2,016 94 Marstons Mills Square: 1,078 sq. yds. Asphalt @ $1.50 1,617 00 Salary of Road Surveyor 1,500 00 Equipment and Repairs 1,288 40 Bridges: Repairs $689 21 Draw-tender 504 00 1,193 21 45 Transferred to Hospital Road 1,163 75 Oiling Roads, 16,329 gals. oil @ $0.0615 1,004 23 Loaming Street—St. Mary's Island Load 569 52 Repairing Fences 212 02 Catch-basins 182 35 Land Rent 100 00 Telephone 20 00 Surveying 20 00 $30,326 53 The above amount ($19,439.11) for Labor, Teams and Stone was expended in the different sections as. follows: Barnstable $1,116 26 Centerville. 2,121 44 Cotuit 598 43 Hyannisport 1,573 80 Hyannis 3;205 75 Marstons Mills 1,170 44 'Osterville 2,016 82 Plains 1,694 80 Santuit 640 46 West Barnstable 193 33 General 5,107 78 $19,439 11 SNOW BILLS Appropriated $2,500 00 Expended: Labor $1,939 92 Snow Plow 200 00 Horses 182 60 Repairing Plows 91 37 $2,413 89 Balance unexpended 86 ]l $2,500 00 The above amount ($2,122.52) for Labor and Horses was expended as follows: 46 Barnstable $340 07 Centerville 161 72 Cotuit 78 06 Hyannis 513 71 Marstons Mills 158 55 Osterville 219 22 Plains 67 60 Santuit 50 75 West Barnstable 348 96 Hyannisport 123 88 $2,212 52 Hospital Road Appropriated $3,000 00 Transfer from Road Repairs account 1,163 75 $4,163 75 .Expended: - 3,331 sq. yds. Asphalt @ $1.25 $4,163 75 Mill Way Appropriated $2,000 00 N61/2 yds. Cinders @ $1.00 $936 50 Labor and Carting 928 85 Demurrage on cars 6 00 $1,871 35 Balance unexpended 128'65 $2,000 00 Hyannis Main Street Gutters Appropriated $5,000 00 Expended: As per contract $5,000 00 47 Wood Road Appropriated 1 $500 00 Expended: Labor $500 00 New Roads Appropriated $60,000 00 Expended: Seal coating 36,179 sq. yds. @ $0.15 $5,426 85 Cotuit Road, 18,042 sq. yds. @ $1.25 22,552 50 Crosby Road, 3,436 sq. yds. @ $1.25 4,295 00 Sea Street, 10,266 sq. yds. a $1.25 12,832 50 Barnstable Road, 762 sq. yds. @ $1.50 1,143 00 Barnstable Road 5,777 sq. yds. @ $1.25 7,221 25 Extra work Cotuit Road, Grading, etc. 2,910 97 Extra work Sea Street, ' Grading, etc. 321 35 Extra work Barnstable Road, Grading, etc. 1,562 13 $58,265 55 Fences: 1,310 ft. @ $0.75 $982 50 Extra rail and repairs 151 36 1,133 86 Curbing: ' 345 ft. @ $0.75 258 75 Culverts 210 00 Catch basins 58 81 $59,926 97 Balance unexpended 73 03 $60,000 00 48 Sidewalks Appropriated $5,000 00 Expended: Construction: Hyannis 1;200 ft. curbing @ $0.75 $900 00 1/2 cost of new 'sidewalks 600 50 $1,500 50 Barnstable 1,000 sq. yds. @ $1.00 1,000 00 Cotuit . . 946 sq. y0s. @ $1.00 946 00 Centerville 208 sq. yds. @ $1.00 208 00 $3,654 50 Maintenance: Labor $806.59 Teams 381 59 Materials 156 60 1,344 34 $4,998 84 Balance unexpended 1 16 $5,000 00 The above amount for Maintenances was, expended as follows: Centerville $510 58 Osterville 448 03 Hyannis 361 53 "Cotuit 24 20 $1,344 34 JOYCE, TAYLOR,' Surveyor of Highways. TOWN CLERK'S REPORT ANNUAL TOWN MEETING March 6 and 7, 1922 At a meeting of the inhabitants of the Town of Barn- stable, qualified to vote on Town affairs, held in the differ- ent precincts named in the Warrant for said meeting, for the election of officers, etc., on Monday, March 6, 1922, while acting under the following article: Art. 1. To choose a Moderator for ;the subsequent meeting, Town Treasurer, Collector of Taxes, one Selectman for three years, one Assessor for three years, one Overseer of the Poor for three years, three Auditors for one year, one School Committee for three years, one member of the Board of Health for three years, one Tree Warden for one year, one Park Commissioner for three years, Constables, and to elect any other officer whose name may appear on the official ballot. Also to vote on the question, shall license be granted for the sale of certain non-intoxicating beverages in this town. Subsequent meeting will be held at the Town House on Tuesday, March 7th, at 9 o'clock A. M. The whole number of votes cast was 1178, which being assorted and counted according to law, the result was found to be as follows: Moderator at Annual. Meeting *Edward C. Hinckley .......................................................................................... 962 M. R. Phinney .......................•--.......---...............---•........---........------•--...................... 1 Ed. Forest Fuller .. ..................................I......................................................... 1 S. Fremont Crocker .....................................:.................................................... ' 1 CharlesL. Gifford ......---•........................................•--......................---------............ 1 *Elected. 50 + Town Treasurer (One Year) *Clarence M. Chase ................................................................................................1049 Selectman (Three Years) *William Lovell ..................................................................................................... 965 LorenzoP. Wilson ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 100 EdwinL. Ballard .......................................................... ---------- --------------------------- 78 Henry Waterman ...............=-------------- - 1 Assessor (Three Years) *William Lovell ---..............-----.......... --------------------------------- 954 LorenzoP. Wilson ............................................................................ ............. 104 EdwinL. Ballard ......................................--------------------------------------------............ - 77 HenryWaterman -------------------------- ----------------------------------- ------------------------ 1 Overseer of Poor (Three Years) *William Lovell ....................................................................................................... 939 LorenzoP. Wilson ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 104 EdwinL. Ballard -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 82 HenryWaterman ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 School Committee (Three Years) 'Edward C..Hinckle .Lillian E..Cook ....................................................................................................... 444 Collector of Taxes (One Year) *Everett F. Fuller ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 927 EdgarF. Weeks --------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------- 159 Three Auditors (One Year) *John Bursley ............................ 912 *Albert L. Edson ...................................................................................................... 790 *Luther C. Hallett ................................................................................................. 855 51 Tree Warden (One Year) *Robert F. Cross ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 929 Board of Health (Three Years) *G. Webster Hallett ............................................................................................ 923 W. D. Kinney ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Park Commissioner (Three Years) *Jean G. Hinkle ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 885 Constables *George F. Hart ............................................................................... -------------------- 636 *Charles H. Hazelton ------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------- 465 -X-James B. Hazelton ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------_ 565 CorneliusJ. O'Brien ................................................... .................................... 146 HarryE. Stone ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 405 *Chester L. Baker -------------------------------------------------------------------------------................... 613 HarrisC. Lovell ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------_ 601 *Maurice J. Hinckley ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 601 *Alexander S. Childs ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 583 *Ferdinand Baker ................................................................................................... 7 EL. Harris ..................................................................................................... ..... 2 H. C. Mortimer -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------•. 3 WalterHenderson .......................=.......................................................................- 5 *B. E. Blossom ...... .................................................................................................... 34 ThomasRennie ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 4 ChesterBearse -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 *T. V. West ....................................-.........................-..................................................._ 17 S. C. Lewis -------------------------------=------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 *William Potter -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11 EverettL. Hoxie ................................................................................................... 3 Nineteenhad one each ..................................................................:................. 19 52 Shall licenses be granted for the sale of certain non-intosi- eating beverages? Yes ------- --- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 481 *No ---------------------------------------------------------..............-----------.........------------------------------------------------ 485 THE SUBSEQUENT MEETING In accordance with the Warrant the Subsequent Meet- ing was held at the Town House on Tuesday, March 7, 1922. The meeting was called to order at nine o'clock A. M., by the Town Clerk, who read the Warrant and the result of the previous day's voting. The respective officers were declared elected. Dr. Hinckley then qualified as Moderator and tools charge of the meeting. The following tellers were appoint- ed and sworn by the Moderator: Charles H. Nye William A. Jones S. Fremont Crocker G. Webster Hallett William F. Jenkins Charles E. Lewis Mrs. William Hallett Mrs. Clarence M. Chase Art. 2. To elect all other necessary town officers for the ensuing year. The following officers were elected: Measurers of Wood and Bark Timothy Crocker South Hyannis Emilo R. Silver West Barnstable William C. Gifford Santuit 53 Surveyors of Lumber John C. Bearse Hyannis John E. Hinckley Barnstable Joseph W. Hamblin Cotuit Sealer of Leather James E. Baxter Hyannis Deer Reeve John J. Harlow Santuit Pound Keepers Thomas W. Jones Barnstable William. F. Ormsby Hyannis Wilton B. Cammett Marstons Mills Jehiel R. Crosby Centerville Field Drivers Theodore'V. West Centerville Zenas Crocker Marstons Mills Art. 3. To hear and -act upon the report of the various town officers, also to hear the report of any Committees, and to take any action thereto and to act fully thereon. Under motion of Admiral Bowles, the following vote was passed: Voted that the Selectmen shall submit in the annual re- port of Town Officers an estimate for appropriations required for the coming year, grouped and classified as required by the Auditor of the Commonivealth, and for this purpose, all Town Officers and Committees are directed to furnish such estimates and information and at such times as the Select- men may require. 54 The Treasurer's report shall report expenditures in detail grouped and classified according to appropriations. The report of the I3ighway Surveyor shall report expen- ditures in detail and with such information as to location., unit costs, type and character of work done as shall consti- tute a useful comparative record. Voted to accept the report of the Town Officers as printed. The report of the Town Building Committee was accepted and the recommendations adopted. The report of the Committee on the New School Building was accepted. The Road Committee's report was accepted and voted to continue the same committee for another year. with Mr. Charles L. Gifford to take the place of Mr. Benja+min F. Sears, deceased. Voted that the money appropriated under Articles 13 and 14, be expended under the direction of this Committee. Voted to accept the report of the Library Committee as read. The Selectmen who were appointed last year as a Com- mittee in regard to selling the land at West Barnstable which was willed to the Town by Parker Lombard, re- ported that they did not recommend that the land should be sold. Voted to accept the report of the Committee and that the Committee be continued. 55 Voted to accept the report of the Town Government Com- mittee also that their.report together with the act which they had drawn up should be printed in full in the Town Report for 1922. Voted to accept the report of the Committee on Ceme- teries. (All of the above reports are on file in the Town Clerk's office). Art. 4. To receive and act upon the accounts of all persons to whom the town is indebted. Voted to pay the following bills: Edward C. Hinckley, Services as Moderator ............... $15.00 Allen Chadwick, Expenses as School Committee -........ 1O6.00 John E. Hinckley, Expenses as School Committee ...... 71.80 Edward C. Hinckley, Expenses as School Committee 111.34 John Bursley, Services as Auditor ............................................ 3.50 Luther C. Hallett, Services as Auditor .................................... 2.00 Expenses of the Town Government Committee ............ 90.51 Total ------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------------- .......... $400.15 i Art. 5. To see what sums of money the'town will vote to raise and appropriate for the following purposes for the ensuing year, viz.: Support of Poor, Repairs on Roads and Bridges, Snow, School Purposes, School Salaries, Suppression of Crime, Clam Warden, Traffic Officers, Repairs on Town Property, Printing and Advertising, Interest, Town Officers, Miscellaneous Expenses, Trees and labor on same, Suppression of Gypsy and Brown Tail Moth, for use of Park Commissioners, Soldiers' Relief, Reserve Fund, Election Expenses, State Aid, Board of Health, Extinguish- ment of Fires, Aid for Mothers with Dependent Children; Rent of Howard Mall, Centerville, for G. A. R. and for all other legal expenses. Voted to raise and appropriate the following amounts: Supportof Poor ................................. .......................................... $15,000.00 Repairs on Roads and Bridges ................................................... 30,000.00 56 Snow ..................................................................................................................... 2,500.00 School Purposes ...................................................................................... 85,000.00 Suppression of Crime --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2,250.00. ClamWarden ............................................................................................. 300.00 Traffic Officers ............................................................................................ 2,700.00 Repairs on Town Property ............................................................. 2,000.00 Printing and Advertising ............................................................... 700.00 Interest --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8;000.00 Town Officers .........:.................................................... ........ 10,000.00 Miscellaneous ...............................................................:............................. 7,500.00 Treesand Labor ....................................................................................... 1,500.00 Suppression of Moths ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 8,000.00 Park Commissioners ........................................................................... 1,000.00 Soldiers Relief ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1,000.00 ReserveFund ...................................-......................-................................... 2,000.00 ElectionExpenses --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1,500.00 StateAid -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1,500.00 Board of Health --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6,500.00 Fires ...................................................................................... ...--- 500.00 Mothers' Aid ............................................................................................... 9,000.00 Rentfor-G. A. R- .............. --.................................................................... 80.00 MilitaryAid ................................................................................................. 300.00 $198,830.00 It was voted to take up Articles 32 and 35 in connection with this article and it was voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $350, for the purpoe of maintaining a Traffic Officer. at Nathan Bearse's corner, Centerville, which amount is included in the above appropriation for Traffic Officers. Art. 6. To see if the town will vate to authorize the Town Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen to borrow money in anticipation of the revenue of the current financial year. 57 Voted that the Town Treasurer with the approval of the 'Selectmen, be and hereby is authorized to borrow ;money in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1922 and to issue a note or notes therefor, pay- o.ble within one year. Any debt or debts incurred under this vote to be paid from the revenue of said financial year. (Unanimous.) Art. 7. To see if the town will vor e •to authorize the Town Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen to borrow on and after January 1st, 1923, in anticipation of the revenue of the fi- nancial year,beginning January 1st, 1923. Voted that the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, be and hereby is authorized to borrow money on and after January 1st, 1923 in anticipation of the revenue of the financial. year beginning January Ist, 1923, and to iscme a note or notes therefor, payable within one year. Any clebt or debts incurred under this vote .to be paid from thr' revenue of said financial year. (Unanimous.) Art. S. To see if the..own will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Seventeen Thousand Dollars ($17,000.00) to provide for the payment of notes of the town maturing in 1922. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $17,000 for the purpose mentioned in this article. Art. 9. To see if the town will vote to approve the action of , the Selectmen in paying the extra land damage on account of widening Main street, Hyannis, from the surplus revenue of 1921. Voted to approve the action of the Selectmen in paying extra land damage on account of widening Main Street, Hyannis, from the surplus revcnue.of 1921. Art. 10. To see if the town will vote to authorize the Select- men to apply Thirty Thousand Dollars ($30,000.00) of the surplus 58 in the Mown Treasury toward the tax levy for 1922, or take any action in relation thereto and to act fully thereon. Voted that the Selectmen be so authorized. Art. 11. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the proper observance of Memorial Day and to act fully thereon. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $300 for this purpose and that it be placed in the hands of the Barn- stable Soldiers' Memorial Association. Art. 12. To see if the town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to make such leases as in their opinion will be for the best interest of the town, and to confirm all leases heretofore given. Voted that the Selectmen be so authorized. Art. 13. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate or issue its notes, bonds or script for the sum of Sixty Thousand Dollars ($60,000.00) for the purpose of building and- rebuilding roads as recommended by the Road Committee in their report, or to take any action in relation thereto and to act fully thereon. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $60,000 for the purpose mentioned in this article. Art. 14. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) for the purpose of building sidewalks in ithe town as recommended- by the Road Committee, or to take any action in relation thereto and tc6 act fully thereon. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $5000 for this purpose. Art. 15. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate, or issue its notes, bonds or script, for a sum not exceeding Fifteen Thousand Dollars ($15,000.00) for the purpose of erecting a new 59 school building on the High School lot in the village of Hyannis as recommended by the Committee, or to take any action in rela- tion thereto and to act fully thereon. Voted that the Town borrow, the sum of $15,000 for the purpose mentioned in this article, and that the Treasurer with the approval of at least a majority of the Board of Selectmen be authorized to issue notes of the Town therefor, payable within twenty ,years, the rate of interest anct other details to be left to the discretion of the Treasurer and the Board of Selectmen. Yes .................................... 158 No .................................... 8 Voted that a Committee be appointed by the Moderator to retire and bring in nominations for a, Building Commit- tee. The Moderator appointed John C. Bearse, William A. Jones and Chester Bearse. The .following were elected a Building Committee. Dr. Edward C. Hinckley J. Milton Leonard' Allen Chadwick John Bursley L. Frank Paine Ant. 16. To see if the town! will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $500.00 to be expended by the Selectmen or the Board of Health, in accordance with Section 1, Chapter 72 of the Acts of 1911, for Public Health Nursing Service to be rendered in the town of Barnstable, or take any action in relation thereto and to act fully thereon. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $500 for Public Health Nursing Service. Art. 17. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money or issue its notes, bonds or script therefor, for the purpose of repairing or rebuilding the road from Main street in the Village of Hyannis near Park Square past the Cape Cod 60 Hospital to the Yarmouth Road near the dwelling of Ansel Taylor, or to take any action in relation thereto and to act fully thereon. (By request.) Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $3000 for the purpose of buildirnn the road m:ntioned in this article. Art. 18. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money, or issue its notes,. bonds or script :therefor, for the purpose of hardening the gutters on Main street, Hyannis, from High School Avenue to Sea Street, or take any action in re- lation thereto and to ac,t fully thereon. (By request.) Voted to raise and appropriate $5000 for the purpose here- in named. Art. 19. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money, or issue its notes, bonds or script therefor, for the purpose of building a sand and asphalt road from the State High- way at Jones' Corner, so-ca led, between Barnstable Villa;e and West Barnstable Village to Hyannis, or take any action in relation thereto and to act fully thereon. (By request.) Indefinitely postponed. Am. 20. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money,, or issue its notes, bonds or script therefor, for the purpose of repairing or rebuilding Sea Street in Hyannis, or any part thereof, or take any action in relation thereto and to act fully thereon. (By request.) Indefinitely postponed. Art. 21. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money, or issue its notes, bonds or script therefor, for the purpose of repairing or rebuilding the road from Hyannis to Barnstable, in conformity with the layout of said road by the County Commissioners of Barnstable, or to take any action in relation thereto and to act fully thereon. (By request.) 61 Indefinitely postponed. Art. 22. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Twelve Hundred Dollars ($1,200.00) for the purpose of grading and hardening the junction of the roads in the Village of Marstons Mills, called the Square, and tot construct catch-basins to drain said Square or to take any action in relation thereto and to act fully thereon. (By request.) Voted that this matter be referred to the surveyor of IIighways. Art. 23. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate or issue its notes, bonds or script for the sum of Four Thousand Dollars ($4,000.00) for the purpose of building a sand and oil road on Mill Way, so called, in the Village of Barnstable, or to take any action in relation thereto and to act fully thereon. (By request). Voted to raise and appropriate the suns of $2000 for the purpose herein mentioned with the provision that this money shall be expended on that part of the road which runs from the Bridge over the Commonfields road. Art. 24. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for, and to elect a Director for the Cape Cod Farm Bureau, as authorized by Sections 41 and 45, Chapter 123, of the Mass. General Laws. (By request.) Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $500 for the Cape Cod Farm Bureau and that Mr. John. Bursley be elected a Director of the same. Art. 25. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of One Thousand Dollars ($1,000) to be used with such sums as may be subscribed, to construct a Public Wharf at Cotuit, same to be located on the public landing at the foot of Oyster Road, so called, or to take any action in relation thereto and to act fully thereon. (By request.) 62 Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $1000 to be used with such sums as •may be subscribed to construct a public wharf in Cotuit at the place mentioned in the ar- ticle, and that Messrs. Milton Crocker, William H. Irwin and Wendell F. Nickerson be appointed a committee to have charge of building the same. Art. 26. To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) for the purpose of providing temporary quarters for a period of one year for Barnstable Post, No. 206, American Legion, in the Village of Hyannis, or to take any action in relation thereto and .to act fully thereon. (By request.) Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $200 for the purpose of providing temporary quarters for Barnstable Post No. 206, American.Legion. Art. 27. To see if the town will vote to take some action toward the providing of permanent quarters for Barnstable Post, No. 206, American Legion, in the Village of Hyannis, as provided in Chap- ter 254, Sections 1 and 2, as passed and approved April 6, 1920, by the Massachusetts Legislature. (By request.) Indefinitely postponed. Art. 28. To see if the town will vote to, authorize the Select- men to request the Department of Public Works no,t to renew or issue licenses for Biliboards along the highways of the town of Barnstable or to take any action in relation thereto and to act fully thereon. Voted that Article 39 .be taken up with this article and under motion of Admiral Bowles, the following vote was passed: Voted that the Town approves the action of the Selectmen in objecting to the renewal of licenses for large roadside billboards and authorizes the Selectmen to continue to op- 63 pose the granting of licenses for roadside advertising which disfigures the landscape. The Selectmen are authorized after suitable hearing to report a By-law for the regulation of roadside advertising signs and billboards for action by the Town at Special or Regular Town Meeting. Art. 29. To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00') to be expended by.the Se- lectmen at their discretion for the care and maintenance of all the cemeteries in the Town, or to take any action in relation there- to and to act fully thereon. (By request.) Voted to, raise and appropriate the sum of $300 to be added to the unexpended balance appropriated last year to make necessary improvements in the several cemeteries of the Town and that a Committee be appointed to obtain a new location for a cemetery in West Barnstable. The same Committee which was appointed last year was continued for the-above purpose. i Art. 30. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the purpose of acquiring by purchase or other- wise a parcel of land on Craigville Beach and of erecting a bath- house thereon, and to authorize or instruct the Park Commission to carry out any vote under this article, or take any action in relation thereto and to act fully thereon. (By request.) Voted that the Park Commissioners be instructed to re- port at the next meeting as to location desired, present ownership, assessed value and method of taking. Art. 31. To see if the town will vote to request the Town Officials to advertise for bids on coal before purchasing the same, or to take any action in relation thereto and to acit fully thereon. (By request.) 64 Voted not to adopt this article. Art. 32. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for a Traffic Officer in Postoffice Square at Oster- ville. (By request.) Taken up with Article 5. Ant. 33. To see if the town will appoint a committee with au- thority to settle the ownership of the land in Osterville on which is now located the old school building, or to take any action in relation thereto and to act fully ithereon. (By request.) Voted that the old school building and lot in the old school district number thirteen, be turned over to the Park Com- mission, they to have full charge and care of the same. Art. 34. To see if the town will vote to request all owners of property abutting upon the highway to leave all trees and under- brush standing at least for one rod from the road and to take any action in relation thereto and to act fully thereon. Voted to adopt this article. Art. 35. To see if the town will vote to authorize the Select- men to appoint a Traffic .Officer, to be located at the four cor- ners near Nathan H. Bearse's store at Centerville, and to raise and appropriate a sum of money therefor. (By request.) Taken up with Article 5. Art. 36. To see if the town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen .to appoint a Police Officer to serve in the Village of Hyannisport during the summer of 1922, and to raise and ap- propriate a sum of money therefor, or to take any action in re- lation thereto and to act fully thereon. (By request.) Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $300 for this 65 purpose and also voted that the officer appointed shall be a voter of the Town of Barnstable. Art. 37. To see if the :town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum not to exceed One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) to be used toward the maintenance of the several libraries in the town, said sum to be placed in the hands of a Committee of Citizens, to be distributed among the several libraries as 'seems to the com- mittee to be just and equitable, or to take any action in relation thereto and to act fully thereon. (By,request.) .Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $1000 under this article to be expended only for books. Voted that the same Committee be continued with Mr. A. S. Childs ap- pointed to take the place, of Mr. Benjamin F. Sears, de- ceased.. Art. 33. To see if the ;town will vote to make the road leading from the railroad crossing, near the Texas Oil plant in Hyannis, running westerly across the Barnstable road to the old West Barnstable road near the Gas House, safer for fire protection and to raise and appropriate the sum of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) therefor, or to take any action in relation to the same and to act fully thereon. (By request.) Voted that this article be adopted and the sum of $500 be , raised and appropriated therefor. Art. 39. To see if the town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to make a by-law, subject to the approval of the De- partment of Public Works, regulating ;the size of billboards, dis- tance from the highways, etc., or to take any action in relation thereto and to act fully thereon. (By request.) Taken up with Article 28. It was voted that Capt. C. Lawrence Barry, Messrs. A.'S. Childs and John C. Bearse be appointed a Comimittee to 66 prepare resolutions on the death of Mr. Benjamin F. Sears, who was for many years a member of the School Commit- tee of the Town of Barnstable. Having obtained the unanimous consent of the meeting, Admiral Bowles presented the following resolution which was adopted: Resolved that a Committee be appointed by the Chair to consider and report at the next annual meeting of the Town whether or not it is desirable for the Town to acquire the property and franchise of the Barnstable Water Com- pany and upon what terms it could be acquired. The following Committee was appointed: Admiral Bowles, Walter B. Chase, G. Webster Hallett. Voted that the sum of $15 and the thanks of the meet- ing be extended to the Moderator for his very efficient services. Voted to adjourn at 3.30 P. M. Attest: CLARENCE M. CHASE, Town Clerk. 67 To the Voters of the Town of Barnstable: Your committee appointed at the last Annual meeting to investigate the matter of new forms of Town Govern- ment, especially relating to the Manager Form, Limited form and also to consider revision of the By-Laws of the Town; beg leave to submit the following report: It was found that a Town must have inhabitants to the number of 12,000 in order to adopt the Limited form of Town Meeting. This, of course, dismissed the consideration of this matter. A public meeting was called by the Committee to re- ceive and consider suggestions as to any action being taken in the matter of revision or addition to the By-Laws. After some little discussion, no suggestions for any additional By- Laws having been made, and as the Town Officers present assured the Committee that the Town was able to carry on its business satisfactorily under the present By-Laws, the Committee make no recommendations as to any changes at ,'le present time. Relating to the Manager Form of Town Government, the Committee have given this most careful consideration, hav- ing held many meetings, and are favorably impressed with the general idea of this method of Town Government. The Committee visited the Towns of Norwood, Middleboro, both of which Towns are now under this form. Other Towns now considering this matter have also been visited, that the Committee might understand the conditions and motives prompting those in favor of this change of government, and to draw our conclusion as to whether these conditions are similar to those that exist in our own Town. It seemed to be difficult to find any person in the Town of Norwood who was not .perfectly satisfied and generally enthusiastic over the results obtained in their Town from this method. As this Town has been operating under this foam for sev- 68 eral years, your Committee was most favorably impressed with the excellent results which seemed to have been de- rived in this particular Town. We are, however, not un- mindful that the Town of Norwood is a town two miles square and is the home of many of Boston's most prominent business men who seem to be available and willing to give a great deal of their time and ability without compensa- tion. The Committee was cordially received at the Town Office in Middleboro, and was given a careful explanation of the conditions existing in this Town both before and after the adoption of this form of government. It would seem from what the Committee learned from this visit that Middleboro was highly pleased with the results thus far no- ticed, and that there seemed to be little difficulty in finding citizens of ability willing to render public service without compensation. In this case also the committee have en- deavored by comparison to see if conditions existing in this Town might be similar to our own. It is well known that there has been much agitation in our neighboring Town of Falmouth, and your Committee have made several visits and a good deal of inquiry as to the reason of the movement to- ward a change in this particular Town which is so similarly situated as our own. We found that there were certain. small matters which may have aggravated the desire for better methods of management, which conditions while not as yet apparent in our own Town, nevertheless are liable to arise at any time. The general feeling can probably be best expressed in the statement made by the people of the Town of Mansfield when they said that they were a forward-look- ing Town and wanted the best form of Town government available, that it was not necessary to wait until conditions were so bad under the old method that we might feel forced to try something different,but that it had been clearly shown that the Town Manager form of government was by far the better and most efficient form of government. 69 On Thursday evening, October 6, 1921, an open meeting was held by this Committee at the Hyannis Woman's Club rooms in the village of Hyannis, and having been well ad- vertised a large attendance was present and opinions from many were expressed. The meeting was'addressed by Mr. W. P. IIammersl.ey, Town Manager of Norwood; Mr. E. R. Conant, Town Manager of Mansfield; Mr. Chester Weston, Selectman of Middleboro, and Mr. McDermott, Selectman of Mansfield, all of whom showed clearly their enthusiasm and their confidence in the results already apparent in their own Town. The records of this Committee would show that we have given most careful consideration to the evidence submitted to,us by the Towns mentioned and also much study and thought as to whether our own conditions would be bene- fitted by a change to this form of government.We are unan- imously in favor of the principle and theory of this method. Some of the Committee, however, do not feel confident that, because of our geographical condition, there are enough men qualified for the position who would be willing and who could give the necessary amount of time and attention to serve as one of the Board of Selectmen without pay. If, however, these members of the Committee are con- vinced that if a large majority of the citizens of the Town 'favor a change, it might follow as a matter of course that many public-spirited citizens would be found willing to offer their services. The majority of the Committee, how- ever, recommend that the Town of Barnstable take the necessary and proper steps to adopt this form of own government. The general proc6dure in such a case is as follows: The Committee appointed by the Town pre- pares a form and goes before the Legislature with the re- quest for an Act to be passed allowing the Town to take over this form of Government. After the act is passed by the Legislature, it goes before an advertised Special Town 70 Meeting for acceptance or rejection, and if the Town ac- cepts the Act, the old form of government ceases and the Town proceeds under the new form as covered by the Act of the Legislature. In case this Town should want to proceed along these lines, your present Committee has pre- pared a tentative form. This form is taken largely from the form used by the Town of Mansfield which is a Town similarly,situated to our own, and is the general form used by such Towns wishing to take over this form of govern- ment. .Forms have been printed for distribution. Respectfully submitted, Roscoe W. Hamblin Charles L. Gifford William F. Makepeace Ralph W. Crosby Samuel H. Hallett AN ACT TO ESTABLISH A TOWN MANAGER FORM OF GOVERNMENT FOR THE TOWN OF BARNSTAB.LE Be it enacted, etc., as follows: Section 1. The annual town meeting of the town of Barnstable shall be held on the first Monday of March. All matters to be considered at the annual town meeting, other than the election of town officers and the question of grant- ing licenses for the sale of intoxicating liquors, shall be considered at an adjournment thereof to be held on the 71 Tuesday after the first Monday of March at nine o'clock in the morning. If the business of the adjourned meeting shall not be completed on that day the meeting shall again be adjourned to the following Saturday at nine o'clock in the morning. Selectmen, Election, Terms. Section 2. At the first annual meeting following the ac- ceptance of this act the voters shall elect by official ballot five selectmen who shall hold office, two for the term of three years, two for the term of two years and one for the term of one year, from the annual meeting at which they are elected. At each annual meeting thereafter there shall be elected in place of those selectmen whose terms are about to expire, an equal number of selectmen, each to serve for three years. The selectmen shall serve until their succes- sors are elected and have qualified, and shall receive no sal- ary. If, except as the result of a recall election, a vacancy oc- curs in the membership of the selectmen, the remaining members shall call a special town meeting to fill the vacancy or vacancies for the unexpired term or terms, except that if a vacancy or vacancies occur less ,than three months prior to the annual meeting, and not less than three selectmen remain in office, the vacancy or vacancies shall remain unfilled until such annual meeting. A vacancy resulting from a re- call election shall be filled as hereinafter provided in this act. Selectitnen to be Lawful Successors of Certain Officers. Section 3. Upon the election and qualification of the se- lectmen as provided in section two, all the powers, rights, duties and liabilities conferred or imposed by law upon the . offices of board of health, auditors and tree warden shall be transferred to and conferred and imposed upon the 72 selectmen, and the said offices shall be abolished.. The aforesaid transfer of rights, powers, duties and liabilities shall not affect any liability incurred, contract made, fine, special assessment, rate, penalty, forfeiture or tax imposed before such transfer, nor any suit or other proceeding pending; and the selectmen elected hereunder shall in all i espects and for all purposes whatsoever be the lawful suc- cessors of the said officers. The selectmen so elected and qualified shall also be overseers of the poor and surveyors of highways of the*town, with• all the powers and subject to all the duties conferred or imposed by law upon over- seers of the poor and surveyors of highways. Estimate of Expenditure. Section 4. On or before the fifteenth day of February of each ,year, the town manager shall submit to the se- lectmen a careful, detailed estimate in writing of the probable expenditures of the town government for the en- suing fiscal year, stating the amount required to meet the interest and maturing bonds and notes or other out- standing indebtedness of the town, and showing specifically the amount necessary to be provided for each fund and de- partment. He shall also submit at the same time an es- timate in writing of the amount of income from all sources of revenue, exclusive of taxes upon property, and of the probable amount required to be levied and raised by taxation to defray all expenses and liabilities of the town.. For the purpose of enabling tl�e town manager to makeup the annual estimate of expenditures, all boards, officers, and commit- tees of the town shall, upon his written request, furnish all infoi4mation in.their possession and submit to him in writ- ing a detailed estimate of the appropriations required for the efficient and proper conduct of their respective depart- ments during the next fiscal year. 73 Annual Report of Selectmen. Section 5. All articles in the warrants for the annual and special town meetings requiring the appropriation of money shall be considered by the selectmen, who shall re- port thereon in writing to the town in said meetings, with their recommendations. The selectmen shall make a report in writing to the annual town meeting, which shall be pub- lished as a part of the annual town report, making such recommendations regarding the finances of the town and action thereon as they deem proper. All the duties now imposed by the by-laws of the town upon the finance com- mittee, so-called, and not inconsistent with the duties re- quired by this act, shall be performed by the selectmen. Duties Relative to Certain Pay Rolls, Bills. Section 6. Whenever any pay roll, bill or other claim against the town is presented to the town manager, town clerk and accountant, town treasurer and collector of taxes, trustees of the public library, or school committee, he or they shall, if the same seems to him or them to be of doubt- ful validity, excessive in amount, or otherwise contrary to the interests of the town, refer it to the selectmen who shall immediately investigate the facts and determine what payment, if any, should be made. Pending such investi- gation and determination by the selectmen payment shall be withheld. Selectmen May Employ Experts. Section 7. For the purpose of making investigations, the selectmen may employ such.experts; counsel. and other assistants, and incur such other expenses, not exceeding in any year the sum of five hundred dollars, or such addi- tional sum as may be appropriated for the purpose by the town, as they may deem necessary, and the same shall be paid by the town upon requisition by the selectmen. B-6 I /Z School COInmittee. Section S. At the annual town election following the acceptance of this act the term of office of the members of the school committee shall term4.nate and the voters shall elect, by official ballot, three members of the school com- mittee, one for the term of one year, one for the term of two years and one for the term of three years; and an- nually, thereafter, shall elect by official ballot one member for the term of three years. A vacancy in the school committee shall be filled in the manner provided in section four hundred and twenty-nine of chapter eiglit hundred and thirty-five of the acts of nine- teen hundred and thirteen as amended by section thirty- one of chapter two hundred and ninety-one of the General Acts of nineteen hundred and eighteen, for filling vacan- cies in a board consisting of,two or more members. Upon the election and qualification of the three members of the school committee, all the powers, rights, duties and liabilities, except as hereinafter provided, now or here- after conferred or imposed by law upon the school commit- tee, shall pertain to the school committee elected under the provisions of this section. Nothing in this act shall be con- strued to affect the powers and duties of the school commit- tee as .provided by law. Town Clerk and Accountant. Section 9. The selectmen elected as provided in section. two shall appoint a suitably qualified person to the of- fice of town clerk and accountant. The office of town clerk and the office of town accountant shall be continued until the person appointed to said office of town clerk and ac- countant shall have qualified, at which time the office of town clerk and the office of town accountant shall ter- 75 urinate. The town clerk and accountant shall enjoy all the powers and rights and be subject to all the duties and liabilities now or hereafter conferred or imposed by law upon town clerks and upon town accountants. He shall hold office during the pleasure of the selectmen, and shall be sworn to the faithful performance of his duties by the chairman of the selectmen or by'a justice of the peace. In case of the death, resignation or removal from office of the town clerk and accountant, the selectmen shall forth- with appoint a suitably qualified person to fill the vacancy. Town Treasurer and Collector of Taxes. Section- 10. A treasurer and collector of taxes shall be, appointed by the town manager and shall continue in office during the pleasure of the manager. Assessors, Appointment, Terms. Section 11. The selectmen first elected and qualified as provided in section two shall forthwith appoint three suit- able persons as assessors, who shall hold no elective of- fice in the town of Barnstable, and who, upon their ap- pointment and qualification, shall organize for the proper conduct of their duties. One of said persons shall be ap- .pointed for a term of one year, one for a term of two years, and one for a term of three years; and annually thereafter there shall be appointed by the selectmen, an assessor for a term of three years, in the place of the assessor whose term is about to expire. The assessors shall 'serve until their successors are appointed and qualified. If for any reason a vacancy occurs in the membership of the assessors, the vacancy shall be filled forthwith by the selectmen, in like manner, for the unexpired term. Upon the appoint- ment and qualification of the said assessors, the existing 76 elective offices of assessors of the town shall terminate. The assessors appointed hereunder shall. possess all the powers and rights, and be subject to all the duties and liabilities conferred or impos d by law upon assessors of towns. Before entering upon the duties of their office, the assessors shall be sAvorn to the faithful and impartial per- formance thereof in ccmpliance with the provisions of sec- tion sixty-eight of chapter twenty-five, of the Revised Laws. Planning Board. Section 12. The selectmen shall appoint a planning board consisting of five persons, two of whom shall be appointed for the term of three years, two for the term of two years and one for the term of one year; and annually there- after the selectmen shall appoint for the term of three years one or two members of said board, accordingly as the term of one or two members thereof is about to expire. A vacancy in the board shall be filled by appointment for the residue of the term. Section 13. It shall be the duty of the planning board to keep itself informed of the progress of town planning in this and other counties, to make studies and recommenda- tions for the improvement of the plan of the town with a view to the present and future movement of traffic, the general convenience, amenity, health, recreation, and wel- fare, and any needs of the town dependent on the town plan; to consider and report upon the designs, and their relation to the town plan, of all new public ways.. lands, places, buildings, bridges and other public structures, ar;d of additions to and alterations in those already existing, ar,d of the layout or plotting of new subdivisions of the town. Section 14. All acts of the selectmen or of any other branch of the town government affecting the town plan may be submitted to the planning board for report and 77 recommendations. The selectmen may at any time call upon the board to report with recommendations. The board of its own volition may also report to the selectmen, or to the annual town meeting, on any matter which in its opin- ion affects the plan of the town. Any matter referred by the selectmen to the board shall be acted upon within such time as may be designated by the selectmen in their order of reference. The planning board shall submit to the selectmen an annual report summarizing its activities for the fiscal year. Constables. Section 15. The selectmen shall annually in March after the acceptance of this act appoint one or more constables .from-each precinct in the Town for the term of one year from the following first day of March; and may, at any time, appoint so many additional constables as, in their opinion, may be necessary, who shall hold office during the pleasure of the selectmen. Town Manager, Appointment. Section 16. The selectmen elected as provided in sec- tion two shall appoint, as soon as is practicable, a town manager who shall be the administrative head of all de- partments of the town government, the conduct of which is by the general laws and by this act placed upon the se- lectmen, except as otherwise provided in this act. The town manager shall be subject to the direction and su- p-rvision and shall hold office at the will of .th^ s-Lc';Ynen, and shall be a person specially fitted by education., training, or experience to perform the duties of this office. He may or may not, when appointed, be a resident of the town or state. He shall be responsible for the efficient administra- tion of all departments within the scope of his duties. Be- 78 fore .entering upon the duties of his office, the town man- ager shall be sworn to the faithful and impartial per- formance thereof by the chairman of the selectmen, or by the town clerk and accountant, or by a justice of the peace, and a certificate thereof shall be filed with the town' clerk. He shall execute a bond in favor of the town for the faithful performance of his duties in such sum and with such surety or sureties as 'may be fixed or approved by the selectmen. Powers and Duties. Section 17. The powers and duties of the town manager shall include the following: (a) To organize, continue or discontinue, from time to time, such divisions or departments, not inconsistent with the provisions of this act, as may be determined by vote of the selectmen. (b) To appoint upon merit and fitness alone and, except as otherwise provided herein, to remove all superintendents or chiefs of the,said departments and all subordinate of- ficers, police officers and employes therein, and to fix the salaries and wages of all subordinates and employes, sub- ject to the provisions of section sixteen of chapter seven hundred and nineteen of the acts of nineteen hundred and thirteen. The superintendents or chiefs of departments shall. not be removed by the town manager, except after five days' notice in writing, which notice shall state the cause of the removal. (c) Except as otherwise provided herein, to exercise control of all departments or divisions now established, or that may hereafter be established and made subject to his. supervision. (d) To attend all regular meetings of the selectmen, and to recommend to the selectmen for adoption such 79 measures requiring action by them or by the town as he may deem necessary or expedient. (e) To keep full and complete records of his office, and to render as often as may be required by the selectmen a full report of all operations during the period reported on; and annually, or oftener if required by the selectmen, to make a synopsis of all the reports for publication. (f) To keep the selectmen fully advised as to the needs of the town within the scope of his duties, and to furnish the selectmen on or before the thirty-first day of December of each year a detailed list of the appropriations required during the next ensuing fiscal year for the proper conduct of all departments of the town under his control. (g) To keep in repair all the town buildings. (h) To purchase all supplies and material for all-de- partments of the town except the school department, for which he shall purchase material and supplies upon re- quest in writing,of the school committee. . (i) To have control and supervision of the police de- partment of the town, subject, however, to the direction of the selectmen. The appointment and removal of the chief or head of the police department shall not be subject to 'the civil service laws of the commonwealth but shall be made in accordance with the provisions of this act. (j) To administer the poor relief of the town either di- rectly or through a person or persons appointed by him, and under the supervision of the selectmen as overseers of the poor. (k) To administer the health regulations of the town as established by by-laws, or made by the selectmen, in addi- tion to those established by law, either directly or through a person appointed by him, to be designated as the health officer and to exercise, under the supervision of the select- men, the powers of a board of health. (1) To perform such other duties as may be required of 80 him by the by-laws of the town or by vote of the selectmen., Examination of Departments. Section 18. The town manager may, without notice, cause the affairs of any division or department under his control or the conduct of any officer or employe thereof to be examined. He shall have access to all town books and papers for information necessary for the proper perform- ance of his duties. Town Manager May be Removed for Cause. Section 19. The selectmen, by a majority vote, may re- move the town manager by filing a written statement with the town clerk and accountant setting forth in detail the specific reasons for his removal, a copy of which statement shall be delivered to the town manager. Such removal shall not take effect until the expiration of five days from the filing the said statement with the town clerk and ac- countant; but if it is so recited in the statement the town manager shall be suspended from office forthwith. If the town .manager so requests within said five-day period, a public hearing shall be given him by the selectmen, and in such event the removal of the town manager shall not take effect until a written decision following the hearing shall have been filed with the town clerk and accountant. Such decision made by a majority of the selectmen shall be final. Vacancy. Section 20. Any vacancy in the office of town manager shall be filled forthwith by the selectmen. fending the ap- pointment of a town manager or the filling of a vacancy, the selectmen may appoint a person to perform tempor- arily the duties of the office who shall be sworn to the faith- ful performance of his duties. 81 Molder of an Elective Office may be Recalled. Section 21. Any holder of an elective office may be re- called therefrom by the qualified voters of the town as herein provided. Recall Petition, Preparation, Filing. Section 22. Any qualified voter of the town may file with the town clerk and accountant an affidavit containing the name of the officer sought to be recalled and a statement of the grounds for recall. The town. clerk and accountant shall thereupon deliver to the voter making the affidavit copies of petition blanks demanding such recall, printed forms of which he shall keep on hand. , The blanks shall be issued by the town clerk and accountant with his sig- nature and official seal attached thereto. They shall be dated, shall be addressed to the selectmen, and shall con- tain the name of the person to whom they are issued, the name of the person whose recall is sought, the grounds of recall as stated in the affidavit, and shall demand the elec- tion of a successor in the said office. A copy of the pe- tition shall be entered in a record book to be kept in the office of the town clerk and accountant. The- recall pe- tition shall be returned and filed with the town clerk and accountant within twenty days after the filing of the affi- davit, and must also, have been signed by at least one hun- dred qualified voters of the town, who shall add to their signatures the street and number, if any, of their residences. The recall petition shall be submitted, at or before five o'clock in the afternoon of the Saturday preceding the day on which it must be filed, to the registrars of voters in the town, and the registrars shall forthwith certify thereon the number of signatures which are names of voters of the town. 82 Removal and Election. Section 23. If the petition shall be found and certified by the town clerk and accountant to be sufficient, he shall submit the same with his certificate to the selectmen with- out delay, and the selectmen shall forthwith give written notice of the receipt of the certificate to the officer sought to be recalled, and shall, if the officer does not resign with- in five days thereafter, thereupon order an election to be held on a Tuesday fixed by them not less than twenty-five nor more than thirty-five days after the date of the town clerk and accountant's certificate that a sufficient petition is filed. Provided, however, that if any other town elec- tion is to occur within sixty days after the date of the cer- tificate, the selectmen may, in their discretion, postpone the holding of the recall election to the date of such other election. If a vacancy occurs in said office after a recall election has been ordered, the election shall nevertheless proceed as provided in this section. Nomination of Candidates. Section 24. The question of recalling any number of officers may be submitted at the same election.. But as to each officer whose recall is sought there shall be a sep arate ballot. The nomination of candidates to succeed an officer whose recall is sought, the publication of the war- rant for the recall election and the conduct of such election shall all be in accordance with the provisions of law re- lating to elections. Section 25. Ballots used in a recall election shall submit the following propositions in the order indicated: 83 For the recall of (name of officer) Against the recall of (name of officer) Immediately at the right of each proposition there shall be a square in which the voter, by making a cross mark (X) may vote for either of the said propositions. Under the proposition shall appear the word "Candidates," and the direction "Vote for one," and'beneath this the names of candidates nominated as hereinbefore provided. The bal- lots used in a recall election shall be substantially in the following form: RECALL ELECTION (Month and day of month and year.) FOR THE RECALL OF (name in full) --------_--....... AGAINST THE RECALL OF (name in full) d CANDIDATES. Vote for ONE (Name of candidate.) Section 26. If a majority of the votes cast on the ques- tion of recalling an officer shall be against his recall, he shall continue in office but subject to recall as before. If a majority of such votes be for the recall of the officer designated on the ballot, he shall, regardless of any defects in the recall petition be deemed removed from office. When an officer is recalled from office, the candidate to succeed the officer recalled who received the highest vote shall be declared elected to fill the unexpired term. Section 27. If an officer in regard to ,whom a sufficient recall petition if filed resigns within five days after notice thereof, the election shall be held as hereinbefore pro- vided, except that the title of the ballot shall be "town election," that the propositions in regard to the recall shall 84 be omitted from the ballot, and that above the names of the candidates there shall appear on the ballot the words "Candidates to suceed (name of officer) resigned." Section 28. No recall petition shall be filed against an officer within three months after he takes office, nor in the case of an officer subjected to a recall election and not recalled thereby, until at least three months after that election. Persons Recalled not to be Appointed to.Any Town Office Within Two Years. Section 29. No person who has been recalled from. an office, or who has resigned from office while recall proceed- ings were pending against him, shall be appointed to any town office within two years after such recall or such resig- nation. Term Defined. Section 30. The term "qualified voter" as used in this act means a voter. qualified by law to vote for candidates for the offices provided for by this act. Salaries. Section 31. The board of selectmen shall determine the compensation of all officers appointed by them. Certain Town Officers not to flake Contracts with the Town. Section 32. It shall be unlawful for any selectman, the town manager, any member of the school committee, any trustee of the public library, or any other elective or ap- pointive official, except as otherwise provided by law or in this act, directly or indirectly to make a contract with the town, or to receive any commission, discount, bonus, gift, contribution or reward from, or any share in the profits 85 of, any person or corporation making or performing such a contract, -unless the official concerned, immediately upon learning of the existence of such contract, or that such,a contract is proposed, shall notify the selectmen in writing of the contract and of the nature of his interest therein and shall abstain from doing any official act on behalf of the town in reference thereto. In case such interest exists on the part of an officer whose duty it is to make such a con- tract on behalf of the town, the contract may be made by another officer or person of the town, duly authorized thereto by vote of the selectmen. Violation of any pro- vision of this section shall render the contract in respect to which such violation occurs voidable at the option of the town. Any person violating any provision of this sec- tion shall be punished by a fine of not more than one thou- sand dollars, or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Submission of this Act. Section 33. This act shall be submitted to the qualified voters of the town of Barnstable at a special election called for that purpose by the selectmen. The town clerk and accountant shall, not less than two weeks before said election, transmit, by mail, to every reg- istered voter in said town a copy of this act. The vote shall be taken by official ballot in answer to the following question: "Shall an act passed by the general court in the year nineteen hundred and twenty-two, entitled `An Act to.establish a town manager form of government for the town of Barnstable, be accepted?" which shall be printed on the official ballot. If this act is accepted by a majority of the qualified voters voting thereon, it shall take effect at the next annual meeting which shall be held oir the first Monday of March following the acceptance of this act. Ap- 86 pointees of the officers and board abolished and consolidated by this act shall continue to draw compensation at the same rate and to exercise like powers, authority and jurisdicticn as theretofore until other provision is made. Duties of Certain Town Officials Relative to Election. Section 34. It shall be the duty of the selectmen and the town clerk in office and any other town official upon whom ,by reason of his office a duty-devolves by the provisions of this act, when this act is,accepted by the qualified voters as herein provided, to comply with all the requirements of the act relating to elections,to the end that all things may be done necessary for the nomination and election of the officers first to be elected under this act. By-Laws and Rules. Section 35. All laws, by-laws, rules and regulations in force in the town of Barnstable when this act takes effect, not inconsistent with its provisions, whether enacted by authority of the town or any other authority, shall continue in full force and effect until it is otherwise provided by law, by-law, or vote. Revocation of Acceptance. Section 36. At any time after the expiration of four years, and within six years from the date on which this act is accepted, and not less than ninety days before the date of an annual meeting, a petition, signed by not less than 'fifteen per cent of the registered voters of the town, may be filed with the selectmen requesting that the question of re- voking the acceptance of this act be submitted to the voters. Thereupon the selectmen shall call a town meeting to be held at a date not later than forty-five days after the filing of the petition, but not between the first day of June and the first .87 Tuesday of September, both dates. inclusive. At such meet- ing, the vote shall be taken in answer to the following question which shall be printed on the official ballot:— "Shall the acceptance by the town of Barnstable of an act passed by the general court in the year nineteen hundred and twenty-two, entitled `An Act to establish a town man- ager form of government for the town of Barnstable,' be revoked?" If such revocation is favored by a majority of the voters voting thereon by ballot, the acceptance of this act shall be revoked from and after the date of the annual town meeting nest following such vote. The said revocation shall not affect any contract then existing or any action at law or suit in equity or other proceedings then pending. If the acceptance shall be revoked, as afore- said, this act shall become null and void, and thereafter all . general laws respecting town government and town officers shall apply to the town or Barnstable;.and any special laws relative to said town which are repealed by this act shall be revived by the revocation. By-laws in force when the said revocation takes effect, so far as they are consistent with general laws respecting town government and town officers and with the said special laws, shall not be affected thereby. Hyannis, Mass., October 31, 1922. To the Town Meeting, Town of Barnstable. At the annual town meeting of the Town of Barnstable held on March 7th, 1922, the following resolution was passed: Resolved that a committee be appointed by the Chair to consider and report at the next annual meeting of the 88 Town whether or not it is desirable for the Town to acquire the property and franchise of the Barnstable Water Com- pany and on what terms it could be acquired. The committee so appointed has considered the subj--ct and has the honor to report: The Barnstable Water Company was organized under Chapter 286 of the acts of the General Court of 1911 and the conditions under which the Town may take and op- erate the water company are contained in sections 12-16 as printed as Appendix A to this report. The water Company has furnished a statement of the cost of the franchise, works and property, see Appendix B, amounting to $198,482.00 as of December 31, 1921. The capital consists of $75,000 in 5 per cent bonds matur- ing 1931 and $75,000 common stock on which dividends have been paid at 4 per cent for three years past. The balance sheet of December 31, 1921 and the income and expense account for 1921 are given in Appendices C and D. The Committee is of the opinion that if the Town shoull purchase the Water Company at the book cost, whicli is probably less than its reproduction cost with allowance for depreciation, and should operate-the service as economi- cally as .the' Company does, there would be a necessary increase in the tax rate, due to bond interest and sinking fund and due to the fact the hydrant service must be pa'd by the Town instead of by the Fire District of Hyannis. There would be no object which would appeal to t'_-e town in taking the Water Company solely to carry on a service as it now exists for Hyannis alone, because that district now has service and fire protection at reasonable rates. The only reason which we should consider for taking the Water Company is to secure those desirable extensions of service which the owners cannot profitably make at the present time. 89 In regard to extensions which would probably be,at once demanded if the Water Company were taken, the Company writes us under date of October 16th as follows: "The approximate cost of the Barnstable Water Company to the town would be $198,482 according to the report we handed you last summer. The approximate cost of extensions to Craigville, Cen- terville, Osterville, and Wianno would be $226,529 and to Barnstable Village $83,673, making a total of $508,684.0). The approximate gross revenue would be as follows: Barnstable Water Company: $21,900 Osterville Extension: Seaview, 16 houses @ $17. $272.. Lonelyville, 20 houses @ .40. 800. Craigville, 37 houses @ 12. 444. 20 houses @ 28. 560. 2 hotels @ 60. 120. Centerville, 78. houses @ 12. 936. 41 houses @ 28. 1148. 5 houses @ 50. 250. Osterville and Wianno, 105 houses @ 12. 1260. 65 houses @ 28. 1820. 24 houses @ 50. 1200. 1 house @ 100. 100. 3 hotels @ 1.25. 375. 3 garages @ 50. 150. Hydrants Lonelyville 16 Craigville' 13 Centerville 22 B-7 .J� bsterville and Wianno 60 III @ $37.50 4162. $13,597. $40,034. The figures given for Barnstable Village include $1,000 for hydrant rental. We would not consider a gross revenue of anything less than $50,000 on an investment of $500,000 as adequate to cover the cost of operation, interest, and depreciation. Out of the gross revenue of $21,000 of the Barnstable Water Company, we have a net of approximately $8,000 which would give you some idea of the cost of operation. The figures on the cost of extension to Osterville and Barnstable Village were made up about two or three months ago and of course prices of construction are changing and at present are 10 per cent to 20 per cent higher.. It would be impossible to get the exact cost of these extensions." It would, therefore, appear that the Town would make an outlay of about $200,000 to acquire the Water Company, and be required to make extensions of service which would probably cost, not less than, $350,000. If the purchase an'd extensions were made, it is more than likely that for many years the Town would be obliged to raise by taxation from forty to fifty thousand dollars a year over and above the revenues received and in addition to pay the annual charge for hydrant service, amounting to $7,777. It should be noted that these considerations take no ae- count of Water service for Cotuit. Engineers express doubt as to the practicability of extending the present plant to Cotuit.for which ultimately a separate plant might 91 be required and for which no estimates are now available. Desirable as water service is for health and fire pro- tection we cannot believe the town is prepared to assume any such burden at the present time and we do not recom- mend it. It is proper to say that facts before your committee are presented by officials of the Water Company and while we have no reason to doubt that they are fairly presented, if the Town requires confirmation it should make an ap- propriation for an examination of the subject by experts, both accountants and engineers. - The Committee suggests that the town might by negoti- ation with the Water Company obtain the desired exten- sions of service by agreeing to pay all hydrant service at an increased rate for a definite term of years. ' This would be a prudent method for the town to pursue as its annual expenditure would be limited to a definite sum perhaps about $15,000 per annum «0tich would be more than one-half offset by new taxable property. The Committee respectfully suggests that this report be printed in the Report of the Town Officers. Very respectfully, FRANCIS T. BOWLES G. WEBSTER IIALLETT WALTER B. CIIASE APPENDIX A The Town of Barnstable shall have the right, at any time during the continuance of the charter hereby granted, to acquire by purchase or by exercise of the right of eminent domain, the franchise, property and all the rights and 5� privileges of said corporation, on payment to said corpora- tion of the actual cost of its franchise, works and prop- erty of any kind held under the provisions of this act; and unless the dividends earned and declared by said com- pany on its stock shall have been equal to or in excess of five per cent per annum, there shall be added to the cost of the work such a sum as would make the net return to the stockholders five per cent per annum on the invest- ment: The town, on taking as herein provided the prop- erty of said corporation, shall assume all of its outstanding obligations incurred in the construction or improvement of the property, including bonds secured by mortgage is- sued under authority of this act, and the amount thus as- sumed' shall be deducted from the total amount to be paid by said town to said corporation. Said corporation shall furnish to.the town of Barnstable, under oath, an itemized statement of the actual cost of the water supply system authorized under this act, together with a copy of all contracts made in providing and constructing said water supply system and any extension thereof, and shall furnish to said town annually in the month of January an itemized statement, under oath, of its receipts and expenditures, which statement shall be submitted by the selectmen to the citizens of the town at the annual town meeting. This authority to take the said franchise and property is granted on condition that the same is assented to by the said town by a two-thirds vote of the voters present and voting there- on at a meeting legally called for that purpose; and the taking, if by exercise of the right of eminent domain, shall be by filing in the registry of deeds for the County of Barn- stable, the.declaration of such taking, ,which shall include a certified copy of the article in the warrant under which the town acted, and of the vote of the town thereon showing that it was passed by a two-thirds vote, as herein re- r 93 quired. In case the town and the corporation shall be unable to agree upon the actual cost of said property, the supreme judicial court shall, upon application of either party and no- tice to the other, appoint three commissioners who shall de- termine the actual cost of said property, and whose award, when accepted by the court, shall be final. Interest at the rate of six per cent shall be included in said award from the date of the taking or purchase. Section 13. Said town may for the purpose of paying the cost of said franchise and corporate property, and the necessary expenses and liabilities incurred under the pro- visions of this act, issue from time to time bonds, notes, or scrip, to an amount not exceeding in the aggregate four hundred thousand dollars. Such bonds, notes or scrip . shall bear on their face the words, Barnstable Water Loan; shall be payable at the expiration of periods not exceed- ing thirty years from the date of issue; shall bear interest; payable semi-annually, at a rate not exceeding five per cent per annum; and shall be signed by the treasurer of the town and countersigned by the water commissioners hereinafter provided for. Said town may sell such secur- ities at public or private sale, or pledge the same for money borrowed for the purpose of this act, upon such terms and conditions as it may deem proper; but such securi- ties shall not be sold for less than their par value. Said town shall pay the interest upon said loan as it accrues, , and shall at the time of authorizing said loan provide for the payment thereof in such annual proportionate pay- ments, beginning not more than five years after the first issue of such bonds, notes or scrip, as will extinguish the same within the time prescribed by this act; and when a vote to the effect has been passed, a sum which with the income derived from water rates will be sufficient to pay the annual expense of operating its water works, and the interest as it accrues on the bonds, notes, or scrip issued 94 as aforesaid by said town, and to make such payments on the principal as may be required under the provisions of this act shall, without further vote, be assessed by the asses- sors of said town in each year thereafter, in the same man- ner in which other taxes are assessed under the provisions of the law, until the debt incurred by said loan is extin- guished. Section 14. Said town shall, after purchasing' or taking the said franchise and corporate property, as provided .in this act, at a legal meeting called for the purpose elect by ballot three persons to hold office, one until the expiration of three years, one until the expiration of two years, and ,one until the expiration of one year from the next suc- ceeding town meeting, to constitute a board of water com- missioners; and at each annual town meeting thereafter one such commissioner shall be elected by ballot for the term of three years. All the authority granted to the said town by this act and not otherwise specifically provided for .shall be vested in said water commissioners, who shall be subject however to such instructions, rules and regulations as said town may impose by its vote. A majority of said com- missioners shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. Any vacancy occurring in said board for any cause may be filled for the remainder of the unexpired term by said town at any legal town meeting called for the pur- pose. Any such vacancy may be filled temporarily by a majority vote of the selectmen, and the person so appoint- ed shall hold office until the town fills the vacancy in the manner provided herein. Section 15. Said commissioners shall fix just and equit- able rates for the use of the water and shall prescribe a time and manner payment. The income of the water works shall be applied to defraying all operating expenses, interest charges and payments on the principal as they accrue upon. 915 any bonds, notes or scrip issued under authority of this act. If there should be a net surplus remaining after providing for the aforesaid charges, it shall be used for such new construction as the water commissioners may de- termine upon, and in case a surplus should remain after payment for such new construction, the water rates shall be reduced proportionately. No money shall be expended in new construction by the water commissioners except from the net surplus aforesaid, unless the town appropri- ates or provides money therefor. Said commissioners shall annually, and as often as the town may require, render a report upon the condition of the works under their charge, and an account of their doings, including an account of receipts and expenditures. Section 16. Any fire district no-%v existing or hereafter established within the town of Barnstable for the purpose of supplying the inhabitants thereof with water 'for' the e tin.guishment of fires, for domestic, manufacturing and other purposes, shall have all the rights and privileges here- in granted to, and be subject to all the obligations, duties and liabilities herein imposed upon, said town. APPENDIX B August 18, 1922. COST OF PLANT Rate Interest Jan. 1, 1912 $131,495.46 5 per cent $6,574.77 Jan. 17 1913 154,483.14 5 per cent 7,724.16 Jan. 1, 1914 158,469.31 5 per cent 7,923.47 Jan. 1, 1915 160,209.79 5 per cent 8,010.49 Jan. 1, 1916 164,357.41 5 per cent 8,217.87 Jan. 1, 1917 165,561.51 5 per cent 8,278.07 96 Jan. 1, 1918 165,200.53 5 per cent -8,260.02 Jan. 1, 1919 166,301.70 5 per cent 8,315.08 Jan. 1, 1920 167,533.55 5 per cent 8,376.78 Jan. 1, 1921 168,765.32 5 per cent 8,438.26 $80,118.97 Cost of Plant Dec. 31, 1921 172,770.74 Interest at 5 per cent on cost from Jan. 1, 1912 to Dec. 31, 1921 80,118.97 $252,889.71 Deduct Interest on $75,000 bonds at 5 per cent from Oct. 1, 1911 to Oct. 1, 1921 $37,500.00 Interests on Notes Payable 4,907.71 Dividends paid 12,000.00 54,407.71 $198,482.00 BONDS OUTSTANDING $75,000 5 per cent. Date Oct. 1, 1911 due Oct. 1, 1931. Interest at 5 per cent on $75,000, $3,- 750 a year from Oct. 1, 1911 to Oct. 1, 1921- 10 years $37,500.00 Interest on Notes Year 1915 $623.43 1916. 755.16 1917 736.36 1918 690.75 97 1919 627.81 1920 684.84 1921 789.36 4,907.71 Dividends 1917 $750.00 1918 2,250.00 1919 , 3,000.00 1920 3,000.00 1921 3,000.00 12,000.00 $54,407.71 APPENDIX C BARNSTABLE WATER CO. Balance Sheet Dec. 31, 1921. Assets: Cash—First Nat'l, Boston $286.16 Hyannis Trust Co. 409.74 Fund Acct.Boston 10.00 Fund Acct. Hyannis 25.00 $730.90 Accounting Receivable 2,181.57 $2,912.47 Suspense Accounts 110.82 Prepaid Accounts 199.81 Fuel Oil 246.16 98 Small Tools, 400.00 Prepaid Taxes, 1,533.27 ;Yarmouth Ext. $3,107.93 Osterville & Centerville Est. 192.40 Squaw Island and Lonelyville Ext. 138.16 3,438.49 Plant January 1, 1,921 $168,765.32 Add. January 148.37 February 24.68 March, 24.00 April 944.41 May 427.98 June 286.60 July 289.02 August 290.64 September 49.19 October 642.94 November 135.28 December 742.31 172,770.74 $181,611.76 Liabilities: Accounts Payable—G. H. P. $230.00 Accounts Payable 213.21. Notes Payable $13 500.00 Acet. Int. 52.50 13,552.50 Reserve for Depreciation and Contingencies 10,000.00 Reserve Unearned Revenue: Services $2,504.91 Hydrant 218.75 2,723.66 Capital Stock Authorized and Issued 75,000.00 _ 9�9 . Mortgage Bonds due October 2, 1931 $75,000.00 Aced. Iut. 937.50 75,937.50 Surplus Jan. 1, 1921 $3,666.98 . Phis Gain 12 months 3,287.91 $6,954.89 Dividends 3,000.00 3,954.89 $181,611.76 APPENDIX , D BARNSTABLE WATER COMPANY Profit and Loss Dec. 31, 1921. Revenue December Prev.Mos. Total Water Services $1,237.06 $13,121.96 $14,359.02 Meter Services 152.92 2,376.70 2,529.62 hydrant Services 218.75 2,396.87 2,615.62 $19,504.26 Pipe Services 765.59 1,305.36 539.77 539.77 $20,044.03 Operating Expense 256.29 1,612.77 1,869.06 Oth. Oper. Exp. 32.98 493.61 526.59 Salaries 135.00 1,375.00 1,510.00 Services (Mgm't) 83.32 916.68 1,000.00 Service Supplies. 835.83 1,115.17 279.34 $5,184.99 Operating Profit 14,859.04 $20,044.03 100 Bal. brt. down—oper. profit $14,859.04 Gen. Expense 161.21 1,926.47 2,087.68 Taxes 300.00 2,500.00 2,800.00 Int. on Bonds 312.50 3,437.50. 3,750.00 Int, on Notes 57.46 731.90 789.36 9,427.04 $5,432.00 Adjustments: Bad Acets. $7.78 Deprec. Reserve, 2,000.00 2,007.78 $3,424.22 Adjustment Inventory 136.31 Net Gain, 12 months $3,287.91. 101 BIRTTIS Births recorded in the Town of Barnstable for the year 1922, with the name, place of birth and Christian name of parents: Jan. 1. Clarence Melvin Burgess, Hyannis, Clarence L. and Edna Mae. Jan. 2. Frederick Buyman Johnson, West Barnstable, Henry and Rose M. Jan. 3. Nellie May Clark, Hyannis, Percy L. and Elizabeth E. Jan. 3. Elizabeth Ann Murphy, Hyannis, Richard B. and Alice T. Jan. 9. Helen Thomas Eldredge, Hyannis, Thomas R. and Alice E. Jan. 13. Margaret Bayne Perry, Centerville, Ralph F. and Kath- erine K. Jan. 15. Esther Janet Doran, Centerville, Thomas O. and Irene L. Jan. 23. Joseph William Higgins, Hyannis, Fred S. and Agatha F. Jan. 23. (Stillborn.) Feb. 11. Robert Hathaway Jones, Jr., Hyannis, Robert H. and Anna G. Feb. 12. Walter Gilbert Coombs, Hyannis, Walter R. and Ina. Feb. 12. Mary Emily Reed, Sandwich, George A. and Phoebe. Feb. 16. Leslie Franklin Sirra, Centerville, John and Hilma. Feb. 19. Gertrude May Gomes, Osterville, John and Katherine. Feb. 19. Albert Rudolph Winnikainen, West Barnstable, Victor and Rose M. Feb. 19. Olga Rosa Winnikainen, West Barnstable, Victor and Rose M. Feb. 23. Elwell Manning Hodges, Osterville, William P. and Florence. Feb. 26. Irene Teresa Runnels, Barnstable, George W. and Agnes. Feb. 27. Carlton Earle Hall, Centerville, Charles P. and Helen S. 102 Mar. 1. Hope Hallett, Boston, Julian G. and Helen J. Mar. 6. Albert Ellsworth Smith, Hyannis, Albert S. and Frances Mar.10. Helen Louise Potter, Hyannis, Arthur R. and Gertrude S. Mar.14. Arline Berthell Bussiere, Hyannis, Oscar G. and Zeta. Mar.17. Robert Parker Bearse, Hyannis, Omer B..and Abbie K. Mar.20. Carolyn Luebta Beals, Hyannisport, Alonzo R. and Har- riett M. Mar.20. Constance Alice Beals, Hyannisport, Alonzo R. and Har- riett M. .Mar.21. Irvine Auguste Petow, Hyannis, Edward I. and Henri- etta M. Mar.21. Florence Irma Green, Hyannis, David and Goldie M. M'ar.26. (Illegitimate.) Mar.30. Carl Henry Ryberg, Hyannis, Emil A. and Anna M. Mar.31. Dennis William Lema, West Barnstable, John and Mary. Apr. 2. Paul Palmer Henson, Jr., Hyannis, Paul P. and Theda. Apr. 6. Donald Stuart Campbell, Santuit, Peter and Mary E. Apr. 9. Lucile Evelyn Murphy, Hyannis, Lester W. and Lenore. Apr. 10. Richard Haskins Ryder, Hyannis, Bertram F. and Flor- ence. Apr. 11. Alfred Leslie Low, Jr., Hyannisport, Alfred L. and Lillian. Apr. 14. Howard Chase Walker, Jr., Hyannis, Howard C. and Amanda L. Apr. 14. Frederick Edward Aittaniemi, West Barnstable, Henry and Ida. Apr. 23. William Gordon Oliver, West Barnstable, George and Mary E. Apr. 25. Hale Whipple Dixon, Barnstable, Charles C. and Laura. Apr. 27. Geraldine Watriss Berry, Hyannis, John B. and Clara J. May 4. Leonard Douglas Bacon, Hyannis, Waldo R. and Elsie E. . 103 May 5. Aleta Fannie Childs, West Barnstable, Alden B. and Fanny. May 11. Edward Walter Hopkins, Hyannis, Charles W. and Myrtle A. May 12. Edward Souza, Barnstable, Manuel and Isabel. May 22. Raymond Warren Crocker, Barnstable, Walter E. and Bessie.. May 22. John Collins McKeon, Barnstable, Patrick and Marie. May 24. Beverly Bain, Hyannis, Robert J. and Beatrice A. May 26. Gordon Elliott Sears, Hyannis, Luther H. and Edith'B. May 27. Theodore Wilhelm Crosby, Hyannis, Clarence W. 'and Adeline S. May 27. Phyllis Winifred Pierce, Cotuit, Garry C. and Esther B. June 1. Vernon Lynn Blackmer, Hyannis, Norman L. and Elsie'C. June 4. Anne Wilma Crocker, Marstons Mills, Lauchlan M. and Wilhelmina. June G. Carolyn Phyllis Chadwick, Osterville, Gerald A. and Annie F. . June S. Paul Pasquine, Hyannis, Paul F. and Hattie E. June 10. Norman Evert-Hard, Hyannis, Hilding and Hilda M. June 10. Ellen Kahelin, Centerville, Adam and Linda. June 11. Jean Crowell, Hyannis, Edward E. and Josephine H. June 11. Christopher M. Sethares, Hyannis, Michael and Anga- lenio. June 16. Vincent George Barrett, Hyannis, Joseph J. and Cath- erine E. June 16. William Ellsworth Chaffin, Hyannis, Theodore and Georgia E. June 22. Gloria Frances Williams, Hyannis, Stephen T. and Doris F. June 24. John Clarke Bodfish, Hyannis, John D. W. and Louie E. 104 June 26. Jean Hassett, Hyannis, Roscoe and Edna, M. June 27. Carl Ivar Johnson, Centerville, Axel and Hilda K. July 1. Wilton Francis Jones, Jr., Cotuit, Wilton F. and Lillian F. July 2. Philip Earle Whiteley, Hyannis, William T. and Helen M. July 3. William Herbert Pierce, Santuit, William B. and Helen J. July 4. David Bardwell Locke, Hyannis, John W. and Gertrude S. July 6. Richard Clark Sturges, Hyannis, George W. and Char- lotte F. July 7. Julia Williamson, Osterville, John and Hilda. July 13. William Herbert Winnikainen, Barnstable, Otto and Wil- helmina. July 15. Manuel Francis Duarte, Santuit, John N. and Julia E. July 17. Hazel Eleanor Syriala, West Barnstable, Samuel F. and Mary. July 18. Doris May Venning, Hyannis, Percy and Minnie. July 18. Lydia Lois Thomas,. Hyannis, Ernest V. and Evelyn M. . July 20. Madeline George, Barnstable, Anthony and Helen E. July 22. Harold Frederick Savery, Santuit, Eustis R. and Mary A. July 23. Arthur Leroy Sullivan, Hyannis, John R. and Celia E. July 25. Lena Frances Jones, Marstons Mills, Loring G. and Ada H. July 26. Nelson Morton Malchman, Hyannis, Samuel and Minnie A. July 27. Manuel Frazier, Santuit, Frank A. and Rose. July 27. Saidie Panesis, Hyannis, Spiro and Anna. July 28. Elsie Cotelle, Middleboro, Lauren and Lulu M. July 31. Effie Carleton Kelley, Centerville, David and Una E. Aug. 4. Rae Peters, Cotuit, Frank A. and Addle. Aug. 5. (Stillborn.) 105 Aug. 9. Edward S. Savery, Cotuit, George H. and Louise A. Aug.10. William Parker O'Brien, Hyannis, William G. and Mabel F. Aug.13. Elizabeth Law Harper, Hyannis, Wyatt E. and Elizabeth. Aug.15. Wilhelmina Baker, Cotuit, William C. and Bertha A. Aug.15. Harriett Jey Jones, Hyannis, William A. and Elsie M. Aug.16. Laura Eleanor Williams, Hyannis, Joseph F. and Helen M. Aug.17. Frances Flood Callahan, Hyannis, John T. and Mary D. Aug.21. Beatrice Louise Libby, Barnstable, Albert P. and Edith G. Aug.27. Russell B. Childs, Jr., Cotuit, Russell B. and Annie T. Aug.28. Mary Elizabeth Bystrom, Osterville, John P. and Anna A. Aug.28. Herbert Toila Harju, West Barnstable, Adel J. and Mary M. Sept. 4. (Illegitimate.) Sept. 5. George Henry Robbins, Hyannis, Albert H. and Nettie. Sept. 7. Elsie Josephine Nickerson, Hyannis, Walter B. and Elsie J. Sept. 8. Elaine Gifford, Coutit, Herbert W. and Sadie M. Sept. 9. Edward Freeman Hall, Hyannis, Roy D. and Lou A. Sept.12. Guinivere Emma Hinckley, Hyannis, Lawrence D. and Annie L. Sept.17. David Charles Caldwell, Hyannis, Charles E. and Eliza- beth E. Sept.17. David Robert Coggeshall, Hyannis, Chester E. and Cora O. Sept.19. George Dexter Snow;Jr., Hyannis, George D. and Jean C. Sept.20. Theda Doane, Cummaquid, Eugene and Myra S. Sept.21. Pauline Alden Delano, Hyannis, Ralph B. and Mary S. Sept.21. Marjorie Landers,_Cotuit, Earl W. and Esther. B-8 8ept.22. Bessie Emery Tobey, Hyannis, Eugene W. and Ella V. Sept.23. Yvonne Helena Beaumont, Hyannis, Leo E. and Susan M. Oct. 1. Elvi Katherine Ruska, Barnstable, Charles W. and Selma. Oct. 1. (Illegitimate.) Oct. 3. Jeanne Barbara Childs, Centerville, Leo A. and Marion B. Oct. 4. David Eldridge, Hyannis, Clarington E. and Anna L. Oct. 6. Lyyli Johanna Ahonen, West Barnstable, Axel and Hannah. Oct. 9. Benjamin Francis Cobb, Hyannis, Henry A. and Ella M. Oct. 11. Lois Chase, Hyannis, Alexander B. and Bernice L. Oct. 11. Cleo Vera Washington, Hyannisport, Hanson and Jessie B. Oct. 13. Walter Anthony Chase, Hyannis, Walter F. and Flora L. Oct. 17. Bebe Marion Raymond, Hyannis, Richard M. and Mary. Oct. 18. Francis Roberts, Marstons Mills, Jack and Josephine. Oct. 25. James Harold Foote, Hyannis, Lynn A. and Clara M. Oct. 25. Cynthia Mahard, Hyannis, Edwin P. and Marguerite. Oct. 25. Antone Pina Perry, Marstons Mills, Benjamin and Mary. Oct. 26. Elaine Gay, Cotuit, John H. and Vera P. Oct. 31. Robert Howard Megathlin, Hyannis, Robert B. and Vivian. Nov. 1. Jean Marie Blanchett, Hyannis, Joseph C. and Yvonne. Nov. 1. Bertha L. Montero, Hyannis, Joseph B.. and Florence I. Nov. 4. Henry Salo, Jr., West Barnstable, Henry and Otilia A. Nov. 6. Charles Edward Hamblin, Santuit, Seth E. and Mary C. Nov. 8. Kenneth Harvey Studley, Hyannis, Gilbert and Sarah. Nov.11. Aaron Leavitt Crowell, Hyannis, Lincoln and Elizabeth. Nov. 12. Mervin Cralle Steele, Barnstable, Seraphine G. and Win- ifred. 107 Nov.15. Irma Beal Swift, Hyannis, Nathan B. and Irma L. Nov.23. Richard Curtis Long, Hyannis, Edwin F. and Edith F. Nov.25. Marion Joseph, Osterville, Herman and Margaret. Nov.25. Frederick Herbert Sargent, Hyannis, Donald F. and Lula R. Dec. 3. Clarence Augustus Handy, Jr., Hyannis, CIarence A. and Alice M. Dec. S. Raymond Rogers, Cotuit, Jordan and Theresa. Dec. 13. Marie Downey, Hyannis, Francis A. and Eva M. Dec. 14. (Stillborn) Dec. 15. Nehemiah Wilson Newell, Hyannis, Nehemiah and An• netta. Dec. 16. Ellen Emerson Lake, Hyannis, William E and Mary E. Dec. 17. Charles Mitchell Daniel, Hyannis, Joseph M. and Marion A. Dec. 31. Elizabeth Peabody Bedell, Hyannis, Howard E. and Elizabeth P. Omitted from Report of 1920: Sept. 4. Avis Ellen Bacon, Hyannis, Waldo R. and Elsie E. Omitted from Report of 1921: May 24. Frances Elizabeth Souza, Osterville, John B. and Anna J. Dec. 23. John'William Niemi, Hyannis, John and Lena. MARRIAGES Marriages recorded in the Town of 'Barnstable for the year 1922: Feb. 27. Elric Hathaway LeBaron of Hyannis and Bessie Mabelle Robertson (Smith) of Hyannis. ' ion Feb. H. Walter Francis Chase of Hyannis and Flora Elizabeth Bassett of Hyannis. Mar. 12. Harold Mugford Curtis, Jr., of Stoughton and Sybil Irene Benn of Quincy. Mar.19. Matthew Raymond Harlow of Cotuit and Abbie Webb Bodfish of Cotuit. Apr. 15. Harry A. Ireland of Boston and Jane R. Powell of Boston. Apr. 30. Frank Howland Gilbert of North Attleborough and Pauline A. Harlow of Winchendon. May 14. James Clemson Young of South Chatham and Florence Maria Eldridge of South Chatham. May 20. Frank A. Peters of Mashpee and Addie B. Potter of Cotuit. May 27. Isaac Fenno Elliott of Brunswick, Maine, and Maud Les- lie Case of Hyannis. May 28. Elias Rask of West Barnstable and Alma Juurus of Fall River. June 1. John Henry Leavens of Newton and Elma Sofia Braitsch of Brookline. June 1. Isaiah H. Lewis of Hyannis and Sadie Emma Hammond (Treffery) of Hyannis. June 3. William Elliott Lewis of Osterville and Gertrude Helen Bacon of Hyannis. June 17. Wallace Franklin Kelley of South Yarmouth and Myrtle Louise Lewis of Centerville. June 24. William L. Lyman of Upper Montclair, N. J., and Edith A. George of Montclair, N. J. June 27. Franklin H. Smith of Boston and Ruth D. Tinkler of Boston. July 10. John N. Reilly of Yarmouthport and Lymena T. Baxter of Cummaquid. I July 20. Henry Edmund Medbery of East Providence, R. I., and Grace Elizabeth Bursley of West Barnstable. 109 July 22. Clarence Albert Crowell of Hyannis and Esther Emma Kelley of Dennis. July 24. Harold William Jones of Centerville and Charlotte Almy Francis of Ardmore, Pa. Aug. 6. Howard C. Ryder of Hyannis and Annabel Landgrebe of Middleboro. Aug.12. Alexander MacIsaac of West Hyannisport and Genevieve Marsh of West Hyannisport. Aug_.13. Richard Harding Davis Haydon of Hyannis and Beatrice Nan Bremner of Hyannis. Aug.14. Charles W. Poland of Berlin and Anna L. Lockerby of Hyannis. Aug.27. Clarkson P. Bearse, Jr., of Harwich and Bertha K. Holmes of Harwich. Aug.28. Walter P. Meader of Pleasant Point, Maine and Eva M. Nicholas.of Pleasant Point, Maine. Aug.28. Ernest Allen Moore of Weston and Katherine Gorham Sprague of Newton. Sept. 3. Joshua D. Allen of Harwich and Susie R. Harris of Dennis. Sept. 9. Winslow Franklin Childs of Osterville and Genotto Emma Billadeau of Lynn. Sept.16. Ward S. Allen of Lowell and Ann M. Taylor.o^ Lowell. Sept.16. Charles Pajunen of Sandwich and Ida Otilia Kaihlanen of Sagamore. Sept.16. Randolph Healey Todd of Somerville and Catherine Hay Reid of Osterville. Sept.21. Wilton P. Marshall of Barnstable and Margaret F. Libby of Barnstable. Sept.23. Howard P. Claussen of Milton and Florence Sprague Gifford of Cotuit. Sept.23. Charles Augustus Peters of Mashpee and May Annette Sturgus of Mashpee. 110 Sept.25. .Morgan Childs of Cotuit and Anna B. Gulish of Cotuit. Sept.25. Walcott Ames of Osterville and Josephine Mary Cross of Osterville. Sept.30. Ernest Bradford Norris of Hyannis and Hannah Avis Hammond of Chatham. Oct. 1. Charles B. Snyder of Osterville and Anna Marie Botsford (Swanson) of Osterville. Oct. 5. Lloyd Henry Winnell of Hyannis and Doris Neome Cotton of Hyannis. Oct. 7. George F. Meiggs of Centerville and Augusta M. Kelley of Centerville. Oct. 7. Russell Charles Howes of Harwich and Marion Violet Perry of Harwich. Oct. 9. Henry B. Loring of West Barnstable and Annie Viola Nute of Osterville.- Oct. 9. Anthony C. Freeman of Wellfleet and Anna W. Hickman of Wellfleet. Oct. 14. Seth Miles Crocker of Hyannis and Evelyn Frances O'Keefe of Hyannis. Oct. 14. Frank Enos Frazier of Santuit and Emily Sylvester of Falmouth. Oct. 14. Edgar W. Chase of Dennis and Sadie F. Eldredge of Harwich. Oct. 16. Winfred C. Ellis of Brewster and Bessie E. Hall of Brewster. Oct. 21. Frederick S. Neill of Boston and Bernice Hallett of Barn- stable. Oct. 23. Percy Eliott Brown of Hyannis and Anna Williams Gar- field of Dennisport. Oct. 28. Edward.Francis Souza of Osterville and Elsie Adelaide Doane of West Barnstable. Oct. 29. . Harry Andrew Bearse of Chatham and Clara Pratt Bearse of Hyannis. 111 Nov. 1. Herbert O. Bacon, Jr., of Hyannis and Harriett Yates of Hyannis. Nov.12. Samuel N. Ames of Osterville and Mary B, Parker (Crocker) of Cotuit, Nov,25, Norman Linwood Bassett of Barnstable and Beatrice Nickerson of Bass River. Nov, 29. Clarence Augustus Handy of Attleboro and .Alice May Kelley of Hyannis. Dec. 2. John Rosa of Marstons Mills and Lucy Demarch of Marstons Mills. Dec. 2. Robert T. Livingston of Barnstable and Geraldine Hull Gray of .Boston. Dec. 3. Clifton Belmont Hammond of Cotuit and Inez Melvira Harding of Bourne. Dec. -4. John L. Corcoran of Framingham and Mabel Janet Crocker of Framingham. Dec. 9. Merrill Bernard Crosby of Osterville and Helen Frances Fairweather of Osterville. Dec. 22. Abner L. Eldridge of Brewster and Grace E. Eldridge of Brewster. Dec. 23. Wallace Tripp of Yarmouth and Sarah Helen Bursley of West Barnstable. Dec. 25. Eugene Weston Tobey of Hyannis and Anna Virginia Brooks of Cambridge. Dec. 31. Otto Maki of Sandwich and Mamie Matilda Peltonen of Barnstable. DEATHS Deaths recorded in the Town of Barnstable for the year 1922: Jan. 7. Claribel N. Wright (Cornington), Centerville, 75 y., 1 m., 9 d. 112 Jan. 9. Elizabeth Hall (Shuker), Barnstable, 49 y., 6 m., 6 d. Jan. 16. Edi•th M. Hakkarainen (Siltanen), West Barnstable, 35 y., 2 d. Jan. 23. Clarisa M. Wilson (Havener), Hyannis, 85 y., 11 m., 22 d. Jan. 23. (Stillborn). Jan. 29. Sarah A. Parker (Scudder), Barnstable, 83 y., 11 m., 5 d. Feb. 5. Mary A. Ames.(Hathaway), Osterville, 76 y., 10 d. Feb. 6. Charles Hartwell, Barnstable, 77 y., 10 m., 15 d. Feb.14. Hannah R. Loring, West Barnstable, 74 y., 5 m., 7 d. Feb.16. G. Alonzo Macomber, Hyannisport, 66 y. Feb.21. Frank Young, Barnstable, 31 y., 6 m., 29 d. Feb.27. Mary Goodspeed (Cobb), Marstons Mills,97 y., 2 m., 7 d. Mar. 4. Joseph C. Crosby, Osterville, 64 y., 1 m., 25 d. Mar.11. Benjamin G. Baxter, Hyannis, 74 y. Mar.11. John J. Harlow, Santuit, 88 y., 6 m., 12 d. Mar.12. Alexander G. Cash, Hyannis, 81 y., 10 m. Mar.12. Jeremiah F. O'Keefe, Hyannis, 51 y., 11 m., 14 d. Mar.17. James Downs, Brockton, 78 y., 8 m., 14 d. Mar.18. Annie C. Lottie (Driscoll), Hyannis, 61 y., 9 m., 21 d. Mar.20. James J. Needham, Centerville, 64 y., 9 m., 25 d. Mar.21. Alfonzo Coville, Yarmouth, 70 y., 5 m., 10 d. Mar. 21. Rachel H. Crocker, Barnstable, 70 y. 7 m., 25 d. ` Mar.22. H. Arthur Coleman, Osterville, 20 y., 6 m., 14 d. Mar.26. Elizabeth Munroe, Barnstable, 90 y., 7 m., 2 d. Apr. 7. Samuel H. Hallett, Centerville, 69 y., 4 m., 13 d. Apr. S. Henry F. Hamblin, Marstons Mills, 81 y., 5 m., 11 d. Apr.15. Catherine M. Bearse (Chipman), Centerville, 64 y., 9 m., 1 d. 113 Apr.16. Rolinza Baker, Santuit, 73 y., 10 m., 27 d. Apr.16. Kathryn G. Ryder, Cotuit, 9 m., 27 d. Apr.20. Nellie A. Fish, (Allyn), West Barnstable, 69 y., 1 m., 9 d. May 1. George F. Fish, West Barnstable, 73 y., 11 m., 8 d. May 1. John Rogers, Cotuit, 53 y., 11 m., 16 d. May 2. Veranus Nickerson, Harwichport, 83 y., 11 m., 25 d. May 10. Joseph Snow, North Harwich, 69 y., 5 m., 7 d. May 13. Sophronia D. Hinckley (crest), Osterville, 71 y., 3 m., 6 d. May 19. Watson H. Bearse, Yarmouth, 78 y. June 4. Caroline P. Crocker (Pulsifer), Hyannis, 92 y., 5 m. June S. Helen Corbin Warren (Hurd), New York City, 55 y. June 9. James W. Lottie, Hyannis, 75 y., 8 m., 9 d. June 11. Antone Robello, Cotuit, 24 y., 8 m., 8 d. June 13. Benjamin F. Crocker, Barnstable, 64 y., 9 m., 9 d. June 17. Osborne Warren Bearse, Santuit, 73 y., 9 m., 22 d. June 17. James McQuade, Cotuit, 67 y. June 20. Eliza H. West (Handy), Osterville, 88 y., 2 m., 6 d. June 22. Gloria Frances Williams, Hyannis, 3 hrs. June 23. Christian H. Burkholder, Osterville, 80 y., 6 m., 16 d. July 2. Julia A. Pickering (Weaver), Hyannis, 93 y., 11 m. July 5. George B. Holbrook, Springfield, 75 y., 9 m., 8 d. July 17. Thomas Chatfield, Cotuit, 91 y., 1 m., 18 d. July 25. Julia L. Connolly (Stevens), Hyannis, 50 y., 2 m. July 26. Eva Hakkarainen, Centerville, 38 y. July 27. Manuel Frazier, Santuit, 11/2 hrs. Aug. 1. Alice.T. Bearse, Hyannis, 82 y., 10 m. 114 Aug. 2. Josephine C. Bearse (Paine), Centerville, 78 y., 9 m., 25 d. Aug. 2. Maude Pineo Chase (Pineo), Hyannis, 71 y., 3 m., 4 d. Aug. 5. (Stillborn). Aug. 8. Annetta A. Phillips (Litus), Hyannis, 63 y., 9 m., 21 d. Aug.12. Eliza A. Crocker, West Barnstable, 85 y., 9 m., 10 d. Aug.15. (Infant) Baker, Cotuit, 1 hr. Aug.18. George Adams Peak, Hyannis, 15 y., 10 m. Aug.24. Augustus Coleman, Osterville, 43 y., 8 m., 8 d. Aug.25. .Mary Helen Beals, (Nicholson), New York City, 51 y., 10 m., 3 d. Aug.27. Angeline F. Parker, (Bearse), Barnstable, 86 y., 5 m., 15 d. Aug.31. Thomas F. Green, Hyannis, 56 y. Sept. 3. Margaret G. McCabe (Shuraly), Hyannisport, 43 y., 9 m., 23 d. Sept. 4. Mary E. Bryant (Stavis), Cambridge, 62 y., 11 m., 15 d. Sept.14. James Mullaly, Sandwich, 20 y., 11 m., 30 d. Sept.15. Ploomie C. Lovell (Bearse), Centerville, 80 y., 10 m., 6 d. Sept.15. Annie ,G. Taylor (Leonard), Haverhill, 51 y. Sept.23. Mary E. Mayo (Sparrow), Orleans, 72 y., 2 d. Sept.24. Augusta Hinckley Crocker (Hinckley), Hyannis, 84 y., 4 m., 7 d. Sept.30. Elizabeth Curtis (Graham), Cotuit, 63 y., 10 m., 13 d. Oct. 4. Emma Louise Coleman (Baxter), Hyannis, 74 y., 11 d.. Oct. 6. Gustaf H. Baker, Cotuit, 2 y., 11 d. Oct. 8. Millard F. Adams, Cotuit, 58 y., 13 d. Oct. 13. Charles Cahoon, Barnstable, 65 y., 1 m., 27 d. Oct. 18. William Ellsworth Delorey, Wellfleet, 18 y., 5 m. Oct. 19. Frederick D. Parker, Osterville, 78 y., 4 m. list Oct. 24. Joseph Winthrop Cook, Hyannis, 68 y., 3 m., 23 d. Oct. 25. Arthur LeRoy Ellis, South Harwich, 5 y., 3 d. Oct. 25. Joseph B. Small, Hyannis, 37. y., 8 m., 18 d. Oct. 29. 'Harriet A. Wight, 'Hyannis, 90 y. Nov. 2. Sylvester F. Baker, West Dennis, 86 y., 2 m., 17 d. Nov. 3. Bess C. Heath (Taylor), Boston, 56 y., 9 m., 24 d. Nov. 6. Nancy C. Hinckley, Hyannisport, 81 y., 4 m., 22 d. Nov.11. Gideon Freeman, Harwichport, 81 y., 11 m., 19 d. Nov.15. Daniel Hathaway, Hyannisport, 73 y., 8 m. Nov.19. Charles Franklin Marr, Osterville, 1 y., 1 d. Nov. 20. Mary A. Baxter (Baker), Tewksbury, 68 y. Nov.23. George A. Smith, Barnstable, 82 y., 4 m., 18 d. Nov.24. Anthony Champagne, Centerville, 25 y. , Nov.24. Effie Kelley, Centerville, 3 m., 24 d. Dec. 14. (Stillborn). Dec. 15. Cyrus F. Fish, West Barnstable, 70 y., 2 m., 22 d. Dec. 17. Clarington E. Higgins, Hyannis, 67 y. Dec. 19. John Clarke Bodfish, Hyannis, 5 m., 25 d. Dec. 22. William C. Kelley, Centerville, 82 y., 6 m., 11 d. Dec. 23. Susan S. Matthews (Lewis), Hyannis, 83 y., 1 m., 25 d. Dec. 23. John James Abercrombie, Hyannis, 62 y., 28 d. Dec. 29. Charles C. Crocker, Hyannis, 91 y., 4 m., 8 d. Brought here for burial: Jan. 10. Hilda Lagergren, Boston, 21 y., 4 m., 18 d. Feb. 1. Irene Cash, Brockton, 73 y., 7 m., 8 d. Feb. 4. Elizabeth E. Lovell, Salem, 72 y. 116 Feb. 7. Elizabeth N. Backus, Boston, 74 y. Feb. 20. Adeline L. Hallett, Newton, 79 y. Apr. 13. Benjamin Harrison Swift, Medford, 76 y., 6 m., 12 d. July 27. Eloise B. Weeks, Brockton, 65 y., 3 m., 11 d. Aug. 7. Kenneth Franklin Clark, Falmouth, 23 y., 2 ni., 9 d. Oct. 9. Emily B. Taylor, Boston, 48 y. Oct. 27. Miriam D. Doane, Manhattan, N. Y., 81 y., 8 m., 5 d. Dec. 3. Ann J. Harrington, Boston, 72 y., 10 m., 15 d. CLAR'ENCE M. CHASE, Town Clerk. JURY: LIST, 1923 Victor Anderson Barrel Maker Roscoe Brackett Truckman Charles H. Brown Hotel Keeper Merton Bates Painter F. Burton Buck Shoe Merchant Edwin L. Ballard Bookkeeper William,H. Baxter Retired Charles L. Barry Retired Benjamin E. Blossom Ice and Coal Dealer Clarence Bangs Retired Peter Campbell Caretaker Zenas Crocker Farmer Lauchlan M. Crocker Coal Dealer - Donald O. Coffin Electrician Maurice G. Crocker Merchant Harold Crosby Hotel Keeper Timothy Crocker Retired James H. Connolly. Automobile Dealer Ernest O. Dottridge Janitor John Daniel Farmer Henry C. Davis Merchant Arthur E. Dyer Merchant Albert L. Edson Retired Calvin H. Fuller Painter Thomas B. Fuller Manager Walter I. Fuller Merchant Irving H. Fuller Electrician William F. Fitzgerald Manager Joseph W. Gardner Truckman Cecil Goodspeed Bookkeeper 118 Frank L. Handy Salesman Abbott L. Harlow Carpenter M. Raymond Harlow Cranberry Grower Everett L. Hosie Florist Lawrence D. Hinckley Painter Joseph P. Hallett Carpenter Harry L. Holway Blacksmith William D. Holmes Carpenter Russell D. F. Hall Retired Frank P. Hallett Retired William H. Irwin Retired Samuel B. Jenkins Mechanic Velorius E. Jones Meat Dealer Roland T. Kelley Carpenter Herbert L. Lovell Fisherman Leonidas B. Lewis Auto Supplies Charles W. Megathlin Druggist James Murphy Baker John V. O'Neil Grocer Thomas W. Nickerson Stone Cutter James Otis Retired Elisha S. Penniman Retired Ivor Pelton Farmer Frank K. Rich Auto Supplies Bertram F. Ryder Cranberry Grower Carleton I. Ryder Painter Harold W. Sears Auto Dealer Benjamin Sears Merchant William P. Saint Insurance Henry L. Sherman Mason John J. Shuley Clerk Clarence E. Stevens Clerk Joyce Taylor Retired John S. Whittaker Retired Henry Waterman Retired REPORT OF THE ROAD COMMITTEE The Road Committee at a meeting held early in the Spring voted to approve of a contract being made with Thomas & Murphy for sealcoating'the roads built last year, using 1/4 of a gallon of oil per square yard and keeping the roads sanded during the year, at a price of fifteen cents, ($0.15) per square yard, also for the rebuilding of Crosby road, Osterville, completing the Cotuit and West Barnstable road, Sea Street, Hyannis, and a portion of the Hyannis and Barnstable road, at a price of $1.25 per square yard, this price not to include the cost of grading, etc. The above work-has been completed and an itemized list of the amount expended is as follows, viz: Sealcoating 36,179 sq. yds. @ $0.15 $5,426 85 Cotuit and W. Barnstable road, 18,042 sq. yds. - @ $1.25 22,552 50 Crosby road, Osterville, 3,436 sy. yds. @ $1.25 4,295 00 Sea Street, Hyannis, 10,266 sq. yds. @ $1.25 12,832 50 Hyannis and Barnstable road, 762 sq. yds. @ $1.50 1,143 00 Hyannis and Barnstable road, 5,777 sq. yds. @ $1.25 7,221 25 Grading, etc., Cotuit and West Barnstable road 2,910 97 Grading, etc., Sea Street, Hyannis 321 35 Grading, etc., Hyannis and Barnstable road, 1,562 13 Building 1,310 feet of Fences @ $0.75 per foot 982 50 120 Extra rail and repairs to fences 151 36 Building 345 feet of Curbing @ $0.75 per foot 258 75 Culverts 210 00 Catch Basins 58 81 Total Expenditures $59,926 97 Appropriation $60,000 00 Expended 59,926 97 Unexpended balance $73 03 The Committee desiring to have as complete a know- ledge as possible regarding the construction and condition of the roads which had been built during the past few years, engaged the services of an Engineer to make an examination of these roads and the report made by him follows: 17 Webster St., Middleboro, Mass. Dec. 16, 1.922. Mr. John C. Bearse, See'y, Road Committee, Town of Barnstable, Hyannis, Mass, Dear Sir: As requested, I have looked over the roads in Barnstable. constructed under the direction of the Road Committee, be- tween West Barnstable and Osterville, Cotuit and West Barnstable, on Sea Street, and between Hyannis and Barn- stable and would report as follows: As the ground was frozen it was not practicable to dig into the surfaces and obtain samples of the mixtures, gen- erally; but with_ roads that have been constructed long 121 enough so the seal coat has worn through, it should be possible to obtain a very good idea of the mixture from the appearance of the surface. WEST BARNSTABLE to OSTERVILLE. The section at the West Barnstable R. R. Station is in excellent condition; in fact, I consider it to be in as good condition as any sand and asphalt surface I have seen which has been in use as long as this section has. The section last constructed on this line shows a large number of stones on the surface, and many of these are larger than should have been allowed in the mixture. While some of these stones may have worked in from the should- ers, there would seem to be no doubt that too many large stones were used in the mixture. The large stones are objectionable in that, as the mixture wears, they are dis- lodged by the traffic, forming depressions in which the water settles, causing eventual disintegration; in fact, there are indications of slight disintegration on this sec- tion, not serious as yet, and which can be taken care of by resealing. This section should, however, be' resealed next season. The section towards Osterville also shows indications of some large stones in the mixture, but aside from the sec- tion referred to above, this line is generally in very good condition. COTUIT to WEST BARNSTABLE. The sections at 'Co- tuit and near Marstons Mills are in good condition, and the section constructed during the past season appears all right. SEA STREET. The marks of the calks on the horses' feet, formed apparently during the rolling with a horse roller, are not entirely obliterated, indicating either that the weather was too cold, or that too long an interval elapsed between the rolling with a horse roller and -the steam roller. I also noted some indications of a rather s—s 122 poor mixture—as for instance, a section which had broken off from the edge of the surface showed a rather brown mixture, instead of black as it should'be, and some of the stones were not thoroughly coated with asphalt. I do not consider a sample from the'edge a really fair one, however, as there is always the possibility of sand from the shoulder working into the mixture. HYANNIS to BARNSTABLE. Over a considerable por- tion. of the section at the Barnstable end there is a layer of worn out mixture. This may indicate a poor mixture, or may mean simply that it was so cold when the mixture was spread and rolled that it was not thoroughly com- pacted under the roller, leaving a loose mixture which wears readily. A sample obtained from the edge of the road showed a good, black mixture, the•small stones being well coated; but the mixture appeared somewhat porous, evident- ly not thoroughly compacted. From the appearance of the surface and the sample, it seems evident that the conditions were not favorable for such work when the surface was laid. Under present conditions,'with the ground frozen, it is not possible to determine definitely from the appearance of a new surface whether the mixture is all right, and as stated, it did not seem practicable to obtain samples now. If the, Contractor has not been paid in full for the work on Sea St., and between Hyannis and Barnstable, I would advise that a reserve be made to cover the cost of any work which may be necessary on these sections in the Spring; and in any case, that samples of the mixtures be obtained then and analyzed by a competent chemist to determine whether the proper amount of suitable asphalt was used, and whether the mixture generally is in accordance with the specifications. I would also advise that watch be kept of these sections, and if there are any indications of disintegration, that they 123 be covered with sand and kept covered.until they can be given the necessary treatment in the Spring. In general, I would state that while it should not be necessary—or advisable on account of the increased cost— to screen the material in the ordinary sand pits in Barn- stable, evidently greater care should be used when there are large stones in the sand, in throwing out these stones in the pit; and if necessary, in raking them out when the .mixture is spread on the road. In regard to the use of a horse roller, while its use is ad- vantageous under some conditions, it is not advisable to use one when so stiff a mixture is used that it sets quickly, or if the mixture is put on during cold weather; as in either case too long an interval will elapse before the surface is rolled with the steam roller. To obtain the best results the mixture must be thoroughly compacted—so as to form a mass practically impervious to moisture, as moisture tends to cause frost action in Winter, resulting in cracking or disintegration, and for thorough consolidation rolling with a steam roller while the conditions are favorable, and before the mixture. sets, is necessary. It is also not advisable to .lay a sand and asphalt surface during cold weather as it is practically impossible to thoroughly compact the mix.• ture under such conditions. While the length of time a, sang] and asphalt surface will go without resealing depends upon the materials used, the local conditions and the kind and amount of travel, it has been found that ordinarily such a surface should be re- sealed.once in five or six years. For resealing I would advise about a 65 per cent road oil as I think this gives bet- ter results, at a less cost, than the heavier oil ordinarily used for the first treatment. The use of such an oil re- sults, not only in a thorough bond between the seal coat land the mixture, but it also slightly fluxes the asphalt in the mixture, forming a very dense surface. About 1/4 1.24 gal. of oil should be used per sq. yd. As a matter of record, and to relieve the Committee of a certain amount of responsibility, I would suggest that it would be well when work is done by contract to have sam- ples of the asphalt, and also of the mixture, analyzed, and the depth of the mixture determined definitely at various points; and that the work be inspected once or twice dur- ing its progress, or at least before it is approved, by an en- gineer competent to pass upon such work. Respectfully submitted, W. R. FARRINGTON, Consulting Highway Engineer. The matter of rebuilding roads the coming year has been considered and it has been decided to recommend the following appropriation for this year, viz:— Sealcoating roads rebuilt last year $6,000 00 Completing the Hyannis and Barnstable road 45,000 00 Rebuilding the Hyannis and Yarmouth road from a point near the Texas Oil Co. to the Yar- mouth line 15,000 00 Rebuilding a portion of the Centerville and W. Barnstable road 4,000 00 Repairs on Roads 30,000 00 From the-amount for Repairs it is further recommended that $1,000.00 be expended for completing the Seapuit road, providing an equal amount be raised by subscription and expended on this road and that enough be taken from this appropriation to make some necessary repairs on the Cotuit and Santuit road. The Committee realize that this road should be rebuilt but do not feel that it can be done this year. The amount remommended for the Centerville 125 and West Barnstable road the Committe feel is in a way an experiment, while most of the center of this, road is in good condition, the shoulders or edges are gone and it' is believed that these edges can be rebuilt and thus save the center. Respectfully submitted, Road Committee of the Town of Barnstable. By'JOHN BURSLEY, Chairman. JOHN C. BEARSE, Clerk. REPORT OF THE PARK COMMISSIONERS 1922 Several years ago a number of interested citizens con- ceived the idea of making an athletic field and playground at the High School in Hyannis. The task was not an easy one owing to the nature of the lot which necessitated an extraordinary amount of grading and loaming. In -spite of this, however, and, with not a large amount of money on hand, work wasbegun only to be interrupted and dis- continued for a while by the coming of the war. Three years ago the work was resumed and, with the accumulated funds which had been contributed in a large measure through the generosity of Mr. James Otis and Mr. Frank D. F. Howard, and the appropriation by the Town of such sums as were asked for, the field was put into good condition for football and baseball purposes and turned over, at our last Town Meeting, by the park commission- ers, who were a special committee in charge of the work, to the school authorities. Your park commissioners, therefore, have had nothing to do with the grounds this last year except to provide. from their funds for the payment of the small sum which the care of the flower bed immediately in front of the build- ing has occasioned. The payment of this bill was looked after formerly by the tree warden, but since the institution of park commissioners, has been in their hands. 127 No other school grounds in town have received any care of the park commissioners or any portion of the money appropriated for parks'* Last year at the graduation exercises of the High School one ,of the young men in his graduation essay made an earnest plea for a practical and artistic development of the entire grounds. Such development would require the expenditure of not a little money. The park.commission- ers would not recommend an appropriation for this pur- pose at this time but suggest that the matter be taken into consideration for action in the near future. Park Square in Hyannis has received its usual care and in addition a substantial coating of dressing was applied in the late fall. In Barnstable and West Barnstable nothing new has been attempted. The increasing demand for resting places for automobile parties has been noted by your commissioners and the desire of our own home folks for an area for pic- nic parties. In calling the attention of the late Mr. Paul Crocker and his son to these facts. it resulted in a gift of a lot of land in West Barnstable .for the purpose desired. iWe have a deed of the property containing a few acres on the mail route to Centerville. The only condition of the bestowal of this gift is that it shall be called Crocker Park. A little work has been done for the improvement of the lot and we hope to put it in good condition before another summer. In Osterville the grounds around the old school building which at the last Town Meeting was placed in charge of the commissioners were improved by building a small wall of field stone where it was especially needed to preserve the shape of the lot and keep it in grass. The mason work was done by Mr. Joseph Tallman who generously donated his own time. We are also endeavoring to put in order a piece of ground belonging to the town which forms a large 128 triangle in the roads leading into and by the Osterville cemeteries. Five very beautiful specimen trees have been purchased from the Marston place in Centerville and we plan for three beds with flowering shrubs in the apexes of the triangle and a driveway carefully laid out allowing automobiles to turn'here without going into the cemetery. This has been a spot that has long needed attention and will be much improved. There are in Osterville also a number of small triangles which need attention. In Marstons Mills as things are at present it seems best to grade a triangular plot between the Osterville and West Barnstable roads and plant it in grass in the lower end and honeysuckle and low growing shrubs in the upper. Arrangements have been made for.attending to this in the early spring. Cotuit at present seems to lack parks 'or triangles that need attention. We regard it rather a model in respect to its being well kept up,by its own residents. At the Annual Meeting last March an article was in- serted in the warrant in regard to raising and appropriat- ing a sum of money for acquiring a tract of land on Craig- ville or Centerville Beach for bathing purposes. This ar- ticle called forth an animated, discussion almost entirely in favor of the town's so doing. There was scarcely a dis- senting voice and not a few expressed themselves enthusi- astically in regard to the valuable resource and acquisition such property would prove. It was demonstrated that as la bathing beach it was almost unsurpassed, having in all the United States only two or three superior. For loca- tion it is undoubtedly better situated than any other see- tion of the town as regards accommodating the largest number of people, both permanent and summer residents. It is easily accessible by splendid roads and has proved it- self unspeakably popular by the multitude of pleasure seek- ers who each day' throng its shores. For the park commis- 129 sioners to enter into a further discussion than will follow immediately in a detailed recommendation seems unneces- sary. Owing to insufficient data last year in regard to exact location desired, present ownership, assessed valuation, etc., no action was taken further than passing the following vote, namely that the Park Commission be instructed to report at the next meeting as to location desired, present ownership, assessed valuation, and method of taking. In response to this vote we respectfully submit the following: A RECOMMENDATION The Board of Park Commisioners of the Town of Barn- stable wishes to recommend to the town the purchase of a certain parcel of land in or near the village of Centerville as a town beach to be used at will by the public for bath- ing or other recreational purposes. We wish to draw at- tention to the fact that this land in so much 'as it is now free of dwelling houses or other buildings of value is avail- able at this time at a lower figure than it is likely to be in the future. The land in question is' adjacent to a town landing making a small public beach with an inadequate shore frontage of only 240 feet. The land to the westward of this town landing is already well built up with perma- nent residences. We wish to recommend the purchase of the entire tract running to the eastward as far as the westward boundary of the bathing beach of the Craigville Association. This would provide ashore frontage of about eleven hundred feet, with an average width of one hun- dred feet. This portion of land has been assessed during the last three years at a value of $500 per lot of one hundred feet width. With the 25 per cent additional required this would bring it to a maximum price of $6,875. The Com- mission wishes to suggest that this be offered. In event of this price being refused, we wish to recommend that the town acquire the said property by the right of eminent do- main. 130 The Commission wishes to draw attention to the fact that this piece of land immediately adjoins, and is in no way in- ferior to the aforementioned land of the Craigville Asso- ciation, which is considered not only by far the best beach in the town, but also in point of view of sandy bottom, a proper depth of water, and a safety from undertow or other dangers, one of the best'in the United States. The location of the beach immediately on a tar road, half way between Cotuit and Hyannis, makes it equally available to all residents of the town. The Commissioners have had a survey made of this land and have, for the consideration of all who may be in- terested, a map with the title holders, measurements and boundaries. In concluding this report we wish to say that your com- missioners are proceeding with caution in the expenditure of money deeming it best to enter into no extravagant plans until fully considered and regarded as permanent im- provements. The Financial statement of the year follows Respectfully submitted, WILLIAM F. JENKINS, JEAN G. HINKLE, SAMUEL W. HALLETT, Park Commissioners. 131 Amount appropriated $1,000 00 Amount expended: In Barnstable and West Barnstable: William F. Jenkins, labor $11 90 J. H. Blossom, labor 3 20 J. H. Blossom, horse hire and manure 8 00 In Osterville: Higaho Farm, labor 12 00 Higaho Farm, trees and shrubs, plants, etc. 67 00 Higaho Farm, manure 10 00 Vincent J. Cross, stone 5 00 Scudder Brothers, soil 3 50 Port Fortune Farm,labor 12 00 Port Fortune Farm, manure 8 00 Port Fortune Farm, stone 5 00 A. W. Lawrence, manure 8 00 A. W. Lawrence, stone 36 25 J. W. Tallman, labor and material 22 81 In Marstons Mills: Robert F. Cross, labor 10 00 Robert F.Cross, soil 15 00 .,Robert F. Cross, plants 25 00 Robert F. Cross, shrubs 7 50 In Hyannis: Rufus Gorham, manure 31 00 Frank P. Hallett, labor 22 50 George F. Hart, labor 7 65 Craigville Beach: Frederick 0. Smith, for survey and plan 25 00 356 31 Balance on hand Dec. 31, 1922 $643 69 REPORT OF SEALER of WEIGHTS and MEASURES Sealed Adjusted Condemned Platform scales 70 2 2 Counter scales 30 Beam scales 6" Spring scales 63 4 20 Computing scales 51 5 2 Prescription scales 3 Slot-weighing 1 Weights scales 442 6 Apothecaries' scales 54 Liquid measures 195 15 Dry measures 2 Oil pumps 65 1 6 Molasses pumps 10 Yard sticks 32 3 Total 1,024 18 46 There has been issued by me: Transient Venders' Licenses 43 County Licenses, to County 3 Town Pedlers' Licenses 39 Veterans' State Licenses, to State 3 State Licenses, to State 6 3 Junk Licenses, to Town 3 Fees Collected $79 20 E. L. HOXIE, Sealer of Weights and Measures REPORT OF THE CAPE COD HEALTH BUREAU Board of Health, December 31, 1922 Town of Barnstable, Mass. Gentlemen: Any plan which contributes to the better health and physical safety of the people comes under the obligation of'the Board of Health. To be sure, there are many ail- ments that are wholly a private matter—unless such inca- pacity may make the citizen a town charge. There are many conditions which affect us as a group, and from whichi we must be protected, not only one from another but even from ourselves. There is no way of handling such cases ex- cept through a central board which can deal with all of us firmly, justly and with expedition. The passive acceptance of adverse conditions is a thing of the past, and we should now take active steps to protect our people. One frequently hears the question: "What do we get for our money?" This is only a 'natural question intended to determine whether or not we are receiving the value of our money. In the town of Barnstable, the resident tax•• payer pays about eleven cents on every thousand dollars assessed for this service. Is it possible to buy cheaper in- surance for the same quality of service? Less than si:;: cents for the protection of your milk and other foods, the supervision of your water supply, sewage disposal, nuis- ances, communicable diseases, for free literature and lee- 134 tures on health subjects and free consultation service for any questions connected with health matters. If you buy six stamps and throw away five—that is your personal con- cern. You have paid for your goods and may use as little as you choose. There is no home without some Health Problem. Have you solved yours? The law of our land is broken every minute,-murderers, felons and traitors are constantly escaping recognition and punishment. Why? Because it would take one police of- ficer to every person if it were necessary to maintain all law by enforcement. That the majority of people wish to do right for the sake of their friends and relatives is what makes our nation the greatest nation in the world, in spite of the many wrongs we see or imagine. If one knows of the trans- gression of health laws, it is their duty to inform the health officer or their board of health. It is a hundred to one shot that the board or its agent knows nothing of the trouble, and there is not money enough on Cape Cod to buy service that can watch every one all of the time: "Public Health Work" has for its objective the preven- tion of diseases. The common communicable diseases, while of short duration, take their toll of life and money. The diseases of adult life that cost all of us so much in cash, anxiety, lost friends and hopes, are usually planted in childhood, and most of them can be prevented if recog nized early. Every life saved or sickness avoided means real money to your town which may be spent in trade, im- provements or recreations. Why do the large stores and industries spend thousands of dollars to keep their em- ployees healthy? It is not their love for. mankind, but a strong business investment which has proved itself over and over again. For every hour lost by sickness, or a trained employe lost by death means hundreds of thousands of dollars lost over a period of time. Such work has al- 135 ready increased the average length of life by fifteen years since 1870. If such work is of value to one group of people, why should it not be useful to us? It costs about two dollars and a half a year to protect a $2,000 house against fire loss, and eve are not disappointed if the house fails to burn down each year. A lost house may be rebuilt, a lost life is irretrievable! Would you pay eleven cents to protect a life against disease and death? In either case the insurance is not a guarantee that the house will not take fire, or the individual die, but you have done all in your.power to offset the catastrophe. If you take a quart of milk a day, would you give one pint to know that the other 728 pints were clean and safe for your children to drink? Would you give a loaf of bread to know that your other bakery products were clean and wholesome? Your child can be absolutely protected against diphtheria. Is it worth a dime to save its life, or at least protect it and yourself against a severe illness with the attendant costs? Is it better business to pay cents for protection., or dollars for cure? In the last analysis, the summer resident of two months pays over one half of our protection for twelve months. The following report shows something of the foundation already laid. With this to build upon, and the cooperation', of every citizen, there is not a parallel investment among all of our appropriations. Sanitary Inspections: Dairies, 3,141; milk samples, 521; below standard, 110; sediment tests, 1,240; milk supplies improved since July 1, 1921, 149; new barns, 15; remod- elled, 31 (since May 15, 1922) ; cattle tuberculin tested, 72; *In compliance with the many requests for a report of the work as a whole, the above figures have been submitted. For those wishing details regarding the above items, such will be gladly'submitted. 136 reactors killed, 4; food product places (not dairies), 55; private premises, 214; oyster grant surveys, 2 (four weeks' work) ; clam grant surveys, 1 (ten days' work) ; school san- itary inspections, 123; wells analyzed, 48; state condemned, 5; new water connections, 21; new sewer connections, 29: Communicable diseases: Visits to make diagnosis, 207; secondary visits, 99; cases quarantined, 195; laboratory tests, and immunization,492; examined suspects, 846; health conferences with individuals and groups, 340. Schools and educational: Lectures, 44; ' attendance, 6,157; literature distributed, 2,942 pieces;,individual exam- ination of children, 7,027; found with defects, 4,684; de- fects corrected, 1,080; nutritional clinics, 76; weighed and measured, 657; conferences with parents, 161; baby clinics, 10; Schick clinics, 2; tested, 121; found susceptible to diph- theria, 87; found not susceptible, 34. Respectfully submitted, R. B. SPRAGU�E, Health Officer.and Medical School Inspector. Field Agent U. S. Public Health Service. REPORT OF FOREST WARDEN West Barnstable, Mass., February 5, 1923. To the Selectmen of the Town of Barnstable, Gentlemen.: In the year just passed we have :had more than the usual number of small wood and grass fires,, the first one on. January 2d, 1922, and so through the year, no month passing without several alarms. The first of May we had the most extensive fires that I have known in this town. The Gypsy.Moths have killed a large proportion of our oak woods and the ground..at that time was strewn with dead branches and everything very dry, only waiting for a favorable breeze and some careless person to drop a match. On May 1st the 'wind was right and the match was applied, and that day we had six widely separated fires burning, four• of them were of formidable proportions, sweeping down before a high wind, the flames mounting at times fifty feet above the tall tree tops. There was no power at our command to arrest it until many acres had been burned over. The, expense for fighting those fires was large, more than four hundred men with forty automobiles being in attendance, many buildings were threatened, but none were burned. Given like conditions we may expect similar destructive and costly fires each year. There are in the town large B-10 138 areas of dead and dying trees, and each year we note the pleasure seekers, campers and hunters travelling the roads and by-ways through our woods in ever increasing num- bers. The fire menace has increased in recent years at an alarming rate. The State Forest Fire observer is a great help in locat- ing fires and giving timely warning, but we should be better prepared to respond promptly with extinguishers and tools ready for instant use: Much valuable time is lost in securing a truck, gathering up the tools and reach- ing the fire., As the most critical time appears to be of only, a few weeks and then at the week ends and holidays, it seems to me a practical thing to have a small truck.loaded with extinguishers and tools with two or more men in attendance ready to respond to an alarm of fire at once on Saturdays, Sunday's and Holidays for a period of three or four weeks in the Spring when the danger is greatest. Respectfully submitted, Z. H. JENKINS, . Forest Warden. REPORT OF TREE WARDEN To the citizens of the Town of Barnstable: I hereby submit to you- the annual report of my work as tree warden. -The past year the work of this department has been carried on in practically the same manner as last year.. Early in the spring, while the trees were still dormant, the street trees, in the different sections of the town:were gone,over and given the necessary pruning. - Three hundred young, sturdy, nursery grown maple trees were planted along the streets. The young trees planted in previous years were dug, around, fertilized and pruned. I have removed 28 large trees. Most of them were sil- ver oaks. This variety of tree ought not to be planted on or near our streets, because of a disease which now affects them. Thirty-two trees were run into by automobiles and the injuries treated. During May two sprayers were put to work spraying the tent caterpillars along the town highways. Spraying was done for the elm tree beetle, but I am glad to report that this pest was not very prevalent. Tong our wooded roads and highways many of the native trees are dead, due to the devastation caused by .forest fires and the gypsy. During severe storms many are 140 blown across the road and become a source of danger to traffic. Provision should be made for the removal of those trees which are constantly endangering the public. Expenditures will be found on another page. Respectfully, ROBERT F:CROSS. REPORT 'OF, THE MOTH DEPARTMENT To the Selectmen of Barnstable: I hereby submit a report of the Gypsy Moth Department, as is the custom at the end of each fiscal year. The manner of conducting the work of exterminating the Gypsy, and Brown-tail Moths has not differed materially from that of other years; and I have been able to make satisfactory progress practicing at the same time the strict- est economy. It is gratifying to see that the importance of the work is becoming more appreciated all the time by the property owners, and that they are all cooperating with us so ear- nestly in the work. In the villages and along the main highways, where creo- soting and spraying has been done each year, no signs of feeding were noticed, and very few Gypsy egg masses are to be found in the areas that have had this treatment. In fact, in all the areas throughout the town that have had yearly care the results are very gratifying. Creosoting of the egg ,masses was done during,March and April, in the residential sections where necessary. Spraying operations started May 24th and continued through to July 3d. Spraying was done on all the trees along the highways in the villages throughout the town. Spraying was also done'on the state highways, on the property of citizens, on cranberry bogs, on orchards, etc., the owners paying the actual cost of the work and materials. 142 After the spraying was discontinued the machines were repaired, cleaned and stored at Osterville. Very few'Brown-tails were to be found; the infestation which threatened us at Sandy Neck has been checked by Parasites and disease. The Parasites or natural enemies of the Gypsy Moth were more abundant than usual in many sections of the town. The fact remains however, that in many sections the introduced Parasites were not abundant enough to be effective. Expenditures and receipts will be found on another page+ of this report. Respectfully submitted, ROBERT F. CROSS. REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE To the Citizens of the Town of Barnstable: We respectfully submit the following report on the Publie Schools, prepared by the Superintendent. and •Secretary, for the year ending December 31, 1922: EDWARD C. HINCKLEY ALLEN CHADWICK RICHARD COBB ORGANIZATION OF THE SCHOOL BOARD Members Term Expires Residence Edward C. Hinckley 1925 Hyannis Allen Chadwick 1924 Osterville *John E. Hinckley 1923 Barnstable Richard Cobb 1923 Barnstable •Resigned, April, 1922. G. H. Galger, Superintendent ofSchools, Hyannis Office Hours:, Evenings, 8 to 9; Saturdays, 1 to 4 and 8 to 9 P. M.. Chairman of Board—Edward C. Hinckley Secretary of Board—G. H. Galger, Tel. 71-3, Res. 408 144 Auditing Committee—Edward C. Hinckley, Allen Chad- wick, Richard Cobb. Committee on Examination of Teachers—Superintendent. Purchaser of Books, Apparatus and Supplies=Superin- tendent. Special Committee in Charge of School Buildings at Cen- terville and Hyannis—Edward C. Hinckley. Special Committee in Charge of School Buildings at Barn- stable,.West Barnstable and Marstons Mills—Richard Cobb. Special -Committee in Charge of School Buildings at Cotuit, Santuit and Osterville—Allen Chadwick. Committee on Transportation of Scholars to High Schools —E. C. Hinckley, Allen Chadwick, Richard Cobb. Attendance Officers—I. H. Ellis, Barnstable; Wm. Potter, Cotuit and Santuit; W. B. Cammett, .Marstons Mills; Geo. F. Hart, Hyannis; T. V. West, Centerville; Chester Ti. Baker, Osterville. CALENDAR, 1923 The High Schools begin January 9, 1923, and continue 11 weeks; April 3, 1923, and continue 13 weeks; the first Tuesday after the first Monday in September, 1923, and continue 16 weeks. The Elementary Schools, unless otherwise ordered, begin January 9, 1923, and continue 11 weeks; April 3, 1923, and continue 12 weeks; September 10, 1923, and continue 15 weeks. Calendar .subject to change.- SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT To the School Committee of Barnstable: In accordance with the,rules of the School 'Committee, I herewith submit my eighteenth annual report on the Pub- . lie Schools, the same being the thirty-second in the series of superintendent's reports. CHANGES IN THE TEACHING FORCE Some fourteen changes in the teaching force took place during the year. There were many more candidates than in. the preceding year, but the number having both ex- perience and good recommendations was almost unbelievably sinall, and it proved necessary to employ several having little or no experience but with good references. It is unnecessary to dwell on the inevitable loss to the schools ,caused by such frequent changes. It is one of the most regrettable of the many unsolved problems of public school administration. It is worth noting that in the cities the an- nual change of teachers is ten per cent, in the small towns, including Barnstable, it is forty per cent. Withdrawals and Appointments are noted,below Withdrawals: Georgia W. Horr, Norman S. Tukey, Lillian G. Murdock, Ruth Chandler, Christabel Snow,Burton W. Sanderson,Mrs. B. W. Sanderson, Mary IIobbs; Etta B. Trecartin, Russell E. Tupper, Wm. H. Greeley, Eleanor S. Bourne, Isadore El- dredge. 146 Appointments: Consuelo Goodwin, Annie H. Bearse, Wendell F. Fogg, Victor F. Adams, Constance J. Garren, Stephen A. Griffin, Josephine Fellows, Lulu E. Eckberg, Logan J. Massee, Hannah,W. Fuller, Roy J. Campbell, Harriette V. Draper, Miriam Starr, Mary M. Hallett. A majority of those withdrawing had given most ac- ceptable service. Miss Horr and Miss Murdock accepted positions nearer their respective homes. Miss Murdock had taught efficiently at Marstons Mills for some fifteen years; Miss Warner was transferred from Santuit to the,position thus vacated. Mr. Tukey resigned to complete his college course. Miss Snow, after seventeen years of service, was voted leave of absence. Increasing numbers rendered the employment of additional teachers necessary 'at the Barn- stable Village Primary and the Barnstable High Schools, . and Annie H. Bearse and Miriam Starr were appointed re- spectively to these positions. The list.of teachers, as of January, 1923, follows: 147- LIST OF TEACHERS, JANUARY, 1923 Schools Teachers When Appointed Barnstable: Grammar Grace C. Smith Sept., 1921 Intermediate Consuelo Goodwin Sept., 1922 Intermediate, III and AV Marion F. McKinnon Sept., 1918 Primary Annie H. Bearse . Sept., 1922 West Barnstable: Grammar Wendell F. Fogg Sept., 1922 Intermediate Susie W. Merritt. Mar., 1910 Primary Bertha S. Weber Sept., 1911 Marstons Mills: Grammar Elizabeth A. Brown Sept_ 1919. Primary Caroline H. Warner Sept., 1907 Cotuit: Elizabeth Lowell High Stephen A. Griffin Sept., 1922 Elizabeth Lowell High Josephine Fellows Sept., 1922 Grammar Victor F. Adams Oct., 1922 Intermediate Bertha A. Newcomb Jan., 1922 Primary Constance J. Garren Sept., 1922 Santuit: Lulu E. Eckberg Sept., 1922 Osterville: Grammar Logan J. Massee Sept., 1922 Intermediate Eliza S. Whittemore Sept., '1918 Intermediate, III and IV Christine Murray Sept., 1921 Primary Alta B. Crosby Sept., 1921 Centerville: Grammar Hannah W. Fuller Sept., 1922 Primary Katharine Ormsby Sept., 1918 Hyannis: Barnstable High Louis M. Boody Oct., 1895 Sub-master Roy J. Campbell Sept., 1922 Com'1 Inst'r. Sarah N. Ward Sept., 1918 Assistant Lillian L. Decatur Mar., 1916 Assistant Alice O. Dow Sept., 1920 Assistant Miriam Starr Sept., 1922 Assistant Harriette V. Draper Sept., 1922 Training School: Grades VIII and IX Wm. G. Currier Sept., 1911 VI and VII Anastasia V. McMullen Jan., 1920 V and VI Emilie ;S. 'Sears Sept., 1914 IV Carrie -B. Dean Sept., 1910 III Mary M. Hallett Sept., 1922 II Bessie A. Morse Sept., 1914 I Grace V. Rowland Sept., 1915 Supt. Drawing and Music Mabelle M. Boody Sept., 1915 148 SCHOOL ENROLMENT AND ATTENDANCE The total ,enrolment, average membership and daily at- tendance each exceeded that of the preceding year. Total Average Daily Enrolment Membership Attendance 1920-21 980 852 781 1921-22 993 925 873 The enrolment for the fall term of 1922 was the largest in the history of the schools. Of the eight school villages five showed an increase over last year. The Barnstable High School had a record entering class of sixty-six and a total enrolment of one hundred sixty-three. The Train- ing School enrolled three hundred seven. In the past ten years the enrolment in the schools,as a whole has increased twenty-eight per cent; in the Training School thirty-four per cent,:and in the Barnstable High seventy-seven per eent. The. enrolment for the fall term in all the schools was 1,063 as compared with 980 for the fall term of 19211 again of 83. The increase in high school enrolment over last year was 17 per cent throughout the state; in Barnstable 22 per cent. The number of pupils enrolled in the high schools, per thousand of the population, was, for the state, twenty-eight; for Barnstable, thirty-six. 149 DETAILED REPORT OF MEMBERSHIP AND ATTENDANCE FOP, THE YEAR ENDING JUNE, 1922 U ti bbD� bpi SCHOOLS Y °' Cd °' Cd Primary: Barnstable .............. 39 36 34 West Barnstable ............. 28 27 25 Marstons Mills ............... 29 27 25 'Cotuit ....................... 27 23 22 Santuit 24 23 22 Osterville .................... 31 30 28 Centerville ................... 38 36, 33 Intermediate: Barnstable .:........:........ 34 33 32 Cd West Barnstable .............. 36 35 33 Cotuit .................... 24 24 22 r. Osterville .................... 23 '21 19 co Osterville .................... 29 27 26 Grammar: Barnstable ............ 32 28 27 West Barnstable............. 35 33 31 Marstons Mills 23 22 21 ICC13 Cotuit ....................... 24 23 22 0 Osterville ................... 35 35 32 ; Centerville .................. 32 29 28 Training School Grade I 36 .30 28 II 36 34 32 III 35 34 32 c. IV ............. 32 30 28 bp V and VI ........... 50 46 44 VI and VII ............ . 51 43 41 VIII and IX ........... 59 55 53 High Schools: Elizabeth Lowell (Cotuit) .... 14 13 12 Barnstable (Hyannis) ........ 137 128 121 Totals 999 925 873 +' �f�NOeD CD�rINOm m Cd O ri OCD C7 L-r..l L- W to h rl r-1 rl co ri p ri C3 a rn H Iw H CO M M M M !U O CD ' N W Lo O I M ~ N H F F-i 00 w T ID M 00 H ri CV C a � 00 O Lfi M L-W W1-1 r- ri r rH� rl rI ri M ri FN O pH O in I m a 1 CID 11 ��� 0 p a H C� CO 4,C�eH 00 In p F ri ri O H O eM r-1 M ri C-G7 O ri H u0l ri Ori O IN t" I M CV r-1 ri ri ri,ri V� ri p s� Cd x Cd 0 �.a Cd� r`i�U0QE-1mW 151 STATISTICS SCHOOL YEAR, 1921-22 1. Number of children residing in town: (a) Five years of age or over and under seven 193 (b) Seven years of age or over and under fourteen 590 (e) Fourteen years of age or over and under sixteen 134 2. Total membership for the year 993 3. Average membership for'the year 925 4. average attendance for the year 873 5. Number of school buildings in use 10 6. Number of public schools 28 7. Number of men teachers . 7 8. Number of women teachers 29 9. Number of supervisors, 1 10. Total number of teachers and supervisors 37 11. Population of the town, U. S. Census, 1920 4,836 12. Valuation of the town $11,004,480.00 SCHOOL BUILDINGS REPAIRS AND IMPROVEMENTS ACCOMPLISHED Of the expenditures made in 1922 a considerable portion, about $2,700, consisted of payments made for obligations incurred the previous year. Extortionate prices charged by the manufacturers for furniture and janitors' supplies, and high freight and express rates have added considerably to the expenses included under "Repairs." Barnstable Village: Expenditures of about $1,400 were for bills carried over 152 for the work referred to in last year's report. Tdtal, in- cluding additional furniture and janitors' supplies, $1,712.56. West Barnstable: . . . In addition to ordinary repairs, extensive improvements were made in this building. The old crematory system was entirely torn out and a thoroughly modern lavatory sys- tem installed, including a large pressure tank. The larger bills incurred were approximately $1,600 for plumbing, $500 for mason work and $1,200 carpentry work and supplies. The total expenditures were $3,630.70. Marstons Mills Minor repairs only were made and •some new furniture purchased. Total expenditures, $204.97. Cotuit: . The cost of the retaining 'wall between the grammar school yard and the Irwin estate, about $400, was paid from the 1922 account; the additional expenditures were 'for ordinary repairs on both buildings. Total $1,289.88. Santuit: Small repairs only made. Total $63.65. Osterville: The Osterville Janitor, by arrangement, in addition to his regular duties, gives his entire time to repairs and im- provements on the building and grounds. additional ex- penditures, $581.72. Centerville: A new floor was laid in the grammar school room in ad- dition to ordinary repairs. Total expenditures, $543..00.' Training School: A bill of about $300 for carpenter work, in :connection with changing rooms, and of $150 for:additional furniture, were among the larger items, these, with many smaller.bills, totaled $1,027.39. Barnstable High: A bill of .about $700 for improvements in the domestic 153 science department, carried over from the previous year, and bills amounting to about $1,200, for installing four new furnaces were the larger obligations incurred. Total expendi- tures, $2,173.23. Total expenditures for "Repairs," $11,227.10. REPAIRS AND IMPROVEMENTS NEEDED It is impossible to say what large obligations it may be necessary to incur under this head the ensuing year. Fences are still to be erected at the Cotuit grammar school grounds, and the expense will be considerable. A year or more ago a ne-%v central furnace was installed in the Training School. The three other furnaces have been in use 26 years, and may need renewal, though this is not certain. It is certain, how- ever, that many unforeseen needs will arise. PROGRESS OF THE SCHOOLS No marked changes have taken place in the routine work of the schools the past year. The adoption of a new spell- ing book, claimed to be a result of the latest scientific stud- ies in the teaching of that subject, has met with favor from the teachers. In the Barnstable High school Miss Draper and Mr. Campbell have maintained the high standard of' work set by their predecessors. The enrolment and interest in both the commercial and household arts courses have increased, and the latter subject seems to have passed the experi- mental stage. The school clubs mentioned in last year's Report are car: rying on in fine spirit their commendable efforts looking to- ward school and community betterment, while Mr. Boody and his assistants, under crowded physical conditions, are making every effort to meet adequately the increasingly diffi- B-11 , 154 cult and complex problems of the modern high school. We were fortunate in being able to secure for the Eliza- beth Lowell High school a principal, who, in addition to the regular subjects, was able to give excellent training in shorthand and typewriting to those desiring it. The mem- bership, spirit and work of this school have shown distinct improvement. It is unfortunate that the boys in high, school cannot have training in some one or more of the manual arts. Many a boy becomes a mediocre-clerk or bookkeeper who could have become a first class mechanic had his natural talents received the right development at the right time. The demand for thoroughly trained and competent car- penters, masons, plumbers, textile, shoe and metal workers was never so great, nor the supply so unsatisfactory, both in quantity and .quality. Individual apprenticeship has practically disappeared, and training for the trades must now be received in schools established for that purpose. The larger towns and cities supply such schools, but they are at present out of reach of most rural communities. THE IMMEDIATE PROBLEM Relieving the badly overcrowded condition of the Barn- stable High school is the problem immediately before us. It is a problem that calls not only for action in regard to present needs, but a long look forward. In seven cases out of eight school building committees fail to look far enough ahead, yet though this is generally known, town after town provides new buildings which in a very few years are out- grown. The minimum average life'of a new school build- ing, without important changes or additions, is certainly not less than ten years, 'more often twenty or more. It would seem, therefore, simple business sense to plan ahead for at 155 least twenty years. It would seem then reasonable to plan for 1. A building that will offer sufficient accommo- dations for the probable enrolment ten or twenty years from now. Should the enrolment increase at the same ratio as in the past ten years, it would be approximately 300 in 1933. 2. A building so equipped with the best modern conveniences and appliances that a.minimum'num- ber of alterations or additions would be needed for a number of years to come,✓ These would seem to be fundamental propositions. Since it is impracticable to add another story to the present buil.d- ing the so called addition would really have to constitute in all respects a, new building, and it is clear that the accommodations of the total plant should be at least twice that of the present building. Every part of the plant should offer the best, and none but the best facilities. for carrying on the work of the school in the most modern_ and efficient fashion. It would seem desirable that there should be included; besides an ample number of regular classrooms, two large rooms for the commercial classes, a goodsized and thorough- ly equipped chemical. laboratory, a physical laboratory and lecture room combined, with facilities for the presentation of moving pictures, adequate and well.lighted quarters for the teaching of domestic science, a lunch room with accom- modations for one hundred or more pupils who bring their lunches, a thoroughly equipped gymnasium, and an as- sembly room capable of accommodating at least 300 if fitted with seats and desks, or 500 if fitted with seats only. The moving picture is already considered an almost in- d.ispensabi.e aid in effective science teaching and a valuable 156 adjunct to the textbook in teaching history, geography and commercial subjects. The war draft tests disproved the prevailing belief that there was a substantial difference in favor of the country boy in the. matter of physical fitness. The difference was extremely slight. Definite, directed physical training pays for itself many times over. The financial side of the problem must be considered. Building and equipment costs, are high, but as there seems little probability of any substantial reduction for several years to come, delay on that account is out of the question.. The financial condition of the town is excellent, far above that of the average small town, the valuation being about $11,000.00 per pupil. Throughout the middle and western states many magnifi- cent new high school buildings have been recently erected; and not infrequently occur the titles, Roosevelt Memorial High School, American Legion Memorial High School;— could there be better memorials? The town of Barnstable is amply able to erect a building worthy of a forward-looking community; it is for the fathers and mothers of our boys and girls to say. MORE DIFFICULT PROBLEMS Among the numerous unsolved problems, common to many schools and affecting our own, are the following: 1. Poor teaching of civics, history and econ- omics, owing to the difficult nature of the subjects and the inadequate training of the teachers. 2. Absence of any systematic nature study, worthy of the name, in most schools. 3. Lack of connected manual training in rural school systems. 157 4. Difficulty of adopting high school curricula and teaching to the varying interests of the pupils who are candidates for college and those who are not. 5. The inevitable and severe losses in efficiency caused by the constant change of teachers. 6. Putting into practice a system of training and instruction which shall adequately develop the entire nature of the pupil, bodily, mental, social, moral and religious. 7. The impossibility of obtaining the most complete development of each individual pupil ow- ing to the number of grades and pupils assigned to a teacher. S. The bad effects of the street, and over-long vacations on many children. In spite of these, and many other apparently chronic difficulties, it can be demonstrated that there has been a steady improvement in the work and product of the public schools for a generation and more, both in the so called fundamental subjects and those equally essential which have been added from time to time. There is reason to believe that the improvement will be even more marked in the immediate future. Parents are awakened as never before to the necessity of better trained teachers, more attention to the health development of children, to the early devel.- opment of community spirit, and more definite ethical and' religious training. It is now generally recognized that the boy or girl who is not given the opportunity to continue his education at least through the high school or its equiva- lent has been refused a square deal, and has had his oppor- tunities for future usefulness almost surely lessened. 158 Fortunately boys and girls in our schools have been thus far but little affected by the pessimistic forecasts of our present day statesmen. It is these boys and girls, endowed, through the efforts of the home, the church and the school, with a trained intelligence and fine spirit, who are to "make America safe." .,Respectfully submitted, Dec. 31, 1922. G. H. GALGER. FINANCIAL Competent authorities differ hopelessly regarding many problems of fundamental importance in the administration of the schools, but once a year at least, a majority of the voters, must agree on one of the basic problems, namely the amount of money to be voted the schools. Comparison with expenditures of similar towns forms the most reason- able basis for action in this matter. Should the school expenditures in a given town be much less or much more than in most other, similar towns the voters have a right to know why. For the purpose of classifying school expenditures Mas- sachusetts towns are divided into three groups, according to population, "Group III" consisting of towns with a pop- ulation of less than 5,000, and maintaining high schools. There are 115 such towns in Massachusetts. The compari- sons made below are confined chiefly to those towns in Barnstable County which are included in "Group III." The school department is subject to the fundamental bus- iness laws. It must give "going prices" for teaching ser- vice, labor and supplies if it expects to get a reasonable return from these, and it should seek diligently to obtain the utmost possible reasonable return for the expenditures for each. 159 EXPENDITURES PER PUPIL FOR TEXTBOOKS AND SUPPLIES 1920-1921 COMPARATIVE LIST Sandwich $5 91 Bourne 5 64 Falmouth 4 88 Orleans 4 36 Barnstable 3 78 Chatham 3 66 Harwich Brewster 3 34 Yarmouth 3 00 Wellfleet 2 96 Dennis 2 73 Provincetown 2 37 Average, Barnstable County towns $3 83 Average, "Group III," 115 towns 4 09 State Average, High School towns 3 70 Percentage of "the school dollar" expended for books and supplies; State average, 5 per cent; Town of Barn- stable, 4 per cent. 160 TAXATION COST PER PUPIL Per Cent 1919-20 1920-21 1921-22 Falmouth $75 66 $89 61 99.27 Bourne 72 09 85 36 92.13 Orleans 64'80 77 06 80.50 Barnstable 59 69 69 90 81.86 Harwich 55 04 65 16 70.25 Yarmouth 51 59 63 11 78.34 Dennis 51 21 62 63 68.74 Sandwich 50 97 51 25 87.63 Brewster 50 33 47 84 65.34 Chatham 42 11 51 72 61.79 Wellfleet 36 28 36 27 43.72 Provincetown 27 26 . 37 81 36.68 Average, county $53 09 $61 50 72.19 Average, "Group III," 115 towns 56 81 62.76 State average, High School towns 60 84 Percentage of "the school dollar" expended for teach- ers' salaries; State average, 68 per cent; Town of Barn- stable, 59 per cent. 161 EXPENDITURE PER THOUSAND DOLLARS OF VALUATION 1920-21 1921-22 Falmouth $8 50 $6 72 Provincetown 8 40 ' 8 10 Dennis 8 09 8 79 Sandwich 7 69 13 60 Harwich 7 48 7 55 Orleans 7 32 7 99 Bourne 6 86 7 54 Yarmouth 6 82 8 02 Wellfleet 5 90 6 85 Barnstable 5 70 6 92 Brewster 4 66 6 48 Chatham 4 62 4 98 Average, county $6 83 $7 80 Average, "Group III," 115 towns 8 06 8 99 State Average, High School towns 8 14 9 02 Of 'the 115 towns in "Group III," nine expended less, and one hundred five expended more, per thousand dollars of valuation, than Barnstable. Reviewing the above tables it appears that Barnstable ex- pended per pupil for books-and supplies $1.41 more than the lowest and $2.13 less than the highest dmount expended by the Barnstable County towns, 31 cents less than the average of the "Group III" towns and eight cents more than the state average. The demands under this head were unusually heavy this year, especially for high school text books, chemical supplies and commercial department equip- ment. They are likely to be fully as heavy the coming year. In the taxation cost per pupil it will be noted that the percentage of increase is considerably less in the "Group 162 III" towns than in the state as a whole. This is probably mainly due to the smaller towns•failing to keep pace with the larger in salary increases. The expenditure per thousand dollars of valuation is claimed by many authorities to be the real test of the sac- rifices a community is willing to make for school purposes. The variations on this basis are not as great as might be supposed, the towns with extremely low expenditures being few. Falmouth ranks first among Barnstable county towns with $8.50 per thousand, Chatham last, with $4.62 and Barnstable tenth, with $5.70 per thousand. EXPENDITURES, 1922, FOR TEXT-BOOKS AND SUPPLIES, TRANSPORTATION, REPAIRS, GENERAL PURPOSES AND SALARIES Under "Text-books and Supplies" are included all ex- penditures for text-books and stationery, for supplies for the chemistry, household arts and commercial courses and for printing and office supplies. The total expenditures for 1922 were $3,358.49, or about $3.50 per pupil in average membership. The expenditures for "Transportation" were $11,590.00. Of this sum $805 was carried over from the 192f account. The expenditures for "Repairs" were $11,227.10. This sum includes a carry-over from the 1921 account of about $2,700; this amount and the cost of installing a lavatory system in the West Barnstable building and new furnaces in the Barnstable High building were among the larger items of expense. Under this head are included all jan- itors' supplies and new furniture, a considerable quantity of which had to be purchased. School furniture manufac- 163 turers continue to charge outrageously extortionate prices for their products. Under the heading "General" the expenditures for fuel were $2,355.05; Health Bureau, $1,250; electric, water and telephone service, $446.69; school census, $84; athletics and graduation expenses, $638.16; visiting schools, $200; ex- press, freight and miscellaneous, $120.39; a total of $5,094.29. The small amount expended for fuel indicates that a num- ber of fuel bills had not been presented before the close of the fiscal year. . The expenditures for salaries were: elementary teachers, supervisor of music and drawing and superintendent of schools, $37,097.68; high school teachers, $13,442; janitors, $4,309.68; total, all salaries, $54,849.36. The total gross expenditures of the School Department, 1922, were $86,119.24. EXPENDITURES FOR TEXT BOOKS AND SUPPLIES, 1922 Allyn & Bacon . $144 08 American Book Co. 115 07 D. Appleton & Co. 112 00 E. E. Babb & Co. 620 06 Vabelle M. Boody 15 45 W. D..Baker Dept. Store 12 90 Boston Paper Board Co. 11 00 Milton Bradley Co. 167 75 Cambridge Botanical Supply Co. 162 35 Desmond Pub. Co. 15 00 Oliver Ditson' Co. 5 49 Dowling School Supply Co. 276 85 Funk & Wagnalls Co. 25 00 Ginn & Co. 248 76 V. B. & F. P. Goss 19 50 The Gregg Pub. Co. 46 96 A. C. Hallett 30 48 J. L. Hammett Co. 224 27 164 D. C. Heath & Co. 46 43 Houghton Mifflin Co. 91 13 L. E. Knott Apparatus Co. 80 58 J. B. Lippincott Co. 1.2 30 Frederick Leighton. 16 60 Little, Brown & Co. 20 14 The Macmillan Co. 117 64 'Marine Biological Laboratory Co. 10 04 'C. W. Megathlin 22 86 C. E. Merrill Co. 10 10 Office Appliance Co. 21 15 The Prang Co. 41 19 Remington Typewriter Co. 420 00 Berij. H. Sanborn & Co. 38 04 Chas. Scribners' Sons 21 86 Sears' Dry Goods Store 1 45 Silver, Burdett Co. 28 90 Spaulding, Moss Co. 43 36 Warwick & York Inc. 60 50 Wi.lson's Public Market 1 25 Total Expended $3,358 49 EXPENDITURES FOR TRANSPORTATION George A. Smith $400 00 I. H. Ellis 100 00 E. L. Harris 2,640 00 J. M. Leonard 2,160 00 Leonard &Ames, Inc. 1,140 00 L. G. Jones 4,180 00 Annie H. Bearse 600 00 Alexander Nickerson 370 00 Total expended $11,590 00 A carry-over of $805.00 from the previous year is in- cluded in the above amount. 165 BARNSTABLE SCHOOLS, 1922 FINANCIAL REPORT OF THE SECRETARY Expenditures Schools Teachers Jani,ors Totals 3. Barr stable Grammar $1,500 00 Irr ermediate 1,200 00 Primary, III aml IV 1,300 00 Primary, 1 and If 513 18 $360 00 gg4,873 1S G. %l est Barnst. ble Grammar 1,290 66 Intermediate 1.300 00 P,imary 1,3110 00 380 (10 4,270 66 10. `autuir 1,181 57 95 00 1,276 57 11. Cotuit Gr:+mm r 1,278 47 Intermediate 1.100 Ou Primary 1,260 59 500 00 4,139 06 Elizanfth Lowell High 1.500 00 Assistant 1.260 00 Assistant 312 00 250 00 3,322 00 12. Mat stons Mills Grammar 1,323 22 Primary 1.380 00 300 00 3,003 22 13.' O-terville Grammar 1.356 88 Intermediate 1,300 00 III and IV 1,039 39 I and 11 1,239 52 1,085 00 6,020 79 17. Training School VI[I and lY 1,350 00 VI and VI[ 1.200 00 V and VI 1,300 00 IV 1,300 00 III 1.200 04 II 1,300 00 I 1,300 00 549 84 9,499 88 1S. Barnstable 11'gh, Principal 2,500 00 Sub-master 2,000 00 Comubercial Instructor 11400 00 Assistant. 1,400 00 Assistant 1,400 00 Assistant 1,190 00 Assistant 480 00 549 84 10,919 84 20. Centerville Grammar 1,284 16 Primary 1,300 00 240 00 2,824 16 Supervisor Drawing and Music 1,800 00 Secretary and Superintendent 2,900 00 Test-books and Supplies 3,358 49 Repairs 11,227 10 Transportation 11,590 00 General 5,094 29 Total expenditures,School Department, $86,119 24 166 FINANCIAL SUMMARY, 1922 FUNDS AVAILABLE FOR EXPENDITURE Appropriated at Town Meeting $85,000 00 Dog Tax 661 55 Cobb Fund, income 404 32 Rebate, Repairs Account 56 65 $86,122 52 EXPENDITURES FOR SCHOOLS Salaries: Teaching and Supervision $50,539 68 Janitor Service 4,309 68 Transportation and Upkeep: Text-books and Supplies 3,358 49 Repairs 11,227 10 General 5,094- 29 Transportation 11,590 00 Total. gross expenditures, 1922 $86,119 24 Unexpended balance 3 28 $86,122 52 Additional obligations incurred, approximate $3,200 00 NET TAXATION COST OF THE SCHOOL DEPARTMENT, 1922 Expenditures on account of schools $86,719 24 Receipts on account of schools: Return of income tax $6,799 00 Dog Tax 661 55 Cobb Fund 404 32 Tuition, State wards 297 60 167 Tuition, from towns and parents 267 25 Telephone tolls 3 05 Damage to public property 50 8,433 27 Net taxation cost based on receipts and expenditures $77,685 97 ESTIMATED NECESSARY EXPENDITURES FOR 1923 Aside from the increases due to several teachers from the operation of the minimum-maximum schedule no sal- ary changes of importance were made during the year. Our relative salary position in the county has not changed ma- terially, several towns giving elementary maximums of $1,400, and high school maximums of $1,500 to $1,600 an- nually; other towns paying substantially the same as Barnstable, that is, $1,300 maximum for elementary teach- ers, and $1,400 maximum for high school assistants. 11 few towns pay less. The state averages, 1921, were: ele- mentary teachers, $1,390; high school teachers, $1,890; sup- erintendents, $3,579. The expenditures for all salaries, in- cluding janitors, for 1922 were approximately $54,800. The net increase caused by the employment of two additional. teachers and the dropping of the part-time assistant at the Cotuit high school will be about $1,200, so that a total ' of $56,000 would seem sufficient for 1923. The expenditures for textbooks and supplies, based on the number of pupils to be supplied and the average ex- penditure for these in the schools of Barnstable county last year, would be $4,021.50 but the expenditures can probably be kept under $3,600. The amount that will. be needed for transportation cannot be exactly stated, but will probably be not less than $10,800. The probable expenditures under the heading "General," 168 which is elsewhere explained, assuming that the fuel ex- penditures included will not be more than the average for the past three years, that is, $6,300, should not exceed $8,600. Combining the various needs, omitting "Repairs," we have for "Salaries," $56,000; "Text-books and Sup- plies," $3,600; "Transportation," $10,800; a' total of $79,- 000. There is a carry-over amounting to $3,200, about equally divided between fuel and repairs; adding this, the total probable obligations, not including repairs, will be about_$82,200; from this should be subtracted the. probable income of $1,000 from the Cobb Fund and the dog tax,. leaving $81,200. Making the average allowance for "Re- pairs" and the uncertain factors in the cost of fuel and transportation, the Committee believes that. a total of $86,000 will be needed to safely provide for the cost of the schools for the ensuing year. Report of the Principal of the Elizabeth Lowell High School- Mr. G. H. Galger, Superintendent of Schools. Dear Sir: I,herewith present my report for. the period beginning September, 1922. The school.opened with a registration of thirty pupils, which is considerably larger than any registration which the school has had in a number of years. This increase in numbers is due to the fact that we have a large enter- ing class in the High School., and a large ninth grade. We have but three candidates for graduation, and this, together with the fact that the ninth grade next September will be a large one; indicates that the registration next year will be much larger than the one contained in this report. A large registration in the present does not necessarily mean that it will always remain so. We feel that the teacher should be constantly aware of the fact that it is his or,her duty to "Keep the child in the school." This problem, without a doubt, is more especially the problem of the high school teacher. It is our purpose, therefore, to endeavor to conduct our work in such a manner as will stimulate and retain the interest of the pupil in high school work. We believe that it is a part of the teacher's work to cul- tivate on the part of the pupils, an appreciation of the 'benefits which are derived from the continuance of their studies in higher. institutions of learning. We have en- B-12 170 ftered upon our work'fully aware of the fact that "Much depends upon"the'teacher.7: ' The pupils have taken up their work with an excellent spirit of .cooperation: "We wish to mention'our appreci- ation of the readiness and willingness with which the pu- pils have assisted us when we have sought information re- garding the school work which was carried on before this term. We wish to acknowledge our appreciation of the pleasant relations which have existed between ourselves and those with whom we are associated. Respectfully submitted, STEPHEN A. GRIFFIN, Principal lit ELIZABETH LOWELL HIGH:SCHOOL, 1922 REGISTRATION, FALL.TERM, 1922 According to Classes. Ninth grade 10 First year 13 Second year , 4 Third year :Oy Fourth year 3 30 REGISTRATION, FALL TERM, 1922 From Cotuit 17 Santuit 3 Marstons Mills 3 Osterville 2 The Plains 1 Mashpee 4 30 172 PUPILS TAKING DESIGNATED SUBJECTS ,,(Year) IX X XI 'XII XIII English' : 10 13:• 4 3 French. 13 3 Typewriting 3 Stenography 3 Latin 1 U. S. History 10 2 2 General Science 13 Physics' 3 Arithmetic 10 Algebra 13 Geometry 4 'Geography 10 Economics 3 Graduates; June 1922: Mar orie Gordon Rennie; Cl artes Elihii Turner. " GRADUATES ENTERING OTHER INSTITUTIONS Class of 1922. Hyannis State' Normal ] Report of the Principal of the Barnstable High School G. H. Galger, , Supt. of Schools. Dear Sir': This past year has,been a,most, unsatisfactory one to all of us who are, working for.the�goo.d.of this school.,, The school plant is,inadequate., BuiltAo.accommodate.98 pupils with possibly 5 teachers, it now crowds within its walls 166 pupils and 7 teachers. To be sure, a room has been constructed in.,the b..asementjor.;tl?e;Household Arts classes.and the Teachers'.Room. has .been,.,c.onverted into a class room. The former cannot be used on„cold days,be% cause a kitchen range furnishes, the only available, supply of heat. Consequently on many a winter,,day the:room_is cold and draughty and cannot, be used'for:classes., The. other room is a,small one and, in consequence can be..used only a very few periods a week. : During certain periods ;two recitations.;am going .on, at. the same'time in,the main room, a most unsatisfaetor.y ar- rangelment. The commercial,teacher.labors valiantly in her one,room to do the required.work., This teacher, day•by day, keeps at.her work with a thoroughness and, conscientiousness which produces results far beyond what one would expect; considering the limitations of time and space. 174 'It is impossible for the. Supervisor of Music too have all the pupils at any one time. There is no room in the build- ing large enough to seat all the pupils. Consequently; the only time that the school as a whole comes together for chorus work is in June at the church when.two, and possibly three rehearsals'are held for'the graduation exercises. In former years we have now and then taken a period or two for exercises consisting of readings, recitations and music, to which the friends of the school have been invited. At present no such exercises are possible. Our largest room seats but 100. The school numbers 166. There is not sufficient room for the pupils. We ,certainly cannot find seats for the public. Under the conditions briefly outlined above it is impos- sible to do anything approaching justice to either of the two classes of pupils, the one whose scholastic training ends with the High School, the other which looks to us for preparation for technical school and college. The Alphabet Club and the Alpha Alpha are continuing their good work and are distinct assets to the school. In November, Donald B. MacMillan, the explorer, gave a lec- ture at the Idlehour Theatre under the auspices of the Alpha Alpha Club, and on this occasion presented to the school the flag of the Bowdoin. A School Council was formed, last fall and it is giving genuine assistance to the principal in maintaining and im- proving the discipline of the school. The school, as its share in the drive, contributed $200 to `the Cape Cod hospital, malting a total of $606 given to this institution by the school in the last two years. The Gymnasium fund now amounts to $646: The Alphabet Club gave $25 to the Society for the Pre- vention of Cruelty to Children. - 175 A Tennis .Club with '35 members'was formed'last spring and maintaine'd`eourts in the village d""'' A summer: ''The Boxing Club a'nd',the Basketb'al1'team' are using the Recreation`booms of�the Federated ``Chureli,'`there being no other place available for'.practiee. ' Respectfully submitted; LOUIS' M. B001) . 176 BARNSTABLE HIGH SCHOOL STATISTICS a NUMBER ENROLLED IN BARNSTABLE HIGH SCHOOL FALL, 1922.. Hyannis 61 Osterville 41 West Barnstable 14 Centerville 20 Barnstable 16 Hyannisport 2 South Hyannis 3 Cummaquid 5 West Yarmouth 3 Yarmouthport 1 Total 166 NUMBER OF PUPILS TAKING DESIGNATED STUDIES FALL TERM, 1922. YEAR OF SCHOOL 1 2 3 4 P. G. Algebra 68 6 10 1 .......... Physics ...:................ ....... 26 Plane Geometr v .................. 23 5 1 1 Solid Geometr} .................. 8 Household Art 26 6 7 Drawing ....... 36 19 16 17 Chemistry ...... .............. 32 English ........... .............. 68 33 32 32 1 French 33 31 21 Latin 34 14 4 5 1 United States History ............ 32 General History .................. 68 Bookkeeping .................... 19 Penmanship 33 Stenography .................... 23 18 Typewriting ..................... 26 18 Biology ............ •12 3 . Commercial Arithmetic .......... 16 Singing 68 33 32 32 1 Graduation Ekercises of Barnstable High School FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH, HYANNIS, JUNE 29,, 1922: PROGRAM March of School Foreword Leon Dillman Jenkins Song, "Awake, Awake" Cadman Misses Elliott, Linnell, Parker, Phinney Messrs. Backus, Brooks, Murphy, Sala Address Edward Thomas Murphy, Class President Solo, "The Joy of Song" Marzo Frances Starratt The School Hiram Heyworth Backus Song, "Gentle Zephyrs" Kieserling Senior Cirls Presentation of Diplomas Dr. Dora Askowith Song, "The Rising of the Storm" Coerne (Words by Paul Lawrence Dunbar) School America The Orchestra: Violins, Crocker, Murphy, Sala; Piano,Earle Eldredge; Drum, Raymond Eldredge; Flute, Wardwell Morrill 178 MEMBERS OF THE GRADUATING CLASS LATIN COURSE Dorothy Brackett Winifred Etta Whitford LATIN-ENGLISH COURSE Hiram Heyworth Backus , Inez•Susan Michelson Ruth Helen Elliott Edward Thomas Murphy Hilda Maria Leeman Elise Parker, Mildred Dean Linnell Louise Katherine Phinney ENGLISH COURSE Nellis Whitaker Allen Annie Molony Walter Michael Brooks Elizabeth Marie..Oliver Mansfield Crocker Aina.Aleksandra Rask Dorothy May Gonsalves Willis Russell Robbins Leon Dillman Jenkins Frances Starratt Aili Ellen-Dagmar Krook Vincent Sala, Gladys Frances Lovejoy Eleanor May Taylor, CLASS -MOTTO Esse qualm videri u GRADUATES ATTENDING OTHER INSTITUTIONS Hyannis State Normal School 4 Massachusetts Agricultural College 2' Springfield College 2 Sargent School of Physical Culture 2' Boston University College-'of Secreta-•ial Science 2 Leland'Powers School of the Spoken Word 1 CLASS OF 1921 Brown University 2 Bowdoin College 1 Report of the Supervisor of Drawing, and Music To G. H. Galger, Supt. of Schools. Dear Sir: I herewith submit to you a report of the year's work in drawing and music in our public schools. On account of the large territory which I have to cover, it is necessary to leave a good part of the actual drill in music to the regular teachers in the elementary grades. In order to give as much help as possible the work was eith- er planned sometime in advance, and outlines placed in the hands of the teachers, or•study suggested from visit to visit. . The supervisor is wholly responsible for the work in both music and drawing in the two high schools. , Some teachers who have been with us for a period of years, have been of ,great assistance. They have taken charge of the music almost entirely. when my visits were made, I had only to listen to the results and make sug- gestions. There has been a steady growth in these rooms through the year. I have noticed that the progress has been retarded in such schools as have had frequent changes of teachers, or in schools where teachers have not pre- viously received training to enable them to carry out the plans of the supervisor. This difficulty lies more especial- ly with the teaching of music than of drawing. 180 The primary grades have learned a large number of songs by rote, and have begun the ,study of the elements of. notation. We have endeavored to cultivate a sense of rhythm by all sorts of rhythmic games and dances. This form of study was possible only where we had talking machines. In many of the schools we have made a beginning in the study of music appreciation. By substituting the really fine music for the mediocre or cheap style, and by cultivat- ing the listening habit, we are getting a finer sense of what is really beautiful. One of the features of the Christmas music was the sing- ing of carols. This singing was not confined to the school room. In some villages the young and old gathered to- gether and went to the homes of the aged and the sick to spread Christmas cheer. This is an old custom, but it gave this year, much pleasure to those who took part, as well as to the listeners. We had difficulty in getting enthusiastic singing in the. Elizabeth Lowell High School. The reason for this lack was largely due to the small class. This fall, there was a decided change for the better, the school membership be- ing much larger. The crowded condition at the Barnstable High School makes it an impossibility for the members to take the chorus work at one time. The school is divided into two sections, each division practicing one period once in two weeks. The orchestra practiced one period each week during the winter and spring. The members gave their services at the high school play, and rendered selections at the grad- ;cation exercises. The Senior Class took special work in singing during the spring. It' sang several selections at graduation. The teachers at Osterville assisted in preparing some of 181 the younger children for a musical entertainment entitled "Tom Thumb's Wedding." The same entertainment was given by the small people in the Cotuit school. The money obtained is to be used for school equipment. At Center- ville the primary grades with Miss Ormsby in .charge gave an entertainment. The proceeds were used to buy Victrola records, The primary and grammar grades with Mrs. Ful- ler and Miss Ormsby held a candy sale. Part of this money is to be spent for records. Our schools not only benefit materially by such entertainments but the com- munity is given a chance to.help us to make music seem worth while. Most children love to drativ and construct objects. The program for the year was arranged so that pupils of all grades had. the opportunity, to picture what they actually saw, to picture what they imagined and to make something, no matter how simple, that could be used. At Christmas time, much interest was shown in planning something to make for a friend or member of the family. In one room, some sewing was necessary to complete the gift. When finished the children held it up for my inspec- tion. As I passed along one pupil looked up with a smile and a sigh and said, "I didn't sew it so very well, but you .see I'm only a boy.". Children from all over the state, under fifteen years of age, were invited to take part in a drawing contest which was a test of the imagination. Some of our pupils sent draw- ings, which were exhibited in the Boston Art Club rooms, Boston, Mass. The classes in the Elizabeth Lowell High School, though small, did some creditable work in drawing. The results of the year's work were shown in June in Baxter Hall, Santuit, where the graduation exercises took place. An exhibition of Barnstable High School drawing, free hand and mechanical, was held at the Federated; Church in 11yannis last spring, in connection with an exhibit of worn of the Doxriestic Science department and a food sale by .the Alphabet Club. Respectfully, MABELLE M. H. BOODY, Supervisor Music and Drawing Report of the Commercial Instructor To'the Superintendent of Barnstable Schools, Dear 'Sir: The general course of instruction pursued in the Com- mercial Department of the Barnstable High School during this year has varied but little from that of the preceding year,-with the exception'that all of its subjects have only four periods of recitations in a week instead of five as form- erly, owing to scarcity of rooms and teachers. The aggregate number of � aggregate pupils in the four classes is ninety-three. Eighteen seniors are continuing the course in stenog- raphy and typewriting, and are taking one year of book- keeping. They are learning also to operate the adding and listing machine. They still serve alternately as Principal Boody's secretaries; thus benefitting themselves and giving Mr. Boody an opportunity to observe their work—good, bad, or indifferent. Twenty-three juniors began the study of stenography this year, and twenty-eight began typewriting. Sixteen sophomores are studying commercial arithmetic . and rapid calculation. They, also, do the school banking, using the adding machine to verify their work. Thirty-six juniors are enrolled in the Penmanship Class, under Miss Draper's instruction. Although I have had no opportunity to watch the progress made, I have every reason to think that excellent results have been attained. The school bank, at this writing, shows a balance of 184 $151.48, credited to forty-five depositors. The interest ae- crued on the deposits from last July to January is $2.21. It is distributed to the depositors by the rule of partnership. The Hyannis Trust Company has recently given us some pass books which are an improvement on those which we have used, and they are much appreciated by the de- positors. We are grateful for the Burroughs Adding and List- ing Machine which has been put into the Commercial Room this year and we expect the posting machine will soon fol- low, along with the other improvements which are bound to come. Respectfully submitted, SARAH NELSON WARD. Report o The Household Arts Department N�Ir. G. H. Galger, Supt. of Schools. Dear Sir: Domestic Science in public schools to be of greatest value must give the _pupils a practical know edge of foods and the principles which underly their preparation for the table, and at the same time train the pupils to apply the principles intelligently and thoroughly. I . , .,,..x, . The course this year began with 'a preliminary lesson for organization and for acquainting the pupils with the kitchen and utensils, and with the general instructions for working and care of equipment. The food principles form the basis for the lessons, which are arranged to deal first with the simpler food materials, while the progression to the more complex food combina- tions is gradual and practical. The membership in this course this year opened with thirty-six, and because of limited amount of room and length of cooking periods we have been handicapped as to the amount of work done. On November 17th of last year, the pupils planned, cooked, and served a luncheon at the High School Principals'Association meeting; the luncheon proved a success and was an example of what cookery taught in the schools will do for the young people, especially in plan- ning, economy, responsibility, neatness and adjusting them- selves to circumstances. B-13 186 In the sewing department I have endeavored to so re- late the subject matter that the pupils will feel that they have a definite purpose to fulfill. The taking of. stitches by hand can never be over-emphasised and by machine never too well controlled. My general plan is.to give the pupil, with the making of a garment, the choice and purchase of the materials she is using, the reasons she is using these particular kinds, the money value of the goods and how to judge their worth. A practical knowledge of how to care for and repair these garments so that they will give full service is in- valuable. We are planning and looking forward to a splendid ex- hibition this coming year and hope that many*of the par- ents will attend. Respectfully submitted, HARRIETTE V. DRAPER, Instructor in Household Arts. Report of the Health Officer and Medical School Inspector FIELD AGENT U. S. PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE School Committee, Town of Barnstable, Mass. Gentlemen: While the following report is Submitted to the school de- partment, I cannot help calling to your attention the fact that our children are so inseparably a part of the'adult life of every community that it becomes impossible to clearly state where the responsibility of -one department in the town leaves off and another begins. For a like reason it is nearly as difficult to apportion the responsibilities among the towns, for in a county such as ours we intermingle so' freely with the neighboring villages for many miles around, that the faults or virtues of one are quickly manifested in them all. Communicable diseases travel'from the homes to our schools, and from the schools and other gatherings into the whole life of the town. The care and training of the child in the home is directly reflected in its life at school. The example or precept set in the school is a' great molding influence 'throughout the whole future of 'the individual. While the laws of our Commonwealth demand for our school children medical inspection and nursing care, there is a long span between the letter of the law and the spirit 188 of it. We have not only tried to comply with the letter of the law by making one examination in the. year 1922, but have given three careful physical. examinations to all those.pr.esent.. TU defects found at these examinations have been.reported to the parents by the.State prescr:ilied report- ing slip; and. then .followed by a home visit from the school nurse. This was, further stipplemen.ted.at the spring: examination by a. printed invitation to all p=irents,to meet the school physician to.talk over their children's physical welfare. While many availed themselves of this privilege, it is hoped that many more will see fit to come in 1923, for by so doing they may secure a service bought fo -a few cents in taxes that would otherwise., cost_them many dol- lars. During the past year over 25 per cent of the defects foLind at the first examination. have been corrected. This was. said by the State Department of Health to be the best record made by any community in the state. It is hoped that dur- ing the eomiiig year the remaining 75•per cent of defects can be more largely reduced. The interest shown by the people has been most.gratify- ing, and I want to express my appreciation for their con- tinued, cooperation. In considering the details of this report, please.do it in conjunction with the report of the board of health, not only of this town, but the neighboring ones as well. For your convenievice,..I.have included the report of the Bureau as a whole,' and might,cite the following example to .show what uncontrolled disease in one locality may mean to us all In June, 1922, two cases of measles in the same family came from a neighboring city to North Truro. The board' of health was able to confine the disease to this locality until the close,,of school, at which time.there appeared con- tact cases in Truro and Provincetown. The infection con- 189` tinued throughout the summer, breaking out with renewed vigor during the first cool days of autumn, when it ap- peared in Wellfleet—infecting practically every non-immune child. All told, there has been well over 506 cases, costing the parents several thousand dollars, considerable incon- venience; anxiety. and discomfort. Sparks froin' thi's con-' Magi ation of. disease have .already blown into the towns under our service, but, so far, have been.controlled. It is only through the most earnest cooperation on'the part of all boards and citizens that a similar catastrophe can be averted in our town. Throughout the country, statistics show that measles take two lives out of every one hundred cases sick with the disease. The foliowin is a minimum report of the activities in our schools during the past year, and gives n'o account of travel time, office work in connection witli records,' committee meetings, telephone consultations, etc. School Sanitary Inspections 128 School Wells Analyzed 24 Wells State Condemned 4 New School Wells 5 New School Toilets 12 Old Toilets improved 6 rooms School lighting improved 5 rooms School heating improved 1 room Examined school children suspected of communicable disease 846 Individual examination of children 7,027 Found with defects 4,684 Defects corrected 1,080 Nutritional Clinics 76 Weighed and measured 657 Conferences with parents 161 190 Schick Clinics 2 Tested 121 Found susceptible to diphtheria . 87 Found not susceptible 34 In addition to the above work, each school was visited at least once each week by either school physician or nurse, or both as the occasion demanded. During epidemics daily visits have been made. Respectfully submitted, R. B. SPRACaUE, Health. Officer and Medical School Inspector Field Agent U. S. Public Health Service. Headquarters, Yarmouthport, Mass. December. 31, 1922. i ANNUAL REPORT OF THE r OFFICERS OF THE Town ®f Barnstable FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1923 '®5THEAO � ytV ,B2p O'A I. o BARNSTABLE, � 1 .� MASS, q� �oA 1 39- HYANNIS, MASS. 11 W . F. R. F. P. GOSS, PUBLISHERS wid PRINTERS The "Patriot" Presm 1924 0 i F. B. & F. P. Goss, Publishers and Printers. "The Patriot Press," Hyannis, Mass. r 3 ` p, I R TOWN OFFICERS 1923 Seiectmen Edgar W. Lovell, Santuit, Chairman Term expires 1926 Howard N. Parker, West Barnstable Term expires 1924 William Lovell, Hyannis Term expires 1925 Overseers of Poor and Pence Viewers William Lovell, Hyannis, Chairman Term expires 1925 Edgar W. Lovell, Santuit Term expires 1926 Howard N. Parker, West Barnstable Term expires 1924 Assessors Howard N. Parker, West Barnstable, Chairman Term expires 1924 Edgar W. Lovell, Santuit . Term expires 1926 William Lovell, Hyannis Term expires 1925 Town Clerk Clarence M. Chase, Hyannis Term expires 1926 Town Treasurer Clarence M. Chase, Hyannis Term expires 1924 4 Collector of Taxes Everett F. Fuller, Osterville Term expires 1924 School Committee Edward C.Hinckley, Hyannis, Chairman Term expires 1925 Richard Cobb, Barnstable Term expires 1926 Allen Chadwick, Osterville Term expires 1926 Superintendent of Schools. G. H. Gal-er, Hyannis Surveyor of Highways Lauchlan M. Crocker, Marstons Mills Term expires 1926 Auditors Jolin Bursley, West Barnstable 'Perm expires 1924 Albert L. Edson, Cummaquid Term expires 1924 Luther C. Hallett, Hyannis Term expires 1924 Tree Warden Robert F. Cross, Osterville Term expires 1924 Board of Health Granville W. Hallett, Osterville Term expires 1925 Charles E. Harris, Hyannis Term expires 1926 William A. Jones, Barnstable Term expires 1924 5 Registrars of Voters n Samuel F. Crocker Marstons Mills Edwin S. Phinney Barnstable John V. O'Neil Hyannis Clarence M. Chase Hyannis Agent of Cobb Fund. Henry C. Davis, Cummaquid Park Commissioners William F. Jenkins,,West Barnstable Term' expires 1924 Jean G. Hinkle, Osterville Term expires 1925 Samuel W. Hallett, Hyannis Term expires 1926 Constables—Henry G. Young, Barnstable, Benj. E. Blossom, West Barnstable; Charles H.,Hazelton, Hyannis, James B. Hazelton, Hyannis; George F. Hart, Hyannis; Theo- dore V. West, Centerville; Chester L. Baker', Osterville; Harris C. Lovell, Osterville; Maurice J. Hinckley, Mars- tons Mills; Alexander S. Childs, Cotuit; William F. Potter, Cotuit. Measurers of Wood and Bark—Timothy Crocker, South Hy-. annis; Emilio R. Silva, West Barnstable; William C. Gifford, Santuit. Surveyors of Lumber—John C. Bearse, Hyannis; *John E. E. Hinckley, Barnstable; *Joseph W. Hamblin, Cotuit. i 6 Sealer of Leather—*James E. Baxter, Hyannis.. Deer Reeve—Ferdinand A. Binford, Hyannis. Pound Keepers—"Thomas W. Jones, Barnstable; 'William F. Ormsby, Hyannis; :"Wilton B. Citimmett, Marstons Mills; "Jeheiel R. Crosby, Centerville. Field Drivers—Theodore V. West, Centerville; Zenas Crocker, Marstons Mills. *Elected but did not take the oath of office. INDEX Page Town Officers ............................................. 3 Assessors' Report ........................................ 9 Treasurer's Report ........................................ 11 Receipts .............................................. `s3 Summary ............................................... 33 Expenditures .......................................... 34 Estimates for 1924 ......................................... 43 Report of the Audit ........................................ 45 Highway Surveyor's Report ................................. 49 Expenditures ........................................... 49 Snow .................................................. 56 Town Clerk's Report ............................... ....... 70 Annual Town Meeting .................................. 70 Births .................................................. 102 Marriages ............................................. 112 Deaths ................................................ 116 Jury List .................................................. 124 Report of Road Committee ................................. 67 Park Commissioners' Report .....................(......... 130 Report of Sealer of Weights and Measures ................... 132 Cape Cod Health Bureau Report ............................ 126 Tree Warden's Report ..................................... 133 Moth Department Report ................................... 135 School Committee's Report ................................ 137 Superintendent's Report 139 Statistics .............................................. 141 Financial Report of Secretary .......................... 150 Statistics, Elizabeth Lowell High School ................ 170 Statisticcs, Barnstable High School ..................... 161 Principal of Elizabeth Lowell High School Report .......... 168 Principal of Barnstable High School Report ................. 161 Music and Drawing Supervisor's Report .................... 159 Commercial Instructor's Report ............................ 166 Health Officer's Report ... 173 1 ' ASSESSORS' REPORT 1923 Real Estate Valuation $10,406,540 00 Tangible personal. estate 1,563,010 00 Total valuation of the town $11,969,550 00 Number of polls assessed 1,61E Persons assessed on. property 2,831 Persons assessed on polls 'only 531 Horses assessed 206 Cows assessed 485 Other cattle assessed 174 Swine assessed 41 Fowl assessed. 1,300 Dwelling Houses assessed 2,165 Acres of land assessed 33,000 APPROPRIATIONS For town expenses $321,705 62 State tax 20,640 00 County tax 28,345 85 State Highway tat 3,466 43 State Auditor's tax 200 92 Abatements for 1921 100 65 Poll taxes to be returned to state 4,848 00 Total. appropriations $379,907 47 Tax levied on property $308,814 62 B-2 10 1616 polls assessed 8,080 00 Income tax received from Commonwealth 27,671 94 Estimated receipts from all sources 24,301 16 Surplus revenue from treasury 15,000 00 Total receipts $383,867 72 Making an overlay of $3,960 25 Tax rate $25.80 per $1,000. DECEMBER ASSESSMENT N umhnr of poilsC assessed, 5_ L•.. Valuation of real estate $1.3,470 00 Personal estate 4,650 00 Total valuation December assessment $18,120 00 HOWA.RD N. PARKER, EDGAR W. LOVELL, WILLIAM LOVELL, Assessors Town of Barnstable. TREASURER'S REPORT Cash Jan. 1, 1923, Cash on .hand $22,452 47 Expended $565,464 45 Receipts 566,270 79 Balance 23,258 81 $588,723 26 $988,723 26 1921. Taxes Jan. 1, 1923 Due the Received from Town $638 32 Collector $638 32 1922 Taxes Jan. 1, 1923 Due the Received from Town $10,190 55 Collector $10,190 55 1923 Taxes Amount of Warrant $316,894 62 .Received from December Assessments 492 50 Collector $306,455 82 Balance 10,931 30 $317,287 12 $317,387 12 Overlay 1921. Jan. 1, 1923 Balance $338 31 Raised by 1923 Taxation $700 65 Abatements 350 90 Transferred to 1922 Overlay 11 44 $700 65 $700 65 12 Overlay 1922 Abatements $955 22 Jan. 1, 1923 Balance $6 89 Transferred from 1921 Overlay 11 44 Balance 936 89 $955 22 $955 22 Overlay 1923 Abatements $1,461 27 Amount of Overlay $3,960 25 Balance 2,498 98 $3,960 25 $3,960 25 Tax Titles Jan. 1, 1923 As reported $53 18 Balance $53 18 Tax Title Revenue Jan. 1, 1923 As reported $53 18 Balance $53 18 Loans Authorized As per vote at Town Santuit Road Loan $20,000 00 Meetings $167,000 00 Balance 147,000 00 $167,000 00 $167,000 00 ESTIMATED RECEIPTS Debit ' 1923 Revenue $52,424 88 13 Credits State 'Treasurer: Income Tax $29,299 54 . Corporation Tax .5,377 28 National Bank 'Tax 332 00 Civilian War Poll 'Tax 480 00 Account Board of Health 552 14 $36,040 96 Licenses: Pedlers and Vendors $1,675 00 Automobiles Dealers 340 00 Clam 71 00 r Sunday 62 00 Inn Holders' and Victual- ers' 43 00 Quahaug 36 00 Milk 53 00 Junk 30 00 Auctioneers' 15 00 Billiard and Bowling 14 00 Alcohol 11 00 Moving Picture 10 00 Bottling 10 00 Fire Arms 1 00 Garbage 6 00 $2,377,00 Oyster Grants $169 00 Fish Traps 80 00 249 00 Reimbursement on account of Fires 200 59 Moth Work 1,421 64 Highways 61�00 Board of Health Case 25 00 14 Charities: Reimbursement for Relief: State $391. 45 Cities ana Towns 1,603 63 Individuals 265 73 , Mothers' Aid: State 3,917 14 Cities and Towns 260 00 • Almshouse: Sale of Produce 274 38 $6,712 33 Soldiers' Benefits from State: State Arid $1,188 00 Military Aid 30 00 Soldiers Relief 93 65 $1,311 65 Schools: Tuition of State Wards $821 09 Other tuition 946 04 Sale of Books, etc. 9 20 Check Returned 24 02 Telephone calls 20 12 Damage to Property 80 $1,821 27 Interest: Taxes $544 1.4 Deposits 471 22 $1,015 36 Refunds: h1surance $39 13 Damage to sign 10 00 $49 13 15 Sale of Hyannis Dump $800 00 Rent of Land and Hyannis Office 279 50 Sale of Typewriter - 30 00 Reimbursement for Advertising 12 45 Sale of Voting Lists 8 00 Sale of Cemetery Lot 10 00 $52,49-4 88 Accounts Receivable Jan. 1, 1923 Due the NetCredits $1,454 83 Town $7,191 95 Balance 5,737 12 $7,191 95 $7,191 9 Accounts Receivable Revenue Net Charges $1,454 83 Jan. 1, 1923 Balance $7,191 95 Balance 5,737 12 $7,191 95 $7,191 95 State and County Taxe,� County Tax $28,345 85 State Tax 20,640 00 State Highway Tax 3,466 43 Civilian War Poll Tax 4,848 00 Auditing 200 92 1923 Revenue $57,501 20 $57,501 20 $57,501 20 16 1923 Revenue Appropriated.at Annual 1923 Tax Levy $316,894 62 Town Meeting $318,205 62 Estimated Receipts 52,424 88 Appropriated at Special Excess and Deficiency Town Meeting 3,50a 00 Account to apply on State and County 1923 Taxes 15,000 00 Taxes 57,501 20 December Assessment 492 50 Overlay 1921 700 65 Appropriation Balances: Overlay 1923 3,960 25 Town Building Committee Fires 7 24 312 45 Balance to Excess and Selectmen's Department 814 07 Deficiency Account 9,481 03 Tax Collector's Dept. 7 14 Town Clerk and Treas- urers .Dept. 355 90 Financial Dept. 34 00 Municipail Buildings 1,906 90 Moth Department 13 c+ Clam Warden 75 00 Sealing of Weights and Measures 35 48 Fire Tools and Equip- ment 126 16 Traffic Committee 252 75 Board of Health 447 35 Cotuit Wharf 32 36 Repairs on Roads and Bridges 3 09 Snow Bills 8 30 Santuit Road 216 08 Support of Poor 154 75 Mothers' Aid 2,236 43 State Aid 336 00 Soldiers' Relief 424 77 Almshouse Lighting Plant 176 55 Unclassified Expenses 97 72 Park Commission 465 23 Trust Fund Income 27 38 $393,355 99 $393,355 99 17 Excess and Deficiency Account 1923 Revenue for Jan. 1, 1923 Balance $26,275 81 Taxes $15,000 00 From 1923 Revenue 9,481 03 Balance 20,756 84 $35,756 84 $35,756 84 APPROPRIATION ACCOUNTS Town Building Committee 1923 Revenue $312 45 Jan. 1, 1923 Balance $312 45 \ Selectmen's Department Salaries $2,700 00 Appropriated $4,500 00 Transportation 286 55 Stationery and Postage 239 03 Surveying 178 75 Printing 114 58 Telephone 106.17 Repairs to Soldiers' monumext and grounds 35 15 Auctioneer 15 00 Recording Deed, etc. 5 70 Hall Rent 5 00 $3,685 93 Balance .to Revenue 814 07 $4,500 00 $4,500 00 1 18 Tax Collector's Dept. Salary $1,300 00 Appropriated $1,700 09 Bond 160 00 Stationery and Postage 111 53 Transportation 74 00 Printing 37 13 Telephone 10 20 $1,692 86 Balance to Revenue 7 1.1 $1,700 00 $1,700 00 Assessors' Dept. Salaries $1,800 00 Appropriated $2,000 00 Transfer Cards 211 00 Reserve Fund 118 65 Transportation 81 00 Stationery and Postage 14 65 Printing 7 50 Telephone 4 50 $2,118 65 $2,118 65 Town Clerk and Treasurer's Dept. Salary $2,000 00 Appropriated $3,000 00 Stationery and Postage 267 51 Transportation 153 50 Printing and Advertising 81 25 Bonds 74 00 Telephone 36 84 Recording 33 00 $2,646 10 Balance to Revenue 353 90 $3,000 00 $3,000 00 19 Financial Department Certifying 8 Notes $16 00 Appropriated $50 00 Balance to Revenue 34 00 $50 00 $50 00 Election Department Registrars of Voters $270 00 Appropriated $650 00 Election Officers 257 00 Reserve Fund 185 17 Printing and Advertising 151 05 Hall Rent 63 00 Posting Warrants 40 00 Transporting Ballot Boxes, etc. 37 50 ' Repairs -to Booths 16 62 $835 17 $835 17 Municipal Buildings Almshouse: Appropriated $3,000 00 Repairs $583 95 Town House: Repairs $20.45 Janitor 10 00 30 45 Hyannis Office: Fuel $184 00 Repairs 137 57 Janitor and Labor 93 61 Lights 42 77 • Water 12 00 Janitor's Supplies 8 75 478 70 $1,093 10 Balance to Revenue 1,906 90 $3,000 00 $3,000 00 20 Legal Department Expense of Hearings $343 75 Appropriated $500 00 Special Attorneys 332 01 Reserve Fund 325 76 Town Counsel 150 00 $825 76 $825 U Town Office Committee Balance $500 00 Appropriated $500 00 Moth Department Insecticides $4,102 90 Appropriated $8,000 00 Trucks and Teams 2,238 50 Transferred from Tree Tools and Equipment 596 48 Warden's Dept. 150 75 Labor 549 00 Moth Superintendent 402 00 Repairs to Equipment 200 00 Barn Rent 56 25 Freight and Express 5 49 $8,150 62 , Balance to Revenue 13 $8,150 75 $8,150 75 Tree Warden's Department Trucks and Teams $1,040 00 Appropriated $2,000 00 Tree Warden's 4alary 316 00 Trees 241 45 Labor 224 00 Tools 20 00 Telephone 7 80 $1,849 25 Transferred to Moth r Department 150 75 $2,000 00 $2,000 00 21 Clam, Warden Warden: Appropriated $350 00 Barnstable $225 00 Hyannis 50 00 $275 00 Balance to Revenue 75 00 $350 00 $350 00 Inspection of Wires Salary $500 00 Appropriated $650 00 Transportation 215 80 Reserve Fund 70 13 Supplies 4 33 $720 13 $720 13 Sealing of Weights and Measures Salary $500 00 Appropriated $850 00 Transportation 300 00. Supplies 14 52 $814 52 Balance to Revenue 35 4S $850 00 $ :10 00 Fire Tools and Equipment Equipment $223 84 Appropriated $350 00 • Balance to Revenue 126 16 $350 00 $350 00 Fire Truck Balance $500 00 Appropriated $500 00 r 22 Fires Labor $499 57 Appropriated $500 00 Fire Department Services Reserve Fund 559 65 466 77 1923 Revenue 7 24 Equipment 53 75 Trucks and Cars 36 80 Food for Firemen 10 00 $1,066 89 $1,066 89 Traffic Committee Printing $47 25 Appropriated $300 00 Balance to R.avennP 252 75 $300 00 $300 00 Police Department Traffic Officers $2,463 00 Appropriated $5,500 00 Night Patrolmen 1,800 00 Court Fines 345 00 Court Fees - 771 53 Reserve Fund 113 33 Hyannisport Police 279 00 Special Police 149 00 Other Employees 225 00 Rent 125 80 Signs 53 95 Tending Traffic Signs 43 50 Telephone 29 05 Supplies 18 50 $5,958 33 $5,958 33 Board of Health Salary of Agent $300 00 Appropriated $7,200 00 Services of Members 142 00 Printing and Advertising 69 31 Labor 4 00 Quarantine and Contagious Diseases: Medical Attendance $483 25 23 Aid by other cities and towns 338 29 Groceries and Provisions 59 27 Ambulance 25 00 Drugs and Med- icine 8 20 914 01 Tuberculosis: Board and Treat- ment $1,264 23 Clothing 51 21 1,315 44 Vital Statistics: Births $267 25 Deaths 100 25 367 50 Other Expenses: Cape Cod Health Bureau 1,250 04 Inspection of Meat 754 40 Plumbing Inspector 726 00 Inspection of Animals 350 00 Dental Clinics 343 95 Garbage Disposal 210 00 Fumigating 6 00 $6,752 65 Balance to Revenue 447 35 $7,200 00 $7,200 00 Public Health Nurse District Nursing Association Appropriated $500 00 $500 00 Sanitation Labor $1,006 10 Appropriated $1,000 00 Teams 146 50 Reserve Fund 152 60 $1,152 60 $1,152 60 24 HIGI3WAYS Grand Island Bridge Legal Expenses $1,000 00 Jan. 1, 1923 Balance $1,976 61 Balance 976 61 $1,976 61 $1,976 61 Barnstable Wharf Balance $1,896 63 Jan. 1, 1923 Balance $896 63 Appropriated Town Meeting - 1,000 00 $1,896 63 $1,896 63 Cotuit Wharf Building Wharf $868 89 Jan. 1, 1923 Balance $915 10 Expenses of Committee 13 85 Balance to Revenue 32 36 $915 10 $915 10 Repairs on Roads and Bridges "Expended $30,496 91 Appropriation $30,500 00 Balance to Revenue 3 09 $30,500 00 $20,500 00 Snow Bills 'Expended $2,491 70 Appropriated $2,500 00 Balance to Revenue 8 30 $2,500 00 $2,500 00 r 25 New Roads *Expended $70,000 00 Appropriated $70,000 00 Transportation of Highway Surveyor. Expended $500 00 Appropriated $500 00 Santuit Road *Expended $19,783 92 Appropriated $20,000 00 Balance to Revenue 216 08 $20,000 00 $20,000 00 (*For Detail of expenses, see Report of Surveyor of Highways.) 4 CHARITIES AND SOLDIERS' BENEFITS Aid for Motherst with Dependent Children Cash $5,295 00 Appropriated $9,000 00 Fuel 876 86 Refund 17 00 Rent 192 00 Medical Attendance 141 00 Board and Care 116 46 Aid by other Towns 112 00 Other Supplie6 47 25 $6,780 57 Balance to Revenue 2',236 43 $9,017 00 $9,017 00 Support of Poor Outside Poor: Appropriated $20,000 00 Cash $4,009 63 Groceries and Provis- ions 3,790 08 Medical Attendance 2,450 97 Board and Care 1,407 03 Fuel 944 79 B-3 26 Other Cities and Towns 681 61 Salaries, Overseers of Poor 600 00 Burial Expense 361 25 State Institutions 357 41 Clothing 293 03 Rent 201 00 $15,096 80 Almshouse: Groceries and Provisions $1,582 34 Warden's Salary 600 00 Hay and Grain 574 13 Buildings 474 41 Fuel 467 18 Dry Goods and Clothing 330 60 Labor 295 35 Medical Expense 159 85 Furniture and Tools 70 60 Telephone 63 58 Burial Expense 43 00 Laundry 34 51 • Horse Expense 31 70 Miscellaneous Expense 21 20 $4,748 45 $19,845 25 Balance to Revenue 154 75 $20,000 00 $20,000 00 Lighting Plant for Almshouse Installing Plant $823 45 Appropriated $1,000 00 Balance to Revenue 176 55 $1,000 00 $1,000 00 27 State Aid Cash $870 00 Appropriated $1,200 00 Balance to Revenue 336 00 Refund 6 00 $1,206 00 $1,206 00 Soldiers' Relief Cash $353 00 Appropriated $800 00 Groceries and Provisions 19 23 Medical Attendance 3 00 $375 23 Balance to Revenue 424 77 $800 00 $800 00 SCHOOLS School Purposes General Expense: Appropriated $87,000 00 Salary of Superintendent Reserve Fund 1,000 00 $2,461 62 Dog Money 736 36 Clerk 70 25 Cobb Fund 404 32 Truant Officer 10 50 Printing, Postage, etc 268 35 Telephones 293 12 Traveling Expense 183 01 School Census 81 00 Cape Cod Health Bu- reau 1,249 94. $4,620 79 Teachers' Salaries: High $12,999 00 Elementary 31,672 88 Music and Drawing 2,070 00 $46,741 88 28 ` Text Books and Supplies: High $1,105 71 Elementary 1,809 53 $2,915 24 Transportation 9,622 50 Janitors: High 784 98 Elementary 3,678 21 $4,463 19 ' r Fuel and Light- High 4,183 48 Elementary 7,872 34 $12,055 82 Maintenance Buildings and Grounds: High 1,363 50 Elementary 5,693 49 $7,056 99 Furniture and Fixtures: High 205 40 Elementary 79 71 $285 11 Athletics $715 49 School Nurse 558 77 . Graduation Expenses 104 90 $89,140 68 $89,140 68 Committee on High School Plans and Advice $1,000 00 Appropriated $1,000 00 29 New School Building (lyanough School) Bills approved by Committee Jan. 1, 1923 Balance $2,483 26 $9,620 87 Appropriated at Town Meet- Balance 362 39 ing 7,500 00 $9,983 26 $9,983 26 New High School Architects Fees $2,846 00 Appropriated $150,000 00 Expenses ofPComniittee 109 10 Balance 147,044 90 $150,000 00 $150,000 00 Libraries Hyannis $300 00 Appropriated $1,000 00 Osterville 200 00 Cotuit 130 00 Centerville 120 00 Barnstable 90 00 Vest Barnstable 85 00 Marstons Mills 75 00 $1,000 00 $1,00,0 00 Rent for G. A. R. Rent Howard Hall $80 00 Appropriated $80 00 r Reserve Fund Transferred to: Appropriated $3,000 00 School Purposes $1,000 00 Fires 559 65 Interest 351 40 Legal Department 325 76 30 Election Department 185 17 Sanitation 152 60 Cemeteries 123 31 Assessors' Dept. 118 65 Police Department 113 33 Inspection of Wires 70 13 $3,000 00 $3,000 00 Unclassified Expenses Insurance $3,260 38 Appropriated $4,000 00 Printing Town Reports 580 63 Reward for finding Lost Body 50 00 State Treasurer: Corporation Tax overpaid 11 27 $3,902 28 Balance to Revenue 97 72 $4,000 00 $4,000 00 Memorial Day Barnstable Soldiers' Me- Appropriated $300 00 morial Association $300 00 Cape Cod Farm Bureau Treas. Cape Cod Farm Bu- Appropriated $500 00 reau $500'00 Craigville Beach Balance $6,875 00 Appropriated $6,875 00 Rent for American Legion Balance $100 00 Appropriated $100 00 31 Bills Approved at Town Meeting Expenses of School Com- Appropriated $350 62 mittee $218 87 Reimbursement for Dam- ages 95 75 Moderator 20 00 Expense of Road Commit- tee 16 00 $350 62 $350 62 Park Commission i Labor $218 05 Appropriated $1,000 00 Manure 124 85 Refund 25 00 Pipe and fittings 106 40 Trucking 39 37 Surveying .30 00 Lumber 10 77 Grass Seed 8 75 Sods 8 16 Car Fares 6 45 Sign 5 15 Freight 1 82 $559 77 Balance to Revenue 465 23 $1,025 00 $1,025 00 Cobb Burial Lot Care of Lot $5 00 Income from Cobb Fund $5 00 Cemeteries Labor $418 21 Appropriated $400 00 Fences 105 10 Reserve Fund 123 31 $523 31 $523 31 4 32 Cemeteries (Special) Labor $13 7 25 Jan. 1, 1923 Balance $752 90 Balance 615 65 $752 90 $752 90 Interest Temporary Loans $3,473 90 Appropriated $6,500 00 Highway Loans 2,300 00 Reserve Fund 351 40 School House Loans 637 50 Hyannis Street Loan 440 00 $6,851 40 , $6,851 40 Debit Highway Loans $15,000 00 Appropriated $19,000 00 School House Loans 3,000 00 Hyannis Street Loan 1,000 00 $19,000 00 $19,000 00 Temporary Loans Hyannis Trust Company Hyannis Trust Company $175,000 00 $175,000 00 Trust Funds Invested: Deposited for Perpetual Care: Cemetery Perpetual care Beechwood Cemetery $400 00 Fund $1,209 94 Oak Grove Cemetery 200 00 Estate of: Sarah A. Parker 200 00 S. H. Hallett 150 00 John Munroe 100 00 T. V. West 74 50 p 33 Estate of: Amanda Crosby 60 00 J. and A. Hinckley 11 64 George Lovell 8 22 Robinson Weeks 5 58 $1,209 94 $1,209 94 Trust Fund Income Care of Burial Lots $888 97 Cemetery Perpetual Care Interest on Cobb Fund 409 32 Fund $964 01 Sturgis Fund: Cobb Fund 361 66 Paid to Selectmen 200 00 Sturgis Find 200 00 School Fund: School Fund 54 32 Added to Fund 54 32 Balance to Revenue 27 38 $1,579 99 $1,579 99 SUMMARY OF CASH ACCOUNT January 1, 1923, Cash on hand. $221452 47 Receipts 1921 Taxes $287 42 1922 Taxes 9,235 33 1923 Taxes 304,994 55 $314,517 30 Santnit Road Loan 20,000 00 Estimated Receipts 52,424 88 Court Fines 345 00 Refund on Account of Mothers' Aid 17 00 Refund on account of State Aid 6 00 Dog Money 736 36 Income Cobb Fund 409 32 34 Refund on Account of Park Commission 25 00 Temporary Loans 175,000 00 Trust Funds 1,209 94 Trust Fund Income 1,579 99 $566,270 79 $588,723 26 Expenditures State and County Taxes $57,501 20 Selectmen's Department 3,685 93 Tax. Collector's Department 1,692 86 Assessors' Department 2,118 65 Town Clerk and Treasurer's Dept. 2,646 10 Financial Department 16 00 Legal Department 825 76 Election Department 835 17 Municipal Buildings 1,093 10 Moth Dept. 8,150 62 Tree Warden's Department 1,849 25 Clam Warden 275 00 Inspection of Wires 720 13 Sealing of Weights and Measures 814 52 Fire Tools and Equipment 223 84 Fires 1,066 89, Traffic Committee $47 25 Police Department 5,958 33 Board of Health 6,752 65 Public Health Nurse 500 00 Sanitation 1,152 60 Grand Island Bridge 1,000 00 Cotuit Wharf ' 882 74 Repairs on Roads and Bridges 30,496 91 35 Snow Bills 2,491 70 New Roads 70,000 00 Transportation of Highway Surveyor 500 00 Santuit Road 19,783 92 Mothers' Aid 6,780 57 Support of Poor 19,845 25 Almshouse Lighting Plant 823 45 State Aid 870 00 Soldiers' Relief 375 23 School Purpose's 89,140 68 High School Committee 1,000 00 Iyanough School 9,620 87 New High School 2,955 10 Libraries 1,000 00 Rent for G. A. R. 80 00 Unclassified Expenses 3,902 28 Memorial Day 300 00 Cape Cod Farm Bureau 500 00 Bills Approved at Town Meeting 350 62 Park Commission 559 77 Care Cobb I.ot 5 00 � Cemeteries 523 31 Cemeteries (Special) 137 25 Interest 6,851 40 Debt 19,000 00 Temporary Loans 175 000 00 Trust Fund Investment 1,209 94 Trust Fund Income , 1,552 61 $565,464 45 December 31, 1923 Balance!on hand 23,258 81 t $588,723 26 6 36 NON-REVENUE ACCOUNTS Net Bonded Debt Jan. 1, 1923 Balance $63,000 00 Notes paid in 1923 $19,000 00 Santuie Road Loan 20,000 00 Balance 64,000 00 $83,000 00 $83,000 00 Notes Payable Highways: Net Bonded Debt $64,000 00 1924 $15,000 00 1925 10,000 00 $25,000 00 Hyannis Main Street: 1924 $1,000 00 1925 1,000 00 1926 1,000 00 1927 1,000 00 1928 1,000 00 1929 1,000 00 ' d930 1,000 00 7,000 00 School House Loan: 1924 $3,000 00 1925 3,000 00 1926 3,000 00 1927 3,000 00 12,000 00 Santuit.Road: 1924 20,000-00 $64,000 00 $64,000 00 37 TRUST FUNDS Trust Fund Cash and Securities .Tan: 1, 1923 Balance $41,709 33 Balance $42,973 59 Cemetery Perpetual Care Fund 1,209 94 School Fund 54 32 $42,973 59 $42,973 59 Cemetery Perpetual Care Fund Balance $27,492 16 .Tan. 1, 1923 Balance $26,282 22 Receipts 1,209 94 $27,4.92 16 $27,492 16 Cobb Fund Balance $10,233 00 Jan. 1, 1923 Balance $10,233 00 Sturgis Fund Balance $4,000 00 Jan. 1, 1923 Balance $4,000 00 ' School Fund Balance $1,248 43 Jan. 1, 1923 Balance $1,194 11 Receipts 54 32 $1,248 43 $1,248 43 '38 LIST ,OF BURIAL LOT FUNDS HELD IN TRUST BY THE TOWN Estate of: + A. C. Adams $125 00 Josiah Ames 75 00 Robert Bacon 500 00 Luther Baker 150 00 Adeline Bearse 50 00 Arthur Bearse 100 00 Cordelia S. Bearse 1-50 00 Richard Bearse + 100 00 Eben Bodfish 50 00 William I. Bodfish 100 00, Christina H. Bodge 99 00 Lydia F. Bourne 100 00 David Bursley 200 00 Mercy T. Cobb 100 00 Warren Cammet and A. A. Cram 150 00 Thomas Chatfield 1.00 00 Augustine F. Childs 150 00 Henry E. Crocker 300 00 Lorin; and Nathan Crocker 300 00 Amanda Crosby 60 00 Gorham F. Crosby 100 00 Jul.ia Crosby 100 00 Ebenezer Crowell 200. 00 Elkanah Crowell 200 00 Henry L. Davis 200 00 J. A. Davis 300 00 Jane E.Edson 300 00 Jarvis R. Fish 1.00 00 Lydia S. Fish 100 00 Nellie A.-Fish 100 00 39 Ida D. Frost 950 00 Herschel Fuller 100 00 Stephen B. Fuller 200 00 Sumner Gorham 100 00 Franklin B. Goss 300 00 Gorham Hallet 100 00 Lydia T. Hamblin 100 00 Samuel H. Hallett 150 00 Deborah C. Handy 200 00 Eliza M. Handy 278 37 Hannah Haywood 100 00 Gustavus A. Hinckley 125 00 Josiah and Abby Hinckley 344 26 Jehiel P. Hodges 150 00 Edwin T. Howland 103 50 William C. Howland 200 00 Oliver C. Hoxie 100 00 Mary E. Huckins 100 00 F. G. Kelley 150 00 Mary E. Lewis 150 00 F. G. Lothrop 200 00 George Lovell 243 17 Hannah Lovell 150 00 Lizzie E. Lovell 200 00 William S. Lumbert 100 00 A. D. Makepeace 500 00 John Munroe 100 00 Hannah E. Nickerson 500 00 Mary M. Nye 150 00 Harriet S. Parker 100 00 Sarah A. Parker 200 00 William B. Parker 100 00 ` Harrison G. Phinney 150 00 Joseph L. Proctor 100 00 1 40 Patrick Regan 200 00 Nelson Rhodehouse 100 00 H. A. Scudder 100 00 Nelson Scudder 200 00 Charles H. Smith 200 00 Fred L. Stimpson 200 00 William W. Stur •is 75 pp Henry L. Swain 90 00 Timothy Swiner'ton 100 00 Freeman Taylor. 100 00 R'. M. Waite 300 00 - Robinson Weeks 324 36 T. V. West 74 50 Hannah Wheeler 200 00 A.senith Whelden 600 00 S. Whelden 200 00 J. R. Wilson 100 00 Herbert W. 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M 114 o w 0 d In Cl Ln O v m,GO CID * O o rn in in a) am, C11Om � ri c�� W x P p O O O O o O O O O O C O O p O O O O O O O O O O 0 p O O o O O O O O O O O O O O p O O O O O O' O O O p O O O p 00 0 O O O O O O in in O p cV m O O O O_ ri O er in O GV (M O r-H N rl cllJ d+ '-i C9 m G�7 00 ri i4 O '✓a O cd MbA O W bbo a-i 0 O a .0 r ?y � -4� U� a � � �, � � o Cd E-+ ri tizit zn ,� f ( Per) - A 45 REPORT OF THE AUDIT Aug. 11, 1923. To the Board'of Selectmen, Mr. Edgar W. Lovell, Chairman, Barnstable, Massachusetts. Gentlemen: I submit herewith my report of an audit of the accounts of the town of Barnstable for the fiscal year ending Decem- ber 31, 1922, made in accordance with the provisions of Section 35, Chapter 44, General Laws. This report is in the form of a report made to me by Mr. Edward H. Fenton, Chief Examiner of this Division, who was'placed in charge of the work. Very truly yours, THEODORE N. WADDELL, Director of Accounts. Mr. Theodore N. Waddell, Director of Accounts, Department of Corporations and Taxation, State House, Boston. Sir As directed by you, I have made an audit of the books i and accounts of the town of Barnstable for the fiscal year . 46 ending December 31;1922, and submit the following report thereon: The books and accounts of the town treasurer were ex- amined, and its the treasurer acts as the accounting officer h for the town, the financial transaction of the town are re- flected on the books in his office. The additions of the cash book were proved and the ledger postings were checked to the cash book and the jour- nal, in which all ledger entries originate. The town clerk's records of appropriation voted at the town meeting were :listed and checked to the appropriations as entered in the ledger, as were also the records of trans- fers and loans authorized. An analysis of the ledger accounts was made, thus proving the accuracy of the work in general. A balance sheet as of December 31, 1922, was prepared, which verified the balance sheet as given in the town report of 1922. A reconciliation of the treasurer's cash and bank balances was made as of June 18, 1923, which shows the cash and bank balances to be correct. The transactions of the several trust fiends in the cus- tody of the treasurer were checked, and the bank books and securities representing the investment of the funds were examined and listed and were found to agree with the rec- ords. , The books of the tax collector were examined, the col- lections reported as paid to the treasurer being checked to the treasurer's records and the abatements to the assessors' records of abatements granted. The outstanding accounts were listed and a reconcilia- tion of the taxes for the years 1920, 1921 and 1922 was made. The outstanding accounts were further verified by mailing notices to a number of persons whose names appeared on 47 the books as owing money to the town, and from replies re- ceived I am satisfied that the accounts are correct. The records of licenses and permits issued by the select- men were examined and checked to the receipts as shown on the treasurer's book. The accounts of the milk inspector were examined and the recorded receipts for milk and oleomargarine licenses issued by the inspector'were verified by a comparison with the receipts as shown by the treasurer's books. The books of the sealer of weights and measures were examined, and payments to the treasurer were checked to the treasurer's records., Payments of all fees collected each year should be made to the treasurer in the year in which they are collected. The following is a summary of the seal- er's accounts: Outstanding January 1, 1922, $.62 Cash on hand January 1, 1922, 71 65 $72 27 Fees 1922, 80 80 $153 07 Payment to treasurer, $75 68 Outstanding December 31, 1922, 2 72 Cash on hand December 31, 1922, 74 67 $153 07 The records of receipts for sale of produce, etc., at the town farm were examined, and the payments made to the treasurer were checked to the treasurer's books. The town clerk's records of dog and of hunting and fishing licenses issued during 1922 were examined, and the records of fees collected were checked to the payments made to the state and county treasurers as shown by their receipts. The surety bonds of the treasurer, tax collector, and town clerk were examined and found to be in proper form. 48 The accounting work was found to have been done in the usual careful and painstaking manner, and the accounts were readily verified. Appended to this report are tables showing a reconcil- iation of the treasurer's cash, summaries of the tag ac- counts, and of the transactions and conditions of the trust funds. While engaged in making the audit I received the co- operation of the various officials, and I wish to extend, both for my assistant and myself, my thanks and appreciation for the courtesy received and the assistance rendered. Respectfully submitted, EDW. H.FENTON, Chief Examiner. REPORT OF SURVEYOR OF HIGHWAYS Repairs on Roads and Bridges RECEIPTS Appropriated $30,500 00 EXPENDITURES To Selectmen for signs, etc. $500 00 Mr. Taylor in January and February 3,336 00 Appropriated Seapuit Road 1,050 00 Craigville Curves and Hyannisport widening 1,214 45 Labor, Teams and Trucks 14,267 11 Materials, Loam, Shells, Gravel Stone Stone and CoJd Patch 849 14 Materials: Loam, Shells, Gravel, 643 07 Freight and Express 912 57. Salary of Road Surveyor 1,500 00 New Tools, including Truck 1,505 90 Repairs on equipment, gas, oil, etc. 348 28 Bridges, Drawtender and Repairs 989 65 Oiling Roads, 19,913 gals. 1,632 86 50 Fences 582 09 Drains and Catch Basins 504 08 Land and Garage Rent 200 00 Safety Signals 376 20 Curbings 307 63 Miscellaneous 77 86 Total Expenditures $30,496 9-1 Unexpended Balance 3 09 $30,500 00 The above amount of $1-4,267 11 for Labor, 'Teams and Trucks was expended in the different sections as follows: REPAIRS,ON ROADS AND BRIDGES Cotuit $1,186 72 Newtown 1,140 89 Marstons Mills and Plains 1,836 78 Osterville 2,223 51 Centerville 2,323 40 Hyannisport 1,185 22 Hyannis 2.,952 06 Barnstable 765 69 West Barnstable 652 88 $14,267 11 NEW ROADS Appropriated $70,000 00 51 Expenditures: Barnstable Road 33„025.3 sq. yds. asphalt surface $41,281 63 Credit by closing of road 400 00 • $40,881 63 Catch Basins, Drains, Fences 334 48 , Extra grading, removing cor- ners, clay excavation, stumping, etc. 6,544 10 Total, Barnstable Road $47,760 21 Yarmouth Road 12,174.15 sq. yds. asphalt surface $15,217 69 Extra grading 594 40 Stone to raise road 185 60. Total Yarmouth Road $15,997 69 Seal Coating 41,614 sq. yds. @ 15c $6,242 10 Total on New Roads $70,000 00 SANTUIT ROAD 'NAppropriated $20,000 00 Expenditures: , 14,089 sq. yds. asphalt surface $17,611 25 Extra grading, catch basins, and seal coating 2,172 67 Total $19,783 92 4 52 Unexpended Balance 216 08 $20,000 00 SNOW Appropriated $2,500 00 Expenditures: By Mr. Taylor in Jan. and Feb. $2,058 19 New Truck Snow Plow 275 00 Labor, Snow Plows and Horses Hyannis 80 73 Cotuit 14 55 Osterville 25 10 Hyan.nisport 7 40 Marstons Mills 9 87 Centerville 7 75 Barnstable 6 75 West Barnstable 6 36 Total \ $2,49170 Unexpended 8 30 $2,500 00 Transportation of Surveyor of Highways Appropriated $500 00 Expenditures: Use of car 10 months @ $50.00 per month $500 00 REMARKS ON EXPENDITURES For the Selectmen The 500 dollars turned over to the Selectmen was for Street signs, Town pumps, Traffic lines,Harbor masters, etc., 53 which are classified'under Highways, but come under the direction. of the Selectmen. By Mr. Taylor The expenditures by Mr. Taylor are those coming under his direction in January and February. Seapuit Road The Seapuit Road was completed to the end of the town road. ,One half of the cost of construction was paid by the residents. This road should last years as only a small amount of travel passes over,it. Widening at Craigville and Hyannisport The reverse curves at Craigville were widened as prom- ised by the County Commissioners at the time of taking the new location. The hill near the Ilyan.nisport post office was also widened, it having been a place of constant expense. Labor, Teams and Trucks This amount may seem large but it is only about half as much as is needed to repair the many places which must have attention. The price of labor was increased twenty five percent this year, the rate for horses was also increased, the rate for trucks remained the same. The labor problem needs no enlargement, it is the greatest in this work: The expenditures under this item include repairs of all kinds on dirt and asphalt roads, labor on sidewalks, sweeping streets, etc. Materials We have tried wherever practicable to get our repair- ing stock from the sides and corners, thus widening and straightening. Gravel has been used mostly in repairing dirt roads. Fourteen carloads of stone dust and stone for cold patch have been used. More cold patch was used than ever before. 54- Freight and Express ` This item is for all tools and supplies brought in from outside the town. f Salary of Road Surveyor This needs no explanation, except that it is not enough. New Tools The old truck was five years old and a steady expense for repairs, so it was traded in for a new one. A new road scraper, a hand roller, a road planer and several small tools were purchased. Repairs on Equipment All equipment was looked over and repaired where needed, every snow plow was painted and put in shape for instant use. This item includes oil and gas for mixer and truck. Bridges Common Fields Bridge needs only a new guard railing. Grand Island Bridge is in good repair, except for a few planks and a cog wheel. Craigville Bridge is rusting badly, the upper structures are nearly all gone, but the girders and floor beams which carry the travel seem in good condition. Bumps River Bridge is in bad shape and a new bridge should be built there this year. The County and State have agreed to help build this bridge. Oiling Roads There seems to be no end to the roads that the public want oiled. The practice of oiling roads is a bad one for we 55 depend on moisture to hold the roads together, and oil waterproofs them. However it seems better to continue than to suffer from dust. e Fences The fences and railings are in a very poor condition. Many need rebuilding, others repairing and nearly all need painting. Many dangerous places that were never protected need fencing. The cost of building fences ran all the way from 57c per foot to 75c per foot according to type and location. Drains and Catch Basins The drainage system is in about the same condition as the fences. Several new leach basins and catch basins were constructed this ,year and many more are needed. Land and Garage Rent This item is for storage of truck, tool house and supply dump. Safety Signals Several warning signals have been placed about *the town, to try and prevent accidents. These signals are more economical than traffic police. Curbings About 500 feet of curbing have been constructed this year. The abuttors paid one-half the cost: The construe- " tion of curbing. from Sea Street east was a holdover con- tract of 1922 which was completed this summer. The town 56 is away behind in curbings. Hyannis especially is in need of clearly defined streets and sidewalks, as well as other sections of the town. Miscellaneous This item includes innumerable small charges such as telephone, printing, stamps, etc. Snow The expenditures on snow were mostly made by Mr. Taylor in January and February. The expenditure of $158.51 was due'to the snow storm of March 6th. A new plow for the roads was purchased. This goes on front of a heavy truck and it is planned to use this plow with the one on the tractor, in an effort to keep the roads open at-all times. By keeping the roads free of snow and ice we pre- vent rutting and wear from chains, etc. Transportation of Surveyor. of. Highways An accurate account was kept of the miles travelled on business for the Town of Barnstable. It was a total of 10,- 129 miles, for which the town paid $500.00. Will you rent, your car to the Surveyor for $50.00 per month. NEW .ROADS Barnstable Road There was 16,472 feet of new construction, 18 feet wide, average thickness 3 inches. 33,025.3 sq. yds of asphalt sur- ace. $45,000.00 would have built the average road of that length, but this road was in very bad condition, many stumps had to be removed,corners were cut back, and many 57 yards of filling were put on the shoulders. The cost of grad- i.ng was higher this year than last due to the fact that the contractor had to pay fifty-five and sixty cents an hour n agaffist forty-five last year. This road was straightened as mach as possible with what money there was available, but there is a ebanee to do a. great deal_ more of this work. Many of the turns were made wider than 18 feet. What little roughness there is to this road will come out when the seal coat is applied. With perhaps a little too much gravel showing', to look good., this is after all a very well con- stru.cted road and should stand well under bard usage. Yarmouth Road ° 9,075 lineal feet, 18 feet wide, 12,174.15 sq. yds, asphalt surface. A new method was used in building this road, which seems to be-the best yet tried. The method consists of two thin layers instead of one thick one, as the thinner the layer the smoother it can be rolled. The first is about one and one-half inches which is rolled .fairly true then a second layer of two inches is rolled true to line and grade. No horse roller is used in' this type of construction. As we wished to compare the wearing qualities of this new type under the same conditions as that which the State built (which is.of another type) a seal coat was put on so as to have surface conditions alike. The driver of the truck gave too heavy a coating so that the surface has rolled up a little, but under a warm sun the surplus sand will be taken up and with a little work Avhich the contractor agrees to give,it will turn out as smooth as any of: the new roads. Seal Coating o- 41,472 sq. yds. of asphalt. surface was built in 1922 B-5 which needed seal coating. This was done at 15 cents a yard, the same price as the past three years. This contract calls for one half gall.on.per yard, to be covered with sand and to be recovered if needed at any time during the first year. Centerville Road As all the first mentioned work in the recommendations of. the Road Committee exceeded the estimates there was no money available for this road, which I feel would have been wasted anyway in trying to widen this macadam road, which only has an average width of eight feet. his opinion has been agreed to by two consulting engineers who have viewed the road. Santuit Road 6,340 lineal feet, 20 wade, average thickness 3 inches. 14,089 sq. yds. This road was completed within the appro- priation, was sealed and built 20 feet wide, this extra width was given to prevent the shoulders from breaking down from the mail truck turning out at the boxes. This is also a well built road and should last a kong time without re- pairs. The contract price of one dollar and twenty-five cents per sq. yd. for asphalt surface is slightly lower than what the State and other towns are paying for the same type of construction. We are getting a§ good roads at that price as any other place. I give below the report of Mr. Farrington who was for- merly district engineer for the State, and of Mr.H. W. Dur- lia.m who was formerly resident engineer of the Cape Cod Canal, superintendent of streets of the Borough of Manhat- tan and who had charge of all roads in France cared for by the A. E. F. 59 In the work of the past year I have made many mis- takes, but I hope that I have profited from them to the ad- vantage of the town. Honest•criticism is welcome. If you see any chance to improve the roads of this town, please bring the metter to my personal attention and undoubtedly we will both learn something to our mutual advantage. ` Respectfully submitted, LAUCHLAN M. CROCKER, Surveyor of Highways. January 15, 1924. 60 #2 Rector Street, New York City, December 15th, 1923. Mr. L. M. Crocker', A Surveyor of Highways, Barnstable, Mass. Dear Sir: At your request there was made recently, an inspection of certain of the roads in Barnstable, including three (3) under construction or lately completed, as well as others whose surfaces had undergone various periods of wear. Particular attention was given to the following named sec- tions. 1. Hyannis—Barnstable 3.1 miles long, 18 feet wide. In general this is a good piece of work. Having had occasion to pass over it several times during the period of construction, I am satisfied that it has been given rather. more than less the prescribed thickness of 2% and 3% on shoulders and center respectively. The surface is in gen- eral true, though the crown is rather flat. This condition is difficult to avoid in such a road and where traffic is per- mitted during construction. The wearing surface was well proportioned and properly compacted by rolling, although there appear in some'parts too many large stones which are liable to wear loose. The general appearance of the sur- face, with this exception is good. To prevent water dam- age a,nd loosening of these stones, a seal coat should be promptly applied after the winter. I would recommend that you inspect the condition of the road during periods f of tbaw to determine that all surface drainage is taken care of, and tliat do opportunity is given. for alternate freezing and thawing of standing water retained by any excess height on the earth shoulders, which condition will cause deterioration under traffic with great rapidity. 2. Hyannis-Yarmouth 1.15 Miles long, 18 feet wide. At the time of inspection I observed your work in com- parison with that being done under state contract. I believe that you are getting results equally satisfactory, making al- lowance for the necessity you are under of omitting some of the precision of measurement and staling out, that is poss- ible with a large survey and inspection staff. The method of construction employed (building in two layers) results in a better job with the wearing surface of greater density. It is also possible to shapq the cross section more accurately by this method, after eomp.Icting the subgrade and taking Lip its inequalities in the first course which acts substantially as the binder course in a two course asphalt pavement. The mixture appeared to me a rather better quality than that of the first road, especially in its g.radingl and' the absence of excessive amounts of the larger stone. I inspected the work at the plant where the material for this road was be- ing mixed and have no specific recommendation for im- provement here, otber than. the use of greater care in screening the bank sand and gravel, in order to eliminate all large stone. 3. Centerville-West Barnstable Road. ` This road was inspected with a view to determine the most suitable type of repair. It is at present, in extremely 62 poor condition and must either be patched or reconstructed. It has been suggested that a considerable portion of the center asphalt surface could be saved and repairs made by laying new strips on the sides. I do not recommend this. , The old surface is very uneven and the portions that could be saved in this way would be of slight value, particularly as the cost per square yard of the new work in a patching job would invariably run higher than in a straight new con- struction; moreover even those parts ,of the surface which are reasonably smooth are nevertheless worn thin and would have a very short life. The only satisfactory result will be obtained by reconstruction., similar to that on the roads that have been done this year. A considerable experience with similar conditions in New York and New Jersey has shown me, the futility of asphalt patching where repairs equal 25 per cent. or more of the total area. It is no more economical than to patch shoes or clothes under similar conditions. 4. Santuit-Cotuit Road 1 1-5 miles long. An excellent piece of; work in good condition. 5. Seapuit Road,-hospital Road,-Sea Street,-Marstons Mills,-West Barnstable,-Portion of Barnstable, Hyannis Road. These roads are all in fair condition and need no main- tenance. In general I. concur that the recommendations made last year by Mr. W. R. Farrington, particularly as to the de- sirability of elimination of all large stone, careful attention to thorough mixing at the proper temperature and the use . - 63 of a steam roller of proper weight. These points had evi- dently received attention at the time inspection was made. I would advise that where practical the seal coat be applied after shorter interval tharr has been the case on the Hyannis- Barnstable road, as a cleaner job could be obtained when the surface is crew. The question of the possibility of re- fluxing asphalt by use of lighter oil is more theoretical than practical. If the seal coat is properly applied within a rea- sonable interval after the work is completed, the question of resealing will not have-to be taken up in all probability, until the :road wears out, as shown by several of the roads from five to ten years old, which have never received a sec- ond coating and which still remain in fair condition. Mr. Farrin.gton's recommendations in regar.•d to samp- ling and inspection on all construction by contract are in line with standard practice on all state and county work and-it is imm:n;ntly desirable.. that the town of Barnstable conform as nearly as possible to state practice in these re- gards. The small additional cost entailed is slight compared with the security obtained. Summarizing, the town roads completed recently ap- pear well done and compare favorably with similar state work at Cape Cod. While the sand asphalt road does not represent a type suitable for the heaviest traffic, its great economy in the employment of local material justifies its extended use under present conditions on the roads of Barnstable. I would recommend consideration of the use of a minimum width of 20 feet on such well travelled roads as that from I3yannis to Barnstable and that hereafter all such construction be clone for the full width of the road and that it be closed to traffic during the period of construc- tion. It is impossible with the greatest care to produce by the method of constructing one-half widths at a time, as good a finished surface as when the entire width is laid as a unit; and when traffic is permitted to use the surface un- i E4 der construction and run over the consolidated sub-grade, it is difficult if not impossible to produce a final true surface at the same time. Under such conditions the contractor is hampered, the work delayed, and the ultimate convenience of the public is not as well served as it would be by use of a temporary detour. , Respectfully submitted, (Signed) HENRY W. DURHAM, C. E. Middleboro, Mass., Aug. 20,, 1923. Mr. L. M. Crocker, highway Surveyor, Barnstable, Mass. Dear Sir: In accordance with your request, I examined the sec- tions of road constructed., or under construction, this season in Barnstable and would report as follows: I did not measure the width or thickness of surfaces as I understood that you had kept watch of the work and were sure that the specifications relative to the width and thick- ness had been complied with. Santuit Section"' With the exception of a short section which is a little uneven, I found the surface in good condition. I also du.g into the surface in a number .of places and in each case 3 Surface completed except for seal coat. found a very good mixture, all of the particles of the aggre- gate being thoroughly coated with asphalt. Osterville Section N Contract completed. I found the surface constructed or reconstructed this season in very good condition. An ex- amination of the road also showed a very good mixture. Road from Hyannis to Barnstable I found the surface where completed generally in very good condition and a very good mixture. In one or two places, I found that in filling depressions caused by vehicles standing, etc., a thin layer of the mixture had been spread over the adjoining surface. I would advise that the con. tractor be requested to see that this is not done as while or- dinarily it does no harm. such a thin coat will almost always separate, and if it comes off after the work is approved, it gives the impression that the surface is disintegrating. Also there is the possibility of it holding until after the seal coat is applied and separating later, causing the seal coat or wearing surface to break up. In regard to the sections of old roads we looked at, I would advise resealing the section in Cotuit village, this fall, if possible, in any case not later than next spring. The sur- face is now .in good condition but has worn through the seal coat and should be protected. Even though a mixed sand and asphalt surface may stand up without the seal coat, it is more economical to carry the travel on the denser seal + coat or wearing surface, and there is always the possibility that if not protected by a seal coat, the mixture may disin- tegrate, especially during the winter. $' I would also recommend resealing the section we looked at just outside Hyannis village. I understand that this was 66 _ constructed some eight years ago and has not been sealed since. I would also state generally that while the length of time a mixed sand and asphalt surface will go without re- sealing depends on the materials used, the amount of travel and local conditions, it ordinarily is not safe, to let the sur- face go more than five or six years without resealing. For resealing, I would advise the use of about 65 per cent. Road oil similar to thef Standard No. 6, about 1/4 gal.. of oil being used per sq. yd. For sealing the first time, a Road binder similar to the Standard A is advisable if the work is done in connection with the construction of the surface. If not done for two or three months after the surface is laid however, I think the best results are obtained by the use of 65 per cent Road oil (using about 1/_ gal.) as this oil fluxes the asphalt in the mixture, slightly forming a very dense wearing surface which is thoroughly bonded to the mixture. If, however, this oil is applied while the mixture is fresh, there is a possibility that it may penetrate to some depth and soften the mixture. In regard to the section of road at Cotuit, on the Mars- tons Mills road, which has disintegrated in places: The surface appears to be standing up all right during the warm weather but probably is brittle and tends to break up when cold. I would advise filling the depressions and resealing (with 65 per cent. oil) the entire surface, as this will prob- ably prevent further disintegration. Respectfully yours, W. R. FARRINGTON, Consulting Ilighway Engineer. e REPORT Off' THE ROAD COMMITTEE The Road Committee at a meeting held early in the Spring voted to approve of a contract being made by the Surveyor of Highways with Herbert L. Thomas for seal- coating the roads built last year, using one-quarter of a gallon of oil per square yard and keeping the roads sanded during the year, at a price of fifteen cents ($.15) per square yard, also for the rebuilding of the Hyannis and Yarmouth road, the Hyannis and Barnstable road and a portion of the Centerville and West Barnstable road, at a price of one dollar and twenty-five cents ($1.25) per square yard, this price not to include the cost of grading, etc. The abov. work has been completed and an itemized list of the amount expended will appear in the report of the Surveyor of High- ways. The Committee has carefully considered the work to be done this year and we have decided to recommend the following appropriations, viz.: Seal.coating roads built last year $7,500 00 Rebuilding a portion of the Centerville and West Barnstable Road, beginning at the Centerville end to a point near the res- idence of C. C. Owen 41,000 00 e Rebuilding the Wianno Avenue Road 26,500 00 Repairs on roads 32,000 00 68 The Committee has as usual received several requests for their recommendation to rebuild certain sections of road, all of these requests were worthy of merit and have been carefully considered by the Committee, but it was decided that we should not, at present, deviate from the plan adopted by the Committee to complete the rebuilding of the main roads .before recommending any special sections. It is believed however by the Committee that if their recom- mendations are adopted for this and neat year that they will then be in a position to look after some of these special re- quests. Sometime after the meeting was held, at which the above vote was passed, it was learned that the Common- wealth was .in.terested. and ready to assist the Town in the re- building of the road from West Barnstable, beginning aL Lemuel Jones corner, (so called) to Hyannis and that they were ready to appropriate $10,000.00 for this purpose, pro- vided the 'town and County would appropriate a like amount, also that if the-Town would appropriate $10,000.00, • they would appropriate enough more which would approxi- mately be $28,000.00 for the construction of a new bridge at Bumps River, taking over the Bridge and a short section of road on each side and maintaining it as a State Highway. This matter was of so much importance that the Commit- tee held a very late meeting at which it was learned that the County was willing and ready to contribute their quota, and it Nva,s the unanimous opinion of the Committee present that we should take ailvan.tage of this offer, and after con- sidering the matter carefully it was voted to recommend that the Town appropriate $10,000.00 for the building of the above road provided the Commonwealth and the County would each appropriate a like amount, and that the Town also appropriate $10,000..00 toward the construction of a new bridge at Bumps River, provided the Commonwealth 69 would appropriate an amount,sufficient to complete the construction of this Bridge. It is recommended that for the purposes above men- tioned that,the Town issue a note or notes amounting to $20,000.00 payable within one year, and that; provided these recommendations are accepted, the Selectmen be ap- pointed a Committee to confer with the authorities of the Commonwealth to look after this work. JOI3N BURSLEY, Chairmau. 'J. C. BEARSE, Clerk. , a TOWN CLERK'S REPORT ANNUAL` TOWN MEETING March 5 and 6, 1923 At a meeting of the inhabitants of the Town of Barnstable, qualified to vote on Town affairs, held in the different pre- cincts named in the Warrant for said meeting, for the elec- tion of officers, etc., on Monday, March 5, 1923, while acting under the following article: Art. 1. To choose a Moderator for the subsequent meeting, Town Clerk for 3 years, Town Treasurer, Collector of: Taxes, 1 Selectmen for 3 years, 1 Assessor for 3 years, 1. Overseer of the Public welfare for 3 years, 3 Auditors for 1 year, 1 School Com- mittee for 3 ,years, 1 member of the Board of Health for 3 years, 1 Tree warden for 1 year, 1 Park Commissioner for 3 years, Con- stables, and to elect any other officers whose name may appear on the official ballot. Also to vote on 'the question, shall license be granted for the sale of certain non-intoxicating beverages' in this town. The subsequent meeting will be held at the Town House on Tues- day, March 6, at 9 o'clock a. m. The whole number of votes cast was 1431, which being assorted and counted according to law, the result was found , to be as follows: Moderator at Annual Meeting *Edward C. Hinckley ................................................................................... 1130 J. Milton Leonard ................................................................- .... ........ 2 71 ' Town Clerk (Three Years) *Clarence M. Chase .............................................._....... .....} .................... 1239 Town Treasurer (One Year) *Clarence M. Chase .......................................................................................... 1202 Selectman (Three Years) *Edgar W. Lovell .......................................................................................... 1202 Assessor (Three Years) *Edgar W. Lovell ............................................................................................ 11.67 Overseer of Public Welfare (Three Years) *Edgar W. Lovell1.............................................................................................. 11.46 School. Committee (Three Years) *Richard Cobb ............................................................................ .................... 943 Collector of Taxes (One Year) *Everett F. Fuller................................................................................................ 1084 EdgarF. Weeks ............................................................................................... 191 Surveyor -of I3ighwa.ys (Three Years) *Lauchlan M. Crocker .................................................................................... 725 WilliamA. Jones .......................................................................................... 595 SimeonC. Robinson ....................................................................................... 97 StuartF. Scudder ...................................._........................... .............. 7 � ri ^ � 72 Three Auditors (Ono Year) *John Bnrsley .................. ......................................................... 10*1 *Albert L. ]8dmnn .... 008 *Tmtbor0. Hallett _—.................................................................................... 958 ^ Tree Warden (0hoYoor) F. Cross 1053 C. Craft Owen 2 Board of Health (Throe Years) *Charles E. Harris 1103 � Park Commissioner (Three Years) *Samuel W. IIuDd± ............................................- ...........................-- I035 Cuoohablom *George F. Hart 840 wCburlaa H. IIoxelton ------................................................................. 778 *JazuoaB. IIureltou ..................................................... 700 *Theodore V.' Womt --_--............................. ............................ 722 *Chester L. Baker 638 ' Walter F. Baker —'---_---------'-----------' 445 *Harris C. Lovell ............................................................ 403 *MuuriceJ. Hinckley —'--'_------ .................... 760 »AJezonJorS. Childs ................................... 737 *IIeuryG. Young ................................................................................................ 32 Braddock Coleman ................ 5 Ferdinand Baker 4 B. Mm{a Sears —'---.-----'-------.---'-'--.— , 7 *Benjamin E. ]0l00000u ................................................... 30 ° *William F. I^d±er ........................... lG ^ 13 ZenasCrocker ......................................................... ............. 6 HarryStone ........................................................ .......................... 2 ChesterBearse ................................................ ......................... 2 E. L. Hoxie ............................................. 2 Nine .had one each....................................:..................................................... 9 Shall licenses be granted for the sale of certain 'non- intoxicating beverages? Yes ........................................................................................:.................................. 540 *No .......................................................... ........................................................................ 544 `Elected. THE SUBSEQUENT MEETING In accordance with the Warrant the Subsequent Meeting was held at the Town House on Tuesday, March 6, 1923. The meeting was called to order at nine o'clock A. Al., by the Town Clerk, who read the Warrant and the result of the previous day's voting. The respective officers were declared elected. Dr. Hinckley then qualified as. Moderator and took charge of the meeting. 'The following tellers were appointed and sworn by the Moderator: Edward S. Crocker Louis M. Boody Joseph W. Jenkins Joseph P. .Hallett S. Fremont Crocker Mrs. George E. Williams Mrs. Daniel Bearse William S. Lumbert B-s 74 Art. 2. To elect all other necessary town officers for the ensuing yea r. The following officers were elected: R Measurers of Wood and Bark Timothy Crocker South Hyannis Emilo R. Silver West Barnstable William C. Gifford Santuit Surveyors of. Lumber John C. Bearse Hyannis Jofin E. Hinckley Barnstable Joseph W. Hamblin Cotuit i Sealer of Leather James E. Baxter Hyannis Deer Reeve Ferdinand A. Binford Hyannis .Pound Keepers Thomas W. Jones Barnstable William F. Ormsby Hyannis Wilton B. Caminet.t Marstons -Mills Jehiel R. Crosby Centerville Field Drivers Theodore V. Nest Centerville Zenas Crocker Marstons Mills 75 Art. 3. To hear and act upon the report of the various town officers also to hear the report of any committees, and to take any action thereto and to act fully thereon. Voted to accept the report of the Town Officers and Road Committee as printed. The following report of the Town Building Committee was read and accepted: REPORT OF TOWN BUILDING COMMITTEE, 1923 To the Citizens of the Town of Barnstable: The Town Building Committee continued from last year, reports as follows: The Committee is still of the opinion that the town ought , to build; a new town hall and office building on the town lot on Main Street in ,Hyannis, and that this lot ought to be enlarged by the acquisition of the lot to the east of it and the committee believes that in the very near future the town will build such a building on the lot so enlarged. But in view of the very large expenditures required at the pres- ent time for our schools, our roads, and other' necessary improvements, the committee_does not recommend any action at the present time. Respectfully submitted, JOHN D. W. BODFISH, Chairman, EDGAR W. LOVELL, �JOHN E. HINCKLEY, ARTHUR G..GUYER, J. M. LEONARD, CLARENCE M. CHASE. D n 76 - *The report of the Park Commissioners on Craigvil�e Beach was read and accepted while acting under Article 35. A verbal report was made by the Cemetery Committee which was accepted, and it was voted to continue the same com- mittee. The following resolutions on the death of Benjamin F. Sears were unanimously adopted by rising vote: Whereas, through the decease of our well beloved and hon- ored fellow townsman, BENJAMIN FRANkLIN SEARS, of Cotuit, the Township of Barnstable has lost an inesti- mable, valued and patriotic citizen, and Whereas, for many years in the past, he had served his town as a conscientious, upright and painstalzing member of the School Committee, and Whereas,.his fellow townsmen, with deep and lasting regret, will ever miss his co-operation and counsel, his spirit of fairness and honesty in debate, but will. ever cherish his memory, therefore, be it ' Resolved, that the Township of Barnstable, through its Committee, legally and duly appointed, and in executive ses- sion convened, do hereby adopt these Resolutions as its official. act and the Town Clerk is instructed to incorporated the same as a part of the minutes of the Annual Town Meeting of March 6th, 1923. For the TOWNSHIP OF BARNSTABLE, C. LAWRENCE BARRY, ALEXANDER S. CHILDS, JOHN C. BEARSE. `Report on file in the office of the Town Clerk. --- 77 Art. 4. To receive and act upon the accounts of all persons to whotu the totvtt is indebted. Voted to pay the following bills: 4 Allen Chadwick, Expenses as School Committee $108.00 John E. Hinckley, Expenses as School Committee 10.12 Edward C. Hinckley, Expenses as School Committee 100.75 J. M. Leonard, To 'Transportation and Entertain- ment of the Engineer on his inspection of Roads 16.00 Edward C. Hinckley, Services as Moderator 20.00 Henry C. Sears, Reimbursement for Damages 95.75 Total $350.62 Art: 5. To see what sums of money the town "will vote to raise atad® appropriate for the following purposes for the ensuing year: Select- men's Dept., Financial Dept., Tax Collector's Dept., Town Clerk and Treasurer's Dept., Assessors' Dept., Legal Dept., Election Dept., 1llunicipal Buildings, Police Dept., Inspection of Wires, Sealer of N1'eiglats and Measures Dept., Moth Dept., Tree warden Dept., Extitt- guishing of. Fires, Claret AVarden, Health Dept., Sanitation, Repairs on Roads and Bridges, Snow and Ice reutoval, Support of Poor, Aiding of Mothers with Dependent Children, State Aid Soldiers' Relief, School Purposes, Parks and Playgrounds, unclassified expen- se., Reserve Fund, Care of. Cemeteries, Interest, Debt. Rent of Bow- ard Hall for G. A. R., Rent of room for Americana Legion, and for all other legal expenses. Voted to raise and appropriate the following a amounts: , / Selectmen's Department $4,500.00 Financial Department 50.00 Tax Collectors Department 1,700.00 Town Clerk and Treasurer's Department 3,000.-00 Assessors' Department 2,000.00 Legal Department 500.00 Election Department 650.00 78 Municipal Buildings 3,000.00 Police Department 5,500.00 Inspection of Wires 650.00 Sealing of Weights and Measures 850.00 Moth Department 8,000.00 Tree Warden Department 2,000.00 Fires 500.00 Clam Wardens 350.Oa Health Department 7,200.00 Sanitation 1,000.00 Repairs on Roads and Bridges 30,500.00 Snout and Ice Removal 2,500.00 Support of Poor 20,000.00 Mothers' Aid 9,000.00 State Aid 1,200.00 ^Soldiers' Relief 800.00 School Purposes 87,000.00 Parks and Playgrounds '1,000.00 Unclassified 4,000.00 Reserve Fund '3,000.00 Care of Cemeteries 400.00 Interest 6,500.00 Debt 19,000.00 Rent for G. A. R. 80.00 Rent for American Legion 100.00 $226,530.00 ' r It was voted to increase the amount asked for school $1000, to be expended for Nursing Purposes. Art. 6. To see if the Town Nvill vote to authorize the Town Treas- urer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money in r anticipation of the revenue of the current financial year. 79 Voted that the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, be and hereby is authorized to borrow money in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year be-innin January 1, 1923, and to issue a note or notes therefor, pay- able within one year. Any debt or debts incurred under this vote to be paid from the revenue of said financial year. (Unanimous.) , Art. 7. To see if the 'Town Nvill vote to authorize the Town Treas- urer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money on and after January 1st, 1924, in anticipation of the revenue of the finan- cial year beginning January 1st, 1924. Voted that the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, be and hereby is authorized to borrow money on and after January 1st, 1924, in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1st, 1924, 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. (Unanimous.) Art. 8. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to apply Fifteen Thousand Dollars of the surplus ill the Town Treas- ury toward the Tax Levy for 1923, or to take any action in relation thereto and to act fully thereon. Voted that the Selectmen be so authorized. Art. 9. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate a sum of money for the proper observance of Memorial Day and to act fully thereon. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $300 for this �. purpose and that it be placed in the hands of the Barnstable Soldiers' Memorial Association. 80 Art. 10. To .see if the Town Avill raise and appropriate the sum of Five Hundred Dollars to be expended by the Selectmen or the Board of Health in accordance with Section 1, Chapter 72 of the Acts of 1911 for Public Health Nursing to be rendered in the Town of Barnstable. A Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $500 for Public Health Nursing in the Town of Barnstable. Art. 11. To see if the Town will rote to withorize the Selectmen to make such leases as in their opinion will be for the best interest of the Town, and to confirm all leases heretofore given. Voted that the Selectmen be so authorized. Art. 1.2. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or issue its note,bonds or script for the-sun, of Seventy Thousand Dollars ($70,000.00) for the purpose of building and rebuilding roads as recommended by the Road Committee in their report, or to take any action in relation thereto and to act .fully thereon. Voted that Articles 13 to 23 inclusive be taken up in con- nection with this article. Voted that the sum of $70,000 be raised and appropriated to be expended as recommended by .the Road Committee in their report, and that all the matters contained in Articles 13 to 23 inclusive be referred to the Road Surveyor with the advice of the Road Committee and that he be requested to take care "of them so far -as practical out of the general appropriation for repairs. Also voted that the same Road Committee be continued for another year. Art. 1.3. To see if the Town will raise mid appropriate or issue its notes, bonds or script for a suin not exceeding Ten Thousand Dollars for the purpose of constructing a stone or oil road commenc- ing on Main street, Hyannis, near the Makepeace Place, so called, 81 extending in a westerly and southerly direction to the corner of Dla.t'ston and Scudder Avenues, Hyannisport, thence turning in a westerly direction to the stone or oil road that connects Craigville o with Hyannisport. (By request.) 0 Art. 14. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or issue its notes, bonds or.seript for a Sum not to exceed Five Thousand Dollars, the suue to be expended in rebuilding srtch por- tioas of' the following seetions of roads commencing at the corner of Irving Ia.nd Hawthorne Avenues in a southerly and westerly direc- tion at IIyauu4spart, Massachusetts. (By request.) Art. 15. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or issue its notes, bonds or script, to the amount of Four Thousand Dollars .for the purpose of malting a sand and asphalt road on what is.now known as the Cemetery Road in the Village of. Osterville or take any action in relation thereto and to act fully thereon. (By request,) � Art. 16. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, or issue its notes, bonds or script, for the smu of Four 'Thousand Dol- lars ($4000.00) for the purpose of building a macadam or oil road, un Mill Wary, so called, from Bacon's Corner to Common Fields Bridge, in the Village of Barnstable or to take any action in relation thereto and to act .fully thereon. (By request.) Art. 17. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or issue its notes, bonds, or script for the sum of Fifteen Thousand Dollars ($15,000.00) for the purpose of building :.r tar and asphalt road en.Phinney's Lane, beginning at the Centerville end, and to tale any action in relation thereto and to act fully thereon. Art. LS. To see if. the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a stun not to exceed three hundred and fifty dollars ($350.00) for the pin-pose of constructing a curbing on the east side of Ocean street between Main Street and the residence of. P. A. Keiser, or take any action in relation thereto, and to act fully thereon. a Art. 19. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or issue its notes, bonds or script for the sum of Four Thousand 82 + Dollars for the purpose of building a sand and asphalt road on Long Beach, Centerville, provided ei like stun is raised by the interested parties in that vicinity Ruud to take any action in relation thereto and to act fully thereon. (By request.) • A Art. 20. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or issue its notes, bonds or script for, a sum not to exceed Fifteen Thousand Ilollars for the purpose of rebuilding the Road from near the Elizabeth Lowell High School. to Santuit to the Falmouth Road, r or tale any action in relation thereto and to act fully hereon. (By request.) Art. 21_. To see it' the Town will raise and appropriate or issue its notes, bonds or script for the sum hive Thousand Dollars for the purpose of constructing Sidewalks in the different Villages of the Town, or take any action in relation thereto and to act fully thereon. (By request.) Art. 22. To see if the Town will vote to survey, relocate where required, grade and construct the road,ill hest Barnstable, which leads froni the C;itholle Church to the Congreg;itional Church, until it comes to the Dlai.l load to Centerville. To do this or any part thereof.. To raise and appropriate a sum of money for the purpose, or take any action in relation thereto and to act fully thereon. (By request.) Art. 23. 1b see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum not to exceed Eight Hundred Dollars, the same to be eipeuded in building a side-walk from the end of the side-walk•going South near the residence of Orin S. Crosby, South Hyannis, to near the residence of George It. Beach, Hyannisport. (By request.) Articles 1.3 to 23 inclusive taken up with Article 12. Art, 24. To see it the Town will raise and appropriate, or issue its notes, bonds or script, for the sum of One hundred and Fifty Thousand Dollars ($1ri0,000.00). for the purpose of erecting and equipping a new High School Building on land belonging to the Town in the Village of hyannis, or take any action in relation there- ' y to and to act fully thereon. 33 Voted to take up Article 25 in connection with this article. Voted that a Committee be appointed by the Chair to consider what should be done in regard to a new High School ° Building at Hyannis and report at a Special Town Meeting to be called by the Selectmen, also that $1000 be raised and appropriated for the use of this Committee. The Chair appointed the following committee: Admiral Francis T. Bowles, Mr. John Bursley, Mr. J. Milton Leonard, Mr. John E. Hinckley, Mr. Charles W. Megathlin. Art. 25. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, or issue its notes, bonds or script, to the amount of Seventy-Five Thou- sand Dollars ($75,000.00) for the purpose of enlarging and equipping the present 1-ligh School Building in the Village of Hyannis, or take any action in relation thereto and to act fully thereon. Taken up in connection with Article 24. Art. 26. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sure of Seventy-five Hunched Dollars ($7500.00) or issue its notes, bonds or script therefor, for the purpose of conpleting the School Building, now in process of erection, in the Village of Fly- aunis, or take any action in relation thereto and to act folly thereon. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $7500 for the purpose of completing said School Building. Art. 27/ To see 1.1`. the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of One Thousand Dollars for the purpose of buying books for the several Public Libraries in Town and that this amount be v apportioned by a Committee consisting of one person from each precinct, to be named by the Moderator. (By request.) 84 Voted that the sum of $1000 be raised and appropriated for the purpose of buying booxs for the several public libra- ries in the Town and that the same Committee be continued. p Art. 28. To see if the Town will. vote to raise and appropriate a suui of money for and elect a Director for the Cape Cod Farm Pttrean, as authorized by sections 11 and 45, Chapter 123, Vol. 1, Pa es 1107 and 1-105, Mass. Ccueml Laws relating to agriculture. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $500 for the Cape Cod Farm Bureau and Mr. S. Fremont Crocker was elected a Director. Art. 211. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum not to exceed One Thousand Dollars for the purpose of pro- viding an Electric Lighting Plant at the Almshouse, or to take any action in relation thereto and to act fully thereon. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $1000 for this purpose. Art. 30. To see if the Town will rote to raise and appropriate a stun of money not to exceed Five Huudred Dollars for the purpose of defraying the transportation expenses incurred by the Surveyor of Highways in connection .with•his Town work. (By request.) Voted that this article be adopted and that the sum of $500 be raised and appropriated for the purpose. Art. 31. To see if the ToNvu will vote to raise and appropriate a stun of nioney not to exceed Three Hundred and Fifty Dollars for the.p{rpose of buvinl; extinguisb,-ers anti tools for the use of tbo Forest warden. Voted to raise the sum of $350 for this purpose. , Art. 32. To see if the Town will vote to pay fifty cents per hour r for labor for fighting forest fires and one dollar per hour for .use of trucks, or to act fully thereon. S5 This article was not adopted. Art. 33. To see if the,Tovrn will rote to raise and appropriate s sum of money for the purchase of a Motor Trnek for the use of the Fm•est Warden, or to act, fully thereon. Voted to raise and appropriate the shim of $500 for the purpose mentioned in this article. Art. 34. To see if the Torn will vote to increase the•nnnnber of its Selectmen, Assessors and Overseers of the Poor, from three to fire memhers of each Board, and act fully thereon. • This article was not adopted. At this time an intermission of twenty minutes was de- clared for lunch. Art. 35. To see if the Town gill vote to authorize and instruct the Park Commission to acquire by purchase or by right of eminent domain or otherwise, a certain tract of land for mnnicipal purposes situated on the shore in that part of the Torn known as Centerville and hounded as follows: Begiiini ig at the Northwest corner at the County Road and rnnning nearly Egst: by said road a distance of about twelve hundred feet to land sai(I to he owned by the Christian. Camp Meeting Association, thence sonlherly It distance of: two hundred and sixteen feet to the shore of Nantucket Sound, thence alone; the shore westward a distance of one thousand feet more or less to the Common banding, thence firlctica.11y northwest by said landing and road about four lmndred feet to the place of beginning, being property said to he corned or occupied by and assessed to Chester Bearse and others, or take any action in relation thereto and to act fully thereon. + Voted that Articles 36 and 43 be taken up in conneetioA with this article. At this time the report of the Park Commissioners was read,and accepted. ' 1 a 86' Voted that the Park Commission be authorized and in- structed to acquire by purchase or by right of eminent do- main, the parcel of land described in this article and that the suin of $6875.00 be raised and appropriated for that purpose. Art. 36. To see if the Town will vote to raise, and appropriate a sun not to exceed Six'Thousand Eight IIundred Seventy-five ($6,875.00) Dollars or issue its notes, bonds or script therefor, for the purpose of acquiring the propefty described in Article 35 of this Warrant: or take any'fiction in relation thereto and to act fully thereon. Taken up in connection with Article 35. Art. 37. To see if the Town will vote to snake all the:School Grounds in the Town a part of its Park system and snake it one of the duties of the Park Commission to improve the same or take any action in relation thereto and to act fully thereon. Voted to adopt this article. Art. 33. To see if the Town will vote to accept a deed from ( i.-ace W. Crocker of a parcel of land.in West Barnstable to be known as Crocker Park or take any action in relation thereto and to act fully thereon. Voted to accept a deed from Grace W. Crocker of a par- cel of land in. West Barnstable to be known as Crocker Park. Art. 39. To see if the Town will vote to authoi-Ne the Selectnieni to request the Depaftnsent of Public Work,; not to renew or issue licenses .for Billboards along the 13ighways or the Town of Baa•n- a stable or to take any-action in relation thereto and to act fully thereon. Voted that this article be adopted. Y 87 Art. 40. To see if the Town will vote to adopt the folloving By- Law for the appointment of. an-Advisory Committee, under authority of section 10, Chapter 39 of. the General Laws. a Voted that Articles 41, 42 and 45 be taken up in connec- tion with this article. Afterwards voted that Article 45 be taken up separately. Noted that these articles be indefinitely postponed. Art. 41. To see if the Town will appoint a Committee to revise /or amend its By-Laws and make a report of its recommendations to the next Annual Town Meeting. (By request.) Art. 42. To see if the Town will have inserted in its By-Laws a minimum number of voters necessary to form a, quorum for the transaction of business at its Annual Town Dieeting. (By request.) Taken up with Article 40. Art. 43. To see if the Town will appoint a Committee to locate Bathing Beaches for the several villages of the Town and report fully thereon at the next Annual Town Meeting, or to take any action in relation thereto and to act fully thereon. (By request.) Taken up with Article 35. Art. 44. To see if the Town -,will vote to lay out landings or roads to Long Pond and 'Wecimuluet Lake, Centerville, and to take any action in relation thereto and to aet fully thereon. (By request.) Indefinitely postponed. Art. 4.5. To see if the Town will vote to adopt a system of Traffic Rules and Regulations, or take any action in relation thereto and to a6t:fully thereon. (By request.) 88 Voted that a Committee of five be appointed from the Chair to drawn up a set of traffic regulations for the Town and after publication of said regulations in the Barnstable Patriot and posting of same in the post offices of the Town; the Committee shall hold one meeting in each of the follow- ing villages: IIyannis; Barnstable, Cotuit and Osterville, and that the sum of $300 be raised and appropriated to cover the expenses of printing, publishing and travelling. The Chair appointed the following Committee: Mr. C. Lawrence Barry, Mr. Howard N. Parker, Mr. Clarence M. Chase, Mr. John C. Bearse, Mr. Frank G. Thacher. Art. 46. To see if the Town will vote to appoint a. Committee for the purpose of building a Public AVharf: at Cotuit, to be located at the foot of the Oyster Road, so culled, qnd to authorise the Board of Selectmen to petition the Department of Public Works for license to erect the same., or tale any action in relation thereto and to act fully thereon. (By request.) Voted that this article be adopted and that the Park Com- mission be instructed to determine the location of a Public Wharf in Cotuit. Art. 47. To see if the Town will vote to accept a deed of gift from A. Lawrence Lovell of a parcel. of land to be used as a play- ground. The land conveyed to the ToNan of Barnstable as a part; of the playground ,Heretofore given for the people of Cotuit in memory of Mrs. Mary Ellen Lmaell, late of Barnstable. To take any action in relation thereto and to act fully thereon. Voted to accept a deed from Mr. A. Lawrence.,Lowell of a parcel of land to be used as a playground for. the people in . .Cotuit in memory of Mrs. Mary Ellen Lowell and. that the thanks`of the Town be extended. i 89 Art. 48. To see if the Town will vote to move or discontinue the well in front of the Library in Cotuit or take any action in relation thereto and to act fully thereon. W Voted to discontinue the well in front of the Library in Cotuit. Art. 49. To see if. the Town will vote to request its Highway Surveyor to have no other business, direct or indirect, but the Town business coming under his supervision. To act fully thereon or to take any other necessary action. (By request.) Indefinitely, postponed. 1 , Art. 50. To see if the Town will vote to appoint a Committee to investigate the feasibility of a Town Forest. Voted that a Committee be appointed to investigate the feasibility of a town forest. The following Committee was appointed: Mr. Robert F. Cross, Mr. William F. Jenkins, Miss Julia A. Haynes, Mrs. Lillian E. Cook, Mr. Edward B. VanDusen. Art. 51. To see if the Town wSll vote to ,raise and appropriate the sum of One Thousand Dollars,to be used with the money prev- iously appropriated for the purpose of constructing a wharf in the Village.of Barnstable as voted several Sears ago, or take any action in relation thereto and to act fully thereon. { Voted that this article be adopted and that $1000 be raised and appropriated for the purpose. B-7 • 90 Voted that the thanks of the meeting and the usual com- pensation be extended to the Moderator for his very efficient services. M Voted to adjourn at 2:15 P. M. Attest: CLARENCE M. CHASE, Town Clerk. SPECIAL TOWN MEETING April 21, 1923 In accordance with the warrant about two hundred of the voters of the Town of Barnstable met at the. Town Rouse on Saturday, April 21, 1923. The meeting was called to order by the Town Clerk at two o'clock and the warrant read. Article L To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting. It was voted that Mr. Edgar W. Lovell cast one ballot for Dr. Edward C. Hinckley as Moderator. Dr. Hinckley was then declared elected and sworn by the Town Clerk. y The following tellers were appointed: 91 Mr. Charles H. Brown, Dr. Charles E. Harris, Mr. Lorenzo P. Wilson, Mr. William T. Murphy, Mr. Charles E. Hinckley. Article 2. To see if the town will vote to purchase the Hyannis Trust Co. Building and a part of the fixtures for an office build- ing, to raise and appropriate, or issue its notes, bonds or script for the sum of $25,000 therefor, or take any action thereto and to act fully thereon. After some discussion the motion which had been pre- pared by the Town Officers was declared illegal by the Mod- erator and it was voted that this article be indefinitely postponed. Article 3. To see if the town will vote to elect two members to the committee for building wharf at Cotuit to take the place of the two who resigned in 1.922, or take any action thereto and to act fully thereon. Capt. Seth N. Handy and Mr. Howard A. Dottridge were elected as members of the Committee for building the wharf in'Cotuit. Article 4. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate or issue its notes, bonds or script for a sum not to exceed $20,000 for the purpose of rebuilding and draining the road from the State Road in Santuit to or near the Elizabeth Lowell High School build- ing, or take any action in relation thereto and to act fully thereon. Voted that the Town borrow the sum of $20,000 for the purpose mentioned in this article and that the Treasurer, with the approval of at least a majority of the Board of Selectmen, be authorized to issue notes of the Town therefor, payable within one year. The rate of interest and other de- tails to be left to the discretion of the Treasurer of the Board of Selectmen. Yes 101. No 31. There being no further business the meeting adjourned at 3:15 P. M. Attest: C. M. CHASE, Town Clerk. SPECIAL TOWN MEETING June 23, 1923 In accordance with the warrant about one hundred and fifty voters of the Town of Barnstable met at the Town House on Saturday, June 23, 1923. The meeting was called to order by the Town Clerk at 1:30 P. M. and the warrant read. Art. 1. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting. Under Article 1, Dr. Edward C. Hinckley was unani- mously elected Moderator and sworn by the Town Clerk. The following tellers were appointed and sworn by the Moderator: 93 Mr. T. F. Phinney, , Mr, Fred S. Kent, Mr. Edw. W. Childs, a Mr. Howard Lumbert, Mr.,S. Fremont Crocker, Mr. Ralph Crosby. Art. 2. To hear anil act upon the report of the Committee ap- pointed at the Annuai Town meeting in regard to the High School Building at Hyannis. Art. 3. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or issue its notes, bonds or script for a suin not exceeding One Hundred and Fifty Thousand Dollars ($150,000.00) for the purpose of build- ing a School house as recommended by the Committee in their re- port, or take any action in relation thereto and to act fully thereon. It was voted to take up Articles 2 and 3 together. The report of the Committee was read by Admiral Bowles, the Chairman, and the plans which had been prepared were very carefully explained. Unanimous consent by the Meet- ing was granted to Mr. Sturgis, the Architect, to address the meeting. After two hours' discussion, it was voted that the Town accept the report of the Committee appointed at the An- nual Town Meeting in regard to the High School Building i at Hyannis and refer the report and accomp�tiny ing papers to the Committee appointed to construct the building. (Unanimous.) Voted that the Town borrow the sum of $147,000 for the purpose mentioned in Article 3 of the warrant and that the d Treasurer, with the approval of at least a majority of the Board of Selectmen, be authorized to issue notes of the Town therefor, payable within "twenty years. The rate of 94 interest and other deths to be left to the discretion of the Treasurer and the Board of Selectmen. Also that the Town. raise and appropriate the sum of $3000 for the same pur- pose making thereby a total sum of $150,000 available to which the cost of the High School is limited. The Moderator is authorized to appoint a,committee of three to have charge of the construction of the High School Building, also that the High School Building Committee be authorized to make any changes in the plans• presented that they think for the best interests of the Town. . Yes, 93; .No, 7. The Moderator appointed the following Committee: J. Milton Leonard, William F. Makepeace, Clarence M. Chase. Art. 4. To see if the Town will vote to adopt a system of Traffic Rules and Regulations as prepared by the Committee, or take any action in relation thereto and to act fully thereon. Art. 5. To see if the Town will vote to adopt the following By- Law: Voted that Articles 4 and 5 be taken up together. The following By-law was unanimously adopted: Article 7. DEFINITIONS. Vehicle: Any contrivance on wheels or runners used-in the road- ways or public streets or roads for carrying persons or things, ex- cepting street railway and steam railroad cars. Horse: All domestic animals used as draught animals or beasts of burden, also cattle. 95 _ .. .. Driver: A person operating or in control of a motor or other vehicle or having charge of a horse or other domestic animal. Street Intersection: The area bounded by the side lines of two or more streets or roads which meet to cross each other. Crossing: A place for pedestrians to go from one •side of the street to the other which is marked by a pavement or otherwise; also places bordering the intersections of streets or roads not marked r but which are commonly used to go from one side of a street to the other. Corner: A point where the curb lines of intersecting streets or roads, if extended, would meet. Article I Vehicles in Motion Section 1: All existing state rules and regulations, as far as applicable to this town, shall be enforced. Section 2: • Traffic officers may divert vehicular or pedestriau traffic when necessary to avoid congestion or to promote safety and convenience; and no person having charge of a vehicle shall refuse or neglect to stop or place the same as directed by a traffic officer. Article II Signals of Vehicles, Police Signals and 'Traffic Signs Section 1: A driver of a vehicle in slowing, or in stopping, or in turning, shall signal to those behind either by hand or whip or b�7 mechanical or automatic electrical device, indicating the direction lie is about to take. Section 2: Vehicles must stop so as not to interfere Nvith or pre- vent the passage of pedestrians at crossings. At Wtersections of streets, where traffic officers are.stationeil or where mechanical de- vice is operated for the purpose of directing traffic,pedestrians must stop-when directed to do so by a traffic officer, the drivers of vehicles must stop the same or go ahead as directed by the officer or as indi- cated by said mechanical device. 96 Section 3: No person shall break, deface or move any official sign, post or signalling device placed in a highway for the direction of traffic. Article III Right of Way Section 1: United States Mail vehicles, Police, Fire Department, physicians and surgeons on emergency calls and ministers of the gospel when called to death-bed services and ambulances shall. have the right of way in any street or road and through any procession. Physicians and surgeons must display the distinguishing mark of a green cross on a white background in a conspicuous position on their vehicles. Article IV Stopping, Standing and Turning Section 1: No vehicle shall stop with its left side to the curb on the following streets and roadways: Main street, Hyannis, from Park Square to Sea street; Main street; Barnstable, from Railroad avenue to the Four Corners, and during Fair Week only, from Rail- road avenue to one thousand (1,000) feet beyond the Fair Grounds entrance in a northeasterly direction; at P. O. Square, Osterville, for two hundred (200) feet in all directions; and Main street, Cotuit, from Post Office south to Freedom Hall. Section 2: No vehicle shall remain backed to or parked along- side the curb on any business or congested thoroughfare in the township where such vehicle shall occupy more than one half (y/,) of the legal width of said thoroughfare, and in no case shall a vehicle back to the curb for the purpose of loading or unloading within thirty (36) feet of the corner of a well, travelled intersection road. Within the above named distance from said corners all ve- hicles must park parallel with the curb and of sufficient distance i back from the corner to permit other vehicles turning the said corner close to the curb. Section 3: No vehicle shall remain backed to the curb except when actually loading or unloading. During out-door band con- 97 cents, processions, parades and civic street meetings lawfully author- ized by the proper town officials, special parking regulations will be enforced by the traffic officers and such other officers as shall be specially detailed by the Board of Selectmen for that purpose. f ' Section 4: Unless in an emergency or to allow another vehicle or a pedestrian to cross its way, or when directed so to do by a traffic officer or policeman, no vehicle shall stop in any town road or street for a period of over five (5) minutes except close to the curb. Section 5: No vehicle shall stop or stand within the intersection of any street or road, nor within ten (10) feet of a street corner, nor within ten (10) feet of either side of a fire hydrant. Section 6: Drivers of vehicles shall not stop or stand in front of a lire station oil either side of the street on which said station is. located. Section 7: When a horse-drawn vehicle is backed to the curb, the horse or horses shall be turned as far as possible and headed in the general direction of travel for that side of the street on which the vehicle is standing. Section 3: No horse shall be left unattended for a period longer than five (5) minutes unless said horse is tied to a post, attached to a weight, or unless the wheels of the vehicle to which he is har- nessed are securely fastened or chained. Section J: A driver of an omnibus, barge or other vehicle capable of carrying eight (b) or more passengers from whom fare is solicited, and drivers of till school b.:rrges shall not stop in the middle of any street or road to take on or put off a passenger, but shall pull up parallel with the right Band curb, or on roads between villages shall pull off to the right allowing full right of way to passing vehicles on his left. Section 10: No vehicles shall be allowed to park within 20 feet of the southeast corner of the Post Office at Osterville. 98 t Article V Parking Delivering Merchandise Section 1: No Vehicle shall be parked on any street or roadway a (-.xcept close to and parallel with the curb of the former or extreme edge of the latter, excepting on the north' side of Main street, Hyannis, from oppose Pleasant street to one hundred and fifty (150) feet west of Ocean street, and oil the south side of said Alain street from Pleasant street to the eastern corner of the Ferguson Hotel; within these limits all vehicles shall be parked headed toward the curb at an angle of not greater than thirty (30) degrees. Section 2: Merchandise may be transferred from trucks or other vehicles to stores and from the latter to vehicles over the sidewalks by the use of skids, provided said sidewalks are not obstructed for any unreasonable length of time. Section 3: No Vehicles shall be parked in the congested business streets of the -town for the purpose of advertising or the sale of merchandise except by the writti n permissiou of the Board of Selectmen. Article VI Use of Bicycles Section 1.: No child or adult shall ride a bicycle on the Sidewalks of any village of the township and when riding on the by-patlis and meeting a pedestrian or passing same, shall permit said pedestriai full right of way. Section 2: Bicyclists shall conform to all rules am[ regulations of drivers of vehicles as regards right of way and lights at night. Section 3:. No persou shall pm-k a bicycle in the streets, laying sauce oil its side, but shall stand it upright against the cub or post or tree or against a building ou the sidewalk out of the way of foot traffic. Under no circumstances shall a bicycle be parked against the curb within ten (10) feet of a fire hydrant or against said fire hydrant. 99 Section 4: All persons riding a bicycle within the limits of busi- ness or congested streets shall keep well to the right side of such streets among the slower moving traffic. " Article VII Penalties Section ] : \Vhoever violates any of the provisions of the fore- going rules and regulations shall be punished by a fine not exceeding twenty ($20.00) dollars for each offense. Section 2: Whoever, having violated any of the foregoing rules and regulations, has been handed a printed or written summons by any traffic officer or police officer of the township and fails to appear at court on the day and hour designated in said summons, shall be held in contempt of court. Art. 6. To see if the Town will vote to authorize and instruct the Selectmen to take by right of eminent domain for municipal pur- poses the land and buildings of the Hyannis Trust Company situated on the North side of Main street in Hyannis, Mass., bounded South- wardly by said Main street, Westwardly by land of Louis Arenovski, Northwardly by other land of said Trust Company and Eastwardly by land of one Carpenter; or to take any action in relation thereto and to act fully thereon. (By request.) Art. 7., To see if. the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to purchase any of the fixtures of the Hyannis Trust Company which are now contained in the buildings situated on the premises described in the preceding article (No. 6) or to take any action in relation thereto and to act fully thereon._ (By request.) Art. 8. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or issue its notes, bonds or script for a stun not exceeding $25,000.00 for the purpose of carrying out any vote which may be passed under the two preceding articles (Nos. 6 and 7) or to take any action in relation thereto and to act fully thereon. (By request.) » Art. 9. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or issue its notes, bonds or script for a sum of money to be used in 100 making repairs, alterations or additions to the Town Office Building on the south side of Main street in the village of Hyannis or erect- ing a new building in place thereof or take any action in relation ,,thereto and to act fully thereon. , (By request.) Voted that Articles 6, 7, S and 9 be taken up together. 1 r Voted that a Committee be appointed to submit plans and estimates for a new Town office building to be erected on the Lot now owned by the Town, located on Main Street, Hyan- nis, and to report at the nest Annual Town Meeting, and to raise and appropriate the sum of $500.00 for this purpose. The following Committee was appointed: Mr. Charles W. Megathlin Mr. Henry P. Leonard Mr. Edgar W. Lovell Admiral Francis T. Bowles Mr. Clarence M. Chase. Art. 10. To see if the 'Town will vote to accept the report of the Park Connnission on the taking :uid laying out of a parcel of land on Nantucket Sound near the village of Centerville in the Town of Barnstable, for a public park, in accordance with the vote of the regular annual 'Town 1lleeting held the sixth day of March, A. D. 1923, or take any action in relation thereto and act fully thereon. Voted that the report of the Park Commission of the Town of Barnstable on the taking aid laying out of a parcel of land on Nantucket Sound near the village of Centerville in the Town of Barnstable for a public park in accordance with the vote of the regular annual town meeting held on the sixth day of March A.D., 1923, be accepted, approved and allowed as filed and read. Yes, 88. No, 5. 101 Art. 11. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or issue its notes, bonds or script for a sum of money to be expended by the Park Commission for the purposes of Article 1-0 or take any action in relation thereto and act fully thereon. Indefinitely postponed.. It was voted that the thanks of the meeting and $15.00 be extended to the Moderator, who thanked them for their liberality and declined the $15.00. The meeting adjourned at 4:15 p.m. Attest: C. M. CHASE, Town Clerk. 102 BIRTHS Births recorded in the Town of Barnstable for the year 1923, With the name,.parents' residence, and Christian name of parents: Jan. I.. Melva Pose Bearse, Hyannis, Lawrence M. and Amelia L. 1 ,w Jan. 1. Edward Handy, South Yarmouth, Alton L. and Elizabeth P. Jan. 1. Tarmo Eugene Ranta, Nest Barnstable, Emil and Ida AT. Jan. 2. Elizabeth Allen, Osterville, Francis D. and Daisy E. Jan. 3. Wilton Bradford Crosby, Jr., Osterville, Wilton B. and Lucy A. Jan. 3. Emulous Edward Hall, Jr., North Harwich, Emulous E. and Lillian M. Jan. 1.5. Gordon Edward West, Cotuit, Henry J. and Mary Ann E. Jan. 15). Phyllis Whittemore, Dennis, Edwin S. and Mildred. Jan. 17. Elizabeth A. Holden, Hyannis, Earl E. and Violet K. Jan. 18. Robert Foster Williams, Pleasant Lake, Chester L. and Anita. Jan. 23. Edmond Webb I3arlow, Cotuit, Matthew R. and Abbie W. i Jan. 30. Howard Whitten Eldridge, North Brewster, Curtis C. and I+7dna. Jan. 30. Ruth Lillian Nikula, West Barnstable, Martin and Rosa 'H. Jan. 31. (Stillborn). 1� 4 103 Feb. 2. Clifton Waldorf Linnell, Hyannis, Percy.B.*and Hilda. Feb. 8. William Russell Hall, ITanvichport, Charles F. and Chris- tine L. Feb. 5. Antonio Costodio, East Harwich, Joseph and Emma.. Feb. 9. Roger Jerome Montero, Hyannisport, Domingo R. and Sarah J. Feb. 11. Kenneth Arthur Murray, Hyannis, Arthur D. and Effie L. Feb. 3.1. Dana Meade Lapham, Osterville, Frank T. anci Beatrice E. Feb. 11. Gordon Lloyd Perry, West Yarmouth, Nelson I. and. Carrie B. Feb. 3.4. David Higgins Pierce, Jr., Hyannis, David H. and Evelina E. Feb. 1-5. Marie Ellen Swenson, Centerville, John P. and Lucy E. Feb. 16. Lurana Clark, Bass River, Charles and Susie M. Feb. 16. Cotellao, Barnstable, Joseph and Mary. Feb. 16). Robert: Evans, Osterville, Russell C. and Melissa C. Feb. I.G. Lyndon Elland ITowes, Dennis, James C. and Rita. Feb. I.S. Paul Frederick Atwood, West Barnstable, Neil and Marie. Feb. 19. — Kanaly, ITynnnis, John A. and Mary. Feb. 21. Wallace Clayton Ryder, COtuit, Wallace and ➢Iarjorie. Feb. 22. Adele Dorothy Pond, Mnrston's Mills, Benjamin T. and Dorothy E. �1 104 Feb. 27. Ruth Sarah Backus, Centerville, George C. and Abby. Afar. 5. Harold D. Francis, Barnstable, William W. and Virginia. Mar. 9. Frederick William Crowell, Jr., Harwicbport, Frederick W. and Helen E. Mar. 1.2. Virginia Jones, Barnstable, Chester S. 'and Albertina. Afar. 15. George Henry Edwards, Jr., Hyannis, George H. and Louise Al. Mar. 17. James Joseph Barry, Marstons Alills, Joseph J. and Elizabeth M. Mar. 19. Peter K. Karras, Barnstable, Kostos G. and Anna. Mar. 20. Clarence Russell Flazelton, Hyannis, Tames B. and Lillian. Apr. 1. Margaret Amelia Robello, Santuit, Antone B. and Mary R. Apr. 5. Walter Everett Baker, Jr., West Barnstable, ,AValter E. ,and Tuna M. Apr. 0. Mary Louise Ryder, Flarwichport, Everett T. and Louise E. Apr. 7. Edward Eugene Robbins, Wellfleet, Elisha and Matilda. Apr. 10. Leroy Lewis Lee, Harwlehport, Cyrus C. and Avis. Apr. 11. Philip Gordon Jones, Marstons Mills, Henry E. and Alice E. Apr. 121 (Illegitimate). Apr. 12. Herbert Loring Hinckley, Jr., Osterville, Herbert L. and Gwendolyn L. 1111Q 105 Apr. 13. Roberta Elizabeth Gilbert, Dennisport, Lester M. and Cora. Apr. 15. Jeanette Eldridge Shepherd, Hyannis, James and Jeanette. Apr. 21. Joseph Allen Dixon, Jr., Centerville,Joseph A. and Claudia F. + Apr. 21. Phyllis Mabelle Gifford, Cotuit, Franklin M. and Winifred H. Apr. 22. James Harding, Jr., Waquoit, James and Katherine. Apr. 22. Josephine Souza, Barnstable, Manuel and Isabel. Apr. 24. Marion Hamblin, Marstons Mills, Stephen F. and Nellie J. Apr. 25. (Illegitimate). Apr. 26. Arnold Rudolf Olander, Hyannis, John and Hannah. Apr. 30. Francis John Joyce, Jr., Barnstable, Francis J. and Eliza- beth. May 1. Norman Sheldon Boer, North Brewster, John E. and Evelyn R. May 4. Thelma Mae Bacon, Hyannis, Herbert O, and Harriett H. May 4. Brown, Barnstable, George R. and Esther. May 4. Julius Brooks Tobey, Hyannis, Eugene W. and Anna V. May 7. (Stillborn). May 8. Thomas Dempster Rennie, Santuit, Christie and Helen M. ; May 9. Eric Herbert Johnson, Centerville, John H. and Selma S. B-8 1 106 May 10. Joseph D. Neves, Jr., Barnstable, Joseph D. and Olive. A May I.I. Harvey John Field, Jr., West Barnstable, Harvey J. and Nancy E. May 11-. Jeanette Hallett, Osterville, James H. and Asenath J. May 12. Allen Garfield Brown, Hyannis, Percy E. and Anna. May 12. Dorothy Dottridge, Cotuit, Ernest O. and Lila B. May 14. William Luoto, Barnstable, Lauri W. and Ida. Ma,y 1.5. John Albert Drew, Hyannis, William L. and Cora B. May 20. Stuart Francis Coleman, Cotuit, William A. and Effie L. May 20. Manuel Pina, Marston, Mills, Charles and Mary S. May 20. Cliarles Pina, Jr., Marstons Mills, Charles and Mary S. May, 20. Sandra, Rogers, Harwichport, Arthur J. and Elizabeth L. May 20. Emily Rebecca Ryder, Chatham, Richard E. and Rebecca D. May 22. Eugenia Milliac French, South Dennis, Parker H. and Lillian M. May 27. Domingo Roderick, Barnstable, Manuel and Louisa. May 3L Pauline Pina, Mar,tons Mills, John B. and Margaret. .Tune -1. (Stillborn). June 2. Julia Mildred Bowen, Hyannis, William Clifton and Alice W. 1� 107 June 3. Charles Wilber Sherburne, Barnstable, ,Wilbur E. and Mabel A. June 5. (Illegitimate). June S. Viola Emilia Lampi, West Barnstable, Arvid and Annie. June 9. (Stillborn). a June 1.0. Mareis Kelley, Yarmouth, Albert H. and Helen. June 11. David Nicholson Bremner, Marstons Mills, Alexander N. and, Elizabeth J. • June 13. Janet Wholly, Chatham, Arthur T. and Florence I. June 22. Elliott Wesley Lewis, Osterville,•William E. and Gertrude H. June 24. Roger Irving Snow, Cotuit, Herbert L. and Helen K. June 25. George Lema, West Barnstable, Manuel and Mary. June 25. Lucille Studley, Falmouth, Arthur W. and Ella M. June 28. Wilton Presley Marshall, Jr., Barnstable, Wilton P. and Margaret F. June 29. Elaine Jeanette Norris, Hyannis, Ernest B. and Hannah A. July 4. W(aiina Frederick Manni, West Barnstable, Henry V. and Helen. July 5. John Freeman Phillips, Cummaquid, John A. and Gladys P. July 14. Annie Ruth Bassett, Harwich, Roger L. and Madeline. July 16. Malcom Burke, Forestdale, Harold L. and Bertha M. 108 July 16. Bernard Aurin Malchman, Hyannis, Samuel and Minnie A. July 20. Dodge, Hyannis, Parker O. and Millicent. July 21. Frank Enos, Santuit, August and Mary. July 28. Sinclair Weeks, West Newton, Charles S. and Beatrice. July 29. Bonnie Brown, West Barnstable, Forest R. and Alice H. July 29. 1\lary Socoro Fernandes, West Barnstable, Conrad and Mary R. July 30. Frederick Plimm, Hyannis, Henry and Blanche. Aug. ].. Polidefkio M. Sethares, Hyannis, Manuel and Graee. An,-. 3. Edward Lema, Osterville, John P. and Mary. Aug. 4. Willa Harlow, Santuit, John P. and Agnes. Aug. 4. Dorothy May Howes, Harwichport, Julius C. and Ina B. Aug. 6. .Miller Boman Bassett, Jr., South Brewster, Miller B. and Florence. Aug. 7. Alice Ellis, Dennis, Brant D. and Parthenia. Aug. S. Thomas Sims Burke, Forestdale, Clayton R. and Margaret E. Aug. 1-3. Rose Anna Walsh, West Barnstable; Joseph F. and Eliza- beth M. Aug. 1.4. Earle Ordway Hutchinson, Hyannis, Birdsall R. and Lil- lian M. Aug. 14. Chalmers Wilson Milne, Osterville, Thomas and Clara E. l� ' 10'9 Aug. 14. David Lawrence Whittemore, Jr., Newton, David L. and Mary D. Aug. 15. Phyllis Greta Bussiere, Hyannis, Oscar G. and Zeta L. Aug. 21. Arthur Burton Coulson, Harwich, Henry I. and Maud D. Aug. 24. Ethel Gosling, Sandwich, George W. and Elizabeth. Aug. 27. Barbara Mae Leavens, West Hyannisport, John H. and Elma S. Sept. 2. Thomas Alvin Grew, Barnstable, Ernest W. and Eva L. Sept. 2. Murray, Hyannis, William and Ruth. Sept. 7. Chester Ellsworth Cobb, Hyannis, Henry and.Ella Al. Sept. S. Stuart Nield Lagergren, Osterville,,Edwin C. and Annie. Sept.10. (Stillborn). Sept.11. Phyllis Starck, Centervi114, Carl W. and Clarabel B. Sept.18. Barbara Eldredge, Chatham, Joseph C. and Martha C. Sept.19. Lola Anna Baker, Cotuit, Eugene S. and Sophie C. Sept.21. Edwin Nathaniel Jacobs, Centerville, Harold S. and Vedora S. • Sept.22. Norma Jerauldine BeArse, South Chatham, Walden F. and Zelma M. Sept.2G. Louise Frances Lambert, Sandwich, Augustine F. and Louise E. Oct. 2. Eunice Caroline Barrett, East Harwich, Bradford L. and Doris E. 1 � 110 Oct. 3. Russell George Ryder, South Yarmouth, George L. and Louise. , Oct. 5. Andrea Leonard, Osterville, Burleigh D. and Jessie. Oct. 6 Andrew John Karki, West Barnstable, Andrew W. and Hilma Al. Oct. 7. Robert Franklin Souza, Osterville, John B. and Anna J. Oct. 11. Barbara Scudder, Hyannis, Frederic F. and Ethel E. Oct. 14. Harry Edward Davidson, West Barnstable, Emil H. and ' Ina A. Oct. 18. Olive Rodin, Hyannis, Walter O. and Mildred M. Oct. 1.9. James Freeman Crowell, 2nd, Hyannis, Clarence A. and Esther E. Oct. 23. Robert Harding Joues, Chatham, Norman J. and Aurelia C. Oct. 23. George Brooks Kelley, South Yarmouth, Robert M. and Helena B. Oct. 27. (Illegitimate). Oct. 31. (Stillborn). Oct. 31. Malcolm Neleon Hallett, Centerville, Julian C. and Helen J. Nov. 4. John Wiinikainen, West Barnstable, Victor anti,Rose. Nov. 5. Nickerson, Barnstable, Nathan C. and Hazel. Nov. 10. Janice Elizabeth Drew, Hyannis, Harry T. and Jennie M. Nov. 12. Linwood Edgar Chase, Dennisport, Edgar W. and Sadie F. 111 Nov. 12. Clarence Edward Davis, West Barnstable, Joseph S. and Mary. Nov. 13. Emily Florence Chadwick, Santuit, Karl 1V. and Grace S. Nov. 16. (Stillborn). Nov. 16. Ella Edith Rusk., Centerville, Victor and 'Elinda H. Nov. 21. Mary Ann Doane, Cotuit, Robert H. and Lillian R. Nov. 24. Eva May DeGrace, Hyannisport, John and Annette M. Nov. 25. Jean Wier Low, Hyannis, Alfred L. and Lillian M. Dec. 5. Henry Faria, Osterville, :Manuel and Maria L. , Dec' 5. Barbara Louise Wright, East Falmouth, Chester and Maud M Dec. 11. Katherine Louise Lus, Centerville, Manuel J. and Dora A. Dec. 11. Carol Irene Lus, Centerville, Manuel J. and Dora A. Dec. 15. Carol Marie Nilson, Hyannis, Earle S. and Josephine P. Dec. 18. Channing Currier, Sandwich, Cyrus R. and Elizabeth. Dec, 20. George Lincoln Washington, Hyannisport, Hanson and Jessie B. Dec. 21. Walcott Robert Ames, Osterville, Walcott and Josephine M. Dec. 25. Lawrence Sullivan Buck,,Jr., Harwichport, Lawrence S. and Viola. _ Dec. 26. John Monroe, Centerville, J. George and Victoria L. 112 Dec. 27. (Illegitimate). Dec. 30. Nancy Knox, Falmouth, Walter F. and Florence A. Y MARRIAGES Marriages recorded in the Town of Barnstable for the year 1923 Jan. 1. Edward Bangs Covell of Hyannis and Dorothy Caroline Story of Hyannis. Jan. 15. Frederick Sumner Baxter of Hyannis and Clara Belle Baker (Williams) of Hyannis. Jan. 28. Edward West Hart of Hyannis and Mary Emma Ellis of Hyannis. Mar. 14. William S. Cash of Hyannis and- Alice L. Bennett (Mor- gridge) of Hyannis. Mar. 15. William H�Drisko of Provincetown and Flora Etta Chase of Hyannis. Mar. 22. Charles Edgar Young of Orleans and Miriam Smith Crocker of Hyannis. Mar. 31. William M. Marshall of Barnstable and A. Louise Cash of Yarmouth. Apr. 3. Emil Henry Davidson of West Barnstable and Aina Rask' of West Barnstable. Apr. 21. Joseph Correira Botellow of Santuit and Mary Clara Robellow of Cotuit. Apr. 29'. Joseph Rosary of Hyannis and Florence Cain (Carter) of Hyannis. / 5 113 ►. Apr. 29. Wilbur Freeman Bassett of Hyannis and Nellie Holden (Chadwick) of Hyannis. May 12. Anthony Sylvia of Santuit and Evelyna E. Sylvester of Falmouth. May 1.3. Eric W. Rosengren of Hyannis and Hilja EA. Mannisto of New York. ' tllay 15. Frederic W. Eddy of West Barnstable and Lucy E. Fish of Nest Barnstable. May �1. Richard F. Slavin of Chatham and Amy C. Childs of Centerville. June 3. Edward Willman of West Barnstable and Sylvia Nikula of West Barnstable. June 23. Romano Rotoli Hallett of Hyannis and Inez Mabel Kelley of North Dennis. June 23. Carlton,Austin Burlingame of Cotuit and Bertha Frances Perry of Marstons Mills: June 28. Augustus Ramos of Harwich and Harriet Brown of Cotuit. June 30. Walter" S. Keene of�Abington and Alma L. Hallett of Hyannis. July 4. Freeman Nickerson Moody of Falmouth and Eleanor. Handy Ward of Cotuit. July 18. Louis V. Homan of South Dartmouth and Hilia Benttinen of West Barnstable. Aug. 1. Karl Winfield Chadwick of Osterville and Grace Sylvia Ashley of Osterville. N Aug. 7. Hector A. Rivers of Millbury and Gertrude A. Hadley of Millbury. s r 114 Aug. 9th. Alvin E. Hoffman of Long Islaiid City, N. Y., and Ruth E. Bell of Long Island City, N. Y. Aug. 10. Edward Asbury Kelley of Nest Dennis and Hilda May / Bacon of Hyannis. Aug. 11. Frank Roy Miller of Madison, Wis., and Ruth Marguerite Bird of Hyannisport. Aug. 15. Louis Melbourne Ilirsbson of Somerville and Eda Roscoe Biggs of Westwood. Aug. 16. \Villiam A. Meyrelles of Centerville and Katherine Anna Kelley of Centerville. Aug. 16. John E. Tones of Charles City, Va., and Clara M. Watson of Farniville, Va. Aug. 20. Albert Bernard Loring of Provincetown and Phoebie Irene Dunham of Orleans. Aug. 25. Charles L. Clark of Wareham and Florence V. Petersen of Wareham. Sept. 10. Frank Gees Black of Cambridge and Itenee Metivier of Cotuit. Sept. 15. Edgar Bearse, Jr., of Hyannis and Jerusha Helena Howes of Hyannis. Sept. 15. Robert Stephen Elliott of Centerville and Catherine Marie Danaher of Hyannis. Sept. 24. Joseph F innen Childs of Centerville and Mary Ellen Clem- mey of Fall River. Sept. 29. Manuel Suzan of Barnstable and Mary Souzan (Rosa) of Barnstable. r � 115 Oct. 1. Harold It. Morris of Hyannis and Annie' F. Folsom of Hyannis. Oct. 3. Valentine Foofaersky of Osterville and Olga"Afanassieffa of Velsk, Russia. Oct. 4. Gunnar Ivan V. Dahlberg of Centerville and Elmy Helena Johansgn of Centerville. Oct. 12. Frederick Washington of Hyannis and Ouida M. Ponipay of Hyannis. Oct. 1-4. Percy Dee Cram of Hyannis and Rena Louis Lovell of Hyannis. Oct. I.I. Warren Scott Elliott of Centerville and Maud Sherwood Kelley of South Dennis. Oct. 14. Albert Smith Robbins of Falmouth and Gladys Ellen Harlow of Cotuit. Oct. 17. Cecil Irving"Goodspeed of Osterville and Ellen Burnley of West Barnstable. Oct. 18. Elmer Bartlett Taylor of Osterville and Maude McCray of Somerville. Oct. 22. Raymond Joseph Lewis of Centerville and Lilly Weirs of Centerville. l Oct. 28. Henry Martyn I'binney of Barnstable and Dora Frances White of South Yarmouth. Nov. 10. Irving Francis Coleman of Osterville and Albertina Young of Osterville. Nov. 21. Joseph Roderick of Harwich and Mary Leite of Harwich. Nov."'21. Donald Oliver Cotten of Osterville and Alice Frances Coombs (Jey) of Osterville. 116 I Dec. 1. Joseph James of Hyannis and Hannah Crowell of Hyannis. Dec. 1. John Daniel of Ostervi le and Lillian McCardle of Nest Newton. Dec. 2. Henry Chester Gray of Hyannis sand Florence Gray Chase (Covell) of Brockton. Dec. 25. Henry Sears Lewis of Centerville and Jessie Forsythe of Readville. Dec. 20. Franklin Crosby Bearse of Cotuit and IIelen Louise Lewis of Osterville. � 5 DEATHS Deaths recorded in the Town of Barnstable for the year 1923: Jan. 3. Keziah N. Jerauld (Bearse), East Harwich, 85 y. 6 in. 6 d. Jan. 4. Elizabeth H. Baker (Phillips),*fyanuis, 23 y. 10 in. Jan. 5. Angenette Gray (Blores), Hyannis, 76 y. 2 tu. 28 d. Jan. .,6. Sarah W. Swain, Orleans, 78 y. 3 in. 14 d. Jan. 12. Willis Crowell Eldridge, Hyannis, 51 y. 1 in. 20 d. Jan. 13. Belinda Jones Bearse (Gifford), Cotuit, 70 y. 8 in. 6d. Jan. 14. Edwin R. Hinckley, Barnstable, 78 y. Jan. 1-5. Cecilia M. Brooks (Chapman), South Yarmouth, 74 y. 3 in. 24 d. I Jan. 18. Flora A. Bearse (Childs), Centerville, 67 y. 8 in. 1 d. . 1 117 Jan. 23. Foster Crocker, Marstons Mills, 65 y. 7 m. 21. d. Jan. 26. Henry L. Bent, Wakeby, 67 ,y. 9 in. Jan. 27. Annie Rogers, Barnstable, 93 y. � m. Jan. 30. Benhard Pacelin, Centerville, 72 y. / Jan. 31.. (Stillborn). Feb. 5. Mary H. Gorham (Crowell), Hyannis, 82 y. 6 m. 4 d. Feb. 5. Susan A. Hawes (Easterbrook), Barnstable, 90 y. 8 m. 8 d. Feb. 7. Rosa Enos, Santuit, 14 ,y. 6 in. 18 d. .Feb. S. Fannie Childs (Sturgis), Cohlit, 73 y. 2 m. 21 d. Feb. 1.0. Isaac Alden Wilbur, Hyannis, 80 ,y. 2 m. 29 d. i Feb. 10. James H. lIandy, Cotult, 85 ,y. 1. m. 20 d. Feb. 11. Alice B. Bond (Simmons), Hyannis, 72 y. 2 m. 26 d. Feb. 14. Alma B. Goff (Benner), Hyannis, 71 y. 1.1 m. Feb. 1.5. Katherine Helena Black, Sandwich, 55 y. 7 m. 9 d. Feb. 1.5. Leroy R. Lake, Barnstable, 48 y. Feb.. 16. (Infant) Clark, South Yarmouth, 1. d. Feb. 19. (Infant) Kannally, Boston, 2 brs. Feb. 20. James A. Stevens, West Barnstable, 50 Y. 5 In. 2 d. Feb. 24. Marcellena Alves (Bettencourt), Barnstable, 80 y. 3 m. 23 d. 118 Feb. 26. Joseph A. Berry, Hyannis, 87 y. 7 m. 1.3 d. Feb. 27. Adaline Robinson (Spencer), Hyannis, 79 y. 6 m. 6 d. Feb. 28. Cyrus S. Bent, Hyannis, 76 y. ' Mar. 3. Ruth E. Chipman (Bursley), Barnstable, 89 y. 2 m. 10 d. Mar. 4. Edwin S. Phinney, Barnstable, 77 y. 5 m. 8 d. Dla.r. 4. Mary Ding, Barnstable, 72 y. Mar. 5. Florence Childs (Larkin), Osterville, 29 y. 10 m. 20 d. Mar. 5. Lydia F. Scudder, Barnstable, 88 y. 8 m. Mar. 6. George L. Washington, Hyannisport, 32 y. 11. in. 14 d. Mar. 7. Charles W. Backus, Cotuit, 81 y. 9 m. 6 d. Mar. 1-0. Benjamin White, Santuit, 50 ,y. 16 d. Mar. 16. Wilton B. Cammett, Ma.rstons Mills, 57 y. 9 m. 25 d. Mar. 18. Mary Freeman Robinson (Linnell), Hyannis, 83 y. :10 in. 24 d. Mar. 1-9. Mary A. Thurber, Barnstable, 89 y. 3 m. Mar. 23. Levina H. Fuller (Fifield), Marstons Mills, 68 y. 1 m. 7 d. Mar. 24. Antoinette Crowell, Hyannis, 73 y. 9 m. 21 d. Mar. 25. Abbie Louisa Hinckley, Barnstable, 87 y. 7 in. 1-5 d. Mar. 26. James H. Foote, Barnstable, 5 m. 1 d. Mar. 28. Eliza J. Jones•(Crocker), West Barnstable, 85 y. 3.0 m. 7 d. r 119 Mar. 28. Emmeretta S. Bearse, Hyannis, 77 y. 5 in, 1 d. Afar. 31. Rosetta J. Haskell (Small), Centerville, 76 y. 10 m. 1.8 d. Afar. 31. Carl I. Johnson, Centerville, 9 in. 5 d. Apr. 2. Amanda Crosby, Centerville, 89 y. 1 m. 1.6 d. Apr. 2. Lucy Guerney, Cotuit, 71 y. 4 m. 8 d. Apr. 2. Albert \v. Hammond, Chatbam, 74 y. Apr. 3. Sarah B. Bassett (Crowell), Hyannis, 66 y. i Apr. 12. Afathilda Robbins, `Vellfleet, 96 ,y. 2 m. 2 d. Apr. 13. John Cobb, Marstons Mills, 82 ,y. 3 m. 11. d. Apr. 13. (Infant) Gagnon, Sandwicb, 4 brs. Apr. 24. Louis B. Phillips, Harwich, 48 y. 7 m. 20 d. Apr. 25. Annie P. Dutton (Smith), .Harwich, 52 y. 9 m. 6 d. Apr. 25. Marion Hamblin, Marstons Afills, 1.7 hrs. Apr. 27. Joseph B. Folger, Santuit, 75 y. 2 DI. Apr. 28. Daniel S. Blagden, Hyannis, 72 y. 7 m. May 2. Elisha L. Jenkins, South Yarmouth, 73 y. 5 in. May 4. Mary E. Crocker (Baxter), Hyannis, 70y. 6 m. 1.7 d. \ May 7. (Stillborn). ' May 9. Eunice T. Fuller (Jones), Hyannis, 92 y. 6 m. 5 d. May 1.8. Ada L. Chase, Barnstable, 52 y. 1.0 in.. 17 d. ' V v 120 May 23. ,Emily S. Matthews (Lothrop), Hyannis, 86 y. 2 m. 17 d. May 30. Mary F. Chase (McNeil), Hyannis, 52 y: June 1. (Stillborn). June 3. Lydia Ann Mecarta (Jones), Marstons Mills, 91. Y. 1. m. 3 d. June 4. Cora P. Grush, Hyannis, 74 y. 9 m. June 6. Marina Searponi, Sagamore, 20 y. 11 in. 1.9 d. June 6. Mandina Smith (Rogers), Wellfleet, 34 y. 7 in. 21 d. June 9. (Stillborn). June 1.4. George W. Nickerson, Barnstable, 77 y. 10 m. 8 d. June 20. Charles E. Hinckley, Osterville, 65 y. 6 in. 1.7 d. June 25. William H. Whiteley, Osterville, 67y. 1 m. 8 d. June 29. Mary A. Bacon (Fisher), Hyannis, 58 y. 8 m. 6 dr June 30. Sylvia D. Allyn (Baxter), Hyannis, 73 y. 1 m. 14 d. x July 8, Harriet Louise Tripp (Jones), Brookline, 45 y. 1 m._23 d. July 9. Lizzie A. Rogers (Codd), Osterville, 52 y. 3 in. 1.1. d. July I.S. Frank Lagassa, Hyannis, 24 y. 8 in. 5 d. July 20. (Infant) Dodge, Hyannis, 1% lirs. July 25. Charles Pina, Jr., Marstons Mills, 2 m. 5 d. July 25. Abbie Moris Race (Wilder), Appleton, Wis., 83 y. 5 in. 16 d. 121 July 28. Jonathan Usher, Yarmouth, 88 y. 16 d. Aug. 3. Ellenett W. Jones, West Barnstable, 78 y. i Aug. 5. Obed L. Baxter, Hyannis, 63 y. 2 m. Aug. 5.1 Deborah Knox Livingston (Knox), Newton Highlands, 48 y. 1.1 in. 5 d. Aug. 11. Charlotte A. Ramsdell, Hyannis, 71 y. Aug. 1.2. Elaine G. Norris, 11yannis, 1 in. 14 d. Aug. 23. Waldo Hall Marshall, Barnstable, 59 y. 2 in. 16 d. Aug. 25. Albert E. Downs, Hyannis, 62 y. Aug. 25. Freeman Hurd, .Orleans, 68 y. 15 d. Aug. 27. Lester R. Crocker, West Barnstable, 29 y. 2 in. 28 d. Sept. 4. Harry Young, Hyannis, 52 y. 1 m. 26 d. Sept. 9. Elizabeth, Osterville, 8 in. 7 d. Sept. 9. Anson J. Fowler, Newburgh, N. Y., 45 y. 4 in. 12 d. Sept. 9. Martha M. Soule" (Nesmith), Hyannis, 80 y. 5 in. 26 d. Sept. 10. (Stillborn). Sept. 17, Helen Lagergren, Osterville, 4 y. 4 in. 28 d. Sept. 18. Phoebe A. Crocker (Goodspeed),'Cotuit, 82 y. 1 in. 3 d. Sept. 23. James E. Starratt, Dorchester, 54 y. 8 in. 24 d. Sept. 25. Frederick J. Carruth, Hyannis, 56 y. 4 in.7 d. B-9 122 Sept. 25. Martha T. Howland, Osterville, 77 y. 7 m. Sept. 29. Solon O. Higgins, Orleans, 79 y. 9 m. 22 d. Oct. 1.2.' Morton Eugene Hollis, Braintree, 83 y. Oct. 1.4. Rosalba P. Googins (Hallett:), .Hyannis, 73 y. 1 in. 14 d. Oct. 1.S. George H. Phinney, West Barnstable, 57 y. 11 m. 28 d. Oct. 24. Elizabeth Vallle, West Yarmouth, 63 y. Oct. 31.. (Stillborn). Oct. 31. Rachel M. Hamblin,Marstons Mills,77 y. 7 m. 21 d. Nov. 1.0. Joseph Pina, Hyannis, 45 y. 9. d. Nov. 10. (Stillborn). f.• 1a�7 .,. , ., a Dec. 2. Anna TulIa, Centerville, 1.8 ,y. 2 m. 5 d. Dec. 5. Drusella Small (Smith), Hyannis, 89 y. 1 in. Dec. 6. William H. Bearse, Osterville, SO y. 1.0 m. 17 d. Dec. 16. Chloe A. C�Ieman (Lambert), Cotuit, 85 y. 3 d. Dec. 1.7. Orville Dewey Lovell, Osterville, 84 y.. 7 m. 21 d. . Dec. 22 Mary Ann Fearing Baiter (Childs), Cotuit, Soy. 1.0 in. 6 d. Dec. 25. Orrin H. Mecarta, Marstons Mills, 79 y. 3 m. 1.0 d. 3 Dec. 25. William A. Osborne, Hyannis, 67 y. 1 m. 7 d. 1 Dec. 27. Mulford Linnell, Hyannis, 77 y. 3 m. 24 d. 123 Brought here for burial: , 1922 Dec. 19. Phebe Jones, Boston, 79 y. Dec. 23. Benjamin Lewis, Boston, 76 y. 1923 Jan. 3. Ethel M. Hallett, Everett, 39 y. Jan. 21. Lydia Ann Whitman, Exeter, N. H., 76 y. 6 m. 24 d. Mar. 13. Josiah Bursley Whitman, Exeter,.N. H., 85 y. Mar. 14. Frank E. Woodman, Malden, 59 y. 11 m. 1 d. Apr. 11. Wesley Cooper Quackenbush, Cuba, 21 y. June 6. Lizzie Abbie Goodrich, Chelsea, 65 y. 9 m. 26 d. a June 12. Florentine Hallett, Boston, 79 y. 6 m. 15 d. June 16. Maud Arnold Frost, Providence, R. I., 47 y. 10 m. 6 d. July 5. John W. Robbins, Taunton, 34 y. July 7. Reuben Baker, Richmond, N. Y., 91 y. Aug. 6. Mildred Lee Douglas, Medford, 19 y. 9 m. 7 d. Aug. 28. Edward S. Sturgis, Boston, 39 y. 4 m. 23 d. CLARENCE M..CHASE, Town Clerk. f JURY LIST, 1924 Victor H. Anderson Barrel Maker Charles L. Ayling Retired Merton Bates Painter Edwin L. Ballard Bookkeeper Charles L. Barry Retired Nelson Bearse Civil Engineer Frederick L. Bearse Laborer Benjamin E. Blossom Coal Dealer Roscoe Brackett Caretaker Everett 0. Bond Plumber Peter Campbell Caretaker Zenas Crocker Carpenter Ralph Crosby Insurance Agent Donald 0. Coffin Electrician Heman P. Crocker Retired Milton Crocker Merchant Harold Crosby Hotel Keeper Timothy Crocker - Retired Charles J. Daniel Contractor Ernest 0. Dottrid e, Jr. Qarpenter- Albert L. Edson Musician James C. Fawcett Painter Calvin H. Fuller Painter Irving H. Fuller Electrician William F. Fitzgerald Manager Jolin A. G' igson Painter Everett L. Hoxie Florist 125 Lawrence A Hinckley Painter G. Webster Hallett Plumber Joseph P. Hallett Carpenter Warren C. Hallett Bookkeeper Russell D. F. Hall Retired Drank P. Hallett Retired Herbert A. Howland Ice Cream Mfg. Samuel B. Jenkins Mechanic Roland T. Kelley Carpenter Burleigh A Leonard Garage Lewis H. Leckie - Superintendent Herbert L. Lovell Fisherman Edward E. Landers Plumber Charles W. Megathlin Druggist Edward F. Maher Ice Dealer James Murphy Baker John'V. O'Neil Grocer Thomas'H. Nye . Painter James Otis Retired Charles C. Owen Landscape Gardener Heman F.Pierce Barber Ivor Pelton Farmer Charles B. Robbins Carpenter William H. Robbins Oysterman Malcolm E. Ryder Cranberry Grower William P. Saint Insurance Henry L. Sherman Mason Stuart F. Scudder Coal Dealer Charles R Smith Wood Worker. Joyce Taylor Real Estate Henry Waterman Reporter Martin Wirtanen Dealer Cape Cod Health Bureau Yarmouth, Mass., January 1, 1924 Board of Health, Eastham, Mass. Gentlemen: One cannot measure the activities of an organization such as the Cape Cod Health Bureau in figures,any more accurately than a fisherman can estimate his catch by the number of times he puts to sea. Many a long day of labor gives nothing definite to put on the report sheet at night other than miles travelled and people interviewed. Some months hence the seeds of that day will come to fruitition, —alone,unseen and unrecorded. Oftentimes the mother of a healthy family can better judge the results of her efforts in a negative way,—that is, by counting what has not hap- pened to cause worry, disease and expense, than by reckon- ing up the many little details carried out to keep them well. So the following figures are not a dead reckoning of what has been accomplished but are an enumeration of the mile stones we are passing on the road to health—a record of a journey being made with the destination still a long way off. The real test of accomplishment is that feeling of security because we know that the boards of health have 127 actually banded together and hired trained assistants to protect our health. �Lt first it took a lot of faith to try this idea out,but now the most skeptical are admitting results. They now know that bad milk conditions can be made.better and see these results all through the district. Recently the State Depart- ment of Agriculture has shown figures of great credit to the Cape, for we have had more cattle tested for the dread dis- ease of tuberculosis than any other community our size in Massachusetts. We have located and killed several cows with this disease and how much better to kill a few cows than a few children,—for that is just what such work means to your town and mine. It Last summer a children's specialist from Boston ap- proached me and said that he had been having Inquiries from all over the United States as to where vacationists could get safe milk in this town or that on Cape.Cod where they r were coming for the summer.—He went on to�say that if we could -not recommend some -local dealers all he could do was to advise milk sent 'from Boston. 'The best part of it was that in nearly every town there was some good dairy that I could honestly recommend. At that time there were only a fe«T herds-known to be free from tuberculosis, and that was the milk they wanted. Next sumrger we will be in a position to talk about a whole lot of dairies. Isn't that good'business for Cape Cod? Safe milk, clean water and healthy shellfish were the most important problems confronting us, and hence, at- tended to first; and now, at the end of thirty months, with these things relatively secure, we are looking.forward to the end of another year when the other food products of Cape Cod will be so well handled that this side of our health pro- gram will be second to none. Knowing what other towns 128 and cities are doing today, I believe I am secure in making this prophecy. Don't think that this will be child's play for many places are doing big things in this line also. There are many minor problems, usually of local im- 1rort,ince only, but which must be met and handled. To do this other than thru an organization such as ours would be needlessly expensive. The disposal of refuse, garbage and sewerage is assuming large proportions,in many localities. While this comes under the board of health because of the occasional health problems arising, it is specifically a prob- lem in town management. The towns in our district have been unusually free from contagious diseases except in one or two instances where villages were adjacent to towns outside of our con- trol. Here small epidemics started and also ended. It illus- trates the necessity of making this work a unit, and as soon as practical every town on Cape Cod should be in it. With the natural barriers that nature has provided by making our County a Cape and reasonable care within our borders, Cape Cod should be the safest place in the world to live. I should like to take this opportunity to speak my grat- itude to the people of Cape Cod for their most friendly assistance in this demonstration, and also for their criticism, which I feel has been just as friendly as their praise. Differ- ences of opinion there have been and always will be as long as people dwell together, but honest opinions based upon facts are the best niaterials.for a permanent structure. ,Such a structure you and my able successor can make of the Cape Cod Health Bureau, and may it be a national ex- ample of what is best in rural health work. Respectfully submitted, RUSSELL B. SPRAGUE, M. D., Health Officer, Cape Cod Health Bureau, Agent of the Board of Health. 129 . SANITARY INSPECTIONS Schools-205 Private premises-115 Food Product Places-446 Dairies-2050 Nuisances-227 i,ABORATORY EXAMINATIONS Milk Samples: Chemical tests-147 Sediment tests—`210 Water-25 Diptheria-12 Schick tests for diptheria-164 Typhoid-2 Cows tested for tuberculosis=620; reactors killed 37. SCHOOLS AND EDUCATION. Lectures-66; attendance=2,765 Literature distributed-1,866 Newspaper articles-24 School visits-306 Physical examination of children-3,603 Correction of defects-1,627 Home visits-428. COMMUNICABLE DISEASES Visits for diagnosis of contagious diseases-296 Suspects examined-1,123 Cases quarantined-166 DENTALS CLINICS-9; treatments-208. REPORT OF THE PARK COMMISSION 1923 To the citizens of the Town of Barnstable: At the last annual meeting the Park Commissioners, as a special committee, reported fully and favorably in regard to acquiring a certain portion of Centerville Beach to be used at will by the public for bathing or other recreational purposes. This report was unanimously adopted and the money raised and appropriated for the purpose designated. The Park Commissioners duly proceeded, under the vote, to take possession by right of eminent domain of this prop- erty, and it is now a part of the Park system of the town. The town also voted to make all its school grounds a part of the park system and make it one of the duties of the Park. Commission to improve the same. With the view of improve hi.g the automobile road at Centerville Beach by widening and hardening a portion of it, and making necessary im- provements on some of the school grounds, your Commission asks at this time in addition to the regular appropriation of $1,000, an addition of $1,500. The High School grounds in Hyannis will not be considered by your,Commissioners until the new high school building which is.in process of erection has been completed. 131 Such work as has been deemed essential and expedient up to this time on the regular parks has been attended to, improvements being made mostly in Cotuit and at the Crocker Park in West Barnstable. Work on this park is still in operation and it is expected that by summer automo- bile touring parties will find it a pleasant and agreeable resting place. 4 The financial report for the year will be found on. an- other page. Respectfully submitted, WILLIAM F. JENKINS, JEAN 'G. HINKLE, SAMUEL W. HALLETT, Park Commissioners. r r REPORT OF SEALER of WEIGHTS and MEASURES Sealed Condemned Platform Scales 63 Counter Scales 34 2 Beam Scales 15 Spring Scales 81 7 Computing Scales 46 ,4 Weights 328 3 Apothecary 60 Dry Measure 3 Liquid Measure 85 6 Oil Pumps 49 10 IIce Cream Cans 24 Yard Sticks 28 2 Steel Yards 3 819 34 Transient Venders' Licenses 53 Pedlers' Licenses 35 Junk Dealers' Licenses 3 Fees $74 40 E. L. I30XIE, Sealer of Weights and Measures. 1 , REPORT OF TREE WARDEN To the citizens of the Town of Barnstable: Although, I believe, the activities of this department are pretty thoroughly understood by most of you, it is per- haps of interest to call attention to certain parts of the data.. This year the trees were given two prunings, the first early in the spring while they were still dormant, and a sec- ond slight pruning during the summer months to remove such of the growth as might encumber the passer: Around all the young trees up to eight inches in calibre the soil has been turned over in order to aid the trees in their growth. The usual number of trees were purchased to be set out, but because of the hot dry weather at planting time and also because of the cost of keeping them watered it was im- practical to set out more than 150 of them; however these were planted along the road sides and the remaining 150 are healed in at my place ready to be set out this spring. Storms and the automobile caused severe damage to many of our large trees; whenever possible the injuries were treated, but in a number of cases it was necessary to cut down the trees. We found no elm tree beetles this year, but the spray- ing for the"tent caterpillars was done during May as in other years. These caterpillars are found mostly on the bird cher- 134 I ries and the removal of as many as possible of these trees would seem the most effective way of reducing the quanti- ty of the pests. We all realize that the dead trees along our wooded roads are a constant source of danger, and must be watched. This year we have cut down the dead trees as far as our funds would allow, but there is room for much more to be done along this line. Respectfully submitted, ROBERT F. CROSS. 0 REPORT OF MOTH DEPARTMENT To the Selectmen of Barnstable: I have the pleasure to submit my annual report as local moth superintendent of the town of Barnstable for the year ending December 31, 1923. Gypsy Moth The methods used in combattingthe gypsy moth were the same this year as in the past years consisting of rough creosoting of the shade trees. This was followed by thor- ough spraying of the same This is the most economi- cal and effective way known at present of suppressing this insect. All private property was inspected and all eg clus- ters found were creosoted; also a large amount of spraying was done on private property with very good results. The gypsy moth conditions are much improved. this year. Very little defoliation, if any, was in evidence this past summer. This does not mean that the gypsy moths are all gone, for the town is generally infested, which means that a thorough inspection should be made before hatching time in the spring of all shade trees on private property. Brown Tail Moth All town trees and trees and shrubs on private property 136 were inspected for the brown-tail moth webs and wherever found were removed and burned up. I am glad to state that very few webs were found, and that on the north side, through the Barnstable and West Barnstable sections the conditions a•re greatly improved over last year. Respectfully submitted, ROBERT F. CROSS. i r REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE To the Citizens of the Town of Barnstable: 1 We respectfully submit the following report on the Public Schools, prepared by the Superintendent and'Secretary, for the year ending December 31, 1923: EDWARD C. HINCKLEY, ALLEN CHADWICK, RICHARD COBB. ORGANIZATION OF THE SCHOOL BOARD Members Term Expires Residence Edward C. Hinckley 1925 Hyannis Allen Chadwick 1924 Osterville Richard Cobb 1926 Barnstable G. H. Galger, Superintendent of Schools, Hyannis Office Hours: Evenings, 8 to 9; Saturdays, 1 to 4 and 8 to 9 P. M B-10 138 Chairman of Board—Edward C. Hinckley Secretary of Board—G. H. Galger, Tel. 71-3, Res. 408 Auditing Committee—Edward C. Hinckley, Allen Chad- wick, Richard Cobb. Committee on Examination of Teachers—Superin- tendent, Purchaser of Books, Apparatus and Supplies—Superin- tendent. Special Comiittee in Charge of School Buildings at Centerville and Hyannis—Edward C. Hinckley. Special Committee in Charge of School Buildings at Barnstable, West Barnstable and Marstons Mills—Riehar.d Cobb. - Special Committee in Charge of "School Buildings at Cotuit, Santuit and Osterville—Allen Chadwick. Committee on Transportation of Scholars to High Se.hools—E. C. Hinckley, Allen Chadwick, Richard Cobb. Attendance Officers—I H. Ellis, Barnstable; Wm. Potter, Cotuit and Santuit; George F. Hart, Hyannis; T. V. Nest, Centerville; Chester L. Baker, Osterville. CALENDAR, 1924 The High Schools begin January 8, 1924, and continue 12 weeks; April 1, 1924, and continue 12 weeks; the first Tuesday after the first Monday in September, 1924, and continue 16 weeks. The Elementary Schools, unless otherwise ordered, be- gin January 8, 1924, and continue 12 weeks; April 1, 1924, and continue 11 weeks; September 8, 1924, and continue 15 weeks. Calendar subject to change. t Superintendent's Report To the School Committee of Barnstable:1 In accordance with the rules of the School Committee, I herewith submit my nineteenth annual report on the Pub- lic Schools, the same 'being the thirty-third :in the series of superintendent's reports. Changes In the Teaching Force A turnover in 1.923 of nearly 40 per cent in the teaching force represents about the average -annual teacher change in rural schools and illustrates one of the most important factors in preventing efficiency. Until'this radical defect is lessened, other hoped-for remedies will prove insufficient to secure the results which should be obtained from the money and efforts expended. Securing teachers of adequate training and satisfactory experience proved to be as difficult this year as last, and some appointments had to be made in which one or both of these attainments were lacking. Withdrawals and appointments are no�ed below. Withdrawals: Grace C. Smith, Consuelo Goodwin, Marion F. McPin- non, Wendell F. Fogg, Elizabeth A. Brown, Josephine Fel- lows, Victor F. Adams, Constance J. Garren, Logan J. Massee, Roy J. Campbell, Miriam Starr, Emilie S. Sears. 140 Appointments: Stanley F. Hall, Corinne Weber, Mary Murray, Paul M. Boynton, George W. H.Fisler, Ruth Chandler, Magdalene E. Chase, Elizabeth F. Griffin, Robert S. Quimby, Earle L. Fer- ren, Christina Winter, Marion McKinnon, Isadore Eldredge, Gladys Francis, Florence E. Miller. Owing to war conditions, several years ago it became necessary to put the supervision of music and drawing un- der one person. Mrs. Mabel M. Boody, an experienced and capable instructor was appointed to the position, serving five clays a week. The work is now divided between Mrs. Boody and Miss Gladys Francis, Mrs. Boody supervising drawing and Miss Francis music four days each weekly. Technical instruction in music in the high schools has been discontinued. The Iyanough. School was opened in September, with an enrollment of 70 pupils in grades III, IV,V and VI; Miss Marion McKinnon being transferred from Barnstable Vil- lage to the third and fourth grades-of this school, and Mrs. Isadore Eldredge being appointed to the fifth and sixth grades. The total enrollment in both the Iyanough and Training schools was 327 as compared with 307 last year. I 141 List of Teachers, January, 1924 i Teachers Schools When Appointed Barnstable: Grammar Stanley F. Hall Sept., 1923 Intermediate Corinne Weber Sept., 1923 Intermediate,. III and IV Mary Murray Sept., 1923 Primary Annie H. Bearse Sept. 1922 West Barnstable: Grammar Paul M. Boynton Sept., 1923 Intermediate Susie W. Merritt Mar., 1910 Primary Bertha S. Weber Sept., 1911 Marstons Mills: Grammar George W. H. Fisler Sept., 1923 Primary Caroline 14. Warner Sept., 1907 Cotuit: Elizabeth-Lowell High Stephen A. Griffin Sept., 1922 Elizabeth Lowell High Elizabeth F. Griffin Sept., 1923 Grammar Ruth Chandler Sept., 1923 Intermediate Bertha A. Newcomb Jan., 1922 Primary Magdalene E. Chase Sept., 1923 Santuit: Lulu E. Eckberg. Sept., 1922 Csterville: Grammar Robert S. Quimby Sept., 1923 Intermediate, V and VI Eliza F. Sherman Sept., 1918 Intermediate, III and IV Christine Murray Sept., 1921 Primary Alta B. Crosby Sept., 1921 Centerville: Grammar Hannah W. Fuller Sept., 1922 Primary Katharine Ormsby Sept., 1918� Hyannis: Barnstable High Louis M. Boody Oct., 1895 Sut:Master Earl L. Ferren Sept., 1923 Com'l Inst'r. Sarah N. Ward Sept., 1918 Assistant Lillian L. Decatur Mar., 1916 Assistant Alice D. Dow Sept., 1920 Assistant Christina Winter Sept., 1923 Assistant Harriette V. Draper Sept., 1922 Training School: Grades V1II and IX Wm. G. Currier Sept., 1911 VI and VII Anastasia V. McMullen Jan., 1920 V and VI Mary H. Pedersen Sept., 1922 IV -and III . Carrie B. -Dean Sept., 1910 II Bessie A.;Morse Sept., 1914 1 Grace V. Rowland Sept., 1915 Iyanough School Grades V and VI Isadore Eldredge Sept., 1923 III and IV Marion McKinnon Sept., 1918 Supv. Drawing Mabel M. Boody Sept., 1915 Supv. Music Gladys Francis Sept., 1923 School Nurse Florence E, Miller Sept., 1923 1 142 School Enrollment and Attendance The total enrollment for 1922-23 was 100 greater than for the preceding year, the average membership 77 greater and the average attendance 58 greater. The enrollment for the fall term of 1923 was 1,104 an increase of 41 over that of the preceding fall. Outbreaks of ccntag.ious disease in the fall term affected the attendance cf several. schools. Such outbreaks unfor- tunately always seriously affect proper progress in the stud- ies. Total Average Daily Aggregate Enrollment Membership Attendance Attendance 1922--23 1093 1002 931 168,721 Statistics School Year, 1922--23 1. Number of children residing in town: 967 (a) Five years of age or over and under seven 1F8 (b) Seven years of age or over and under fourteen 638 (c) Fourteen years of age or over and under sixteen 161 2. Total membership for the year 1093 3. Average membership :for the year 1,002 4. ,Average attendance for the year 931 5. Number of school. buildings in use 11 6. Number of public schools 29 7. Number of men teachers 8 8. Number of women teachers 28 9. Number of supervisors 3 10. Total number of teachers and supervisors 39 11•. Population of the town, U. S. Census, 1920 4,836 12. Valuation of the town $11,969,550 143 Detailed Report of Membership and Attendance For the Year Endinb June, 1923 hU2 h0 Schools C a a a fZ Primary: Barnstable 34 30 29 West Barnstable ............. 31 30 27 Marstons Mills ...-.......... 34 32 29 Cotuit 29 28 26 Santui�t ...................... 26 25 22 Osterville .................... 30 27 25 Centerville .................. 42 39 36 Intermediate: Barnstable .................. 28 24 22 cz. Barnstable ' 28 26 24 10. . .................. West Barnstable ............. 37 35 32 C-1' Cotuit ....................... 27 25 23 ` Osterville .................... 24 23 21 00 Osterville .................... 27 25 23 Grammar: Barnstable .................. 28 23 '22 West Barnstable ............. 36 34 31 C Marstons Mills .............. . 28 24 21 Cotuit 29 25 22 y Osterville .................... 35 33 31 Centerville .................. 29 26 25 cl Training School: °' Grade I 44 39 35 ago II .................... 39 35 32 III ................... 36 33 31 y60p IV ............. 43 39 �7 1 .V and VI ............. 53 48 44 VI and VII ........... 57 48 45 VIII and IX .......... 53 50 47 High Schools: Elizabeth Lowell (Cotuit)... 20 18 17 Barnstable (Hyannis) ........ 166 158 152 I Totals ................... — — 1093 1002 931 144 cq i OW.i MW c-co�cq I o .,owc�cqti,�t-mom o to r-4 ., .. o cq � W LO to N 00 ,4 CA M D! w r.4 Ln co GV rG in o c 00 w m m r-, r-i r-i cl GO ri -ncvco oc-c+�oo o � > .-4Er-I d py.� w '�a W"W or♦��� ra ri ri r f 00 r-I00to Cq..n -jM .4 o L m"t- 00 t—t0 00 M M t-i r•i ri 1.4 CV ,•i W ~ •'+ H 'ice riO cl w(=mm ,-4 ra,-4 r 4 r4 ri ri ri ,�-4 O E O M 00�O ri M m O cl,1 -4 1-4 �M cl ri r•1 ri c7 r 4 1n • r•i b0 cd= O O a N. tU F dr y U1 to d a pO M r.,-+ ..- b0 td m mA td Cdo n a cCd �C�d-, E+I 145 School Buildings Repairs and Improvements Accomplished The larger expenditures were those fora new furnace at Marstons Mills, a new floor at the Centerville school, and carry-over bills for the new fence at the Cotuit Gram- mar school and improvements in the Domestic Science de- partment in the Barnstable High school. The other expend- itures were for ordinary painting, plumbing and carpenter work, and additional school furniture, the total expendi- tures being $7,226.09. The Iyanough building-was opened in September and has thus far proved highly satisfactory in all respects. The foundations of the new High school building have been laid, and the contract calls for the completion of the building by the last of August, 1924. Expenditures by sections follow: 3. Barnstable Village, $310.55; 6, West Barnstable, $635.92; .12, Marstons Mills, $1,010.28; 11, Cotuit, $1,555.80; 10, Santuit, $110.11; 13, Osterville, $255.32; 17, Hyannis Training and Iyanough schools, $900.55; 18, .Barnstable High, $1,483.44; 20, Centerville, $964.12; Total $7,226.09. Progress of the Schools Elementary Schools It would be difficult to make a general statement in re- gard to the progress of the schools that would not in some respects be both inadequate and misleading. Individual schools differ widely both in the skill with which they are conducted and the results achieved. Schools taught with similar ability also frequently differ in results and the class quality in the same school often differs from year to year. 146 It is generally conceded, however, that the work.in the average rural school is inferior both in quantity and quality to that in the average city school. The causes for this are many, and have been reiterated in previous reports at prob- ably tiresome length. The three outstanding causes of the relative inferiority of rural schools are the number of grades assigned to a teacher, the difficulty of obtaining adequately trained and experienced instructors, and the constant change of teach- ers. There are other factors contributing to the relative in- efficiency referred to, but some of these are being slowly remedied. The Governor of the Commonwealth in his recent mes- sage to the State Legislature deplores the fact that the rural schools suffer annually four times .as many changes in their teaching force as the city schools, and that the rural schools have four times as many untrained teachers and urges that every effort be made to remedy these radical de- fects. In the Barnstable schools during the past year there has been a measurable improvement in the teaching of spelling and some also in number-work and English. Books. .now used in spelling and arithmetic give the teachers an opportunity of comparing the work of, the pupils from day to clay and from week to week with that of accepted stand- ards, and this is true also of the penmanship charts. In some of the upper grades the results in oral reading and iu the teaching of history and civics still leave much to be riesired. The State Outlines of Studies, now in use for some time, offer valuable suggestions ass to the scope and the methods of teaching the fundamental subjects, and at the same time' avoid the mistake of over-detail. There has been definite and commendable progress in health work in the schools of Barnstable the past year, and every encouragement should be given this promising work. 147 In spite of the admitted relative dcficion.;;ics of rural schools there are those who claim that they have some com- pensating advantages. It is claimed that over-supervision and over-direction in city schools tend to lessen the develop- ,ueut of initiative and :individuality both in pupils and teachers, and there may be more truth than is suspected in i1iis claim. The educational market of today is flooded with mental measurement publications, consisting of hundreds of text books, thousands of p-,unphlets, and scores of'"tests," each of be latter claiming to be the last word in efficiency, and each sold at a neat profit to the autlior. In spite of radical disagreements in regard to all of these, there seems to be around for assuming that standard tests can be given in the more formal and mechanical subjects, such as spelling, penmanship, arithmetic, etc., the results of which, combined with the character of the daily work of the pupil, may jus- tify a fairly reliable relative judgment of the work accom- plished. How far such tests may be applied wisely and profit- , ably to the less formal and higher subjects, remains debat- able. Thinking educational leaders are already warning us against the dangers of excessive star}dardization, based on the ideas of those who would have the schools conducted after the manner of munition plants, or flivver factories, producing a perfectly uniform output, according to plan. Traditionalism, formalism, and machinery, though often conscientiously believed in and practiced, have always been. the deadly enemies of real educational progress. Says President Butler, "A widespread illusion as to education is that the more elaborate, the more complicated and the more costly the machinery of school organization, the better will be the product. The reverse is the fact. Standardization, Government-made uniformity, and bureaucratic regulation are not the allies of education, but its mortal enemies." 148 High Schools In the High Schools we have been fortunate in having relatively few changes of teachers. In the Elizabeth Lowell High School the small number of pupils allowed the teachers to do a considerable amount of very valuable individual work, and the spirit of the school seems to show a marked _ improvement over that of a few years ago. In the Barnstable High School, under the experienced leadership of Mr. Boody, the teachers have worked faith- fully and harmoniously. The school clubs are continuing their activities in a way not only presently useful but also giving promise of effective community service in the future. Of the pupils enrolled, 154 are taking English, four years work being required in this subject, 42 Latin; 101 French; 57 Algebra; 38 Geometry; 39 General History; 25 Senior .United States History and Civics; 41 Physics; 33 Chemistry; 29 Biology; 32 Household Arts; 33 Stenography; 34 Book- keeping, 26 a text book course in Commerce and Industry; 60 Drawing. It is of course impossible for rural high schools to offer the varied programs possible in the schools of large towns and cities. A city may have Classical High Schools, English High Schools, Commercial High Schools, Technical High Schools, all available to any pupil by a short trolley ride. The rural high school must confine its work, beyond that of trying to prepare for college, to very narrow limits. A small minority,of citizens claim that no work of even semi- vocational character, such as commercial and household arts courses,should be attempted in such schools, but where- . ever such a question has been put squarely before the voters, the vote has been overwhelmingly in favor of continuing and enlarging such work. With the completion of our new High school building the question of introducing some form of manual training for the boys will naturally arise. 149 The new building will make possible the accommodation of the increased membership of the school which will come about by the abolition of the ninth grade, which the Board proposes to effect as soon as practicable. The increasing relative enrollment in the high schools and colleges is accompanied by a marked increase of inter- est in the work of all the schools by all classes of citizens, and this if continued must make for rapid and solid progress. Looking Ahead r Increasing demands, increasing needs, increasing costs, characterize the school situation today and progressive com- munities will strive to meet these demands adequately. But fine buildings, elaborate equipment, recommendations in annual reports and the paper programs of professional ped- agogues cannot in themselves produce good schools. The real character of the school is intimately bound up with that of the community, and cannot for long fall far below or 1rise far above it. Given good homes, with parents having worthy ideals for the future of their children, and a business community illustrating enterprise and integrity, good schools will follow, and in turn strengthen the community; but thought, effort, and money wisely applied are necessary to produce these results. Teachers are reporting from time to time that the uneasy spirit and tendency to lawlessness which appear to have been one outcome of the war are beginning to seep down from the adults to the children. If this is true,the increased cooperation of the home, the church and the school is.more imperative than ever, if we are to do our full duty to those who are to carry on,the destiny of the nation., Barnstable Schools, 1923 Financial Report of the Secretary Expenditures Schools Teachers Janitors Tot-Os 3. Barnstable Grammar '$1,413 39' Intermediate 1,143 72 Prinrary, III and IV r 1,306 94 Primary, I and II 1,204 31 $339 00 $5,407 36 G. West Barnstable Grammar 1,250 09 Intermediate 1,204 31 Primary 1,217 65 402 00 4,074 05 10. Santuit 958 26 121 00 1,079 26 11. Cotuit Grammar 1,238 41 Intermediate 1,143 72 Primary 1,079 47 465 00 3,926 60 Elizabeth Lovell High 1,428 00 Assistant 1,149 00 232 50 2,''09 50 • 12. Marstons Mills Grammar 1,250 32 Primary 1,204 31 396 02 2,850 B5 13. ,Osterville Grammar 1,298 77 Intermediate 1,204 31 III and IV 1,2g4 31 I and II 1,058 92 1,016 20 5.7s., 51 17. Training School VIII and IX 1,298 77 ,VI and VII 1,204 31 V and VI 1,204 31 IV and III III 726 34 II 1,204 31 I 1,204 31 564 98 5,611 64 Iyanough School V and VI 433 36 III and IV 417 38 132 00 982 74 18. Barnstable High, Principal 2,358 00 Sub-master 1,794 00 Commercial Instructor 1,302 00 Assistant 1,302 00 Assistant 1,302 00 Assistant 1,215 00 Assistant 1,149 00 564 99 10,986 99 20. Centerville Grammar 1,159 96 Primary 1,204 31 229 50 2,623 77 Supervisor Drawing 1,575 00 1,575 00 Supervisor Music 495 00 495 00 Secretary and Superintendent 2,461 62 Text-books and Supplies 3,120 54 Repairs 7,226 09 Transportation 9,622 50 General 15,504 86 Total expenditures, School ` Department, December 31, 1923 $89,140 68 G. H. GALGER, Sec. 151 SUMMARY OF EXPENDITURES, 1923 Elementary teachers, supervisors and superintendent, $36,204.50; high school teachers, $12,999.00; janitors, $4,- 463.1.9; repairs, $7,226.09; text books and supplies, $3,120.- 54; transportation, $9,622.50; health service $1,808.71; ath- letics, $773.39; school census, $84.00; transportation visiting schools, clerical aid and expenses, securing teachers, $235.84; electric, water and telephone service, $526.02; graduation expenses and small items $136.07; fuel, $11,940.- 83; the last seven items being classed under. "General.." Total expenditures, $89,140.68. Financial... Summary, 1923 Available for Expenditures Appropriated at Town Meeting $87,000 00 From Contingent Fund 1,000 00 Dog Tax 736 36 Cobb Fund, income 404 32 $89,140 68 Expenditures for Schools Salaries: Teaching and Supervision $49,203 50 Janitor Service 4,463 09 Transportation 9,622 50 Repairs 7,226 09 Test boobs and supplies 3,120 54 General 15,504 86 $89,140 68 1 152 Net Taxation Cost of the School Department, 1923 Expenditures on account of schools $89,140 68 Receipts on account of schools: Return of income tax $6,300 00 Dog tax 736 36 Cobb Fund, income 404 32 Tuition, State Wards 821 09 Tuition, from towns and parents 946 04 Sale of public property 9 20 Damage to public property ' 80 Telephone tolls 20 12 Rebate, Remington Co. 24 02 $9,261 95 Net taxation cost,based on receipts and expenditures $79,878 73 Comparative Table, I. Barnstable County, Group III Towns Valuation., 1922, per Pupil Valuation Rank in Group III Falmouth $14,244 00 9 Chatham 14,114 00 10 Bourne 12,243 00 15 Barnstable 11,148. 00 2,1 Brewster 10,708 00 22 Yarmouth 10,349 00 24 Orleans 10,304 00 25 Harwich 9,728 00 28 Wareham 8,446 00 32 Dennis 8,008 00. 35 Wellfleet 7,755 00 37 Sandwich 6,903 00 30 Provincetown 4,783 00 86 Average valuation $9,902 54 I 153 Comparative Table, II, Barnstable County, Group III Towns Taxation Cost Per Pupil., 1922--23 v Cost Rank in Group III Falmouth $97 07 11 Bourne 96 83 13 Orleans 87 47 24 Barnstable 79 14 30 Chatham 73 -91 35 Brewster 70 26 39 Dennis 69 96 41 Harwich 68 25 44 Sandwich 69 06 J 46 Wareham 66 34 49 Wellfleet 57 50 67 Yarmouth 89 55 73 Provincetown 55 14 74 Average $75 42 B-11 154 Comparative Table, III, Barnstable County, Group III Towns Taxation Expenditures per $1,000 of Valuation, 1922--23 t Cost Rank in Group IhI Provincetown $11 53 31 Sandwich. 10 01 52 Dennis 8 74 72 Yarmouth 8 65 76 Orleans 8 49 81 Bourne 7 91 92 ` Wareham 7 85 94 Wellfleet 7 41 100 Barnstable 7 10 102;. Harwich 7 02 103 Falmouth 6 81 104 Brewster 6 56 108 Chatham 5 24 11.5 Average $7 95 Note. "Group III" refers to all towns under 5,000 population and maintaing high schools, numbering 117, Barnstable County having thirteen such towns. The wide difference in cost per head in Barnstable county is indicated by that of Falmouth, $97.07 and that of Provincetown $55.- 14. The lowest expenditure in Group III is that of Williams- burg, $24.00; the highest that of Dover, $151.89. Barnsta- ble ranked fourth in the Barnstable County towns, thirtieth , in the Group III towns. 155 In the taxation burden, as expressed in the expendi- tures per $1,000 of valuation, Provineetown ranks highest and Chatham lowest in Barnstable County, with a difference of over one hundred per cent. Barnstable, with $7.10, ranks ninth in the county and one hundred-second in Group III. The average expenditure in the county under this head is $7.95 and in Group III, $9.13; the extremes in Group III seem to be represented by Nantucket, $3.96, and Holden $17.17. The stale average is $7.84. The amount voted per $1,000 of valuation is usually considered a test of the will- ingness of a community to male financial sacrifice for the schools. Barnstable is one of a group of five or six towns expend- ing over $10;000 each annually for-transportation, adding, in the case of Barnstable, about ten dollars per pupil to the school expenditures.. Ten Year Comparison School costs per pupil increased from 1912-13 to 1922- 23, in the state as a whole, 103 per cent; in the Town of Barnstable, 72 per cent. Proportional Expenditure of the School Dollar Instruction $.52 Janitor Service .05 Text-books and supplies .035 Repairs 081 Fuel .134 Transportation .11 Health .02 Athletics .008 Public Utilities '.006 Miscellaneous .036 $1.00 156 Financial Suggested'Budget for 1924 It has been found possible within.the past few years to make a school department budget in which the estimates as to salaries, text-books and supplies, and, transportation, have not differed widely from the expenditures following. It has been more difficult to make reliable estimates regard- ing repairs, fuel, and miscellaneous items. The past year the School Committee, in view of pre- vious experience in the matter of fuel, determined to fill all school bins, if possible, for the entire winter, and this was practically accomplished and the fuel paid for, but one large bill being'outstanding at this'date. The total expend- itures for fuel were $11,940.83, a sum much larger than the budget estimate. The expenditures for "Repairs," $7,226.50 were also much above the estimate. Had all salaries been paid in full the sum would have exceeded the estimates, due in part to the employment of two teachers instead of one at the Iyanough School; the employment of a school nurse, the necessity" of paying maximum salaries in nearly all cases where new teachers were ,employed, and a slight salary increase of a few teachers and janitors, indicated in the budget below. The excess. of expenditures under "Fuel" and "Repairs" resulted in a shortage of funds near the close of the year, and the teachers and janitors re- ceived 3-10th of the December pay during that month, the remainder being carried over to 1924. The December trans- portation bills were also carried over. Other factors of uncertainty, besides those mentioned above, affect the making of a budget this year. Some of these are connected with the new school building, which will call probably for increased expenditures for janitor, water, and electric service. Many minor unforseen expenses 1 d 157 also are sure to occur in occupying a new building. The expenditures for text-books and supplies, $3,120.54, were below the estimate.. If, by the abolition of the ninth grade, both the present eighth and,ninth grades should enter High school next fall, a,considerable expenditure will be required for High school text books, and it is not improb- able that an additional teacher would be needed. Assuming no salary changes of importance the follow- ing amounts appear to be needed for next year. Barnstable Village; one at $1,500, three at $1,300. West Barnstable, one at $1,500, two at $1,300. Marstons Mills: one at $1,350, one at $1,300. Cotuit: one at $1,500, one at $1,300, one at $1,160. Elizabeth Lowell High: one at $1,600, one at $1,300. Santuit: one at $1,160. Osterville: one at,$1,500, three at $1,300. Centerville: one at $1,350, one at $1,300. Training School, one at$1,500, five at$1,300. Iyanough School: one at $1,350, one at$1,300. Barnstable High School: one at $2,600, one at $1,880, one at $1,500, three at $1,400, one at $1,340. Supervisor of music and drawing, $1,500 each, $3,000. Super- intendent and Secretary $3,000. The salaries of the school nurse and the school physician are listed under the heading "Health" to coincide with the State accounting system. Janitors'salaries as at present arranged,will call for the fol- lowing: Barnstable, $360; West Barnstable, $400; Mars- tons Mills, $450; Cotuit, $500; Cotuit High, $250; Santuit, $200; Osterville, $1,050; Centerville, $250; Training and Barnstable High School, $1,200; Iyanough School, $400; v Transportation, $10,625, making no allowance for the in- creased cost of transportation should the eighth grade pu- pils be transported to the High Schools. Under the heading "Health" the expenditures would be approximately as follows: School Nurse, $1,250, with a \ possible allowance of $400 for travelling expenses; School Physician, $1,250; supplies and incidental expenses, $100; total, $3,000. Health expenditures for 1923 were $1,808.71. 158 Under the heading "General" are included,_all expend- itures for fuel, for health service, school census, telephone, water and electric service, athletic expenditures, transporta- tion visiting schools, graduation, and minor miscellaneous expenditures. The probable expenditures for health service have been noted above, the expenditures for all other pur- poses under the heading "General.," except fuel, should not much exceed $1,600. No reliable estimate for fuel and repairs can be given at the present time. The salaries of teachers, supervisors and janitors noted above approximate $58,000. "Transportation" will cost not less than $10,625; "Text-books and Supplies," $3,800; "General", including health and other expenditures, but not including fuel., $4,600. The carry-over account includes $1,062.50 for "Transportation," and $4,501.70 for salaries. Two large bills outstanding for fuel and repairs will aggre- gate about $1,200, and various small bills will amount to about $600. Thus, the amount needed, for 1924 would seem to be about $84,000, not including fuel and repairs. Respectfully submitted, G. H. GALGER. e . Report of the Supervisor of Drawing G. H. Galger, / Superintendent of Schools. Dear Sir: Drawing as a subject for study has continued this year in much the same manner as in the past. Most.pupils, from the first grade thru the•high school have looked forward to the drawing period with interest and enthusiasm. There is one great difficulty,however. Not enough time is given to this subject. This is particularly true, in the high school, where only one period of forty minutes per week is required. In the elementary schools, we have been trying to gain efficiency by connecting the study of drawing with other subjects in the school program. This has been quite suc- cessfully done,in some of the primary grades. The children were studying about Pilgrim days. This gave an opportu- nity to construct cabins and churches, to draw and cut out Pilgrim men and women, Indians, wild turkeys and canoes, and to make a toy village, using the best work of the class for this project. Pupils of all ages, enjoyed making and decorating Christmas gifts such as Christmas cards, pen trays, blotters, bookmarks, calendars, stencilled table covers, candy boxes, etc. In both high schools pupils found interesting problems in tooled leather. 160 In many high school—not in ours—drawing is required for those taking the Household Arts course. One can read- ily see that such pupils would derive much benefit from their course in drawing. The study of line and color would help in the dressmaking and millinery classes. 'All the Freshmen in the Elizabeth Lowell High School are taking drawing and a goodly number from the other classes. In the Barnstable High School about sixty are en- rolled. Students attending college and other higher institu- tions, come back and tell us that their high school course in drawing has been a decided help to them. We had on exhibition the work in drawing of the Eliz- abeth Lowell High School in Baxter Hall, Santuit, on the evening of graduation. A similar exhibition of the work of the Barnstable High School was held at the Federated Church parlors, Hyannis, in June. ' In December, 1923, I attended in Boston the First Con- ference of Art Supervisors of Massachusetts, called by the State Board of Education. Respectfully submitted, MABELLE M. H. BOODY. Report of the Principal of the Barnstable High School Barnstable High School Statistics Number Enrolled in Barnstable High School,, Fall Term, 1923 From,Hyannis 74 ,0sterville, 34 Centerville 16 Barnstable 12 West Barnstable 12 Hyannisport 5 Cummaquid 4 Yarmouth 1 West Yarmouth .1 159 162 Number of pupils taking designated studies, Fall term, 1923 Year of School' 1 2 3 4 Chemistry .................................................................................... 30 3 Physics .......................................................................................... 41 French ................•............................................................................. 56 24 21 U. S. History ............................................................................... 25 Civics ..............................:................................................................. 25 Biology ............................................................................................. 29 Latin* .....:......................................................................................... 10 20 8 4 Algebra ....................................................:...................................... 39 13 5 English .......................................................................:.................:... 39. 59 .31 25 HouseholdArts .................................................................... 7 20 5 GeneralHistory ..................................................................... 39 Stenography .............................................................................' 17 16 Typewriting ............................................................ ................ 18 ' 16 Bookkeeping .............................................................................. 14 Commerce and Industry ................................................ 26 Drawing ..................................................... ................................. 12 26 16 6 Geometry ....................................................................................... 26 6 6 Trigonometry ........................................................................... 1 Graduation Exercises of the Barnstable High School FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH, HYANNIS, JUNE 23, 1923 PROGRAM March of School Electricity Dorothy Cottrell Binford. Chorus, "Song of the Armorer" Nevin What Next? Briah Kerr Connor Choosing a Career `Charles Wardwell Morrill Semi-chorus of Girls, "A Birdland Symphony" Kieserling No one Can Foretell the Future -Ethel Frances Parker Piano Solo, "Concert Polonaise" Hahn Earle Engles Eldredge. Presentation of Diplomas Mr. Nathaniel B. H. Parker Chorus, "Esmeralda" Levey School America 164 MEMBERS OF THE GRADUATING CLASS � Latin Course Dorothy Cottrell Binford Alice Veronica Childs Alice Gertrude Snow Phoebe Elizabeth Sears Alvin Crosby Whitaker Latin-English Course Kenneth Carleton Bond George Oscar Bond George Hudson Boody Briah Kerr Connor Albert Eldred Currier Earle Engles Eldredge Alice Louise Hallett Mary Winifred Molony Charles Wardell Morrill Lynda Mildred Mores Margaret Elizabeth Russell English Course Charlotte Boult Ella Louise Broughton Olive Chase Elsie Thacher Cross Howard Searle Lewis Jessie Lewis Charles Nelson Libby "Francis Leslie Nute Ethel Frances Parker Dorothy Evelyn Reckendorf. Ruth Howard Seabury Mary Agnes Shields Martha Wilhelmina Wirtanen Class Motto Facta non Verba i 165 Graduates Attending Other Institutions Framingham State Normal School 3 Katherine Gibbs School- 2 Boston University Bowdoin College 2 Brown University 1 Harvard University 1 Mt. Holyoke College 1 Massachusetts Agricultural College 1 Springfield College 1 Hyannis State Normal School 1 Tilton Academy 1 Burdett Business College 1 T 9 Report of the Commercial Instructor, B. H. S. To the Superintendent of Barnstable Schools: DearSir: A modification of the curriculum for the Commercial De- partment was necessary this year: Penmanship, so essen- tial, was dropped from the course of the freshmen, for lack of teachers and facilities. The sophomores, instead of taking rapid.calculation, are studying "Commerce and Industry:" The class also Apportions the ifitermt to be,distributed to the depositors of the Barnstable High School Savings. This school bank began operating November 30, 1920, with nineteen deposit- ors and an aggregate deposit of $3.25. Of this sum six de- positors contributed one cent each. One of the six, whose initial deposit was a cent, has now one of the largest ac- counts,in the school bank. Before the close of school each year, it is customary for the depositors, in the senior class, to withdraw their money or have it transferred to the Hyannis Trust-Company. Notwithstanding this, the gain in depos- its and depositors is marked. The-number of depositors at the present time is forty-eight and the balance in the bank is $305.48. The juniors followed the usual course of beginning the study of shorthand and typewriting in the fall. Having only four periods a week of these subjects, necessitates intensive work, which some find difficult. 167 The seniors are working faithfully and are doing cred- itable work in stenography, typewriting, and bookkeeping. Although they may not cover as much ground, as the pupils have in previous years with five periods of recitations in a week, their work will compare favorably with their prede- cessors in quality. Four speed certificates, a card case, and a gold pin have been awarded by typewriting companies to members of the typewriting classes. The work which the students do for Principal Boody is ,not theory, but actual business which enables them to know somewhat of the work required in an office. That the stu- dents appreciate the benefits to be derived from this, is man- ifested by their willingness and even anxiety to act as his stenographers. We expect many of the handicaps of this year will be eliminated with the passing from the present high school building into the new. r . Respectfully submitted, SARAH NELSON WARD . f Report of the Principal of the Elizabeth Lowell High School Mr. G. H. Galger, Superintendent of Schools, Hyannis, Mass. Dear Sir:— It is with pleasure that I report progress since the filing of my report of last year. It will be remembered that our total enrollment of last year numbered about 30 students, 12 of whom were in the 9th grade and the remaining 1S reg- istered in High School courses. This year our enrollment is '23 students, all of whom are registered in High School courses. In view of the fact that the students this year are all in the first three years of High School, it is safe to pre- die it that with the freshmen class of next September that the total enrollment of High School students in this school will. be 35 at the least. With the beginning of the Fall Term of this year it-was found necessary to remove the 9th grade to the Cotuit Gram- mar School, due to the increase in numbers of the High School students. We wish to state that we most certainly appreciate this change, as it has made possible d great in- crease in efficiency in handling High School subjects. The teachers' time is now devoted entirely to High School work, i . t t� .r 169 1 and a schedule has been arranged whereby it is possible to devote 40 minute periods to each subject. During the Fall Term, Miss Miller, ther school nurse, es- tablished a course in home nursing for the girls of the school. This course is given one hour a week and is open not only to the girls of the school, but to all women in the community who are desirous of attending. We wish to ex- tend our appreciation to all who have been instrumental in establishing this course. Education,Week.was observed in this school as "Visit- ing The School Week ', every day being a visiting day. A most hearty response was received from the parents of the students in accepting the invitations written and sent to them by their children. We wish to mention at this time the extra-curricular activities which have taken place. During the Spring Term, dances were given by the school under the direction of the, assistant, and the proceeds which were obtained were used in defraying the expenses incurred at graduation. During the Winter Term of this year, the boys of the school have already organized a baseball association, elected a.captain, a manager, and a treasurer, and have established ways and means of obtaining funds for the necessary equipment. We wish at this time to express our sincere thanks for the hearty co-operation which we have received from all thoes who have been associated with us in our work. Respectfully submitted, STEPHEN A. GRIFFIN. B-12 170 Fall Term, 1028 - According toClasses First Year 12 ' 8000ud Year .................... ----' T _ Third Year —...........L----- 4 ' 22 From Cotui ll 8uotnit ---'--'— ............................................. ............................................ 3 MurmonaMJl .----'_........................................................................... 2 0mtervOlo ................... _ 2 Iqoioa --'_-' ............... ................................................................................ l Muohpuo ------_-'------'--'------'-------__' 4 ' 28 Pupils Taking Designated Subjects ][ xi XII English 12 7 4 French 8 G l Latin 4 ' l 2 `�- [[ S. History G 2 Modern History l 8 Chemistry 4 General Science 12 Algebra 18 Geometry 7 Number of Graduates, June, I923 8tbGruda High Schoo I 7 @ ` ' ` = Elizabeth Lowell High School Graduation Exercises p Freedom Hall, Cotuit Wednesday Evening, June 27, 1923 PROGRAM Song of Welcome Veazie School Invocation Rev. F. W. Dunham Essays, Contributions of Massachusetts to the Nation Dorothy Goodspeed Natalie Crocker Recitations Landing of the Pilgrim Fathers Hemans Mildred Bearse Faneuil. Hall Whittier Dorothy Gibbs A Ballad of the Boston Tea Party Holmes Blanche Baker Paul Revere's Ride Ijongfellow Helen Dottridge Massachusetts and Virginia Whittier Florence Goodspeed Concord Hymn Emerson Walter Small Presentation of Diplomas Our Country We Will Ever Love Methfessel School 4 / 172 Members of Class of 1923 High School Dorothy Goodspeed Mildred Goodspeed Natalie Crocker Ninth Grade Blanche Baker Helen Dottridge Mildred Bearse Dorothy Gibbs Florence Goodspeed Kennard Berry Walter Small Stanley Turner Mrs. Leland, Accompanist. t Report of the School Physician Headquarters, Yarmouthport, Mass. Mr.. George H. Galger, Superintendent of Schools, Town of Barnstable, Mass. My dear Sir: Without any reasonable chance of contradiction, it can be said that the school conditions in the Town of Barnsta- ble are considerably better than in any other town in this county or immediate towns in neighboring counties. The buildings and their sanitation are modern, with the exception of the one room school at Santuit. The cleanliness is satisfactory in most buildings. The heating is ample as far as my experience goes, and the ventilation adequate too, if one excepts the Hyannis High School and, at times, the Osterville School. The new High School will probably solve one part of this problem. The water and milk supply is as safe as human care can make it. The addition of a full time school nurse is a large factor in placing Barnstable schools among the leaders. I trust that the parents will.appreciate what it is possible for her to do for their children and cooperate to the fullest extent, for only through such cooperation will the best results be achieved. - 174 To assist both the teachers and the medical department in the fulfilment of their duties, it- is advisable that each school district have a parent-teachers association. These associations are a great incentive to the,teachers to do their best; give the parents a first-hand knowledge of the school problems and tends not only to greater interest but more leniency when causes for complaint arise. The children too will do better work when they know that their fathers and mothers are watching and are inter- ested in their work. Even after three years the work of the medical depart- ment is not universally understood. Once and for all, let me assure you it is not in any sense a department, for the care of truants. Neither does it presume to interfere in one's private relations with their family physician. It is ,however for the purpose of maintaining safety in health matters and promoting efficiency of school work by doing away with the physical handicaps caused by ill health and disease. In order to make this department a thorough suc- cess, it must have the whole-hearted co-operation of each . and every parent, teacher and child. When a pupil is sent home because of symptoms pointing to a contagious disease, it is not for any other purpose.than to protect the remain-ing children in that room and to enable the parent to obtain early,curative help according as he sees fit. The school doctor would send any other child out just as quickly as he would send yours and for the purpose of protecting you. It is a practical application of the Golden Riffle. When you receive a notice from the school doctor ad- vising certain corrective measures—teeth, tonsils, nutrition or what not, do not feel that he is criticising your child or your methods of caring for him, but is calling to your at- tention undesirable and potentially dangerous conditions 175 which if existing in his own child would be immediately at- tended to. I.have been especially pleased with the large number of defects corrected during this past year. The children are in better physical condition than at any time during my stay here. It is with regret that I must give up my personal con- s tact with the children of Barnstable, and I shall watch with much interest the growth and continued improvement which is bound to come in your school department. You are not only providing splendid opportunities for your children but building a very definite business asset for the town. + Respectfully submitted, RUSSELL B. SPRAGUE, School Physician, Town of Barnstable. i 1 Q r i ANNUAL REPORTS OF THE OFFICERS OF THE Town of Barnstable FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1924 THE A�w s BAN STABLE, .� MASS. p� ©DA 1639. rFa MAY �. Hyannis, Mass. P F. B. & F. P. Goss, Publishers and Printers The Patriot Press _ 1925 . F. B. & F. P. Goss, PRINTERS AND PUBLISHERS "THE PATRIOT PRESS:" HVANNIS, MASS, 1� pt, t: I TOWN OFFICERS 1924 Selectmen Edgar W. Lovell, Santuit, Chairman Term expires 1926 Howard N. Parker, West Barnstable Terms expires 1927 William Lovell, Hyannis Term expires 1925 Overseers of the Poor and Fence Viewers William Lovell, Hyannis, Chairman Term expires 1925 Edgar W. Lovell, Santuit Term expires 1926 Howard N. Parker, West Barnstable Term expires 1927 Assessors Howard N. Parker, West Barnstable, Chairman Term expires 1927 Edgar W. Lovell, Santuit Term expires 1926 William Lovell, Hyannis Term expires 1925 Town Clerk Clarence M. Chase, Hyannis Term expires 1926 ® Town Treasurer Clarence M. Chase, Hyannis Term expires 1925 4 Collector of Taxes Everett F. Fuller, Osterville Term expires 1925 School Committee Edward C. Hinckley, Hyannis, Chairman Term expires 1925 Richard Cobb, Barnstable Term expires 1926 Allen Chadwick, Osterville Term expires 1927 Superintendent of Schools G. H. Galger, Hyannis :Surveyor of Highways Lauchlan M. Crocker, Marstons Mills Term expires 1926 Auditors John Bursley, West Barnstable Term expires 1925 Albert L. Edson, Cummaquid Term expires 1925 Luther C. Hallett, Hyannis Term expires 1925 Tree Warden Robert F. "Cross, Osterville Term expires 1925 Board of Health Granville W. Hallett, Osterville Term expires 1925 Charles E. Harris, Hyannis Term expires 1926 William A. Jones, Barnstable Term expires 1927 5 Registrars of Voters Samuel F. Crocker Marstons Mills Henry C. Mortimer Barnstable John V. O'Neil Hyannis Clarence M. Chase Hyannis Agent of Cobb Fund Henry C. Davis, Cummaquid Park Commissioners William F. Jenkins, West Barnstable Term expires 1927 Jean G. Hinkle, Osterville Term expires 1925 *Samuel W. Hallett, Hyannis Term expires 1926 Charles H. Morrill, Hyannis Term expires 1926 Constables—George Snow, Barnstable; Benj. E. Blossom, West Barnstable; Harry E. Stone, Hyannis; James B. Hazelton, Hyannis; George F. Hart, Hyannis, Theodore V. West, Centerville; Chester L. Baker, Osterville; Harris C.Lovell, Osterville; Maurice J. Hinckley, Mars- tons Mills; Alexander S. Childs, Cotuit; William F. Potter, Cotuit• Measurers of Wood and Bark—Timothy Crocker, South Hyannis; Emilio R. Silva, West Barnstable; William C. Gifford, Santuit. Surveyors of Lumber—*John C. Bearse, Hyannis; *John 4 E. Hinckley, Barnstable; *Joseph W. Hamblin, Cotuit. "Resigned. 6. Sealer of Leather---James E. Baxter, Hyannis. Deer Reeve—Ferdinand A. Binford, Hyannis. Pound Keepers—"Thomas W. Jones, Barnstable; *William F. Ormsby, Hyannis; *Lorenzo Gifford, Marstons Mills; TJehiel R. Crosby, Centerville. Field Drivers—Theodore V. West, Centerville; Zenas Crock- er, Marstons Mills. *Elected but did not take the oath of office. a ASSESSORS' REPORT 1924 Real Estate Valuation $11,560,850 Tangible personal estate 1,638,600 Total valuation of the town $13,199,450 Number of polls assessed 1,633 Persons assessed on property 3,677 Persons assessed on polls only 393 Horses assessed 174 Cows assessed 480 , Other cattle assessed 105 Swine assessed 5 Fowl assessed 2,150 Dwelling Houses assessed 2,233 Acres of land asse-ssed 33,000 APPROPRIATIONS For town expenses $387,591 54 State Tax 17,200 00 County tax 357075 51 State Highway tax 5,175 17 State Auditors tax 153 84 Abatements for 1922 936 89 r. Total appropriations $446,132 95 8 a ' Tax levied on property $377,504 47 1633 polls assessed 3,266 00 Income tax from Commonwealth 27,355 24 Estimated receipts 23,125 34 Surplus revenue from treasury' 17,500 00 Total receipts $448,751 05 Making an overlay of $2,618 10 Tax rate $28 60 per $1,000 DECEMBER ASSESSMENT Valuation of real estate assessed $5,640 00 Personal estate assessed 1,750 00 Total valuation December assessment $7,390 00 HOWARD N. PARKER, EDGAR W. LOVELL, WILLIAM LOVELL, Assessors Town of Barnstable. 4 TREASURER'S REPORT Cash Jan. 1, 1924, Cash on hand $23,258 81 Expended $954,503 38 Receipts 960,622 62 Balance 29,378 05 $983,881 43 $983,881 43 1923 Taxes Jan. 1, 1924 Due the Town $10,931 30 Received from Collector $10,110 50 Abatements 820 80 $10,931 30 $10,931 30 1924 Taxes Amount of Warrant $377,504 47 Received from Collector $359,935 68 Poll Tax Warrant 3,266 00 Abatements 1,723 52 December Assessment 255 00 Balance 19,366 27 $381,025 47 $381,025 47 Overlay 1922 Jan. 1, 1924, Balance $936, 89 Raised by 1924 Taxation $936 89 Overlay 1923 Abatements $820 80 Jan. 1, 1924, Balance $2,498 98 ' Transferred to Overlay Surplus 1,678 18 $2,498 98 $2,498 98 10 Overlay 1924 Abatements $1,723 52 Amount of Overlay $2,618 10 Balance 894 58 $2,618 10 $2,618 10 Overlay Surplus Balance $1,678 18 Transfer from 1923 Overlay $1,678 18 Tax Titles Jan. 1, 1924, As reported $53 18 Settled $53 13 Tax Title Revenue c Settled $53 18 Jan. 1, 1924, As reported $53 18 Loans Authorized Jan. 1, 1924, Balance $147,000 00 Barnstable High School Loan $147,000 00 As per vote at Town West Barnstable Road Meeting 10,000 00 Loan 10,000 01 $157,000 00 $157,000 00 ESTIMATED RECEIPTS Debit 1924 Revenue $58,180 05 Credits State Treasurer: Income Tax $30,493 56 Corporation Tax 10,591 71 National Bank Tax 507 35 Civilian War Poll Tag 597 00 $42,189 62 1.]. Licenses: Pedlers and Vendors $1,760 00 Auto Dealers 465 00 Clam 131 00 Sunday 66 00 Inn Holders and Vic- tuallers 52 00 Milk 48 50 Quahaug 45 00 1lloving picture 32 00 Billiards and Bowling 26 00 Alcohol 25 00 Auctioneers 17 00 Bottling 10 00 Garbage 2 00 $$2.739 50 Oyster Grants $1,210 00 Fish Traps 80 00 $1,290 00 Reimbursement on account of Fires $69 10 Sealer of Weights and Measurer's Fees 241 10 Reimbursement on account of'Moth Work 863 43 Reimbursement on account of Board of Health 167 15 Highways: State Treasurer $80 00 Sale of Material 62 26 $142 26 12 Charities: Reimbursement for Relief: State $334 50 Cities and Towns 2,780 76 Individuals (Property Sold) 1,446 15 Mother's Aid: State 2,476 83 Almshouse: Sale of Produce 277 21 $7,315 45 Soldiers' Benefits from State: State Aid $870 00 Soldiers' Relief 75 88 $945 88 Schools: Tuition of State Wards $655 46 Other Tuition 80 00 Sale of Health Supplies 17 89 Sale of Desk 5 00 Telephone Calls 1 60 Damage to Property 1 20 $761 15 Interest: Taxes $604 19 Deposits 366 78 $970 97 13 Refunds: Insurance $175 79 Poor 10 00 $185 79 Land Rent 187 50 a Reimbursements for Printing and Ad- vertising 67 15 Damage to Pump 20 00 Sale of Wood 10 00 Sale of Cemetery Lot 10 00 Sale of Voting Lists 4 00 $58,180 05 Surplus War Bonus Fund Balance $2,815 24 Refund from State $2,815 24 Accounts Receivable Jan. 1, 1924 Due the Net Credits $428 66 Town $5,737 12 Balance 5,308 46 $5,737 12 $5,737 12 A.c oants Receivable Revenue Net Charges $428 66 Jan. 1, 1924 Balance, $5,737 12 Balance 5,308 46 $5,737 12 $5,737 12 State and County Taxes County Tax $35,075 51 1924 Revenue $57,604 52 State Tax 17,200 00 e State Highway Tax 5,175 1? Auditing 153 84 $57,604 52 $57,604 52 14 1924 Revenue Appropriated at Annual 1924 Tax Levy $377,504 47 Town Meeting $381,591 54 Poll Tax Levy 3,266 00 Appropriated at Special December Assessment Town Meeting 6,000 00 Levy 255 00 State and County Estimated Receipts 58,180 05 Taxes 57,604 52 Excess and Deficiency, Overlay 1922 936 89 Account to apply on Overlay 1924 2,618 10 1924 Taxes 17,500 00 Transfers to Tree Appropriation Balances: Warden Department 1,649 08 Financial Dept. 535 80 Fires 1,298 18 Town Office Committees 100 00 Balance to Excess and State Aid 292 00 Deficiency 21,111 81 School Nurse's Car 1 47 Hyannisport Park 375 00 Town Forest 65 22 Trust Fund Income 32 83 Selectmen's Dept. 768 43 Assessors' Dept. 368 24 Town Clerk and Treasurer's Dept. 260 15 Election Dept. 364 31 Moth Dept. 383 82 Clam Warden Dept. 152 00 Fire Apparatus 123 07 Traffic Beacons 74 08 Board of Health Dept. 3,045 44 Sanitation 187 85 Road Repairs 8 46 Snow Bills 968 95 Support of Poor 1,741 02 Mothers' Aid 1,974 32 Soldiers' Relief 37 50 School Dept. 3,401 64 Park Commission 57 45 Cemeteries (Special), 597 45 Cemeteries 188 10 $472,810 12• $472,810 12 15 Excess and Deficiency Account 1924 Revenue for Taxes $17,500 00 Jan. 1, 1924 Balance $20,756 84 Balance 24,368 65 From 1924 Revenue 21,111 81 i $41,868 65 $41,868 65 APPROPRIATION ACCOUNTS Selectmen's Department Salaries $2,700 00 Appropriated $5,000 00 Transportations 451 98 Stationery and Postage 233 18 Printing and Advertis- ing 187 09 Stenographer at Town Meeting 178 97 Telephone 153 67 Surveying 128 92 Supplies for West Barn stable Office 63 45 Officers services 30 00 Harbor Masters 25 00 Recording Fees 22 25 Labor on Monument Grounds 16 20 Decorating Hyannis Office 15 00 Signs 13 14 Freight and Express 7 72 Hall Rent 5 00 1 $4,231 57 Balance to Revenue 768 43 $5,000 00 $5,000 00 16 Tax Collector.'s Dept. Salary $1,300 00 Appropriated $1,700 00 Bond 160 00 Reserve Fund 37 48 Transportation 114 00 Stationery and Postage 100 09 Printing and Advertis- ing 58 99 Telephone 4 40 $1,737 48 $1,737 48 Assessors' Dept. Salaries $1,800 00 Appropriated $2,500 00 Transfer Cards 235 60 Stationery and Postage 85 41 Printing 10 75 $2,131 76 Balance to Revenue . 368 24 $2,500 00 $2,500 00 Town Clerk and Treasurer's Dept. Salary $2,000 00 Appropriated $3,000 00 Stationery and Postage 291 98 Transportation 170 00 Rebinding old books 93 00 Bonds 74.00 Telephone 42 12 Recording 36 00 Printing and Advertising 27 20 Building and Grounds 5 55 I $2,739 85 Balance to Revenue 260 15 $3,000 00 $3,000 00 17 Financial Dept. '`Certifying 162 Notes $177 00 Appropriated $50 00 Printing and Advertising 56 03 Premium on Notes 718 83 $233 03 Balance to Revenue 535 80 $768.83 $768 83 Legal Dept. Special Attorney 381 65 Appropriated $500 00 Town Counsel 150 00 Reserve Fund 31 65 $531 65 $531 65 Election Expenses -Election Officers $923 00 Appropriated $2,500 00 Printing and Advertising 590 69 Registrars of Voters 225 00 Hall Rent 217.00 'Transporting Ballot Boxes 102 00 Posting Warrants 60 00 Registrars Expenses 18 00 2,135 69 :Balance to Revenue 364 31 $2,500 00 $2,500 00 To«,n Office Committee i .Architects Fees $400 00 Jan. 1, 1924, Balance $500 00 Balance to Revenue 100 00 $500 00 $500 00 18 Municipal Buildings Almshouse: Appropriated $3,000 00 Repairs $428 38 Reserve Fund 133 41_ Town House: Repairs 25 00 Janitor 20 00 Hyannis Office: Repairs 2,139 53 Fuel, Light and Water 396 05 Janitor and other La- bor 114 75 Janitor's supplies 9 70 $3,133 41 $3,133 41. Moth Dept. Insecticides $2,249 98 Appropriated 6,000 00-. Trucks and Teams 1,669 04 Labor 897 14 Moth Superintendent 270 00 Rent 75 00 Supplies for Superin- tendent 39 02 5,616 18 Balance to Revenue 383 82 $6,000 00 $6,000 00, Tree Warden Dept. Regular Work: Appropriated $2000 00 Teams and Trucks $430 00 Reserve Fund 1000 00 Labor 274 00 Transferred from Trees 225 00 Revenue 1649 09, Tree Warden 98 00 $1,027 00 19 -Account of Wind Storm in August: Teams and Trucks $1,501 52 Labor 1,862 31 Tree Warden 40 00 Tools and Equipment 218 25 -$3,622 08 $4649 08 $4649 08 Clam Warden Warden: Appropriated $500 00 Barnstable $298 00 {' Hyannis 50 00 `r $348 00 Balance to Revenue 152 00 $500 00 $500 00 Inspection of Wires Salary $500 00 Appropriated $650 00 'Transportation 150 00 $650 00 $650 00 Sealing of Weights and Measures :Salary $500 00 Appropriated $850 00 'Transportation 383 49 Reserve Fund 157 30 'Supplies 105 01 "Telephone 18 80 $1,007 30 $1,007 30 20. Fire Truck and Equipment` Truck $500 00 Jan. 1, 1924, Balance $500 00> Equipment 280 43 Appropriated 500 00, Maintenance 96 50 $876 93 Balance to Revenue 123 07 " $1,000 00 $1,000 00 Fires Fire Dept. Services $1,207 00 Appropriated $1,000 00 Labor 1,099 19 Reserve Fund 654 97 Warden's Salary Transferred from (21/2 yrs.) 312 50 Revenue 1,298 18; Tools and Supplies 195 75 Refund 86 00 Autos and Trucks 224 71 $3,039 15 $3,039 15: Police Dept. Patrolmen $3,389 29 Appropriated $.6,500 00: Traffic Officers 2,208 00 Court Fines: Returned 1,185 00, Special Officers 640 50 Jail Fines. Returned 10 00 Hyannisport Police 249 00 Reserve. Fund. 433 43, Other Employees• 96 00 Court Fees 781 18 Signs and Painting 443 27 Rent 156 00 Telephone 75 69 Electric Lights 49 86 Other Supplies 39 64 $8,128 43 $81128 43; 21 Traffic Beacons Traffic Beacons $1,440 00 Appropriated $1,800 m Erecting and Mainten- ance 285 92 $1,725 92 Balance to Revenue 74 08 $1,800 00 $1,800 OV Board of Health Salary of Agent $300 00 Appropriated $8,500 00- Services of Members 59 00 Refund 25 71- Office Expenses 23 16 Quarantine & Contagious Diseases: Medical Attendance 21 00 Hospitals 19 28 Tuberculosis: Board and Treatment 139 29 Vital Statistics: Births 285 25 Deaths 102 75 Other Expenses: Cape Cod Health Bureau 1,250 00 Plumping Inspector 872 50 Inspector of Meat 755 00 Inspection of Animals 350 00 Dental Clinic $212 29 Garbage Disposal: Labor 865 50 Equipment 178 00 Fuel 47 25 $5,480 27 Balance to Revenue 3,045 44 $8,525 71 $8,525 71._ 22 Sanitation Labor $1,142 90 Appropriated $1,500 00 Teams 163 00 Tools 6 25 $1,312 15 Balance to Revenue 187 85 $1,500 00 $1,500 00 Barnstable Dtunp Balance $100 00 Appropriated $100 00 HIGHWAYS Grand Island Bridge Legal Expenses $526 97 Jan. 1, 1924, Balance $976 61 Balance 449 64 $976 61 $976 61 Barnstable Wharf Balance $1,896 63 Jan. 1, 1924, Balance $1,896 63 Repairs on Roads and Bridges `Expended $35,008 79 Appropriated $35,000 00 Balance to Revenue 8 46 Refunds 17 25 $35,017 25 $35,017 25 23 Snow Bills *Expended $1,531 05 Appropriated $2,500 00, Balance to Revenue 968 95 $2,500 00 $2,500 00 1924 Construction *Expended $75,000 00 Appropriated $75,000 00 Bumps River Bridge State of Mass. $10,000 00 Appropriated $10,000 00- West Barnstable-Hyannis Road On Acct. of Contract $22,171 54 Appropriated $10,000 00 Weigher 79 25 State of Mass. 8,605 00, Barnstable County 8,605 00 $22,250 79 Balance 4,959 21 $27,210 00 $27,210 00 Sidewalks *Expended $3,000 00 Appropriated $3,000 00) (*For detail of expenses, see Report of Surveyor of HighwaysJ., 24 CHARITIES AND SOLDIERS' BENEFITS Aid for Mothers with Dependent Children -Cash $3,868 00 Appropriated 7,500 00 Aid by other Cities & Refund 485 33 Towns 1,087 17 Fuel 593 89 :Board and Care 146 00 Rent 120 00 Medical Attendance 109 10 Clothing 86 S5 $6,011 01 Balance to Revenue 1,974 32 $7,985 33 $7,985 33 Support of Poor -Salaries of Overseers of Appropriated $20,000 00 poor $600 00 -Office Supplies 2 37 $602 37 Outside Poor: Cash ' $4,09 m, -70 Groceries & Provi- sions 3,766 06 Medical Attendance 1,447 20 State Institutions 1,225 98 Board and Care 1,136 62 Coal and Wood 1,136 24 Burial Expenses 223 00 Clothing 201 54 House Rent 187 00 Repairs 16 90 Aid by other Towns 13 00 $13,451 24 i 25 Almshouse: Groceries & Provi- sions $1,714 42 Warden's Salary 600 00 Hay and Grain 515 51 Fuel and Light 490 89 Other Employees 263 00 Clothing 245 19 Cow 90 00 Medical Attendance 72 01 Horse expense 63 60 Telephone 60 29 Buildings 51 53 Other Supplies 26 93 Pew Rent 12 00 $4,205 37 Total for Poor $18,258 98 Balance to Revenue 1,741 02 $20,000 00 $20,000 00 State Aid Expended $714 00 Appropriated $1,000 00 Balance to Revenue 292 00 Refund 6 00 $1,006 00 $1,006 00 Soldiers Relief Cash $326 00 Appropriated $500 00 Burial 133 50 Medical Attendance 3 00 $462 50 Balance to Revenue 37 50 $500 00 $500 00 26 SChIOOLS School Purposes 'General Expenses: Appropriated $105,000 00 Superintendent's Dog Money 771 15 Salary $3,480 00 Cobb Fund 404 32 Telephone 325 22 Refunds 50 55 Clerk at High School 300 00 Travel Expenses 250 61 Superintendent's Clerk 123 00 Printing, Postage etc. 65 33 School Census 62 00 Miscellaneous Expenses 32 41 Truant Officer 28 50 $4,667 07 'Teachers' Salaries: Elementary $39,010 72 High 17,041 00 Music and Drawing 3,210 00 Physical Director 720 00 $59,981 72 'Text Books and Supplies: High $2,284 63 Elementary 2,239 44 $4,524 07 'Transportation 11,707 50 ..Janitors: Elementary 4,671 80 High 1,217 50 $5,889 30 27 Fuel and Light: Elementary 5,037 92 High 2,899 09 $7,937 01 Maintenance Buildings and Grounds. Elementary $3,043 57 High 1,428 94 $4,472 51 Furniture and Fixtures $436 25 Cape Cod Health Bureau 1,250 00 School Nurse 1,125 00 School Supplies 32 75 Athletic Purposes 634 78 Graduation Expenses 166 42 Total $102,824 38 Balance to Revenue 3,401 64 $106,226 02 $106,226 02 School Nurse's Auto Automobile and Main- Appropriated ..$900 00 tenance 898 53 Balance to Revenue 1 47 $900 00 $900 00 Iyanough School Bills approved by Committee Jan. 1, 1924, Balance $362 39 $362 39 28 New High School Bills as approved :by Committee Jan. 1, 1924, Balance $147,044 90 $138,004 95 Balance 9,039 95 $147,044 90 $147,044 90 Equipment for New High School :Equipment $1,908 48 Appropriated $4,000 00 Balance 2,091 52 $4,000 00 $4,000 00 Removing Old High School Building ;Bills Approved $1,549 28 Appropriated $2,000 00 Balance 450 72 $2,000 00 $2,000 00 Libraries Hyannis $300 00 Appropriated $1,000 00 Osterville 200 00 Cotuit 130 00 Centerville 120 00 Barnstable 90 00 'West Barnstable 85 00 Marstons Mills .75 00 $1,000 .00) $1,000 00 Rent for G. A. R. Rent Howard .Hall .$.80.0.0 Appropriated $80 00 29 Rent`for American Legion -Refit of Hall (2 yearn) ,$200 00 Jan. .1, 1924, Balance $100 00 A;p;propsiated 100 00 .,$200 00 $200 00 Reserve Fund "Transferred to Appropriated $3,000 00 Tree Warden Dept. $1,000 00 Fires 654 97 Unclassified 464 51 Police 433 43 Sealing of Weights and Measures 157 30 Municipal Buildings 133 41 Interest 87 25 Tax Collector 37 48 Legal 31 65 $3,000 00 $3,000 00 .Unclassified Expenses Insurance $5,931 35 Appropriated $7,000 00 Land Damage 800 00 Reserve Fund 464 51 .Printing Town Reports 693 75 Signs, etc. 19 25 Taxes refunded 15 16 Auctioneer 5 00 $7,464 51 $7,464 51 Memorial Day Barnstable Soldiers Memorial Association $400 00 Appropriation $400 00 30 Cape Cod Farm Bureau Treasurer Cape Cod Farm Appropriated $500 00) Bureau $500 00 Craigville Beach Expended $6,875 00 Jan. 1, 1924, Balance $6,875 00 Bills Approved at Town Meeting Balance on Iyanough Appropriated $461 54 School $218 43 Expenses School Committee 210 51 Moderator 20 00 Auditors Services 9 00 Expense of Park Commission 3 60 $461 54 $461 54 Hyannisport Park Paid for Sand $14,625 00 Appropriated $6,000 00 Balance to Revenue 375 00 Donation 9,000 00 $15,000 00 $15,000 W Park Commission On Account of Training Appropriated $2,500 00 School Grounds $766 40 On Account of Park Square 400 00 On Account of Craigville Beach 350 00 Labor 352 80 Legal Expenses 200 00 Surveying and Plans 172 20 Fences and Signs 107 25 0 31 :loam and Fertilizer 27 63 Teams 26 62 Tools and Equipment 16 53 Miscellaneous expenses 13 12 Expenses of Commission 6 25 Printing 3 75 $2,442 55 Balance to Revenue 57 45 $2,500 00 $2,500 00 Recreation Committee Hyannis Athletic Association Appropriated 1,500 00 $600 00 Osterville Athletic Association 600 00 Cotuit Athletic Association 300 00 $1,500 00 $1500 00 Town Forest Trees $300 00 Appropriated $500 00 Surveying and Plans 108 50 Labor 26 28 $434 78 Balance to Revenue 65 22 $5Q0 00 $500 00 .Cobb Burial Lot -Care of Lot 45 00 Income Cobb Fund 5 00 32 Cemeteries Fences $470 00 Appropriated 1,000 00• Labor 330 39 Tools 11 60 $811 90 Balance to Revenue $188 10 $1,000 00 $1,000 00 Cemeteries (Special) Labor $18 20 Jan. 1, 1924 Balance $615 6& Balance to Revenue 597 45 $615 65 $615 65 Interest Loans in Anticipation Appropriated $10,000 00 of Serial Issue $3,553 74 Reserve Fund 87 25 Temporary Loans 3,268 51 Highway Loans 2,370 00 Iyanough School 510 00 Hyannis Street 385 00 $10,087 25 $10,087 25 Debt Santuit Road Loan $20,000.00 Appropriated $39,000 00 Highway Loans 15,000 00 Iyanough School Loan 3,000 00 Hyannis Street Loan 1,000 00 $39,000 00 $39,000 00 t 33 Temporary Loans Paid $20,000 00 Borrowed $20,000 00 Loans in Anticipation of Serial Issue Paid $140,000 00 Borrowed $140,000 00 Trust Funds Invested: Deposited for Perpetual Cemetery Perpetual Care: Care Fund $942 82 Estate of: O. D. Lovell $500 00 Eleanor Crosby 200 00 Flora A. Bearse 125 00 Oak Grove Cemetery 100 00 Estate of: J. and A. Hinckley 12 15 R. W6eks 5 67 $942 82 $942 82 Trust Fund Income Care of Burial Lots $954 26 Cemetery Perpetual Interest on Cobb Fund 409 32 Care Fund $1,034 7rr Sturgis Fund: Cobb Fund 361 66 Paid to Selectmen 210 00 Sturgis Fund 210 01) School Fund: School Fund 56 78 Added to Fund 56 78 $1,630 36 Balance to Revenue 32 83 $1,663 19 $1,663 19 B-2 34 :SUMMARY OF CASH ACCOUNT Jan. 1, 1924. Cash on hand' $23,258 81 Receipts 1923 Taxes $10,110 50 -1924 Taxes 359,935 68 - $370,046 18 Barnstable High School Loan 147,000 00 West Barnstable Road Loan 10,000 00 Estimated Receipts 58,180 05 .Surplus War Bonus Fund 23815 24 Premium on Notes 718 83 • _Refund on Account of Fires 86 00 Court Fines 1,185 00 Jail Fines 10 00 Refund on Account of Board of Health 25 71 Refund on Account of Roads 17 25 State on Account of West Barnstable Road 8,605 00 County on Account of West Barnstable Road 8,605 00 Refund on Account of Mothers' Aid 485 33 Refund on Account of State Aid 6 00 .Dog Money 771 15 -Income Cobb .Fund 409 32 35 Refund on Account of Schools 50 55 Donation on Account of Hyannisport Port 9,000 00 Loans in Anticipation of Serial Issue 140,000 00 Temporary Loans 200,000 00 Trust Funds 942 82 Trust Fund Income 1,663 19 $960,622 62 $983,881 43 Expenditures State and County Taxes $57,604 52 Selectmen's Dept. 4,231 57 Tax Collector's Dept. 1,737 48 Assessor's Dept. 2,131 76 Town Clerk and Treas- urer's Dept. 2,739 85 Financial Dept. 233 03 Legal Dept. 531 65 Election Dept. 2,135 69 Town Office Committee 400 00 Municipal Buildings 3,133 41 Moth Dept. 5,616 18 Tree Warden Dept. 4,649 08 Clam Warden Dept. 848 00 Inspection of Wires 650 00 Sealing of Weights and Measures 1,007 30 Fire Truck and Equipment 876 93 Fires 3,039 15 Police Dept. 8,128 43 Traffic Beacons 1,725 92 S6 Board of Health 5,480 27 .Sanitation 1,312 15 Grand Island Bridge 526 97 Repairs on Roads and Bridges 35,008 79 .Snow Bills 1,531 05 New Construction 75,000 00 Bumps River Bridge 10,000 00 -Jest Barnstable-Hyannis Road 22,250 79 ,Sidewalks 3,000 00 Mothers' Aid 6,011 01 ,Support of Poor 18,258 98 :State Aid 714 00 Soldiers' Relief 462 50 School Purposes 102,824 38 .School Nurse's Car 898 53 Iyanough School Building 362 39 New High School Bldg. 138,004 95 Equipment of New High School Building 1,908 48 Removing Old High School Building 1,549 28 Libraries 1,000 00 Rent for G. A. R. 80 00 Rent for American Legion 200 00 Unclassified Expenses 7,464 51 Memorial Day 400 00 Cape Cod Farm Bureau 500 00 Craigville Beach 6,875 00 Bills Approved at Town Meeting 461 54 Hyannisport Park 14,625 00 Park Commission 2,442 55 37 Recreation Committee 1,500 00 Town Forest 434 78 Care Cobb Burial Lot 5 00 Cemeteries 811 90 Cemeteries (Special) 18 20 Interest 10,087 25 Debt 39,000 00 Temporary Loans 200,000 00 Loans in Anticipation of Serial Issue 140,000 00 Trust Funds 942 82 Trust Fund Income 1,630 36 $954,503 38 Dec. 31, 1924, Balance on hand 29,378 05 $983,881 43 NON-REVENUE ACCOUNTS Net Bonded Debt Jan. 1, 1924, Balance $64,000 00 Notes Paid $39,000 00 High School Loan 147,000 00 Balance 182,000 00 West Barnstable Road 10,000 00 $221,000 00 $221,000 00 Notes Payable Highways: Net Bonded Debt $182,000 00 1925 $20,000 00. ' Hyannis.Main Street: 1925 $1,000 00 1926 11000 00 1927 11000 00 1928 1,000 00 38 1929 1,000 00 1930 1,000 00 6,000 00 Iyanough School: 1925 3,000 00 1926 3,000 00 1927 3,000 00 9,000 00 High School Loan: 1925 15,000 00 1926 15,000 00 1927 15,000 00 1928 15,000 00 1929 15,000 00 1930 15,000 00 1931 15,000 00 1932 15,000 00 1933 15,000 00 1934 12,000 00 147,000 00 $182,000 G0 $182,000 00 TRUST FUNDS Trust Fund Cash.and Securities Jan. 1, 1924, Balance $42,973 59 Balance $43,973 19 Cemetery Perpetual Care Fund 942 82 School Fund 56 78 $43,973 19 $43,973 19 39 Cemetery Perpetual Care Fund Balance $28,434 98 Jan. 1, 1924 Balance $27,492 16 Receipts 942 82 $28,434 98 $28,434 98 Cobb Fund Balance $10,233.00 Jan. 1, 1924, Balance $10,233 00 Sturgis Fund Balance $4,000 00 Jan. 1, 1924, Balance $4,000 00 Sehool Fund Balance $1,305 21 Jan. 1, 1924, Balance $1,248 43 Receipts 56 78 $1.305 21 $1,305 21 40 LIST OF BURIAL LOT FUNDS HELD IN TRUST BY THE TOWN Estate of: A. C. Adams $125 00 Josiah Ames 75 00 Robert Bacon 500 00 Luther Baker 150 00 Adeline Bearse 50 00 Arthur Bearse 100 00 Cordelia S. Bearse 150 00 Flora A. Bearse 125 00 Richard Bearse 100 -00 Eben Bodfish 50 00 William I. Bodfish 100 00 Christina H. Bodge 99 00 Lydia F. Bourne 100 00 David Bursley 200 00 Mercy T. Cobb 100 00 Warren Cammet and A. A. Cram 150 00 Thomas Chatfield 100 00 Augustine F. Childs 150 00, Henry E. Crocker 300 00 Loring and Nathan Crocker 300 00 Amanda Crosby 60 00 Eleanor Crosby 200 00 Gorham F. Crosby 100 00 Julia Crosby 100 00 Ebenezer Crowell 200 00 Elkanah Crowell 200 00 Henry L. Davis 200 00 J. A. Davis 300 00 Jane E. Edson 300 00 Jarvis R. Fish 100 001 41 Lydia S. Fish 100 00 Nellie A. Fish 100 00 Ida D. Frost 950 00 Herschel Fuller 100 00 Stephen B. Fuller 200 00 Sumner Gorham 100 00 Franklin B. Goss 300 00 Gorham Hallett 100 00 Lydia T. Hamblin 100 00 Samuel H. Ha.11ett 150 00 Deborah C. Handy 200 00 Eliza M. Handy 27S 37 Hannah Haywood 100 00 Gustavus A. Hinckley 125 00 Josiah and Abbie Hinckley 356 41 Jeh.iel. P. Hodges 150 00 Edwin T. Howland 103 50 William C. Ho-\eland 200 00 Oliver C. Hoxie 100 00 Mary E. Huckins 100 00 F. G• Kelley 150 00 Mary E. Le«ris 150 00 F. G. Lothrop 200 00 George Lovell 243 17 Hannah Lovell 150 00 Lizzie E. Lovell 200 00 Orville D. Lovell. 500 00 William S. Lumbert 100 00 A. D. Makepeace 500 00 John Munroe 100 00 Hannah E. Nickerson 500 60 Mary M. Nye 150 00 Harriet S. Parker 100 00 Sarah A. Parker 200 00 42 William B. Parker 100 00 Harrison G. Phinney 150 00 Joseph L. Proctor 100 00 Patrick Regan 200 00 Nelson Rhodehouse 100 00 H. A• Scudder 100 00 Nelson Scudder 200 00 Charles H. Smith 200 00 Fred L. Stimpson 200 00 William W. Sturgis 75 00 Henry L. Swain 90 00 Timothy Swinerton 100 00 Freeman Taylor 100 00 R. M. Waite 300 00 Robinson Weeks 330 03 T. V. West 74 50 Hannah Wheeler 200 00 A.senith Whelden 600 00 S. Whelden 200 00 J. R. Wilson 100 00 Herbert W. York 200 00 Centerville Beechwood Cemetery Association 2,475 00 Hyannis Oak Grove Cemetery Association 9,950 00 Osterville Hillside Cemetery Association 350 00 $28, 434 98 ,n r c, CID c9 �j Cf) Ca CO O - 7 O N eD c� Cl Qo v tp r J r r G ^� CIO in. ja 00 In In U a r d{ O o O d+ ,P t� 6 cr� c N � � s � m ct U y U s � E 3 3 E 7 7 7 ? / % 3-7 ? E 7 / 2 / @ / 0 0 0 0. o CA o & / % $ / Q a § \ / \ /) 0 2 / % 4 t J \ / � � . n 2 / / ) ) 3 / ® / ? g .~ 2C, w § f / 7 Q \ . � \ - ( \ / / 7 % 0 0 / . q 2 . Q & � + y ƒ t ' \ \ 7 ) l / 4- cc ƒ & 45 REPORT OF THE AUDIT August 7, 1924 To the Board of Selectmen, Mr. Edgar W. Lovell, Chairman, Barnstable, Massachusetts. Gentlemen: I submit herewith my report of an audit of the accounts of the town of Barnstable for the fiscal year ending De- cember. 31, 1923, made in accordance with the provisions of Section 35, Chapter 44 of the General Laws. This report is in the form of a report made to me by Mr. Edward H. Fenton., Chief Examiner of this Division, who was placed in charge of the work. Very truly yours, THEODORE N. WADDELL, Directon of Accounts. Mr. Theodore N. Waddell, Director of Accounts, Department of Corporation and Taxation, State House, Boston. Sir: As directed by you I have made an audit of the books and accounts of the town of Barnstable for the fiscal year ending December 31, 1923, and report thereon as follows: 46 'The financial transactions of the town as recorded on I he books of the several departments collecting money for the town, or committing bills for collection, were checked .and reconciled with the books in the treasurer's office. The books and accounts of the town treasurer were examined and checked in detail. The recorded receipts were checked with the records in the several departments collecting money for the town and with the other sources from 'which money was paid into the town treasury. The records of disbursements were checked with the warrants authorizing the treasurer,to disburse town funds, the cash on hand June 16, 1924, was verified by an actual count, and the bank account was reconciled with the statement furn- ished by the bank. The ledger postings were checked to the books of original entry, the ledger was analyzed, and a balance sheet was prepared showing the financial condition of the town as of December 31, 1923. The securites and bank books representing the in- vestments of the several trust funds belonging to the town were personally examined, and the income and disbursements were verified. The books and accounts of the tax collector were ex- amined and checked in detail. The commitments were proved with the assessors' warrants, the reported collec- tions were checked with the payments to the treasurer, the .abatements were checked with the assesors' records of abatements granted, and the outstanding accounts were list- ed and reconciled with the ledger accounts. The outstanding accounts were further verified by mail- ing notices to a number of persons whose names appeared on the books as owing money to the town, and from the replies received, I am satisfied that the accounts as listed .are correct. The records of licenses and permits issued by the select- 47 men were examined and checked to the receipts as shown on the treasurer's book. The accounts of the milk inspector were examined and the recorded receipts for milk licenses issued by the inspec- tor were verified by a comparison with the receipts as sh.owu by the treasurer's books. The books of the sealer of weights and measures were examined, and payments to the treasurer were checked to the treasurer's records. The records of receipts from sale of produce, etc., at the town farm were examined, and the payments made to the treasurer were checked to the treasurer's books. The town clerk's records of dog and of hunting and fishing licenses issued during 1924 were examined, and the records of fees collected were checked to the payments made to the state and county treasurers as shown by their re- ceipts. The surety bonds of the treasurer, the tag collector, and the town clerk `vere examined and found to be in proper form. The accounting work was found to have been done in the usual careful and painstaking manner, and the accounts were readily verified. Appended to this report are tables showing a recon- ciliation of the treasurer's cash, summaries of the tax ac- counts, and of the transactions and conditions of the trust fiends. While engaged in making the audit I received the co-operation of the various officials, and I wish to extend, both for my assistant and myself, my thanks and apprecia- ton for the courtesy received and the assistance rendered- Respectfully submitted, Edw. H. Fenton Chief Examiner- 4a `TOWN CLERK'S REPORT ANNUAL TOWN MEETING March 3 and 4, 1924 At a meeting of the inhabitants of the Town of Barn- stable qualified to vote on. Town affairs, held in the different precincts, named in the Warrant for said meeting, for the election of officers, etc., on Monday, March 3, 1924, while acting under the following article: Article 1. Moderator for subsequent meeting; Town Treas- urer for one year; Collector of Taxes for one year; One Selectman for three years; One Assessor for three years; One Overseer of the Poor for three years; Three Auditors for one year; One School Committee for three years; One member of the Board of Health for three years; One Tree Warden for one year; One Park Com- missioner for three years; Constables; and to elect any other officers whose names may be on the official ballot; and also to vote.on the question, shall license be granted for the sale of cer- tain non-intoxicating beverages in this town. The subsequent meeting will be held at the Town House on 'Tuesday, March fourth at 9 o'clock a. m. The whole number of votes cast was 977, which being :assorted and counted according to law, the result was found to be as follows: Moderator at Annual Town Meeting 'Edward`C. Hinckley ..................................................................................... 783 J. Milton Leonard .......................................................................................... 2 ,,Charles E. Lewis ..................................................:.......................................... 1 49 Town Treasurer (One Year) 'Clarence M. Chase ..................._..................-------- ---------------...--•........... 82.3 Selectman (Three Years) .*Hoivard N. Parker ................................................•-•--- ...........--•-----.... 772 FrankB. Enos ................---.........................................................- ............ 1 MauriceR. Phin.ney ....................................................... ......................... 1 .Forest Brown ................•.-----•.----...---------- .....--------- :l ,IIo-%vard A. Dottridge - ----------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Assessor (Three Years) *-Howard N. Parker ---------------------------------------•-----......--------•-••---.........---------.. 753 MauriceR. Phinney -----------• ------•----------------------------•...................................................... 1 HowardA. Dottridge ..... •-------------------------•---..---......_..........--•............................................................. 1 Overseer of the Poor (Three Years) :a:IIoward N. Parker --------------------------------------------------------------.............. 746 MauriceR. Phinney ------------------------------------•--------------.........-------•--•------------... 1 Ho`vard A. Dottridge ------------------•--•-•--•------------•----•-------------------------....... 1 School Committee (Three Years) -7,Allen Chadwick .........._..........----......................................................................... 531 MiltonH. Crocker --------.................................................................................... 423 Collector of Taxes (One Year) "a`Everett F. Fuller ......................_........................................................................... 591 EdgarF. Weeks ...................................................................................................... 331 50 ` ~ Three Auditors. (One Yoar)� *John Bnraloy ---------------------- 742'.' oAlhortI/. Ednou -------- 688` *Luther O. Hallett ---_--'-----............................ ' I2c Tree Warden (One Year)', *Robert F. Cross ................_.................................................................................. 7%� JosephP. Hallett __--_ ...................................................................... l Rawson Ashley I ' Board of IIouldi (Three Years) "William A. Junes ' TGz" Park Commissioner (Three. Years) *William F. Jenkins 678: John S. Whitaker --'_----__------_----.---'— l Uuoatmb&s. «Oourgo F. IIu,t ----_--'-_--------_-----.—'--- 580 'James l]. IIaxekon 545' � *Harry E. Stone ....................................... 532 ,*Theodore V. West .............................................................................................. 508' :Cbost*z L. Bubo, --- ........... 551 o^4lvzuodar0. Childs ............................-.......................................................- 542: fl�anumin E. 8loemou 19 *Harris O. I'ovoD ........_' ......................................................................--- is °Mxu, 00 J. Hinckley _---------'- 17� 'George Snow --_. 14. *William Potter -----_. ll Leslie P. Hobson —'-----_--'------------ .............. ICy Henry Young -----_—�----_--'--''_'--.-------- 51 � 51. FerdinandBaker ..--......--•................................................................................... 3 WalterF. Baker -........................................................................ ........... ......... 4 .Freeman Adams ---- . ............. 3 ThomasRennie ........................ ............................................................. 3 CalvinFuller ... ............................................................ ....................... 2 Ezra Hobson 2 .Ralph Vroom ........................................................................................................... 2 'Alexander E. Nickerson .......................................................................... 2 B. Merle Sears ............... . ....................:.. ...................... ............. - ..... Nineteen had one each ........ ..............................................-----...---...--------- If) "Elected. Shall licenses be granted for the sale of certain non- intoxicating beverages? Yes 3Ei�i ,'No -----------------------------.................................... 40, THE SUBSEQUENT MEETING In accordance with the Warrant the Subsequent Meet- ing «-as held at the Town House on Tuesday, March 4, 1924. The meeting was called to order at nine o'clock A. M., by the Town Clerk who read the Warrant and the result -of the previous day's voting. The respective officers were sdeclared elected. 52 Dr. Edward C. Hinckley then qualified. as Moderator- and took charge of the meeting. The following tellers were appointed:and'sworn by tha- Moderator: William A. Jones. Charles E. Doubtfire Walter I. Fuller Mrs. Walter D. Baker Mrs. F. Percy Goss Mrs. George E. Williams. S. Ellsworth Howland Frederick S. Dent Art. 2. To elect all other necessary town officers for the en, suing year. The following officers were elected: Measurers of Wood and Bark Timothy Crocker South Hyannis Emilo R. Silver West Barnstable William C. Gifford Santuit Surveyors. of Lumber. John C. Bearse Hyannis John E. Hinckley Barnstable Joseph W. Hamblin Cotuit Sealer of Leather James E. Baxter Hyannis, Deer Reeve Ferdinand A. Binford, Hyannis.. 53 Pound Keepers Thomas W. Jones Barnstable William F. Ormsby Hyannis Lorenzo T. Gifford Marstons Mills Jehiel R. Crosby Centerville Field Drivers Theodore V. West Centerville Zenas Crocker Marstons Mills Art. 3. To hear and act upon the report of the various town officers; also to hear the report of any Committees, and to take any action in relation thereto and to act fully thereon. The report of the Town Officers as printed was ac- cepted. Charles W. Megathlin., Chairman of the Town Office Committee, made a report and showed plans of two build- ings which the Committee had had prepared and recom- mended that no action be taken at this time and that the Committee be discharged. Said report was accepted. Capt. Barry made a brief report in regard to the Traffic Rules Committee, ivhich was also accepted. While acting under Article 40, the report of the Town forest Committee was read and accepted. Art. 4. To receive and act upon the accounts of all persons to whom the town is indebted. Voted to pay the following bills approved by the Au ditors. The bill of Walter F. Baker was referred to the Park Commissioners as recommended by the Auditors. 54 Allen Chadwick_, Expenses as Member of School Committee $103 00 Edward C. Hinckley, Expenses as Member of School Committee 83 51 Allen Chadwick, Expenses as Member of Commit, tee on Iyanough School 24 00 P. A. Kieser, balance of bill on Iyanough School 218 43 John Bursley, Expenses and Services as Auditor 6 00 Luther. C. Hallett, Expenses and Services as Auditor 3 00 William F. Jenkins, Expenses Locating Wharf 3 60 Total $441 5-1 Article 5. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the following purposes for the en- suing year; Selectmen's Dept.; Financial Dept.; Tax Collector's Dept.; Town Clerk and Treasurer's Dept.; Assessor's Dept.; Legal Dept.; Election Dept.; Municipal Buildings; Police Dept.; Inspection of Wires; Sealing of Weights and Measures; Moth .Dept.; Tree Warden; Dept.; Extinguishing of Fire; Clam War- den; Health Dept.; Sanitation; Repairs on Roads and Bridges; Snow and Ice Removal; Support of Poor; Aiding Mothers with dependent children; State Aid; Soldiers' Relief; School Pur- poses; Parks and Playgrounds; Unclassified expenses; Re- serve Fund; Care of Cemeteries; Interest; Debt; Rent of Howard Hall for G. A. R.; Rent of room for American Legion; and for all other legal expenses. It was voted to take up Articles 8-12-18-19 and 23 in �conneetion with this article Voted that the salary of the Surveyor of Highways :shall be $2,500 00 per year, to include his Transportation. Voted that the same road Committee be continued for :,another year. 55 Voted to raise and appropriate the following amounts-, Selectmen's Department $5,000 00 Financial Department 50 00 Tax Collector's Department 1,700 00 Town Clerk and Treasurer's Department 3,000 00 Assessors' Department 2,500 00 Legal Department 500 00 Election Department 2,500 00 Municipal Buildings 3,000 00 Police Department 6,500 00. Inspection of Wires 650 04 Sealing of Weights and Measures 850 00 Moth Department 6,000 00 'free Warden 2,000 00 Fires 1,000 00 Clain Warden 500 00 Health Department 8,500 00 Sanitation 1,500 04 Repairs on Roads and Bridges 35,000 00 Snow and Ice Removal 2,500 00 Support of Poor 20,000 00 Mothers' Aid 7,500 00 State Aid 1,000 00 Soldiers' Relief 500 00 School Purposes 105,000 00 Parks and Playgrounds 2,500 00 Unclassified 7,000 06 Reserve Fund 3,000 00 Cemeteries 1,000 00 Interest 10,000 00 Debt 39,000 00 Bent of. Howard Hall 80 00 Rent for American Legion 100 00 $27 9,930 00 56 Article 6. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money in anticipation of the revenue of the current financial year. Voted that the Town '.Preasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, be and hereby is authorized to borrow money in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year begin- ning January 1st, 1924, 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. (Unanimous). Article 7. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen to borrow money on and after January 1st, 1925 in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1st, 1925. Voted that the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, be and hereby is authorized to borrow money on and after January 1st, 1925 in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1st, 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 financial ,year. (Unanimous). Article 8. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Select- men to apply Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) of-the surplus in the Town Treasury toward the tax levy for 1924, or take any ac- tion in relation thereto, and to act fully thereon. Voted to adopt this article. Article 9. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of Five Hundred Dollars to be expended by the Selectmen or the Board of Health in accordance with Section 1, Chapter 72 of J7 the Acts of 1911 for Public Health Nursing to be rendered in the Town of Barnstable. Indefinitely postponed. Article 10. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate a, sum of money for the proper observance of Memorial Day and to act fully there on. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $400.00 for this purpose and that it be placed in the hands of the Barn- stable Soldier's Memorial Association. Article 11. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to make such leases as in their opinion will be for the best interest of the Town and to confirm all leases heretofore given. Voted to adopt this article. Article 12. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate Ten Thousand Dollars for the construction of Bump's River Bridge, on condition that the Department of Public Works, Division of Highways pays the cost in excess of that amount and lays out the bridge as a part of the State Highway, or take any action in rela- tion thereto and to act fully thereon. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of-$10,000.00 for the construction of this bridge on the conditions men- tioned in the article, and that the Selectmen be appointed a Committee to take charge of this matter. Article 13. To see if the Town will indemnify the Common- wealth of Massachusetts against any and all claims for land, grade and drainage damages which may be caused by or result from the laying out, construction or reconstruction of any State Highway in the Town during the present year, and will authorize the Board of Selectmen to sign an indemnity agreement in oehalf of the Town, or take any action in respect thereto. Voted to adopt this article. 58 Article 14. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropri- ate the sum of Five Hundred Dollars to be used in connection with the unexpended balance of last year to purchase equipment and supplies for the Forest Warden's Dept. or take any action in rela- tion thereto and to act fully there on. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $5000.00 for this purpose. Article 15. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to discontinue and remove the Pumps and Wells at Lemuel Jones' corner at West Barnstable and at the foot of Custom House Hill at Barnstable, or take any action in relation thereto and to act fully thereon. Voted that the Selectmen be so authorized. Article 16. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to purchase a new Dumping Ground in the Village of Barnstable and to raise and appropriate a sum of money therefor or take any ac- tion in relation thereto and to act fully thereon. Article 17. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to sell the present Dumping Ground in the Village of Barnstable or take any action in relation thereto and to act fully thereon. Voted that these two articles be taken up together and that the Selectmen be authorized to sell the present dump- ing ground in the Village of Barnstable and purchase a new one, the sum of $100.00 to be raised and appropriated for this purpose. Article 18. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropri- ate, or issue its notes, bonds or script for a sum not exceeding $75,000.00 for the following purposes: Sealcoating Roads built last year $7,500 00 Rebuilding a portion of the Centerville and West Barnstable Road 41,000 00 Rebuilding the Wianno Ave. Road 26,500 00 59 in accordance with the recommendation of the Road Committee, or take any action in relation thereto and to act fully thereon. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of 75,000.00 for the purposes mentioned in this article. Article 19. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropri- ate or issue its notes, bonds or script for the sum of $10,000.00 for the purpose of rebuilding a portion of the West Barnstable and Hy- annis Road, beginning at the Lemuel Jones corner, so called, and going toward Hyannis. This amount to be expended only in case the Commonwealth and the Country each appropriate an equal amount for this purpose and that the Selectmen be appointed a Com- mittee to confer with the authorities of the Commonwealth and County to look after this work or take any action in relation thereto and to act fully thereon. Voted that this article be adopted and that the Town borrow the sum of $10,000.00 for the purpose mentioned in this article and that the Treasurer, with the approval of at least a majority of the Board of Selectmen, be authorized to issue notes of the Town therefor, payable within one year. The rate of interest and other details to be left to the dis- cretion of the Treasurer and the Board of Selectmen. Yes-1.72 No-18 Article 20. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropri- ate a sum of money for and elect a Director for the Cape Cod Farm Bureau, as authorized by sections 41 and 45, Chapter 128, Vol. 1, Pages 1,107 and 1,108, Massachusetts General Laws, relating to agriculture. Voted to raise and appropriate the ,sum of $500.00 for this purpose and S. Fremont Crocker was elected a Director of the Cape Cod Farm Bureau. Article 21. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropri- ate the sum of Three Thousand Dollars ($3,000.00) for the purpose 60 ,of constructing Side-walks and Curbings in the different villages of the Town or take any action in relation thereto and to act fully thereon. Voted to adopt this article and $3000.00 was raised and appropriated for this purpose. Article 22. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the select- men to dispose of property of the Highway Department which has, become obsolete or take any action in relation thereto and to act fully thereon. Voted to adopt this article. Article 23. To see if the Town will vote to increase the Salary of the Surveyor of Highways or take any action in relation thereto and to act fully thereon. Taken up in connection with Article 5. Article 24. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropri- ate the sum of eighteen hundred dollars for the purpose of purchas- ing six Traffic Beacons to be located under the direction of the Selectmen, or take any action in relation thereto and to act fully thereon. Voted to adopt this article and that $1800.00 be raised and appropriated for the purpose. Article 25. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropri- ate, or issue its notes, bonds or script, for the sum of Four Thous- and Dollars for the purpose of building a macadam or oil road, on Mill Way, so called, from Bacon's corner to Common Fields Bridge, in the village of Barnstable, .or take any action in relation thereto and to act fully thereon. (By request.) Voted to build this Toad•and that the sum of $4000.00 be taken from the appropriation-for the Repairs on Roads and Bridges for this purpose. 61 Article 26. To see if the Town will vote to improve the condi- tion of the Road known as Mary Dunn's Road, Hyannis, leading to the pumping station, and to raise and appropriate a sum of money ;therefor. (By request). Referred to the Surveyor of Highways. Article 27. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the .sum of Five Thousand Dollars for the purpose.of building the un- completed "Eel River Road," so-called, in the village of Osterville. (By request). This article was_not:adopted. Article 28. To see if the Town will vote to increase the Salary ,of the Tax Collector or to take any action in relation thereto and to act fully thereon. Indefinitely postponed. Article 29. To see if the Town will vote to elect the Tax Col- lector for a term of three years or take any action in relation there- to and to act fully thereon. Voted to adopt this article. Article 30. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropri- ate or issue it notes, bonds or script for a sum not exceeding One -Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100;000:00) .for the purpose of building and equipping a Town Office Building in the Village of Hyannis, or take any action in relation thereto and to act fully thereon. Indefinitely postponed. Article 31. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Select- men to dispose of the present High School Building in the Village of r Hyannis when it is released by the School Committee,.or take any :action in relation thereto and to act fully thereon. Voted to adopt this article. 62 Article 32. To see if the Town will vote to adopt the following- By-Law: "The Town shall have a Finance Committee whose duty shall be to consider any or all municipal questions for the purpose of making reports or recommendations to the Town, as provided by Chapter 388 of the Acts of 1923." Also to take any action in relation thereto and to act fully there- on. Voted to adopt this article and when the By-Law be- comes effective, the Finance Committee be appointed by the Selectmen and the Town Treasurer and to consist of six (6) members, two to be appointed for one year, two for two years, and two for three years. Article 33. To see if the Town will vote to adopt the following- By-Law: Voted to adopt this By-Law. Article 34. To see if the Town will vote to authorize or in- struct the Park Commission to acquire by purchase or by right of eminent domain or otherwise, a certain tract of land for municipal purposes situated on the shore in that part of the Town known as Hyannisport and bounded as follows: Beginning at the North-east corner of the described parcel on Washington Avenue; thence running West on said Washington Avenue about 390 feet to the intersection of said Washington Avenue and Iyanough Avenue; thence Southerly by said Iyanough. Avenue about 490 feet to the shore near the pier of the Hyannis- port Boat Pier Company; thence North-easterly by the shore to a stone bound and the estate of George B. Holbrook: thence Norther- ly by said estate of George B. Holbrook about seventy feet to the first mentioned bound. Containing about (2) acres. Being prop- erty said to be owned or occupied by and assessed to Wetmore A. Stuart et al; or take any action in relation thereto and to act fully - thereon. (By request). Article 35. To see if the Town will vote to raise or borrow a sum not to exceed $15,000 00 for the purpose of acquiring the prop. '63 ,erty described in the preceding article of this warrant, or take. any -action in relation thereto and to act fully thereon. (By request). Article 36. To see if the Town will vote to accept a gift of $9,000 00 from the Trustees -of the Hart Beach Fund and appropri- .ate the same to the use of the Park Commissioner for the purpose of acquiring the property in Hyannisport described in Article 34 of this warrant or take any action in relation thereto and act fully thereon. (By request). Voted that these three articles be taken up together :and it was unanimously voted to adopt Article 34, also voted to accept a gift of $9,000 00 from the Trustees of -the East Beach Fund, to raise $6,000 00 and appropriate the sum of $15,000 00 for the purpose of acquiring the pro- perty in Article 34. Yes, 225 No, 0 Article 37. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropri- ate the sum of Nine Hundred Dollars for the purpose of purchas- ing a Ford Coupe for the.uses of the School Nurse and for the maintenance and insurance of the same, or take any action in re- lation thereto and act fully thereon. Voted to adopt this article and to raise and appropriate the sum of $900.00 for these purposes. Article 38. To see if the Town will accept the report of the Cemetery Committee and vote to purchase the Nathaniel Hinckley wood lot in West Barnstable for Cemetery purposes,.and appropri- ate the sum of Forty Dollars for the purpose. It was voted to refer this matter back to the Cemetery Committee and they be requested to hold a public meeting in the Village of West Barnstable in regard to the cemetery location. 64 Article 39. To see if the Town will vote to enlarge the, grounds at the Grammar School in Cotuit or take any action in re- ,lation thereto and act fully thereon. (By request). Voted that a Committee of three he appointed by the Chair to look into this matter and report at the next Annual Town Meeting. The following Committee was appointed: Alexander S. Childs Milton H. Crocker Howard M. Phinney Article 40. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropri- ate a sum of money to be expended in accordance with the recom- mendations contained in the report of the Town Forest Committee, or take any action in relation thereto and to act fully thereon. (By request) Voted to accept the report of the Committee, that the same Committee be.continued and $500.00 be raised and appropriated for the purpose of carrying out their recom- mendations. Article 41. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropri- ate the sum of One Thousand Dollars for the purpose of buying books for the several Public Libraries in Town and that this amount be apportioned by a Committee consisting of one person from each precinct to be named by the Moderator. (By request). Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $1000.00 for the purpose mentioned in this article and that the same Committee be continued. Article 42. To see if the Town will vote to elect a Board of Survey or Planning Board who shall have jurisdiction over the 65 erection of all buildings and street lines, or take any action in re- lation thereto and act fully thereon. (By request). Indefinitely postponed. Article 43. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropri- ate a sufficient sum of money for the purchase of a parcel of land in Hyannis for the erection of a Public Sanitary Station thereon and a sufficient sum of money in addition thereto for the erection of such a Sanitary Station, or to take any action in relation there= to and to act fully thereon. (By request.) Voted that a Committee of three be appointed to in- vestigate the advisability of this matter and report at the next annual meeting. The following committee was appointed: G. Webster Hallett Arthur G. Guyer John E. Hinckley Article 44. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropri- ate a sufficient sum of money to acquire land in the Village of Hy- annis for a free Automobile Parking Field, or take any action in relation thereto and to act fully thereon. (By request). _ Indenfinitely postponed. Article 45. To see if the Town will vote that the Selectmen be authorized to call future Annual or Special Town Meetings of the voters of the Town of Barnstable at some place other than the Town House, or take any action in relation thereto and to act fully thereon. (By request.) Voted that the Selectmen be authorized to hold future Town Meetings either in the present Town Hall or any oth- er place that they see fit. B-3 66 Article 46. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate a sum of money for the purpose of purchasing fire apparatus or take any action in relation thereto and to act fully thereon. (by request) Voted that a Committee of seven be appointed by the Chair to investigate the forming of a permanent fire depart- ment in the Town and the purchasing of a combination chemical for each of the villages of Barnstable, Osterville and Cotuit and either a Ladder Truck or Steamer for Hy- annis and for the housing of the same, and to report to the next annual Town Meeting. The following Committee was appointed: 'Admiral F. T. Bowles Zebina H. Jenkins Charles W. Megathlin Chester Bearse Charles H. Brown Lauchlan M. Crocker Alexander S. Childs *(Admiral Francis T. Bowles declined to serve. William A. Jones was appointed in his place.) Article 47. To see if the Town will vote to place its advertis- ing in all the weekly newspapers published in the Town. (By request). Voted to leave this matter in the hands of the Select- .men. Article 48. To see if the Town will elect a Recreation Com- mittee of three as provided by the provisions of Chap. 45, section 14 of the General Laws and raise and appropriate the sum of $3,000 00 to be expended by said Committee, or take any action in relation thereto and to act fully thereon. (By request). 67 Mr. IJarry H. Albro, one of the Selectmen of Falmouth, was granted. the privilege of the floor to speak on this matter, and it was voted the $1,500 be raised and appropri- ated for the purpose mentioned herein. The following Committee was elected: Dr. Edward C• Hinckley Miss Jean G. Hinkle Mr. Milton H. Crocker Article 49. To see if the town will accept the report of the Selectmen on laying out of Estey and Hawes Avenues in the village of South Hyannis, or take any action in relation thereto and to act fully thereon. Voted to accept the report of the Selectmen. Article 50. To see if the Town will accept the report of the Selectmen as to laying out a Town Landing in the Village of Little River, or take any action in relation thereto and to act fully there- on. i Voted to accept the report of the Selectmen. Article 51. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate a sum of money not exceeding four hundred dollars for the purpose of purchasing a piece of land in the village of Osterville for a Dump Ground, or take any action in relation thereto, and to act fully thereon. Indefinitely postponed. Voted that a resolution of sympathy be sent to the Chairman of the Selectmen, Mr. Edgar W. Lovell, who for the first time in many years was unable to be present at the Town Meeting on account of illness and that his colleagues 68 on the Board be a Committee to convey this resolution to him. Voted that the thanks of the meeting and $20 00 be ;given to the Moderator for his usual proficient services. The meeting adjourned at 3.40 p. in. Attest: C. M. CHASE, r. Town Clerk. `SPECIAL TOWN MEETING July'25, 1924. In accordance with the Warrant about thirty voters of the Town of Barnstable met -at the Town House on Friday, July 25th, 1924. The meeting was called to order at 2 P. Al. by the Town Clerk and the Warrant read. Article 1. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting. It was.voted that one ballot be cast for Dr. Edward C. Hinckley for Moderator which was done and Dr. Hinckley was declared elected and sworn by the Clerk. 69 Article 2. To see if the town will vote to accept the report of the Park Commissioner on the taking and laying out of a parcel of land situated on the shore in that part of the town of Barnstable known as Hyannisport for a public park in accordance with the vote of the regular town meeting held the fourth day of March A. D. 1924 or take any action in relation thereto and act fully thereon. Voted that the report of the Park Commission on the taking and laying out of a parcel of land on the shore of that part of the Town of Barnstable known as Hyannisport for a Public Park in accordance with the vote of the regu- lar Town Fleeting held the 4th day of Dlarch, A. D. 1924, be accepted, approved and allowed as filed and read. (Unani- mous). Article 3. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropri- ate the sum of $2,000 for the purpose of removing a portion of the old High School Building in Hyannis and to put the remainder of the building into usable condition, or to take any action in relation thereto and to act fully thereon. Voted,to raise and appropriate the sum,of $2,000 00 for the purpose mentioned in this article. Article 4. �To see if the town will vote to raise and appropri- ate the sum of $4000.00 to complete the equipment of the new High School Building at Hyannis or to take any action in relation there- to and to act fully thereon. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $4000.00 for this purpose. Article 5. To see if the town will vote to authorize the Select- men to apply $7500.00 of the surplus in the Town Treasury toward the tax levy for 1924 or take any action in relation thereto and to act fully thereon. Voted that the Selectmen be so authorized. 70 Article 6. To see if the town will vote to authorize the Select- men to lease to the Hyannis Fire District, for a term of years, a portion of the town land, located on Main Street, Hyannis, to erect a fire station thereon, or take any action in relation thereto and to act fully thereon. Indefinitely postponed. The meeting adjourned at 3 P. M. Attest: CLARENCE M. CHASE, Town Clerk_ a 71 BIRTHS Births recorded in the Town of Barnstable for the year 1924, with the name, parents' residence, and Christian name of parents: Jan. 2 Norma Leslie Taylor, Hyannis, Carlton L. and Irma A. Jan. 9 Marjorie Ellis, Barnstable, Otis D. and Mary L. Jan. 18 Wilma Dimick Perry, Centerville, Ralph F. and Cather- ine K. Jan. 20 Annie Boyne Wahlowick, Centerville, John and Hilda. Jan. 22 Helen Renkainen, West Barnstable, John and Mary. Jan. 24 Miriam Anne Hinckley, Barnstable, F. Howard, Jr. and Eunice. Jan. 25. (Illegitimate), Jan. 26 Louis Ellsworth Homan, West Barnstable, Louis V. and Hilia. Jan. 27 Stewart Paige Doane, South Yarmouth, Henry S. and Thelma E. Jan. 28 Ellen Gertrude Reeves, Chathamport, Clarence E. and Ma- belle F. Jan. 29 Helen Marie Clay, Mashpee, Stewart L. and Vera A. Feb. 2 Priscilla Marion Hall, West Barnstable, Harold L. and Christine F. Feb. 2 Louis Elmore Tibbetts, Jr., Yarmouthport, Louis E. and Gertrude G. 72 Feb. 5 Elsie Gunnar Dahlberg, Centerville, Gunnar and Elvy H. Feb. 8 (Stillborn). Feb. 16 John Barrows, Osterville, Antone and Anna. Feb. 16 (Illegitimate). Feb. 16 Anna Neves, Hyannis, Theodore and Rosa. Feb. 16 Henry Anderson Phinney, Hyannis, Henry M. and Dora F. Feb. 17 Carroll Emerson Baker, Hyannis, Charles and Henrietta. Feb. 21 Madeline Eleanor Linnell, Hyannis, William A. and Mary. Feb. 22 Richard Albert Sample, Falmouth, Everett C. and Alice. Feb. 23 Marilyn Faith Blagden, Hyannis, William R.'and Clora M. Feb. 23 Hazel Virginia Luce, Hyannis, Irvil G. and Caroline L. Feb.24 Richard Osborne Marchant, West Yarmouth, Albert H. and Agnes P. Feb. 24 Edward Eric Rosengren, Hyannis, Eric W. and Hilja. Feb. 26 Alice SIavin, Chatham, Richard F. and Amy C. Feb. 27 Francis Bowen, Hyannis, Norman P. and Josephine. Feb. 28 Barbara Dodge, Hyannis, John R. and Grace H. feb. 28 Paul Edmond Hamblin, Marstons Mills, Charles L. and Mary M. Mar. 1 Leslie Otis Ahl, Jr., Milton, Leslie O. and Ruth W. Mar. 1 Iver Alex Johnson, Centerville, Per Alex and Hilda K. 73 Mar. 2 Winslow Franklin Childs, Jr., Osterville, Winslow F. and Tuna J. Mar. 4 Francis Adrian Johnson, West Barnstable, Henry and Rosa M. Mar. 5 Joseph Winfield Crosby, Osterville, Horace A. and Mary E Mar. 5 James Roscoe Hassett, South Yarmouth, Roscoe and Edna M. Mar. 5 William Henry Rogers, Chatham, Henry L. and Helen 13. Mar. 10 Bassett, Harwich, Henry F. and Mary G. Mar. 10 Charles Granville Brennan, Centerville, Charles H. and Olive N. Mar. 11 Priscilla Brown, Falmouth, Lewis, Jr. and Jessie S. Mar. 11 Rosamond Murphy, Hyannis, Richard B. and Alice T. Mar. 12 Lawrence Franklin Crocker, Brewster, Henry T. and Pauline E. Mar. 13 Robert Starck, Centerville, Eric A. and Margarilla L. Mar. 16 John Lester Lovell, Osterville, Lester P. and Minnie E. Mar. 22 Mary Drusilla Daniel, Osterville, Joseph M. and Marion A. Mar. 22 Esther Scudder, Osterville, Stuart F. and Marie. Mar. 24 (Illegitimate). Mar. 25 Edna Evelyn Wirtanen, West Barnstable, Elmer and Wilhemina. 74 Mar. 30 Margaret Baxter Reilly, Sagamore, John N. and Lymena T. Mar. 31. Richard True Brown, Centerville, Wilbert L. and Mar- ion F. Apr. 4 Stuart Allen Wixon, Dennisport, Charles P. and Edith F. Apr. 7 Evert Alexander Siira, Centerville, John and Hilma. Apr. 13 Gloria Elise Peters, Mashpee, Frank A. and Addie D. Apr. 14 Helen Elizabeth Thatcher, South Yarmouth, Willis E. and Hilda H. Apr. 15 Franklin Maynard Gifford, 3rd, Cotuit, Franklin M. Jr. and Winifred H. Apr. 15 (Illegitimate). Apr. 15 (Illegitimate). Apr. 18 Isabel Joseph, Osterville, Herman and Margaret. Apr. 23 Nils Stern Axel Anckers, Chathamport, Nils John.H. and Marta B. Apr. 26 Constance Walls, Barnstable, Joseph and Lottie. Apr. 29 Charles Clark, Jr., South Yarmouth, Charles and Susie M. Apr. 29 (Illegitimate). Apr. 29 Johanna May James, Hyannis, Joseph and Hannah. Apr. 30 Doris Doane Sousa, Osterville, Edward F. and Elsie A. May 8 Mary Helen Harju, West Barnstable, Adiel J. and Mary W. 75 May 13 Wyland Ferguson Clark, Hyannis, Ralph A. and Viola A. May 13 Ralph Arra Clark, Hyannis, Ralph A. and Viola A. May 16 William Herbert Baker, Jr., South Yarmouth, William H. and Mildred F. May 18 (Illegitimate). May 19 Arthur Lawrence Hall, Barnstable, Stanley F. and Jose- phine. May 21 Benjamin Marley Chase, Hyannis, Hector and Daphne V. May 22 Edward Francis Barry, Marstons Mills, Joseph J. and Elizabeth M. May 25 Charles Clifton Long, Dennisport, Joseph H. and Lillian M. May 29 Laura Pina, Marstons Mills, Charles and Mary S. May 30 Robert Newcomb, Wellfleet, Leslie E. and Mary. May 31 Elsie Mae Willman, West Barnstable, Edward and Sylvia. June 1 William Henry Hodsdon, East Dennis, William and Ger- trude. June 2 Robert Daniel Breivogel, Falmouth Heights, Richard J. and Harriet. June 2 Virginia Leigh Dunham, Centerville, Harold W. and Ethel . M. June 2 Paul Kempton Francis, Hyannis, William W. and Virginia. June 3 Virginia Lois Bartholomew, South Dennis, Frederick D. and Marion L. 76 June 5 Frederic Collins Lewis, Osterville, Owen B. and Mary E. June 5 Leslie F. Sherwood, Jr., Chathamport, Leslie F. and Mary. June 7 George Ellis Baker, West Barnstable, Walter E. and Tuna M. June 11 Voight, Hyannis, Otto and Althea. June 12 Priscilla Grace Howes, Dennis, David M. and Margaret. June 15 (Illegitimate). June 15 Charles Henry White, Jr., South Yarmouth, Charles H. and Helene C. June 17 Russell Winfred Hamblin, Barnstable, William D. and Edna M. Jude 18 (Stillborn). June 18 Edmund George Pina, Santuit, Manuel M. and Emily J. June 19 (Illegitimate). June 21 Elinor Howard Barrus, Barnstable, Howard E. and Hes- ter. June 22 Inez Alexandra Aittaneimi, West Barnstable, Henry and Ida. June 22 Norman Everett Weekes, West Barnstable, Harold C. and Gladys L. June 23 Guy Wilson Nickerson, Cotuit, George W. and Eva N. June 25 Agnes Evelyn Kilhefner, North Chatham, Raymond S. and Agnes G. June 26 Harold Lewis Nickerson, Sandwich, Ralph H. and Lucille. 77 June 28 Helen Madeline Nelson, Hyannis, Edward B. and Made- line. June 29 Richard Douglas Ellis, Dennisport, Wilfred A. and Agnes A. July 4 Robert Hartnett Childs, Cotuit, Russell B. and Annie T. July 5 Gothard N. Ostby, Jr., Harwich, Gothard N. and Mar- jorie B. July 6 Thomas Roderick, West Barnstable, Manuel and Louisa. July 8 John Calhoun Huntley, Falmouth, John C. and Cecile. July 8 J. Cecile Huntley, Falmouth, John C. and Cecile. July 8 Thelma Sherburne, Hyannis, George E. and Gladys J. July 9 Manuel Oliver Sylvia, Santuit, Antone and Evelyn E. July 12 Editha Bearse, Centerville, Henry E. and Grace M. .July 12 Romeo S. Oliveira, Jr., East Harwich, Romeo S. and Lottie E. July 17 Marie Karras, Barnstable, Kostos and Anna. July 17 Jean Matheson, Provincetown, Angus S. and Zilpha M. July 18 Albert Crosby Huggard, Osterville, John R. and Annie L. July 23 Irene Bolton, Falmouth, Arthur W. and Mary. July 23 Elizabeth Mary Elliott, Centerville, Robert S. and Cath- erine M. July 29 Carleton Lloyd Jillson, East Sandwich, Leroy S. and Augusta. 78 July 30 Mary Flora Poland, Hyannis, Charles W. and Anna L. July 30 Margaret Dorothy Reid. Cotuit, John and Margaret J. July 31 Howard Pierce Crowell, Sandwich, David and Dorothy. Aug. 1 Theodore Brpoks Ellis, East Brewster, Gilbert E. Jr., and Faythe M. Aug. 1 Cristina Spero Panesis, Hyannis, Spero and Anna R. Aug. 2 Mary Bryne, Pleasant Lake, Edward P. and Ella I. Aug. 3 Nancy Elizabeth Jones, Cotuit, Edwin S. and Bertha L. Aug. 3 Melbourne Hoyt Willey, Jr., Harwichport, Melbourne H. and Ruth E. Aug. 4 Walter Edward Brewer, Jr., Hyannis, Walter E. and Edith. Aug. 4 Rosamund Jones, Hyannis, Robert H. and Anna G. Aug. 4 Paul Brandon Roberts, Chatham, Albert L. and Beatrice. Aug. 9 Eugene Richard Crocker, Centerville, Ernest and Helene. Aug.11 Walter Alden Sherman, Hyannis, Walter H. and Gladys M. Aug. 11 Francis Asbury Waterhouse, Jr., Marstons Mills, Fran- cis A. and Marie O. Aug. 12 Dorothy Rogers Burke, West Falmouth, Arthur and Leah. Aug.12 Clayton Joseph Savery, Cotuit, Eustis R. and Mary A. Aug.14 Gloria Christina Johnson, Centerville, John and Selma. Aug.17 Inetz Maria Carlson, Marston Mills, Knut E. and Anna K. 79 Aug.21 Ernestine Tripp, Dennisport, Ernest L. and Bernice N. Aug.27 Phyllis Elizabeth Blackmore, Hyannis, David C. and Phyllis. Aug.27 Geraldine Coflin, Osterville, Donald O. and Alice F. Aug.27 John Forbes Hogan, Jr., Pawtucket, R. I., John F. and Martha C. Aug.28 Bacon, Hyannis, Herbert O. and Harriet. Aug.29 Josephine Agnes Petrie Dean, Falmouth, Edward K. and Elizabeth. Aug.29 Kempton Phinney Jones, Cotuit, Wilton F. and Lillian F. Aug.30 Coombs, Hyannis, Walter R. and Ina. Ang.30 Mary Rice Dillingham, Falmouth, Paul and Frances. Aug.30 Linwood Earle Doane, Jr., .Harwichport, Linwood E. and Vera M. Aug.31 June Belle Eddy, Woods Hole, John T. and Minnie. Sept. 1 (Illegitimate). Sept. 5 Edgar Bearse 3rd, Hyannis, Edgar, Jr., and Jerusha H. Sept. 5 Jean Harding Ferreira, Falmouth, Anthony F. and Effle. Sept. 5 Sally Anne Smith, Orleans, Vernon B. and Doris. Sept. 7 (Stillborn). Sept.13 Inga Helena Nilson, Centerville, Jonas L. and Sigrid. Sept.13 Marjorie Ellen Winnell, Hyannis, Lloyd H. and Doris. 80 Sept.16 Fannie Botole, Barnstable, Joseph and Mary. Sept.18 Fernanda Donald Rogers, Santuit, Jordan and Teresa. Sept.27 Elizabeth Louise Perry, Centerville, Lester A. and Amanda J. Sept.30 Elizabeth Alden Clark, Sandwich, David R. and Cora B. Oct. 5 (Stillborn). Oct. 5 (Stillborn). Oct. 11 Leonore Laurene Klimm, Hyannis, Henry and Blanche M. Oct. 12 Helene Souza Sylvia, Marstons Mills, Antone and Celia V. Oct. 13 Warren Edward Bearse, Santuit, Edward G. and Gertrude M. Oct. 17 Eileen Elizabeth Jackson, Osterville, Andrew and Alvina. Oct. 18 Allen Frederick Pierce, Newtown, William B. and Ellen J. Oct. 24 (Stillborn). Oct. 26 Glenna Elizabeth Pell, Cotuit, Matthew F. and Dorothy E. Oct. 26 Elvi Elizabeth Lampi, West Barnstable, Arvid and Annie. Oct. 28 Blake Steeves Norris, Jr., Sandwich, Blake S. and Mary R. Oct. .28 .Many Elizabeth Robbins, Hyannis, Albert H. and Nettie. Nov. '2 Eleanor Eva Goodnow, Hatchville, Lewis W. and Florence L. Nov. 3 Gertrude Elizabeth Duchesney, Hyannis, Charles E. and Gertrude. 81 Nov. 3 Garland Berte Seaborn, Jr., Saga-more, Garland B. and Harriet L. Nov. 4 Katherine Amelia Pulsifer, Hyannis, Marshall D. and Ruth. .Nov. 4 Mildred Maria Syriala, West Barnstable, . Samuel and Mary. -Nov. 5 Sebastiao Robert Pina, Marstons Mills, John B. and Margaret. Nov. 6 Muriel Elizabeth Libby, Barnstable, Albert P. and Edith A. Nov. 8 Robert Donald Lahteine, Hyannis, Otto V. and Rosa J. Nov. 8 Alfred Souza, Barnstable, Manuel and Isabel. .Nov. 8 (Stillborn). Nov.11 Evelyn Pierce White, South Yarmouth, Irving F,: and Viola F. Nov.10 Izabel Perry, Pleasant Lake, Vincent S. and Laura. .Nov.15 Phyllis Mae Ryder, West Harwich, Everett and Louise E. :Nov.16 Frederick Warren Nickerson, Falmouth, Frederick N. and Helen. Nov. 17 Charlotte Wheaton Savage, Cotuit, Sidney C. and Hilda L. Nov.22 Rosanna Niles Chute, Osterville, James L. and Eunice H. .Nov.24 Alexander Wilbert MacIsaac, Hyannisport, Alexander and Geneive. -Nov.25 Constantine Demetrios Kalas, Osterville, James D. and Mary. U 82 Nov.28 Charles Antone, Jr., East Harwich, Antone and Eva.. Dec. 2 Claire Jackson, Bourne, Byron R. and Gladys L. Dec. 3 Lola Mae Baker, Barnstable, Harry L. and Murtice M:. Dec. 3 Alder Raymond Potter, Hyannis, Arthur R. and Ger=- trude L. Dec. 7 William Ladd Campbell, Brewster, Frank L. and Bessie A., Dec. 8 Barbara Ann Harris, Hyannis, Richard L. and Helen A.. Dec. 9 Russell Heyward Dixon, Barnstable, Charles C. and Laura._ Dec. 10 Lewis Franklin Bearse, Santuit, Franklin C. and Helen L.. Dec. 10 Loring George Williams, Harwich, Ralph W. and Lillian V. Dec.12 Clifton Milo Morin, Hyannis, Milo A. and Gertrude E. Dec.27 Harold Francis Perry, Marstons Mills, Benjamin P, and+ Mary. Dec.29 Leroy Gifford Phillips, Bass River, Leroy B. and Mary C. Omitted from 1922 Report Nov. 7 John Hinckley, Barnstable, F. Howard, Jr., and Eunice MARRIAGES Marriages recorded in the Town of Barnstable for the year 1924.. Jan. 1. Stephen Wyman Bartlett of Holliston and Margaret. Eunice Phinney of Barnstable. Jan. 5.' Matthew Fortescue Pells of Cotuit and Dorothy Ella., Goodspeed of Mashpee. 83 T'eb. 5. Winslow Franklin Childs of Osterville and Tuna Wiini- kainen of Barnstable. :Mar. 23 Harry Curtis Chase of Hyannis and May Wilson of Hyannis. _Apr. 22 Kenneth Williams Sanford of Sandwich and Florence Emily Pavia (Souza) of Sandwich. _Apr. 22. Leroy Ashbel Colburn of Hyannis and Maie Straight Grebenstein of Hyannis. .Apr. 26. George Jeffery Beaudry of Marstons Mills and Rose Gloria Duarte of Marstons Mills _Apr. 27. Edward Gifford Bearse of Cotuit and Mary Gertrude Lemasney of Salem. _May 3. Richard Elliot Sylvester of Melrose and Alice Hender- son Coleman of Hyannis. r May 8. George Washington Silver of Hyannis and Beatrice Sears of East Dennis. -May S. Knut Carlson of Marstons Mills and Annie Christina Dahlberg of Marstons Mills. :May 25. Merton Boyden Handy of Hyannis and Alice Frances Nealey .(Reid.), of Hyannis. May 26. ,Milo Adelard Morin of Hyannis and Gertrude Evelyn Drew df -West Yarmouth. -May 31. Charles Edwin Sherman of Hyannis and Mary Etta Mansfield (Sherman) of Hyannis. C -June 7. Raymond Leslie Hallett of Hyannis and Mary'Josephine Glennon of Dedham. 84 June 11. William Vincent Quirk of Hyannis and Floye Russell' Small (Henderson) of Hyannis. June 24. Thomas Justin Childs of Centerville and Anna Frances Murphy of Centerville. June 25. John Patrick Curley of Cambridge and Alice Louise- Murphy of Hyannis. June 29. Henry F. Smith of Wellfleet and Harriet E. Higgins, (Runnels) of Wellfleet. June 29. Patrice Eugene Emery Coderre of West Barnstable= and Ruby Dorothy Jones (Mosdell) of Wollaston. July 4. Chester Arthur Murray of Hyannis and Mildred Harrison. Mullaney (Murphy), of Harwich. Jaly 9. Henry Daniel Chambers of Hyannis and Bessie E. Drew- (Clifford) of Hyannis. July 22. William Raymond Smith of Hyannis and Elsie May- Tynan of Hyannis. July 31. Leonidas Bernard Lewis of Hyannis and Marion Frances McKinnon of Hyannis. Aug. 5. Jones Whiting Guild of Canton and Dorothy Trueman of" Canton. Aug. 11. William Bentinen of West Barnstable and Helmi Syrjala of Hyannis. Aug. 24. Bernard R. Murphy of Brookline and Judith-Prendergast of Hyannis. 7 Aug. 25. James Edward Flanagan of Hyannis and Clementine F: Nickerson (Turner), of Cedarville. 85 Aug. 28. Harry Maurice Keaney of Hyannis and Irene Downs of" Hyannis. Sept. 5. Earle Winthrop Wadsworth of Barnstable and Doris. Hinckley Seabury of Barnstable. 1 Sept. 6. Herbert Wells Hill of Andover and Blanche Theodora. Hill of Boston. Sept.10. Myron Horatio Brown of Osterville and Marion Elizabeth_ Moore (Walker) of Osterville. Sept.13. Charles ,Wesley Crowell, Jr., of Hyannis and Gretta. Conlon of Hyannis. Sept.13, Sidney Clifton Savage of Cotuit and Hilda Lawrence Bearse of Cotuit. Sept.21. Josiah Howard Blossom of West Barnstable and Sarah Peppers (Van Wart), of West Barnstable. Sept.23. Horace Leavitt Robbins of Hyannis and Sylvia Mae Cobb of Hyannis. Sept.27. Francis Earl Farrar of Acton and Marion Hazel Gibbs of South Acton. Sept.29. Doctor Scott Cotman of Charles City, Va., and Lillian._ B. Jones (Jones) of Charles City, Va. Oct. 3. Bernard Carlton Grew of Centerville and Sophie Eliza— veta Howes of Chatham. Oct. 12. Peter Francis Gomes of Osterville and Rosalind Evelyn DeGrasse of Mashpee. Oct. 18. Antone Sylvia of Falmouth and Cecelia V. Souza of Pal-- mouth. 86 ,Oct. 18. Charles Cotesworth Pinckney of Charleston, S. C., and Gabriella Ravenel Hamilton of West Hyannisport. Oct. 19. Joseph Lincoln Baker of Osterville and Dorothy Agnes Relihan of Bellows Falls, Vt. Oct. 21. Eugene H. Eldridge of Harwich and Irma Whelden of Dennis. ,Oct. 26. Henry G. Phillips of Hyannis and Mary Russell Segee of Hyannis. Oct. 30. Norman Willis Taylor of Osterville and Mary Russell Williams Peach of Marblehead. .Nov. 5. Leonard Stephen Tallman of Osterville and Charlotte Boult of Osterville. .Nov. 5. R•oger Gidley Wilbur of Dartmouth and Mary Abbie Nickerson of Dartmouth. Nov. S. Scott Goodwin Wakefield of Hyannis and Dorcas Mendall Stevens of Hyannis. Nov. 15. Warren L. Ellis of Yarmouth and Mary A. McIsaae of Yarmouth. .Nov. 19. John Syriala, Jr., of West Yarmouth and Selma Lam- minen of West Barnstable. .Nov. 22. Russell Burnam Lewis of Osterville and Ethel Franklin ' Crowell of West Dennis. Nov. 29. Joseph Bento of East Falmouth and Zelle Cabral of San- tuit. -Dec. 5. Mark Merrick Broughton of Barnstable and Esther Doane Cahoon of Harwich. 87 Dec. 7. Va.ner Nikula of West Barnstable and Lembi Renkainen-- of West Barnstable. Dec. 9. Charles Lawrence Coughlin of Hyannis and Maude Baker. of Hyannis. Dec. 14. Bill Keverenetes of New York City and Dimetra Sethares of Hyannis. Dec. 27. Curtis D. Crabe of Buzzards Bay and Susan D. Baker of' Hyannis. DEATHS Deaths Recorded in the Town of Barnstable for the year 1924: Jan. 3. Louisa C. Wade (Richardson), Pelham, N. H., 78 y. 9m.- 6 d. Jan. 7. Rebecca Barrows (Jones), West Barnstable, 77 y. 9- m. 24 d. Jan. 8. Stephen D. W. Mitchell, West Yarmouth, 80 y. 1. m. 17 d_ Jan. 13. Allen G. Holmes, Hyannis, 89 y. 9 m. 5 d. Jan. 14. Helena E. Hodgdon (Burroughs), Hyannis, 89 y. 17 d._ Feb. 1. William H. Baker, Hyannisport, 76 y 11 m. 20 d. Feb. 3. Joseph Whitman Gardner, Hyannis, 73 y. 14 d. Feb. 7. Priscilla H. Crowell (Nichols), Barnstable, 82 y. 88 Feb. S. (Stillborn). Feb. 14. James Lee, Falmouth, 51 y. Feb. 21. John Barrows, Osterville, 6 d. Feb. 22. John Stever, Yarmouthport, 83 y. 5 m. 18 d. Feb. 23. Clifford F. Leonard, Sagamore, 24 y. 2 m. 26 d. Feb. 25. James R. Atwood, Hyannis, 82 y. 8 m. 16 d. Feb. 25. Frederick W. Baker, Hyannis, 78 y. 6 m. Feb. 27. Francis T. Bowen, Hyannis, 6 hrs. Mar. 1. Fannie M. Crosby (Welsh), Osterville, 53 y. 11 m. Mar. 3. Michael Andrew Grady, Sandwich, 78 y. 5 m. 7 d. .Mar. 3. Elizabeth Wilson Phinney (Fuller), Centerville, 78 y. 1 m. 20 d. Mar. 6. Raymond A. Hopkins, Barnstable, 57 y. 26 d. Mar. 8. Frank H. Carver, Taunton, 58 y. Mar. 9. Arthur Hewins Gibbs, Sagamore, 62 y. 6 m. 3 d. Mar. 12. Andrew Harlow, Barnstable, 92 y. 11 m. 12 d. Mar. 14. Sarah W. Small, Osterville, 84 y. 8 m. 25 d. _Mar. 17. Garrett Michel Burke, Centerville, 60 y. 11 M. 26 d. Mar. 19. Ora E. Spinney (Lord)„ Hyannis, 62 y. 9 m. Mar. 24. Robert Evans, Osterville, 1 y. 1 m. 8 d. 89 Mar. 28. Helga Hord (Dahlberg), Marstons Mills, 24 y. 9 m. 20 d.. Mar. 29. Isaiah W. Fisher, Cotuit, 79 y. 11 m. 17 d. Mar. 31. Lillian Flinkman, Boston, 7 d. Apr. 7. Ansel E. Fuller, Marstons Mills, 82 y. 11 m. 28 d. Apr. 9. Oliver Robinson, Hyannis, 77 y. 8 M. Apr. 15, Howard A. Dottridge, Cotuit, 70 y. Apr. $1. Alton Gray, Hyannis, 67 y. 1 m. 18 d. May 10. Mildred G. Prichard (Hart), Hyannis, 32 y. 9 m. May 13. Josephine Lima Amaral,West Barnstable, 8 y. 10 m. 15 d.. May 16. Clarissa F. Baker (Studley), West Yarmouth, 73 y. 6 m. May 22. Orin S. Crosby, Hyannis, 76 y. May 25. Cynthia C. Sears (Howes), Centerville, 80 y. 2 m. 4 d. May 26. Ruth H. Kelley (Baker), Centerville, 93 y. 3 m. 3 d. May 30. Lizzie Dorstron (Whitton), Hyannis, 63 y. June 1. Francis W. Parsons, Osterville, 91 y. 4 m. 27 d. June 4. Chester E. Cobb, Hyannis, 9 in. June 4. Cora B. Hinckley (Bearse), Osterville, 94 y. June 12. (Infant) Voight, Hyannis, 1 d. June 1S. (Stillborn), June 22. Joseph Barboza, Barnstable. 90 .June 22. John A. Baxter, Hyannis, 74 y. 9 in. 12 d. -June 22. Christina W. Gibbs (Myer), Hyannis, 62 y. June 23. .Martha Hedlund, Cambridge, 2 y. 6 d. June 23. Gilbert S. Jenkins, West Barnstable, 56 y. 3 in. 11 d. -June 23. Emily B. Smith (Hamblin), Hyannisport, 91 y. 9 in. June 24. Russell Winifred Hamblin, Barnstable, 7 d. June 25. Elvera Christina Jones (Peterson), Barnstable, 33 y. 3 m. 19 d. -July 2. Willis E. Clark, Brewster, 39 y. 2 in. 17 d. July 14. Frank Enos, Barnstable, 45 y. July 16. Barbara Louise Sherbourne, Hyannis, 5 y. 1 in. 28 d. -July 17. Orrin L. Crowell, Dennisport, 73 y. 20 d. July 19. Jacob P. H. Bassett, Hyannis, 79 y. 7 in. July 19. Jedidah H. West, South Yarmouth, 81 y. July 21. William DeBeaumont, Osterville, 69 y. 15 d. July 25. Nelson A. Nickerson, Cotuit, 78'y. 6 in. 3 d. July 26. William Lowell Putnam, Boston, 62 y. 8 in. 4 d. July 27. Franklin Barton Nickerson, Chathamport, 61 y. 3 in. 11 d. July 27. Annie H. Nye, Barnstable, 65 y. 3 in. 9 d. ..Aug. 2. George Roberts, Falmouth, 12 y. 3 m. 2d. 91 Aug. 3. Harmar Brown, Philadelphia, Pa., 10 y. 2m. 23 d. Aug. 4. Mary MacDonald, Cotuit, 50 y. Aug. 5. Alonzo Thurlow Aikens, West Barnstable, 55 y. 9 m. 28 d. Aug. 5. Nancy Maria Jones (Hamblin), Cotuit, 83 y. 2 m. 20 d. Aug. 9. Walter B. Wood, Morristown, N. J., 67 y. 7. m. 2d. Aug. 11. Medora M. Lovell (Robbins), Osterville, 86 y. 9 m. 6 d. Aug. 16. Clara C. McCluey (Copp)„ St. Louis, Mo., 78 y. Aug. 16. Franklin A. Snow, Dorchester, 6 y. 2 m. 29 d. Aug. 16. Edward Bangs Drew, Cambridge, 80 y. 11 m. 22 d. Aug. 19. Janie C. Perry, Barnstable, 51 y. Aug. 21. Edgar A. Baxter, Hyannis, 61 y. 1 m. 23 d. Aug. 26. Eliza G. Oliver (Baron), Hyannis, 65 y. it m. 21 d. Aug. 29. William S. Harper, Boston, 67 y. 7 m. 6 d. Aug. 30. William F. Bentinck-Smith, Cotuit, 52 y. 1 m. 8 d. Aug. 31. (Infant) Coombs, Hyannis, 12 hrs. Aug. 31. Michael G. Mosher, Souris East, P. E. I., 64 y. Aug. 31. Nathaniel Percival, Brockton, 87 y. 3 m. 5 d. Sept. 1. Samuel D. Eldredge, South Chatham, 65 y. 6 m. 18 d. Sept. 6. Howard McLean, Somerville, 33 y. 20 d. Sept. 7. Anders B. Borg, Eastondale, 55 y. 92 Sept. 7. (Stillborn),. :.Sept. 10. Daniel Bullock, Falmouth, 73 y. 11 m. 1 d. Sept. 12. Alvin R. Perry, Centerville, 3 y. 1 m. 28 d. Sept. 21. Julia F. Makepeace (Danforth), Miarstons Mills, 66 y. 5 m. 5 d. Sept. 22. Margaret J. Lewis (Rankin), Osterville, 67 y. 1 m. Sept. 24. Zelotes Smith, Hyannis, 73 y. 11 m. 27 d. Sept. 26. Alice L. Cash (M'orgridge), Hyannis, 65 y. 10 m. -Sept. 26. Florence Gray (Covell), Hyannis, 58 y. 11 m. 25 d. Oct. 4. George H. Baker, Hyannis, 65 y. 10 m. Oct. 5. (Stillborn). Oct. 5. (Stillborn). Oct. 6. Helge E. N. Lagergren, Osterville, 46 y. 13 d. Oct. 10. Ellen F. Swift (Swift), Sagamore, 71 y. 1 m. 14 d. Oct. 12. Minnie L. Bodfish (Wright), West Barnstable, 52 y. 11 m. 23 d. Oct. 13. Harry W. Marston, Brockton, 29 y. Oct. 18. Albert F. Edson, Cummaquid, 79 y. 6 m. 12 d. Oct. 20. Charles A. Cochel, Malden, 50 y. 6 m. 28 d. Oct. 21. Harry V. Crowell, -South Yarmouth, 20 y. 4 d. ,,Oct. 21. Charles O. Dill, Hyannis, S4 y, 4 m. 25 d. 93 Oct. 22. Belina M. Lewis (Bryant)„ Centerville, 76 y. 5 m. 4 d. .Oct. 24. (Stillborn). Oct. 25. James Hiram Jones, West Barnstable, 86 y. 1 d. ,Oct. 25. Margaret R. Bacon (Edgar), Hyannis, 87 y. 7 m. -Oct. 28. Johanna Starck (Johanson), Centerville, 58 y. 3 m. 25 d. Oct. 28. Cora W. Gray, Hyannis, 39 .y. 10 m. 23 d. Nov. 4. Edwin Francis Bearse, Centerville, 12 y. 5 m. 6 d. Nov. 5. Sera.fina Polto (Niskala), Barnstable, 54 y. 11 m. 27 d. Nov. 8. (Stillborn). Nov. 18. Andrew Johnson, Osterville, ,84 y. 3 m. 12 d. _Nov. 24. Priscilla Morris Fisher (Dottridge), Cotuit, 78 y. 2 m. 21 d. Nov. 28. James Brackett, Cotuit, 75 y. 1 m. 24 d. -Dec. 2. Russell Bradford Sprague, Yarmouthport, 37 y. 3 m. 29 d. Dec. 8. Edson Willard Nickerson, Cotuit, 68 y. 3 m. 7 d. .Dec. 14. Elizabeth S. Baker (.Gammons.)„ Yarmouth, 52 y. 10 d. -Dec. 25. Elizabeth Cammett (Hamblin), Marstons Mills, 90 y 5 m. 9 d. -Dec. 29. Frederick O. Brown, .Harwich, 63 y. 4 m. 25 d. BROUGHT HERE FOR BURIAL 1923 .-Dec. 31. Hannah Walker, Norton, 81 .y. -4 .m. .27 d. 94 1924 Jan. 28. Sarah I. Woodman, Malden, 59 y. 10 m. 15 d. Feb. 3. Sidney H. Clark, Boston, 7 m, 23 d. Feb. 7. Susan J. Berry, Boston, 77 Y. Mar. 19. Ernest G. Phinney, Thomasville, Ga., 55 y. May 1. Loring Crocker, Brookline, 71 y. 3 m. 14 d. May 1. Mary A. Nye, Los Angeles, Cal., 77 y. 7 m. 16 d. June 2. Margaret Duffy, Somerville, 65 y. 1 m. 4 d. July 9. Emma G. Cahoon, Nantucket, 60 y. 11 m. 4 d. Sept. 27. Mary F. Hinckley, Croydon, N. H., 16 y. 4 m. 4 d.. Nov. 18. William Hallett, Staten Island, N. Y. Nov. 19. Jeannette Richter,•Brookline, 68 y. 2 in. 13 d, CLARENCE M. CHASE. Town Clerk. JURY LIST., f9.25 Walcott Ames Electrician Victor Anderson Cooper _Henry S. Baker Electrician .Ethan A. Bearse Dealer Frederick L. Bearse Laborer ,Charles H. Brown Hotel Keeper .Edwin L. Ballard Real.Estate and Insurance Walter D. Baker Merchant Elisha B. Bassett Merchant Benjamin D. Baxter Merchant .Daniel Bearse Printer _Nathan H. Bearse Retired Donald 0. Coffin Electrician Harold Crosby Hotel Keeper Braddock Coleman Carpenter Edric E. Cash Laborer Harold J. Childs Laborer Ernest D. Cameron Laborer Clarence 0. Cottrell Salesman Zenas Crocker Laborer Freeman Crowell Fish Dealer Herbert E. Cook Insurance -.N7illiam E. Cushman Retired Herbert N. Davis Merchant 'I. Fenno Elliot Coal Dealer Harvey J. Field Auto Mechanic Preston H. Fish Insurance ,Carroll H. Fuller Electrician Edson E. Fisher Mariner 96 .Walter I. Fuller Merchant. William L. Fitzgerald Theatre Manager Franklin M. Gifford Manager Charles R. Hinckley Clerk Herbert L. Hinckley Electrician William E. Hoyt Mason Herbert A. Howland Ice Cream Dealer Frank L. Handy Salesman Abbott L. Harlow Carpenter Forest C. Hamblin Trucking Joseph P. Hallett Carpenter Albert F. Jones Laborer Velorius E. Jones Meat Dealer Andrew Kerr D Canning Industry Lester P. Lovell Carpenter William S. Lumbert Contractor William T. Murphy Ice Cream Manufacturer Chester A. Murray Auto Mechanic, Charles W. Megathlin Druggist Freeman M. Nickerson Plumber Arthur A. Phinney Retired Israel N. Paine Contractor Elijah H. Phinney Coal Dealer Stephen S. Richards Cooper Wallace Ryder, Jr. Painter Emil W. Rodin ,Electrician Joseph F. Swift Carpenter William P. Saint Insurance Charles E. Smith Wood Worker Frederick E. Sherman Fish Dealer Joseph W. Tallman, Jr. Mason Joseph G. Turpin Hotel Keeper Wilbur H. Wakefield Merchant Ralph W. Vroom 0 Mason t Cape Cod Health District Hyannis, Mass., December, 1924. During the year of 1924 the Cape Cod Health Dis- trict has operated in ten towns on the Cape. These towns are Barnstable, Chatham, Orleans, Yarmouth, Brews- ter, Dennis, Sandwich. Eastham, 'Truro, and Mashpee. This wort: includes ,schools and Board of Health and Milk Inspection in seven towns, Board of Health and Milk Inspection in one, Milk Inspection only in one and school only in one. Every town has a nurse on duty for district work and school work, all working in conjunction with the Cape Cod Health District. All school children in the district have been given the regular physical examinations and all .schools have been visited regularly by the Health Officer and nurses. Every effort has been made to correct defects found, by means of the regular family physician, and in cases where this was not possible through clinics. Various dental, eye, mental, and tuberculosis clinics have been held and the number of defects corrected in school children created favorable comment by the United States Public Service. This work of correcting defects, of course, is largely due to the local nurses, working in conjunction with the Health Organization and other bodies. B-4 98 No severe epidemics have occured but various cases of such diseases as scarlet fever, infantile paralysis, measles, mumps, whooping cough, have occurred from time to time. In the cases of scarlet fever, and infantile paralysis there was no spread from the isolated cases found, and in•the other diseases no undue spread. All cases are now re- ported promptly to and by the various Boards of Health. All dairies have been regularly and efficiently inspected by the Sanitary and Milk Inspector and a great many .- cows have been tested. Hotels and other food places have been inspected, water supplies tested and all nuisances found, corrected. The question of dumping grounds and cheap incin- erators of rubbage and garbage, in the various towns is being considered. The office of the Cape Cod Health District is now in the town of Hyannis, and a clerk is in this office, during office hours, at all times. The. Health Officer lives in Hyannis, which appears to be the most central and acces- sible point, and can be reached at the office or at his home at any time. The Health Officer has traveled during the year some ten or twelve thousand miles in the exercise of his official duties on the Cape, and has, it is hoped, given all neces- sary service to the district. A good many talks have been made at various places to .such organizations as Woman's Clubs, Parent Teachers Associations, and others, and regular talks on Health Hy- giene are being given in the schools of the district. Co-operation of the inhabitants, and all local, state 99 and Federal authorities is excellent. I wish to acknowl- edge particularly the aid given by the Boards of Health, School Committees, and various organizations such as the Woman's. Clubs, and others. It is believed that the year has been a successful one, and there is no reason why the coming one should not be more so, as knowledge of the Cape and acquaintance with the inhabitants increases. Respectfully submitted, A. P. Goff, Cape Cod Health District. BOARD OF HEALTH REPORT To the Honorable Selectmen of the Town of Barnstable, the Board of Health offers the following report for the year ending December 31, 1924: General health conditions in the Town of Barnstable compare favorably with any Town in the Commonwealth. We have had no epidemic of contagious disease during the year. This may be owing to the fact that 1924 was not in the contagious disease cycle, or that we are getting results in better control by the co-operation of the United States Public Health Service and the Cape Cod Health Bureau. Control of contagious diseases has always been a board of health problem and will be for years to come. Progress has been made in the past three years by educational work. The great value of the work of the school nurse, the health officer as school physician, and the District nursing association with both parents and children is recognized. Better health conditions for the children of the town are being sought for, and by means for prevention rather than cure. The following contagious diseases were reported in 1924: 101 Measles 118 Chicken Pox 43 Scarlet Fever 4 Whooping Cough 17 Infantile Paralysis 3 Mumps 17 Typhoid 1 Tuberculosis 4 Cerebro Spinal Meningitis 1 Total 208 The conditions under which shell fish are grown has received attention from a sanitary standpoint. This pro- duct is widely marketed and closely scrutinised.by health authorities. Shell fish have been condemned that were taken from the waters of the town, and the source of con- tamination located and corrected by the board of health. A survev of all the inland tide waters of the town has been made and the sources of pollution located, and in most cases have been removed. Much valuable assistance was rendered by the State Department of Public Health, both on the premises and by laboratory work. WATER SUPPLY Well water in the different schools has been analyzed and found to be safe for drinking purposes. The water from the Barnstable Water Company, and the supply for. the different hotels is of good quality and safe for domestic use. MILK The milk supply of the town has received special at- 102 tention. Realizing the grave danger to the public health from impure milk, the production and delivery of the same has been carefully watched. Barnstable had its first milk inspector in 1910, who served the town in that capacity until the Cape Cod Health Bureau was formed in 1921, when he was made inspector for the entire district covered by the bureau and still serves the town of Barnstable under Bureau supervision. The last two years in particular have shown results in better milk produced under better conditions. In 1923-658 Dairy inspections were made, 70 samples of milk were analyzed and 69 sediment tests were made. In 1924-272 Dairy inspections were made, 100 samples of milk analyzed and 40 sediment,tests made. To remove the danger of Bovine Tuberculosis from milk produced in the town, a survey of herds of cattle was made with the assistance of the Federal Bureau of Animal Industry. In 1923-33 herds consisting of 324 cattle were tested for Tuberculosis; of this number 22 were found diseased and were disposed of. In 1924-58 herds were tested and 23 found diseased and were disposed of. There are now in the town 58 herds numbering 409 cattle under state and federal inspection. Today the dairies of the town are producing and deliv- ering safe, clean milk of high grade. With the growth of the town in some sections, the dis- posal of sewage will soon become an issue. A planning board to consult with the various building developments would be of value to the .future economical arrangement and disposal of the same. 103 The disposal of garbage and refuse is an issue today. The rapid growth of the summer hotel and boarding house has increased the amount of garbage to a point where the present means of disposal are wholly inadequate. In 1924 an appropriation was made for the board of health to work with. An experiment was made at the Hyannis dumping ground. While the small incinerator showed that both garbage and refuse could be satisfactorily incinerated,' it was not at all satisfactory and proved to be a nuisance to the adjoining premises. A larger and more practical incinerator can be erected and operated in some central place that will take care of all the garbage and refuse of the town in a satisfactory and sanitary manner and do away with the unsightly and un- sanitary dumping grounds of the several villages. We realize that our sanitary conditions have not kept pace with our growth, and that Barnstable with all its natural advan tages as a summer recreation ground should be able to give the assurance that it is safe and sanitary, and that Bondi tions that safeguard the health of the public constitute one of our greatest assets. Respectfully submitted, Barnstable Board of Health.: G. W. HALLETT, Sec. REPORT OF THE PARK COMMISSION 1924 To the Citizens of the Town of Barnstable: A vote was cast in 1922 by the citizens of Barnstable which placed the school grounds under the general park system. Your commissioners wish to report that they visit- ed all the school grounds of the town. They decided that better results could be reached by concentrating their im- provement work on one school a year. Grading was done this year on the grounds of the Training School in Hyannis and a catch basin built. The- grounds there are so limited that all available space is need- ed for play, and any attempt to beautify them is out of question. The work done there was purely with the idea of making the grounds drier and healthier. If. the new sur- face floes not pack sufficiently with the winter snows and rains, more work will be done there in the spring. A fence was placed along the roadway, both as a safe-guard for the children from passing motors, and to prevent the parking of automobiles on the school grounds, which did considera- ble damage to the new surface. 105 Your commission would like, during the coming year, to undertake the improvement of the Cotuit Grammy School grounds. This would comprise grading, loaming and planting grass from the school to the road, putting in a concrete walk from the gate to the side doors, with a walk leading off of this to the front door, leaving all of the space to the right of the walk, and to the side and back of the school, for play grounds. The addition of a few shrubs and vines at the corners of the building and in the angles made by the front steps would greatly improve the looks of the building. We would also like to put a board walk from the side- walk to the door of the school in Centerville and to put a fence along the roadway to the school at Marstons Mills. Other work done during the past year includes the grading of a strip about thirty feet wide of the new town beach at Craigville and loaming and hardening, for park- ing spaces, a portion of this. It is proposed to further continue the hardening this year. The removal of buildings. on the new East Beach Park at Hyannisport was ordered, and work on the triangular park opposite was done, the expense being shared with the Hyannisport Improvement Society. . Your commissioners, with the Hyannis Memorial Monu- ment Committee accepted the plan of Mr. Robert F. Cross for the improvements on Park Square, Hyannis. The ex- pense of this work was also divided between the Commis- sion's money and that raised by the Committee. Regular work on the other town parks, mowing, pruning, etc., was attended to as usual. We would like, during the coming year, to make a 106 triangular or circular park, whichever seems best to fit with the improved roadway, at Sherman Square, at the west end of Main street, Hyannis. It would seem best that this should be just a flat plot of lawn, with a cement coping, the marker, which is not there, in the center. The resignation of Mr. Samuel W. Hallett from the Commission, which took place during the summer, and was necessitated by his ill health, was deeply regretted by the other two members, as, we are sure it was by all those who recognized his painstaking work in behalf of the town and his unfailing interest in the Park Commission. The financial report for the year will be found on another page. Respectfully submitted, WILLIAM F. JENKINS CHARLES W. MORRILL, JEAN G. HINKLE, Park Commissioners. REPORT OF SEALER of WEIGHTS and MEASURES Sealed Condemned Platform Scales 50 2 Counter Scales 40 4 Spring Scales 56 7 Computing Scales 49 4 Druggist Scales 2 Weight Scales 408 Liquid Measures 159 8 Dry Measures 3 Molasses Pumps 8 Gasoline Pumps 54 6 Yard Sticks Q 32 Stops on Pumps 185 Total 1046 31 Fees Collected $88 00 Junk Pedlers Licensed 3 Hawkers and Pedlers Licensed 33 Transient Vendors Licensed 55 Convictions for Pedling Without License 4 Yours truly, E. L. HO%IE, Sealer of Weights and Measures. REPORT OF TREE WARDEN To the Citizens of the Town of Barnstable: 1924 has been an unusually hard and trying year for this department, from causes over which we had no cou- trol. 1n the early spring, while the trees 'were still dormant they were gone over and pruned, and later when the ground was in proper condition, we dug around all the young trees. The plan of planting street trees was carried out, and 300 strong, sturdy, nursery-grown trees were planted. The trees planted in 1922 and 1923 are doing well and in a few years will make 0 noticeable improvement on our streets. While horses are no longer a menace to our trees, the reckless automobile driver is becoming an even greater source of danger. Many of the"young trees have been protected by tree guards, and even that does not protect . them against careless persons. . The fall work on our street trees, which was really necessary, had to be passed over, on account of the great expense incurred by the wind storm of August twenty-sixth. This storm completely destroyed 263 trees on the town highways, which trees had to be removed. Many of the trees fell directly across the highways and made them im- passable. Some of the trees were very large and ones of X9 which we had always been most'proud, and the loss of which will feel greatly. The storm reached the height of its de- struction in-the middle of the afternoon, and it took a great number of men working all night to make the roads even passable... I want to mention here that the Highway Sur- veyor got out all of his forces and with his aid and all available help that we were able to get, the roads were made passable by six o'clock the following morning. Of course, this does not mean that all of the work was done. The taking out of stumps, removing the branches, trimming trees, repairing damages done, straightening and guying up some of the trees, which we had hopes of saving, took a great deal of time and labor. The damage done to some of the remaining trees is irreparable and many ought to be replaced. Some of the trees will die from the effects of the storm and some that we straightened will undoubtedly have to be taken out. I think, while we cannot replace trees of the size that we lost, we ought at least to make a start and plant somi> new trees in their place during,the coming year. Respectfully submitted, ROBERT F. CROSS. REPORT OF THE MOTH DEPARTMENT To the Selectmen of the Town of Barnstable: Gentlemen: I am glad to report a marked improvement in the Gypsy Moth condition throughout the Town. There was very little defoliation to speak of, and what did occur was on private property where this pest had not put in an appear- ance previous to this year. The condition along the highways is very encouraging, although there are scattered egg masses all through the Town, which must have careful attention as such egg mass means at least five hundred vigorous, eating Gypsy cater- pillars, should they be allowed to hatch. If every property owner will take care of the Gypsy Moth in its present weak- ened condition, I am positive that we will not have another outbreak like we have had in the past. The great number of parasites, with unpronounceable names, that have been liberated and that feed on the Gypsy, are a great help in reducing the number of Moths. Creosoting of the egg mass- es was done in the spring and followed up later in the season with spraying wherever necessary. The Brown Tail Moth The Brown Tail Moth condition does not,differ materi- 111 ally from that of last year, as to the amount of webs col- lected, but differs only in respect to the localities in which they were found. In the Barnstable and West Barnstable sections very few webs were found this year, while at Hyannisport where none were found a year ago, a badly infested area near the shore sprung up almost over night. In looking this area over in November of this fall we found that no webs were visible at that time. The condition of the Brown Tail throughout the Town is most satisfying, but will require the careful scrutiny of all property owners as well as of this department to keep this, the most poisonous of our pests, in check. Respectfully submitted, ROBERT F. CROSS. REPORT OF FOREST WARDEN To the Selectmen of the Town of Barnstable: Gentlemen: In the year. just past, we have had a number of small brush, forest and grass fires; the largest and most difficult of these to combat was a turf and brush fire, which owing to the continued dry spell during the summer and fail, started in October and continued to burn in the turf for eighteen days before it was finally extinguished or rather prevented, by trenching around it, from spreading to ad- joining land. From April twentieth to November nineteeth, there were fires continually starting—all from unknown causes. Most of these fires seemed to start on week ends and holi- days. Eighteen of the forest fires started near the high- ways seemingly from cigar and cigarette butts thrown from passing autos by nonchalant persons. There is so much dead wood and brush in our forests, that the number of campers, pleasure seekers, and automobile parties who travel our highways, woods roads and byways, in ever in- creasing number, have become merely through their carelessness and thoughtlessness, a menace that has increas- ed to enormous proportions during the last few years. The observer on Shoot-Flying Hill has been of gfeat assistance in giving the definite location of the fires; and immediately, on notice from him, a truck, which I have 113 always in readiness, loaded with fire extinguishers, shovels, water cans, brooms, and recharges, starts for the fire, and has been a wonderful help in keeping the forest fires from gaining a headway during .the past season. Because of the amount of decayed wood and inflam- enable material strewn on the ground throughout our wood- ed areas, the danger of fire has increased to an alarming extent, and measures should be taken to prevent its spread. Under favorable fire conditions, dryness, and wind being; just right, it is utterly impossible to stop a raging fire, when flames are leaping ahead many feet at a time. I would advise as a wonderful help in checking the destruction of our wood land, the cutting out of wood roads so that a fire line or fire stops, could be established, and stands could be made when a fire should occur in certain sections. Respectfully submitted, ROBERT F. CROSS. REPORT OF 'THE TOWN FOREST COMMITTEE 'To the Citizens of the Town of Barnstable: For the past ten years or more scores of editorials on the advantages of town forests have appeared in the press .and hundreds of columns have been devoted to this subject; and you, the Citizens of this Town, at your last annual Town meeting, realizing the importance of a town forest, appoint- ed us, as a committee,to act in your behalf, and we herewith subimit our first yearly report. Your committee selected a piece of wood land known as the old Lumbard lot, northwest of the new road from West Barnstable to Hyannis, as this was the best piece of land available. This land was mapped and surveyed by the Town. 5,000 Norway Spruce trees were planted by the Massa- chusetts Forestry Association, which they offered as a premium to any city or town which legally establishes a. town forest of one hundred acres or more, and the Town it- self planted 15,000 additional Norway Spruce trees. This additional planting of 15,000 trees was done by the Franklin Forestry Association of 'Colerain, Massachusetts. Your Committee thought this the best policy as they would then secure men skilled in this kind of work. 115 Your committee advises the continuation of this plant- ing each year, and suggest that 15,000 more trees should be planted this year on adjoining land. Respectfully submitted, EDWARD B. VANDUSEN WILLIAM JENKINS MRS. LILLIAN COOK MISS JULIA HAYNES, Secretary. ROBERT F. CROSS, Chairman. HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT Repairs an Roads and Bridges Expenditures Estimates 1923 1924 1925 Expenditures by Mr, Taylor .$3,336 00 Selectmen's Dept. 500 00 Seapuit Road 1,050 00 Curbings 307 63 302 17 Transportation 500 00 100 00 .Salary 1,500 00 2,333 33 $2,500 00 Safety Signals 76 20 146 82 Bridges •989 65 671 05 1,700 00 ._Freight .912 57 672 62 1,000 00 Shells and Gravel 643 07 701 75 1,000 00 .Stone and Cold Patch 849 16 661 98 750 00 Extra Widening 1,214 45 266 54 1,000 00 .New Tools 1,505 90 190 80 200 00 Repairs 348 28 61 83 150 00 Road Oil 1,i32 86 1,641 06 1,600 00 ._Fences 5,82 09 914 86 1,500 06 Drains and kCatch Basins 504 08 1,280 68 1,500 00 Land :and Garage Rent 200 00 200 00 250 00 117 Expenditures Estimates 1923 1924 1925 ;:Stop Signs and Advertisement 25 63 50 00 Cinders 294 50 500 00 Truck and Mixer Supplies 468 47 500 06 .Surveying 43 75 50 00 Telephone 12 80 25 30 Unclassified 77 86 25 34 25 00 _.Bulkhead 1,500 00 County Comm. orders 2,000 00 _Mill Way 4,497.25 Yarmouth Road Bills 2,788 88 ;Labor 14,26.7 11 Patching 2,987 65 3,000 00 Sidewalks 426 05 500 00 Scraping 2,675 40 3.000 00 Graveling 5,379 84 5,000 00 Loaming 702 45 500 00 Shelling 1,278 63 1,500 00 Brushing 1,132 67 1,500 00 Sanding 854 73 1,000 00 Sweeping .289 46 200 00 'Washouts, etc. 498 68 500 OU Cinders 437 87 500 00 'Totals ,$30,996 91 $34,991 54 $35,000 00 _Balance 3 09 8 46 .Appropriated •,$31,000 00 $35,000 $35,000 00 118 To the Voters and Taxpayers of the Town of Barnstable In the foregoing figures you will notice that the details of expenditures are sub-divided into more items than has been submitted heretofore. While these sub-divisions are, very nearly all correct, the items under "labor" are only approximate, due to the fact that the deputies were not re- quired to make a distribution of accounts covering all these items until sometime in April. I have eliminated the distribution of the money expend- ed in the different sections of the towns, due to the fact that there has been several changes in deputies, and that the. sections have, in some cases been made smaller, and in others they have been enlarged to take in parts of other sections. The average person is not so much interested in who received the most money from the town for work, or exactly where it was spent; but he does want to know what it was, spent for, and was it needed. However if any person would like to know approximately what was spent in each section I would be glad to give them that information. I hope to establish, in time, an exact cost account, so that we will be able to tell exactly what amount of money has been spent each year in keeping in repair any certain road or street in the town. From those figures we will be able to pick out the most expensive roads to maintain and thus know from an economical view-point what roads should be hardened first. EXPLANATION OF EXPENDITURES Curbings The item of Curbings covers the setting of ,corner 119 ,stones, to keep travel from cutting in on the sidewalks. It also covers the setting of curbs on Ocean street, Hyannis and in Osterville, after the money was exhausted from the appropriation for sidewalks. Transportation and Salary This hundred dollars in transportation was what the Commissioner of Finance and Accounting judged was due the Surveyor of Highways, in so much as he did not allow the Surveyor to collect for the year of 1924, the whole sum �of $2500.00 which was voted for his salary. The Commis- sioner ruled that for the months of March to December in- clusive the Surveyor was entitled to receive pay at the rate of $2500.00 per annum, and for the months of January and February he must be paid at the rate of $1500.00 per annum lus the transportation charges per month he was entitled o receive in 1923. Safety Signals This item covered the cost of erecting the bases for the beacons. No money was available for this purpose until after town meeting, and as it was desirable to try them out before purchasing, the surveyor, at the request of the select- men, erected the bases. Bridges This item is mainly the salary of the draw-tender at Grand Island Bridge, but it also includes some minor repairs to culverts throughout the town. In 1925 it will be absolutely necessary to either rebuild Craigville Bridge or close it up. This bridge has been condemned by inspectors and is not considered safe. 120 Grand Island Bridge needs on the draw new planks in_ both courses, and requires several coats of paint. The bridge and railings at the end of Keveney Lane in Cummaquid should .also be rebuilt before an accident oc- curs. Several other culverts need attention. Freight This is mainly for transportation charges on stone and. cold patch, but also covers all freight and express charges. Shells And Gravel This covers the purchase price of the shells used in Co- tuit, Marstons Mills and Osterville, as well as the gravel used throughout the town. Stone and Cold Patch Mixture Ten car loads of stone and stone screenings were used this year. The stone screenings' mixed with coal ashes make a fair patching material. Quite a lot of stone screen- ings are used as a dressing for sidewalks. The half inch stone is used for making cold patches. Thirty barrels of cold patch mixture was used during the year, also. a few loads of hot mixture was used for patching. Extra Widening This covers the cost of the gutter near Mr. Daggett's in Barnstable, and several small widen.ings throughout the town. New Tools A few new tools were purchased this year, such as grader blades, axes, asphalt thermometers, lanterns, brooms and a few other small articles. I regret very much the stealing of lanterns, as accidents are liable to occur when dangerous places are left unprotected. 121 Repairs The repair bill this ,year is small as last year nearly all \ th:e tools were put in excellent condition. Next year the repair bill will probably amount up again, as some overhaul- ing is needed on the truck. Road Oil This is the oil that is used .for laying dust on dirt roads. 10,018 gallons were used last year. This oil was -ordered to be applied on June loth., but unfortunately did not arrive until July ith. Many requests have been made to have oil applied in other places not previously treated. Fences -g 1 ➢gyp ���., �� cgs� ��k �; `� � �:. • One example of the need for fences to protect travel i Once more I must write of the inadequate protection we have from dangerous places. In the village of Cotuit . :alone, at least thirteen hundred feet of fence should be at ,once erected. Other villages are lacking protection. 1222 This last year the Surveyor has erected a new type of fence, a woven wire being used. It is claimed that a car striking this fence will be, brought to a gradual stop and thrown back instead of crashing through an old type wood en railing with its dangers of flying splinters, as well as: allowing the car to proceed over the embankment. The, cost of construction is about the same. Drains and Catch Basins, Many of the inhabitants of the town are suffering an- noyance and inconvenience from a lack of proper drainage• of the roads. Leach basins are not satisfactory drainage, although they do work after a time, but considerable an- noyance is caused before they have accomplished their pur- pose. The cost of building a large size catch basin or leach basing together with the iron frame and grating is slightly over one hundred dollars. Therefore only a few of these can be built each year without cutting other necessities. Land and Garage Rent. This item includes storage of truck, tools and supply. e dump for patching materials.. Signs and Advertisements; This includes "Slow", "Stop", and "Detour"" signs, also advertisements, printing etc.. Cinders; The past year it has been almost impossible to buy cin- ders by the car load from the railroad. At last in South Hyannis a cinder dump which.had-for several years accumu- .123 dated was found and the Surveyor secured the privilege of buying the entire lot of cinders. Many bad roads should receive some cinders. Barnstable and West Barnstable can be helped a lot by these cinders. Truck and Minor Supplies / This item includes gas, oil, tires, batteries, etc. Surveying Most of this is for measuring the surfaces of asphalt roads, so that the yardage on which payment is made is computed by a disinterested surveyor. Telephone This includes toll calls only. Unclassified This item includes postage, food for the men who la- bored all night, removing trees from the road during the storm of August 26th and other small items. Mill Way It was voted at Town Meeting to take $4,000.00 from the appropriation to rebuild this road. In order to find a .suitable-place to stop the surfacing it was necessary to ex- pend a small amount more. 3,340 square ,yards of surfac- ing was built and two catch basins were also built. Yarmouth Road Bills In the estimate of 1923 speedometer measurements -were used in computing the area of the Barnstable and 124 Yarmouth Roads. By actual measurement there was ones quarter of a mile more of road than estimated. As it did not seem advisable to leave a small gap uncompleted on. each road, the Surveyor, with the advice of members of the. Road Committee, allowed the contractor to finish the road and it was paid for out of this department, without increas- ing the appropriations. The following items are for the labor of men, horses and trucks. These are divided approximately as follows: 41 Patching This is for labor on patching asphalt and macadam roads with cold patch and for filling in bad sections of dirt t�"a.r h 8 & L IRS.aft 63� gpRaP cif a99TAa Ax � e'vR .§ �� 8�'�ffi��xg - a� e.ram � e DAMAGE AFTER THE WIND STORM (These trees have destroyed fence, sidewalk and part of the roadway) reads. The wind storm of August caused the road to be torn up in many places, so that. considerable patching was chargeable to that account. 125 Sidewalks This is for the necessary work done on dirt sidewalks,,, such as grading, mowing grass, etc.- Scraping The dirt roads of this town are now very narrow. For, several years they have been pulled in a little at each scrap- ing, allowing the bushes to grow nearer the wheel ruts until yery little room is left. They should, be turnpiked and. widened so that two cars will be able to pass at any point. Graveling Several places that were impassable in the Spring,- were graveled and now travel can move at all times. Loaming Some of the back roads of the town are rather sandy and loam works to a better advantage in these places than. gravel. Shelling The old shell roads of Cotuit and Osterville are not. .standing the motor vehicle travel as well as was expected. In time, most of these roads should be hardened. Thei Little River Road especially is deserving of a hard surface Shells are becoming hard to secure, due to the decline: in the planting of oysters. Brushing The wood roads of the town need a thorough cleaning,, both for protection from fires and to protect travel where. the view is obscured. 126 Sanding Sand is used as a substitute for gravel. In some lo.. �calities we are obliged to use sand to save the expense of -carting gravel a long distance. Sweeping This item is for cleaning up the streets and roads of -the town. Hyannis, of course, receives most of this work, and even at that, it is often disgustingly dirty. If the own- ,ers of some of the buildings along Main Street in Hyannis were a little more careful in their disposal of rubbish and papers, which they so carelessly place out back of their buildings; the street would present a better appearance. Receptacles have been provided for waste material, but few use them. Civic pride should mare each one try to keep his village and town looking neat. Washouts, Etc. This item covers any work which has not been listed under some other head. Cinders This mainly is for carting cinders from Hyannis to vari- -ous parts of the town and also the labor on same. Summing Up Briefly the Repairs on Roads and Bridges I would say that as a a whole-I feel that the roads are ,in better condition than they were a year ago. Many miles of dirt and macadam roads have,been rebuilt into asphalt ,pavement in the last few years. Many feel that as we in- 127 crease our mileage of new roads that the repair bills should" decrease. That may be true in theory, but in fact the high way traffic is growing by leaps and bounds, consequently- our roads are being used more and more. An automobile can go nearly anywhere a horse can, and as a result it is necessary to put more money into our roads. Last summer during the second week of August, by actual count on five different days, there was for an average 11,637 cars passed the Idlehour Corner, Hyannis in a day of 14 hours. On South Street, Hyannis in the same number of hours 3,123 cars were counted. This tremendous amount . of travel is telling on dirt roads, so that instead of decreas- ing our repairs account, it would seem that we will be oblig- ed to have more money to carry on and to keep up our reputation of having good roads. I would like at this time to say a word for my deputies., and myself: I hear considerable adverse comment on the quality of our labor. Some of the men that are working for the Highway Department make as 'good employees as, any individual in the town does. However on the other hand there are some that are not all that is to be desired- In order to get the work done we must hire the inefficient as well as the efficient. Perhaps some of you who think the. deputies are not having the right quality of help can sug- gest to them where they can find better. The work on roads,. is only for short periods of time, and as nearly all good men are employed in steady positions, we are obliged to take what is left and to beg others to leave what they are doing and help us. Many of the farmers have shown their good will: towards the town in neglecting their own work to help do, the town's. So all I ask is, please do not criticise the depu-- 0 128 ties until you know what kind of a situation they are up against. They want good labor and oftentimes are getting; it when perhaps you think they are not. Honesty and de- pendability are great virtues that are often overlooked. I submit herewith an inventory of property owned by the Highway Department. INVENTOR' Stock Estimated Value 2 Motor Snow Plows $550 00 14 Sidewalk Plows 700 00 2 Graders 50 00 3 Graders 300 00 1 Grader 250 00 I Road Drag 30 00 1. Road Drag 20 00 •<3 Road Drags 30 00 1 Federal Truck,1 1/2 ton 800 00 1 Road Sweeper 100 00 1 Patch Mixer 100 00 30 Short Handled Shovels 30 00 11 Long Handled Shovels 15 00 9 Catch Basins Scoops 25 00 10 Shell Forks 30 00 1.3 Picks 25 00 12 Stub-Hoes 20 00 '20 Lanterns 30 00 129 10 Fakes 10 00 6 Catch Basin Covers & Frames 110 00 2 Tar Kettles 50 00 50 Ton 1/2 inch Stone 200 00 25 Ton Stone Screenings 75 00 10 Barrels Cold Patch Mixture 90 00 80 Ft. Tile Drain Pipe 50 00 60 Ft Iron Drain Pipe 75 00 3 Curb Corner Stones 15 00 4 Extra Grader Blades 45 00 5 Hoes 5 00 1 Band Roller. 20 00 6 Forks 10 00 6 Galvanized Iron Cans 35 00 1 Doz. Street Brooms 16 00 1 Gal. Paint 4 00 Axes 15 00 5 Bush Scythes 10 00 5 Grass Scythes 10 00 Other Small Tools and Supplies 1,000 00 + B-5 130 New Construction Appropriated $75,000 00 Expenditures: Seal Coating $7,502 0.5 Wianno Ave, length 9,347 lin. ft. 3,7812 sq. yds. asphalt @ $1 50 $5,671 80 16,866.2 sq. yds. asphalt @ $1 25 21,082 70 Extra Grading 1,986 40 $28,740 90 Centerville Road, length 12,205 lin. ft. 19,601.45 sq. yds. asphalt @ $1.25 $24,501 81 7,246 sq. yds. asphalt C) 6 71/2c 4,528 75 Extra Grading 9,726 49 $38,757 05 Total $75,000 00 Seal Coat The Seapuit, Yarmouth and Barnstable roads, built last year, were completed this spring by seal coating. The extra widening at Craigville was also sealed, as well as the road at Hyannisport leading by Dr. Herrick's. This last was an old macadam road which was beginning; to ravel badly. The time has come when we must establish a policy 131 of re-sealing some two or three miles of road each year. It is not economy to let the roads that were built ten year's ago, at quite a cost, deteriorate for want of a seal coat and proper care. To those who do not understand `ghat a seal coat is. I would say that the two bottom course of asphalt and sand mixture are more or less porous. Over these courses is spread, under high pressure, one-half gallon per yard of pure asphalt oil, which completely seals and penetrates every pore and void in the surface of the binder mixture. This oil., when covered by clean sand, takes up and absorbs a considerable amount of it; which when hardened acts as a. wearing course of the road. In time this seal coat wears away or becomes lifeless and requires fluxing or re-sealing. Wianno Avenue Wianno Avenue, in the village of Osterville was a x. +y c a r WIANNO AVENUE " With one course of asphalt laid r 132 narrow, rough, old type macadam road. This has now been. made into a fine boulevard. In the center of the village the road vas built gutter to gutter and was made of the high grade stone asphalt mixture; also near the Catholic church and in front of the. Wianno Club. This was clone to prevent cars that were parked from sinking in the pavement. The Wianno Club, at their own expense paid for having the road built approx- imately thirty feet wide along their own property. # b WIANNO AVENUE NEAR WIANNO CLUB (30 feet wide) A grade of asphalt that was supposed to be superior to any that we had previously used, was ordered by th3 Surveyor of Highways for this road. It did not seem to work well, however, with our grade of sand and it was found necessary to return to the Standard Asphalt. Approaches of asphalt were built on all intersecting 133 streets. This was done to prevent the wearing and break- ing down of the edges. A seal coat is necessary to complete this road. Centerville Road .. w Y ,`,'a ..e �.. W, ,-' BUILDING APPROACHES TO CENTERVILLE ROAD (In the background can be seen the first course laid on one-half of the sub-grade) The Centerville Road was built from gutter to gutter between Monument Square and Beechwood Cemetery. This was to prevent washouts on the two long hills. A -%vido turning space was made near the cemetery as well as ap- proaches on all roads. Near the Town House a new road lay-out was cut through the woods and several sharp curves were elimi- nated. Therefore we now have a straight road for nearly half a mile where before six curves made it a very dan- gerous road. 134 Y zz 1111 Making the sub-grade on new location near the Town House ,v 1. '$ fr v �� X STRAIGHTENING THE CENTERVILLE ROAD Replacing six curves with a straight road 135 The saving of expense in distance nearly paid for grading on the new lay-out. Owing to a shortage of money about one-half a mile of this road had only one course of mixture. From the way this two inches of material is standing up, it would seem that some of our secondary roads might receive one course of this material to help out conditions until such a time as eve are able, financially to c;mplete them. I do not recommend this procedure for our main travel-ways, for it would, of course, prove more expensive in the end. 3'w �YF P � BORROW PIT FOR CENTERVILLE ROAD All the material from this bank which formerly came to the edge of road was used in bringing the shoulders up to grade. It would seem to me that the town should have a pro- gram of road construction for at least one year in advance. With such a program, grading work could be started in 4 NovEmber or December and completed before the ground 136 was frozen. Heavy fills would have a chance to become settled before the finish surface was laid. Drains could be put in and early spring should see the beginning of pavement laying;' thus making our roads ready for use three or four months earlier. Sidewalks 1924 Appropriated $3,000 00 Expenditures: 1.204 sq. yds Asphalt sidewalk $1,204 00 :869 sq. 3-ds. Concrete Sidewalk 1434 lin. ft. Concrete Curbs 1,796 00 $3,000 00 One-half of cost paid by abutters) 1925 Estimated for 1925: �Conerete Curbs and Sidewalks $3,000 00 Asphalt Sidewalks 5,000 00 Total $8,000 00 Any torn of the value of $13,000,000 00 should be better equipped with the necessary public utilities than this torn is at the present time. The sidewalks of the town 137 of Barnstable, especially, are a disgrace. The sidewalks in all the villages of the town are bad, especially those of Hyannis. Hyannis being the business center of the town and with a larger population than any other village, which added to those out of town, who shop and trade in Hyannis, make it necessary to have much better. sidewalks than it boasts of at present. With the increase of the automobile traffic it is more and more necessary to provide pedestrians with a suitable place to travel, other than the roadways. The village of Cotuit has had this year one fatal ex- ample of that fact. True, some say that it was reckless driving, but that does not mean that the town was justified in compelling this woman to walk where she was liable to become the victim of some intoxicated or careless driver. Of course, the pedestrian has the rigJit,of way on the road, but you would never know it from the way they are com- pelled, too often, to dive for safety. While we may feel that we are justified to some extent to ask an adult person to walk in the road, I can see no excuse for forcing a small child of school age, or under, to take these same risks. I feel that the town should at once establish the policy of building each year, in every village, at least one half mile of hard sidewalk. By hard sidewalk I mean that either concrete or asphalt should be used. The dirt side- walk is better than none, but at certain seasons of the year they are impassable from mud; and even after the ground is settled there are pools of water standing after a rain in the dirt sidewalks. Asphalt sidewalks can be laid for $1.00 per sq. yd. While these may not make as enduring and. 138 attractive a sidewalk as concrete, they serve for a hard smooth place for travel where one may walk with com- parative safety. I earnestly Hope that the town will at once establish a program of sidewalk construction. The past year 1,204 .sq. yards of this type of sidewalk zvas laid in the villages of Barnstable, Osterville and Cotuit. These villages, as well as others throughout the town, are in great need of more of this kind of sidewalk. 1,434 lineal feet of concrete curbings .were .erected in various places throughout the town, the abutters paying one-half of the cost in nearly all cases. These curbings make foot travel a little more safe, as for example, on Ocean street in Hyannis, a narrow congested street last spring with dirt sidewalks that sloped to the road so that it was impossible to distinguish where the road left off and the sidewalk started. Cars were parked in places so close to the fences that the school chil- dren were obliged to walk in the middle of the road. Now with these curbings there is a clearly defined dirt sidewalk on one side which protects them from travel on the road- way. 869 sq. yds. of concrete sidewalk was built last year, nearly all in Hyannis. In a few cases the abutters bore the entire expense, but as a rule the town paid one-half the cost. It was my intent to complete the unfinished ;sections of the concrete walk on the Main street and there- fore I was obliged to reject many offers of one-half expenses from abutters in other section of the village. At the present time I have a long list of those who wish to build concrete .sidewalks and are willing to pay one-half of the cost. r 139 Snow 1923 1924 1925 Appropriated $2,500 00 Expenditures: Labor $2,216 70 Truck Snow Plow 275 00 Total _ $2,491 70 Appropriated $2,500 00 Expenditures: Labor $327 62 Truck Snow Plow and Parts 325 00 Repairs on Sidewalk Plows 231 23 Removal of Snow Obstruction Race Lane 647 20 $1,531 05 Estimated: Labor, etc. $2,200 00 Truck Snow Plow 300'00 $2,500 00 In the matter of snow removal I feel that the town has saved considerable expense in the future, by the re- moval of trees, bushes and stumps along Race Lane in the Western part of the town. This road for years has been a big bill of expense, costing the town for each snow storm about one hundred dollars before it was again open for travel. At a cost of $647 20 this yearly expense has been eliminated, I hope. With two large open fields on either ` side of this road, edged as it was with thick bushes and Grass, and a ridge of earth running parallel with the road- 140 way, it caught and held nearly all the snow which fell in these fields, when drifted by the winds. Last year .this road was the only place in the town where it was necessary to dig snow to make it passable. , The town now owns three of the large snow plows .which can be attached to trucks. It would seem to me that with one more of these plows all the main roads could be kept.open at all times. Of course, I do not expect them to do the impossible; but it is my intention to start these plows at the beginning of the storm and keep them on the road until they can be of no further use. By keeping the roads clear of snow and ice it prevents rutting and wearing of the road surface from tire chains. Sanding the icy spots on the town roads and sidewalks is now a vital necessity. The average driver of a motor vehicle does not like to use tire chains, and as a result many drive without chains, when they really need them. It is impossible to sand every mile of road in the town; but an effort will be made to sand the roads near intersecting streets and cross roads and on dangerous curves. The sand for this work is quite hard to obtain in winter, due to the frozen ground. Provision should be made for the storing and screening of sand in the summer; or pits in the different sections of the town should be covered to prevent freezing, so it will always be possible to obtain sand for this purpose. on. The sidewalk snowplowing is the greatest problem. There are only a very few horses in each village, and of these less than one-half are available for sidewalk plows. The time to start plowing out the sidewalks is while it is still storming; but the owners of horses in many cases will mot allow their horses out during the storm or immediately 1417 after, owing 'to cold or darkness or some other excuse. Often times a sharpened shoe is needed and a blacksmith is not available. It is my intention that every man in the town of Barn- stable shall be provided with a snow plow path. By that I don't mean that it will come right to his door, but that it shall come on the street. The day when people were anxious to dig snow has gone. It now seems impossible to get men enough to d., efficient work. In the past a truck cart and horse was used for breaking out roads. In these days it is necessary to break out roads with trucks. As only a few trucks can ba, secured for this work, I ask all to have as much patience as possible and to turn out and help remove the snow ob- struction from the roads. I swish to take this opportunity to thank the citizens of the town who have helped me in many different ways, and also to thank the others who have so patiently waited for needed repairs to sidewalks and roads and for snowplows. Respectfully submitted, LAUCHLAN M. CROCKER. Surveyor of Highways. 0 REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE To the Citizens of the Town'of Barnstable: We respectfully submit the following report on the Public Schools, prepared by the Superintendent and Sec- retary, for the year ending December 31, 1924: EDWARD C. HINCKLEY, ALLEN CHADWICK, RICHARD COBB. ORGANIZATION OF THE SCHOOL BOARD Members Term Expires Residence Edward C. Hinckley 1925 Hyannis Allen Chadwick 1927 Osterville Richard Cobb 1926 Barnstable G. H. Galger, Superintendent of Schools, Hyannis Office Hours: Evenings, 8 to 9; Saturdays, 1 to 4 and 8 to 9 P M. Office, Training School, Hyannis, open during school hours. 143 Chairman of the Board—Edward C. Hinckley. Secretary of Board—G. H. Galger, Tel. 71-3, Res. 408 Auditing Committee—Edward C. Hinckley, Allen Chadwick, Richard Cobb. Committe on Examination of Teachers—Superintendent r Purchaser of Books, Apparatus and Supplies—Super- intendent. Special Committees in Charge of School Buildings at Centerville and Hyannis—Edward C. Hinckley. Special Committee in Charge of School Buildings at Barnstable, Nest Barnstable and Marstons Mills—Richard Cobb. Special Committee in Charge of School Buildings at Cotuit, Santuit and Osterville—Allen Chadwick. Committee on Transportation of Scholars to High Schools—E. C. Hinckley, Allen Chadwick, Richard Cobb. Attendance Officers—I. H. Ellis, Barnstable; Win, Potter, Cotuit and Santuit; George F. .Hart, Hyannis; T. V. West, Centerville; Chester L. Baker, Osterville. CALENDAR, 1925 Barnstable High School begins December 29, 1924, and continues 14 weeks; April 14, 1925, and continues 11 weeks. The Elizabeth Lowell High School begins January 6, 1925,. and continues 13 weeks; April 14, 1925, and continues 11 weeks. Both High Schools begin the fall term the .first Tuesday after the first Monday, September, 1925, and con- tinue 16 weeks. a The Elementary Schools, unless otherwise ordered, begin January 6, 1925, and continue 13 weeks; April 14, 1925, and continue 10 weeks. Calendar. subject to change. Superintendent's Report To the School Committee of Barnstable: In accordance with the rules of the School Committee, I herewith submit my twentieth annual report on the Pub- lic Schools, the same being the thirty-fourth in the series of superintendents' reports. Changes in the 'Teaching Force As usual, changes in the teacbing force took place in more than one third of the schools during the year. Stan- ley F. Hall, Paul M. Boynton, George H. Fisler, and Miss Ruth Chandler, principals of the Barnstable, West Barn- stable, Marstons Mills and Cotuit grammar schools respec- tively, resigned at the close of the school year to accept much better. positions elsewhere. The positions thus vacated were filled in the order mentioned by John C. Knight, Leon C. Young, Elizabeth A.Brown, and Bertha A. NeNvcomb Miss Corinne M. Weber was transferred from the fifth and sixth grades of the Barnstable Village school to the posi- tion of assistant in the Barnstable High school. Miss Ella, Robinson was appointed to the position thus vacated. Annie H. Bearse was transferred from the first and second grades in the Barnstable Village school to the new position con- sisting of similar grades established in the Iyanough dis- trict, occupying one room in the old high school building,. Katharine Ormsby being transferred from Centerville to » fill the vacancy thus caused. After seventeen years of 145 faithful service, Miss Caroline H. Warner of the Marston%. Mills primary school, was given leave of absence until September, 1925. Miss Florence E. Emery was appointed to the position of teacher in the intermediate grades at Cotuit, taking the position vacated by the promotion of Miss Newcomb. Miss Lulu E. Eckberg resigned in June from the Santuit school and Marion B. Arrell was appointed to that position. Because of the new conditions in the Barnstable High school, with an enrollment of over two hundred, additional teachers were needed, and these were provided by the appointment of Miss Weber, before men- tioned, and by Harry M. Keaney, who later was succeeded by Elliot A. Gilfix. Owing to the doubling of the enroll- ment in the Elizabeth Lowell High school,'the necessity of a second assistant was recognized by the appointment of Miss.Rosalia E. Knight, a college graduate of experience in teaching. Miss Harriette V. Draper, after very effec- tive service as teacher of Household Arts in the Barn- stable High school, resigned in June, and the position was filled by Marion V. Arenovski. Mary H. Pedersen, a faith- ful and competent teacher in grades five and six in the . Training school,resigned in June, the position being filled by Claudia O'Keefe. Miss Marion F. McKinnon, after six years of notably faithful and efficient service, resigned in June and Miss Mary Le Favour was appointed to the position thus vacated. The work of Florence E. Miller, as School Nurse, was of such a character that her services were sought and secur= ed by the .Commonwealth. Mrs. Nan B. Haydon proved an efficient successor, resigning at the end of November. Much difficulty was experienced in securing a suitable sue- cessor and finally Miss Elsie G. Weltch, a registered nurse of excellent training and good experience in school work, was appointed to the position. 146 With the opening of the gymnasium in the Barnstable High school, and the opportunities thereby offered, it be- came desirable to have the work efficiently supervised, and for that purpose, and. for the purpose of improving the physical training in all the schools of the town, Miss Ruth N. Mershon was appointed Physical Director of the Barn- stable schools, to give her entire time to the v,,)rk. List of Teachers, January, 1925 Schools Teachers When Appointed Barnstable: Grammar John C. Knight Sept., 1924 Intermediate Ella Robinson Sept., 1924 Intermediate, 111 and IV Mary Murray Sept., 1923 Primary Katharine Ormsby Sept., 191S West Barnstable.- Grammar Leon C. Young Sept., 1924 Intermediate Susie W. Merritt Mar., 1910 Primary Bertha S. Weber Sept., 1911 Marstons Mills: Grammar Elizabeth A. Brown Sept., 1919 Primary Florence E. Handy Jan., 1925 Co tuit: Elizabeth Lowell High Stephen A. Griffin Sept., 1922 Assistant Elizabeth F. Griffin Sept., 1923 Assistant Rosalia E. Knight Sept., 1924- Grammar _ Bertha A. Newcomb Jan., 1922 Intermediate Florence E. Emery Sept., 1924 Primary Magdalene E. Chase Sept., 1923 Santuit: Marion B. Arrell Sept., 1924 Osterville Grammar Robert S. Quimby Sept., 1923 Intermediate, V and VI Eliza F. Sherman Sept., 1918 Intermediate, 111 and IV Christine Murray Sept., 1921 Primary Alta B. Crosby Sept., 1921 Centerville: Grammar Hannah W. Fuller Sept., 1922 Primary Sarepta E. Pinfold Sept., .1924 Hyannis: Barnstable High Louis M. Boody Oct., 1895 —Sub-Master Earl L. Ferren Sept., 1923 Commercial Instructor Sarah N. Ward Sept., 1918 Assistant Elliot A. Gilfix Dec., 1924 Assistant Lillian L. Decatur Mar., 1916 Assistant Alice O. Dow Sept., 1920 Assistant Christina Winter Sept., 1923 Assistant Marion V. Arenovski Sept., 1924 Assistant Corinne Weber Sept., 1923 Training School: Grades VIII and IX Wm. G. Currier Sept., 1911 VI and VII Anastasia U. McMullen Jan., 1920 V and VI Claudia O'Keefe Sept., 1924 IV and III Carrie B. Dean Sept., 1910 II Bessie A. Morse Sept., 1914 I Grace V. Rowland Sept., 1915 Iyanough School: Grades V and VI Isadore Eldredge Sept., 1923 III and IV Mary LeFavour Sept., 1924 I and II Annie H. Bearse Sept., 1922 Supervisor of Drawing Mabelle M. Boody Sept., 1915 Supervisor of Music Gladys Francis Sept., 1923 Physical Director Ruth N. Mershon Sept., 1924 School Nurse Elsie G. Weltch Jan., 1925 148 School Enrollment and Attendance The total enrollment for 1923-24 was 40 greater than Tor the preceding year, the average membership 21 greater, -the average daily attendance 20 greater, and the aggregate attendance 8,842 greater. Reduction of attendance caused by contagious diseases ivas not greater than usual. Total Average Daily Aggregate Enrollment Membership Attendance Atttendance 1923-24 1133 1023 950 177,563 .Fall, '24, 1182 Statistics School Year, 1923-24 1. Number of children residing in town: (a) Five years of age or over and under seven 158 (b) Seven years of age or over and under fourteen 655 (c) Fourteen years of age or over and under sixteen 1$0 '2. Total membership for the year 1,133 3. Average membership for the year 1,023 4. Average attendance for the year . 950 5. Number of school buildings in use 12 6. Number of public schools 32 `7. Number of men teachers 8 8. Number of women teachers 32 9. Number. of supervisors 4 10. Total number of teachers and supervisors 44 11. Population of the town, U. S. Census, 1920 4,836 12. Valuation .of ah.e Mown $13,199,450 .Detailed Report of'Membership and Attendance .For the Year .Ending June, 1924 Schools :Primary: Barnstable ...................... 31 27 24 West Barnstable .............. '35 28 25 Marstons Mills '36 30 29 Cotuit '34 31 29 Santuit ................................. 23 20 18 Osterville .................... 33 29 26 Centerville 41 36 33 Intermediate: Barnstable 29 25 23 Barnstable ...................... 27 25 24,, West Barnstable ................ '36 32 30`r,' Cotuit ........................_ '27 25 23�= Osterville '34 30 28 Osterville ........................ 22 21 20, Iyanough 44 37 34" Iyanough 27 26 25 TZ Grammar: A Barnstable 29 28 27 y West Barnstable ...,,,,,,,,,,,,, 35 33 30— Marstons Mills 24 21 19 Cotuit '33 '31 292 Osterville .................... 39 38 35 a Centerville ........................... 37 S2 29 ;; Training School: W Grade I ....................... 54 49 43 II .. 45 41 38 III and IV ............. 35 31 30 V and VI 42 36 34 VII ..................... 41 39 36 VIII and IX 54 52 49 High Schools: Elizabeth Lowell (Cotuit) .... 23 22 20 Barnstable (Hyannis) ........ 163 148 140 1133 1023 950 Ot-m mLn 00 to 00W c-m cq -{"10 C-InH N W 00 O ri ri cq ri N r-1 E-F r yC 4n in G mm cq � M , r to O !n Co N,may '� 00 O 00 N N m m r�i H N Cq 0q m r'cc M H ri ri *•� LO ri to to to cq O to to rce ri ri ri cq ri m 1"1 4. F"y H r-4 H W ri GV N CA ►'� ri ri ri ri�O cq r•I -4 F O r~ rriFFF,�,•••111 F-1 00 M L-cq W ri CV 11 Lam- 00 1•�1 H ri ri ri ri r-I Gq GV GV ce +� 1~-1 N m0 W mt•ON Vz 00 M C ri ri ri r-1 W ri co ri Cd c. U C. m ... Lr y S7 O m C,3 +.-� 'nS'•. N O a ri N N P Pa��u�UOUF,�WW . 151 School .Buildings Repairs and Improvements Accomplished Under this heading are included all ordinary repairs, r .additional furniture,janitors' supplies, etc.. Owing to the uncertainty as to the .expenditures in sconnection with the new high school building, the Com- mittee restricted expenditures to what were practically for femergene,y :repairs. This, 'however, proved to have been unnecessary, since from the total available .expenditures for -school purposes, $106,226 00, $3,770 67 remained unex- pended at the close of the fiscal year. Of the sums men- tioned 'fallowing, most of the larger ones included carry- over payments from 1923, the total of such carry-over _payments for repairs being $1,004 93. Expenditures by sections follow: Section 3, $100 89; Section 6, $259 13; section 10, $87 45; section 12, $147 68; section 13, $505 55; section 11, $1,032 65; section 17, $844 04; section lrl, $1,058 25; section 20, $372 27; section 19, (Iyanough) 1187 00. Included in the larger amounts mentioned above are, section 11,' electric pump in the- Elizabeth Lowell High School, $338 68; a carry-over payment of $357 14 in see- -tion 17, and a carry-over payment of $279 40 in section 18. Manufacturers of school furniture of all kinds still demand and receive extortionate.prices and no relief for the consumer seems in sight. Repairs and Improvements Planned Extensive repairs will be needed on the Osterville building, the Marstons Mills building needs re-shingling, -and the plumbing of the Training school ineeds,a.thorough,overhaul- ing. It may be necessary to open on additional room in the 752 old High School building at Hyannis owing to the increasing enrollment in that section. The School Board asks for a total appropriation. of $7,300 00 for "Repairs and Upkeep." ThQ Old and New High School Buildings During the summer the High School Building Commit- tee decided to turn over to the School Board approximately $1,000 for use in conjunction with such additional amount as might be voted by the town, in finishing the equipment of the new high school. The town later voted $4,000 addi- tional for that purpose. The entire sum has not been expended to date, but the unexpended balance, if any, will be negligible; this also is true of the $2,000 voted for removing the ell of the old high school, and rendering the remainder of the building suitable for school use. Progress of the Schools The reduction of the Elementary course from nine years to eight years, frequently considered by the School Board in the past, was rendered possible last fall by the increased accommodations offered by the new High School building. This change was inevitable, though long delayed, and carries with it both losses and gains. The pupils as a whole, will enter the High School some- what less mature than formerly and the always difficult ad- justments of the Freshman year will not be rendered less so thereby. More intensive study and improved teaching in the grades, with the hearty co-operation of the home, will be essential, but the new arrangement will permit a better adaptation of the work to the courses of studies issued by the State Department of Education, none of which now pro- vides for a ninth grade. 153 Pupils entering at the regular age should normally be ;graduated from the Grammar School at the age of thirteen years and six months, and from the High School at the :age of seventeen years and six months. Other things being equal, the shorter course should be of financial. advantage by lessening the total cost of instruction and allowing the pupils to enter gainful occupations earlier; more important still, it will result in greater encouragement to go through .both the High School and higher institutions. The improvement in the teaching of spelling and arith- metic, noted in last year's report, has continued. Good re- ;cults in the teaching of the mother tongue are more difficult to secure. Experts still differ widely as to what, when and how much technical grammar should be taught, and different -text-books apply different terms to the same thing. Clear, forcible, easy English is the product of clearness, force and facility in thinking, and the development of such thinking is a difficult process, handicapped by many factors beyond the control of the teacher. Yet, such thinking and its ex- pression is the basal requisite of an effective education. However excellent the text-books, the quality of the "teaching in geography, history and civics differs according to the equipment, skill and personality of the teacher. In general, it may be said that the results obtained in these sub- jects are far from ideal, and will continue to so remain in our rural schools until we are able to retain more highly trained and experienced teachers. In spite of many serious defects still present, it can be shown that both the Itearching and the results obtained in our Elementary Schools have steadily improved for a generation or more, and this is true not only of city but of rural schools, among which we rank th ace,of Barnstable. 154 In our High Schools, Latin, French, and Mathematics; seem to be well taught, and there has been a distinct improvement in the teaching,of English, accompanied by in- creased interest on the part of the pupils, the village libra- ries continuing to co-operate effectively with the schools. In, the Barnstable High School the excellent facilities offered in, the new building for the teaching, of Commercial subjects. and Domestic Science have been responded to by increased: interest and effort on the part of both pupils and teachers. The teaching of Physics and Chemistry has been handi- capped by the long and exasperating. delay in securing the, installation of furniture and apparatus„ contracted for last.. summer. What appears to be an excellent text-book in World, History has been adopted and correlated with this subject is. the study of United States History, of Civics and the Consti- tution. Tlie course in Biology is still in an. experimental; stage, the object being to develop in that subject a course, which, in the practical worth of its subject matter and in its. disciplinary value, will at least equal a full course in-Physics. or Chemistry; such a course should form a good substitute especially for the girls, for either of the latter subjects. Under the guidance of Mr. Boody, and with the efficient: cooperation of the Physical Director, School Nurse and:, School Physician, full advantage is being taken of the fine- facilities offered by the gymnasium and the.school athletic. grounds. Out of town visitors to our High Schools quite frequent-- ly remark on the general good spirit shown by the pupils;: such a spirit would seem to indicate the hearty eooperatiom of the parents in forwarding the best interests of the schools,, and is a source of encouragement to both teachers and school ' 155 Mofficials. The Parent-Teachers Association of Osterville, is • working most effectively in cooperation with the schools. English, French and German educational leaders, visiting -our schools, unite in saying, that, attempting too many things, we teach our pupils to learn but not to think; but the intensely active social and industrial life of America is not .likely to lessen its demands on the schools. Not so much by _lessening the variety of things taught, as by better teaching by more highly trained instructors, can the evil spoken of be _reduced. In our own schools certain chronic handicaps still exist, and are likely to do so for some time to come. The many ,grades to a teacher, the constant change of teachers, the -widely scattered schools, rendering effective .supervision difficult, the lack of definite hand training and the frag- mentary study of natural phenomena, constitute the "static" of our educational field, a "static" which we have been able to reduce but slowly and slightly. Nevertheless, these de- fects are vital and fundamental; until practically eliminated, ,a really effective and all round education of our youth will _not be possible. Certain experiments, now being tried out in Ovo or three Massachusetts towns and a number of towns in the western estates, seem to indicate that the problem of cooperation of the public schools in the matter of religious instruction is _not so insoluble as-it has seemed. Powerful as the public school has been., and is, in the formation of right habits, such habits can be immensely strengthened by religious training. It is sometimes salutary to see ourselves as others see us, even though others may see us wrongly. The views, -therefore, of an educational leader like Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler, of Columbia University, .on. modern education, may be worth noting "The present-day mocking appeal to an infant that he give expression to himself represents the abdication of edu- cation. This appeal might just as well be directed to a physical vacuum. To starve youth by depriving it of intel- lectual and moral nourishment, and to cripple and disable it by depriving it of the discipline of experience, are among; the newest and most popular forms of cruelty that have been devised to make education impossible. The results are. apparent on every hand. Much of the spoken English of both teachers and taught would assuredly affright even the, Venerable Bede, who was accustomed to simple beginnings. The ability to read has well-nigh disappeared if the reading be serious, instructive, or ennobling; the ability.to write, so, far as it exists at all, delights to manifest itself in forms of exceptional crudeness and vulgarity; the ability to perform the simplest mathematical operations is, to all intents and purposes, confined to teachers of mathematics or to special- ists in that subject. Algebra and geometry, whether plane or solid, are as unfamiliar as the Laws of Planu. The state of good manners, which are the instinctive mark of good. breeding and sound discipline, may be observed and estimat- ed in any public place. The extensive and intensive study of natural science, now carried on over more than a full generation, has made no impression whatever upon the pub- lic mind. That mind continues to come. to its conclusions. and to formulate its choices with serene unconcern as to whether any such thing as scientific method •exists. Views as to all sorts of things have displaced accurate knowledge• of fundamental things. If these be thought hard words, let him who so thinks look about him." Critics, as a rule, are inclined to make their denunciations more sweeping than their commendations. The above criti- cisms form no exception to this rule.. Nevertheless, they w 157 seem to contain enough truth to illustrate the fact that more intensive efforts, by far more highly 1 trained workers, is necessary in the educational field, together with a more acute appreciation on the part of the community that the proper mental, moral and religious education of youth is one of the hardest and most complex tasks in the world. G. H. GALGER o 158 Barnstable Schools, 1924 Financial Report of the Secretary Expenditures Schools Teachers Janitors Totals ,3. Barnstable Grammar $1,610 00 Intermediate 1,356 36 Primary, III and IV 1,400 80 Primary, I and II 1,395 8 $421 00 $6,184 56 6. West Barnstable Grammar 1,610 60 Intermediate 1,423 16 Primary 1,395 80 503 00 4,937 56 '10. Santuit 1,141 51 214 00 1,355 51 11. Cotuit Grammar 1,617 44 Intermediate 1,362 86 Primary 1,220 50 535 00 4,735 80 Elizabeth Lowell High 1,712 00 Assistant 1,391 00 Assistant 480 00 317 50 3,900 50 12. Marstons Mills 1,449 46 Primary 1,448 46 481 50 3,379 42 13. Osterville Grammar 1,650 19 Intermediate 1,395 80 III and IV 1,372 90 I and Il 1,395 801,066 80 6,836 49 *17. Training School VIII and IX 1,634 69 VI and VII 1,395 80 V and VI 1,356 36 IV and III 1,395 80 II 1,395 80 I 1,395 80 805 00 9,379 16 -19. Iyanough School VI and V 1,477 23 ` III and IV 1,416 01 I and II 513 14 468 00 3,874 38 159 Schools Teachers Janitors Totals: 18. Branstable High, Principal 2,782 00 Sub-master 2,006 00 Assistant 600 00 Commercial Instructor 1,498 00 Assistant 1,498 00 Assistant .1,498 00 Assistant 1,605 00 Assistant 1,451 00 " Assistant 520 00 805 00 14,263 00� 20. Centerville Grammar 1,470 78 Primary 1,356 36. 267 50 3,094 64 Supervisor of Drawing 11605 00 1,605 c0 Supervisor of Music 1,605 00 1,605 00 Physical Director 720 00 720 00 School Nurse 1,125 00 1,125 00, Cape Cod Health Bureau 1,250 00 1,250 00 Superintendent and Secretary 3,480 00 Text Books and Supplies 4,392 52 Repairs 4,594 91. Transportation 11,707 50, General 10,034 40 Total Expenditures, School Department, December 31, 1924 $102,455 35. 160 Expenditures for Test-books and Supplies, 1923-24 Allyn & Bacon $294 83 American.Book Company 193 00 Arlo Publishing Company 16 90 Atlantic Monthly Press 102 64 Babb, E. E. Co. 760 59 Baker's Department Store 18 95 Birchard, C. C. & Co. 1 49 Cambridge Botanical Supply Company 120 36 Central Scientific Company 79 10 " Desmond Publishing Company 65 00 Dowling School Supply Company 68 62 Ferren, Earle L. 4 54 Florence Mfg. Company 9 07 Ginn & Company 310 92 Goss, F. B. & F. P. 30 00 •Gregg Publishing Company 22 14 Hallett, Albert C. 55 13 Hammett, J. L. Company 160 47 .Heath,D. C. & Company 523 1-3 Houghton, Mifflin Company 180 69 •Jordan Marsh Company 72 69 Knott, L. E. Apparatus Company 98 55 .Lippincott, J. B. Co. 31 81 Little, Brown & Company 11 43 ..Macmillan Company, The 218 35 Marine Biological Laboratory 5 80 Megathlin, C. W. 46 81 Merrill, Charles E. Company 3 96 Milton Bradley Company 199 19 .National School of Method 1 00 •Office Appliance Company, The 17 18 ,Oliver Ditson Company, 7 30 161 Palmer, A. N. Company 5 87 Public School Publishing Company 3 80 Remington Typewriter Company 320 00 Sanborn, Benjamin H. &a Company 23 70 . Scribner's Charles Sons 69 56 Silver Burdett Company 48 25 Underwood Typewriter Company 160 00 White, Smith Music Company 1 50 Winston, John C. Company 28 20 Total $4,392 52 EXPENDITURES FOR TRANSPORTATION, 1924. I. H. Ellis $550 00 E. L. Harris 2,640 00 Leonard & Ames, Inc. 3,300 00 L. G. Jones 2,660 00 B. H. Savery 1,520 00 Alexander Nickerson 1,037 50 Total expended, $1.1.,707 50 SUMMARY OF EXPENDITURES, 1924 Elementary teachers, supervisors and superintendent, $45,700.72; high school teachers, $17,041.00; janitors, $5,889.30; repairs, $4,594.91. text books and supplies, $4,392.52; transportation, $11,707.50; health service, $3,- 121.75, athletics, $785.22; school census, $62.00; transporta- tion visiting schools, clerical aid, and expenses securing teachers, $372.67; Barnstable High School clerk, $300.00; electric,'water and telephone service, $860.17; graduation expenses and small items, $124.41; fuel, $7,497.18; the last B-6 162 eight items being classed under"General." Under the term "Health service" are included the salaries of the Physical Director, School Nurse, School Physician and the costs of minor supplies. The payments for the above items include carry-over payments as follows: Elementary teachers, $3,348.70; high school teachers, 1,001.00 janitors, $342.30; transportation, $1,062.50; text books and supplies, $103.37; repairs, $1,004.- 93; general, $1,006.63. The total carry-over payments in all departments amounted to $7,869,43. Total expenditures, $102,455.35. Total available appropriations, 1924: Appropriated at Town Dleeting $1.05,000 00 Dog Tax 771 55 Cobb Fund 404 32 Telephone and book credits . 50 15 $106,226 02 Total expenditures, 102,455 35 Unexpended balance, $3,770 67 Net Taxation Cost of the School Department, 1924 Expenditures on account of schools $102,455 35 Receipts on account of schools: Return of income tax $7,000 00 Cobb Fund, income 404 32 Tuition State Wards 655 46 Other tuition 80 00 Sale of health supplies 17 89 Sale of desk 5 00 Telephone calls 1 60 Damage to property 1 20 $8,165 47 Net taxation cost, based on receipts and expenditures $94,289 88 V 163 Suggested Budget for 1925 The school budget for 1925 as presented to the Finance Committee calls for a marked increase over that of 1924. The larger part of this increase is due to the annual sal- aries to be paid additional teachers employed in the fall term of 1924. These include three additional high school teachers, with salaries of $1,240, $1,340, and $1,500 respec- tively, one additional grade teacher $1,240; schedule in. - creases of $40 each for six teachers, amounting to $240; salary of the Physical Director, $1,800; School Board clerk, $960; Barnstable High school clerk, $750. The total in- crease for transportation is $1,600 including a retroactive payment of $400. Expenditures for power, light and water will considerably exceed those of 1924, due largely to the new high school; $800 is allowed for athletics and $1,250 for the Cape Cod Health Bureau. The budget as presented calls for the following: Salaries of teachers, supervisors and all other salaried employees except janitors, $68,062 00; salaries of janitors, $6,230 00; transportation, $11,875 00; text books and sup- plies, $4,ii 00 00; repairs, $7,300 00, fuel, $7,500 00; public -utilities, $1,275 00; Cape Cod Health Bureau, $1,250 00; :school athletics, $800 00; school census, $84 00; tranporta- tion visiting schools, securing teachers, etc., $400 00; mis- cellaneous minor expenses, $100 00; a total of $1.09,576 00. This does not include the upkeep of the auto used by the school nurse; this upkeep has been paid heretofore by the Selectmen, but will in the future be paid by the School Department, estimated annual cost $275 00. The esti• mate also does not include the cost of removing and relo- cating the old high school building. Since an income of about $1,000 00 is probable from the dog tag and the Cobb Fund, the total asked for could be reduced by that amount. 164 Financial Comparisons In the Comparative Tables following, the term "Group III Towns" refers to Massachusetts towns of less than 5,000 population and maintaining High Schools; there are 13 such towns in Barnstable County, and 117 in the State. The purpose of publishing these tables is to offer a reason- able basis of comparison in the matter of our own school expenditures. With few exceptions, caused by a wide va- riation in local conditions, the towns spending the most per pupil excel in the long run in the duality of their schools, especially where a large proportion of the total expendi- ture is due to salaries paid teachers. ' In Barnstable, owing to our many small and widely scattered school buildings, transportation., fuel and repair costs form an unusually large proportion of our total school exenditur.es, resulting in a correspondingly smaller 'proportion paid for salaries.. Since the schools must provide for practically the total number enrolled and the costs per pupil in the State re- ports are reckoned on the average membership, which i,i. always less than the total enrollment, the costs as published, if reduced by about 5 per cent, . would represent more nearly the actual costs per pupil. 165 Comparative Table I., Barnstable County, Group III Towns, Valuation, 1923-24 Valuation County Rank. Falmouth $12,084,761 00 1 Barnstable 11,987,670 00 2, Wareham 9,214,760 00 3, Bourne 7,121,515 00 4 Provineetown 3,823,421 00 5- Chatham 3,632,330 00 6 Har`vich 2,915,970 00 7 Yarmouth 2,372,825 00 8 Orleans 2,055,905 00 9. Sandwich 1,882,400 00 10, Dennis 1,749,735 00 11. Brewster 1,180,476 00 12: Wellfleet 931,659 00 13. Average $4,688,725 00 166 Comparative Table II, Barnstable County, Group III Towns Valuation, 1923, per Pupil Valuation Rank in Group III Chatham $14,948 00 10 Falmouth 14,938 00 11 Orleans 12,613 00 14 Bourne 12,278 00 16 Yarmouth 12,045 00 19 Barnstable 11,988 00 21 Brewster 10,732 00 27 Harwich 10,414 00 28 Wareham 8,454 00 34 Dennis 8,293 00 36 Sand-,vich 7,268 00 46 Wellfleet 7,112 00 47 Provincetown 4,640 00 87 Average $10,440 00 167 Comparative Table III, Barnstable County, Group III Towns Taxation Cost Per Pupil, 1923-24 Elementary and IIigh Schools Cost Rank in Group III Falmouth $110 81 5 Yarmouth 100 66 12: Orleans 99 60 15, Bourne 90 18 22 Barnstable 80 62 31 Harwich 79 22 33 Chatham 74 26 37 Brewster 71 49 42. Dennis 71 03 44': Sandwich 67 66 4& Wareham 62 35 61- Wellfleet 52 81 SL Provincetown 51 77 8o Average $77 8& 168 Comparative Table IV, Barnstable County, Group III Towns High School Cost Per Pupil 1923-24 Falmouth $232 97 Sandwich 196 82 Yarmouth 196 16 Dennis 193 60 Bourne 184 66 Barnstable 169 63 Brewster 156 47 Harwich 145 05 Orleans 136 84 Well.fleet 134 81 Wareham 128 94 Chatham 123 76 Provincet.own' 89 47 169 Comparative Table V, Barnstable County, Group III Towns Expenditures per pupil for text books and supplies 1923-24 Cost Yarmouth $6 85 Chatham 5 84 Orleans 4 99 Wellfleet 4 77 Bourne 4 65 Falmouth 4 58 I3arwich _ 4 32 Sandwich 4 23 Dennis 4 00 Wareham 3 83 Provincetown 3 58 Barnstable 3 53 Brewster 3 22 Average $4 49 170 ('Comparative Table VI, Barnstable County, Group III Towns Expenditure .for .School Support from Local Taxation Year.ending December 31, 1924, per $1,000 Valuation Provincetown $11 16 .Sandwich 9 31 :Dennis 8 57 Yarmouth 8 36 Orleans 7 90 Harwich 7 61 Wellfleet 7 44 Falmouth 7 42 Wareham 7 38 Bourne 7 35 Barnstable 6.72 Brewster 6 66 Chatham 4 97 .Average $7 76 171 Comparative Table VII, Barnstable County, Group III Towns Instruction cost per pupil ~ �'srmouth $73 11 Falmouth 65 95 Orleans 65 40, Bourne 62 73• Sandwich 58 42: Dennis 55 78- Barnstable 51 65 Chatham 51 31 Brewster 49 SG Harwich 46 32 Wellfleet 44 08 Wareham 42 30 Provincetown 33 30 Average $53 85 172 +Comparative Table VIII, Barnstable __.County Group III Towns Percentage of total expenditures paid for instruction Bourne 63 Chatham 62 Yarmouth 61 Wareham 60 Sandwich 60 Provincetown 60 Orleans 60 Dennis 59 Barnstable 58 Brewster . 57 Falmouth 55 Harwich 53 Wellfleet 52 173 Comparative Table IX, Salaries, Town of Barnstable and Massachusetts Towns r Average maximum Massachusetts salaries November 1, 1924, in seventy-four medium sized Massachusetts towns and cities. 1. Average maximum salaries of elementary teachers $1,491 00 Town of Barnstable 1,300 00 2. Average maximum salaries of women high school teachers 1,630 00 Town of Barnstable 1,400 00 3. Average maximum salaries of men high school principals 3,348 00 Town of Barnstable 2,600 00 4. Average salary of superintendents 4,134 00 Town of Barnstable 3,000 00 A study of the above tables shows that in valuation Falmouth and Barnstable lead all the other Cape towns. Valuation of both these towns has increased decidedly the past year, the present valuation of Barnstable being $13,199,450 00. In the valuation per pupil the relative rank of the towns varies from that held in the total valua- tion, Chatham standing first in the County and tenth in Group III; Barnstable sixth in the County and twenty- first in Group III. In taxation cost per pupil Falmouth ranks first in the County and fifth in Group III; Barnstable fifth in the County and thirty-first in Group III. 174 Some towns include janitors' supplies under the head- ing "Text-books and Supplies", some do not. This, how- ever, would not cause a very wide difference in the amounts: expended per pupil. Such amounts appear to differ by over 100 per cent. In many cases they differ rather- widely from year to year in the same town. The expendi- ture in Barnstable last year was considerably less than the average expenditure in the County. In the direct instruction cost per pupil, the variation_ among the towns, is considerable, showing a remarkable difference between $73 11 in Yarmouth and $33 30 in Prov- ineetown. Barnstable is the middle town in this group,, with an expenditure of $51 75. Bourne expends about sixty-three per cent of its total_ school expenditures for instruction; Wellfleet, fifty-two per cent and Barnstable fifty-eight per cent. The term "Instruction Costs" usually includes only the total of salaries paid to teachers and ,supervisors. It is often claimed that the expenditure for schooll, support from local taxation per $1,000 00 of valuation is the acid test of the willingness of a town to make financial sacrifices for its schools. Such a claim should. be qualified, however, by the fact that a. town of high val- uation might expend a relatively small sum per pupil under this head, and still do its full duty by the schools. The rank of Barnstable in this regard is eleventh in the County and one hundred-fifth in the Group III Towns.. In this group, Monson ranks first with an expenditure of $16 49. Nantucket, one hundred-seventeenth, with an ex-- penditure of $4 37. s 175 Experience has shown, that, with certain exceptions due to local conditions, the towns which in a series of years expend the largest amounts per pupil for their schools show the best school results. Assuming this to be true, Table .IV perhaps presents the most interesting and significant extremes, and should certainly produce thought; and possibly later, action, by those who believe in equali- zation of opportunities. Respectfully submitted, G. H. GALGER. Report of the s Principal of the Barnstable High School Mr. G. H. Galger, Supt. of Schools. Dear Sir: Barnstable High School Statistics Number enrolled in Barnstable High School Froin Hyannis 100 Osterville 43 Barnstable 18 West Barnstable 20 Centerville 20 Cummaquid v Hyannisport 2 Marstons Mills 1 West Hyannisport 1 West Harwich 3 West Yarmouth 2 South Hyannis 1 Bass River 1 Total 217 177 Number.of Pupils Taking Designated Studies Fall Term, 1924 Subject 1 2 3 4 P.G.. Algebra 98 21 7 2 Plane Geometry 10 15, Solid Geometry .......................................... 4 Trigonometry .......-•-------------- ..._................ 4 Biology ........................................................ 34 Physics .............................................................. 29 Chemistry ......................................................... 56 English 98 29 56 29 a Latin ........................................................... ... . 29 6 14 6 French ------------------------------------- ------------------------- 23 52 17 1. History .................................................................. 98 U. S. History and Civics .................. 29 2' Commerce and Industry .................. 18 Typewriting ............•...................................... 32 16 2 Stenography -•...........................•---........----...... 32 15 2 B6okkeeping u 16 Household Arts .......................................... 29 6 Physical Training .................................... 41 7 33 10 Drawing ............................. ................... 38 9 23 10 Graduates Entering Other Institutions, 1924 Jackson College 1 Hyannis State Normal School 2 Worcester Academy 2 New Bedford Textile School 1 Massachusetts Nautical School 1 Burdett Business College 1 1 , tGraduation Exercises of the Barnstable" High School � 'FIRST BAPTIST(CIT-URICH, HYANNIS, THURSDAY, JUNE 26, 1924 .PROGRAM 'The March Greeting Frank Elmer Wirtanen .Song, "With the•Stream"' Tours Constance Boody, Lillian Burlingame Tevyaw Citizenship Through Education Dorothy Evelyn Cahoon School Athletics William Douglas Patrick Murphy Piano Duet, "Carnival of Roses" Sartoris Marjorie Brown Ryder, Frances Elmer Williams .Sacred Obligations Daniel Webster Francis William Charles Bernard Development of Free Schools in Massachusetts Nellie Lillian Malchman Class Song, "With Song and Garlands" Heartz `Class of 1924 Presentation:of Diplomas Representative :Edward C. Hinckley Song, "When :the Roses Bloom Again" Adams School America 179 MEMBERS OF' THE GRADUATING CLASS Francis William Charles Bernard Constance Boody Dorothy Evelyn Cahoon Horace Earle Cobb, Grace Parker Crocker Benjamin Thomas Ferguson Siiri Hakkarainen Delton Crosby Hall Herbert Joseph Jason Gilbert Shaw Jenkins, Jr. Mary Elinor Krook William Sutton Percival Lovejoy, Jr. Nellie Lillian Malchma.n Hilda Coty Mores William Dotiglas Patrick Murphy Bertil August Ryberg . Marjorie Brown Ryder Cora Marion Stevens Lillian Burlingame Tevyaw Anthony Gonsalves White, Jr. Frances Elmer Williams Kenneth Eldredge Wilson Frank Elmer Wirtanen Class Motto y Possunt, Quia Posse Videntur Respectfully submitted, L. M. BOODY. '.Report of the Principal of the Elizabeth Lowell High School COTUIT, MASS. January 24, 1925. Mr. G. H. Galger, Superintendent,of Schools. Dear Sir: I submit herewith my third annual report. From the accompanying figures it will be observed that the total enrollment at the Elizabeth Lowell High .School this yeas is fifty students, which is over twice the enrollment of last;y._ear. A large amount of the increase in numbers is due to the change which was made this fall in combining the eighth and ninth grades throughout the school system. Where is every reason to believe that this membership will be maintained and perhaps enlarged, due to the fact that there are but three members in the present senior class, and the probability of there being,an entering class next fall of at least ten students from the grammar schools in this part of the town. Due to the large enrollment this fall it was found necessary to secure another assistant teacher in order that - the classes be maintained efficiently. With an additional teacher it has been possible to continue the plan of giving ..each study five ti.mes,.a week with forty minute periods. 187 Last spring the boys of the school organized a base- ball team with the result that Elizabeth Lowell High School 'was represented in the Cape Cod Athletic League. Plans .are being formulated for the coining ,season, and with. practically -a veteran team in the field the prospects are good for greater success this spring. To help with this .year's expenses the Boys' Athletic Association is present- ing a three act play early in February. During the spring term of last year, Mr. L. M. Boody, Principal of Barnstable High School, and the student mem- bers of Alpha Alpha invited the boys of this school to form .a chapter of that organization. The invitation was most gratefully received and accordingly a chapter was formed during the later part of.the spring term. Under the direction of Miss Knight .a. basket ball team for the girls of the school was organized at the beginning ,of the fall term. A Girls' Athletic Association was formed, .and from the dues received for membership in that organ- ization, a basket ball and a set of rings -were purchased. The basket ball equipment has been set up .on the .athletic field in the rear of the ,school. r 182 According to Classes FirstYear ........................................................................................................................ 30 SecondYear .................................................................................................................. 13 ThirdYear ....... ......................................................... _ 4 FourthYear ................................................................................................................. 3 50 FromCotuit .........................................................................................: .................... 21 Santuit ................................................................... J MarstonsMills ........................•--..........------............................................... 10 Osterville ......................................................................................................... 3 Plains .....................•-----..............----...........---....................................................... 5 Centerville ........................................................................................_...._... 1 Mashpee ...................................................•--•---...........---------.............-----.........._ -5 50 Pupils Taking Designated Subjects 1st yr. 2nd yr. 3rd yr. 4th yr. English 30 13 4 3 French 23 10 Latin 7 3 2 1 English History 1 1 2 Physics 4 General Science 30 Biology 13 3 3 Algebra 30 12 Plane Geometry 4 Solid Geometry 3 Respectfully submitted, STEPHEN A. GRIFFIN. a ` Report of the Music Supervisor Mr. G. H. Galger, Superintendent of .Schools, Hyannis, Mass. O .Dear Sir:— Vocal music builds up refinement which expresses it- self through a human instrument. It enriches life spirit- ually and ,socially. 'lone, tune and time demand self- control, self-government and self-analysis, The "three R's" .are the bread of practical life but the "three T's" make the bread palatable. The "three T's," tone, tune and time, are the most :important factors in music. They teach how, when and what to sing. In early eyouth, these fundamentals are taught by means of rote songs. Later, they are recog- nized in reading, which involves a through knowledge of staff, clef, notes, bars, measures, keys, tempo marks, dy- namics, chromatics and the major and minor scales. Now, the ears and eyes must .co-ordinate_ They must hear what they see and see �w.hat they hear. c The aim, in school, is to raise .the ideals and standards through good music. If a true love for music has been instilled into the .children :t'hey wa!1'1 b:e able to make home 184 0 and community life richer. Music should always be useful and beautiful. " 1 Last year, our schools gave several public performances. They were charitable, health and school affairs. The grad- uation exercises were especially pleasing. After six weeks of intensive study in music, the Barn- stable High School did creditable work at'their graduation. This was due to the hearty co-operation of the principal, teachers and students, for which I thank them. I am grateful to all my associates for inaking my work so pleasant. Respectfully submitted, GLADYS FRANCIS. January 19, 1925 • Report of the Art Supervisors AG. H. Galger, Superintendent of Schools, Town of Barnstable, Mass. Dear Sir: The art work in the grades and high school has con- tinued the past year with little or no change. While the character of the work has remained the same, different -problems have been introduced to meet the needs of pupils, and make the study more interesting. I have visited the schools regularly, the high schools each week and the grade schools every two weeks, except for the few times when on account of illness or severe weather, I have been prevented. At such times, teachers have received written instructions in regard to the work, or I have seen them personally out of school hours. The children in the primary and intermediate grades in connection with the work in hygiene, made sheets, illus- trated by pictures cut from the magazines, and slogans which they carefully printed. In the fifth and sixth grades in Osterville, I discovered that the pupils were studying about the beginnings of his- tory. This gave the opportunity of introducing the study of Egyptian and Greek Art. Pupils were delighted to work in color showing the great variety of borders made from straight and curved lines. This work though very 186 elementary, proved so interesting that we are planning to, continue it. These same children were studying about. the Cape Cod shores and the products of the ocean. All sorts of shells were collected and sketches were made to- y illustrate their note-books. The regular teacher and su- pervisor may be of great help to each other if they can tallr- over their problems together. ' Throughout the grades and high schools, free hand print- ing has occupied considerable time. We have done letter- ing in Old English type in the high schools. We made, alphabets, posters, and mottoes. We have printed ex- tracts from poems and illustrated them. The results were very encouraging and seemed to make pupils more careful. in other work. In the Cotuit school some classes illus-- trated with original silhouette designs a calendar for each.. school month. They also made some very interesting; Safety Posters. Christmas time seems to be the time for constructing- and decorating articles which can be taken home and used'. as gifts. We have not materials for this work provided. by the town, but the teachers have no difficulty in collect- ing enough money to buy whatever is needed. Problems. of this kind worked out in the school have been an incen- tive for similar work at home. In the Elizabeth Lowell High School, the freshman. class numbered twenty-five this year. The membership last fall was so large that it became necessary to use the: desks in the drawing room, for the assembly room, and the room itself for recitations. The tablet chairs which were provided, make it very awkward to do satisfactory drawing. If the school continues to be large, I sincerely hope some- thing can be done to keep a room solely for drawing pur- poses. 187 The Barnstable High School drawing room is a very pleasant place in which to work. Much interest has been taken in this department since the change from the old to the new building. One period per week seems very little time for the art work. Students who have spare; _periods are continually asking the privilege of giving extra time if there are vacant places where they may work. There seems to be as much interest taken in mechanical .as in free hand drawing. The work in high school is en- tirely elective. We have over eighty students in our Barnstable High School classes and aboust thirty-five in the _Elizabeth Lowell High School. One of our graduates has entered the Rhode Island .School of Design, and is doing most admirable work. We have three young women graduating.in 1925 who expect to enter Massachusetts Normal Art School. On December 12, 1924, 1 had the pleasure of attending the Conference of Massachusetts Art Supervisors, called by the State Department of Education, at the Normal Art School building, Boston. An exhibition of the work of the school was held at the same time. We exhibited the regular work of the year in the several villages. The Elizabeth Lowell High School had :its exhibit in the school building in connection with the last day exercises. The Barnstable High School held its exhibition in June at the Federated church, Hyannis, with the Domestic Science exhibit and sale given by the Sigma Alpha Club ,of the school. Respectfully submitted, r MABELLE M. H. BOODY, Art Supervisor. INDEX 4 r Town Officers 3 ............................................. V Assessors' Report ......................................... 7 Treasurer's Report ........................................ 9 Receipts .............................................. 10 Summary 34 Expenditures 35 Burial Lot Funds held in trust by the Town 40 Report of the Audit ...................................... 45 Town Clerk's Report ..................................... .48 Annual Town Meeting ................................ 4S Births ................................................ 71 Marriages ............................................. 82 Deaths ......................................:......... 87 JuryList .................................................. 95 Cape Cod Health District Report .......................... 97 Board of Health Report .................................. 100 Park Commissioners' Report .............................. 104 Report of Sealer of Weights and Measures .............. 107 Tree', Warden's Report ................................... 108 Moth Department Report ................................. 110 Forest Warden's Report .................................. 112. Report of Town Forest Committee ....................... 114 Highway Department ..................................... 116 New Construction ..................................... 130, Sidewalks ............................................ 136, Snow ................................................. 139 School Committee's Report ............................... 142 Superintendent's Report .............................. 144 Statistics ............................................ 147 Financial Report of Secretary ........................ 158 Statistics, Elizabeth Lowell High School ............. 182.; Statistics, Barnstable High School .................... 176 Principal of Barnstable High School Report 176 Principal of Elizabeth Lowell High School Report ........ 180. Music Supervisor's Report ................................ 183- Art Supervisor's Report .................................. 18&