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Home My WebLink Abouttownofcohassetma1922seleCOHASSET TOWN REPORT 1922 PAUL PRATT MEMORIAL LIBRARY,COHASSET,MA 3 1632 00110 9399 FINANCE COMMITTEE TOWN OF COHASSET February 28,1922. To the Citizens of Cohasset: Your Committee has given consideration to all articles in the 1922 Town Warrant which ask for the appropriation of money. It is our earnest hope that only necessary appropriations will be made.The 1921 tax rate was very high and we must keep in mind the probability that less will be received by the town this year than last from the tax on personal property as the proceeds of this tax are now distributed by the State. We quote again the State Lav/passed in 1920,Chapter 591,Sec.7. "Departmental Receipts Sec.7 —All moneys received by any town officer or department, except as otherwise provided by special acts and except fees provided for by statute,shall be paid by such officer or department upon their receipt into the town treasury.Any sums so paid into the town treas- ury shall not later be used by such officer or department without a spedific appropriation thereof." The Assessors of the town will take probable receipts into considera- tion in determining the amount to be raised by taxes. REPORT ON ARTICLES Article 5. Appropriated Expended 1921 1921 Asked for Recom'd 1922 1922 Town Officers $7,000.00 $7,081.47 $7,800.00 $7,800.00 Not including Collec- tor of Taxes. ARCHIVES 352 COH 1922 Annual Report of the Boarc of Selectman of the Town ( CO Unpaid bills of 1921,$523.89 to be paid from this appropriation.In- crease in Salary of Town Accountant $300.00,making said Salary $1,500, is advised and is taken into consideration in the recommendation. ADTTr-Ttrfi Appropriated Expended Asked for Recom'dARTICLEb.j^2i 1921 1922 1922 Law —Legal Counsel $500.00 $516.85 $650.00 $650.00 Unpaid bill of $150.00 to be paid in this appropriation. ADTtr^TTT?Appropriated Expended Asked for Recom'd/\Kin^i.ii.i.j^2i 1921 1922 1922 Engineering,Maintenance.100.00 $55.00 $100.00 $100.00 A o-rrr^T t7 Q Appropriated Expended Asked for Recom'dARTICLEO.I^2j j^2i 1922 1922 Tax Survey,Outlay $1,000.00 $1,000.00 $1,000.00 $1,000.00 Ar.TTrTT7Q Appropriated Expended Asked for Recom'd /iKin^i^h.y.j^2i 1921 1922 1922 Town Hall $3,450.00 $3,937.19 $4,785.00 $4,785.00 Received a/c Fire 460.00 1,604.04 Receipts Total $3,910.00 $2,333.15 (Net) Unpaid bills of 1921,$130.08 to be paid in this appropriation.Neces- sary repairs estimated at $400.00.Painting,$980.00,also included in ap- propriation recommended A ipj Appropriated Expended Asked for Recom'd /iRTICLli iU.ig2i 192 1 1922 1922 Printing $1,500.00 $1,626.40 $1,500.00 $1,500.00 * Appropriated Expended Asked for Recom'd Water tor Hydrants and 192 1 192 1 1922 1922 Public Buildings $7,800.00 $7,779.25 $7,800.00 $7,800 »^o -Appropriated Expended Asked for Recom'dARTICLEiJ.jg2i 192 1 1922 1922 Police Department $7,500.00 $8,840.08 $9,000.00 $9,000.00 The increase in this appropriation is recommended as it is apparent that there is need of providing additional protection during the summer months. - ^q Appropriated Expended Asked for Recom'dARTICLElo.IQ2I 1921 1922 1922 Fire Department $7,000.00 $7,803.06 $9,331.19 $9,331.19 Unpaid bills of 1921 —$1,198.15 —to be paid from this appropria- tion.In 1921,the Fire Alarm System required an expense not anticipated as the lines passing through trees,etc.,had become imbedded,causing unusual repairs.The present Switch Board is inadequate to control the Signal System and is to be replaced by a Switch Board which will be ade- quate,at an expense of $800.00.1 ,000 feet of double jacketted hose is also necessary as required by the New England Insurance Exchange. Article 14. Forest Fires Appropriated Expended Asked for Recom'd 1921 1921 1922 1922 $700.00 $729.63 $1,200.00 $1,200.00 Unpaid bill 1921 —$41.30 —to be paid from this appropriation.The increase in this appropriation is to provide a new Truck Chassis for the present apparatus. \T>^jrrT,-l^Appropriated Expended Jr\KiiL,Lt.10.j^2I 192I Moth Supression $12,000.00 $11,545.95 Receipts 7,556.16 Asked for Recom'd 1922 1922 $9,500.00 $9,500.00 (Net)$3,989.79 $2,674.26 of this Appropriation for 1922 is fixed by State Law. Article 16. Appropriated Expended Tree Warden $1,000.00 $1,000.00 Article 17. Inspection of Wires Article 18. Sealer of Weights and Measures Appropriated Expended 1921 1921 $500.00 $500.00 Receipts 162.75 (Net)337.25 Article 19. Appropriated 1921 $250.00 Appropriated 192 1 Expended 192 1 $251.99 Expended 192 1 Board of Health $2,399.45 $2,254.46 Article 20. Board of Health Dental Dispensary Appropriated Expended 1921 1921 $1,155.58 $1,115.97 Article 21. Board of Health,Appropriated Expended Tuberculosis Hospital 192 1 192 1 at Braintree $2,752.71 $2,752.71 Asked for 1922 $1,500.00 Asked for 1922 $500.00 Asked for 1922 $250.00 Asked for 1922 $2,355.00 Asked for 1922 $1,000.00 Asked for 1922 $3,303.26 This appropriation is for a county charge fixed by law. Article 22. Straits Pond,Cat Dam and James Brook Article 23. Inspection of Animals Appropriated Expended Asked for 1921 1921 1922 $1,000.00 $1,017.55 $1,000.00 Appropriated Expended Asked for 1921 1921 1922 $125.00 $125.00 $125.00 Recom'd 1922 $1,500.00 Recom'd 1922 $500.00 Recom'd 1922 $250.00 Recom'd 1922 $2,355.00 Recom'd 1922 $1,000.00 Recom'd 1922 $3,303.26 Recom'd 1922 $1,000.00 Recom'd 1922 $125.00 Article 24. ^Appropriated Expended Asked for Recom Highways,including Oil-192 1 192 1 1922 1922'd ing of Streets $31,339.85 $31,334.89 $31,860.88 $31,860.88 This appropriation includes $583.98 unpaid bill of 1921 —and $581.90 for Oil,etc.,contracted for in 1921.Also for new construction on Sohier Street (one quarter of a mile). Article 25 Removing Snow and Sanding Streets Article 26 Electric Street Lights Article 27 Fore River Bridge Article 28 Harbor Maintenance Appropriated Expended Asked for Recom'd 1921 1921 1922 1922 $4,500.00 $4,577.45 $4,500.00 $4,500.00 Appropriated Expended Asked for Recom'd 192 1 192 1 1922 1922 $7,412.40 $7,430.06 $7,484.40 $7,484.40 Appropriated Expended Asked for Recom'd 1921 1921 1922 1922 $600.00 $420.00 $600.00 $600.00 Appropriated Expended Asked for Recom'd 1921 1921 1922 1922 $600.00 $594.07 $600.00 $600.00 Article 29. Charities —Cohasset Home,Outside Poor Appropriated Expended and General Admin-192 1 1921 istration $13,400.00 $12,934.84 $15,100.00$15,100.00 Receipts 2,946.70 Asked for 1922 Recom'd 1922 (Net)$9,988.14 The additional amount asked for includes $400.00 toward salary of District Nurse and the balance for necessary repairs on the Home and Stable,also painting. Article 60.Appropriated Expended Asked for Recom'd Soldiers'and Sailors'Re-1921 1921 1922 1922 lief $1,500.00 $1,054.16 $1,500.00 $1,500.00 Article 31. State and Military Aid. Appropriated Expended Asked for Recom'd 192 1 192 1 1922 1922 $250.00 $648.00 $650.00 $650.00 Article 32. Education,including Transportation of Appropriated Expended Scholars and School 192 1 192 1 Asked for 1922 Recom'd 1922 Lunch $59,513.00 $59,431.19 $59,875.00 $59,875.00 Unpaid bill of 1921 —$194.09 —to be paid from this Appropriation. The increase in this appropriation contemplates —$1,500.00 for tuition of Cohasset pupils in Trade School,one half of which will be returned by the State —$1,000.00 is included for additional windows in Osgood School to give necessary light.In 1921 the Town received from the State for School Fund,$4,185.00.It is reasonable to expect approximately the same amount this year. *r»^Appropriated Expended Asked for Recom'dARTICLEoo.1^21 192 1 1922 1922 Libraries $2,750.00 $2,750.00 $2,750.00 $2,750.00 Article o4.Appropriated Expended Asked for Recom'd Parks,Town Commons,1921 1921 1922 1922 General $1,100.00 $1,830.24 $1,200.00 $1,200.00 AT^T^.r^TTT Qt^Expended Asked for Recom'd rvKiiui^ii 00.jg2i 1922 1922 Parks —Wheelwright $894.57 $690.00 $690.00 ^o£>Appropriated Expended Asked for Recom'dARTICLEOD.j^2i 192 1 1922 1922 Memorial Day $500.00 $500.00 $500.00 $500.00 »r»«Appropriated Expended Asked for Recom'dARTICLEo/.1^21 1921 1922 1922 Incidentals $3,540.96 $3,858.29 $3,000.00 $3,000.00 «^g Appropriated Expended Asked for Recom'dARTICLE00.jg2i 1921 1922 1922 Cemeteries $450.00 $441.76 $450.00 $450.00 *^Q Appropriated Expended Asked for Recom'dARTICLEoy.ig2i 1921 1922 1922 Interest $6,869.64 $6,382.76 $6,000.00 $6,000.00 Article 4U.Appropriated Expended Asked for Recom'd North Cohasset Post 1921 1921 1922 1922 Ofhce Building $100.00 $5.00 $100.00 $100.00 Article No.48 asks for a special appropriation which should be con- sidered in connection with this article. Appropriated Expended Asked for Recom'd Article 41.192 1 192 1 1922 1922 Guild and $50.00 American Legion Hall 13,635.00 $13,685.00 $13,686.00 $30.00 $30.00 Avf r 4.9 Appropriated Expended Asked for Recom'dARTICLE4^.jg2i 1921 1922 1922 Bonded Debt $9,000.00 $9,000.00 $9,000.00 $9,000.00 Article 46. Street Drainage —Asked for South Main and Sum-1922 mer Streets $1,600.00 Hartley L.White has prepared plans under this article,and was to have appeared before this Committee but was unable to do so on account of severe illness in his family.We can therefore make no recommendation. Mr.White will be prepared to present the plans at the Town Meeting. Aricle 48. Hose 3 and North Co-Asked for Recom'd hasset Post Oflfice,1922 1922 Building $350.00 $275.00 If the $100.00 appropriation asked for in Article No.40 is made,this appropriation should be reduced by that amount.Mr.S.L.Beal,who appeared for this appropriation,states the necessary work can be done for $275.00. Article 49.Asked for Recom'd Sprinkler System Os-1922 1922 good School $2,000.00 $2,000.00 We recommend this appropriation for the safety of the scholars and protection of the building.With this installation the insurance rate will be materially reduced. Articles 51,52,53,54,55 and 56. None of the petitioners asking for appropriations under these articles appeared before the Finance Committee.We are therefore unable to make any report or recommendations. Respectfully submitted, Finance Committee Town of Cohasset : — Cornelius Keefe,Chairman William H.McGaw John A.Lawrence Edwin W.Bates Edwin T.Otis Edward F.Willicutt Charles W.Gammons,Secretary One Hundred and Fifty-Third Annual Report of the BOARD OF SELECTMEN OF XHE FINANCIAL AFFAIRS OF THE TOWN OF COHASSET AND THE REPORT OF OTHER TOWN OFFICERS FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31 1922 IHE BOUNDBROOK PRESS 1923 TOWN OFFICERS,1922-1923 Elected by ballot Town Clerk HARRY F.TILDEN ..Term expires,March 1923 Selectmen and Assessors HARRY E.MAPES ...Term expires March,1925 HERBERT L.BROWN ..Term expires March,1924 WILLIAM O.SOUTHER,JR.Term expires March,1923 Overseers of the Poor HARRY E.MAPES ...Term expires March,1925 HERBERT L.BROW^N ..Term expires March,1924 DARIUS W.GILBERT ..Term expires March,1923 Treasurer and Collector of Taxes HARRY F.TILDEN Highway Surveyor GEORGE JASON Constables FRANK J.ANTOINE THOMAS L.BATES JOHN P.ANTOINE SIDNEY L.BEAL JOHN T.KEATING Finance Committee CHARLES W.GAMMONS CORNELIUS KEEFE EDWARD F.WILLCUTT EDWIN W.BATES . WILLIAM H.McGAW . JOHN A.LAWRENCE . EDWIN T.OTIS Term expires March,1924 Term expires March,1924 Term expires March,1924 Term expires March,1923 Term expires March,1923 Term expires March,1925 Term expires March,1925 Tree Warden GEORGE YOUNG ANSELM L.BEAL . FRED V.STANLEY MANUEL A.GRASSIE WALTER SHUEBRUK . DEAN K.JAMES . EVERETT W.GAMMONS School Committee Term expires March, Term expires March, 1923 1923 Term expires March,1924 Term expires March,1924 Term expires March,1925 Term expires March,1925 Board of Health IRVING F.SYLVESTER .Term expires March,1923 EDWARD L.HIGGINS ..Term expires March,1924 ADOLPHUS J.LANDRY .Term expires March,1925 Trustees of EDITH M.BATES . MARTHA P.HOWE OLIVER H.HOWE . FLORENCE N.BATES SARAH B.COLLIER BURGESS C.TOWER GEORGE W.COLLIER EDWARD NICHOLS EDWARD H.TOWER Public Library Term expires Term expires Term expires Term expires Term expires Term expires Term expires Term expires Term expires March,1923 March,1923 March,1923 March,1924 March,1924 March.1924 March,1925 March,1925 March.1925 5 Town Officers Appointed by Selectmen Town Accountant EDWARD L.STEVENS ..Term expires March,1923 Registrars of Voters THOMAS W.DOYLE ..Term expires May,1923 HENRY E.SWEENEY ..Term expires May,1924 THOMAS F.KANE ...Term expires May,1925 HARRY F.TILDEN,ex-officio Clerk of Board Chief of Police THOMAS L.BATES Police Officers FRANK JASON SIDNEY L.SEAL JOHN FLEMING Special Police Officers WILLIAM H.McARTHUR JOHN T.KEATING SPENCER H.STOUGHTON JAMES J.SULLIVAN,JR. ALFRED M.SILVIA THOMAS L.GRASSIE FRANK J.ANTOINE HARRY A.PATTISON THOMAS J.AYERS GEORGE JASON WILLIAM O.SOUTHER,JR.IRVING F.SYLVESTER Sealer of Weights and Measures CALEB NICHOLS Inspector of Wires LEO E.NEAGLE Field Drivers HARRY C.BATES JOHN F.SMITH SAMUEL F.JAMES ELIJAH F.LINCOLN Fence Viewers EDWIN W.BATES DANIEL N.TOWER GEORGE JASON Public Weighers and Weighers of Coal NEWCOMB B.TOWER FRANK W^WHEELWRIGHT MARY P.TOWER GERTRUDE C.LOCKE GEORGE P.TOWER WALTER C.WHEELWRIGHT JOSEPH A.VALINE EVERETT C.WHEELWRIGHT Public Weighers HERBERT L.BROWN E.HAROLD BROWN THOMAS P.AYERS Auctioners GEORGE F.SARGENT,JR.AUGUST F.B.PETERSEN THOMAS L.BATES WILLIAM 0.SOUTHER,JR. HARRY F."riLDEN Measurers of Wood and Bark FRANKLIN BEAL ARTHUR O.HIGGINS ELMER E.BATES EDWIN W.BATES Surveyors of Lumber JOSEPH A.VALINE ARTHUR O.HIGGINS Harbor Master JOHN W.BRENNOCK Assistant Harbor Master MANUEL P.VALINE Burial Agent THOMAS L.BATES Pound Keeper HENRY R.NICKERSON Town Physician DR.EDWARD H.SCHOTT Fire Engineers FRED C.BLOSSOM SIDNEY L.BEAL FRANK F.MARTIN,JR.GEORGE F.SARGENT,JR. ABRAHAM J.ANTOINE Forest Warden WILLIAM J.BRENNOCK Inspector of Animals DARIUS W.GILBERT,V.S. Superintendent of Moth Work GEORGE YOUNG Appointments by Board of Health Inspector of Milk and Vinegar IRVING F.SYLVESTER Inspector of Slaughtering DARIUS W.GILBERT,V.S. REPORT OF TOWN CLERK TOWN RECORDS Election of Town Officers,March 6,1922 At the annual town election held on March 6,1922 the following vote was cast. Total number of ballots cast were 1,255,as follows: Treasurer Harry F.Tilden 997 Blanks 258 Collector of Taxes Paul J.Bates 570 Harry F.Tilden 648 Abe Enos 1 Blanks 36 Selectman for three years Harry E.Mapes 630 Eugene Nichols Tower 609 Blanks 16 Assessor for three years Harry E.Mapes 630 Eugene Nichols Tower 602 Blanks 23 Overseer of the Poor for three years Harry E.Mapes 622 Eugene Nichols Tower 606 Blanks 27 10 Highway Surveyor George Jason 642 Frank W.Wheelwright 587 Blanks 26 Five Constables Frank J.Antoine 659 John P.Antoine 523 Royal A.Bates 505 Thomas L.Bates 818 Sidney L.Beal 653 John T.Keating 707 Stephen H.Rooney 363 Scattering 3 Blanks 2,044 Tree Warden Joseph E.Grassie ,601 George Young 610 Blanks 44 Two Members of School Committee for three years Everett W.Gammons 917 Dean K.James 735 William S.Sidney 260 Scattering 3 Blanks 595 One Member of Board of Health for three years Adolphus J.Landry 553 Abraham S.Enos 403 Blanks 299 Two Members of Finance Committee for three years John A.Lawrence 829 Edwin T.Otis 763 Abraham S.Enos 1 Blanks -.917 11 Three Trustees of Coh asset Free Public Library for three years George W.Collier 759 Edward Nichols 767 Edward H.Tower 750 Charles Jason 1 Blanks 1,488 Shall the Town vote to have its Selectmen appoint a Superintendent of Streets Yes 574 No 465 Blanks 216 Shall Licenses be granted for the sale of certain non-intoxicating beverages in this Town Yes 444 No 533 Blanks 578 Voted:That this meeting be adjourned until March 11, 1922 at 2 o'clock p.m. Cohasset,March 11,1922. At a legal meeting of the inhabitants of the Town of Cohasset held this day the following action was taken: Article 3.To choose all Town Officers not required to be elected by ballot. Voted:That they be appointed by the Selectmen. Article 4.To act upon the reports of the Town Clerk, Town Accountant,Selectmen,Assessors,Overseers of the Poor, Collector and Treasurer,Treasurer of the Public Library, Directors of the Paul Pratt Memorial Library,Tree Warden, Highway Surveyor,Board of Health,Board of Fire Engineers, Sealer of Weights and Measures,Inspector of Wires and School Committee. Voted:That all of the above reports be accepted. 12 Voted:That the following sums of money be raised and appropriated : Article 5.Town Officers $7,800.00 •Article 6.Law —legal counsel 650.00 Article 7.Engineering,maintenance 100.00 Article 8.Engineering,outlay,tax survey 1,000.00 Article 9.Town Hall 4,785.00 Article 10.Printing 1,500.00 Article 11.Water for hydrants and public buildings 7,800.00 Article 12.PoHce Department 9,000.00 Article 13.Fire Department 9,331.19 Article 14.Forest Fires 1,200.00 Article 15.Moth suppression 9,500.00 Article 16.Tree Warden 1,500.00 Article 17.Inspection of wires 500.00 Article 18.Sealer of Weights and Measures 250.00 Article 19.Board of Health,general 2,355.00 Article 20.Board of Health,Dental Dispensary...1,000.00 Article 21.Board of Health,Tuberculosis Hospital, Braintree 3,303.26 Article 22.Straits Pond,Cat Dam and James Brook 1,000.00 Article 23.Inspection of Animals 125.00 Article 24.Highways,including oiling streets 32,160.88 Article 25.Removing snow and sanding streets ....4,500.00 Article 26.Electric street Hghts 7,484.40 Article 27.Fore River Bridge 600.00 Article 28.Harbor maintenance 600.00 Article 29.Charities —Cohasset Home,outside poor and general administration 15,100.00 Article 30.Soldiers'and sailors'relief 1,500.00 Article 31.State and Military aid 650.00 Article 32.Education 59,875.00 Article 33.Libraries 2,750.00 Article 34.Parks,town commons,general 1,200.00 Article 35.Parks,Wheelwright 690.00 Article 36.Memorial Day 500.00 Article 37.Incidentals 3,000.00 Article 38.Cemeteries 450.00 13 Article 39.Interest $6,000.00 Article 40.North Cohasset Post Office building ...100.00 Article 41.Guild and American Legion Hall 30.00 Article 42.Bonded debt 9,000.00 Article 43.Will the Town authorize the Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen to hire what money may be needed in anticipation of taxes of the current year,to be paid as soon as money sufficient for the purpose is received? Voted:That the Town Treasurer,with the approval of the Selectmen,be and hereby is authorized to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1,1923,and to issue a note or notes therefor payable within one year,any debt or debts incurred under this vote to be paid from the revenue of said financial year. Article 44.What compensation will the Town allow the Collector of Taxes for the current year? Voted:That the compensation of the Collector of Taxes for the current year be $800. Article 45.To hear the report of any committee hereto- fore chosen or appointed and act thereon. No report. Article 46.Herbert A.Tilden and others:Will the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $1,600 to install a system of street drainage at the junction of South Main and Summer streets,according to plans of Hartley L.White,C.E., prepared for the Selectmen? Voted:That the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $1,600 to install a system of street drainage at junction of South Main and Summer streets,according to plans furnished by the Selectmen work to be done under direction of the Selectmen. Article 47.Michael J.Sullivan and others:Will the Town place the tract of public land at present used as a dump, situated on the north side of Spring Street,and extending from South Main Street,at the fountain to the railroad tracks,in the hands of a committee of five citizens for the purpose of 14 beautifying and improving,without expense to the Town; said committee to be selected by the Selectmen and to remain in office until their resignation or until removed by unanimous vote of the Selectmen,or act on anything relating thereto? Voted:That the Selectmen be instructed to place the tract of land specified in Article 47 in the hands of a com- mittee of five citizens for improvement without expense to the Town,said improvements to be executed to the satisfac- tion of the Selectmen,the committee to hold office as specified in the article. Com.mittee appointed was Herbert A.Tilden,Edward M. Gilmore,Michael J.Sullivan,George Jason and Henry L. McMahon. Article 48.Florence L.Harvey and others:Will the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $350 to repair the Hose 3 .and North Cohasset Post Office building —painting,etc.? Voted:That the sum of S275 be raised and appropriated for the above purpose. Article 49.Fred V.Stanley and others:Will the Town raise and appropriate the sum of two thousand ($2,000)dollars to extend and complete the sprinkler system in the Osgood schoolhouse ? Voted:That $2,500 be raised and appropriated for above purpose. Article 50.W\\\the Town vote to revoke its acceptance of the provisions of the Civil Ser\ace laws applicable to its Police Department? Voted in the affirmative by unamious vote. Article 51.John H.Winters and others:Will the Town authorize the installation of a fire hydrant on the Jerusalem Road opposite and in front of the properties of Mary Baker and Henry Dobbins,or act on anything relating thereto? Voted in the affirmative. Artilce 52.Francis M.Roche and others:Will the Town install and maintain a 250 c.p.electric light on the corner of the Cove Park at the junction of Elm and ]\Iargin streets and raise and appropriate $61.20 for its maintenance in 1922,or act on anything in relation thereto? Voted in the affirmative. 15 Article 53.John J.Brown and others:Will the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $36 for the purpose of plac- ing two electric lights on the private way leading from North Main Street to the residence of Mrs.A/[ary Powers? Voted in the affirmative. Article 54.Edward L.Stevens and others:Will the Town install and maintain two electric lights on the way leading from the north side of Elm Street to the property of the Stoddard estate and to the residences of N.P.Dodge and Edward L.Stevens,and raise and appropriate $36 for their maintenance in 1922? Voted in the affirmative. Article 55.J.M.Millar and others:Will the Town install and maintain an electric light on right of way of John W.Hunt,Jerusalem Road,to be located near the intersection of L.Q.White estate and John W.Hunt on land of said Hunt, and raise and appropriate $18 for its maintenance in 1922? Voted in the affirmative. Article 56.Thomas F.Kane and others:Will the Town cause to be installed a three-w^ay hydrant on the James Lane about fifty feet off South Main Street,or on South Main Street in that locality,and appropriate a sufficient sum of money for the same? Voted:That the sum of $565 be raised and appropriated for above purpose. Voted:That we adjourn. Cohasset,September 12,1922. At the State Primary held today,the following vote was cast: REPUBLICAN PARTY Governor J.Weston Allen 142 Channing H.Cox 504 Blanks 96 16 Lieuten ant-Govern or Alvan T.Fuller 405 Joseph E.Warner 187 Blanks 150 Secretary Frederic W.Cook 489 Blanks 253 Treasurer Fred J.Burrell 151 James Jackson 388 Blanks 203 Auditor J.Arthur Baker 228 Alonzo B.Cook 291 Blanks 223 A ttorn ey-Gen eral Jay R.Benton ,292 John D.W.Bodfish -25 James F.Cavanagh 28 S.Howard Donnell 12 George P.Drury 28 Harold D.Wilson 132 Blanks 225 Senator in Congress Henry Cabot Lodge 467 Joseph Walker 142 Blanks 133 Congressman Sixteenth District Elmer L.Briggs 156 John I.Bryant 30 Charies L.Gifford 221 Harold Winslow 99 Blanks 236 17 Councillor —First District Ward M.Parker 132 Elwin T.Wright 319 Blanks 291 Senator Norfolk and Plymouth District Russell T.Bates 73 Frank N.N.Coulson 3 Henry L.Kincaide 115 Walter Shuebruk 525 Blanks 26 Representative in General Court —Third Plymouth District George A.Dodge 169 William Lyman 8 John L.Mitchell 503 Blanks 62 County Commissioner —Norfolk Everett M.Bowker 342 David B.Church 99 Blanks 301 Associate Commissioners —Norfolk Scattering 10 Blanks 1,474 District Attorney —Southeastern District William F.Kane ,102 William Shaw McCallum *27 Harold P.WiUiams 412 Blanks 201 Clerk of Courts —Norfolk Robert B.Worthington 417 Blanks 325 18 Register of Deeds Walter W.Chambers 364 Leo P.Noonan 51 Blanks 327 County Commissioner '—Norfolk {to fill vacancy) Harrison C.Humphrey 97 Edward W.Hunt 310 Thomas Swithin 54 Blanks 281 State Committee —Norfolk and Plymouth District James T.Kirby Whitman 331 Blanks 411 Delegates to State Convention Emily B.Gleason 433 Ruth G.Mealy 505 Darius W.Gilbert 491 Harold F.Barnes 438 Blanks 1,091 Town Committee Herbert L.Brown,of Beechwood Street 459 Oliver H.Howe,of North Main Street 475 Anselm L.Beal,of Hull Street 442 Edward E.H.Souther,of Highland Avenue 475 Eugene N.Tower,of Beach Street 472 Sheldon N.Ripley,of Ripley Road 454 Walter Shuebruk,of Pond Street 485 Darius W.Gilbert,of Highland Avenue 474 Philip L.Towle,of North Main Street 448 Harold F.Barnes,of North Main Street 432 Emily B.Gleason,of Atlantic Avenue 448 Ruth G.Mealy,of Beechwood Street 473 19 Gertrude D.James,of Atlantic Avenue 439 Mary F.Mapes,of Elm vStreet 431 Mary I.Bandura,of North Street 422 Walter Kerr 1 Manuel Salvador 1 Blanks 4,359 DEMOCRATIC PARTY Governor Joseph B.Ely 1 John F.Fitzgerald 30 Eugene N.Foss 15 Peter F.Sullivan 3 Blanks 4 Lieutenant-Govern or John J.Cummings 18 John F.Doherty 14 Michael A.O'Leary 12 Blanks 9 Secretary Charles H.McGlue 29 Blanks 24 Treasurer Joseph E.Venne 30 Blanks 23 Auditor AHce E.Cram 31 Blanks 22 A ttorney-General John E.Swift 32 Blanks 11 20 Senator in Congress William A.Gaston 23 Dallas Lore Sharp 1 John Jackson Walsh 10 Sherman L.Whipple 11 Blanks 8 Congressman —Sixteenth District James P.Doran,of New Bedford 30 Blanks 23 Councillor —First District Thomas H.Buckley 30 Blanks 23 Senator —Norfolk and Plymouth District John T.Crowley 18 George E.Mansfield 17 Walter Shuebruk 2 Blanks 16 Representative in General Court —Third Plymouth District James H.Griffith 34 Blanks 19 County Commissioner —Norfolk A.M.Silvia 1 Blanks 52 Associate Commissioners Blanks 106 District Attorney —Southern District James J.L^mch 27 Blanks 26 21 Clerks of Courts —Norfolk H.E.Mapes 1 Blanks 52 Register of Deeds —Norfolk County Leo P.Noonan 22 Blanks 31 County Commissioner {to fill vacancy) Blanks 53 State Committee —Norfolk and Plymouth District Thomas H.Buckley 27 Blanks 26 Delegates to State Convention Ellery Sidney 1 Blanks.'105 Tovun Committee Henry E.Sweeney William H.Morris Edward Mulvey Joseph E.Grassie Thomas F.Kane John J.Grassie 2 Ellery Sidney 1 Blanks 363 22 Cohasset,October 24,1922. At a Special Primary Election of the Sixteenth District held this day the following vote was cast: REPUBLICAN PARTY Congressman —Sixteenth District {to fill vacancy) Lily F.Darcy 5 Charies L.Gifford 72 Blanks 1 DEMOCRATIC PARTY Charies L.Gifford Cohasset,November 7,1922. At the State Election held this day,the following vote was cast: Governor Channing H.Cox,of Boston,Republican 590 John F.Fitzgerald,of Boston,Democratic 357 Henry Hess,of Boston,Socialist Labor 1 Walter S.Hutchins,of Greenfield,SociaHst 1 John B.Lewis,of Reading,Prohibition 4 Blanks 15 Lieutenant-Governor John F.Doherty,of Boston,Democratic 277 Alvan T.Fuller,of Maiden,RepubHcan 619 Oscar Kinsalis,of Springfield,Socialist Labor Thomas Nicholson,of Methuen,Socialist 4 Blanks 68 23 Secretary Frederic W.Cook,of Somerville,Republican 624 Albert Sprague Coolidge,of Pittsfield,Socialist 31 James Hayes,of Plymouth,Socialist Labor.8 Charles H.McGlue,of Lynn,Democratic 200 Blanks 105 Treasurer James Jackson,of Westwood,Republican 623 Patrick H.Loftus,of Abington,Socialist Labor 9 Dennis F.Reagan,of Brockton,Socialist 10 Joseph E.Venne,of Leominster,Democratic 222 Blanks 104 Auditor John Aiken,of Everett,Socialist Labor 13 Alonzo B.Cook,of Boston,Republican 534 Alice E.Cram,of Boston,Democratic 282 Edith M.WilHams,of Brookline,SociaHst 13 Blanks 126 Attorney-General Joseph Bearak,of Boston,Socialist 4 Jay R.Benton,of Belmont,Repubhcan 581 David Craig,of Milford,Socialist Labor 11 John E.Swift,of Milford,Democratic 236 Blanks 136 Senator in Congress Washington Cook,of Sharon,Independent 9 William A.Gaston,of Boston,Democratic 339 Henry Cabot Lodge,of Nahant,Republican 524 John A.Nicholls,of Boston,Prohibition Progressive ...43 John Weaver Sherman,of Boston,Socialist 3 William E.Weeks,of Everett,Progressive 3 Blanks 47 24 Congressman —Sixteenth District James P.Doran,of New Bedford,Democratic 248 Charles L.Gifford,of Barnstable,Republican 603 Blanks '.117 Congressman —Sixteenth District (to fill vacancy) Charles L.Gifford,of Barnstable,Republican 643 James P.Doran 2 George Salvador 1 Blanks 322 Councillor —First District Thomas H.Buckley,of Abington,Democratic 227 Zoal Thibadeau,of Brockton,Socialist 3 Elwin T.Wright,of Rockland,RepubHcan 562 Blanks 176 Senator —Norfolk and Plymouth District John T.Crowley,of Abington,Democratic 219 Walter Shuebruk,of Cohasset,Republican 685 Blanks 64 Representative in General Court —Third Plymouth District James H.Griffith,of Hull,Democratic 167 John L.Mitchell,of Hull,RepubHcan 706 Blanks 95 County Commissioner —Norfolk County Everett M.Bowker,of Brookline,Republican 648 Blanks 320 Associate Commissioners —Norfolk County Scattering 6 Blanks 1,930 25 District Attorney —Southern District James J.Lynch,of Brookline,Democratic 210 Harold P.Williams,of Brookline,Republican 607 Blanks 151 Clerk of Courts —Norfolk County Robert B.Worthington,of Dedham,Republican 629 Blanks 339 Register of Deeds —Norfolk County Walter W.Chambers,of Dedham,Republican 575 Leo P.Noonan,of Quincy,Democratic 203 Blanks 190 County Commissioner —Norfolk County {to fill vacancy) Edward W.Hunt,of Weymouth,Republican 625 Blanks 343 Referendum Question No.1 —Amendment to Consti- tution.Shall an amendment to the Constitution relative to roll calls in the General Court on the adoption of preambles of emergency laws,which received in a joint session of the two Houses held May 27,1920,169 votes in the affirmative and 15 in the negative,and at a joint session of the two Houses held May 24,1921,received 261 votes in the affirmative and 1 in the negative,be approved? Yes 423 No 191 Blanks 354 Referendum Question No.2.Shall a law (Chapter 368 of the Acts of 1921)which provides that any voluntary association composed of five or more persons,and not subject to the first eleven sections of Chapter 182 of the General Laws,may sue or be sued in its common name,that in any suit against such 26 association sendee may be made upon certain designated officer s thereof,and that the separate property of any member thereof shall be exempt from attachment or execution in any such suit, which law was passed in the House of Representatives by a vote of 124 in the affirmative to 84 in the negative,and in the Senate by a majorit}^not recorded,and was approved by His Excellency the Governor,be approved? Yes 422 No 202 Blanks 344 Referendum Question No.3.Shall a law (Chapter 438 of Acts of 1921)which provides that it shall be unlawful for any person to exhibit or display publicly in this Commonwealth any motion picture film unless such film has been submitted to and approved by the Commissioner of Public Safety,who may,subject to the appeal given by the act,disapprove any film or part thereof which is obscene,indecent,immoral, inhimian or tends to debase or corrupt morals or incite to crime,and may,subject to the approval of the Governor and Council,make rules and regulations for the enforcement of the act,which law was passed in the House of Representatives by a majority not recorded,and in the Senate by 21 votes in the affirmative to 16 votes in the negative,and was approved by His Excellency the Governor,be approved? Yes 313 No 510 -Blanks 145 Referendum Question No.4.Shall a law (Chapter 427 of the Acts of 1922)enacted to enforce in Massachusetts the Eighteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States,which provides that except as authorized by the act, the manufacture,sale,barter,transportation,importation, exportation,delivery,furnishing or possessing of any intoxi- cating liquor,as defined in the act,shall be a criminal offence 27 and be punished in the manner prescribed by the act,which law was passed in the House of Representatives by a majority of 134 in the affirmative to 68 in the negative,and in the Senate by a majority of 28 in the affirmative to 9 in the nega- tive,and was approved by His Excellency the Governor,be approved ? Yes 413 No 412 Blanks 143 Referendum Question No.5.Shall a law (Chapter 459 of the Acts of 1922)which provides that a District Attorney shall be a member of the Bar of the Commonwealth,passed in the House of Representatives by a majority not recorded and in the Senate by a majority not recorded,and approved by His Excellency the Governor,be approved? Yes 502 No 220 Blanks 246 28 Births,Marriages and Deaths recorded at Cohasset in 1922 BIRTHS Total niimber of births was fifty-eight,of which twenty- six were males and thirty-two females;also ten that were not reported in 1921. MARRIAGES Total number of marriages was thirty-nine,of which eighteen were married in Cohasset. DEATHS Total nimiber of deaths was forty-three,and included eight who died in other towns or were brought here for burial. Of the thirty-five who died in Cohasset,eighteen were males and seventeen were females. The causes of death were as follows : Carcinoma,6;cerebral hemorrhage,5;accidental,4; pneumonia,3;myocarditis,3;disease of heart,2;premature birth,2;tuberculosis,asterio-sclerosis,bronchitis,cirrhosis, peritonitis,uraemia,gastro-enteritis,bed sores,and still bom, one each. 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(For Index,see '*Recapitulation,"page 77.Details can be seen in the office of the Town Accountant.) Town Officers Appropriation (Article 5,Annual Meeting,March 13)17,800.00 Appropriation (Article 44,Annual Meeting,March 13)800.00 $8,600.00 Receipts,by Tax Collector,sum- monses and costs $39.65 From H.E.Mapes,reim- bursement for telephone..15.00 From H.F.Tilden,reim- bursement for telephone ..5.40 $60.05 Expenditures : Selectmen,salaries $1,800.00 Selectmen,expenses 148.70 Auditor and Accountant,serv- ices 1,500.00 Expenses 18.00 Treasurer,services 700.00 Expenses 105.98 Collector,services,balance from 1921 $358.39 For 1922 800.00 1,158.39 38 Expenses $295.59 Assessors,services..1,200.00 Expenses and extra services .. . 365.56 Other finance offices and ac- counts,registration of six notes 12.00 Finance Committee,expenses ...102.50 Town Clerk,salary,1922 400.00 Town Clerk,services,balance from 1921 90.50 Town Clerk,expenses 94.44 Elections : Election officers,services 328.00 Expenses 80.00 Registration of Voters : Registrars,services 535.00 Expenses 15.00 Balance over appropriation to Incidental Account 349.66 $8,949.66 $8,949.66 Unpaid bill:Town Clerk $109.75 LAW,LEGAL COUNCIL Appropriation $650.00 Expenditures : Walter Shuebruk,balance from 1921 $150.00 For 1922 500.00 $650.00 39 ENGINEERING,MAINTENANCE Appropriation (Article 7,Annual Meeting)$100.00 Expenditures : Hartley L.White $65.92 Walter B.Foster 84.80 Balance over appropriation Incidental Account 50.72 $150.72 $150.72 ENGINEERING,TAX SURVEY,OUTLAY Appropriation (Article 8,Annual Meeting)$1,000.00 Expenditures: Hartley L.White,services ... . $1,000.00 TOWN HALL Appropriation (Article 9,includ- ing painting and repairs).. . $4,785.00 Receipts : Simeone Brothers (11 months).S540.00 Louis J.Morris,janitor,income 537.69 Reimbursement from Govern- ment on special tax 100.00 $1,177.69 Expenditures: Janitor's services,12 months. . $1,000.00 Janitor's services,extra......64.24 Janitor's supplies ^111.02 Telephone 65.79 Lighting,general $335.73 Motion Picture machine 56.64 Exit lights 28.47—420.84 40 Heating S702.38 Wiring and lamps 187.62 Erecting election booths 25.00 Piano tuning and repairs 71.00 Building maintenance : Painting (outside)H.W. Lincoln,contract $795.00 Extra 185.00 $980.00 General repairs,inside and out 544.02 Plumbing and heating repairs 96.22 Labor,general 54.00 1,674.24 • Express 15.14 ,Flag,71^by 12 feet 14.00 Insurance,on building $197.88 Liability on $1,000 5.38 203.26 Tax,special 15.00 $4,569.53 Balance to Treasury 215.47 $4,785.00 $4,785.00 Unpaid bill:Wiring $6.85 PRINTING Appropriation $1,500.00 Expenditures ; Selectmen $87.09 Tax Collector 35.28 Assessors 23.00 Elections 138.85 41 Town Reports,1,100,168 pages at $4.75 $798.00 $1,082.22 Balance to Treasury 417.78 $1,500.00 $1,500.00 WATER FOR HYDRANTS AND PUBLIC BUILDINGS Appropriation (Article 11,general maintenance)$7,800.00 Appropriation (Article 56,hy- drant,James Lane or South Main Street)565.00 $8,365.00 Hydrant on Jerusalem Road from Incidentals,Article 51. Expenditures : Cohasset Water Company : Hydrants,88 at $79.34 $6,982.50 Fire Department buildings 20.00 $7,002.50 Town Hall 35.00 Highways 125.50 Cohasset Home 42.00 Schools 45.00 $7,250.00 Less additional hydrant charged in error.May 1921,paid by Town.68.75—$7,181.25 42 Hingham Water Company : Hydrants,10 at $45 ." .$450.00 Hose No.3,water for building 11.00 Hydrant on Jerusalem Road (Article 51)45.00 $506.00 Moore &Co. : Installing hydrant,South Main Street near James Lane ....$358.27 Changing location of hydrant on Jerusalem Road 140.68 498.95 Cohasset Water Company : New service to fountain,comer Beach Street and Atlantic Avenue 24.69 $8,210.89 Balance to Treasury 154.11 $8,365.00 $8,365.00 POLICE DEPARTMENT Appropriation $9,000.00 Expenditures : Chief,services $1,825.00 Ofi&cers,services 5,231.50 $7,056.50 Expenses of Administration : Headquarters $96.51 Carfares and general 60.49 Telephones 165.89 Uniforms 15.00 Light 48.56 Heat 71.80 43 Care of prisoners (Quincy, 1920 and 1921)$13.00 Care of prisoners,lunches ..20.50 $491.75 Street signs,care of 278.42 Transportation : Automobiles,renting $84.35 Automobile,maintenance of, general 480.85 Automobile,insurance on ...71.00 636.20 $8,462.87 Balance to Treasury 537.13 $9,000.00 $9,000.00 FIRE DEPARTMENT General Appropriation (including unpaid bills of $1,198.15)$9,331.19 Expenditures : Executive Expenses: General $120.14 Telephone 60.57 $180.71 Wages : Chief $300.00 Engine No.1,driver 1,800.00 Engine No.1,substitutes 256.00 Engine No.1,night service ...500.00 Hook and Ladder No.1,drivers 165.00 Hose No.3,drivers 20.00 Poll taxes 320.00 Stewards 102.50 Services at fires 143.50 3,607.00 44 Conveyance of apparatus to fires : Combination,No.2 10.00 Hose No.3 135.00 S145.00 Repairs on and supplies for appa- ratus : Engine No.1 S74.55 Hook and Ladder No.1 5.71 Combination No.2 1.50 Hose No.3 466.98 548.74 Repairs on buildings : Engine No.1 and Hook and Ladder No.1 S33.48 Combination No.2 60.48 Hose No.3 5.70 99.66 General supplies for houses : Engine No.1 S193.83 Hook and Ladder No.1 3.16 Combination No.2 8.71 Hose No.3 19.37 225.07 Fuel: Engine No.1 and Hook and Ladder No.1 S235.00 Combination No.2 33.50 Hose No.3 322.95 591.45 Equipment supplies : Engine No.1 (including 1,000 feet hose,S770)$1,011.24 Hook and Ladder No.1 46.58 Combination No.2 8.90 Hose No.3 394.75 1,461.47 45 Electric light: Engine No.1 and Hook and Ladder No.1 $127.21 Combination No.2 9.72 Hose No.3 15.56 $152.49 Fire Alarm : Current $54.20 Repairs (outlay,$1,417.39)...2,778.79 . 2,832.99 Balance over appropriation to ''Agency/'paid by Selectmen $513.39 $9,844.50 $9,844.50 Unpaid bills $145.19 Fire Department —Selectmen No appropriation. Expenditures : Pulmotor,repairs to and sup- plies for $64.52 Sign,Engine house No.1 2.50 » — Maintenance $67.02 Lungmotor,outlay 150.00 To Incidental Account S217.02 FOREST FIRES Appropriation (Annual Meeting) including chassis for truck..$1,200.00 Appropriation added by Assessors to make up deficit 1,300.00 $2,500.00 46 Receipts : N.Y.,N.H.&H.Rd.on account of fire S16.50 A.M.Silvia,for old Ford cl:lassis 40.00 156.50 Expendittires : Payrolls (fires)$1,400.75 Pa^^rolls,watching fires ...35.00 Supplies,general 232.84 Automobile maintenance .1344.22 Automobile,new chassis and fenders ••••436.50 780.72 Transportation,hired 111.00 Clerical work 30.00 Lunches and food 18.95 balance over appropriation to "Agency,"paid by Selectmen $109.26 $2,609.26 $2,609.26 MOTH SUPPRESSION Appropriation,including Private Liability ($2,717.14 required by law)$9,500.00 Receipts : Labor,lead,etc.(including Town of Hingham,S86.50; balance of bill,$21.50,trans- ferred from Board of Health, Selectmen)$91.75 State Highway 55.11 47 On tax bills,1921 and prior $996.86 On tax bills,1922 2,525.50 $3,522.36 $3,669.22 Transfers,from Board of Health,Selectmen $21.50 Transfers,from.Tree Warden, for lead 46.80 68.30 ;,737.52 Expenditures : Payrolls : Superintendent,Joseph E. Grassie,services $70.00 Superintendent,George Young,services 701.25 Labor,under Joseph E. Grassie $370.00 Labor,under George Young.3,292.80 $771.25 3,662.80 Printing and stationery 24.39 Freight and express 5.66 Teams and automobiles : Joseph E.Grassie $35.00 George Young 314.12 General 501.94 851.06 Lead,8,000 lbs ^940.00 Cresote,162 gals '53.46 Hose,1,050 ft 669.67 Sprayers,repairs,etc $808.16 Sprayers,gasolene and oil ....211.68 1,019.84 48 Supplies,general $176.02 Filing saws 23.10 Damages to property 23.95 Rent 150.00 Insurance,Liability on $4,500.106.33 $8,477.53 Balance to Treasury 1,022.47 $9,500.00 $9,500.00 MOTH WORK —PRIVATE LIABILITY December 1,1921 —December 1,1922 Prvcate Liability Total Paid in December,1921 (tinder Joseph E.Grassie)$296.75 $2,354.51 Paid in 1922 to December 1 (under George Young) Payrolls $31.06 Spraving,private liability,total 1,789.51 1,820.57 6,422.85 $2,117.32 $8,777.36 MOTH WORK —SPRAYING —PRIVATE LIABILITY Labor S816.90 Teams 262.20 Lead,5,058 lbs 657.54 Gasolene,126 gals 36.76 Oil,15^gals 16.11 $1,789.51 49 TREE WARDEN Appropriation $1,500.00 Expenditures : Payrolls : Tree Warden,George Young, services Labor Teams Freight,etc Printing and stationery .... Trees Gasolene and oil Supplies,general Insurance,Liability on $500 Transfer to Moth Superin- tendent,for 360 lbs.lead .46.80 $260.00 769.45 203.12 1.34 4.31 68.50 5.50 131.11 9.87 $1,453.20 $1,500.00 $1,500.00 INSPECTION OF WIRES Appropriation $500.00 Receipts for Permits credited to *•Agency,"$152.40 Expenditures : Wire Inspector,Philip L.Towle, services $108.78 Wire Inspector,Philip L.Towle, expenses 9.47 118.25 50 Wire Inspector,Leo E.Neagle, services $291.89 Wire Inspector,Leo E.Neagle, expenses 89.86 $38L75 $500.00 $500.00 SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES Appropriation $250.00 Expenditures : Sealer,Caleb Nichols,services.$150.00 Office expenses,etc 28.59 Supplies 30.87 Transportation •37.25 $246.71 Balance to Treasury 3.29 $250.00 $250.00 BOARD OF HEALTH —GENERAL Appropriation $2,355.00 Receipts : Commonwealth of Massachu- setts,Division of Sanatoria ..$252.15 Refund 26.64 $278.79 Expenditures : Executive expenses: Board of Health (3)and ex- penses $434.60 Social Service League,Dis- trict Nurse 100.00 51 Frederick Hinchliffe,M.D...$25.00 F.W.Browne Pharmacy, services and expenses ....33.31 Printing and stationery ....17.77 Telephone 22.90 $633.58 Quarantine and Contagious Hospital 1,657.28 Milk inspection.24.75 Inspection of slaughtering,D. W.Gilbert 200.00 Fumigation 138.00 Vital statistics 3.00 Incidentals 85.72 Balance over appropriation to ''Agency,"paid by Selectmen 387.33 $2,742.33 $2,742.33 Unpaid bill,reporting 3 births...$0.75 BOARD OF HEALTH —DENTAL DISPENSARY Appropriation $1,000.00 Expenditures : Dr.Frank A.Derby,services and expenses $975.00 Dental supplies,John Hood Co.24.25 $999.25 Balance to Treasur}^.75 $1,000.00 $1,000.00 BOARD OF HEALTH —TUBERCULOSIS HOSPITAL ^BRAINTREE Appropriation $3,303.26 Paid County Treasurer $3,303.26 52 BOARD OF HEALTH —SELECTMEN No appropriation Paid D.W.Gilbert,killing and burying cat,to "Agency " ..$2.00 Transfer to Moth account, balance due on Town of Hingham bill (see Moth Suppression)21.50 $23.50 STRAITS POND,CAT DAM,JAMES BROOK,ETC. Appropriation $1,000.00 Expenditures : Straits Pond : Gates,care of,W.O.Souther,Jr.$25.00 Labor 545.50 Transportation and automobiles 56.25 Supplies 102.39 $729.14 James Brook,gates,care of,C.A. Tanger $30.00 Labor 4.00 34.00 Cat Dam,gates,care of,William H.McArthur 20.00 Gtdf Mill Dam,care of,Joseph A. Valine 5.00 Border Street ditch,cleaning: Labor $65.00 Automobile,George Jason....11.00 76.00 $864.14 Balance to Treasury 135.86 $1,000.00 $1,000.00 53 INSPECTION OF ANIMALS Appropriation $125.00 Paid Darius W.Gilbert,services $125.00 STATE HIGHWAY Appropriation $2,337.00 Paid Commonwealth of Massa- chusetts $2,337.00 HIGHWAYS AND SIDEWALKS OILING STREETS (see below) Appropriation $32,610.88 Receipts :Refunds $4.81 Expenditures : Highway Surveyor,George Ja- son,4 months 1921 $500.00 Highway Surveyor,George Ja- son,8 months 1922 1,000.00 $1,500.00 Payrolls : Labor,ordinary $10,126.50 Labor,engineers,blacksmiths, masons,etc.....:1,102.26 11,228.76 Teams,general $5,250.76 Teams,George Jason 821.63 Automobile,George Jason....831.00 Trucking 2,848.00 9,751.39 Office expenses,telephone,etc...52.93 Express 28.61 Freight,$17.45;demurrage,$2 ..19.45 Fuel 182.35 Gravel,stone,etc 1,745.05 Cold patching (balance from 1921, $38.95)1,787 gals 377.93 54 Boiler inspection $10.00 Road machinery and supplies ...441.18 General supplies,tools,etc 1,373.02 Rent,H.L.Willard Estate.....150.00 Insurance,liability 224.10 Maintenance $27,084.77 Outlay : Mixer for road patching 340.00 General Highways,amount forward $27,424.77 OILING STREETS Appropriation,included in Gen- eral Highway account $32,610.88 Expenditures : Tarvia,27,775^gallons,The Barrett Co $4,347.88 Oil,9,775 gallons,Standard Oil Co.of New York 840.65 $5,188.53 General Highways,forward.27,424.77 Balance over appropriation to Incidental account ....2.42 $32,613.30 $32,613.30 Unpaid bills:(see Highways, Selectmen) . George Jason,Highway Sur- veyor,4 months $500.00 The Barrett Co.,Tarvia 1,360.59 $1,860.59 65 SOUTH MAIN STREET AND SUMMER STREET DRAIN OUTLAY Appropriation (special)$1,600.00 Expenditures : Supervision,George Jason....$50.00 Labor,ordinary 591.00 Laying pipe,etc 135.00 Automobile,George Jason ....126.50 Teams and stone,George Jason 37.00 Teams and trucks,general....51.75 Supplies (including pipe,etc., $494.38)584.11 $1,575.36 Balance to Treasury 24.64 $1,600.00 $1,600.00 HIGHWAYS —SELECTMEN No appropriation. Expenditures : Street signs $71.00 Street fountains 16,00 Bridge,Jerusalem.Road,foot Richardson's Hill 2.92 South Main Street,filling in front of Gilmore property: Labor,ordinary $46.00 Teams,general 13.50 Teams,George Jason 5.00 Automxobile,George Jason..11.00 Loam 10.00 Grass seed 5.70 91.20 56 North Main Street,loam,in front of Ladd property $13.50 Highways,general.The Berger Manfacturing Co.,culverts .146.54 To incidental account S341.16 REMOVING SNOW,SANDING STREETS,ETC. Appropriation $4,500.00 Expenditures : Labor,ordinary $3,240.50 Teams,general $1,599.50 Automobiles,general..•65.00 1,664.50 Team,George Jason 267.25 Automobile,George Jason....231.00 498.25 Sand and gravel 25.50 Plows (four new)223.50 Plows,repairing 58.18 281.68 Supplies 40.15 Insurance,liability 25.73 Balance over appropriation to '•Agency,"paid by Selectmen..1,276.31 $5,776.31 $5,776.31 ELECTRIC STREET LIGHTS Appropriation (Article 26)general $7,484.40 Appropriations (Articles 52,53, 54 and 55;one 250 c.p.comer Elm and Margin Streets;two 60 c.p.off North Main Street; two off Elm Street;one off Jerusalem Road)151.20 $7,635.60 57 Paid Electric Light and Power Co. in 1922 $7,613.54 Balance to Treasur}^22.06 $7,635.60 There were also installed one 60 c.p.light on Sohier Street and one 200 M.250 c.p.Hght on Brook Street.There are now installed,according to the latest bill of the light com- pany : 379—60 c.p.,48W.Ser. 1 —200 W.Mul.,13-250 c.p.,165 W. 1 —60 W.Mul. FORE RIVER Appropriation Paid William L.Foster,Treas- urer,Assessments 118-126 inclusive at $60 BRIDGE $540.00 Balance to Treasury . 60.00 $600.00 $60000 HARBOR MAINTENANCE Appropriation $600.00 Expenditures: Harbor Masters,(2),($100 and $50)$150.00 Town Wharf,care of,B.H. Crane 62.00 Labor on floats,buoys,etc....272.25 Supplies 158.15 Balance over appropriation to Incidental Account ....42.40 $642.40 $642.40 58 CHARITIES —COHASSET HOME Appropriation,including "Out- side Poor,""General Adminis- tration "and "District Nurse" ($400)$15,100.00 Receipts : Henry R.Nickerson,Superin- tendent,for produce $1,997.86 For board (A.0.Higgins, treasurer,$21)171.00 Commonwealth of Massachu- setts,two cows condemned ..120.00 $2,288.86 Expenditures : ' Superintendent,H.R.Nicker- son,services $1,200.00 Telephone 41.24 Electric light 113.74 Express 8.27 Fuel 671.06 Drugs and medicines 91.76 Nursing 31.00 Tonsorial work 28.55 Groceries and food supplies ...1,631.76 Grain 354.55 Clothing 26.15 General supplies for house ....263.46 Buildings,maintenance of: Painting,H.W.Lincoln, contract $493.00 Painting,H.W.Lincoln, extra 99.00 Plastering,S.H.Stoughton.400.00 Bam door,J.H.Winters...292.98 Miscellaneous 140.78— :1.425.76 59 General supplies $142.76 Fertilizers 73.65 Seeds 204.38 Livestock,three cows $300.00 D.W.Gilbert,veterinarian.39.50 339.50 Fruit trees 9.25 Labor,inside house 676.80 Labor and teams,outside 730.50 Horse,team,etc.,maintenance of L33.22 Insurance,on house ($10,000).$425.00 Liability (on $600)5.23 430.23 Total for Home $8,627.59 Deduct receipts 2,288.86 Net cost of Home in 1922 ..$6,338.73 Unpaid bills $223.67 CHARITIES —OUTSIDE POOR For appropriation,see "Cohasset Home"account,and "Recapitulation"after "General Administration." Receipts : Commonwealth of Massachu- setts (Mothers'Aid)$800.19 Town of Weymouth,account of aid 189.16 $989.35 Expenditures : Cash,Town Aid $364.00 Cash,other cash aid 1,256.00 $1,620.00 Relief by other places,New Bedford 109.00 60 Medical attendance,Town Physician $400.00 Hospitals 182.75 Nursing,District Nurse 400.00 Drugs and medicines 16.85 Fuel 390.00 Rent 564.00 Groceries and provisions 595.02 Clothing 593.75 Miscellaneous ^33.75 Total cost Outside Poor $4,905.12 Deduct receipts 989.35 Net cost Outside Poor for 1922 $3,915.77 Unpaid bills $9.99 CHARITIES —GENERAL ADMINISTRATION The appropriation for **Cohasset Home "and "Outside Poor "also covers this account. Expenditures : Overseers,three at $200 $600.00 Expenses,postage 1.00 Total $601.00 RECAPITULATION OF POOR ACCOUNTS Appropriation for three accounts brought forward $15,100.00 Amounts paid,totals: General Administration .... Outside Poor. Cohasset Home .. $601.00 4,905.12 8,627.59 61 Total amount paid for Poor in 1922 $14,133.71 Balance to Treasur}^966.29 $15,100.00 $15,100.00 Net cost of Poor in 1922 was $10,855.50. SOLDIERS'AND SAILORS'RELIEF Appropriation .$1,500.00 Receipts : Commonwealth of Massachu- setts,Soldiers'Exemptions..$36.99 Expenditures : Payrolls and other payments..$874.93 Balance to Treasury 625.07 $1,500.00 STATE AND MILITARY AID Appropriation $650.00 Receipts : Commonwealth of Massachu- setts,State Aid $372.00 Commonwealth of Massachu- setts,Military Aid 112.50 $484.50 Expenditures : State Aid $384.00 Military Aid 225.00 $609.00 Balance to Treasury 41.00 $650.00 $650.00 62 EDUCATION Appropriation,general $59,875.00 Appropriation,sprinkler (outlay)2,500.00 $62,375.00 Receipts: County of Norfolk,dog tax ...$226.58 F.W.Ballou,reimbursement .50.00 Refunds 12.80 Commonwealth of Massachu- setts,for Vocational Educa- tion 180.63 Insurance premiums returned .212.67 Insurance,mutual company dividend 6.08 Lunch 1,588.75 Materials sold 83.88 $2,360.39 Expenditures : School Committee,services for, School Accountant $75.00 School Committee,expenses: Chairman,expenses $1.00 Secretary,expenses 25.00 Telephone 90.25 Attendance officer 50.00 School reports 47.52 Subscriptions 16.50 Accountant's blanks 1.04 231.31 Superintendent,services 1,599.96 Superintendent,expenses 60.80 Teachers'salaries: Supervisors $980.00 Principal of High School ...2,500.00 High 10,575.00 Elementary 18,632.13 32,687.13 63 Textbooks and supplies: Books $1,302.53 Supplies,general 2,212.64 Supplies,for lunch account .1,923.46 $5,438.63 Janitors'services 3,426.50 Fuel 1,748.12 Buildings,maintenance of,in- cluding light and power ....4,177.05 Libraries 41.50 Health (reported under "Health and Sanitation "to State. See special appropriation for "Dental Dispensary,"under Board of Health)671.00 Transportation: F.W.Wheelwright $4,711.00 J.W.Doyle 40.00 A.E.Grassie,painting barges 420.00 Barges,repairs,etc 92.13 5,263.13 Tuition 1,423.75 Sundries :graduation and Christ- mas expenses,diplomas, freight and carting,miscel- laneous $206.72 Insurance,on Bates Building $41.72 Liability,janitors....6.72 Liability,teachers ...25.02 73.46 280.18 $57,124.06 64 Outlays : Buiidings,sprinkler.$2,982 Buildings,lavatory, Annex 68 $3,050.00 New equipment 740.00 $3,790.00 ,914.06 Balance to Treasury 1,460.94 $62,375.00162,375.00 LIBRARIES Appropriation $2,750.00 Paid Rev.^.V.Stanley,treas- urer,Paul Pratt Memorial Library $2,600.00 Paid James A.Brickett,treas- urer,Nantasket Branch Li- brary 150.00 $2,750.00 PARKS NANTASKET MAINTENANCE Appropriation $176.26 Paid State Treasurer $176.26 PARKS,TOWN COMMONS,GENERAL Appropriation $1,200.00 Receipts : Massachusetts Trust Co.,divi- dends for Wadleigh Park...$212.50 Cohasset Savings Bank,for Center $51.76 Billings-Pratt Park 45.00 96.76 $309.26 % 65 Expenditures : Labor,general Sl,057.00 Billings-Pratt Park,care of ...50.00 Other parks,B.H.Crane (1921, S26)477.50 Teams and automobiles 35.13 Lawnmowers,repairs 15.95 Supplies 14.72 Insurance,liability on $1,500..10.38 Balance over appropriation to Incidental Account $460.68 $1,660.68 $1,660.68 ACCOUNT BY PARKS Town Commons,Center,labor, teams,insurance and general supplies .$1,064.30 Wadleigh Park 34.88 Beechwood Park (Billings-Pratt)50.00 Parks,under B.H.Crane: Front of Cousens',Summer Street (1921,$26)$54.50 Paul Pratt Memorial Library .148.00 Stoddard's,Elm Street 70.00 Guild Hall 122.00 Cove Park 83.00 Mowers,repairs on 6.75 484.25 Memorial Park,for Decoration Day 27.25 $1,660.68 66 WHEELWRIGH Appropriation Receipts : Massachusetts Trust Co.,divi- dends Cohasset Savings Bank For loam and wood T PAR]K $212.50 450.00 29.00 $690.00 $691.50 Expenditures : George Young,services Labor,ordinary Team.,George Young Teams,general $42.25 13.00 $102.50 476.00 55.25 53.72 Supplies (including 13 rolls roofing,$48.72) Balance to Treasury $687.47 2.53 $690.00 $690.00 MEMORIAL Appropriation Receipts,from H.S.Parker,bal- ance for 1921 account DAY $1.81 • $500.00 Paid Charles C.Gammons,Chair- man Memorial Day Committee George H.Mealy Post No.118, A.L $500.00 67 RECREATION —BALL FIELD No appropriation. Paid J.F.Silvia,Jr.,for rolling, to Incidental Account $3.00 INCIDENTALS Appropriation $3,000.00 Receipts : Gravel Pit,rent (1921,$40)...$80.00 Gravel,A.O.Higgins 25.00 Map and paper 1.28 $106.28 Expenditures (unclassified) : Town Clock,care of ($1.85 for supplies)$53.85 Town Flag,care of 182.50 Town Flag (new)9x15 feet ...22.00 Town reports,delivering,freight, etc 44.30 Damages to property 12.00 Blanks,payrolls,etc.($44.50 for ledger sheets and binders)86.70 Insurance,liability.Workmen's Compensation 212.03 Digging out brook,C.H.Pratt 35.00 Ink and express 5.05 Total for unclassified $653.43 Transfers from: Town Officers $349.66 Engineering,maintenance ....50.72 Fire Department,Selectmen ..217.02 68 Highways,general $2.42 Highways,Selectmen 341.16 Harbor Maintenance 42.40 Town Commons 460.68 Recreation,ball field 3.00 Cemeteries 23.61 Guild Hall 31.50 $1,522.17 Total for Incidentals $2,175.60 Balance to Treasury 824.40 ;,ooo.oo S3.ooo.oo TELEPHONES FOR INDIVIDUALS Services for individuals,charged to departments,which are reimbursed. No appropriation. Receipts $498.83 Expenditures:$545.79 Balance over receipts to "Agency"46.96 $545.79 CEMETERIES ppropriation eceipts : From sale of lots and graves ..$205.00 From care of lots 67.00 S450.00 $272.00 69 Expenditures : Labor Telephone Writing deeds Printing and postage Repairing mowers Tools and supplies Insurance,liability on $400 ... Balance over appropriation to Incidental Account $432.00 15.96 5.00 5.27 6.00 5.73 3.65 $23.61 $473.61 $473.61 INTEREST —METROPOLITAN PARKS Appropriation $49.12 Paid State Treasurer 49.12 INTEREST —GENERAL Appropriation $6,000.00 Received : On deferred taxes $1,803.02 On bank deposits 352.20 $2,155.22 Paid: State Treasurer,on Jerusalem Road notes,5.75 per cent...$1,207.50 Alice Tobey Jones,on Tubercu- losis Hospital Notes,4J^ percent 182.14 Rockland Trust Company — Anticipation of tax loans: Note No.30,dated August 1, 1921,discounted at 5.30 per cent ,$312.11 70 Notes 31,32,4.35 per cent..$652.50 Notes 33,34,4.30 per cent..604.40 Notes 35,36,4.25 per cent..1,062.50 Note 37,3.75 per cent 410.52 Note 38,3.85 per cent 361.48 ;,403.41 $4,793.05 Balance to Treasury 1,206.95 $6,000.00 $6,000.00 PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISE NORTH COHASSET POST OFFICE AND HOSE NO.3 BUILDING Appropriation (Article 40 and 48)$375.00 Receipts,rent (1921,$25)$125.00 Expenditures : Painting,F.C.Blossom..$196.75 Chimney repairs,I.F.Sylvester 50.36 Carpentry work,A.J.Mc- Eachem $26.23 Arthur Studley 8.50 34.73 Drain pipes,M.S.Leonard...16.00 Window shades,Frank Sargent 29.99 Labor,washing walls,etc.,H. D.Clark 16.00 Limiber 6.44 $350.27 Balance to Treasury 24.73 $375.00 $375.00 71 PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISE GUILD HALL AND AMERICAN LEGION BUILDING Appropriation S30.00 Receipts : Volunteer Veteran Firemen's Association,rent $1.00 (Rent from American Legion,$1.00,received too late (January 9)for this report.) Expenditures : Cohasset Water Co.,water to July 1,1923 (1921 and 1922, $13.50)$36.50 Heating changes,M.S.Leonard 25.00 Balance over appropriation to Incidental Account 31.50 $61.50 $61.50 MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS METROPOLITAN PARKS SINKING FUND Appropriation $7.11 Paid State Treasurer $7.11 MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS BONDS FROM REVENUE Appropriation $9,000.00 Paid: Treasurer of the Common- wealth,Jerusalem Road note due June 15 $6,000.00 Alice Tobey Jones,Norfolk County Tuberculosis Hospi-- tal note,due November 1.. . 3,000.00 $9,000.00 72 MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS ANTICIPATION OF |TAX LOANS Received from the Rockland Trust Company,the follow- ing proceeds: Notes 31 and 32,dated January 19,due October 16,less discount at 4.35 per cent $19,347.50 Notes 33 and 34,dated March 1, due November 1,less discount at 4.30 per cent 19,395.60 Notes 35 and 36,dated March 28, due November 1,less discount ,at 4.25 per cent 38,937.50 Note 37,dated May 18,due December 1,less discount at 3.75 per cent 19,589.58 Note 38,dated June 15,due December 1,less discount at 3.85 per cent 19,638.52 $116,908.70 Paid Rockland Trust Company the following notes: Note 30 (1921)due March 1 $9,687.89 Notes 31,32,33,34,35,36,37 and 38 as above 116,908.70 $126,596.59 AGENCY Including amounts received for and paid from Corporation Tax,Licenses,permits,etc. Appropriation,State Tax,general $13,440.00 Appropriation,State Tax,special (Pilgrim Tercentenary)468.37 Appropriation,due State on Polls 2,892.00 Appropriation,County Tax 10,035.57 $26,835.94 73 Received: From vState,Corporation taxes, balances for 1920 and 1921 Foreign,Domestic,Public Service;also Equalization of Claims for Public Service and National Bank $530.71 Public Service 1922 $3,726.33 Business 1922 503.66 National Bank 1922 5,429.44 9,659.43 $10,190.14 From Court,fines 24.15 Wire permits $152.40 Board of Health 12.00 Licenses : Sunday (3)3.00 Innholders (1)1.00 Common Victuallers (2)2.00 Auctioneers (2)4.00 Pool and Bowling (3)..6.00 Gas Registration (10)5.00 Gas Licenses (2)2.00 ' Pistol (6)3.00 Liquor,Third Class (1)1.00 Junk (1)10.00 Peddlers'(5)from Common- wealth of Massachusetts. . 40.00 241.40—10,455.69 Paid: ^ State Treasurer,State Taxes of 1922 $13,908.37 State Treasurer,Civilian War Poll Tax 2,892.00 $16,800.37 State Treasurer,one-quarter of Third Class Liquor License..25 County Treasurer,County Tax 1922 $10,035.57 Balance over pa^^ments $26,836.19 10,455.44 Balance from "Agency "forw^ard: Charges against above balance: Fire Department $37,291.63$37,291.63 $10,455.44 $513.39 Forest Fires 109.26 Board of Health 387.33 Board of Health,Selectman. Removing Snow Telephone for Individuals .... 2.00 1,276.31 46.96 Estimate b}^Assessors,to reduce tax rate $2,335.25 4.600.00 Balance to Treasury $6,935.25 3,520.19 $10,455.44S10,455.44 TRUST BEECHWOOD CEMETERY Received,for care of lot (Williams) Paid,H.L.Brown,Treasurer,on account of above $3.40 S3.40 75 RESERVE FUND Under Chapter 59,Section 25,General Laws APRIL TAX ASSESSMENTS Net deficit reported as of Januar\^ 1,1922 \$12,036.35 Amounts to be added,abated in 1922: 1918 assessments,poll S4.00 1919 assessments,poll,real estate and personal 57.40 *1920 assessments,poll,real estate and personal 124.86 1921 assessments,poll,real estate and personal.202.90 389.16 Total Deficit $12,425.51 1922 Overlay,see Assessors' Report $1,618.33 Charges against in 1922 : Polls abated $296.00 Real estate abated 425.42 Personal abated 32.50 Moth abated 2.50 $756.42 Balance January 1,1923 ...$861.91 Deduct from Total Deficit..$861.91 Net Deficit January 1,1923.$11,563.60 76 DECEMBER ASSESSMENTS Total balance from December assessments reported January 1,1922 $14,996.60 1922 Assessments committed to Tax Collector in December : Polls • S45.00 Real estate 59.80 Personal 378.30 $483.10 Add Assessments of 1922 (no charges against)483.10 Total balance from December Assessments,January 1, 1923 $15,479.70 77 >. o cHg, ^ 0)>> 14 a •s <u Pi Xm oQ feHH e<Q fi,^< <J SO -e H jf O as<hJ^ ^ <; HH Oh o3B(J <1d § C<J (N OS <4-lO c d <; CO n CO rH o rH t^00 CO lO CO od CO o ooo d dOlO CO CO go" o ooo o oooOOlOooo00o 1— I tJH T-H o ooo l6 d CO o co^o^ oo"oT o CO CO CO o CO odd Ci^cO oo" (M O t^o d d LO o i-H o CO <M d c^ CO 00 LO o T— I TtH 1-H 00 00 d cci r-i CO oo^oo" 00 lO 00 O <M t^00 CO CO CO CO a>o CO T^ 1^(M CO o O (M CO d LO CO CO CO o oooddoo LO LO (M"cr CO CO C^lO d t^o t^ CO Ttl csToo" LO CO o • X cd ^ S^^ a -' "1 o to 4J o;COoCO OS o O o ^^-^ OS 4J a a Oh to -(^ OS O ^:>: CO 6^ LO S^be< tuOc F>^<^ g S g^^oGc!Oh cu (D o ^CD '^rr-l ex 4J Oj ^-> U COO..— I gc/2 CO " - o a3 a;o aa fe fu a ;:i g o 78 pq H -Q § ^ X Q Q < O 5 aSBjj a: CO o o oooooooOOlO LO LO <M €^ o o ^ (N O I>; CO O CO lO O '* -^lO (M Ci Oi O Tti -^lO CO CO 00 CO CO 00 id CO CO 00 o ooo id o lO o CO O o o oooo o >d t^O C^CO o^i-H co^ 00 oc 00 CO CO lO CO (M CO <M COo co^ co" o ^o oo^o o (N ^LC t^ CO (N CO 00 '-H CO CO CO id o ^ lO lO lO iQ CSI CO CO lO lO lO CO lO o 00 CO .2 CD a CD U 1 >< o s CO ^ w CO " 5oo cc CO CD .J Sis : a o CO H-^h/l±L '^-^o o O '^^'Tj r-H ^^CD 03 t:! 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Forest Fires Moth Suppression . Board of Health ... Straits Pond,etc... Highways,general. Bills 1921 and Previous paid in 1922 Unpaid Bills 1922 $523.89 $109.75 150.00 139.16 6.85 4.20 96.15 1,198.15 145.19 41.31 1.80 .50 .75 30.26 583.98 500.00 86 Highways,oiling streets $1,360.59 Charities,Cohasset Home $142.50 223.67 Charities,Outside Poor 184.47 9.99 Education,new building 68.00 Parks,Town Commons 38.00 $3,202.37 $2,356.79 LIABILITIES OF COHASSET AS OF JANUARY 1,1923 Norfolk County Tuberculosis Hos- pital 43^per cent bonds,due November 1,1923 $1,047.42 Jerusalem Road rebuilding 5^ per cent notes,payable to the Commonwealth of Massachu- setts,$6,000 due each year, June 15,1923,1924 and 1925..18,000.00 $19,047.42 INSURANCE (Policies in Town Vault) Last Expires Premium Property Amount 1923 Paid Town Treasurer and Tax Collector : Messenger and Office Robbery $2,000.00 August 17 $15.00 Mercantile Safe Burglary 2,000.00 August 17 31.35 Town Hall 1,500.00 April 16 75.90 Town Hall 1,500.00 April 17 75.90 Town Hall 2,000.00 April 17 101.20 Police Department,Fire and Theft (automobile) . 500.00 April 14 32.50 87 Police Department,Casu- alty (automobile)$10,000.00 March 22 $28.50 Police Department,Prop- erty Damage (automo- bile)1,000.00 March 22 10.00 Forest Fire Truck,Fire...500.00 March 14 3.16 CohassetHome 5,000.00 November 19 212.50 CohassetHome 5,000.00 November 19 212.50 Schools : Osgood Building 10,000.00 June 11 96.25 Osgood Building 15,000.00 June 11 206.25 Osgood Building 12,000.00 June 11 165.00 Osgood Building Annex.1,000.00 October 18 28.00 Workmen's Compensation, Liability April 27 634.94 BALANCE SHEET,COHASSET RECEIPTS 1922 Revenue General : Real and personal (tangi- ble)taxes 1922 $142,598.45 Income tax (intangible per- sonal)from State,1922.40,468.12 Income tax,School Fund, from State,Chapter 363, Acts of 1919 4,090.00 Poll taxes,1922 3,232.00 $190,388.57 Real and personal (tangi- ble)1921 and previous.$35,133.78 Income tax (intangible) from State for 1921 and previous 1,487.50 Poll taxes,1921 and previ- ous 466.00 37,087.28 88 From State,see "Agency"..$10,190.00 Licenses,general,and permits 241.40 Licenses,on dogs,from County,credit of Schools.226.58 From Court,fines 24.15 $10,682.27 $238,158.12 Commercial 15,341.47 Municipal indebtedness ....116,908.70 Trust 3.40 $370,411.69 Add transfers 68.30 $370,479.99 Balances: Cash balance January 1, 1922,as reported $4,249.18 Add amount under,—re- ported (see Auditor's report).12 4,249.30 Grand Total $374,729.29 BALANCE SHEET,COHASSET PAYMENTS 1922 Maintenance $192,020.20 Interest on bonds and tem- porary loans 4,842.17 196,862.37 Debt,Bonds from Revenue ..$9,000.00 Metropolitan Parks Sink- ing Fund 7.11 Temporary loans,including Note 30 of 1921 126,596.59 135,603.70 89 Outlays S8,272.75 *'Agency,"State taxes,gen- eral and special $13,908.37 "Agency,"Civilian War Poll Tax 2,892.00 "Agency,"County Tax 10,035.57 "Agency,"Third Class Liquor License,one-fourth to State .25 26,836.19 Trust,Beechwood Cemetery 3.40 1367,578.41 Add Transfers 68.30 1367,646.71 Cash balance,January 1, 1923 7,082.58 Grand Total $374,729.29 FIXED PROPERTY,OUTLAY OF 1922 Engineering,tax survey ....$1,000.00 Fire Department,fire alarm.1,417.39 Fire Department,Selectmen, Lungmotor 150.00 Highways,general,road patching mixer 340.00 Highways,special drain South Main and Summer streets.1,575.36 Education,Sprinkler $2,982.00 Education,Lavatory,Annex 68.00 Education,new equipment..740.00 3,790.00 $8,272.75 Respectfully submitted, EDWARD L.STEVENS, Auditor and Town Accountant. Cohasset,Tanuarv^15,1923 90 REPORT OF THE BOARD OF SELECTMEN To the Citizens of Cokasset: We beg to call the attention of the citizens to the report of the Town Accountant regarding the disbursement of money voted to be expended by the Selectmen. With few exceptions we have kept under the appropriations. In a few cases the balances over have been carried to the Emergency or Incidental Fund,and the balance left from that was returned to the treasury.You will note that all the balances to the treasury this year have amounted to S 11,265.66. We hope that each department will be careful to estimate the sum that will suffice for its needs the coming year. We are pleased to advise the citizens of Cohasset that our chairman is gaining in health and we expect he will be able to attend to his duties very soon. Your attention is called to the copy of communication below from the George H.Mealy Post No.118,A.L.The Selectmen heartily endorse the sentiments therein expressed and have forwarded copies to the school authorities. HARRY E.MAPES, HERBERT L.BROWN, WILLIAM O.SOUTHER,JR., Board of Selectmen. Cohasset,February 1,1923. 91 GEORGE H.MEALY POST NO.118,AMERICAN LEGION Cohasset,Mass. From Americanization and Educational Committee,George H' Mealy Post No.118,A.L. To the Honorable Board of Selectmen of Cohasset; Subject:The Institution of the George H.Mealy Post No.118 American Legion History Prize Medal. "KNOW YOUR COUNTRY" 1."Know your country,know its beginnings,the origin of its institutions,the achievements of its heroes and sages in public and private life.While the ultra radicals,who would tear down the structure of American government,point out the defects of our institutions,you should learn something about their points of strength and test the wisdom of changes proposed in the light of that human history,experience,and recorded wisdom which demagogues so much despise.Then and then only will you be capable of exercising intelligently,constructive, helpful patriotic influence in politics and public affairs." —National Republican. 2.The above excerpt from the National Republican, lately reprinted by the Boston Transcript,very clearly expresses a conviction,which in these hectic days of radicalism and revolt has impressed itself on the minds of many of our patriotic and whole-heartedly sincere citizens.Among others,the members of the American Legion have all along felt the need of this insistence on the study of American History.The sacrifices and achievements of the past constitute the glory of the present and the hope of the future. 3.With this thought in mind,therefore,the local Post of the American Legion desires as a possible stimulus and 92 incentive to a continually increasing interest in the study of the History of Our Beloved Country to offer a gold medal, to be awarded each year to the pupil of the graduating class of the Cohasset High School who shall have written the best essay on a given topic of American History. 4.The only conditions that the local Post insists on in this letter of gift are as follows: In order to insure its perpetuity the medal shall remain permanently in the possession of the Town and each year a suitable inscribed diploma certifying the award of the medal be presented to the successful essa3dst.Moreover,the medal, if acceptable to the town authorities,shall be known as the George H.Mealy Post No.118 American Legion History Medal. 5.We would suggest that the choice of subject for the annual essay and the method of judging the excellence of the essays offered be determined by the school committee in con- junction with the superintendent of schools. WILLIAM H.MORRIS, JAMES P.SHERRY, ODIN TOWLE. January 23,1923. 93 ASSESSORS*REPORT FOR 1922 Cohasset,December 31,1922 The Assessors of the Town of Cohasset herewith submit their report for the year 1922. Total valuation 1921 S6,754,220.00 Total valuation,1922 6,948,456.00 Increase in valuation,1922 S194,236.00 Personal valuation,1922 $636,407.00 Real valuation,1922 6,312,049.00 Total valuation $6,948,456.00 Town grant,annual March meeting 215,230.93 Forest fires 1,300.00 State Tax,including State Highway,and Metro- pohtan 16,477.86 County Tax 10,035.57 Due State on Poll Taxes..2,892.00 Overlaying 1,618.33 $247,554.69 Estimated receipts $62,074.84 964 polls 4,820.00 66,894.84 Amount to be raised by taxation $180,659.85 $6,948,456.00 valuation at $26.00 180,659.85 Number of persons assessed 1632 Number of persons assessed on property 1116 94 Ntmiber of persons assessed on poll tax only 516 Number of horses assessed 127 Number of cows assessed 293 Number of sheep assessed Ntmiber of neat cattle assessed 65 Number of swine assessed 10 Number of dwelling houses assessed 846 Number of acres of land assessed 59403^ Number of fowl assessed 305 Respectfully submitted, HERBERT L.BROWN, HARRY E.MAPES, WILLIAM O.SOUTHER,JR., Assessors . 95 TREASURER'S REPORT,1922 Receipts Balance January 1,1922 S4,249.30 Anaount received of Tax Collector 186,795.26 Notes discounted in anticipation of taxes 116,908.70 Interest on bank deposits 352.20 Cohasset Home 2,138.86 Overseer of Poor '339.16 Town Hall 1,177.69 School 357.93 School lunch 1,595.25 Norfolk County,dog licenses 226.58 Parks and Commons 1,000.76 Cemetery 272.00 Lice;nses 77.00 Rent of building and land 2C6.00 Telephone service 519.23 Wire permits 152.40 Board of Health 38.64 Balance from Memorial Day appropriation 1.81 Highways 4.81 Police Department 24.15 Moth Departm_ent 215.16 Forest Fires Department 56.50 Trust Account 3.40 Incidentals 26.28 From State Treasurer: Income tax,1919 $743.75 Income tax,1920 2C8.25 Income tax,1921 535.50 Income tax,1922 40,468.12 96 Corporation taxes $4,741.14 School fund 4,(9.00 National Bank tax.5,449.C0 Military Aid 112.50 State Aid 372.00 Soldier's exemptions 36.99 Mothers of dependent children 800.19 Dividend of Sanatoria 252.15 Vocational Education.18 .63 Total $374,729.29 Payments Paid Selectmen's Warrents,Nos.1 to 56 inclusive $367,646.71 Cash balance December 31,1922 $7,C82.58 HARRY F.TILDEN,Treasurer. 97 TAX COLLECTOR'S REPORT,1922 Taxes collected: 1917 S9.79 1918 17.53 1919 76^.54 1920 4,011.53 1921 31,797.25 1922 148,355.95 $184,952.59 Interest and costs collected : 1917 $5.00 1918....•7.86 1919 156.15 1920 482.51 1921 1,170.03 1922 21.12 1,842.67 Amount paid Town Treasurer $186,795.26 Abatements made in 1922: 1918 $4.00 1919 57.40 1920 124.86 1921 202.90 1922 756.42 Total ;$1,145.58 Uncollected taxes December 31,1922: 1919 $29.12 1920 3,354.72 1921 13,099.39 1922 39,931.94 Total $56,415.17 HARRY F.TILDEN, Collector of Taxes. REPORT OF THE BOARD OF ENGINEERS To the Board of Selectmen, Greeting: The Board of Engineers,appointed by your Honorable Board for the year ending April 30,1923,met in accordance with your instructions and organized with the follomng choice of officers : Chief,Fred C.Blossom. Assistant Chief,Sidney L.Beal. District Chief,Frank F.Martin,Jr. District Chief,Abraham J.Antoine. Clerk,George F.Sargent,Jr. We respectfully recommend that the sum of $7,375 be raised and appropriated for maintenance and salaries for 1923. Respectfully submitted, FRED C.BLOSSOM, SIDNEY L.BEAL, FRANK F.MARTIN,JR., ABRAHAM J.ANTOINE, GEORGE F.SARGENT,JR. 99 REPORT OF SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES To the Board of Selectmen: Gentlemen:Your sealer in submitting his tenth annual report would respectfully state that the various weighing and measuring devices have been tested and sealed as required under existing statutes and such further tests and inspections have been made as would insure their continued accuracy. New and improved apparatus is frequently being installed and it is the opinion of your sealer that "every day in every way they are growing better and better and better "both as regards their condition and their care. Yours respectfully, CALEB NICHOLS,Sealer. 100 REPORT OF TREE WARDEN To the Citizens of Cohasset: Your Tree Warden in submitting his report for the year 1922 respectfully states that the year has been a success, greatly due to the decrease of the gypsy and brown-tail moth. Pruning was done on most all streets and dead wood cut out. Seven trees were cut —that were dying and dead.All street trees were sprayed in due season.Twenty-nine trees were planted on different streets. The year 1921 was very bad for the tent caterpillar;they like wild cherry and that has been cut out of most of the streets. Respectfully submitted, GEORGE YOUNG,Tree Warden. Cohasset,January 29,1923 101 REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH The following cases of infectious and contagious diseases were reported to this Board during the past year: Chicken pox 2 Diphtheria 2 Lobar pneumonia 1 Mumps 1 Measles 44 Pellagra 1 Scarlet fever 31 Tuberciilosis 3 Whooping cough 9 One slaughtering license was issued diu^ing the past year. The inspector of slaughtering inspected (97)ninety-seven carcasses during the year 1922,one of which was condemned. Eighty-three per cent of the children in the Osgood School are having their work done at the School Clinic. The Dental Clinic is proving very satisfactory,to date, most of the children up to the eighth grade have had their dental work completed. Respectfully submitted, IRVING F.SYLVESTER,C/^aiVmaw EDWARD L.RIGGINS,Secretary A.J.LANDRY 102 COHASSET FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY In Account with Oliver H.Howe,Treasurer Dr, To Payments in 1922 For Books $278.06 Support of Paul Pratt Memorial Library 418.13 Insurance 41.30 Investment of Funds 490.00 Commission on Exchange and Investment 1.38 Rent of Safe Deposit Box 8.00 Treasurer's Bond.2.50 Postage,Stationery,etc 1.17 Balance on Deposit,January 1,1923: Weymouth Savings Bank 119.40 New England Trust Co 236.35 $1,596.29 Cr. Balance on deposit,January 2,1922 $537.28 Income from investments 1,025.91 Profit in Exchange of Bonds 25.00 Interest: Weymouth Savings Bank 5.33 New England Trust Co 2.77 $1,596.29 103 Schedule of Invested Funds Bonds ^2,000.00 Union Pacific First Mortgage 4s. 1,000.00 Massachusetts Gas Companies 4J^s. 3,000.00 American Tel.&Tel.Collateral Trust 4s. 1,000.00 Minneapolis General Electric Co.5s. 1,000.00 New York Telephone Co.6s. 1,000.00 Mississippi River Power Co.1st.mortgage 5s. 2,000.00 Ellicott Square Co.1st mortgage 5s. 1,500.00 Western Telephone &Telegraph Co.5s. 2,000.00 New England Telephone &Telegraph Co.5s. 1,000.00 Pacific Telephone &.Telegraph Co.5s. 2,000.00 Butte,Anaconda &Pacific R.R.5s. 2,000.00 United States Rubber Co.5s. 1,000.00 United States,Fourth Liberty Loan 4Ms. 500.00 Michigan State Telephone Co.5s. 500.00 New York Central R.R.ref.and imp.5s. 500.00 New England Tel.&Tel.Co.5s.,1952. S22,000.00 OLIVER H.HOWE, Treasurer. Cohasset,January 1,1923. We have examined the foregoing accotmt and find it correct and properly vouched.We have also examined the securities, in which the fimds of the Library are invested,as shown by the foregoing schedule. GEORGE W.COLLIER, EDWARD NICHOLS, Examining Committee. Cohasset,January 6,1923. 104 REPORT OF THE DIRECTORS OF THE PAUL PRATT MEMORIAL LIBRARY We herewith submit our report for the year ending Decem- ber 31,1922. The service and influence of the Library for the past year has been very satisfactory as a medium of interest and instruc- tion to the townspeople,as indicated by the large circulation of books in the home,as well as through the schools,and a large measure of personal interest is indicated by the individuals who have given books or magazines to the Library. The Directors welcome to their membership Rev.Frederic J.Gauld,who as minister of the First Parish becomes a Director of the Library,so that the membership of the board is again complete. The Directors invite suggestion and cooperation from the citizens of the Town in any way in which the usefulness of the Library may be increased,and especially invite inspection of the building and its contents by the citizens,and by visitors to the Town who may be interested to do so. Subjoined are the reports of the Treasurer and Librarian which show the expenses of operation and the methods and condition of the Library. Respectfully submitted, CHARLES C.WHEELWRIGHT,President, FRED V.STANLEY,Treasurer, EDWARD NICHOLS,Clerk, GEORGE W.COLLIER, HARRY E.MAPES, HERBERT L.BROWN, FREDERIC J.GAULD, Board of Directors. 105 PAUL PRATT MEMORIAL LIBRARY In Account with Fred V.Stanley,Treasurer. Dr. To Payments for the year 1922: For Hbrarians'and janitor's salaries $1,775.00 For wood and coal 388.83 For electric Hghting 258.60 For books,magazines and binding 489.64 For repairs and maintenance 86.75 For rent,Beechwood Branch 185.00 For printing and stationery 76.14 For insurance 86.57 For telephone 23.11 For postage and box rent 10 83 For supplies 63.75 For express,trucking and other items ....33.33 $3,477.55 Balance,January 1,1923,in Boston Safe Deposit and Trust Company 2,006.40 $5,483.95 Cr. By receipts for the year 1922: Balance,January 1,1922,on deposit in Boston Safe Deposit and Trust Company $1,508.19 Income from investments : Pepperell Manufacturing Company, "dividends $288.00 Essex Company,dividends 66.00 Essex Company,extra dividends ....110.00 Commonwealth Electric Company, coupons 100.00 United States Liberty Loan Bonds, coupons 170.00 S734.00 106 Town of Cohasset,appropriation for Library $2,600.00 Income from unrestricted funds of Cohasset Free Public Library 418.13 Fines,etc.,at libraries 186.92 Dividends from insurance policies 11.78 Boston Safe Deposit and Trust Company, interest 24.93 $5,483.95 FRED V.STANLEY.Treasurer. We have examined the foregoing account and find it correctly cast and properly vouched. CHARLES W.GAMMONS, OLIVER H.HOWE. Cohasset,January 13,1923. 107 LIBRARIAN'S REPORT TO THE DIRECTORS OF THE PAUL PRATT MEMORIAL LIBRARY The following is a report of the work in the library for the year ending December 31,1922: The Library has been open every library day with the exception of legal holidays . Books and magazines have been received from W.Atkinson, E.T.Easton,Dr.O.H.Howe,E.Johnson,G.F.Sargent,Jr., Mrs.J.S.Bigelow,Mrs.W.B.Binnian,Mrs.G.G.Crocker, Mrs.S.W.Dexter,Mrs.J.M.Lawton,Mrs.W.I.Parker, Miss Amy Lee,American Jewish Committee,Col.Thomas Lothrop,Chapter D.A.R.,New England Historical Genealogi- cal Society,State and Government. REGISTRATION AND CIRCULATION Population of Cohasset,1915 census 2,800 Total registration from July,1903 to Decem- ber 31,1922 4,506 Registration in force,December 31,1921 ....2,239 Registration for 1922 204 2,443 Registration cancelled,1922 68 Registration in force December 31,1922....2,375 (Not actually in force,but not cancelled) Books issued for home use 20,036 CLASSIFICATION AND USE,INCLUDING BEECHWOOD BRANCH LIBRARY Juvenile Adult Total Philosophy and ReHgion 12 84 96 History and Biography 182 864 1,046 535 685 457 655 109 129 194 357 537 703 10,969 14,531 1,450 1,834 108 Juvenile Adult Total Travel and Description 150 Literature and Poetry 198 Social Sciences 20 Natural Sciences 163 Arts,which include Music 166 Fiction 3,562 Magazine 384 Total 4,387 15,199 20,036 REPORT OF SCHOOL CHILDREN'S READING FROM LISTS,FROM SEPTEMBER,1921,TO JULY,1922 Grade Children Books Fourth 13 187 Fifth 14 172 Sixth 6 73 Seventh 16 187 Eighth 10 124 Total 59 743 Average,12 During the year 250 books have been sent to Beechwood Branch Library. ACCESSIONS Niimber of Voliimes in Library December 31, 1921 18,007 Number added by purchase,1922 215 Number added by gift,1922 51 Number added by binding magazines,1922 ....23 289 18,296 109 Number withdrawn and lost,1922 61 18,235 Number replaced 5 Total number of volumes in Library December 31,1922 18,240 The total amount of money spent during the year for books has been $428.17. Respectfully submitted, SARAH B.COLLIER. January 8,1923. 110 REPORT OF THE HIGHWAY SURVEYOR Cohasset,January 18,1923. To the Citizens of Cohasset: Following is my report as Highway Surveyor for the past year: The work started January 12,on Sohier Street.640 loads of rough material for widening and shoulders were carted. The fill of crushed stone and gravel averaged about 8 inches. A part of the sidewalk was raised about 4 inches and two 8-inch drain pipes 8 feet long were laid under this walk. A lot of coarse filling was carted on Doane Street.As a part of this street was bmlt on swampy land it requires a lot of iilling every year to make it passable for automobiles,etc. Forest Avenue was made passable for a while but this street has got to have a stone foundation or coarse gravel mixture with tar very soon as the large blasted rocks are showing though in some places. A 36-inch corrugated iron pipe 44 feet long was laid under the westerly end of Spring Street and was covered with 2 feet of concrete.This piece of work was necessary because of the fact when Lincoln Hillside is covered with snow and when a freshet is on a great volume of water flows under this end of the street. Four new catch basins were built and five old ones were repaired,the broken glazed pipe removed and corrugated iron was put in its place.Four hundred and sixty feet of corrugated iron pipe was used this year. The new grader was used very extensively last spring and summer and on the snow this winter.The concrete mixer is also a great im.plement for the streets,mixing the patching material very quickly and evenly.The stone crusher was Ill used quite a lot.About eleven hundred tons of stone were crushed. About twenty-four miles of the streets were covered with asphalt,tarvia and heavy oil,48,1151^gallons were used.The sidewalks were dressed with the usual amount of stone dust and screened gravel. In addition to all other work a great amount of patching had to be done to fill the ever grinding out of hollows caused by the heavy trucking through the Town. The steam roller with the scarifier was used more last season than ever and no doubt will be used more every year as the streets get uneven. In Memoriam It is with regret that we record the death of Samuel N. Thayer who died in 1922.He was employed for many years by the highway department of this Town,was always faithful and efficient and died mourned by all citizens who have had the pleasure of his acquaintance. In conclusion your highway surveyor and his associates wish to take this opportunity to thank their fellow citizens for their many acts of courtesy and kindness in the past. ASSETS OF THE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT One Buffalo steam roller and scarifier $4,800.00 One steam boiler 450.00 One stone crusher 750.00 One steam drill 75.00 •One iron wagon and sprayer 75.00 One iron watering wagon 30.00 Two wooden wagons and sprayers ...75.00 Two road scrapers 500.00 Two road levellers 40.00 112 One one-horse stone roller $40.00 Six new snow plows 300.00 Four snow plows 100.00 Two gutter plows 20.00 One ton soft coal 12.00 One 100-gallon heating cart 35.00 One tool chest and contents 50.00 Eight barrels K.P 60.00 Chains,tools and signs 50.00 One concrete mixer 300.00 $7,764.00 Appropriation,March meeting $32,610.88 PAID OUT FOR LABOR,TEAMS,FENCES (NEW AND REPAIRING OLD),REPAIRING GULF MILL BRIDGE,PAINTING,INSURANCE,TRUCKING, FUEL,CEDAR AND IRON POSTS,TARVIA, ROAD OIL,ETC. George Jason,wages $1,500.00 Labor 10,126.50 Engineers,blacksmith and masons...1,102.26 Teams,trucks and automobile 9,751.39 Telephone,stamps,stationery,etc...52.93 Expressing 28.61 Freight and demurrage 19.45 Wood and coal 182.35 Field,crushed stone and gravel 1,745.05 K.,patching 577.93 Rent of storage 150.00 Insurance liabihty 224.10 New mixer 340.00 Boiler inspection 10.00 113 Supplies,tools,drain pipe (glazed and corrugated),blasting logs,cement, grates,lumber and bridge iron $1,814.20 Tarvia and road oil 5,188.53 $32,613.30 32,610.88 Amount over $2.42 SUMMARY BY STREETS Including making new and repairing old catch basins, replacing glazed pipe with corrugated iron pipe,building and resurfacing streets,cleaning gutters,repairing fences,bridges and stone walls,spreading cinders,screened gravel,stone dust on side walks,patching,etc. Pleasant Street and walk $1,040.00 Ash Street 300.00 Oak Street 290.00 Norfolk Road 360.00 Doane Street 1,340.00 Beechwood and Church Streets 1,650.00 Forrest Avenue 1,680.00 King Street 700.00 Margin Street and Higgins Court ....800.00 Pond Street 340.00 South Main Street 760.00 North Main Street 340.00 Elm Street and Elm Court 600.00 Stockbridge Street and Court 120.00 Atlantic Avenue 1,600.00 Nichols Road 480.00 Smith Street and James Lane 80.00 Spring Street 400.00 Highland Avenue,Brook and three streets across Common 85.00 Jerusalem Road and Hull Street 1,280.00 114 Bow Street $100.00 Summer Street 500.00 Ripley Road and Depot Avenue 800.00 Beach Street 350.00 Sohier Street 8,250.00 Gushing Road and Short Street 350.00 Cedar Street 90.00 Border Street,Parker and Otis Avenues 800.00 $25,485.00 Cost of supphes other than stone, tarvia and oil 4,856.14 Freight,expressing and demurrage ...48.06 Insurance 224.10 Concrete mixer 340.00 Storage 150.00 George Jason,one year's wages 1,500.00 Inspection of boilers 10.00 $32,613.30 Amount over appropriation 2.42 SNOW AND SANDING ACCOUNT Appropriation $4,500.00 Paid out for labor,teams,trucks,new plows,sand,gravel,etc. Labor $3,240.50 Teams,trucks and automobile 2,162.75 Sand and screened gravel 25.50 New plows 223.50 Repairing plows 58.18 Supplies 40.15 Insurance liability 25.73 $5,776.31 4,500.00 Over appropriation $1,276.31 115 SOUTH MAIN AND SUMMER STREETS Special appropriation $1,600.00 Paid out for labor $591.00 Laying pipe 135.00 Truck,teams and automobile 215.25 Supplies,glazed and corrugated pipe, cement,grates,etc 584.11 George Jason,services 50.00 $1,575.36 Balance to treasury 24.64 $1,600.00 Respectfully submitted, GEORGE JASON, Highway Surveyor 116 REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT OF MOTH WORK FOR 1922 To the Citizens oj Cohasset: I do not believe after serving the citizens of Cohasset as Tree Warden and Moth Superintendent for the past six years that there is any necessity for me to enter into a lengthy written report.A detailed accounting of my expenditures can be found in the town accountant's report. I have conducted my departments to the best of my ability and I hope that my management of the departments is satisfactory. Fifteen miles of streets have been mowed out and cleaned tip,all work being personally supervised by me. Respectfully submitted, GEORGE YOUNG, Moth Supervisor. 117 REPORT OF THE OVERSEERS OF THE POOR The affairs of this department have been carried on as usual. We have been able to return a substantial balance to the treasiiry this year. The exterior of the Cohasset Home was painted during the summer and now looks well and is protected from the weather.The ceiling in the basement was renewed and is in good condition. The next large item will be for reshingling the Home, which we hope to put off until next year. At present there are six inmates,three of each sex. Doctor Schott was appointed Town Physician in May for one year. Mr.and Mrs.Nickerson are still filling most acceptably the positions of warden and matron of the home. We recommend the appropriation of $12,500 for 1923. This amount will cover renewal of two fire insiirance policies which expire this year,also $400 toward the support of the District Nurse. DARIUS W.GILBERT HERBERT L.BROWN HARRY E.MAPES 118 REVISED JURY LIST July 27,1922 Name Occupation Street Barnes,John T.,farmer North Main ColHer,George W.,merchant North Main Dean,Dudley S.,treasurer Atlantic Avenue Flecknoe,George F.,salesman EHm Gammons,Everett W.,manufacturer Highland Avenue Haven,Charles F.,merchant North Main HilHs,Alexander,caretaker South Main Hovey,E.Clarence,agent Jerusalem Road Hyland,E.Cla3rton,carpenter James Lane James,Dean K.,merchant Atlantic Avenue Johnson,Howard A.,manufacttirer Atlantic Avenue Ketchum,J.Granger,automobile agent South Main Kinsley,John E.,mason Beechwood Luce,Matthew,wool merchant Jerusalem Road Morris,William H.,insurance agent Norfolk Road Morse,Benjamin F.,laborer North Main Petersen,August F.B.,real estate agent Sohier Petersen,Peter A.D.,janitor Sohier Piepenbrink,Charles,broker Black Rock Road 119 Pratt,Ira N.,farmer Beechwood Reed,Harry H.,foreman Beechwood Souther,William O.,Jr.,promoter Jerusalem Road Stevens,Robert K.C,salesman Beechwood Stevens,Thomas A.,janitor Beechwood Tower,Btirgess C,insurance agent Ripley Road Tower,Eugene N.,cashier Beach Towle,Philip L.,electrician Joy Place Vogel,Augustus H.,Jr.,salesman Forest Avenue Withington,Warren N.,broker Black Rock Road Young,George,superintendent Hull CONTENTS Officers 1922-23 . Report of Town Clerk . Record of Town Meeting Births,Marriages and Deaths Accountant's Report Recapitulation Selectmen's Report Assessor's Report . Report of Treasurer Report of Engineers of Fire Department Report of Sealer of Weights and Measures Report of Tree Warden Report of Board of Health . Report of Cohasset Free Public Library Report of Directors of Paul Pratt Memorial Library Report of Surveyor of Highways Report of Superintendent of Moth Work Report of Overseers of the Poor . Revised Jury List .... Report of School Committee Report of Superintendent of Schools . Page 3 9 9 28 37 77 90 93 95 98 99 100 101 102 104 110 116 117 118 Appendix Appendix ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE OF THE TOWN OF COHASSET MASSACHUSETTS For the Year Ending December 31,1922 THE BOUNDBROOK PRESS 1923 SCHOOL COMMITTEE Fred V.Stanley Term expires in March,1923 Anselm L.Beal Term expires in March,1923 Walter Shuebmk Term expires in March,1924 Manuel A.Grassie Term expires in March,1924 Dean K.James Term expires in March,1925 Everett W.Gammons Term expires in March,1925 Organization Fred V.Stanley Chairman Ansekn L.Beal Secretary Edward L.Stevens Financial Secretary Regular Meetings First Monday of each month at 7.45 p.m.,in Osgood School building. Superintendent of Schools Orvis K.Collins,telephone,Hingham 181-R. Office of Superintendent The superintendent will be at his office in the Osgood building on Tuesdays and Thiursdays,telephone,Cohasset 290. On other days he may be reached for appointments at Hingham,telephone Hingham 181-R. School Physician Oliver H.Howe,M.D.,telephone,Cohasset 14. School Nurse Mrs.Christina Morrill,telephone,Cohasset 389-W. School Calendar,1922-1923 First term opens September 5 closes December 22 Second term opens January 2 closes February 16 Third term opens February 26 closes April 13 Fourth term opens April 23 closes June 22 No-School Signal The signal will be given by fire alarm and street lights; 7.45,no morning session;12.00,no afternoon session. When the morning session is omitted,the busses will start at 12 o'clock to collect the children for the afternoon session. Attendance Officer Thomas L.Bates,telephones,Cohasset,304,residence; Cohasset,372-W,office. Janitors Osgood Building Thomas A.Stevens Osgood Building Louis Mulvey Bates Building Lillian Enos Beechwood School Fred Fuller TEACHING STAFF,1922-1923 Superintendent of Schools Year Elected Orvis K.Collins Middlebury College 1920 Principal of High School Arthur C.Morrison,Sciences Bates College 1918 High School Teachers Minnie E.Bigelow,Commercial subjects Drexel Institute 1902 Marion C.Chandler,French,mathmatics Mt.Holyoke College 1910 Victoria C.Howarth,English,French RadcHffe College 1920 Leita L.Sawyer,English,Latin Boston University 1921 James Webster Doyle,history Boston University 1921 Special Teachers Max H.Meyer,manual training *Columbia University 1918 Florence E.Kraus,drawing Penn.State Normal 1914 Helen C.Welch,domestic arts Farmington Normal 1919 Mrs.Edward L.Stevens,music N.E.Conservatory 1913 Junior High Grades Martha P.Bates,geography,history *Boston University 1880 Jeane Sanborn,arithmetic Framingham Normal 1922 Katherine Buttimer,language Trinity College 1922 Elementary Grades Helen F.Buckley,Grade VI Lowell Normal 1921 Helen L.Brown,Grade V Bridgewater Normal 1921 Mildred R.Garland,Grade IV Plymouth Normal 1922 Elaine Wing,Grade III Toronto Normal 1916 Blanche Thacher,Grade II Kindergarten Tr.Sch.1921 Lyllian Spinney,Grades I,III Gorham Normal 1922 Sara G.Fox,Grade I *Hyannis and Castine Normals 1883 Kathleen McMahon,Kindergarten Perry Kindergarten 1915 Beechwood School Dorothy Bosworth O'Donnell,Grades I-III Bridgewater Normal *Not a graduate. REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE The report of the School Committee with the financial statement of the treasurer is herewith submitted to the Town. Full information with respect to the school work will be found in the reports of the Superintendent of Schools,the Principal of the High School and the supervisors of departmental work. The Sprinkler System was installed throughout the Osgood School Building early in the year at a cost of $3,050.The work was completed and approved by the Board of Insurance Under- writers in time to secure the new reduced rates beginning June 19,1922.As a result the Town received from the Insurance Companies $594.87,in reductions on premiimis of policies still in force.New premiums,for renewals of policies which expired in 1922,cost $382.23.At the old rate they would have cost $791.13,a difference of $4^8.93.The reductions already secured amount,therefore,to $1,0C3.8?,or almost one third the cost of installing the Sprinkler System.For 1923 new premiums on the Osgood School will cost about $270.On the former basis they would cost ^58^.A similar saving will be made in future years.This is entirely apart from the better fire protection provided by the system. One thousand dollars were expended to improve the lighting conditions in the Osgood School Building.New windows were put in eight of the class rooms where lack of adequate light for school work was most evident,and other changes were made. The result is that these rooms are better lighted and the cross lights from windows wrongly placed have been eliminated. At the Hingham Town Meeting,a year ago,a committee was appointed to consider the project of a New High School building for that town.Certain members of that committee, taking into consideration that the town of Hull has no High School building and that Cohasset has been agitating a new building project for several years,conceived the idea of bringing the three towns together to build at some central point a Union High School,which would accommodate all the High School pupils of the three towns.They suggested their idea to their committee,and a sub-committee was appointed to look into the matter,secure data,and sound out the sentiment in the several communities.This sub-committee met the Cohasset School Committee by appointment,presented the matter as it appealed to them,m.aking it very clear that it was simply a suggestion coming from a few individuals,that they did not know whether it would be received by the people of Hingham or Hull favorably or unfavorably.Their purpose was to get it before the people for consideration. The superintendent in his report speaks more definitely of this Union High School project and gives some of the argu- ments that have been advanced for and against it.The School Committee believe it is a matter that should be given careful study and a fair hearing especially if the other towns take it up seriously. Previous to the present year all the grades and the High School began work at the same hour in the morning and closed at the same hour in the afternoon.As the school busses are obliged to make two trips,morning and afternoon to convey the pupils,this necessitated an earlier start on the part of one-half the conveyed pupils and a wait of from twenty to thirty minlutes at the school grounds before school began in the morning,with a corresponding wait and delay in reaching home in the afternoon.A new plan was adopted in the fall of 1922.Pupils for the High School and upper grades are brought to the school on the first trip of the busses and their work begins at 8.45 a.m..Work in the first five grades begins at 9.00 a.m.,and the pupils of these grades are brought to the school on the second trip of the busses.In the afternoon the order is reversed.The lower grades are dismissed fifteen minutes earlier than the upper grades and the younger children get home on the first trip.This plan does away with the long morning and afternoon wait at the school grounds. For a number of years the amount of money raised and expended for school purposes has shown a steady increase of several thousand dollars per year.This increase has been due mainly to the general increase in the cost of living.Books and supplies,fuel and repairs,all the necessary costs of main- taining our school plant have year by year advanced.It has been absolutely necessary to steadily advance salaries during the past five or six years in order to secure and retain competent teachers and maintain the efficiency of our schools.The tax payers will be interested to learn that this upward movement in expenditures is arrested,and that this year the Committee are not asking for an increase in the appropriations. The Committee once again calls attention to the fact that the net cost of the schools for the coming year will be about $6,450 less than the figures submitted in the budget, for the Town will receive from the State Treasurer under the provision of the State School Fund Law,$4,200,as reim- bursement for salaries paid during the year ending June 31, 1923 ;the proceeds from the school lunch will amount to approxi- mately $1,500;and one-half the amount expended for tuition or $750,will be returned by the State. Respectfully submitted, F.V.STANLEY, For the School Committee. 8 School Budget for 1923 General expenses : School Committee Salaries $100.00 Other expenses 300.00 Superintendent of Schools and enforcement of law : Salaries 2,000.00 Other expenses 250.00 Instruction : Supervisors Salaries 1,000.00 Principal and Teachers Salaries 32,650.00 Textbooks and Supplies 3,000.00 Operating School Plants : Wages of Janitors 3,500.00 Fuel 2,600.00 Power and miscellaneous janitors'supplies....1,200.00 Repairs and replacement of equipment 2,100.00 Auxiliary Agencies : Library 200.03 Health 700.00 Transportation 5,300.00 Insiu-ance 450.00 Sundries 300.00 Lunch 2,000.00 New equipment 800.00 Tuition 1,500.00 Total $59,950.00 REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS To the School Committee and Citizens of Cohasset: I herewith submit to your coramittee and through you to the citizens of Cohasset the annual report of the Superintendent of Schools.I am including with this the reports of the Principal of the High School,the Supervisor of Club Work,the School Dentist,and the reports of the special teachers. Resignations and Elections We are fortunate in having had few changes in the teaching force the past year.In September we had four new teachers as compared with seven the year before. Miss Priscilla Moore,teacher of Language in grades seven and eight,accepted a position as teacher of Spanish in Holden High School,and Miss Katherine Buttimer was elected to this position.Miss Buttimer is a graduate of Trinity College,with a year of post graduate work in education at Harvard.She taught last year in Bridgewater Junior High School. Miss Dorothy Kennett,teacher of Arithmetic in grades seven and eight,resigned to accept a position in Weymouth High School.Miss Jeane Sanborn,a graduate of Framingham Normal School,with experience as principal of a school in Boxford,was secured for this position. Miss Jtme Simmons,teacher of Fourth grade,accepted a position in Arlington,and the vacancy was filled by the election of Miss Mildred R.Garland,a graduate of Plymouth Normal School.Miss Garland is a teacher of broad experience in the schools of New Hampshire and Massachusetts. Miss Grace L.Morton was elected to a position in the schools of Quincy,and Miss Lyllian Spinney,a graduate of Gorham Normal School,having had experience in Chelsea and in Winsted,Connecticut,was chosen for this first grade position. 10 Building Accommodations I recommended last year that an appropriation of SI,000 be made to improve the Hghting of eight of the rooms in the Osgood School.The appropriation was m.ade,the necessary^ windows put in,and the seating of the rooms changed so as to afford proper lighting.We are m.uch pleased with the results. In these rooms we now have the required amount of light coming from the left and back of the rooms,with the stronger light from,the left,which is the best arrangement. I suggested a year ago that this might be the year to further increase our school accomjmodations.I felt that as soon as possible we should m,ake other provision for the commercial classes so as to release the assembly-hall for assembly and gymnasium purposes.Because of the increase of building costs and the fact that the enrollm.ent has increased only twenty the past year,I think it unwise to suggest additional accom_m.odations at this time.I think,however,we should keep the question in mind and be prepared to say when building costs are lov.'er whether Cohasset should build a new high school,or whether it would be advisable to build a primary school either as an addition to the present building or as an independent unit,which would be done at a m.uch lower cost, and continue to use the present building for the upper grades and the high school. A new high school for one hundred and twenty-five pupils w^ould make the pupil cost very high.As it is the pupil cost is higher than in many towns,but less than in a large number of towns of comparatively the samie size,such as Barnstable, Falmouth,Warren,Westford,Hardwick,Hopedale,Sutton, Bourne,Manchester,Lancaster,Weston,Wayland,and Stockbridge.We are providing a broad course of study that will fit for college or com.m-ercial life.For the pupil who desires neither of these courses there are classes in wood work,printing, free-hand and mechanical drawing,and domestic science,so that for a school of its size,I feel we are offering all that can be expected. Pupils who desire to take trade work can be so much better provided for in a large trade school than in any classes we might 11 conduct on a small scale that it is out of the question to consider it.We have at present nine pupils in the Quincy Trade School. This school was so crowded last fall that no more tuition pupils could be admitted.The coming fall Weymouth will be equipped to care for all South Shore pupils who care to take the work,and Quincy will also have increased accommodations. The State reimburses the towns one-half of the tuition paid,which is $170 in the Quincy Trade School. A Union High School Certain members of a committee appointed at the last annual town meeting in Hingham to present plans for a local high school are suggesting that the towns of Hingham,Cohasset and Hull join together in a high school district and construct a high school building at some point midway between the three towns to be operated as the high school of the three towns.They are asking that each town appoint a committee to consider the proposition the coming year. The plan has considerable m.erit,and if it is possible to surmount several serious obstacles,it might be carried into effect.There are so many objections advanced I feel the question should be carefully -considered at once and either adopted as the ultimate policy of the towns,or it should be discarded as undesirable,and not stand in the way of plans any of the towns may have for local high schools. The Commissioner of Education was invited to speak before the committee.The School Committees of Cohasset and Hull and your Superintendent were invited to be present. The Commissioner in a very clear manner pointed out the advantages and disadvantages of such a union.He reminded us that there had been a general law for many years permitting of such unions,but as yet no towns had availed themselves of the opportunity afforded.Since there is no precedent in Massachusetts indicating the success of the project,he suggested that it would be advisable to includ,e in the agreement the right of the toWns to withdraw at the end of ten years,if they were not satisfied with the arrangement.In which case,he 12 said,it would be advisable to locate the school at some point convenient for a local high school for one of the towns,presiim- ably Hingham. Many arguments are advanced for and against the proposition.The cost of maintaining and building one high school would be less than building and maintaining three small high schools,provided that the cost of transportation should not be too high.If the building were to be placed at Nantasket Junction as suggested by some of the committee, all pupils would need transportation;on the other hand,if it were placed near Hingham Station only half of the pupils would require transportation,and the building would be convenient for the local high school of Hingham should the union be dissolved at the end of ten years. Janitor service and repairs would be less on one building than on three smaller buildings. It is suggested that a broader course of study could be offered,and the work would be more interesting and efficient i!n large classes.I doubt whether any additional courses would be given.The Commissioner felt that there would not be enough students desiring trade school education to make such a course profitable.It would be better to provide for such at Weymouth and Quincy.With a School of Agriculture at Walpole well equipped for practical work in this subject, it would seem imwise to establish any theoretical course,which would be at the best a poor substitute.There is little doubt but that the college preparatory students woiild gain from the experience of larger classes.I doubt whether the commercial classes would gain much as we now have as large classes as can be conveniently handled. The following figures show how difficult it would be to arrange a satisfactory basis for the distribution of the cost of such a school. Hingham Cohasset Hull Valuation $9,208,235 $6,792,842 $13,785,130 Per cent of combined valuation ....31 23 46 Pupils enrolled,1922 205 119 66 Per cent of combined enrollment ...51 31 18 Cost of high school instruction 24,517 19,782 9,315 Cohasset Hull 12,331 24,662 16,620 9,651 13 Hingham Combined cost distributed according to valuation 16,620 Combined cost distributed according to enrollment 27,343 One half of cost distributed according to valuation and one half according to enrollment 21,981 14,526 17,157 These figures indicate plainly that a special act of the General Court would be required for this union for it is evident that the Town of Hull with 18 per cent of the pupils would not consent to paying 46 per cent of the cost of the school, which would be the situation under the general law. A member of the School Committee in one of the towns suggests that the cost be distributed according to the enroll- ment.This would result in Hingham's paying 51 per cent of the cost,making the cost greater than that of maintaining a separate school. Probably the only plan that could be agreed upon would be to apportion one-half of the cost according to the valuation of the towns and one-half according to the pupil enrollment. Under any of these arrangements Cohasset would profit financially. A very serious objection to many is that each town would be compelled to give all local control of the schooling of its pupils of high school age,and be assessed by a committee for the cost of the school.It is very evident that the voters of the three towns could not come together to make appropriations for the maintenance of the school. Athletics Following the plan inaugurated in 1921 we have made a special effort to interest as many as possible in athletics. Last spring the high school won the State Championship in an athletic event staged by the Director of Physical Education for the high schools of Massachusetts.In this eighty per cent of the senior and junior boys were required to compete to 14 make a school eligible.Mr.Doyle put into the field a strong baseball team,probably the best the school has had for many years. At the South Shore track meet held at Marshfield in October,Cohasset made an excellent showing. I have stressed the importance of junior athletics,and again we have had a triangular league for the yoimger boys in Hingham High School,the Lincoln School,and the Osgood School.In baseball each school was represented by two teams, and in football by one team.In the football league,Cohasset won the cup this year. Two track meets were held last fall for the junior group at the Hingham playground in which the girls competed as well as the boys. One indoor meet has been held at Cohasset this winter for the junior boys of these three schools,and we expect to have others. In the spring we expect to have a baseball league and do even more with track events than we have in the past. Intelligence Tests Last winter we gave the Otis Group Intelligence Tests to all pupils from the seventh to the twelfth grades inclusive.The highest score in the senior class was 183 and the lowest 86;the highest junior score,188,the lowest,113;the highest sophomore score,195,the lowest,80;the highest freshman score,163, the lowest,78;the highest eighth grade score,171,the lowest, 72;and the highest seventh grade score,163,and the lowest,64. The median mark in the high school classes was up to normal with the exception of the sophomore class,and in the seventh and eighth grades the median was above normal.This would indicate that from the point of view of average intelHgence our schools are properly graded.On the other hand the wide divergence of the scores in each grade shows how wide a varia- tion there is in the natural ability within a single class.Very few pupils who are doing good work in school had a low score, but there were some who had fair scores who were not doing 15 good school work,indicating not a lack of ability,but poor application. We are just about to give another of these group tests and hope also to give some of the standard tests in subject matter. School Enrollment The following shows the comparative enrollment of pupils for the past five years as of September. 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 Kindergarten Grade I Grade II Grade III ... Grade IV.... Grade V Grade VI .... Grade VII... Grade VIII.. Grade IX.... Grade X Grade XI .... Grade XII ... 26 41 33 41 50 68 33 63 60 65 40 40 38 43 46 53 32 43 35 52 63 51 42 46 37 42 59 40 39 41 47 45 61 40 39 56 51 34 57 44 37 55 37 28 43 33 32 53 32 39 22 27 28 42 36 23 19 27 21 29 24 17 15 25 21 534 502 514 512 532 You will notice that there is an increase of twenty in the total enrollment over one year ago.The table showing the age and grade distribution shows that there are one hundred and sixty-eight pupils underaged for their grades and only fifty- three over aged.This is accounted for to a certain extent by the low entrance age to the first grade a few years back.There are only three pupils in school at present who are three years retarded. Conclusion In conclusion I wish to express to the citizens my apprecia- tion of the generous support that has been given the schools 16 in the past,and urge a continuance of the pohcy.Trained men and women are going to be in greater demand the next few- years than ever before,and the service the individual can render will to a large degree be in proportion to the help we give him in the schools.The communities'greatest obligation is to give to the children the best possible preparation for life. It is the greatest protection there can be for our democracy. I wish to express my appreciation of the loyal work done by the teachers,the spirit of cooperation and good will shown by the parents,and the frank and earnest consideration by the School Committee of all questions raised,and all recommenda- tions made in regard to the conduct of the schools. Respectfully submitted, O.K.COLLINS, Superintendent, December 31,1922. 17 EXPENDITURES AND ESTIMATE Estimate Expenditures Estimate 1922 1922 1923 General Expenses School Committee: Salaries $100.00 $75.00 $100.00 Other expenses 300.00 231.31 300,00 Superintendent : Salary 2,000.00 1,599.96 2,000.00 Other expenses 250.00 60.80 250.00 Instruction Supervisors 825.00 980.00 1,000.00 Principal 2,500.00 2,500.00 2,500.00 Teachers 29,600.00 29,207.13 30,150.00 Books 1,200.00 1,302.53 1,200.00 SuppHes 1,500.00 2,212.64 1,800.00 Janitors 3,500.00 3,426.50 3,500.00 Fuel 2,200.00 1,748.12 2,600.00 Repairs,light,power 4,200.00 4,171.05 3,300.00 Library 200.00 41.50 200.00 Health 500.00 671.00 700.00 Transportation 5,300.00 5,263.13 5,300.00 Insurance 1,050.00 73.16 450.00 Sundries 300.00 206.00 300.00 Lunch 2,000.00 1,923.46 2,000.00 Tuition to Trade School 1,500.00 1,423.75 1,500.00 New equipment 850.00 740.00 800.00 Sprinkler System 2,500.00 3,050.00 $63,375.00 $60,914.06 $59,950.00 18 RECEIPTS OF THE SCHOOL DEPARTMENT Insurance dividend $6.08 Insurance returned 212.67 Refund from Superintendent Ballou 50.00 Refund 12.80 SuppHes sold 82.88 . Lunch receipts 1,588.75 From the State for Vocational education,1921 180.63 Teachers'salaries 4,090.00 Dog tax 226.58 $6,460.39 Net tax excepting outlay 51,403.67 $57,864.06 Outlay 3,050.00 Total expenditure $60,914.06 The receipts from the State for vocational education for 1922 will amount to $711.87. 19 3 f5 C0t^t0O000000-^(N»O»OO"*»O^0i<Ni—I050'^(M05000CO CO 1-1 CO CO (N rH (N CS|(N ,-H (?q r-l tH (>i (N 1-1 Cq C^1-1 rH 1-1 C^Cq i-H PQO 00 1— ( CO(N lO 1>Ti^Tji 00 o ^^^ 1—1 ^g^^ 1—1 oco CO T-l CO CO i-H (N -th •lo eq o TjH 00 ti<CO o -^ :•;• (M r-l 5 T— 1 (N •eo iH <M CO tH 00 lO a>rH l-^Sg^§ 1—1 ••••••(N (N iH lo (M cq 00 1>CO TjH CO ;[;;;;;;S^t;s o 00 00 tH 1-1 CO CO 05 05 00 00 CO '-^'^ t^CO(N o 00 (M § ^(M CO CO 03H(N(M ::::::::::;:::;;;::;;; '^^ (M CO 1—1 00 1—1 2 IPQO >^t:>>t:>>t:>^t:>^t;>^i^>>t:>-^>^i:^^-i:>^t:>^i:w w o-^o-^o-^o.i^o.5h o-^o-^o-^0-52 o-^o-i^o-s mo hhhhHS hh^ 1 1 *—'^-^-^H-1 1—1 HH HH h-H HH bx^b^H-l 1— 1 t—( (—1 20 REPORT OF HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL Mr.Orvis K.Collins, Superintendent of Schools. Dear Sir:My fifth annual report as principal of the Cohasset High School is a brief one.Much of the work of the school is taken up and discussed by the supervisors of the various departments.There are some things however,not covered by them. The enrollment for the year 1922-1928 is as follows: entering class or ninth grade,nineteen boys,ten girls;tenth grade,fourteen boys,twenty-two girls;eleventh grade,nine boys,twenty-one girls;twelfth grade,eight boys,thirteen girJs,a total of one hundred and sixteen. Of last year's graduating class,one has entered Salem Normal School,two have entered Boston University College of Business Administration,one is enrolled in Simmons and two are students in Northeastern College of Engineering.A record of twenty-five per cent of a class going on to higher insti- tutions of learning is indeed a good one of w^hich any school, not distinctly college preparatory,might well be proud. Practically no changes were made in the curricultmi this year.The substitution of Business English for Commercial Law,made a year ago,has proved to be a good one and the placing of the two years'work in Bookkeeping in the last two years of school has made the work of the commercial students more intensive and vocational during that period.In the manual arts department,the bo^^s of the ninth and tenth grades have been allowed to specialize as far as facilities permitted in three fields —wood work,including wood turning and the use of power saws,metal work and elementary electricity. Efforts have been made to help each boy to discover his mechanical aptitudes or the lack of them and to guide him into fields of endeavor to which he seems best adapted.Accordingly 21 some of the bo3^s have been urged to attend secondary schools giving the kind of vocational training impossible for them to obtain in this high school and we now have boys in the Quincy Trade School and in the Norfolk Agricultural School at Walpole. At present,there are only two main courses in high school, with a possible third which is a combination of the two — preparation for normal school or college and preparation for commercial pursuits or office and clerical work.The latter is practically the only vocational work offered,the work in the manual arts field being regarded as pre-vocational or a series of tryouts along different lines.The time must come when better and more varied vocational training will be given to the increasing number of secondary school students,and it is upon the smaller high schools that the burden will fall most heavily.A comprehensive high school of sufficiently large numbers to make such training economical,supported by several towns,may be the solution of the problem,or the situation may be met as we are partially meeting it now,by sending pupils to the various vocational schools particularly suited to their needs. In athletics,effort has been made to interest as large a number of pupils as possible in some form of physical training rather than spend a disproportionate amount of time on relatively few.We have had the regular high school baseball team,a junior baseball team,basketball teams for both girls and boys,junior football team as well as pupils engaged in various forms of track and field activities.The younger boys and girls competed with the girls of the Lincoln and first year high school boys and girls of Hingham in an outdoor athletic meet.In a State wide athletic meet under the auspices of the Massachusetts State High School Athletic Association,our boys won first place and received a handsome cup.In order for a school to be considered a competitor,eighty per cent of all the boys in the school must compete in each event.A system of scoring was used which gave a certain amount of credit for a minimimi performance and additional credit for faster time and longer distance.Our junior football team won first place in the triangular league,composed of the Lincoln and first year high 22 school boys in Hingham and the boys of the Osgood School. In a South Shore track meet held on the Marshfield Fair grounds,our boys and girls competed successfully with the pupils of much larger schools.Our excellent record in athletics is due in no small part to the efforts of Mr.Doyle and Miss Sawyer,who have devoted much time and energy to this phase of school life. From time to time during the year,class parties are held, the Halloween party for all the high schools has become a fixture and the social activities of the school year reach their culmination in the Senior Class Party given on the evening following graduation.A play under the management of the senior class,was given under the direction of Miss Howarth and the proceeds used for class purposes. Last year's graduating class numbered twenty-five,the largest class graduated in the history of the school with the possible exception of the year following the abolition of the thirteenth grade.Appended to this report are the names of the entering class,and of the class graduated in June,1922, together with a table showing the subjects taken by high school pupils and the numbers enrolled in the college and normal preparatory,commercial and general courses. Respectfully submitted. ARTHUR C.MORRISON, Principal. 23 Entering Mary M.Donovan Alice Enos Grace R.Grassie Julia Henry Jeanette Lincoln Dorothy Marsh Charlotte Morse Wilhelmina Stoddard Marion Sullivan Herbert P.Bates Philander Bates Philip W.Coyne Joseph D.Daley Frank DeMello Class,September,1922 Noel Edwards D.Victor Edwards Godfrey W.EUerton Clarence W.Grassie Milton F.Higgins Edison A.Litchfield Earl McArthur D.Bruce MacLean Joseph L.Meehan Joseph A.Migliaccio Elmer H.Pratt David Souther,Jr. Nathan Souther Leland Towle Graduating Margaret Frances Brickett Alice Margaret Brown Dorothy Genevieve Enos Christine Margaret Jacome Eleanor Frances Litchfield Eleanor Elizabeth Mulcahy Emma Loretta Nawn Sarah Staples Pratt Dorothy Blanche Sargent Louise Beryl Sylvester Eleanor Lewis Tanger Sarah Guild Tanger Rosilla Dorothea Thayer Class,June,1922 Margaret Treat Winters Edward Arthur Atkinson Paul Lawrence Ayers William Pendegast Ayers Howard Nelson Barnes Allen Webster Bates Carroll Dennis Daley Henry Mannix Deary Robert Brigham James Joseph Allen Madden Frederick Reno Maitland James Frederick Wessman 24 English History Latin French Stenography Bookkeeping Typewriting Chemistry Algebra Drawing SUBJECTS TAKEN BY HIGH SCHOOL PUPILS Seniors Juniors Sophomores Freshmen Total Boys Girls Boys Girls . Boys. Girls . Boys. Girls . Boys Girls . Boys Girls . Boys. Girls . Boys. Girls. Boys. Girls . Boys. Girls . Business English Boys Girls Commercial Geography Boys . Girls Geometry Biology Shop Commercial Arithmetic Boys. Girls . Boys. Girls . Boys. Boys. Girls . Household Arts Girls . General Science Boys Girls . Civics Boys . Girls 8 9 14 19 50 13 21 22 10 66 8 9 10 27 12 21 15 48 3 7 7 17 2 1 7 6 16 1 2 5 8 16 5 9 7 21 5 5 10 11 14 25 5 5 10 9 16 25 5 7 12 11 16 27 2 2 4 2 5 .7 2 7 9 2 .5 7 1 1 1 6 18 10 19 1 1 1 3 7 5 7 6 12 54 7 15 7 16 1 S 7 S •• 7 7 8 1 2 12 i?12 10 20 10 4 4 {)3 12 3 19 10 12 12 3 19 10 25 HIGH SCHOOL COURSES TAKEN College Commercial General Total Senior Boys 2 6 8 Girls 2 10 ..12 Junior Boys 2 10 2 14 Girls 3 14 2 19 Sophomore Boys 6 6 1 13 Girls 8 12 2 22 Freshmen Boys 7 13 ..20 Girls 4 3 ..7 34 74 7 115 26 REPORT OF THE ART DEPARTMENT Mr.Orvis K.Collins, Superintendent of Schools. Dear Sir:I hereby submit for your approval the annual report of the Art Department for the year 1922. During this year we have appreciated the advantages of our new home in the annex.Additional space,light and ventila- tion have made the work more enjoyable than ever and the results obtained have been gratifying.It was at first planned to have only the high school classes in free-hand and mechanical drawing meet in this room but by dividing the eighth grade into two sections it has been possible to have them meet here also. An exhibition of the drawing and handicraft of all grades was held in the Town Hall in June.An especially interesting feature was the craft work done by the girls of the high school. Much credit is due to the teachers of the first four grades and of the Beechwood School for the interesting and excellent results obtained there.Because of the large amount of time required for the work in the other grades and in the High School, it is not possible for me to devote as much time as I should like to the primary grades. For your spirit of helpfulness and hearty cooperation in our plans and aims,I wish to express my appreciation. Respectfully submitted, FLORENCE E.KRAUS. 27 REPORT OF INDUSTRIAL ARTS DEPARTMENT Mr.Orvis K.Collins, Superintendent of Schools. Dear Sir:I hereby respectfully submit to you my report as director of the Industrial Arts Department for 1922. The policy of giving to the boys as much practical knowledge about industrial occupations as possible has been adhered to throughout the year.Opportunity has been given for an acquaintance with woodwork,printing,electrical and metal work.The plan followed last year is as follows:Wood- work for the fifth and sixth grades.Printing for the seventh grade.Electrical or sheet metal work for the eighth grade. Work on the lathe,band and circular saw,combined with advanced woodwork in the Freshman year,and the follow up of any special work challenging the boys'interest in the Sophomore year.Boys showing decided aptitude and preference for special work have been permitted to concentrate on their choice of activity through Freshman and Sophomore years and in some cases in the grades. The wood-turning lathe installed during the year proved a valuable addition to our equipment of modern power machines. It affords an opportunity for practice in wood-turning,which in itself is a distinct trade,and also the foundation for the occupation of pattern making.The pity is that it had to be placed in the back room where there is practically no daylight. In considering the Industrial Arts activities in our schools it should be clearly borne in mind,that though they are useful for general culture,for the motivation of academic subjects and the acquisition of mechanical skill,for try-outs in occupatio aiding in vocational guidance,and the building of foundations for future occupations,they cannot fit boys to successfully enter the industries.This can be done onlv in the Trade School 28 where all the studies are correlated and designed to produce the finished artisan. Children may be grouped into five classes as follows: 1.Those who are headed for college.2.Those who are destined for commercial work.3.Those who are stronger in mechanical than in abstract intelligence.4.Those who are especially gifted.5.The sub-normal.Only the first two, namely,those headed for college and those planning to enter commercial work are adequately served by the public schools today.To the mechanically inclined boys,to the especially gifted and to the sub-normal,the ordinary public school has but little to offer by way of real preparation. Four boys recently dropped out of our high school,none of them were planning for college or commerce.On leaving, only one of them could find a public school offering him the kind of education he desired.The other three will enter industry handicapped for life through lack of proper education. Secretary of Labor J.J.Davis,recently made the follow- ing statement."American children face in our public schools a false learning that will not fit more than one in ten for the places they must occupy in life." Dr.Ernest D.Burton,director of the University Libraries, Chicago University,made this statement in a recent address at the university."It is manifest that a policy of carrying all children as far as they will go on the way to college and a Bachelor's degree and letting those fall by the way who will, is grossly unjust to that large majority whose destination is not the college but the shop and household."Other leading men,including Ex-president Eliot of Harvard,and Mr.Roger W.Babson might be quoted along the same lines.Something ought to be done for that "large majority "mentioned by Doctor Burton. I am advocating and pleading for a trade school for the district including Cohasset,where our boys of mechanical bent may receive an education suited to their abilities.Some of our boys are now attending the Quincy Industrial School. Even with a new bmlding now under construction in Quincy the chances are very remote of placing any more Cohasset 29 boys there,according to the principal of the school.A trade school does not require an expensive building,one of factory construction is much more suitable and.far less expensive.The outside walls only need to be built by contract,the boys with the guidance of the instructor could easily do all the inside finish.The school shotild be built on a large lot affording space for athletics,which should be as much a part of the trade school as of the high school.The State of Massachusetts would pay one half of the maintenance including teachers'salaries and replacement of equipment.With Cohasset,Hingham,Hull and the Weymouths combined the expenses would be so light as to hardly affect the tax rate in our Town. It is reported on good authority that Weymouth has taken the lead in the matter and is contemplating the building of a trade school to be erected in September,1923.If the plans are carried out the school will be large enough to accommodate Cohasset boys.The probabilities are,however,that it will be only for a few years at best,before Hingham,Hull and Cohasset will have to provide a similar school,because of the ever increasing niimber calling for industrial education.Thirty per cent of all employed in gainful occupations are in industry. In the not distant future one-third of all boys will attend trade schools. The land of opportunity today is not in the professions, because they are for the most part over-crowded,but in industry, for those well trained to assume leadership in a definite field. The most important business of the Town of Cohasset is the proper education of its future citizens.I hope the parents will realize their power in this matter and in fairness to their boys, demand that a trade school be provided for them either in Cohasset or in a neighboring town. Respectfully submitted, M.H.MEYER. January,1923. 30 REPORT OF SCHOOL PHYSICIAN An epidemic of scarlet fever occurred during the fall months,thirty-one cases being reported.At such times parents should be particularly watchful of slight illnesses in their children and secure medical advice;for one light and unrecog- nized case of scarlet fever may do infinite harm to others. This epidemic did not interrupt the school work,as I made regular inspections of the throats of all pupils.Experience shows that with such inspection,pupils are much safer in school. In my annual routine examination,I have paid especial attention to pupils who show a lack of vitality,are frequently absent on account of illness and consequently fail to do efficient school work.These pupils are usually below the normal weight. This year we are offered expert assistance in the examination of such pupils by the Public Health Association of Norfolk County,who will provide a doctor and a nurse for the purpose. Consent of the parents is required before proceeding with this examination.There are in the Osgood School seventy-eight pupils who are under weight and otherwise deficient in vitality, but the parents of only twelve have so far given consent to have them examined.It is hoped that a larger number will avail themselves of these opportunities,as this is a critical time in the lives of these children and full consideration and wise hygienic measures will mean much for their future welfare. With thanks for the cooperation of the committee,superin- tendent,teachers and the school nurse. Respectfully submitted, OLIVER H.HOWE,M.D. 31 REPORT OF SCHOOL DENTIST Town of Cohasset,Mass. Board of Education. Mr.O.K.Collins, Superintendent of Schools. It gives me pleasure to submit to you the following as summary of the work completed by me from January 1 to December 31,1922 at the Osgood School. All children in the first eight grades were examined and conditions noted. Eighty-three per cent of these children are having their work done at the School Clinic,and the work for all but eight of them was completed by me at the close of school in June. Work was done for twenty-two high school pupils,and seventeen were completed. The following figures are taken from cards which are on file at the Clinic,which show the amount and nature of the work done for each individual pupil. Silver fillings 403 Root canal fillings 5 Treatments 31 Cleansings 217 Cement fillings 12 Extractions 170 Enamel fillings 50 Gold crowns 3 Six-tooth bridge 1 One case of straightening where four front teeth were straightened. Respectfully submitted, FRANK A.DERBY,D.M.D. 32 REPORT OF DOMESTIC SCIENCE TEACHER Mr.O.K.Collins, Superintendent of Schools. Dear Sir:I submit for your approval and acceptance my annual report of the Household Arts Department for the year 1922. There have been no important changes in the work during the last year;instruction is given in sewing for three years and in cooking for three years. The aims of the sewing department are to teach the girls the making and use of the comm.on stitches.,the use of a sewing machine,the use of patterns and to instil in them an interest in the making and care of their clothes. The girls in the fifth grade dress a doll;the cutting and making of these small garments give them an excellent idea of the way their own clothes are made;in the latter part of the year they make some article of underwear for themselves. The girls of the sixth grade make their cooking outfit for the following year,and a simple dress for themselves. The girls of the high school class make various articles of wearing apparel,including underwear and outside garments. It is hoped that the work in the cooking department may help the girls to appreciate the work necessary in the home and to contribute their share toward it. The seventh grade receive instruction in simple cooking, learning the value and use of recipes and study the effects of different foods on our bodies. The upper grades learn the serving of foods as well as the preparation of them,the serving being done in the school lunch room which is an important part of this department. The girls of the high school class,in addition to the regular cooking and serving study the preparation and serving of food for an invalid.Each girl prepares and serves two trays,one 33 for breakfast and one for lunch.Illustrative trays were shown at the exhibit which was held at commencement in Town Hall in coniunction with the exhibits of the Manual Training and Art Departments. The lunch room has been well patronized diu-ing the past year.The department supervises the lunches of the little children,helping them to choose a lunch that is nourishing and satisfying or supplementing with soup or cocoa lunches brought from home when they are inadequate or the weather is cold, and sometimes furnishing lunches for children who for some reason were unable to bring one. In closing;I wish to express to you my appreciation for your cooperation and helpful attitude toward this department. Respectfully submitted, HELEN C.WELCH. 34 REPORT OF CLUB WORK Mr.Orvis K.Collins, Superintendent of Schools. Dear Sir:I hereby respectfully submit to you my report as director of club work for the season of 1922. One hundred and ten boys and girls were enrolled in the various clubs during the year.The excellent prizes won at exhibits outside of Cohasset,where competition is much greater than in our Town,proved that their work is up to the standard. Owing to a ruling of the local Board of Health,the number of Pig Club members has been reduced from fifteen to five. The Poultry Club,however,has grown to thirty-two members. The poultry at the local exhibit was more than double that of last year. The boys won the following prizes at exhibits outside of Cohasset.At the Weymouth Fair,Arnold Petersen won a second prize and Robert Perry a third,in judging utility Leghorns and Rhode Island Red poultr^^Arnold Petersen won first prize on sweet com and simimer squash,second prize on Boys'Garden Club Exhibit and table beets,Murray Perry won first prize on a plate of potatoes and boys'garden exhibit, second prize on carrots,beets and ripe tomatoes. At the Needham Poultry Show,Robert Perry,on Rhode Island Reds,won first prize on a pullet and cockerel,and a second and third prize on pullets.On White Plymouth Rocks,Murray Perry won a second and a fourth on a cockerel and a fifth on a pullet.Leland Towle was awarded a first on a hen and second prize on a cock of the white Leghorn class.Arnold Petersen won a first prize on a Barred Rock pullet,and a third on a cockerel,first prize on a hen,second on a cockerel and a fifth on a pullet in the Rhode Island Red class.George Valine was awarded two first prizes on a Japanese Silky cock and hen and two seconds on white cochin cock and hen.Robert Perry was 35 the only Cohasset boy exhibiting at the Boston Poultry show receiving a second prize on a pen of Rhode Island Reds. As a reward for good work in 1921,Arnold Petersen, Murray Perry and John Valine attended Massachusetts Agri- cultural College camp in July,where Arnold Petersen won a second prize in judging poultry in competition with boys all over the State. All club members foiu-teen years and over who could go, attended Walpole Day in August making the pleasant trip in automobiles.A small group of club members attended Achieve- ment Day at the Agriculture School in April. The canning club met every other week at the Bates Building during the simimer.The meetings were in charge of Mrs.J.H.Winters,Mrs.F.Perry and Mrs.J.Falconer.Jean Deary of Jerusalem Road,though only in the second grade last year attended all the meetings and exhibited in September. The annual exhibit was held in the Town Hall in September. The program for the evening meeting was as follows:Opening remarks by Mr.O.K.Collins,Superintendent of Schools, poultry judging by Murray Perry,Arnold Petersen and Leland Towle.Judging of canned goods by Sarah Lawrence,JuHa and Abigail Poland and Pauline Nason.Report of one week at Amherst College by Arnold Petersen.Presentation of prizes by the Rev.F.V.Stanley,Chairman of the School Committee and an address "The Importance of Agriculture,"by Mr.F.E. Gardner of the State Board of Education. An official statement and a complete list of the winners at the Cohasset exhibit is appended. Respectfully submitted, M.H.MEYER. January,1923. 36 CONTESTS AND AWARDS OF THE BOYS*AND GIRLS^ SUMMER PROJECTS Cohasset,1922 The prizes were contributed by the following friends and residents of Cohasset:Mr.and Mrs.Hugh Bancroft,Mr. Clarence Barron,Mr.and Mrs.Edward Bayley,Mrs.Mary K.Bolles,Mr.and Mrs.Lewis A.Crosset,Mr.and Mrs.Edwin L.Ftirber,Mr.Benjamin D.Hyde,Miss M.V.McCormick, Mrs.Arthur N.Milliken,Mrs.B.L.Sankey,Mr.and Mrs. Hanson M.Savage and Mr.R.B.Williams. JUNIOR PROJECTS EXHIBIT,1922 Age 10 to 18 A.Best cared-for garden. 1.Silver cup Murray Perry 2.$2.00 Arnold Peterson 3.11.50 Leland Towle Frank Pagliaro,Honorary Mention B.Best plates of vegetables. Beets 1.$2.00 Murray Perry 2.$1.50 Frank PagUaro 3.$1.00 Arnold Peterson Cabbages 1.$2.00 Mary Daley 2.$1.50 Arnold Peterson c. D. 37 Cucumbers 1.$2.00 Potatoes Sarah Lawrence 1.$2.00 Murray Perry 2.$1.50 Sarah Lawrence 3.$1.00 Carrots Mary Daley 1.$2.00 Arnold Peterson 2.$1.50 John Valine 3.$1.00 Tomatoes Murray Perry 1.$2.00 Murray Perry 2.$1.50 Harold Nason 3.$1.00 Mary Daley Hubbard Squash 1.$2.00 Harold Nason Sweet Com 1.$2.00 Arnold Peterson 2.$1.50 Mary Daley 3.$1.00 Sarah Lawrence Best display of four vegetables. 1.$2.00 Murray Perry 2.$1.50 Frank Pagliaro 3.$1.00 Arnold Peterson Largest quantity display. 1.$3.00 Arnold Peterson 2.$2.00 Murray Perry .3.$1.50 Mary Daley 38 GARDEN CONTEST A, B. Age under 10 Best cared-}or garden. 1.Silver cup Fred Barrows 2.S2.00 Richard Tisdale 3.$1.00 W.McLoughlin Largest display of vegetables. I.$2.00 W.McLoughlin 2.$1.50 L.Lawrence 3.$1.00 Fred Barrows A. B. CANNING CONTEST Best display of five jars. 1.Silver cup Pauline Nason 2.$2.00 Elizabeth Valine 3.$1.50 Geraldine Gillis Best three jars of one variety. 1.$2.00 Pauline Nason 2.$1.50 Ellen Broderick 3.$1.00 Juha Poland One jar of each variety canned. 1.One week at Massachusetts Agricultural College Camp. Name on cup.Winning cup in three years 2.$2.00 3.$1.50 4.$1.00 Pauline Nason Mary Modente Julia Poland Sarah Lawrence 39 FLOWER CO NTEST A.Best cared-for garden. 1.Silver cup Rosalie Morris 2.$2.00 Sally Towle 3.$1.00 Margaret Silva B.Best display of asters. 1.$2.00 Margaret Silva 2.$1.50 Helen Nason 3.$1.00 Margaret Daley C.Best display of dahlias. *1.$2.00 Henry Ahearn 2.$1.50 Mary Pagliaro 3.$1.00 Helen Nason D.Largest display of different flowers. 1.$2.00 Celia Barrows 2..$1.50 Pauline Nason 3.$1.00 Rosalie Morris PIG CONTEST A.Largest and most economical gain.This necessitates record showing weight of pig when bought,present weight,cost of feeding,labor j etc. 1.One week at Massachusetts Agricultural College Camp. Name on cup.To be held after winning three years Herbert Nichols 2.$3.00 John Valine 3.$2.00 John Davenport 4.$1.00 Kendell Pratt 40 B.Cleanest and best cared-for pig. 1.$2.00 John Davenport C.Best pure bred pig. 1.S3.00 Herbert Nichols 2.$2.00 Kendell Pratt 3.$1.00 John Davenport CALF CONTEST A.Best pure bred calf. 1.$2.00 Rosina and Josie RoSano RABBIT CONTEST A.Best breeding doe. 1.$2.00 CarlSestito 2.$1.50 Laura Pratt 3.$1.00 Herbert Nichols POULTRY CONTEST A.Best pullet and cockerel raised by club members. Rhode Island Reds 1.$2.00 Robert Perry 2.$1.50 Arnold Peterson 3.$1.00 Wesley Parker White Rock 1.$2.00 Murray Perry 41 Any breed 1.$2.00 Edwin Stone 2.$1.50 Arnold Peterson 3.$1.00 Stuart Hiltz B.Best four pullets and cockerel- Rhode Island Reds 1.$2.00 •Robert Perry 2.$1.50 Irvin Dusenberry 3.$1.00 Thomas Burke Other Breeds 1.$2.00 FredAhearn 2.$1.50 Murray Perry 3.$1.00 Arnold Peterson C.Best full grown pair of pure hreds. Rhode Island Reds 1.$2.00 Arnold Peterson 2.$1.50 Robert Perry White Rocks 1.$2.00 Murray Perry Any other breed 1.$2.00 LelandTowle 2.$1.50 Charles Henry 3.$1.00 Arnold Peterson Best do7en of eggs 1.$2.00 Murray Perry 2.$1.50 William Cogill 3.$1.00 Robert Perry 42 SPECIAL PRIZES Bantams 1.$1.00 John J.Pratt,Jr. 2.$1.00 Charles Pierce White Cochin Bantams 1.$1.00 John Valine Japanese Silkies 1.$1.00 George VaHne Brown Leghorns 1.$2.00 WilHam Cogill Bantams 1.$1.00 Charles Wilson White Tmnblers 1.$1.00 Charles Henry Barred Grey Homers 1.$1.00 Albert Dion Dark Blue Homers 1.$1.00 Albert Dion Castor Bean Plant 1.$1.00 Florence Lincohi 43 Sugar Pumpkin 1.$1.00 Louis James Turkeys 1.$2.00 Henry Pedersen GRAND WINNERS Most ranking ribbons. 1.One week at Massachusetts Agricultiural College Camp, Murray Perry,32 points 2.$2.00 Arnold Peterson,24 points 3.$1.00 Pauline Nason,11 points 44 FINANCIAL STATEMENT Receipts Balance from 1921 From public-spirited citizens From fares to Walpole From unawarded fourth prize on Record book,1921 Expenditures Cups and badges Cash prizes Transportation to Walpole Hingham Agricultural Society,use of coops Hingham Journal,printing of prize lists ... Fares to Walpole Achievement Day A.J.Landry,engravings Cohasset Hardware Co Train fare for boys to M.A.C.Camp Balance on hand S56.13 265.00 9.75 1.00 S331.88 $31.65 154.00 31.00 11.60 11.00 15.52 .35 1.20 2.79 72.77 $331.88