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Home My WebLink About1920COHASSET TOWN REPORT 1920 One Hundred and Fifty-first Annual Report of the BOARD OF SELECTMEN OF THE FINANCIAL AFFAIRS OF THE TOWN OF COHASSET AND THE REPORT OF OTHER TOWN OFFICERS FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31 1920 THE BOUNDBROOK PRESS 1921 TOWN OFFICERS,1920-1921 Elected by ballot Town Clerk HARRY F.TILDEN ...Term expires March,1923 Selectmen and Assessors HARRY E.MAPES ...Term expires March,1922 HERBERT L.BROWN :.Term expires March,1921 WILLIAM O.SOUTHER,JR..Term expires March,1923 Overseers of the Poor HARRY E.MAPES ...Term expires March,1922 HERBERT L.BROWN ..Term expires March,1921 DARIUS W.GILBERT ..Term expires March,1923 Treasurer and Collector of Taxes HARRY F.TILDEN Highway Surveyor GEORGE JASON Constables FRANK J.ANTOINE SIDNEY L.BEAL THOMAS L.BATES JOHN T.KEATING GEORGE McKENZIE Finance Committee CHARLES W.GAMMONS .Term expires March,1921 CORNELIUS KEEFE EDWARD F.WILLCUTT EDWIN W.BATES . WILLIAM H.McGAW JOHN A.LAWRENCE EDWIN T.OTIS . Term expires March,1921 Term expires March,1921 Term expires March,1923 Term expires March,1923 Term expires March,1922 Term expires March,1922 Tree Warden JOSEPH E.GRASSIE THOMAS A DEAN K.JAMES ANSELM L.BEAL . FRED V.STANLEY . MANUEL A.GRASSIE WALTER SHUEBRUK School Committee STEVENS ..Term expires March,1922 Term expires March,1922 Term expires March,1923 Term expires March,1923 Term expires March,1921 Term expires March,1921 Board of Health IRVING F.SYLVESTER, Chairman EDWARD L.HIGGINS, Secretary .... FREDERICK HINCHLIFFE Tenn expires March,1923 Term expires March,1921 Term expires March,1922 Trustees of Public Library 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 Term Term Term Term Term Term Term Term Term expires expires expires expires expires expires expires expires expires March,1923 March,1923 March,1923 March,1921 March,1921 March,1921 March,1922 March,1922 March,1922 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,1921 THOMAS F.KANE ...Term expires May,1922 HARRY F.TILDEN,ex-officio Clerk of Board Police Officers THOMAS L.BATES,designated Chief of Police FRANK JASON SIDNEY L.BEAL Special Police Officers JOHN FLEMING EZEKIEL JAMES FRANK J.ANTOINE THOMAS L.BATES SIDNEY L.BEAL JOHN T.KEATING GEORGE McKENZIE HENRY M.AHEARN JOHN P.ANTOINE FRANK B.COOK MICHAEL J.POLAND EDWARD T.REILLY JOSEPH A.ANTOINE LEMUEL L.DUFF WILLIAM H.McARTHUR IRA ADAMS ERNEST G.RUITER SPENCER H.STOUGHTON CLARENCE S.BURRILL WILLIAM J.POWERS ROYAL A.BATES Fire Engineers FRED C.BLOSSOM GEORGE JASON GEORGE F.SARGENT,JR.SIDNEY L.BEAL FRANK F.MARTIN,JR.HENRY E.BRENNOCK, Honorary Member Forest Warden WILLIAM J.BRENNOCK Deputy Fish and Game Warden JOHN F.SMITH Sealer of Weights and Measures CALEB NICHOLS Inspector of Wires PHILIP L.TOWLE Field Drivers HARRY C.BATES SAMUEL F.JAMES JOHN F.SMITH IRA BATES Fence Viewers EDWIN W.BATES DANIEL N.TOWER GEORGE JASON Public Weighers and Weighers of Coal GEORGE P.TOWER WALTER C.WHEELWRIGHT NEWCOMB B.TOWER MARY P.TOWER JOSEPH A.VALINE EVERETT C.WHEELWRIGHT GERTRUDE C.LOCKE FRANK W.WHEELWRIGHT Public Weighers HERBERT L.BROWN E.HAROLD BROWN THOMAS J.AYERS Auctioneers GEORGE F.SARGENT,JR.AUGUST F.B.PETERSEN THOMAS L.BATES WILLIAM O.SOUTHER,JR. Measurers of Wood and Bark HENRY T.LINCOLN FRANKLIN BEAL ELMER E.BATES ARTHUR O.HIGGINS 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 Inspector of Animals DARIUS W.GILBERT Superintendent of Moth Work GEORGE YOUNG Town Physician EDWARD H.SCHOTT Pound Keeper HENRY R.NICKERSON ppointments by Board of Health Inspector of Slaughtering DARIUS W.GILBERT Inspector of Milk and Vinegar IRVING F.SYLVESTER Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2013 http://arctiive.org/details/townbfcohassetma1920sele REPORT OF TOWN CLERK TOWN RECORDS Ejection of Town Officers,Cohasset,March 1,1920 At the annual town election held this day the following vote was cast. Town Clerk for three years William H.Morris 232 Harry F.Tilden 351 Blanks 25 Selectman for three years Darius W.Gilbert 297 William O.Souther,Jr 298 Blanks 13 Assessor for three years Darius W.Gilbert 286 William O.Souther,Jr 301 Blanks ,21 Overseer of the Poor for three years Darius W.Gilbert 295 William O.Souther,Jr "292 Blanks 21 Treasurer Caleb Nichols 222 Harry F.Tilden 356 Blanks 30 10 Collector of Taxes Paul J.Bates 190 Caleb Nichols 138 Harry F.Tilden 257 Blanks 23 Highway Surveyor Frederick G.James 73 George Jason 298 John J.Pratt ,228 Blanks 9 School Committee for three years Anselm L.Beal 426 Fred V.Stanley 312 Blanks 497 School Committee for one year Manuel A.Grassie 395 Blanks 214 Constables Frank J.Antoine 417 Thomas L.Bates 423 Sidney L.Beal 374 John T.Keating 412 George McKenzie 379 Joseph L.Oliver 1 Alfred M.Silvia 1 Blanks 1033 Finance Committee for three years Edwin W.Bates ;380 William H.McGaw 392 Blanks 444 11 Tree Warden Joseph E.Grassie 307 George Young 286 Blanks 14 Trustees of Public Library for three years Edith M.Bates 378 Martha P.Howe 333 Oliver H.Howe 337 Scattering 2 Blanks 774 Board of Health for one year Edward L.Higgins 414 Blanks 194 Board of Health for three years Irving F.Sylvester 398 Blanks 210 License Question Yes 312 No 190 Blanks 105 Cohasset,March 8,1920. At a legal meeting of the inhabitants of the town of Cohasset 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, 12 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 as printed in the Town Report. Voted:That the following sums of money be raised and appropriated. Article 3.Town Officers $6,600.00 Article 6.Law,legal counsel 500.00 Article 7.Engineering,maintenance 100.00 Article 8.Engineering,outlay tax survey 1,000.00 Article 9.Town Hall 2,500.00 Article 10.Printing 1,000.00 Article 11.Water for hydrants and public buildings 4,71 1 .00 Article 12.Police Department 7,200.00 Article 13.Fire Department 5,000.00 Article 14.Forest fires 700 .00 Article 15.Moth suppression 4,500.00 Article 16.Tree warden 2,500.00 Article 17.Sealer of Weights and Measures 225 .00 Article 18.Inspection of wires 500.00 Article 19.Deputy fish and game warden 50.00 Article 20.Board of Health 1,560.00 Article 21.Tuberculosis Hospital at Braintree, maintenance 1,651 .63 Article 22.Straits Pond,Cat Dam and James Brook 1,000 00 Article 23.Inspection of animals 125.00 Article 24.Highways,including oiHng streets 31,750.00 Article 25.Removing snow 9,000.00 Article 26.Electric street Hghts 7,342.40 Article 27.Fore River Bridge 450.00 Article 28.Harbor maintenance 500.00 Article 29.Charities —Cohasset Home,outside poor and general administration....9,400.00 Article 30.Soldiers'and sailors'relief 2,000.00 Article 31.State and military aid 1,000 .00 13 Article 32.Education,including transportation of scholars $51,125.00 Article 33.Libraries 2,700.00 Article 34.Town Commons ;1,100.00 Article 35.Memorial Day 500.00 Article SQ.Incidentals (including unclassified,etc.)6,636.23 Article 37.Cemeteries 200.00 Article 38.Interest 3,200.00 Article 39.Bonded debt 9,000.00 Article 40.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 1,1920,and to issue a note or notes therefor payable within one year,any debt or debts incurred under this vote to be paid from the revenue of said financial year. Article 41 .In what manner will the Town collect the taxes and at what time shall they be paid into the Treasury? Voted :That the taxes assessed for the current year shall be due and payable on the fifteenth day of October next :and on all taxes remaining unpaid on the first day of November next, interest not exceeding six per cent per annum,from the fifteenth day of October to date of payment,shall be added.The interest accruing under this vote shall be added to,and be a part of such taxes. Article 42.What compensation will the Town allow the Collector of Taxes for the current year? Voted:That the Collector of Taxes be paid $800 for the current year. Article 43.To hear the report of any Committee hereto- fore chosen or appointed and act thereon. Voted :That the report of the Committee on School System be accepted (as read)and that their recommendations be carried out,that a committee be appointed by the Moderator,and that the sum of $500 be raised and appropriated for the use of 14 this committee.Committee appointed,Cornelius Keefe,Charles W.Gammons,Eugene N.Tower,Joseph E.Grassie and Irving F.S^^lvester. Article 4:4:.Everett W.Wheelwright and others:Will the Town revoke its acceptance of the provisions of Section 336 of Chapter 11 of the Revised Laws,relative to the election of a Highway Surveyor,said provision having been accepted at a special meeting,held April 10,1908,or act on anything relating thereto ? Voted :That this article be passed over. Article 45.Will the Town vote to authorize the Inspector of Wires to issue permits to electrical contractors and others, installing wires and other electrical apparatus within buildings in this Town,the fees from which are to be applied towards the maintenance of the office of Inspector of Wires. Voted :That he be so authorized. Article 46.Fred C.Blossom and one hundred five others: Will the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $9500 to purchase a White motor-driven triple combination pumping engine of six hundred gallons capacity ? Voted in the affirmative. Article 47.Will the Town vote to pay town laborers fifty cents per hour ? Voted in the affirmative. Article 48.To see if the Town will pay an annuity of S300 to Henry E.Brennock so long as he lives. Voted:That the Town pay to Henry E.Brennock who has served the Town faithfully as a public servant for forty-four years and as Chief and Acting Chief of its Fire Department for twenty-two years an annuity of $300 so long as he lives. Article 4:9.Fred V.Stanley and Walter Shuebruk:V\/ill the Town raise and appropriate a sum of money sufficient to discharge the mortgage held by the Cohasset Savings Bank on the property known as the Bates Building on Ekn Street now used by the School Department ? Voted:That the sum of two thousand one hundred and twenty dollars ($2120)be raised and appropriated for the above purpose. 15 Article 50.Will the Town adopt the following resolution : **That it is the sense of this meeting that the School Committee should discontinue the district school at Beechwood and furnish transportation to and from the Osgood School for all children of school age in the Beechwood District." Voted in the negative. Article 51.WilHam H.Pratt and others:Will the Town raise and.appropriate $175 to install a hydrant on Beechwood Street,between the summer dwelling of Milo H.Gates and the entrance to the estate of Robert K.Eaton,a distance of about one thousand feet from the nearest hydrant? Voted in the affirmative. Article 52.Charles Wilson and others:Will the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $175 for the purpose of placing a hydrant in the vicinity of the residence of Charles Wilson on South Main Street,or act on anything relating thereto? Voted in the affirmative. Article 53.Edward T.Reilly and others:Will the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $175 for the purpose of placing a hydrant in the vicinity of the residence of Mrs.Stephen Reilly on Sohier Street,or act on anything relating thereto ? Voted in the affirmative. Article 64:.George F.Sargent,Jr.,and others:Will the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $18 for the purpose of placing an electric light on the pole nearly opposite the house of Arthur James on Pond Street? Voted in the affirmative. Article 55.Walter Shuebnik and others:Will the Town authorize and instruct the Selectmen to execute and deliver appropriate instrument under the town seal,releasing and assigning to Robert K.Eaton for a consideration of twenty-five dollars all right,title and interest which the Town may have in or to the triangular-shaped parcel of land bounded southerly and southeasterly by Beechwood Street,westerly by land now or formerly of Hudson and northerly by land of said Eaton? Voted :That the Town authorize the Selectmen to execute and deliver a lease or other appropriate instrument under the town seal,releasing and assigning to Robert K.Eaton for a con- 16 sideration of twenty-five dollars all right,title and interest which the Town may have in or to the triangular-shaped parcel of land bounded southerly and southeasterly by Beech wood Street, westerly by land now or formerly of Hudson and northerly by land of said Eaton. Resolved,That the Town express its appreciation of the long and faithful services of Newcomb B.Tower,retiring Town Treasurer,b}^a rising vote of thanks.(Unanimous.) Article 56.Will the Town raise and appropriate the sirni of $500 to construct a dam and gate at the foot of Richardson's Hill under Jerusalem Road. Voted in the affirmative. Article 57.Harry C.Bates and others:Will the Town raise and appropriate the simi of $400 for the purpose of instal- ling a chemical tank and the necessary equipment on the Hose 3 (North Cohasset)fire truck,or act on anything relating thereto? Voted:That the sum of $200 be raised and appropriated for above purpose. Article 58.Irving F.Sylvester and others:To see if the Town will vote to establish one or more dental dispensaries for children of school age and raise and appropriate the sum of $1000,the same to be expended as provided in Chapter 677 of the Acts of 1914,or act on anything relating thereto? Voted:That the sum of $1000 be raised and appropriated for the children's teeth. Article 59.William H.Brown and others:To see whether the Town will appropriate the sum of $30,000 more or less,for the purpose of a macadamized pavement for and upon Jerusalem Road or a portion thereof,and in the exercise of the authority granted by statute to issue its bonds therefor or for a portion thereof,payable in five equal annual instalments,or take any action relating thereto ? Voted :That the Treasurer,with the approval of the Select- men,be and hereby is authorized to borrow a simi of money not exceeding $30,000 for the purpose of resurfacing with macad- amized pavement or other road material that portion of Jerusa- lem Road between its junction with Forest Avenue and a point opposite the westerly boundary line of the land of Helen H. 17 Bigelow,formerly of William H.Hanlon,not exceeding eighteen feet in width,under specifications approved by the Massachu- setts Highway Commission,and to issue notes or bonds of the Town therefor,and said notes or bonds shall be payable by such annual payments as will extinguish the loan within five years from the date of the note or bond first issued,and the first of such annual payments shall be made not later than one year after the date of the first note or bond issued,and so that the amount of such annual payments in any year on account of such debt shall not be less than the amount of the principal payable in any subsequent year and that the Selectmen and the Highway Surve^^or be a Committee to advertise for bids and award con- tracts for the work with authority to do all things necessary for the proper performance •of the work according to said speci- fications. Article 60.To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to renew the contract with the Cohasset Water Company for a term of ten years for the supply of water for hydrants,fountains, public buildings and streets,or act on anything relating thereto? Voted :That they be so authorized. Article 61.To see if the Town will take action in regard to making permanent repairs to the fire department buildings at the Cove,appoint a committee,or act on anything relating thereto ? Voted:That the matter of making permanent repairs to the fire department buildings at the Cove be left to the Board of Selectmen and the Board of Fire Engineers,to be reported upon at a future town meeting. Article 62.Manuel E.Salvador and others:Will the Town appoint a committee of five to look into the question of Cohasset Harbor Improvement or act thereon? Voted :That a committee-consisting of Clarence W.Barron, Herbert A.Tucker,Frank F.Martin,Jr.,John W.Brennock and Henry B.Kimball be appointed to look into the question of Cohasset Harbor Improvement. Article QS.Manuel E.Salvador and others:Will the Town place and maintiain an electric light on Margin Street, about opposite the driveway of Paul J.Armes? Voted in the affirmative. 18 Article 64.Howard Key Bartow and others:Will the Town raise and appropriate the siim of $250 for the purpose of placing a hydrant in the vicinity of the residences of Alice and Susan Arthur and Nathaniel Treat,or act on anything relating thereto ? Voted in the affirmative. Article 65.Will the Town instruct the Selectmen to charge as rent for the Town Hall,$12 plus cost of current for lighting for the Upper Hall,per night;$4 plus cost of current for lighting for the Lower Hall,per night;$8 for the Upper Hall when no light is used,and $3 for the Lower Hall when no light is used; for charitable purposes the Upper Hall,$6,plus light and the Lower Hall,$2,plus Hght. Voted:That they be so instructed. Cohasset,April 27,1920. At the Presidential Primary held today the total number of ballots cast was 146.Republican 133,Democratic 13,as follows : REPUBLICAN PARTY Delegates at Large Group Henry Cabot Lodge,Nahant 97 Frederick H.Gillett,140 Chestnut Street,Springfield...74 W.Murray Crane,Main Street,Dalton 78 Edward A.Thurston,344 Highland Avenue,Fall River 51 Not Grouped Louis A.Frothingham,Elm Street,Easton 42 Alvan T.Fuller,81 Appleton Street,Maiden 30 Thomas W.Lawson,Scituate 50 Samuel W.McCall,Myopia Road,Winchester...:40 Russell A.Wood,1200 Massachusetts Avenue,Cambridge 9 Blanks 61 19 Alternate Delegates at Large ^ Butler Ames,282 Andover Street,Lowell 76 Chandler Bullock,41 Sever Street,Worcester 71 Gardon W.Gordan,90 Dartmouth Street,Springfield.. . 72 Butler R.Wilson,13 Rutland Square,Boston..71 Blanks 240 District Delegates —Sixteenth District John D.W.Bodfish,Barnstable 53 Eben S.S.Keith,Bourne 85 Ward M.Parker,188 Cottage Street,New Bedford 35 Blanks 93 Alternate District Delegates —Sixteenth District John Halliwell,20 George Street,New Bedford 72 Thomas Otis,Main Street,Barnstable 76 Blanks 118 DEMOCRATIC PARTY Delegates at Large Group David L Walsh,520 Main Street,Fitchburg ,...10 Richard H.Long,Winter Street,Framingham 8 Joseph C.Pelletier,849 Beacon Street,Boston 9 Daniel F.Doherty,92 Main Street,Westfield 7 Not Grouped Joseph F.O'Connell,332 Chestnut Hill Avenue,Boston 3 Blanks 15 20 Alternate Delegates at Large Group Susan W.Fitzgerald,7 Greenough Avenue,Boston 6 Mary A.Carson,162 Woodlawn Avenue,Pittsfield 4 Mary Keegan Shuman,397 Beacon Street,Boston 4 Helen G.Thayer,44 Hansard Street,Worcester 4 Blanks 34 District Delegates —Sixteenth District John H.Backus,Jr.,71 Bonney Street,New Bedford...5 Thomas C.Thacher,Hallet Street,Yarmouth 11 Blanks 10 Alternate District Delegates —Sixteenth District John J.Grassie 2 William H.Morris 1 Blanks 23 Cohasset,June 18,1920. At a special Town meeting held this evening the follo^^4ng articles were acted upon: Article 1.To choose a Moderator to preside in said meeting. •Chose Harry E.Mapes. Article 2.To see if the Town wiU raise and appropriate the sum of-three thousand dollars for the purpose of paying additional rental to the Cohasset Water Company for fire hydrants for the year,1920,or act on anything relating thereto. Voted in the affirmative by unanimous vote. Article 3.Will the Town accept the provisions of Chapter 240 of the Acts of 1920,relating to amateur athletic outdoor sports or games on the Lord's Day,between the hours of two and six in the afternoon ? Voted in the affirmative bv unanimous vote. 21 Article 4.Will the Town establish a rate of S7 per day for single teams including driver,and $10 per day for double teams including driver while in the employ of the Town,and raise and appropriate the sum of $1800 for the Highway Department to cover the additional cost of teaming for 1920,or act on any- thing relating thereto ? Voted in the affirmative by unanimous vote. Article 5.To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of $5200 for the purpose of altering and repairing the fire headquarters to accommodate additional apparatus author- ized by the Town at its annual meeting in March,or act on any- thing relating thereto. Voted in the affirmative by unanimous vote. Voted:That this meeting be adjourned. State Election Cohasset,September 7,1920. At the State Primaries held this day the following vote was declared:whole number of ballots cast 386.Republican 371, Democratic 15. REPUBLICAN PARTY Governor Channing Cox,of Boston 313 James Jackson,of Westwood 1 Blanks 57 Lieutenant-Governor Charles L.Burrill,of Boston 100 Alvan T.Fuller,of Maiden 73 Albert P.Langtry,of Springfield 62 James E.Warner,of Taunton 106 James Jackson,of Westwood 1 Blanks 28 22 Secretary James W.Bean,of Cambridge 75 ^Frederick W.Cook,of Somerville 91 Samuel W.George,of Haverhill ._28 James G.Harris,of Medford 28 Russell A.Wood,of Cambridge 74 Blanks 85 Treasurer Frederick J.Burrell,of Medford 46 James Jackson,of Westwood 288 Frederick N.Kerr 1 Blanks 36 Auditor Walter P.Babb,of Lynn 65 Alonzo B.Cook,of Boston 241 Blanks 65 A ttorney-General J.Weston Allen,of Newton 298 James Jackson,of Westwood 1 Blanks 72 Congressman —Sixteenth District Joseph Walsh,of New Bedford 242 Harold Winslow,of New Bedford 96 Blanks 33 Councillor —First District Harry H.Williams,of Brockton 282 Blanks 89 Senator —Norfolk and Plymouth District David S.Mcintosh,of Quincy 148 Elwain Temple Wright,of Rockland 159 Blanks 66 23 Representative in General Court —Third Plymouth District John Q.Knowles,of Hull 40 Walter Shuebruk,of Cohasset 323 Blanks 8 County Commissioners —Norfolk Frederick L.Fisher,of Norwood 137 Harrison C.Humphrey,of Quincy 65 John F.Merrill,of Quincy 191 Evan F.Richardson,of MilHs 137 Blanks 220 Sheriff —Norfolk Samuel H.Capen,of Dedham.299 Blanks 72 State Committee —Norfolk and Plymouth District James T.Kirby,of Whitman 284 Blanks 87 Delegates to State Convention James A.Brickett,of Cohasset 39 Sheldon N.Ripley,of Cohasset 39 George F.Sargent,Jr.,of Cohasset 24 Scattering 44 Blanks 937 Town Committee Herbert L.Brown,of Cohasset 282 Oliver H.Howe,of Cohasset 277 Anselm L.Beal,of Cohasset 266 Edward E.H.Souther,of Cohasset 270 Eugene N.Tower,of Cohasset 269 James A.Brickett,of Cohasset 261 Sheldon N.Ripley,of Cohasset 263 Walter Shuebruk,of Cohasset 293 Darius W.Gilbert,of Cohasset 276 Philip L.Towle,of Cohasset 256 Harold F.Barnes,of Cohasset 252 Blanks '940 24 DEMOCRATIC PARTY Governor Richard H.Long,of Framingham 11 John J.Walsh,of Boston 4 Blanks Lieutenant-Governor Michael A.O'Leary,of Cambridge 12 Blanks 3 Secretary Charles H.McGlue,of Lynn 11 Blanks 4 Treasurer Patrick O'Hearn,of Boston 13 Blanks 2 Auditor Alice E.Cram,of Boston 11 Blanks 4 Attorney-General Michael L.Sullivan,of Salem 13 Blanks 2 Congressman Blanks 15 Councillor Blanks 15 Senator Edward P.Boynton,of Abington 12 Blanks 3 25 Representative Blanks 15 County Commissioners Blanks 30 Sheriff Samuel H.Capen,of Dedham 13 Blanks 2 State Committee Thomas H.Buckley,of Abington 12 Blanks 3 Delegates to State Convention John J.Grassie 1 Joseph E.Grassie 1 Blanks 28 Town Committee William H.Morris 2 John J.Grassie 2 Joseph E.Grassie 2 Henry Sweeney 1 Blanks 158 Cohasset,November 2,1920. At the Presidential Election held this day the following vote was declared,whole number of ballots cast,1102,as follows : Electors of President and Vice-President Cox and Roosevelt,Democrat 211 Cox and Gillhaus,Social Labor 1 Debs and Stedman,Socialist 12 Harding and Coolidge,Republican 847 Blanks 31 26 Governor Channing H.Cox,of Boston 814 Walter S.Hutchins,of Greenfield 5 Patrick Mulligan,of Boston 2 John J.Walsh,of Boston 184 Blanks 97 Lieutenant-Governor Marcus A.Coolidge,of Fitchburg 173 David Craig,of Milf ord 3 Alvan T.Fuller,of Maiden 589 Thomas Nicholson,of Methuen 4 Robert M.Washburn,of Boston 195 Blanks 138 Secretary Frederic W.Cook,of Somerville 791 Edward E.Ginsburg,of Brookline..141 Anthony Houtenbrink,of Boston 3 Edith M.Williams,of Brookline 10 Blanks 157 Treasurer George H.Jackson,of Lynn 22 James Jackson,of Westwood 785 Louis Marcus,of Boston 2 Patrick O'Hearn,of Boston 165 Albert L.Waterman,of Boston 1 Blanks 127 Auditor Alonzo B.Cook,of Boston 757 Alice E.Cram,of Boston 180 Stephen J.Surridge,of Lynn 1 Herbert H.Thompson,of Haverhill .;5 F.R.Pegram 1 Blanks 158 27 Congressman —Sixteenth District George Richards,of Dartmouth 63 Joseph Walsh,of New Bedford 831 Harold Winslow 2 Blanks 206 Councillor —First District Norman D.Gillespie,of Whitman 22 Harry H.Williams,of Brockton 791 Blanks ;:289 Senator —Norfolk and Plymouth District Edward P.Boynton,of Abington 166 Elwin Temple Wright,of Rockland 753 Ozroe A.Wyman,of Rockland 5 Blanks 178 Representative in General Court —Third Plymouth District Walter Shuebruk 870 Scattering 3 Blanks 229 County Commissioners —Norfolk County Frederick L.Fisher,of Norwood 169 John F.Merrill,of Quincy 656 Evan F.Richardson,of Millis 447 Blanks 932 Sheriff —Norfolk County Samuel H.Capen,of Dedham 623 Blanks 479 Shall an act entitled "An Act to regulate the Manufacture and Sale of Beer,Cider and Light Wines,"be approved? Yes 407 No 496 Blanks 199 28 Shall Chapter 166 of the Acts of 1920,which authorizes the granting of one day off in every eight days to police officers without loss of pay,be accepted by this Town? Yes 477 No 242 Blanks 373 Cohasset,December 10,1920. At a special Town meeting held thig evening at eight o'clock the following articles were acted upon : Article 1.To choose a Moderator to preside in said meeting. Chose Harry E.Mapes. Article 2.To see what action the Town will take regarding future annual business meetings of the Town. Voted:That a committee consisting of Harry E.Mapes, Walter Shuebruk and Dr.Oliver H.Howe be appointed to draft a bill and submit it to the General Court,for a representative town meeting,said bill to contain a referendum. 29 Births,Marriages and Deaths Recorded at Cohasset for 1920 BIRTHS Total number of births was fifty-four,of which thirty-four were males and twenty females. MARRIAGES Total number of marriages was twenty-eight,of which eighteen were married at Cohasset and ten in other places. DEATHS Total number of deaths was forty,and included seventeen who died in other towns or were brought here for burial ;of the twenty-three who died at Cohasset,twelve were males and eleven females. The causes of death were as follows : Nephritis,4;myocarditis,3;pneumonia,2;hemorrhage,2; cerebral hemorrhage,2;heart disease,carcinomia,acute indi- gestion,paresis,meningitis,angina pectoris,narasmus,atony of stomach,lympho-blastoma and cystitis,one each. 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Town Officers Appropriation (Article 5,Annual Meeting March 8,1920)$6,600.00 Appropriation (Article 42,Annual Meeting March 8,1920)....800.00 Receipts,by Tax Collector,sum- monses,fees,etc $56.45 Receipts,telephone tolls 15.80 72.25 Expenditures : Selectmen,salaries $1,800.00 Expenses .•••••196.01 .Auditor and Accountant,serv- ices 1,200.00 Expenses 10.04 Treasurer,services 700.00 Expenses 217.75 Collector;services 800.00 Expenses 233.15 Assessors,services 1,200.00 Expenses ' 143.83 Other finance offices and accounts, registration of 15 notes 30.00 Finance committee,expenses....116.77 Town Clerk,salary ...•400.00 Town Clerk,extra services (1919, $91.50)105.50 Town Clerk,expenses (1919. $7.30)48.58 39 Election and registration: Election Officers,services $241.50 Election Officers,expenses 89.56 Registration of voters : Registrars,services 340.00 Registrars,expenses 5.00 Balance over appropriation and receipts to Incidental Account $405.44 Total $7,877.69 $7,877.69 Unpaid bills:Town Clerk,serv- ices $127.50 LAW,LEGAL COUNSEL Appropriation (Article 6,March 8, 1920),$500.00 *Appropriation (Article 36,March 8,1920)2,960.53 Expenditures : In settlement of Mary E. Maloney case $2,960.53 In settlement of Zaida Kimball case 200.00 Legal services,general 300.00- $3,460.53 $3,460.53 Unpaid bill,services and expenses.$166.85 ENGINEERING,MAINTENANCE Appropriation (Article 7,March 8,1920)$100.00 No expenditures Balance to Treasury $100.00 *Included in Incidental Account 40 ENGINEERING,TAX SURVEY,OUTLAY Appropriation (Article 8,March 8,1920;$1,000.00 Expenditures : Hartley L.White,services $1,000.00 TOWN HALL Appropriation $2,500.00 Receipts : Simeone Brothers $745.30 L.J.Morris,janitor,income, general $355.10 L.J.Morris,janitor,income, schools 60.99 416.09 Current,for school motion pictures *8.08 Telephone tolls 2.65 1,172.12 Expenditures : Janitor's services,12 months...$1,000.00 Janitor's services,extra 40.50 Janitor's supplies 58.77 Telephone 65.61 Lighting,general $354.41 Lighting,motion picture cur- rent 78.56 432.97 Heating 677.81 Wiring,etc.(four fans,$193.28).242.57 « Election booths (new,5)142.08 Election booths erecting 20.00 Piano tuning 9.50 Building maintenance 108.16 Chairs,new folding (lower hall)240.00 Labor,general,in cellar,etc...41.00 41 Stationery and express $9.91 Insurance,Workmen's Compen- sation on $800 14.32 Special tax 100.00 Total $3,203.20 Balance to Treasury 468.92 $3,672.12 $3,672.12 Unpaid bill (fuel)not rendered in time $199.70 PRINTING Appropriation $1,000.00 Expenditures : Selectmen '$125.09 Town Accountant 4.06 Town Treasurer 4.00 Tax Collector 22.79 Assessors 26.00 Town Clerk 3.50 Elections 207.65 Town Reports,1100,250 pp. at $3.27.$817.50 Authors'corrections 12.80 American Legion,insert sheets 9.25 839.55 Balance over appropriation to Incidental Account 232.64 Total for Printing $1,232.64 $1,232.64 42 WATER FOR HYDRANTS AND PUBLIC BUILDINGS Appropriation,general (Article 11, March 8,1920)$4,711.00 Appropriation,(Articles 51,52,53, 64,March 8,1920)(for four new hydrants)775.00 'Appropriation,special meeting of June 18,1920 3,000.00 Expenditures : Cohasset Water Company : Hydrants (88 at S45.25;88 at $34.09)total,88 at $79.34 plus $6,982.50 Fire Department buildings, water rates 20.00 Total $7,002.50 Town Hall 35.00 Highways 125.50 Cohasset Home 42.00 Schools 45.00 $7,250.00 Cohasset Water Co.,moving hydrant at North Main and Sohier Streets 26.35 Hingham Water Co.,Fire Depart- ment,10 hydrants at $45 $450.00 Water rates,Hose No.3 11.00 461.00 Outlay: Moore &Co.,installing four new hydrants 757.68 Balance over appropriation to Incidental Account 9.03 Total $8,495.03 $8,495.03 43 POLICE DEPARTMENT Appropriation $7,200.00 Receipts : Clerk East Norfolk District Court,fines $243.15 Officers'services 79.50 Automobile,use of (schools)...20.00 Insurance company,for dam- ages 5.25 Town of Hingham,one-half cost of telephone at North Cohasset 24.45 372.35 Expenditures : Chief,services (one month due)$1,559.00 Officers (one month due three regulars) ,4,476.70 $6,035.70 Expenses of Administration : Headquarters $135.09 Carfares and general 135.65 Telephones 182.91 Uniforms 40.00 Light 13.86 Heat 89.75 597.26 Street signs,care of 143.97 Disposal of dogs 5.00 Transportation : Renting automobiles $45.50 Automobile maintenance....337.25 Exchange of automobiles....•414.42 797.17 Transportation,team 25.25 Insurance,liability,fire and theft 89.08 Balance over appropriation to Incidental Account 121.08 Total .$7,693.43 $7,693.43 44 Unpaid bills : Lock-up lunches •$21.25 Services,chief and officers 595.50 $616.75 FIRE DEPARTMENT General Appropriation Receipts for stove Expenditures : Executive expenses : General Telephone , , $5,000.00 15.00 $49.03 45.76 $94.79 Wages,etc. Chief ($39 due)$261.00 Combination 1 driver 1,450.00 Combination 1 driver,substi- tutes 212.50 Combination 1,night services.300.00 Poll taxes,(52)260.00 Stewards 178.33 Services at fires 35.00 2,696.83 Conveyance of apparatus to fires : Combination 1 311.00 Repairs on and supplies for appa- ratus : Combination 1 $180.25 Hose No.3.•.20.56 200.81 Repairs on Buildings: *Combination 1 $41.23 Hook and Ladder 1 4.80 46.03 *See special appropriation. tf 45 General Supplies for Houses : Combination 1 $271.56 Hook and Ladder 1 6.00'. Combination 2 .20' Hose 3 8.78 $286.54 Fuel: Combination 1 $424.51 Combination 2 .6.00 Hose 3 193.77 624.28 Equipment Supplies: Combination 1 $282.91 Hose 3 107.41 390.32 Electric Light: Combination 1 $108.16 Combination 2 9.00 Hose 3 16.40 133.56 Fire Alarm : Current $64.96 General repairs (see unpaid bill)165.02 229.98 $5,014.14 Balance to Treasury .86 $5,015.00 $5,015.00 Unpaid bills : General $190.74 Bosworth &Beal,fire alarm...1,231.77 .$1,422.51 46 FIRE DEPARTMENT,BUILDING AT COVE AND LADDER TRUCK OUTLAY Appropriation June 18,1920 $5,200.00 Receipts (Offset to Outlay)sale of old bricks.5.00 Expenditures : Building J.H.^Winters,general con- tract $3,635.00 J.H.Winters,extra shingling ..248.00 $3,883.00 M.S.Leonard,heating $475.00 M.S.Leonard,extra 75.90 550.90 Bosworth &Beal,electrical work 190.00 F.T.Bailey &Co.,labor on roof 178.20 G.F.Newton,architect 100.00 Total $4,902.10 Ladder Truck M.K.Huntley,contract 750.00 Balance over appropriation (ordered by Selectmen)to Incidental Account 447.10 Total $5,652.10 $5,652.10 FIRE DEPARTMENT,CHEMICAL TANK,HOSE 3, OUTLAY Appropriation $200.00 Receipts (Offset to Outlay) through S.L.Beal 65.91 47 Expenditures : Huntley &McKey,installing tank..SllO.OO Hose,150 ft.M in.,3 sets couplings and nozzle 97.10 Beacon Motor Car Co.,and others 58.81 Total $265.91 $265.91 FIRE DEPARTMENT,PUMPING ENGINE,OUTLAY Appropriation '$9,500.00 Expenditures : Paid The White Co.,triple com- bination hose,chemical and pumping engine,70 H.P....$9,500.00 FOREST FIRES Appropriation Receipts,amount of three un- claimed checks Expenditures : Payrolls (fires) Supplies,general Automobile maintenance Automobile renting . Horses Total Unpaid bills $80.18 $700.00 .1.05 $101.75 21.21 572.59 .50 5.00 $701.05 $701.05 48 MOTH SUPPRESSION Appropriation ($2619 required by law)..$4,500.00 Receipts : Labor,creosote,lead,etc $507.83 Wood 57.50 On tax bills,1919 and prior...$300.34 On tax bills,1920 6,326.65 6,626.99 7,192.32 Expenditures : Payrolls,Supt.George Young..$743.50 Payrolls,labor,general .4,732.94 $5,476.44 Printing,stationery,etc 37.22 Freight and express 6.38 Teams 1,211.00 Automobiles 261.15 Lead,18,000 pounds 4,590.00 Creosote,149 gallons 38.74 Hose,etc 305.55 Sprayers,maintenance of 730.30 Sprayers,use of (Cohasset Golf Club)205.00 Filing saws 24.05 Supplies,general 287.43 Rent 132.50 Insurance,Workmen's Compen- sation on $4500 240.00 Balance over Appropriation and Receipts to "Agency"..1,853.44 Total $13,545.76 $13,545.76 Unpaid bills $125.66 49 MOTH WORK,PRIVATE LIABILITY December 1,1919 —December 1,1920 Appropriation $4,500.00 Private Liability Total Paid in December,1919 $82.85 $198.60 Paid in 1920 to December 1 : Payrolls ...$3,469.64 * Teams 1,033.44 Lead,12,942 pounds dry at $.27 3,494.34 Gas,589 }4 gallons at $.35 plus.206.67 Oil,89K gallons....89.54 8,293.63 12,611.36 $8,376.48 $12,809.96 Deduct Private Liability as above 8,376.48 4,433.48 Balance December 1,1920 $66.52 TREE WARDEN Appropriation ,$2,500.00 Receipts,labor,etc 66.16 Expenditures : Payrolls : Tree Wardens,George Young $12.00 Joseph E.Grassie 333.75 $345.75 Other labor 1,415.02 Automobiles and teams 341.00 Filing saws,$9.05;wire $1.67.10.72 Oil and gas,$10.60;creosote $15 25.60 50 Lead $159.50 Loam,$20;freight,$3.36...23.36 Tools,oil clothes,etc 110.00 Trees 92.50 Printing..\•3.75 Insurance,Workmen's Com- pensation on $500 30.00 $2,557.20 Balance to Treasury 8.96 $2,566.16 $2,566.16 Unpaid bill $6.18 INSPECTION OF WIRES Appropriation .$500.00 Receipts,for permits (credited to "Agency")$70.50 Expenditures : P.L.Towle,wire inspector, services $432.31 Telephone 12.17 Printing and supplies 55.52 Total $500.00 $500.00 SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES Appropriation $225.00 Expenditures : Caleb Nichols,sealer,services ..$150.00 Office expenses,etc.,$14.02; printing,$7.63 21.65 Transportation and assistance . Supplies $19.50 15.23 Total Balance to Treasury $206.38 18.62 $225.00 $225.00 Unpaid bills,$22.91 DEPUTY FISH AND GAME WARDEN (Under Chapter 250,Acts of 1913) Appropriation $50.00 Paid John F.Smith,services for one year $50.00 BOARD OF HEALTH Appropriation $1,560.00 Receipts,from contagious hospi- tal patient .24.00 Expenditures : Executive expenses : Board of Health (3),services $450.00 Board of Health,expenses and postage 5.32 Advertising,printing and transportation ($3.75)51.25 Telephone 20.95 $527.52 Quarantine and Contagious Hospital 316.43 Fumigation 29.15 Milk inspection,1.F.Sylves- ter,services $125.00 G.E.Boiling,testing 7.00 132.00 52 Vital statistics $19.25 Incidentals 20.11 Total $1,044.46 Balance to Treasury 539.54 TT -A w^^M-^1 ^$1,584.00 $1,584.00Unpaidbills,Vital sta- tistics $5.25- Dr.D.W.Gilbert....240.00 $245.25 BOARD OF HEALTH,TUBERCULOSIS HOSPITAL, BRAINTREE Appropriation $1,651.63 Paid County Treasurer $i;651.63 BOARD OF HEALTH,DENTAL DISPENSARY Appropriation $1,000.00 Expenditures : Paid Dr.Frank A.Derby $544.42 Paid Dr.Francis P.Bergan ...7.00 $551.42 Trucking 10.00 Maintenance $561.42 Outlay : Dental chair and apparatus...$160.00 Engine (second-hand)100.00 260.00 Total $821.42 Balance to Treasury 178.58 $1,000.00 $1,000.00 Unpaid bill,three months'serv- ices,Dr.Derby,1921 account 53 STRAITS POND,CAT DAM AND JAMES BROOK Appropriation $1,000.00 Receipts,Towns of Hingham and Hull (J^each),cost of repairing bridge in 1919 55.48 Expenditures: Straits Pond —maintenance, labor $30.44 Straits Pond —outlay,labor and supplies for new gate...353.32 383.76 Cat Dam Gate,care of in 1920,James Wilson $20.00 Labor and materials,unhang- ing gate,etc 38.50 58.50 James Brook: Gate at Cove,care of in 1920, C.A.Tanger $30.00 Labor and materials 1919 62.78 Labor and materials 1920 7.68 100.46 Gulf Mill Dam,care of in 1920, J.A.Valine 5.00 Total $547.72 Balance to Treasury 507.76 $1,055.48 $1,055.48 54 GULF MILL DAM AND GATE,BALANCE FROM 1919 OUTLAY Appropriation $675.70 Expenditures: Paid A.E.Salvador $518.70 Paid E.P.Joseph 157.00 $675.70 $675.70 JERUSALEM ROAD CULVERT,OUTLAY Appropriation $500.00 Expenditures : Mason,A.E.Salvador $374.50 Gravel,iron work,cement,etc.96.97 $471.47 Transfer to Highways,gen- eral,for carting gravel 15.00 $486.47 Balance to Treasury 13.53 $500.00 $500.00 INSPECTION OF ANIMALS Appropriation $125.00 Paid Darius W.Gilbert,serv- ices $125.00 STATE HIGHWAY" Appropriation $2,483.00 Paid Commonwealth of Massa- chusetts $2,483.00 55 HIGHWAYS AND SIDEWALKS OILING STREETS (See below) Appropriation (March meeting, including steam roller)$31,750.00 Appropriation (June 18,for team- ing)1,800.00 Receipts,.for labor,teams and supplies $910.75 Town of Hingham,for road machine 200.00 11,110.75 Transfers : From Jerusalem Road Culvert. . $15.00 Jerusalem Road Rebuilding 16.00 ^ Selectmen (Highways)376.00 Harbor Maintenance 24.00 Recreation 43.50 474.50 1,585.25 Expenditures : Highways Surveyor,services '(one month due)$1,375.00 Payrolls : Labor,ordinary $6,761.10 Labor,engineers,carpenters, masons,etc 616.50 7,377.60 Teams,autos and trucking..4,337.75 Stationery,printing,express, etc 98.72 Freight and cinders 142.30 Fuel 142.11 Patching material,3251 gal- lons 595.08 Gravel and stone 1,368.30 Repairs to old roller and to crusher 157.69 56 Boiler inspection $10.00 Good Roads Machinery Co., ($68.65)and miscellaneous 73.93 Oils,kerosene,etc 136.48 Tools,supplies,etc 1,152.89 Painting signs,$5.00;repair- ing drain,$5.00 10.00. Cohasset Water Co.,1915 and 1916 21.57 Rent,H.L.Willard 150.00 Insurance,Workingmen's Compensation,general,on $10,000 $340.00 Insurance,Workingmen's Compensation,stone crushing,on $500 35.50 375.50 Maintenance $17,524.92 Outlay : Buffalo Steam Roller Co $4,750.00 Freight 112.89 4,862.89 Total for Highways,General $22,387.81 Unpaid:Highway Surveyor,one month,$125. OILING STREETS Appropriation (included in General Highway Account) Expenditures : Labor,ordinary •$2,764.80 Labor,engineers,etc 200.00 Teams and autos $2,022.75 Auto trucking 1,981.50 4,004.25 57 Tarvia,1919,10,168 gallons...$1,008.00 Tarvia,1920,21,494 gallons ...3,439.04 $4,447.04 Asphalt oil,6361 gallons 954.15 Freight $98.82 Demurrage 12.18 111.00 Supplies ' 35.42 Total for Oiling $12,516.66 ' General Higl>ways,brought forward 22,387.81 Total under Highway Sur- veyor $34,904.47 Balance to Treasury 230.78 $35,135.25 $35,135.25 Unpaid bill:for Tarvia $660.23 net JERUSALEM ROAD REBUILDING,OUTLAY Appropriation (issue of bonds)...$30,000.00 Expenditures : William A.Jones,contract ($200 reserved)$26,152.20 Engineer's plans 9.00 Watchmen 367.50 Moving hydrant ,72.85 Removing ledge,under High- way Surveyor,labor and teams 510.90 $27,112.45 58 Transfer to Highways,general, for watching $16.00 Total $27,128.45 Balance to Treasury 2,871.55 $30,000.00 $30,000.00 SELECTMEN,HIGHWAYS No appropriation Receipts,Offset to Outlay $4.40 County Commissioners'layout South Main Street,1917 and 1918 97.50 $101.90 Expenditures : Street fountains,labor $19.50 Street signs,labor and materials 52.95 Maintenance $72.45 Outlay: Stairs,South Main Street to Highland Avenue Mason,S.H.Stoughton $242.08 Carpenter,William H. McGaw 105.96 Teaming 61.00 Cement 61.00 470.04 $542.49 Transfer to Highways,general, teaming Black Rock Road...376.00 Balance over Receipts to Inci- dental Account 816.59 Total,Selectmen,Highways.$918.49 $918.49 59 REMOVING SNOW (Sanding streets,etc.) Appropriation $9,000.00 Receipts,from N.Y.,N.H.& H.Rd 9.083'.00 Expenditures : Town,labor,ordinary $6,544.40 Teams,automobiles,etc 2,719.00 Repairing plows,etc 38.50 Sand 5.50 Insurance,Workmen's Com- pensation on $1000 43.00 $9,350.40 Railroad,payrolls (labor)9,083.00 Balance over appropriation and receipts to "Agency"...350.40 Total Removing Snow,etc.. . $18,433.40 $18,433.40 ELECTRIC STREET LIGHTS Appropriation (fixed price)$7,306'.40 Appropriation (Articles 54 and 63, two new lights)36.00 Expenditures : Electric Light and Power Co. For January,February and March (364-60 c.p.and 12- 250 c.p.)3 months at $607.20 $1,821.60 For March,as above,$607.20 and $1.65 for new lights ...608.85 For June-December,inclu- sive,8 months at $610.20 60 366-60 c.p.and 12-250 c.p. 1-60 c.p.added in Decem- ber 1 $4,881.60 Total ; Balance to Treasury $7,312.05 30.35 $7,342.40 $7,342.40 Due,for one light part of Decem- ber,$1.40. FORE RIVER BRIDGE (Chapters 230 and 753,Acts of 1911) Appropriation $450.00 Paid William L.Foster,treasurer, assessments Nos.89-110 in- clusive,22 assessments at $30 $660.00 Balance over appropriation to "Agency"210.00 $660.00 $660.00 HARBOR MAINTENANCE Appropriation $500.00 Expenditures : Harbor Master $100.00 Labor 225.00 Supplies 139.41 Printing "Rules"10.00 $474.41 61 Transfer to Highways,general, for labor $24.00 Balance to Treasury $498.41 1.59 $500.00 $500.00 CHARITIES,COHASSET HOME Appropriation,including "Outside Poor,"'*General Administra- tion"and **District Nurse " ($400)$9,400.00 (See "Recapitulation,"after "General Administration.") Receipts : H.R.Nickerson,Superintend- ent,for produce,balance over payments;see his account at end $2,211.62 Board 100.00 $2,311.62 Expenditures : Superintendent,services $1,200.00 Telephone 40.08 Electric light 77.38 Fuel 684.29 Drugs and medicines 42.37 Hospital charges 73.00 Groceries and general supplies.1,356.56 Grain 720.05 Hay 25.00 Clothing 79.18 Seeds and fertilizers 219.43 General supplies 245.90 62 House furnishings $59.38 Livestock 81.00 Tonsorial work 21.40 Labor,teams,etc 760.00 Labor in house 584.CO Buildings,maintenance of,etc. . 257.76 Horse,team,etc ^135.03 Insurance,Workmen's Compen- sation on $600 $7.74 Insurance on house 765.00 772.74 $7,434.55 Paid for "Home"through Sup- erintendent ,see his account . 59 1 .08 Total for "Home"$8,025.63 Deduct receipts of Superintend- ent and $100 board through Town Treasurer 2,902.70 Net cost of "Home"1920...$5,122.93 Unpaid bills,$454.53. HENRY R.NICKERSON,SUPERINTENDENT,IN ACCOUNT WITH TOWN OF COHASSET Dr. Received for Produce $2,623.45 Board 84.00 Junk 1.25 Pasture for cows 84.00 Pasture stone •10.00 Cr. Paid for Laundry :$108.12 Sleigh 5.00 63 Food supplies $46.54 House cleaning '27.25 Clothing 22.73 Labor 353.37 Miscellaneous and express 28.07 $591.08 Balance to Town Treasury..2,211.62 !,802.70 $2,802.70 CHARITIES,OUTSIDE POOR For appropriation,see Cohasset Home account and "Recapitu- lation"after General Administration Receipts : Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Mothers'Aid $1,335.44 Town of Scituate,Mothers' Aid 142.00 Reimbursement from an indi- vidual 6.00 $1,483.44 Expenditures : Cash,Town Aid and other pay- ments $2,014.27 Relief given by other places, Watertown 202.87 Medical attendance,town phy- sicians,etc 409.00 Hospitals 247.77 Nursing,District Nurse.400.00 Drugs and medicines 19.30 Burials 210.00 Fuel 372.09 ' Rent r 504.27 64 Groceries and provisions $531.37 Clothing *299.84 Total cost Outside Poor $5,210.78 Deduct receipts 1,483.44 Net cost Outside Poor,1920.$3,727.34 Unpaid bills,$147.28 CHARITIES,GENERAL ADMINISTRATION The appropriation for **Home "and "Outside Poor "also covers this account Expenditures : Overseers,services,three at $200 $600.00 Overseers,expenses 19.43 Printing and stationery 6.77 Total $626.20 RECAPITULATION OF POOR ACCOUNTS Appropriation for three accounts brought forward $9,400.00 Amounts paid and received through -the Town Treasury General Administration (paid).$626.20 Outside Poor (paid and received)5,210.78 1,483.44 Cohasset Home (paid and re- ceived;7,434.55 2,311.62 Balance over appropriation and receipts to Incidental Account. . 76.47 • Total $13,27i.53 $13,271.53 65 Cost of three accounts as above..113,271.53 Add amount paid by Superin- tendent of Home,see his account 591.08 Total cost of Poor 1920,includ- ing District Nurse $13,862.61 The Net cost of Poor in 1920 was $9,476.47. SOLDIERS'AND SAILORS'RELIEF Appropriation $2,000.00 Expenditures : Commonwealth of Massachu- setts,Soldiers'Exemptions..$2.79 Payrolls and other payments..1,336.85 Total $1,339.64 Balance to Treasury 660.36 $2,000.00 $2,000.00 Unpaid bills,$9.25 25.30 $34.55 STATE AND MILITARY AID Appropriation $1,000.00 Receipts from Commonwealth of Massachusetts : State Aid $909.00 Military Aid 120.00 1,029.00 66 Expenditures : State Aid,Civil War $330.00 State Aid,German War 315.00 $645.00 Military Aid,Civil War 120.00 $765.00 Balance to Treasury........1,264.00 $2,029.00 $2,029.00 EDUCATI Appropriation,including trans- portation and lunch accounts Receipts : Commonwealth of Massachu- setts,tuition County of Norfolk,dog tax of 1919 Cohasset Savings Bank,income from Ripley Fund Dental fees .. ON $4.56 21.78 $i $60.45 238.40 145.58 15.00 71.52 26.34 75.00 51,125.00 Manual training and other supplies Reinbursements,F.W.Parker School Press Reimbursements,Hingham In- surance Co Tuition,from an individual .. 632.29 1,683.31Fromschoollunch 67 Expenditures : School Committee (services for): Secretary of Committee $25.00 School Accountant 75.00 School survey,Prof.G.E. Johnson 135.00 Clerk to Superintendent....409.75 School Committee,expenses: Telephones $116.01 Printing reports 118.50 Chairman's expenses 63.22 Survey (expenses)12.50 School Board Journal and Membership National Educational Society 15.50 Superintendents,services: H.H Lowry $1,800.00 O.K.Collins 800.00 Attendance Officer 50.00 $644.75 325.73 2,650.00 Superintendent,expenses: Attendance Officer,auto- mobile (1919,$20)$40.00 Traveling expenses 187.09 Postage,etc 10.38 Transportation 10.50 247.97 Supervisors'transportation...19.00 Teachers'salaries: Supervisors .-$2,110.00 Principal of high school..2,150.00 High 6,966.49 Elementary,including un- assigned teacher.16,251.26 27,477.75 68 Textbooks and supplies: Books $738.10 Supplies,general 1,747.36 Supplies,lunch (see receipts)2,261.39 '$4,746.85 Janitors'services 3,195.35 Fuel 2,114.37 Buildings,maintenance of,in- cluding light and power....3,563.16 Libraries 91.92 Health (reported under "Health and Sanitation"to State)(See special appropri- ation for "Dental Dispen- sary"under Bo^rd of Health)500.40 Transportation : F.W.Wheelwright $4,656.00 Lot E.Bates 234.00 E.E.Bates.184.00 'Turkey Meadow Farm 232.00 Miscellaneous 2.00 Repairing automobile bodies, and for windshield 537.00 5,845.00 Tuition 171.50 Sundries : Graduation and Christmas expenses,teachers'travel- ling expenses,basket and baseball,miscellaneous carting,rent of hall,etc. . 293.23 Insurance,Workmen's Com- pensation on $1000 6.90 Interest,Bates Building mort- gage (balance)10.81 69 Insurance,general,on build- ings,etc $1,102.36 $53,007.05 Outlay,new equipment 20.39 Total for schools,general ..$53,027.44 Balance to treasury 413.16 (For outlay,Bates Building mortgage,see special appro- priation)$53,440.60 $53,440.60 Unpaid bill,$49.16. EDtlCATION,EXPENSES INVESTIGATING COMMITTEE Appropriation $500.00 Expenditures : John Nolen,landscape archi- tect $162.45 B.F.Smith,making borings in meadow 83.00 George H.Wetherbee,Jr., services 30.00 $275.45 Balance to Treasury 224.55 $500.00 $500.00 70 EDUCATION —BATES BUILDING MORTGAGE Appropriation $2,120.00 Paid Cohasset Savings Bank, mortgage $2,100.00 Paid Cohasset Savings Bank, part of interest 20.00 $2,120.00 (See Education general account for balance of interest,$10.81) LIBRARIES Appropriation $2,700.00 Paid Rev.F.V.Stanley,treas- urer Paul Pratt Memorial Library $2,600.00 Paid Mrs.Ada F.Faxon,treas- urer Nantasket Branch Li- brary 100.0© $2,700.00 PARKS NANTASKET MAINTENANCE Appropriation $159.13 Paid State Treasurer $159.13 PARKS,TOWN COMMONS,GENERAL Appropriation $1,100.00 Receipts : Massachusetts Trust Co.,divi- dends for Wadleigh Park.$237.50 Cohasset Savings Bank:Town Commons,Centre $52.32 Billings-Pratt Park 45.50 97.82 Harry E.Mapes,for labor...64.00 399.32 71 Expenditures : Labor,general Billings-Pratt Park,care of... Other parks,B.H.Crane.... Lawn mower Tools and repairs Carting (1919; Insurance,Workmen's Com- pensation,on $1000 Total Balance to Treasury Unpaid bills,B.H.Crane, $989.00 55.00 393.00 16.00 26.40 1.50 12.90 . $1,493.80 5.52 $1,499.32 $1,499.32 WHEELWRIGHT PARK No appropriation Receipts : Dividends,Massachusetts Trust Co..:$237.50 Dividends,Cohasset Savings Bank 455.06 Posts .12.00 Pasturage 10.00 From selectmen,balance from 1919 account 364.08 $1,078.64 Expenditures : Superintendents,George Young $23.25 Joseph E.Grassie 90.00 $113.25 Labor,ordinary 358.40 Teams 105.10 Auto and truck 52.00 72 Express $7.82 Iron work and tools 23.04 Rendrock and stone-boat ....17.00 Trees 167.50 Lead (for spraying)44.00 Oil and gasolene 15.00 .$903.11 Balance drawn out of treasury and deposited in 1921 ac- count 175.53 $1,078.64 $1,078.64 Unpaid bill,$6.50. RECREATION No appropriation Transfer to Highway Depart- ment for labor and teams (baseball field)to Incidental Account $43.50 MEMORIAL DAY Appropriation $500.00 Receipts,from Harry S.Parker, Chairman Committee George H.Mealy Post.A.L.,bal- ance between appropriation and ]Dayments 93.05 Paid to Harry S.Parker,as above (his account of expendi- tures on file)$500.00 Balance to Town Treasury . 93.05 \ $593.05 $593.05 73 ANNUITY,HENRY E.BRENNOCK Appropriation $200.00 Paid Henry E.Brennock .....$2Q0.00 INCIDENTALS (Unclassified) Appropriation ($675.70 trans- ferred to Gulf Mill 1919 ac- count);$2,960.53 transferred to Law)$3,000.00 Receipts : From histories $28.32 Gravel pit receipts (Common- wealth of Massachusetts $45)224.75 Record and Relief Committee, for yarn 25.00 Typewriter (exchange)20.00 Old town reports 2.05 New England Telephone and Telegraph Co 3.42 A.0.H.,rent G.A.R.Hall...8.00 Reimbursements for coal 139.13 N.Y.N.H.&H.Rd.,refund, freight on coal .2.84 A^'^.^"i Expenditures (Unclassified) : ^OO.OJl Town Clock,care of *. .$54.38 Town Flag care of 183.00 Town Flag,painting staff etc.67.04 Town reports,delivering,ex- press and binding 59.28 Damages to property 17.34 Gravel pit»looking after pit and labor 28.40 74 Transportation S50.00 American Legion,stationery . etc 7.79 Emergency,pumping out cel- lars 171.94 Horse cemetery,labor clearing 63.00 Coal (town reimbursed)139.13 Miscellaneous 178.43 $1,019.73 Workmen's Compensation in- . surance - 198.50 Total $1,218.23 Transfers,from Town Officers $405.44 Printing 232.64 Water for Hydrants,etc — 9.03 Police Department 121.08 Fire Department,building at Cove and ladder truck . 447.10 Selectmen,highways 816.59 Charities,poor accounts 76.47 Recreation 43.50 North Cohasset Post Office , Building 41.53 2,193.38 Total $3,411.61 Balance to Treasury 41.90 $3,453.51 $3,453.51 75 TELEPHONES FOR INDIVIDUALS Services for individuals,charged to departments,which are reimbursed No appropriation Receipts S544.29 Expenditures $597.98 Balance over receipts to "Agency"53.69 $597.98 CEMETERIES Appropriation $200.00 Receipts : From sale of lots and graves...$225.80 From care of lots 83.50 Sale of grass 12.00 '321.30 Expenditures : Telephone (B.F.Morse)$15.96 Stationery 1.00 Writing deeds 2.50 ' Tools and supplies 8.20 Insurance,Workmen's Com- pensation on $300 3.87 Labor 437.00 Total :....$468.53 Balance to Treasury 52.77 $521.30 $521.30 INTEREST,METROPOLITAN PARKS Appropriation $49.14 Paid State Treasurer $49.14 76 INTEREST,GENERAL Appropriation $3,200.00 Received : On deferred taxes $287.76 On bank deposits 512.60 ,800.36 Paid:, First National Bank,Boston, on $6000 bonds at 4 per cent.$240.00 Hingham Trust Co.,on $3000 Tuberculosis Hospital bonds six months at 4)^per cent . 67.50 Alice Tobey Jones,on $7047.42 Tuberculosis Hospital bonds, six months 158.57 C.D.Parker &Co.,Inc.,John Hall Jones,trustee.on $10,^47.42 Tuberculosis Hospital bonds,six months at 43^per cent 226.07 State Treasurer,on $30,000 Jerusalem Road,5^4 per cent bonds,six months 862.50 Anticipation of Taxes:Rockland Trust Co. Note 1,4.85 per cent $390.67 Note 2,4.85 per cent 78.14 Note 3,4.95 per cent 361.64 Notes 5,6 and 7,4.95 per cent 1,035.27 Notes 8,9 and 10,5.49 per cent 1,647.00 Notes 16 and 17,6.19 per cent.588.93 Notes 1^and 19 5.95 Dei cent.198.34 Note 20 o 75 per cent 47.91 4,347.90 77 Balance over appropriation and receipts to 'Agency"..$1,902.18 Total $5,902.54 I5 902.54 PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISE NORTH COHASSET POST OFFICE AND FIRE DEPART- MENT BUILDING No appropriation Receipts,from rent (15 months)$125.00 Expenditures : Labor and stock,repairs $50.25 Labor on pipes 2.00 Fuel,coal 114.28 Balance over receipts to Incidental Account 41.53 $166.53 $166.53 PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISE GUILD HALL No appropriation Receipts,from rent $50.00 Expenditures : Insurance on building,$1000 three years " $48.30 Balance to Treasury 1.70 $50.00 78 MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS BONDS FROM REVENUE Appropriation $9,000.00 Paid: First National Bank,Boston, last of issue of 1911,Re- funding S6,000.00 Hingham Trust Co.,Tubercu- losis Hospital bonds 3,000.00 $9,000.00 MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS ANTICIPATION OF TAX LOANS Received:from Rockland Trust Co.,the following proceeds: Note 1,dated February 7,due November 23,less discount at 4.85 per cent $9,609.33 Note 2,dated February 7,due November 23,less discount at 4.85 per cent 1,921.86 Note 3,dated March 5,due November 23,less discount at 4.95 per cent 9,638.36 Notes 5,6 and 7,dated March 19,due November 24,less discount at 4.95 per cent ... ' 28,964.73 Notes 8,9 and 10,dated April 22,due November 24,less discount at 5.49 per cent...48,353.00 Notes 16 and 17 dated July 15, due November 29,less dis- count at 6.19 per cent 24,411.07 Notes 18 and 19,dated Sep- tember 16,due November 15,less discount at 5.95 per cent 19,801.66 79 Note 20,dated November 24, due December 24,less dis- count at 5.75 per cent...$9,952.09 Note 21.dated December 15, due November 15-21,less discount at 5.80 per cent ..9,460.27 Paid Rockland Trust Co.,Notes 1,2,3,5,6,7,8,9,10,16,17, 18,19 and 20,as above S152,652.10 Balance,indebtedness of 1921 (Note 21)9,460.27 $162,112.37 $162,112.37 MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS METROPOLITAN PARKS LOAN SINKING FUND REQUIREMENTS Appropriation (State)$8.06 Paid State Treasurer $8.06 MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS HIGHWAY NOTES,JERUSALEM ROAD REBUILDING Received from Commonwealth of Massachusetts,payable to State Treasurer,interest at 5^per cent,dated June 11, 1920,proceeds from the fol- lowing : Note 11,due June .15,1921.. .^$6,000.00 Note 12,due June 15,1922...6,000.00 Note 13,due June 15,1923...6,000.00 Note 14,due June 15,1924...6,000.00 Note 15,due June 15,1925...6,000.00 $30,000.00 80 AGENCY Including amounts received for and paid from Corporation Tax, Licenses,Permits,etc. Appropriation (State Tax,gen- eral)• ' $16,660.00 Appropriation (State Tax,special, "Suitable Recognition,' 'etc.). . 785.40 Appropriation (County Tax)...7,596.99 $25,042.39 Received from State,Corporation . Tax: 1919,National Bank Tax,ad- ditional,Corporation and Transfer of Claims $94.22 1920,Public Service $3,346.89 •1920,Business,Domestic 229.85 1920,Business,Foreign 2.04 ^ 1920,National Bank Tax 4,579.10 8,157.88 Commonwealth of Massachu- setts,four peddlers'licenses . 32.00 Licenses,general: Board of Health,milk $4.50 Denatured alcohol 2.00 Oleomargarine 2.00 Slaughtering..2.00 Auto dealers (3)75.00 Junk (3).....'.30.00 Auctioneers (2)4.00 Bowling (1)2;pool (1)2. . 4.00 Gasolene (2)2.00 Permits,gasolene (5)2.50 Permits wire inspection (71)70.50 198.50 8,482.60 81 Paid: State Treasurer,State Taxes of 1920 $17,445.40 State Treasurer,Civilian War Poll Tax 2,859.00 Norfolk County Treasurer, County Tax 7,596.99 $27,901.39 Balance over payments ....5,623.60 $33,524.99 $33,524.99 Balance from "Agency"for- ward $5,623.60 Charges against above balance : Moth suppression $1,853.44 Removing snow 350.40 Fore River Bridge 210.00 Telephones for individuals. . 53.69 Interest 1,902.18 Refunds 28.72 $4,398.43 Balance to Treasury 1,225.17 $5,623.60 $5,623.60 TRUST Wheelwright Park:Balance in Treasury at end of year with- drawn and deposited to credit of 1921 account $175.53 82 REFUNDS Receipts : Interest on $30,000 Jerusalem Road notes •$19.17 Payments: Tax pa3nTients refunded R.E.and Personal 1917, 1918 and 1919 $16.88 Personal 1920 2.43 Moth assessments,1920 bills..28.58 Balance over receipts to "Agency"28.72 $47.89 $47.89 RESERVE FUND Under Chapter 823,Acts of 1913 APRIL TAX ASSESSMENTS Net deficit reported in 1919 forward $16,434.91 Amounts to be added,abated in 1920: 1917 assessments,poll and moth abatements $544.69 1918 -assessments,poll,per- sonal and moth abatements . 458 .5 1 1919 assessments,poll,per- sonal and moth abatements . 104.49 1,107.69 Total deficit $17,542.60 83 1920 —Overlay,see Asses- sors'report $3,327.33 Charges against in 1920,poll, personal,real estate and moth,abatements ..1,056.29 Balance January 1,1921...$2,271.04 Deduct from total deficit...$2,271.04 Net deficit January 1,1921.•$15,271.56 DECEMBER ASSESSMENTS Balances previously reported $14,759.86 1920 assessments committed to Tax Collector in Decem- ber: Polls,3 at $5.00 $15.00 Personal 8.51 Real estate 75.33 98.84 No charges against. 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O T3 O P a a^ w CO ;-(9i cu pi CAl (1) a;0)CI t^o cj oj c^ u It o O 0) 0)CJ^P. 03 0)™ n oj oq -o -^ a a 03 ^ <: a '-^o ;h O o3 ^ o :5 CO VS 03 p 89 PUBLIC TRUST FUNDS,SCHOOLS Ripley Fund : On hand January 1,1920..$1,095.74 Dividends earned in 1920 .49.84 $1,145.58 Received by School .De- partment,Cohasset,in 1920 145.58 On hand January 1,1921 $1,000.00 James W.Nichols Fund : On hand January 1,1920 $2,222.06 Dividends earned in 1920 .101.12 On hand January 1,1921 $2,323.18 PUBLIC TRUST FUNDS,PARKS Robert Charles Billings Fund: On hand January 1,1920 ..$2,150.00 Dividends earned in 1920: Town Commons,Center.$52.32 Billings-Pratt Park 45.50 97.82 $2,247.82 Received by Town in 1920 from above fund,credit of Town Commons account 97.82 On hand January 1,1921 $2,150.00 Horace W.Wadleigh Fund: On hand January 1,1920 ..5,000.00 Dividends earned in 1920 ..237.50 $5,237.50 90 Received by Town to credit of Town Commons ac- count in 1920 On hand January 1,1921 Wheelwright Park Fund : $237.50 $5,000.00 On hand January 1,1920.. Dividends earned in 1920.. •$15,000.00 692.56 Received by Town in 1920 from above fund and credited to Wheelwright Park account $15,692.56 692.56 On hand January 1,1921 $15,000.00 ACCOUNTS PAYABLE IN 1919 AND BEFORE PAID IN 1920 •AND UNPAID BILLS OF 1920 Bills 1919 and Previous paid Unpaid in 1920 Bills 1920 Town Officers $105.80 $127.50 Town Hall 1 13.53 199.70 Law,legal services 166.85 Police Department 68.47 616.75 Fire Department 275.64 •1,422.51 Forest fires 19.98 80.18 Moth suppression 125.66 Tree Warden 5.97 6.18 Sealer of Weights and Measures 22.91 Board of Health 28.75 245.25 Board of Health,Dental Dispensary 7.00 *155.58 *Dental dispensary.This amount is really for services to be rendered in 1921 and not properly an item of this account. 91 Straits Pond,etc.,James Brook $62.78 Gulf Mill Dam and gate. special appropriation . 675.70 Highways,general 106.57 $125.00 Highways,oiling streets.1,008.00 660.23 Electric street lights....1.40 Charities,Cohasset Home 293.09 454.53 Charities,Outside Poor.111.77 147.28 Education,general 20.00 49.16 Parks,Town Commons, general 1.50 80.00 Parks,Wheelwright Park 6.50 $2,904.55 $4,693.17 LIABILITIES OF COHASSET AS OF JANUARY 1,1921 Norfolk County Tuberculosis Hospital 43/2 per cent bonds, $3000 due each year,Novem- ber 1,1921-22,and $1047.42 due November 1,1923....$7,047.42 Jerusalem Road rebuilding 5^per cent notes,payable to Commonwealth of Mas- sachusetts,$6000 due each year,June 15,1921-25 30,000.00 Anticipation of Tax Loan Note 21,dated December 15,1920,due November 15,1921—$9460.27 and discount at 5.80 per cent, $539.73 (to be charged to Interest account.)10,000.00 Unpaid orders of 1920 3,771.68 Total Liabilities $50,819.10 92 INSURANCE (Policies in Town Vaults) Property Amount Police Department,automo- bile,fire and theft S700.00 Casualty 10,000.00 Highway Department,steam boilers 5,000.00 Schools : Osgood 52,000.00 Osgood 7,000.00 Osgood 5,000.00 Bates Building 1,400.00 Bates Building 1,600.00 Workmen's Compensation... Expires Last 1921 Premium Paid April 14 S53.08 March 22 36.00 March 10 94.00 June 11 286.00 June 11 38.50 July 1 134.00 December 1 32.62 December 1 37.28 April 27 932.73 BALANCE SHEET,COHASSET RECEIPTS 1920 Revenu£ General : Real and personal (tan- gible)taxes 1920 $128,853.82 Income tax (intangible per- sonal)from State,1920 ..55,728.50 Income tax.School Fund, from State,Chapter 363, Acts of 1919 4,040.00 Poll taxes 1920 3,370.00 $191,992.32 Real and personal (tan- gible)1919 and previous $7,902.52 Income tax (intangible) from State 1919 and pre- vious 4,098.00 Poll taxes 1919 and pre- vious 264.00 12,264.52 93 From State,see "Agency"...$8,252.10 Licenses,general,and Per- mits •230.50 Licenses,on dogs,from County 238.40 From Court,fines 243.15 $213,220.99 Commercial,including Trans- fers of $474.50 30,260.06 Offsets to Outlay 75.31 Municipal Indebtedness : Jerusalem Road Notes....$30,000.00 Temporary loans 162,112.37 192,112.37 Refunds,interest on $30,000 Jerusalem Road notes 19.17 Abatements 2,163.98 $437,851.88 Balances: Unpaid orders of 1920 .$3,771.68 Cash balance January 1, 1920 5,425.99 9,197.67 Grand Total $447,049.55 BALANCE SHEET,COHASSET . PAYMENTS 1920 Maintenance,including transfers of $474.50 $194,390.95 Interest on bonds,temporary loans,etc 5,951.68 $200,342.63 Debt,bonds from Revenue. . $9,000.00 Metropolitan Parks Sink- ing Fund 8.06 Temporary loans 152,652.10 Unpaid order of 1919 75.00 $161,735.16 94 Outlays $53,552.95 "Agency,"State Taxes,'gen- eral and special •$17,445,40 "Agency,"Civilian War Poll Tax 2,859.00 20,304.40 "Agency,"County Tax 7,596.99 Trust,Wheelwright Park balance 175.53 Refunds 47.89 Abatements 2,163.98 $445,919.53 Cash balance January 1, 1921 1,130.02 Grand Total $447,049.55 FIXED PROPERTY,OUTLAY 1920 Additions to schedules given in reports of previous ten years. Engineering,tax survey $1,000.00 Hydrants,installing four new- ones 757.68 Fire Department,building at Cove and ladder truck....5,652.10 Fire Department,chemical •tank for Hose 3 265.91 Fire Department,pumping engine 9,500.00 Board of Health,Dental Dis- pensary,for apparatus.-...260.00 Straits Pond,new gate 353.32 Gulf Mill Dam and Gate,bal- ance from 1919 675.70 Jerusalem Road culvert 486.47 Highway,general,new roller and freight 4,862.89 95 Highway,Jerusalem Road, rebuilding $27,128.45 Highway,selectmen,stairs from South Main Street to Highland Avenue 470.04 Education,new equipment ..$20.39 Education,Bates Building Mortgage,etc 2,120.00 2,140.39 $53,552.95 The attention of town officers,departments and others authorized to expend money is respectfully called to Section 7, Chapter 591,Acts of 1920,as follows: "Departmental Receipts Section 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 treasury shall not later be used by such officer or department without a specific appropriation thereof." This affects a nimiber of the departments and will necessi- tate increasing appropriations commencing with Town Officers and running practically through the list,as a glance at the "Recapitulation and Index"schedule will show,i.e..Town Hall, Police Department,Highways,Charities (both Cohasset Home and Outside Poor accounts).Education (Lunch account), Parks (Town Commons),Incidentals,Cemeteries and Interest. In the "Receipts"column,excluding Moth Suppression, Municipal Indebtedness,Corporation Tax,Licenses,etc.,and Removal of Snow (an emergency matter in 1920),the other receipts amounted to $14,086.27.In the future,under the above law,such receipts will revert entirely to the treasury, making an additional cash balance to be deducted by the Assessors from the taxes committed to the Tax Collector. 96 To sum up,the effect is to make the appropriations exactly according to expenditures,and though the cost of running the departments will in a sense look larger,on account of the Assessors having more receipts to offset the amounts of taxes to be raised,still it will be the same;but receipts will not be added to appropriations,thus enabling departments ostensibly (though not in reality)to overrun their appropriations. Respectfully submitted. EDWARD L.STEVENS, Auditor and Town Accountant. Cohasset,January 17,1921. 97 REPORT OF THE BOARD OF SELECTMEN To the Citizens of Cokasset: The Board of Selectmen have attended to the installing of hydrants and electric lights,as voted at the last March meeting. A new gate has been installed at Straits Pond,draining the entire territory,and thereby it is hoped to destroy the offensive vegetable matter growing in the pond in the spring. Again we would respectfully call the attention of the citizens of Cohasset to the necessity for economy in appropriations at the next annual meeting,as the result of our last March meeting was very apparent in the tax rate,as called to your attention in the report of the Board of Assessors.Your attention is specifically called to the report of the Town Accountant which shows the expenditures not only of this Board but of all depart- ment*,and we recommend its close scrutiny so that you may familiarize yourselves with the financial affairs of the Town, feeling that you will be better enabled to appreciate the above caution. Respectfully, HARRY E.MAPES, HERBERT L.BROWN, WILLIAM O.SOUTHER,JR., Cohasset,January 1,1921.Board of Selectmen. 98 ASSESSORS'REPORT FOR 1920 The Assessors of the Town of Cohasset herewith submit their report for the year ended December 31,1920. Owing to the great increase in our tax rate this year,we call your attention to the large sum appropriated over last year. Last year the Town appropriated $142,707.00 This year 202,921.26 Increase over last year $60,214.26 Increase in State and County Taxes,etc 9,821.25 Total increase $70,035.51 Total valuation,1919 6,538,887.00 Total valuation,1920 6,660,916.00 Increase in valuation,1920 122,029.00 Personal valuation,1920 659,^20.00 Real valuation,1920 6,001,196.00 Total valuation $6,660,916.00 Town Grant,March meeting $192,921.26 Town Grant,Special meeting 10,000.00 State Tax 17,445.40 Highway Tax 2,483.00 Metropolitan Tax 216.33 County Tax 7,596.99 Poll Taxes due State 2,370.00 Overlayings 3,327.33 $236,360.31 Available in Treasury $16,000.00 Estimated receipts 54,544.45 70,544.45 Amount to be raised bv taxation $165,815.86 99 Seven hundred and ninety polls at $5.00 $3,950.00 $6,660,916 valuation at $24.30 161,860.26 Fractions making tax 5.60 $165,815.86 Number of persons assessed 1418 Number of persons assessed on property 1007 Number of persons assessed on poll tax only 411 Nimiber of horses assessed 151 Number of cows assessed 236 Number of sheep assessed 16 Number of neat cattle assessed 63 Number of swine assessed 3 Number of dwelling houses assessed 820 Number of acres of land assessed 58793/^ Number of fowl assessed 875 Respectfully submitted, HERBERT L.BROWN, HARRY E.MAPES, WILLIAM O.SOUTHER,JR., Assessors. 100 REPORT OF THE TREASURER AND COLLECTOR OF TAXES From January 2,1920,to time of his retirement from office in March Receipts Balance in treasury from former account $17,474 .52 Commonwealth of Massachusetts,as follows: Income tax,additional for 1917 192.00 Income tax,additional for 1918 192.00 Income tax,additional for 1919 1,190.00 Corporation tax 77 .59 Bank tax..16.63 Aid for mothers with dependent children 338 .13 County of Norfolk,for dog licensed,1919 238.40 Town of Scituate,on Mothers'Aid account......142.00 Miss Florence L.Beal,Postmistress,North Cohasset,rent 50 .00 Three auto-dealers'licenses 75 .00 ^ One Woodside Cemetery lot 45 .00 Care of Woodside Cemetery lots 3 .00 To credit of Cohasset Home account 180 .00 To credit of Outside Poor account 3 .00 To credit of Police account 20 .00 To credit of Forest Fire accoimt 1 .05 To credit of Moth account 17 .74 To credit of Wheelwright Park account 376 .08 To credit of Tree Warden account 18 .16 To credit of Highway account 3 .00 N.Y.,N.H.&H.Railroad Co.,removing snow.9,057.00 To credit of Town Hall account 195.61 To credit of School account,lunches and dental fees 389.74 101 To credit of Telephone account $111 .05 To credit of Recreation and Relief Committee's account 25.00 To credit of gravel pit account 179 .75 One Town History 3.00 Interest on Bank deposits 91 .35 Net proceeds of two notes for money hired in antici- pation 21,169.55 Interest on taxes 60 .99 Tax summonses and demands 25 .35 Tax Collector's affidavits 2.00 $51,963.69 Expenditures Paid orders of the Selectmen as follows : Town Officers $782.00 Legal account 2,960 .53 Town Hall 553.74 Printing 981.05 Police 925.01 Fire Department 1,180.20 Forest Fires 97.43 Moth Department 847.74 Tree Warden Department 92.82 Sealer Weights and Measures Department 7 .13 Inspection of Wires 79 .86 Board of Health 41 .26 James Brook and Gulf Mill dam 738 .48 Highways and oiling streets 1,280.28 Removing snow 8,036 .70 Removing snow,(Railroad)9,083 .00 Electric Street Lights 1,214.40 Fore River Bridge assessments 90 .00 Cohasset Home 1,115 .72 Outside Poor,including Town Aid,etc 1,022.97 Soldiers'and Sailors'Relief 296.50 102 State and Military Aid $252.00 Education and transportation 9,235.14 Town Commons and Wheelwright Park 207 .53 Incidentals 162.94 New England Telephone and Telegraph Co 144 .21 Woodside Cemetery '3.99 North Cohasset Post-Office Building 132.25 Abatements on taxes 162 .75 $41,727.63 Balance as follows: Uncollected 1917 taxes $28.49 Uncollected 1917 moth taxes 8.75 Uncollected 1918 taxes 783.87 Uncollected 1918 moth taxes 531 .74 Uncollected 1919 taxes .6,039.57 Uncollected 1919 moth taxes 604.13 $7,996.55 Cash on deposit: Webster &Atlas Na- tional Bank $138.39 Hingham Trust Co....790 .36 Rockland Trust Co....1 ,385 .76 $2,314.51 Less amount of one unpaid order 75.00 $2,239.51 $10,236.06 $51,963.69 The balance,$10,236.C6,plus the amount of the unpaid order,$75.00,turned over to the new Treasurer and Collector. Respectfully submitted, NEWCOMB B.TOWER, Cohasset,March,1920.Treasurer mid Collector. 103 TREASURER'S REPORT,MARCH 19 TO DECEMBER 31 Receipts March 19. Balance from N.B.Tower $2,314.51 N.B.Tower,collector,back taxes,and interest 4.99 Taxes,interest,etc.,per collector's account... . 145,315.21 Notes discounted in anticipation of taxes 140,942 .82 Notes,Jerusalem Road relocation 30,000.00 Court fees 243.15 Park and commons 1101 .88 Woodside Cemetery 273 .30 Highways (included $474.50 transferred)1,382 .25 Fire Department 85 .91 PoHce Department 109.20 .Interest on bank deposits 421 .25 Interest on note 19 .17 Moth Department 547.59 School Department 318 .44 School lunch 1,308.57 Outside poor 3 .00 Board of Health 24.00 Snow account 26 .00 Straits Pond Bridge 55 .48 Tree Warden 48.00 Town Hall 978 .56 Rent of buildings 133.00 Telephone service 449 .04 Licenses 155 .50 Genealogies sold 25 .32 Cohasset Home 2,131 .62 County Commission on account of relocation of South Main Street 97.50 Gravel sold 45.00 104 Road machinery sold $200.00 Memorial Day 93.05 South Main Street stairs 4 .40 Incidental 165.39 From State Treasurer : Tuition of children 60 .45 Mothers of dependent children 997.31 Military Aid 120.00 State Aid 909.00 Corporation Tax 3,578.78 National Bank Tax 4,579.10 Income Tax 1917 48.00 Income Tax 1918 96.00 Income Tax 1919 2,380.00 Income Tax 1920,general 55,728.50 Income Tax 1920,General School Fund 4,040.00 Total receipts $401,560.24 Payments Paid Selectmen's warrants Nos.13 to 55,inclusive (less unpaid vouchers of $3,771.68)$400,355.22 Paid outstanding order 75 .00 Cash balance December 31,1920 1,130.02 $401,560.24 HARRY F.TILDEN,Treasurer. 105 TAX COLLECTOR'S REPORT Taxes collected for : 1917 $6.70 1918 415.07 1919 4,465.69 1920 138,550.47 Total Interest and summons collected: 1917 $1.79 1918 51.29 1919 151.76 1920 48.41 Total Abatements : 1917 $10.75 1918 533.94 1919 13.05 1920 1,066.29 $143,437.93 253.25 1,624.03 Totals $145,315.21 Uncollected taxes December 31,1920: 1917 19.79 1918 364.20 1919 2,162.96 1920 34,546.41 Total $37,093.36 HARRY F.TILDEN,Collector. 106 REPORT OF THE BOARD OF FIRE ENGINEERS To the Board of Selectmen. Gentlemen:The Board of Engineers appointed by your honorable Board for the year ending April 30,1921,met in accordance with your instructions and organized with the following choice of officers: Chief,Fred C.Blossom. Assistant Chief,Sidney L.Beal. District Chief,George Jason. District Chief,Frank F.Martin,Jr. Clerk,George F.Sargent,Jr. The buildings at the cove have been remodelled and are now in first class condition. The new White pumping engine which was purchased has proved very satisfactory. The Peerless Combination has been remodelled into an up-to-date ladder truck,and with this equipment we feel we are equal to any town in the State. In changing our batteries,etc.,to the Central Fire Station we found that they practically had to be rebuilt,thus necessitat- ing the extra cost to the Fire Alarm System. We recommend that the sum of $7,677.00 be raised and appropriated for maintenance and salaries. Respectfully submitted, FRED C.BLOSSOM,Chief, SIDNEY L.BEAL,Assistant Chief, FRANK F.MARTIN,JR., GEORGE JASON, GEORGE F.SARGENT,JR.,Clerk. 107 REPORT OF SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES To the Board of Selectmen. Gentlemen:Your sealer in submitting his eighth annual report would respectfully state that all the requirements of existing statutes regarding the sealing of weighing and meas- uring appliances have been carefully complied with,and such further tests and examinations as would insure the protection of both the public and the dealer have been made.It has usu- ally been his custom to call your attention to various points on the subject of weights and measures to the end that a fuller idea of its importance might be realized by the families of our Town.There might perhaps be a fair argument as to the value of such effort and he decides this year in the interest of economy, in part to confine his report to a simple assurance of the faithful performance of the duties entrusted to him by the Town. Yours respectfully, CALEB NICHOLS, Sealer, 108 TREE WARDEN'S REPORT To the Citizens of Cohasset: After having been elected as your Tree Warden on March 1,1920,and previous to the business meeting which is held one week later and as at that time the appropriations are made for the ensuing year,I went over the Town and made a careful observation of the condition I found the street trees in,which I stated at that meeting ;namely,as the winter of 1920 was a very severe one the ice formed on the branches of the trees to such an extent that it caused a great many of the limbs to break but still were left hanging to the trees,also there were a great many that broke and fell to the ground,causing a very bad tear on the tree which had to be sawed off smoothly and painted in order that they might be preserved.I estimated that it would require ah expenditure of $2500 to do the required work. This sum was raised and appropriated and I immediately started the work of pruning and went over every street in Town remov- ing all limbs that were endangering the public safety. There were several young trees planted in different parts of the Town,and especial care was taken of the young trees that have been planted in previous years,after which the work of spraying was taken up and all roadsides belonging to the Town were thoroughly sprayed. I have recently been appointed as Moth Superintendent for the ensuing year.When the Tree Warden and Moth Department are combined the work can be done in a more economical manner,therefore,I recommend the simi of $1000 be raised and appropriated for the,Tree Warden Department the ensuing year.A great deal of money and time can be saved if those who wish to have their property sprayed this spring would notify me before the spraying season begins; then when I am on a street spraying I can finish that street. 109 It is also better for all concerned,because when the caterpillars find a place that has been sprayed they usually flock to a place that has not been sprayed,therefore if the whole street is sprayed at practically the same time they have no fresh feeding grounds, consequently they must perish. Respectfully submitted, JOSEPH E.GRASSIE, Tree Warden, no REPORT OF PARK COMMISSIONER To the Honorable Board of Selectmen. Gentlemen:Having been appointed last March by your honorable Board as Park Commissioner for the ensuing year, I have given the different public grounds of our Town a great deal of attention,especially the so-called Wheelwright Park, planting two hundred arbor vitae on the boundar\^line between the land of Mr.Tucker and the Wheelwright Park.After which I sprayed a good portion of the park,not having money enough to spray the whole.I have built a wall between said Park and one Tony Modent's property,about three hundred feet long; besides having some mowing of^^underbrush and cutting of dead wood.Said work is now going on at a very small expense to the Town. The trees on all other parks belonging to the Town have been carefully pruned and cared for in various ways,which are required for the future welfare of the trees.The Wadleigh Park at the junction of Forest Avenue and Jerusalem Road looks rather barren,and I recommend the planting of some shrubbery along the walls of said park that would grow to a height of not over four to six feet,which in m}^opinion would beautify the park as well as that part of the Town. Respectfully submitted, JOSEPH E.GRASSIE, Park Commissioner. Ill 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 9 Measles 1 •Mumps 7 Scarlet fever 3 Tuberculosis 2 Whooping cough 6 Influenza 14 Lobar pneumonia 1 Two slaughtering licenses were granted during 1920. The inspector of slaughtering inspected (234)two hundred and thirty-four carcasses during the past year,none of which were condemned. Dr.Derby the dentist in charge of the Dental Clinic at the Osgood School,has submitted the following report to this Board: Gentlemen: I take pleasure in submitting to you the following as a summary of the work completed from April 1,1920,to January 15,1921,at the Osgood School,Cohasset,Mass. A complete dental equipment purchased and installed in the Bates Building. Examined all school children and kept accurate records of conditions found. Each child was required to have a card signed by the parents,which stated the condition of his or her teeth;the card was then returned to the Clinic,and kept on file. Over two-thirds of the parents whose children were exam- 112 ined desired to have their children cared for at the Clinic. Over ninety per cent of the children were found to be suffering from defective teeth. Number of children worked for to date 148 Number of children completed to date 94 The work done consists of the following : Gold fillings 5 Silver fillings 424 Root canal fillings 22 Treatments 101 Children having had their teeth cleansed 104^ Teeth extracted 248 Enamel filHngs 79 Cement fillings 27 The children have been taken by grades,one child being called at a time,thus keeping them from their studies for the shortest time possible. Once during the year all children were supplied with tooth paste,and at different times throughout the year literature has been given them impressing upon their minds the importance of mouth cleanliness. Respectfully submitted, FRANK A.DERBY,D.M.D. The following letter concerning the condition caused by fish stranding on the shores of Cohasset harbor during October, 1920,explains the situation to date. To the Board of Health, Cohasset,Mass. Gentlemen : The Department of Public Health has received your com- munication calling attention to the nuisance due to dead fish in Cohasset harbor during the first half of October of this year. 113 In response to your request for advice and assistance in regard to the proper steps to be taken in order to prevent a recurrence,the Department has caused a careful investigation to be made and has considered all the aspects of the problem in the light of the biological facts in the case. This is no new phenomenon,as there have been similar runs of small and even large fish,and they have died in enormous numbers along the shore line and on the fiats all along the coast. The fish travel in schools in the ocean and,when they are preyed upon by larger fish,instinctively flee inshore and in their panic to get away from deep water and their enemies often enter shoal water at the peak of the tide and,as they are either unable or afraid to return to sea,become stranded and suffocate in large numbers.This happened the first of October in Cohasset upper harbor in the shallow areas where there is little circulation of water at any time.As the fish that were first stranded were not removed and soon died,the waters which have little movement soon reached such a condition that it was impossible for the succeeding incoming runs of little fishes to survive.Consequently the flats in the harbor soon became covered with dead and decaying fish. It is evident that this attempt on the part of the fish to escape from their enemies by fleeing to shallow waters and their consequent stranding in large numbers on shore is a natural occurrence.It is improbable that dredging the channels would prevent their destruction,because when pursued they instinc- tively seek the very shoalest waters and endeavor to remain there until the danger is past.A fresh inroad of panicky fish might be prevented from suffocating on flats in the harbor if the entire harbor were walled in and dredged,so that at low tide there would be a depth of several feet of water everywhere, but the cost of such an improvement would be excessive. A possible means of relief is suggested by the fact that in the stream flowing from the gulf below the tide gate many of the fish were kept ahve apparently by the current of compara- tively clean water there.If means should be provided whereby clean salt water could be introduced into the harbor in sufficient quantity and at a number of outlets at times when fish are I 114 I present in large numbers,it is probable that the nuisance could be relieved,if not wholly prevented. Respectfully, EUGENE R.KELLEY, Commissioner of Public Health. From the investigations by your Board of Health,it seemed to be the opinion of men conversant with the conditions in Cohasset harbor -that if the mud had been removed that was washed from the flats into the channel since it was last dredged, thereby partially filling the same,the condition might have been prevented. Respectfully submitted, IRVING F.SYLVESTER,Chairman. EDWARD L.HIGGINS,Secretary. FREDERICK HINCHLIFFE,M.D. 115 REPORT OF THE INSPECTOR OF MILK AND VINEGAR To the Cohasset Board of Health. Gentlemen:I hereby submit my report as Inspector of Milk and Vinegar for the year 1920 : Nine milk licenses issued. Two denatured alcohol licenses issued. Four oleomargarine licenses issued. Have made frequent examinations of dairies in Cohasset and Hingham. The milk sold by licensed dealers in Cohasset showed by samples taken and analyzed to be above the legal requirements in regard to fats and below the maximum count in bacteria. On the last samples taken the average fats were 4.68 (legal 3.35),bacteria averaged 26,000 per cent (legal 500,000). Of nine samples of vinegar taken and analyzed only four were found to meet the legal requirements as to acidity and six of the nine meeting the legal requirements as to solids.I shall insist that all vinegar sold in Cohasset meet the legal requirements. Respectfully submitted, IRVING F.SYLVESTER, Inspector of Milk and Vinegar. 116 COHASSET FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY In Accx)unt with Oliver H.Howe,Treasurer Dr. To Payments in 1920 For Books $424.23 Rent of Safe Deposit Box 5.00 Treasurer's Bond 2.50 Postage,Stationery,Rubber Stamp,etc 2.54 Support of Paul Pratt Memorial Library 418.13 Balance on Deposit,January 1,1921 Cohasset Savings Bank 34.24 New England Trust Co 574.53 $1,461.17 Cr. Balance on Deposit,January 1,1920 $484.16 Income from Investments 967.50 Interest : Cohasset Savings Bank 1.46 New England Trust Co 8.05 $1,461.17 117 Schedule of Invested Funds Bonds 12,000.00 Union Pacific First Mortgage 4s. 1,000.00 Massachusetts Gas Companies 43^s. 3,000.00 American Tel.&Tel..Collateral Trust 4s. 1,000.00 Minneapolis General Electric Co.5s. 2,000.00 Lake Shore &Michigan Southern Ry.4s. 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 4i^s. 500.00 Michigan State Telephone Co.5s. $21,000.00 OLIVER H.HOWE, Treasurer. Cohasset,January 1,1921. We have examined the foregoing account and find it correct and properly vouched.We have also examined the securities, in which the funds of the Library are invested as shown by the above schedule. GEORGE W.COLLIER, EDWARD NICHOLS, Examining Committee. Cohasset,January 3,1921. 118 REPORT OF THE DIRECTORS OF PAUL PRATT MEMORIAL LIBRARY We herewith submit our report for the year ending Decem- berSl,1920. A librar}^might well be called a home university.It is gratifying to see that it is meeting the intellectual needs of the members of our community in ever-increasing ratio.The number of books issued for home use (21,635),with the ver}^ high average of 71.6 per diem,bespeaks the increasing use that is being made of the library by our fellow townspeople. We feel that this praiseworthy growth in the use of the library as a means of edification and instruction is in large measure due to the painstaking efforts of the members of the Book Committee who see to it that our shelves are stocked with the best in literature.We take this opportunity of thank- ing the committee for its ser\^ices in this respect,and,at the same time,of endorsing the faithful work of the Misses Collier and Keene,as librarians. At the annual meeting of the Directors held on January 17, it was voted to have two radiators installed in the rotunda of the library building.Estimates for this work were obtained and the contract was given to Mr.Manuel S.Leonard. Subjoined are the annual reports of the librarian and treas- urer.The former shows the work of the library in detail,and the latter gives an account of receipts and expenditures for the year. Respectfully submitted, CHARLES C.WHEELWRIGHT, President, FRED V.STANLEY,Treasurer, GEORGE A.MARK,Clerk, HERBERT L.BROWN, GEORGE W.COLLIER, HARRY E.MAPES, EDWARD NICHOLS, Board of Directors. 119 PAUL PRATT MEMORIAL LIBRARY In Account with Fred V.Stanley,Treasurer Dr. To Payments for the year 1920. For librarians'and janitors'salaries....$1,777.01 For wood and coM 335.40 For electric lighting 226.40 For books,magazines and binding 591.12 For repairs and maintenance 231.48 For rent,Beechwood Branch 185.00 For printing and stationery 83.37 For insurance •248.65 For telephone 24.93 For postage and box rent 12.25 For supplies 55.46 For express,carting and other items....41.42 $3,812.49 Balance,January 1,1921,in Boston Safe Deposit and Trust Company 2,083.21 $5,895.70 Cr. By receipts for the year 1920: Balance,January 1,1920,on deposit in Boston Safe Deposit and Trust Company $1,528.60 Income from investments : Pepperell Manufacturing Company, dividends $288.00 Pepperell Manufacturing Company, extra dividends 360.00 Essex Company,dividends 99.00 Essex Company,extra dividends...55.00 120 Commonwealth Electric Company, coupons SIOO.OO United States Liberty Loan Bonds, coupons 170.00 :$1,072.00 Town of Cohasset,appropriation for Library 2,600.00 Income from unrestricted funds of ''Co- hasset Free Public Library" Pines,etc.,at Library Dividends from insurance policies Boston Safe Deposit and Trust Corfi- pany,interest Books sold Refund on bond $5,895.70 PRED V.STANLEY,Treasurer. We have examined the foregoing account and find same correct with proper vouchers on file for all disbursements of cash.We have also examined the securities in which the funds •of the Library are invested. OLIVER H.HOWE, CHARLES W.GAMMONS, Aiidttors. Cohasset,January 15,1921. 418.13 163.84 75.26 24.32 9.25 4.30 121 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 31,1920: The Library has been open every library day with the exception of legal holidays and days of the severe snowstorms. Books and magazines have been received from Messrs. Frank A.Munsey,C.W.Gammons,E.H.Tower,R.H.Inger- soU,E.J.Davis,Houghton,Doubleday,Mrs.H.K.Bartow, Mrs.W.H.Binnian,Mrs.G.G.Crocker,Mrs.D.J.ffill, Mrs.L.S.Hyde,Mrs.G.Osgood,Misses D.F.Bolles,S.F. Bremer,Col.Thomas Lothrop Chapter,D.A.R.,State and Government,Carl S.Shurcz,executors. REGISTRATION AND CIRCULATION Population of Cohasset,1915,census 2,800 Total registration for July,1903,to December 31,1920 4,042 Registration in force,December 31,1919 2,161 Registration for year 1920 169 2,320 Registration cancelled 276 Registration in force December 31,1920 2,044 (Being 70 per cent of the population) Library open,days .'299" Books issued for home use 21,635 Average home use per diemi 71.6 Average home use per inhabitant ^7.7 122 CLASSIFICATION AND USE,INCLUDING BEECHWOOD BRANCH LIBRARY Juvenile Adult Total Philosophy and Religion 13 98 111 History and Biography 317 735 1,052 Travel and Description 272 425 697 Literature and Poetry 217 362 579 Social Sciences 16 104 120 Natural Sciences 164 166 330 Arts,which include Music 232 450 682 Fiction 5,012 10,882 15,894 Magazines 408 1,762 2,170 6,651 14,984 21,635 REPORT OF SCHOOL CHILDREN'S READING FROM LISTS,FROM SEPTEMBER,1919 TO JULY,1920 Grade Children Books Fourth 16 217 Fifth 29 424 Sixth :11 164 Seventh 13 122 Eighth *17 203 Total 86 1,130 Average,13 During the year 36 books have been sent to the Nantasket Library,and 327 books to the Beech wood Branch Library. ACCESSIONS Number of Volumes in Library,Decem- ber 31,1919..;17,467 Number added by purchase,1920 294 Ntimber added by gift,1920 61 Number added by binding magazines,1920. . 21 376 17,843 123 Number withdrawn,1920 95- Total number of volumes in Library,Decem- ber 31,1920 17,748 The total amount of money spent during the year for books has been $571.11. Respectfully submitted, SARAH B.COLLIER, Librarian. January 15,1921. 124 REPORT OF THE HIGHWAY SURVEYOR Cohasset,January 29,1921. To the Citizens of Cohasset: Following is my report as Highway Surveyor for the past year: Because last winter was the most severe one we have had for many years,it was necessary .for your Highway Surveyor to ask for a larger appropriation.We were very late in starting the road work for two reasons:First on account of the late spring and second on account of the steam roller which could not be delivered as the interestate commission would not release it,it not being perishable goods.The demonstration of the same being O.K.,work was started on South Main Street. Twelve hundred yards were built by the penetration system. Eight hundred yards on Elm Street and two hundred yards on Beech wood Street were also treated in the same manner and all three roads were covered with Tarvia B . Nearly all the streets were covered with Tarvia B and asphalt.About forty-one thousand gallons were used and about five hundred gallons of patching material for holes. In addition to the foregoing work,a very large amount of patching had to be done to fill the hollows caused b>'the rapidly increasing automobile and truck traffic. While Jerusalem Road was being rebuilt the very heavy traffic was turned through Forest Avenue and consequently it will cost quite a large sum of money to make this street as it was before. The sidewalks through the Town received the usual atten- tion and a considerable amount of stone dust was spread on several of them. Eight new catchbasins were built in the Town and some of the old ones repaired.These basins must be made year after 125 year until they can take care of all the waters that lie in the gutters sometimes from twenty to twenty-four hours after a heavy rainstorm. The stone crusher was used to great advantage this year. About six hundred tons of different sized stones were crushed and used in the above new pieces of road built. 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 kindnesses in the past. ASSETS OF THE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT One stone crusher $1,000 00 One steam boiler .550 00 One steam drill,etc 75 00 One Buffalo steam roller and scarifier...5,250 00 Two wooden carts and sprayers 100 00 One iron cart and sprayer 250 00 Two watering carts 30 00 One scraper 25 00 One road leveller %20 00 One one-horse stone roller 40 00 Three snow plows 100 00 Ten snow plows 300 00 Two gutter plows 20 00 One 100-gallon heating cart 30 00 One tool chest,etc 50 00 Four barrels Tarvia.30 00 Six barrels Tarvia X 50 00 One and one-half tons steam coal 18 00 Five tons pea stone 20 00 Fifty tons field stone 100 00 Four gallons white paint •12 00 ;,070 00 126 March 1,Amount of Appropriation....$31,750 00 June 18,Extra Amount of Appropria- tion 1,800 00 Credit for material,labor,etc 1,585 25 $35,135 25 CREDITS J.F.Kendall $1 50 C.W.and E.H.Sparrell..'10 00 E.M.Shields 28 00 H.Pratt 1 50 Black Rock Road 400 00 A.L.Beal 36 00 J.A.Knowles 34 00 George Jason 100 00 E.F.Ladd 41 00 Ball Field 43 50 J.W.Farwell 16 00 E.F.Ladd 28 00 Cut-out Jerusalem Road 15 00 J.W.Eutise 5 00 R.S.Townsend 5 00 George Jason 67 00 H.S.Parker 3 50 J.W.Eustise 70 00 Oaks Farm 90 00 Miss Mary C.Sears 8.2 00 C.W.Barron 56 00 .George Jason..32 00 B.M.Bristol 55 00 Town of Hingham 200 00 Police Department 16 00 George Newton 10 00 A.J.Landry 5 00 A.W.Hatch •9 00 E.B.Bailey 24 00 F.Hinchliffe,M.D 10 00 Mrs.A.J.Linnell 10 00 127 • H.F.Holland W.Shuebruk Mrs.M.B.Higginson J.P.Gardner E.F.Ladd $6 00 42 25 25 00 10 00 8 00 $1,585 25 PAID OUT FOR LABOR,TEAMS,SUPPLIES, INSURANCE,TRUCKS,FUEL,ETC. Insurance.S375 50 Labor 6,761 10 Engineers 616 50 Teams,automobile truck 4,337 75 Stationery,printing,etc 98 72 Freight,cinders 142 30 Fuel,coal and wood 142 11 Patching material 595 08 . Broken stone,gravel and sand '1,368 30 Repairing crusher boiler and old stone roller 157 69 State inspection of boilers 10 00 Good Road Machine Co.,supplies 73 93 Steam boiler,oil and kerosene 136 48 Tools,cementing drain pipe,etc 1,152 89 Painting signs 10 00 Cohasset Water Company.;...21 57 Willard Stable,rent 150 00 Highway Surveyor,wages,11 months ..1,375 00 $17,524 92 TARVIA,OIL,LABOR,TEAMS,SUPPLIES,ETC. Labor ,$2,764 80 Engineer 200 00 Teams,autom.obile and trucking 4,004 25 Tarvia,road oil 5,401 19 128 Freight $98 82 Demurrage 12 18 Supplies 35 42 Buffalo Steam Roller 4,750 00 Buffalo Freight Steam Roller 112 89 $17,379 55 $34,904 47 230 78 Balance to treasury $35,135 25 SUMMARY BY STREETS Including building and resurfacing streets,cleaning gutters, repairing,building and painting fences,building new and repairing catch basins,repairing and graveling sidewalks, Tarving,covering with screened gravel and sand,etc. South Main Street $3,618 00 Elm Street 2,200 00 Beech wood and Church Streets 2,800 00 Elm Court 60 00 ^ Margin Street 900 00 Cushing Road 860 00 Pond Street 600 00 King Street 1,100 00 Sohier Street 680 00 Short Street 250 00 Beach Street 750 00 Ripley Road..380 00 Border Street 1,060 00 Stockbridge Street 200 00 Parker Avenue 160 00 North Main Street 300 00 Summer Street 710 00 James Lane 100 00 Jerusalem Road and Hull Street 1,920 00 129 Brook and three short streets across Common $140 00 Nichols Road 442 00 Pleasant Street 960 00 Depot Avenue 300 00 Spring Street 250 00 Forest Avenue 800 00 Atlantic Avenue 1,350 00 Doane Street 650 00 Highland Avenue 90 00 Smith Street 40 00 Oak Street 350 00 Ash Street 300 00 Norfolk Road 460 00 Bow Street 40 00—$24,820 00 Cost of labor,teams,material for outside work $1,585 25 William H.Pratt,insurance 375 50 Supplies other than stone,Tarvia and oil 1,885 83 New steam roller and freight 4,862 89 George Jason,eleven month's wages 1,375 00 Balance to treasury .'....230 78 $10,315 25 $35,135 25 PAID OUT FOR SANDING AND SNOW,LABOR,TEAMS, ETC. Teams,automobile,etc $2,719 00 Repairs on plows 38 50 Labor 6,544 40 Sand 5 50 William H.Pratt,insurance 43 00 Pay roll,N.Y.,N.H.&H.R.R 9,083 00 $18,433 40 130 CREDIT Bv amount from N.Y.,N.H.&H.R.R.$9,083 00 $9,350 40 Amount appropriated 900 00 Amount over appropriation $350 40 Respectfully submitted, GEORGE JASON, Highway Surveyor. 131 REPORT OF WIRE INSPECTOR Cohasset,January 4,1921. To the Board of Selectmen: I take pleasure in handing you my second report as Wire Inspector.This department has progressed materially during the year.Perfection in installation and operation through strict adherence to insurance regulations and safety devices is the objective for which this department is working and to accom- plish this with as small a yearly expenditure as is consistent. The Permit Charge System,authorized at the last regular March meeting,was put into operation on July first.The results have been most satisfactory;both as to the total amount received for permits,which reduces the cost of the department to the town and the spirit of co-operation manifested by those who have had occasion to use the new system.With the coming year,which we hope will bring again normal building conditions, it is to be expected that the receipts for permits will make a decided cut in the cost of maintaining the department. The wires and poles of the Light and Power Company and of the Telephone Company who serve this town are in good shape and well maintained. In order to keep the entire electrical system at its highest efficiency it is essential that we have sincere co-operation from every one.All constructive criticism is welcomed by this department in that we may progress continuously toward making all electrical installations perfect and safe for the town. Respectfully submitted, PHILIP L.TOWLE. 132 REPORT OF THE HARBOR IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE The Harbor Improvement Committee would report that it has at last succeeded in getting the government at Wash- ington to maintain the higher-powered red lights on the harbor channel so that they can now be seen from Minot's Light and farther north.To make Cohasset,one has now only to approach Minot's Ledge Light and pick up the range of these red lights and clear all rocks in a straight line to Sutton Rock Hole,bear- ing in mind always to keep the three red lights steadily in line. The white light can be picked up at the entrance of the harbor and followed to the first red light which marks the straight channel into the harbor. The harbor channel has been re-dredged twice since the first cutting and the whole harbor and channel are now in need of re-dredging.This ought not to be a matter of great expense to the State and the Town should keep steadily after it for the benefit of the public health. There was a tremendous run of herring into the harbor last fall.There is no fishway,as there ought to be,for entrance to the Bound Brook and from an as yet unexplainable cause the harbor soon became filled with dead fish,covering the sides and entire bottom of harbor and channel.The stench was so great from decaying fish that workmen refused to shovel them for fertilizer.We have now abut eighteen inches of rotten mud on the bottom of the harbor and the condition is similar to that off the fish wharves in Boston Harbor with continuous ebulli- tion of sulfurated hydrogen from the decaying fish.We have about eighty-five power boats in the harbor,but the oil and grease from these could not have been the full cause of the death of millions of fish almost the moment they entered the harbor.The fish were noted swimming into the harbor and 133 then of a sudden they keeled over and dropped dead to the bottom. We recommend immediate building by the Selectmen of a fishway into the Bound Brook so that fish may go from the harbor into the brook without waiting for the full tide.Thou- sands of barrels of dead fish are still in the bottom of the harbor and the situation should be carefully studied from every aspect. Your committee took,up the matter with the Fish and Game Commission,who sent scientific experts to view the situ- ation and they have reported it was a matter for the State Board of Health.Our local Board of Health took up the matter with the State Board of Health,which reported that any work would have to be done by the Division of Public Works. We recommend that either the Selectmen or some com- mittee have the substantial support of the Town in efforts for immediate cleansing of the harbor,the building of a fishway, and invitation to the proper State authorities to co-operate in the maintenance of the health and usefulness of this useful harbor in every respect.Cohasset Harbor is central in the life of the Town and,protected and dredged,should be of increasing benefit to the Town and the State. Respectfully submitted, CLARENCE W.BARRON, HERBERT A.TUCKER, HENRY B.KIMBALL, CAPT.JOHN W.BRENNOCK,Harbor Master, CAPT.FRANK F.MARTIN,JR.,Pilot, Harbor Improvement Committee of Cohasset. 134 REPORT OF THE OVERSEERS OF THE POOR This department has continued the work as heretofore. It is always our policy to supply all who are actually dependent but to stop assisting any who are able to provide for themselves. As you know,the voters in the last annual town business meeting voted to pay the superintendent of the Cohasset Home a more adequate salary ;this has been carried out. The question has been asked,if it is the best policy to continue the present farming operations which necessitate quite an amount of outside teaming and labor.Our answer is, "yes,"for we show a net income of over $1500 on the operation of the farm. The increases in the price of supplies and fuel have been large,but we hope the next year may show quite a decrease. If we are to comply with Section 7 of Chapter 591,Acts of 1920,we shall have to ask for $4000 more than in 1920,as we shall not be able to use the receipts. We recommend the appropriation of $13,400 for 1921. Dr.Edward H.Schott is our Town Physician,having been appointed in May for one year,at a salary of $400. Miss Mary E.McKeown is doing good work as district nurse,being partially paid by the Town. We again express our appreciation of the faithful services of Mr.and Mrs.Henry R.Nickerson as warden and matron of the Cohasset Home. DARIUS W.GILBERT,Chairman, HERBERT L.BROWN, HARRY E.MAPES, Overseers. 135 REVISED JURY LIST August 28,1920 Name ,Occupation Street Antoine,Abraham J.,carpenter Elm Antoine,Joseph A.,caretaker Stockbridge Ayers,Thomas J.,farmer Cedar Bates,John,salesman North Main Bates,Paul J.,clerk Highland Avenue Bates,William H.,carpenter King Beal,Anselm L.,electrician Hull Brown,Matthew,gardener Jerusalem Road Crocker,George W.,carpenter North Main Duff,Lemuel L.,gardener Jerusalem Road Grassie,Joseph E.,farmer South Main Hyland,E.Clayton,carpenter James Lane James,Frederick G.,farmer -King Jason,Joseph,pilot Elm Kinsley,John E.,mason Beechwood Lincoln,Elijah F.,merchant Beechwood Lincoln,Henry T.,retired South Main Morse,Benjamin F.,laborer North Main Oliver,Joseph L.,chauffeur Elm 136 Name Occupation Street Pratt,Charles H.,clerk Beechwood Pratt,Ira N.,farmer Beechwood Ruiter,Ernest C,automobile dealer South Main Salvador,Frank E.,boatman Stockbridge Smith,John F.,laborer Pleasant Stoughton,Spencer H.,mason Beechwood Souther,William O.,Jr.,real estate broker....Jerusalem Road Tower,George P.,clerk Ripley Road Tucker,Herbert A.,broker Border Whall,Howard A.,insurance agent South Main Young,George,farmer Hull CONTENTS Officers 1920-21 . Report of Town Clerk . Record of Town Meeting Record of State Primary Records of State Election Births,Marriages and Deaths Auditor'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 Supervisor of Moth Work Report of Board of Health . Report of Cohasset Free Public Library Report of Directors of Paul Pratt Memorial Library Report of Surveyors of Highways Report of Overseers of the Poor . Revised Jury List .... Report of School Committee Report of Superintendent of Schools Page 3 9 9 20 24 29 38 84 97 98 100 106 107 108 110 111 116 118 124 134 135 Appendix Appendix ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE OF THE TOWN OF COHASSET MASSACHUSETTS For the Year Ending December 31,1920 THE BOUNDBROOK PRESS 1921 SCHOOL COMMITTEE Walter Shuebruk Term expires in March,1921 Thomas A.Stevens Term expires in March,1922 Dean K.James Term expires in March,1922 Fred V.Stanley .Term expires in March,1923 Anselm L.Beal Term expires in March,1923 Manuel A.Grassie Term expires in March,1921 Organization Fred V.Stanley .Chairman Anselm L.Beal Secretary and Treasiirer Regular Meetings First Tuesday of each month at 7.45 p.m.,in Osgood School building. Superintendent of Schools O.K.Collins,telephone,Hingham 181 W-R. Office of Superintendent The superintendent will be at his office in the Osgood School building on Tuesdays and Thursdays,telephone, Cohasset 290.On other days he can be reached for appoint- ments at telephone,Hingham 181-W. School Physician Oliver H.Howe,M.D.,telephone,Cohasset 14. School Nurse Mary E.McKeown,telephone,Cohasset 250. School Calendar,1920-1921 First term opens September 13 closes December 23 Second term opens Januan.^3 closes March 24 Third term opens April 4 closes June 24 Schools will not be in session on the following days :October 12,November 25-26,February 21-22,April 18-19,May 30. No-School Signal For the first six grades the signal wiU be given by Fire-Alarm and Street Lights as follows : 7.45 —No session in the morning.• 12.00 —No session in the afternoon. When the morning session is omitted,the busses ^'ill start at 12 o'clock to coUect children for the afternoon session. There will always be school for pupils above the sixth grade Attendance Officer Thomas L.Bates,telephones,Cohasset 305,residence : Cohasset 372-W,office. Janitors Osgood Building ,John J.Ferreira Osgood and Bates Buildings Joseph P.Stewart Bates Building LilHan Enos Beechwood School Fred Fuller REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE The report of the School Committee for 1920 with the financial statement of the treasurer is herewith submitted to the town.It is accompanied by the fuller report of the Super- intendent of Schools,including the reports made to him by the principal of the High School and the supervisors of Departmental Work. The main feature of the past year is the change in our system of superintendence.At the May meeting of the com- mittee it was found that Superintendent Lowry was not willing to remain in Cohasset without a substantial increase in his salary,and even with an increase would not sign an unqualified contract for another year.He had already applied for the position of superintendent in several tpwns where vacancies were likely to occur.Therefore it was mutually agreed that he continue his search for a better position and the committee look for a new superintendent. Professor Johnson in his report of the winter before had called attention to the relatively high cost of superintendence in Cohasset and a comparison with other towns showed that only one or two towns of five thousand in population or less was paying as much per pupil for superintendence as Cohasset. This fact led the committee to consider the advisability of uniting with one of the adjoining towns. At about the same time the Hingham School Committee had reached a similar conclusion.Their superintendent of Schools,Mr.O.K.Collins,after several years of most accept- able service,had rece'ved advantageous offers to go elsewhere. The committee felt that Hingham could not afford to pay more for superintendence and so decided to interview the Cohasset Committee with a view to a joint superintendency. The two committees met and considered the matter care- fully.The Cohasset Committee had several interviews with Mr.Collins and finally elected him as Superintendent of Schools. He entered upon his duties July 1,giving two-fifths of his time and services to the Cohasset schools and three-fifths of his time and services to the Hingham schools. While half a year is too short a time to test the new arrange- ment fully,yet the committee feels that the school work this year has not suffered from the change,and that Air.Collins has discharged the duties of superintendent in a most acceptable manner.If at any time the arrangement should prove unsatis- factory,either town is at liberty to withdraw. The increase in appropriations for school purposes for 1920 was largely due to increases in teachers'salaries.It is well to remember that in November,1920,the town received from the state treasurer,under the provision of the State School Fund Law,$4040 as reimbursement for salaries paid during the year ending June 30,1920. The second season of the summer school was more successful than the first,both in the number of pupils in attendance and in the results attained.The committee feels that the establish- ment of this school has met a decided need in our school system. The contract for transporting children to the Osgood School for the year 1921 has been awarded to Mr.Frank W. Wheelwright on the same terms as last year.The careful driving of Mr.Wheelwright and his two sons,the punctuality with which they have delivered the children in all weathers,together with the advantage that comes from continuity of service,were the determining factors in making this award. For several years the school authorities have been making definite and persistent effort to secure an advance,not only in school standards and in the grade of work done,but in dis- cipline,school spirit and general morale.The chief aim of the pubhc schools is to produce good character and thereby fit the child for citizenship.This is a great task and one that the few hours of school Hfe alone cannot accomplish.It is evident that no matter how much money is appropriated for education,how well planned and conceived the school curriculum,how well trained and conscientious are the teachers,the work of the school will fail if it cannot count on the co-operation of the "home.Failure by parents to instill into the minds of the children a respect for the school,the teachers,school officials and lawful authority will cause the best endeavors of the school to largel}^come to naught.Parents,teachers,and school authorities must work together,shoulder to shoulder,for the realization of what is best in terms of scholarship and training for a life vocation for what is noblest in character and citizen- ship.An intelligent concern,a constant friendly inquiry,a personal knowledge of the work actually attempted and a sympathetic helpfulness on the part of every honest and well- meaning citizen in the community,is what the schools of Cohasset most need today. Respectfully submitted, THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE. School Budget for 1921 General expenses : School Committee Salaries .\. . $100.00 Other expenses 250.00 Superintendent of Schools and enforcement of law : Salaries 2,000.00 Other expenses 250.00 Instruction : Supervisors Salaries 2,000.00 Expenses 75.00 Principal and Teachers Salaries 28,500.00 Textbooks and Supplies 2,575.00 Operating School Plants: Wages of Janitors -.3„500.00 Fuel 2,200.00 Power and miscellaneous janitors'supplies ..1,200.00 Repairs and replacement of equipment 2,400.00 8 Auxiliary Agencies: Libraries $200.00 Health 500.00 Transportation 5,500.00 Sundries 840.00 Lunch 23.00 New Equiphient 500.00 Insurance 1,150.00 Total $56,040.00 IIEPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS To the School Committee and Citizens of Cohasset : I submit to your committee and through you to the citizens of Cohasset my first school report.It is hardly fitting to call it an annual report as the schools of the town have been in session only four months since I assumed the duties of the office. It is brief for two reasons:first,it is unnecessary that I should repeat in detail the many excellent recommendations made by m}^predecessor in the last annual report;second,it is not fitting at the end of one term of supervision that I should recommend any radical changes in the conduct of the schools. The work has been carried on the past term with few exceptions as planned by Mr.Lowry last June. New Teachers In June,the following teachers terminated their services in the schools :Miss Laura L.James,teacher of the special pupils in grades seven and eight;Miss Vida A.Dunbar,teacher of English,Latin and History in the high school;Miss Eleanor P. Gould,teacher of English and Commercial Subjects in the High School;Miss Eunola F.Brock,teacher of Arithmetic in the Junior High;and Miss Alice Button,teacher of fourth grade. The following teachers were elected to succeed them: Mr.David Crockett of Boston University was elected as teacher of history,but resigned at the end of one week.Mr.Herbert L. Harper,a graduate of the University of Maine,was elected to succeed him.Mr.Harper had had experience as principal of the high schools at Calais and Abbott,Maine,and as an instructor of history in Claflin University,as well as substituting successfully in Springfield Technical High School, Miss Victoria O.Howarth,a graduate of Radcliffe College, having experience as a teacher of English and French in the 10 high schools of Berlin,N.H.,Maiden and Dover,Mass.,was selected for the position in English and French. Miss Catherine F.Bray,a graduate of the four-year course at Fitchburg Normal School,and experienced in junior high work,was elected as room teacher of the ninth grade with English in the seventh,eighth,ninth and tenth grades as her subjects. Miss Annie F.Nash,a graduate of Gorham Normal School, having had several years of successful experience in Saugus, Mass.,was elected for the work in arithmetic in these grades and made room teacher of the seventh grade. Miss Marjorie Harrington,a graduate of Bridgewater Normal School,with three years'experience in Everett and Watertown,was selected for the sixth grade vacancy. The first grade is unusually large,having an enrollment of over fifty pupils.It became necessary to provide a room assistant for Miss Fox as there is no room available so that the class could be divided.Miss Lillian Collins,a graduate of Hingham High School,was secured for this work. Miss Hopkins resigned at the end of the fall term to accept a position in Lexington at a higher salary.Miss Blanche Thacher,a graduate of the Wheelock Kindergarten School, was elected to fill the vacancy.Miss Thacher has had two years'experience as a substitute in the lower grades of Boston. Miss Nash has handed in her resignation to take effect January 28.As yet no teacher has been secured to fill this vacancy. Teachers'Salaries It is a recognized fact that the efficiency of our schools depends upon the stability,contentment and professional equipment of its teachers more than upon all other factors com- bined.There has never been a time when there was an adequate supply of excellent,or of even fairly well trained teachers to supply the schools.Now throughout the country thousands of schools are closed for the lack of teachers,and here in Massa- chusetts towns that are willing to pay the higher salaries invade the systems paying less and take the best of the teaching force. 11 Many towns are suffering losses from which it will take years to recover. Realizing the seriousness of the situation,the Governor of the Commonwealth appointed a special commission to consider the question of teachers'salaries,which commission made its report last August. The commission points out the fact that during the past year 143,000 or 22 per cent of the teachers in the United States resigned on account of inadequate wages,and that 60,000 schools are either without teachers or are supplied with teachers below the minimum standard of efficiency.The Normal Schools of the country have an attendance 30 per cent below the normal. In Massachusetts very few schools have been closed on account of the lack of teachers,but 1772 teachers terminated their services in the schools last year;17 per cent went to teaching positions in other states,and 20 per cent accepted positions in other employment than teaching.To supply the vacancies the Normal Schools were able to furnish 27 per cent of the number required,the colleges of the State,19 per cent, 29 per cent came from other states,and the remainder from other occupations It was found that from 1910 to 1920 the salaries of the teachers in the State increased 78.4 per cent while the cost of living increased 99.7 per cent.The average salary of elementary teachers for 1920 was found to be $1,237.38,and that of high school teachers,$1,695.48. The commission makes the statement that if Massachusetts is to realize the largest returns from the investment in education, the salaries of the teachers in the public schools must continue to increase so as to accomplish the following purposes:first, to attract into the teaching profession capable young men and women in sufficient numbers to supply all vacancies with well- qualified teachers;second,to retain efficient teachers now in service;third,to guarantee that communities of low valuation as well as those of high valuation shall be able to retain well- qualified teachers;and fourth,to enable all teachers to provide from salary earnings the necessaries of life,and savings,and insurance against disability and old age,as well as to make 12 those investments that result in continued growth in professional efficiency. It is interesting to note that Cohasset which stands twenty- seventh in the State in valuation per pupil has a salary schedule lower than the average paid in the State.The average salary paid the men and women in the high school,excepting the principal,is $1450 as compared to $1695.48 for the State.The average paid the teachers of the kindergarten and first eight grades is $1200 as compared to $1237.83 for the State. The following are the salaries paid the teachers:In the high school:principal,$2500;three,$1500-;one,$1600;two, $1300.Special teachers:one,$2250;one,$1350;one,$350 (one day).Seventh and eighth grades:two,$1300.Lower grades: six,$1200;one,$1100;one,$1050;one,$1000.Primary assist- ant,$650.Superintendent (part timej,$1600. The established index of the ability of a town to pay for education is the amount of taxable property there is in the community available for the schooling of each child.Cohasset ranks twenty-seventh;Winchester,thirtieth;Milton,sixteenth; Wellesley,twenty-first;Concord,one hundred and thirty- fourth;Lexington,one hundred and thirty-second;Reading, one hundred and eighty-second;Hingham,seventy-eighth. Thus it will be seen that Cohasset is better able to provide for the education of each child than any of the towns mentioned with the exception of Milton and Wellesley. Concord has a new salary schedule which went into -effect January 1.The salary of the high school teachers has a maxi- mum of $1800,and the average paid is $1700.Lexington has a maximum of $1700 and the average paid is $1600.A further increase is contemplated.The maximum grade salary in Concord is $1500 and all but six of the teachers are receiving the maximum.The maximum grade salary in Lexington is $1400 and the average paid above $1300. If we wish to retain our efficient teachers and to fill vacan- cies with well-trained and capable candidates we must pay the salaries paid by towns similarly situated.We believe that the safety of our democracy depends upon an educated and enlight- ened citizenship.Our schools are of vital concern to all,and the 13 expense necessary to make them the best possible should be cheerfully borne Federal Commissioner of Education Claxton,speaking this week at a conference of educators held at the State House,said that this country spent $900,000,000 more for tobacco last year than for education ;the statement came in a plea which he made for more generous appropriations for education.He stated that the wealth of a nation is dependent upon natural resources, natural abilit3^and acquired ability,and that acquired ability is the only one of these that can be radically increased.He stated that we must have more education if our economic growth is to continue at its present rate. In his inaugural address Governor Cox urged that the greatest care be taken to prevent any retardation in our educa- tional program in comparison with that of any other sections of the country.He stated that from the point of view of her material prosperity,as well as from the larger consideration of her duty in the development of American citizenship Massa- chusetts must not sacrifice her educational leadership. Building Conditions Inasmuch as the last annual report gave a most careful study of the building conditions of the schools,and pointed out the serious defects,it is unnecessary that I should use space in repeating these.The Osgood School as originally planned, outside of a shortage of window area,was a creditable twelve- room building,with a hall large enough for assembly purposes, and physical exercises.The addition of a window in each of ten of the rooms is possible at no great expense,thus remedying the light conditions in all the rooms on the first two floors except the large study hall on the second floor.The real difficulties began when the assembly hall came to be used for a commercial room,the spaces under the roof utilized for three class rooms, and the ill-lighted basement utilized as a manual training room. Professor Johnson in his survey of the school has recom- mended a new high school building which would release the old assembly hall for a combined play room,gymnasium,and assembly hall for the grades. 14 If we are to educate our children in a proper manner for their duties as citizens,there should be no delay in pro\'iding adequate accommodations for the schools.If it is impossible to build at present the building desired,at least build a six-room building so planned that it can be readih'added to and ultimately be made a modem high school. School Organization The Cohasset schools have heretofore been organized on the 6-2-4 years basis.The work as planned for the present by Mr.Lo^T}^and Mr.Morrison was organized on a 6-3-3 basis, and the teachers engaged to fit this division.The work in the seventh,eighth,and ninth grades is departmental,the room teachers in charge of these grades each teaching in the three grades. These grades have presented the greatest difficulty of any in the S3^stem.The diffictdty comes from the fact that a ver\' large number of pupils were promoted with conditions,not having done the work of the preceding grade in a satisfactory manner.Twenty pupils were promoted to the ninth and twelve to the eighth grade with conditions.A part of these by faithful application to their studies are obtaining passing grades,but the greater part of these pupils have not only failed to do the work in a satisfactory manner,but have been a serious hindrance to the classes.It is a serious matter to have pupils retained two years in a grade,but it is far more serious to have them in classes where they cannot or \^'ill not do acceptable work. It has the effect of leading them to believe that whether they work or not they will receive promotion.Thus indolent and oftentimes malicious habits are formed,which in a short time lower the standard of the whole school. We believe that the schools are for the pupils and not the pupils for the schools,that every pupil should be placed in the system where he will receive the greatest benefit,provided that the rights and privileges of the other pupils are not infringed upon.But we also know that,if the standard of attainment n a class is made to fit unprepared pupils,a serious injustice 15 is done to the class as a whole.Pupils who receive promotions at the end of the present year must earn them. Supervision As is probably known to all interested,the arrangement for joint supervision of schools with Hingham makes it possible for the superintendent to give three-fifths of his time to the schools of Hingham and two-fifths to Cohasset.The superin- tendent plans to devote Tuesdays and Thursdays to the work in Cohasset,though he is subject to call at other times when his services are needed. It has seemed best to have the principal assume the dis- cipline of the junior-senior high school,and take fall charge of usual acti\Hties connected with these grades.The superintendent will confer with him as to general policies,visit the classes,and super\dse instruction,but it is expected that the principal will assume more of the supervision of instruction in these grades as time goes on. The work of the six lower grades is supervised by the superintendent alone.The discipline is placed in the hands of each room teacher,who will call on the superintendent when necessity arises. The sen.4ces of an office clerk have been dispensed with, though clerical assistance will be needed and employed from time to time. Special Subjects Mention should be made of the excellent work in manual training,household arts,and drawing.Few towns the size of Cohasset are employing three full time teachers in these sub- jects.The results obtained in even^way seem to justify the expense.The instruction in music under the efficient super- vision of Mrs.Stevens is all that can be desired. The physical training of the children is a subject that needs oiu*attention.We need a hall a part of the ^xar where more can be done in the way of organized athletics and games. I hope that the coming year one of the men teachers may be able to assume the direction of football,baseball,track and 16 field athletics for the boys ;and that there may be some woman teacher who can do similar work with the girls as a part of her duties.It may seem best to give some teacher a course in summer school this summer so that she may direct this work. The summer school conducted last summer by Miss Wing, Miss Bigelow and Miss McMahon was most satisfactory. Eighty pupils were in attendance a part of the time,and the average attendance was fifty-seven.This is a w^ork that should be continued for two reasons:first,that it utilizes the time of a large number of children who would othenvase have nothing to do;second,it gives a valuable review of the work that has been covered during the year,and helps those pupils who have barely attained a passing rank to find themselves.However, parents should not expect that those pupils who have failed in their studies can make up a year's work in a few weeks and obtain a clear promotion. Conclusion Cohasset should be proud of the many advanced steps she has taken in the schools.The town has a centralized school system,which is in every way superior to small scattered schools.It has a system of transportation,which,though it is not perfect,meets the needs of the community as well as that of any.You have drivers who are reliable and keep the welfare of the children in mind.The School Physician and School Nurse are doing a ver\'important work in safeguarding the health of the whole town,and the school dentist is doing a work the benefits of which will be realized more in a few years than at the present. You have a body of teachers who are strix-ing faithfully to train your children not alone that they may become pro- ductive in material things,but that they may have high ideals, a broad vision,and be endued with a feeling of responsibility for the common good.We solicit the co-operation of every parent and citizen in this work they are trying to do.Sugges- tions made in a constructive spirit are always welcome,but the destructive criticism of those who show no positive interest in the work of the schools should not be tolerated. 17 Let me again virge that financial support which vnll enable you to keep \\ithin the schools a bod\'of well-trained teachers, who have a knowledge of the needs of the gro'^Hng child,an enthusiasm that will lead the pupils to a serious reahzation of the importance of the duties of the school,and a determination to put the best that is in them into the work,to the end that these children may bring to the citizenship that is soon to be theirs a preparation that will make for their material success, and a deep sense of their civic and social obligations. I \\dsh to express to the citizens of the town my appreciation of their interest in the schools and the support they are giving, to the teachers for their loyal spirit of coHDperation in all that makes for the improvement of the schools,and to the members of the committee for their helpful suggestions and expression of confidence in my work. Respectfully submitted. 0.K.COLLINS, December 31,1920 Superintendent of Schools 18 TEACHERS 1920-1921 Senior-Junior High Principal:Arthur C.Morrison,1918,Bates College, Science. Stipervisors and Special Teachers:Mrs.Edward L.Stevens, New England Conser\'ator\',Music;Florence E.Kraus,1914, Pennsylvania State Normal,Drawing;Max H.Meyer,1918, Boston Young Men's Christian Association,Manual Training, Club Work;Helen C.Welch,1919,Framingham Normal, Household Arts. Teachers:Herbert L.Harper,1920,University of Maine, History;Minnie E.Bigelow,1902,Drexel Institute,Commer- cial Subjects;Marion C.Chandler,1910,Mount Holyoke College,Languages,Mathematics;Victoria O.Howarth,1920, Radcliffe College,English,Languages;Catherine F.Bray,1920, Fitchburg Nonnal,English;Martha P.Bates,1880,University of Vermont*,Boston L'niversity.History,Geography;Annie F.Nash,1920,Gorham Normal,Arithmetic. Grades I-VI Rosa C.Gushee,1917,Bridgewater Normal,VI Grade; Marjorie Harrington,1920,Bridgewater Normal,VI Grade; Teresa M.O'Malley,1919,Gorham Normal,V Grade;June E. Simmons,1915,Farmington Normal,IV Grade;Elain G.Wing, 1916,Toronto Normal,III Grade;!Irene G.Hopkins,1920, Lowell Normal,II Grade;Blanche E.Thacher,1921,Kinder- garten Training,II Grade;Sara E.Fox,1883,Hyannis Normal,* Castine Normal,I Grade;and Lillian Collins,1920,Hingham High School,I Grade assistant. Kindergarten Kathleen McMahon,1915,Perry Kindergarten. Beechwood Dorothy Bosworth,1918,Bridgewater Normal,I-IV Grades *Not a graduate. fResigned in September. 19 rH^C0cOCQrH(M(M(M(M,-l(MCOC^(Nr-IC<lrHO500^'-H'-lT-H '*T-ic?-^i<^iOiOiO T-H T-H (M •t*rJH CO CO 00 CO Ti«Tit tH «o Tt^00 -co (MCOCOCfl lOOOOOt^^fN coeOiHtocaoiTiHi-iT^H C^rH O COtH CO Oi O •i-H U3 CO CO t-00 iM T-H (M y-i •lO lO Oi 1:^O CO 00 CO *lO CO 00 rH (NCOOO t-(M O •(N CON lo <*^00 1-1 c^ OOO C^00 c^ ^WW o ^o ^o 3 o .'S ^.'H o ^o ^o ^o ^o ^o ^o ^ pqOPQOmOPQOpqOWOpqOpqOpqOpqOpqOpqO I—1 1— I '—'^— '-^>--.(_j I—I hH H HH HH V Srf^HH HH 1—I H-l 20 RECEIPTS OF SCHOOL DEPARTMENT Appropriation including transportation and lunch accounts $51,125.00- Receipts from tuition,dog tax,Ripley Fund,dental fees,supplies and reimbursements 632.29 School lunch —receipts 1,683.31 $53,440.60 Expenditures School Committee: Secretary of committee,school accountant,school survey,clerk $644.75^ Expenses,telephones,printing,survey expenses..325.73 Superintendents'salary,January to June,$1800; July to December,$800 2,600.00 Expenses,travel,postage 207.97 Attendance Officer and expenses 90.00 Teachers'salaries 27.477.75 Textbooks and supplies 2,485.46 School lunch (see receipts)2,261.39 Janitor service 3,195.35 Fuel 2,114.37 Repairs,light,power 3,563.16 Libraries 91.92 Health 500.40 Transportation 5,845.00 Sundries:graduation,athletics,entertainments,hall 293.23 Insurance and interest 1,120.07 Outlay,new equipment 20.39 $53,037.44 Balance in treasury 413.16 $53,440.60 21 The December receipts of the school lunch amounting to S154.75 were not received by the treasurer in time to apply to this year's account.The January inventory showed supplies on hand amounting to $124.25,which accounts for a large part of the deficit in this department. There was received from the State on account of reim- bursement of teachers'salaries S4,040 which may be deducted from the $51,125 to determine the net cost of the schools to the town,which is $47,085. 22 REPORT OF HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL Mr.Orjis K.Collins, Superintendent of Schools. Dear Sir:At your request.I submit herewith my third annual report as principal of the Cohasset High School. During the past year,there have been practically no changes in the school curriculum,the various subjects offered being the same as last year.There has been one change,how- ever,and one which in my opinion is a very important one. I refer to the dropping of the required work in physical training, the work carried on so successfully by Mrs.Sarah Gammons during the preceding year.To be sure,there is no adequate place for such work either in the building or outside it.Our school grounds,although fairly large in size,are not suitable in shape or physical characteristics to do much work in group games requiring much space.Under Mrs.Gammons'leadership, during the spring months,the lawn on the west side of the school was put to good use for setting-up exercises.Many parents enjoyed the field day exercises in June which marked the close of the season's work.We cannot adequately meet the needs of our high school pupils along the Hnes of physical training until better facilities are at our disposal.In the meantime, either we should have a super\4sor of physical training for the Osgood School,or if that seems impossible,two teachers,one for the boys and one for the girls,who are capable of handling this very important phase of secondary education. In my last report I pointed out many handicaps under which the high school was working.All these still exist in an aggravated form because of our enlarged enrollment."But," one may say,"these pupils were in the building last year. How does the fact that they have advanced a grade make any difference'"The answer is that up to the ninth grade,the pupils are in large classes,due to the fact that there is prac- 23 tically no election of courses.When they enter the ninth grade, the number of classes is increased,necessitating increased accommodations.This year,owing to the size of the entering class,fifty-three,we have been obliged to have two divisions of this class in four subjects,resulting in a demand for increased recitation facilities.In order to meet this need,a larger number of pupils are forced to study in rooms in which recitations are being held,a condition which imposes a hardship on them, but more particularly on the teacher in charge of the recitation, who is obliged to divide her attention between the class reciting and the pupils studying.One of the hardest problems we have to face is an increase in enrollment of thirty-five per cent without added facilities in the nature of room or equipment. Our work in science,particularly in the ninth and tenth grades,continues to suffer on account of the lack of a room which may be devoted to that piu^pose.The laboratory,ade- quate in size for the small nimiber of eleventh and twelfth grade pupils who take chemistry and physics,cannot accommodate even in two divisions the pupils of the ninth and tenth grades who are taking up the study of general science and biology. Last fall,an effort was made on the part of teachers,prin- cipal and superintendent to increase the number of pupils who should elect courses at the beginning of high school leading to normal school and to college.]\Iore of our pupils should be going to the normal schools and colleges.I feel sure that deter- mined efforts along this line will result in an increased enroll- ment in the college and normal school preparatory courses. Under the direction of Mr.Meyer,the printing department has issued three numbers of a school paper.Thus far all the work has been done by the pupils and instructors.The printing classes have done the mechanical work and contributions of articles concerning the school as well as stories have been con- tributed by the pupils of high school grade.A school paper can do much in motivating the work of both the English and the printing departments.It is not our aim to make the "Beacon "a large paper,but rather to keep it within the range of our pupils to produce,both from the mechanical and the literary standpoints. 24 The various classes have had several social events and one school party in the town hall.Several other social events are being planned.We hope to give a school play later in the year which will bring credit to the school and pupils alike.The twelfth grade are contemplating holding a class night at grad- uation similar to the one so successfully held last June.It is rather early to plan for graduation exercises,but in all prob- ability the plan of last year of having an address by an outside speaker on the evening of the graduation day will be carried out this year.The various class parts such as the class oration, prophecy,will,etc.,are to be given as a part of the class night exercises. Some of the pressing needs of the high school in my judg- ment are as follows:increased lunch room accommodations for high school pupils;a room adequate in size and equipment for the science classes of the first two years ;a supervisor of physical training who shall be able to take the responsibility for develop- ing an adequate physical training program,including the coach- ing of the various girls'and boys'athletic teams;an assembly hall where high school pupils can come together for frequent meetings as well as for dramatics and social events;more adequate lighting and ventilation of rooms used by the high school ;additional recitation rooms so as to enable pupils study- ing as well as reciting to be free from distraction. Respectfully submitted, ARTHUR C.MORRISON, Principal 25 REPORT OF THE ART DEPARTMENT Mr.Orcis K.Collins, Superintendent of Schools. Dear Sir:In accordance v^-ith your request I submit to you my annual report. Our usual exhibition was held in conjunction with the Manual Arts Departments in the Town Hall on the afternoon and evening of June twenty-fourth,Commencement Day. There were two distinct advantages in this arrangement.The Town Hall afforded ample room for the proper display of specimens of the year's work,and the fact that the exhibition was held on Commencement night gave the parents and friends a convenient opportunity to view the work before and after the exercises. The number of high school girls now enrolled in the free- hand drawing classes exceeds last year's number b\^twenty. The hearty co-operation of the teachers of the primar\^ grades and at Beech wood has resulted in excellent work in those grades. The spirit of the department may be expressed in these words : "Art is serious business.The ser\'ice of art to the human spirit is not limited to the few,but is universal for all.Art is not for adornment's sake,or preaching's sake,or pleasure's sake,not for the sake of gratifying the senses or exhibiting technical skill,not for art's sake,but for life's sake." In conclusion I wish to express my appreciation of your helpful attitude toward this department. Respectfully submitted, FLORENCE E.KRAUS. January,1921. 26 REPORT OF MUSIC DEPARTMENT Mr.0.K.Collins,Superintendent of Schools: Dear Sir:I herewith submit to you my report as Super- viser of the Music Department for 1920.The work of the entire school shows progress,due very largely to the earnest and efficient efforts of the teachers in charge. The new school piano (the gift of the Parent Teacher Asso- ciation)has proved to be a great help,as its construction allows it to be easily moved from room to room,thus affording a chance for much music that could not otherwise be attempted on account of lack of accompaniment. For your personal interest and assistance in my work I desire to express my grateful appreciation. Yours respectfully, KATHERINE D.STEVENS. 27 REPORT OF INDUSTRIAL ARTS DEPARTMENT Mr.Orvis K Collins, Stipe rintendent of Schools. Dear Sir:I hereby respectfully submit to you my report as supervisor of the Industrial Arts Department for 1920. The most serious and momentous question that confronts the average young man on graduating from school is the choice of a vocation.IMediocrity or failure is the usual result of a wrong decision,which becomes fixed if readjustment is not made,as too often it is not.Those who do make it,find it a prodigious waste of time and energy,fraught with humiliating experiences and often the smothering of ambition,as one job or calling after another is dismissed.An intelligent choice can be made only as a result of acquaintance with as many vocations as possible.The public school should provide that acquaintance to a larger degree than has been practiced in the past. In view of these facts,the dominating aim of the Industrial Arts Department has been vocational guidance.Grades five to ten are now having regular periods for Manual Training, which provides the boys with six years partly devoted to the acquisition of knowledge about various occupations,aiding them to make an intelligent choice of their vocation when the time for that choice arrives. The elective system has been introduced for the grades seven to ten,and the boys may choose among wood work, printing and elementary metal work,which has been added this year.A course in elementary electrical work is being planned for next year. The finishing of a small room for the school dentist proved an excellent project for acquainting the boys with house-finishing floor laying and painting. To provide the school with a fundamental knowledge of 28 journalism and to meet a long felt need,the "Beacon,"a monthly school paper has made its appearance. It is exceedingly interesting to note how various boys are fascinated by one shop activity,which appeals to them, when previously in another they showed only a passing interest or none at all.Although the boys cannot learn a trade in all its branches with our limited equipment,they can acquire sufficient manual skill and trade information to serve as a foundation for a vocation which they may choose to enter. Respectfully submitted, M.H.MEYER. January,1921 29 REPORT OF HOUSEHOLD ARTS DEPARTMENT Mr.0.K.Collins,' Superintedent of Schools. Dear Sir:I submit for your inspection and approval my report as supervisor of Household Arts in the Cohasset public schools. The work of the department is being carried on in much the same manner as in previous years.Sewing was added to the fifth grade curriculimi in September.There are now six grades that receive instruction in Household Arts. The aims of the Domestic Science course,briefly stated, are to teach the fundamental principles of cooking in theory and practice,efficiency and economy in handling food materials, the food requirements of the body and how they may be best supplied to develop strong and healthy individuals.This course is carried on in connection with the school lunch. The aims of the Domestic Arts course are so to instruct the pupils that they may be able to care for and repair their own clothing and to do simple dressmaking for themselves. Both coiirses tend to instill in the girls an interest in the care and work of the home and to fit them to be better home- makers and citizens. There are twenty-nine pupils in the freshman Domestic Science class.The laboratory is equipped for but twelve pupils. This overcrowded condition means inability to give the pupils the individual work and assistance which they need,and tends to lessen the efficiency of the department.The school needs a larger and more conveniently arranged laboratory or cooking room. During the past year one supper has been served to the School Committee,the work of preparing and serving the meal was done by the students.Twice the Domestic Science class, has served cocoa or coffee at an evening parent's meeting. 30 Pupils of the cooking classes have co-operated the with Parent- Teachers'Association by serving tea and cake at the afternoon meetings held in the Osgood School.Occasions of this kind give the pupils practical experience and are a variation from class-room routine. The school lunch is still an important feature of the Domes- tic Science work.The classes in cooking usually prepare some dish which is sold in the lunch-room at the noon hour.Cocoa, soups,sandwiches and other routine work is done by an assistant. It is the aim in the lunch-room to give a menu from which the children may choose a nourishing and well-balanced meal at the least possible cost. It is necessary that children have an adequate noon lunch ; that those who buy their lunch have sufficient money,from fifteen to twenty cents,and that those who bring their lunch have three cents for cocoa or seven cents for soup whenever possible. There are about 200 pupils who remain at school during the noon hour.Of this number 70 to 95 buy all or part of their lunches.The lunch -room has a capacity for not over 65,so that a large number of children are eating their lunches in a basement,a class-room or some other place not designed for lunch purposes ;or as may happen too often they are not eating any lunch.The result is children improperly prepared to meet afternoon duties. There is a serious need in the school of a lunch-room large enough to accommodate all children who cannot go home during the noon hour,to supply those who wish to buy their lunch and to furnish children who bring their lunches a clean,healthful place,properly supervised,in which to eat them. In closing I wish to thank you for your co-operation and to express to the School Committee my appreciation of their helpful attitude toward my department. Respectfully submitted, HELEN C.WELCH. January,1921. 31 REPORT OF THE SUMMER SCHOOL FOR 1920 Mr.O.K.Collins, Superintendent of Schools. Dear Sir:In accordance vrith.your request,I submit for your approval my second annual report of Cohasset's Simimer School. During the year of 1918-1919,school was closed for about a month,owing to an epidemic of influenza.Sickness also caused a large amount of absence.In an effort to make up lost time, a summer school was opened for sLx weeks. Parents recognized the benefits to be derived from such a course,and,in addition to those who were retarded,some who were well up in their work attended in order to get extra drill. There was an enrollment of forty-seven,making it necessary to have two teachers. The results of this first summer school were so satisfactory that a great number of parents expressed their desire to have another summer session.This was opened July 12 and closed August 20,1920. This year we had an enrollment of eighty,which was an increase of seventy per cent over last year's enrollment. Below is a table show^Jng the grade and standing of summer school pupils on July 12,1920. Grade I II III IV V VI VII VIIITotal No.not promoted 13 2 21231 15 No.prom.oted on trial 1-44611:36 29 No.promoted 3 5 5 12 5 1 2 3 36 Total 5 12 11 20 7 7 8 10 80 Three of those who were promoted received double promo- tion.These results alone show that a summer school is of great value. 32 There was no change from last year's program.The hours were from 9 a.m.to 11.30 a.m.The subjects taught were reading,language,arithmetic and spelling.The attendance was exceptionally good,although as last year,no opportunity for any but strictly academic work was given. The increased enrollment made it necessary to open three rooms.We were fortunate in seciuing the services of Miss Minnie Bigelow for grades six,seven and eight,and of Miss Kathleen McMahon for grades one,two and three. The routine of work was broken by an outing at Pleasant Beach.Mr.John Jason very kindly carried the children to and from the beach in his splendid auto bus.The children took their lunches and after a treat of ice cream they enjoyed swim- ming,games and races until late afternoon. When we consider what the children have gained from our two simimer schools,we feel that this should become a permanent feature in the school system. I would suggest that arrangements be made for keeping those who have had full promotion by themselves,thus giving them a greater opportunity to advance.There should be an organized play-ground with suitable apparatus,as well as a gymnasium for physical training.Most leading cities and towns see the need of supervised play during vacation and Cohasset should not be behind in this movement. Let us make the summer school of 1921 so full of these opportunities that more children may make themselves mentally, morally and physically fit. Allow me in closing to express my appreciation of your helpful supervision and of the pleasant co-operation of the teachers who have so largely contributed to whatever degree of success the summer school has been able to attain. Respectfully submitted, ELAINE G.WING 33 REPORT OF THE SCHOOL PHYSICIAN Careful records of the physical condition of the pupils are kept from year to year and parents are notified of conditions that should be remedied.Home co-operation is greatly appre- ciated in these cases,but it should be more general.Marked results are noticeable from the operation of the dental clinic and its good work should be continued.The services of the physical director during the first half of the year were beneficial and this branch of instruction ought to be resumed. I have encouraged all pupils to learn to swim,but the number who can do so is far below what it should be in a shore town.There is some improvement in this regard over last year, but at present only sixty-three per cent of the high school pupils can swim.The method of resuscitation from drowning has been taught by me for the past five years.It is greatly to be desired that our young people should be able swimmers and capable of saving hfe,should occasion require. With thanks to the committee,superintendent,teachers, and the school nurse,for their hearty co-operation. Respectfully submitted, OLIVER M.HOWE,M.D. 34 REPORT OF CLUB WORK SUPERVISOR Mr.Orvis K.Collins, Superintendent of Schools. Dear Sir:I hereby respectfully submit to you my report as supervisor of Club Work for the season of 1920. One hundred and sixteen boys and girls were enrolled in summer work last year,some of them being active in several projects.This is an increase of thirty-three per cent over the previous year.Many of them had had experience in previous :seasons and showed the results.Gardens as a whole were better cared for,an unusual number competing for the prizes for the best cared-for plots,some of which contained over twenty varieties of vegetables.The prizes for the cleanest and best cared-for pig,offered the last two years,produced good results in the improved condition of many pens.Four calves were raised,and the poultry club increased considerably in membership. Prizes won outside of the town were as follows : At the Norfolk County Fair at Walpole in September, Miss Marion Curley won a first prize on three jars of jam,a second on three jars of string beans,and another second on a collection of jars of various fruits and vegetables.A collection of vegetables from the gardens of Mary Modente,Arnold Peterson,Francis Murphy,Joseph Daley,Lawrence Poland, Charlotte Morse,John Emanuello,and Patsy Andrachio,was awarded a third prize. At the Brockton Fair Herbert Bates won a first prize of $8.00 on his Duroac Jersey pig,and Thomas Valine won a second prize of $6.00 on his pig of the same breed.Frank McLean and John Davenport exhibited their Hampshire pigs and were awarded first and second prizes of $8.00 and $6.00 respectively; in addition to this they were each presented with a watch fob nd gold pin by the Hampshire Breeders Association.The 35 Norfolk County championship ha?also been awarded Frank McLean in recognition of being the best all-round pig club member in the county,which gives him a week at Massachusetts*- Agricultural College Camp next July,all expenses paid by the State. Six thoroughbred pigs were owned by club members in 1920,as against one in 1919. The canning club was ably directed by Mrs.William H. McGaw,meeting every two weeks at the Bates Building. Fourteen girls were enrolled,thirteen of whom displayed a part of their work at the fall exhibit. The annual exhibition was held in the Town Hall on October 1.In the -lower room were exhibits of vegetables, canned goods,poultry and rabbits;in the carriage shed were pigs,calves and one goat.The evening program was as follows: Music by an orchestra organized by Mr.Walter Shuebruck; words of welcome by Mr.Orvis K.Collins,Superintendent of Schools;awarding of prizes by Mr.Walter Shuebruck,acting chairman of the School Committee,a canning demonstration by Deborah Treat,Mary Modente and Mildred Nelson and addresses by Mr.Herbert A.Rose,County Farm Agent,and Mr.James Salter of the County Agricultural School.The awards were ten silver cups,four one-week stays at Massachu- setts Agricultural College Camp,and one hundred and sixty dollars in cash prizes.Miss Marion Curley,Murray Perry, Thomas Valine and Herbert Bates are the winners of a week's stay at Massachusetts Agricultural College Camp in July next. I wish to express my appreciation of the help received from Mr.John Dizer and the committee of the Social Service League. In behalf of the boys and girls I wish also to thank the residents and citizens whose generosity made possible the excellent prizes. A financial statement and a complete list of prize winners will be appended here. Respectfully submitted, M.H.MEYER,. January,1921,Club Work Supervisor. 36 CONTESTS AND AWARDS OF THE BOYS'AND GIRLS' SUMMER PROJECTS Cohasset,1920 Prizes contributed by the State of Massachusetts and the following friends and residents of Cohasset:Mr.and Mrs. Hugh Bancroft,Mr.Clarence W.Barron,Mr.and Mrs.Edward B.Bayley,Mrs.Mary K.BoUes,Mrs.Frank Chase,Mrs.George G.Crocker,Miss Muriel Crocker,Mr.Lewis A.Crossett, H.B.Endicott,Jr.,Hon.Eugene N.Foss,Mr.and Mrs.Edwin L.Furber,Mr.P.A.Green,Mr.W.V.Kellen,Mr.and Mrs. George T.Leigh,Miss M.V.McCormick,Mr.and Mrs.J.F. McElwain,Mrs.Arthur N.MilHken,Mrs.B.L.Sankey,Mr. and Mrs.Hanson M.Savage,Mrs.Arthur C.Smith. GARDEN CONTESTS Age 10 to 18 A.Best cared-for garden. 1.Silver cup Arnold Peterson 2.$3.00 Mary Modente 3.$2.00 Murray Perry John Emanuello Honorable mention Wesley Parker B.Largest quality display of different vegetables. 1.$3.00 Murray Perry 2.$2.00 Mary Modente 3.$1.00 Joseph Daley C.Best display of one kind of vegetable. Beets 1.$3.00 Murray Perry 2.$2.00 Philip Parker 37 Cabbage 1. 2. 3. $3.00 $2.00 $1.00 Leonard Lawrence Harold Nason Murray Perry Cucumbers 1. 2. 3. $3.00 $2.00 $1.00 Potatoes Joseph Daley Arnold Peterson Leonard Lawrence 1. 2. 3. $3.00 $2.00 $1.00 Carrots Murray Perry Veola Lincoln Joseph Daley 1. 2. 3. $3.00 $2.00 $1.00 Tomatoes Leonard Lawrence Veola Lincoln Milton Ferreira 1. 2. 3. $3.00 $2.00 $1.00 Sweet Com Murray Perry Harold Nason Patsy Andrachio L 1. 2. 3. $3.00 $2.00 $1.00 Leonard Lawrence Milton Ferreira Joseph Daley D.Best display of four 1.$3.00 2.$2.00 3.$1.00 vegetables. Patsy Andrachio Charlotte Morse Wesley Parker E.Best display of Hubbard Squash. 1.$3.00 2.$2.00 3 Sl.OO Pauline Nason Harold Nason Mary Modente 38 SPECIAL GARDEN CONTEST FOR BOYS AND GIRLS UNDER TEN A.Best cared-for garden. 1.Silver cup Henry Ahem 2.S2.00 PhiHp Parker •Francis Murphy 3.Sl.OO Pauline Xason Honorable mention Robert James B.Largest quality display of different vegetables. 1.Silver cup Pauline Xason 2.'S2.00 Francis Murphy 3.Sl.OO Robert James RABBIT CONTEST Best breeding doe. 1.S3.00 Frank Poole 2 .§2 00 George Vahne ^PIG CONTESTS A.Largest,best and most eco^imnical gains.This necessitatss record showing weight of pig when baiight,present weight, cost of feeding,labor,etc. 1.One week at Massachusetts Agricultural College Camp, name on cup,cup to be held after ^^-inning three years. Thomas Valine 2.So.00 LawTence Poland 3.S3.00 Herbert Nichols 4.S2.00 John Valine B.Cleanest and best-cared for pig. 1.Silver cup John Davenport 2.S3.00 Frank McLean 3.S2.00 Robert Perr\' 39 C.Best pure bred pig. 1.Silver cup Herbert Bates 2.S3.00 Frank McLean 3.$2.00-Thomas Valine POULTRY CONTESTS A.Best four pullets and male bird raised by club member. 1.$3.00 Murray Perry 2.$2.00 Robert Perry 3.$1.00 Walter Poland B.Best full grown pair of pure bred stock. 1.$3.00 Charles Henry 2.$2.00 George Valine Special prize on Bantams,$1.00 Ellis Gilbert Special prize on eggs,$1.00 William Smith CANNING CONTESTS A.Best display of five jars —three vegetables,two fruit. 1.Silver cup Marion Curley B. 2.$3.00 Mildred Nelson 3.$1.00 Elizabeth Valine Best three jars of one variety. 1.Silver cup Marion Curley 2.$3.00 Julia Poland 3.$1.00 Alice Jason C.One jar of each,quality and variety considered. 1.One week at Massachusetts Agricultural College Camp, name on cup,cup to be held after winning three years. Marion Curley 2.$5.00 Deborah Treat 3.$3.00 Julia Poland 40 FLOWER CONTESTS A.Best cared-for flower garden. 1.Silver cup Milton McNamara 2.S2.00 Alice Ellsworth 3.$1.00 Edna Pratt B.Best display of Asters. 1.$3.00 Leslie Martell 2.$2.00 Alice Ellsworth C.Best display of Dahlias. 1.$3.00 William Jason 2.$2.00 AUce Ellsworth D.Largest display of different flowers. 1.$3.00 Milton McNamara 2.$2.00 Alice Ellsworth 3.$1.00 Edna Pratt PICTURE CONTEST Best picture of garden,canned goods,pig,poultry or rabbits with contestant in picture,framed or mounted by exhibitor. 1.$3.00 Marion Curley RECORD BOOK CONTEST Best kept record book in any project. 1.One week at Massachusetts Agricultural College Camp Herbert Bates 2.$3.00 Elizabeth Valine 3.$2.00 Julia Poland 4.$1.00 John Davenport SPECIAL PRIZES Calves 1.$2.00 Edwin Parker •2.$1.00 Thomas Valine 41 Goat 1.$1.00 Louis Simeone Fhimpkins 1.$1.00 Rosamond Morris GRAND WINNERS Most ranking ribbons 1.One week at Massachusetts Agricultural College Camp, Murray Perry,17 points 2.$3.00 Marion Curley,12 points 3.$2.00 Leonard Lawrence,10 points FINANCIAL STATEMENT OF BOYS'AND GIRLS'CLUBS Receipts Balance from 1919 $40.09 From public-spirited citizens 410.00 Fares to Walpole 7.50 $457.59 Expenditures Cups and badges $74.29 Cash paid in prizes 161.00 Transportation of children to Walpole,paid John Jason 25.00 Expenses for two,for week's stay at Massachusetts Agricultural College Camp,and fare 22.00 Transportation to Walpole,paid E.C.Ruiter 25.00 Prizes for Birdhouse Contest 10.00 Transportation of exhibits to Walpole 5.00 Postage i .50 Gasoline .70 Printing (Linotype)5.00 Special police 3.00 Cohasset Hardware Company,supplies 4.05 Engraving on cups 1.50 Incidentals .80 Balance on hand 119.75 $457.59 Part of balance to be used in sending four prize winners to Massachusetts Agricultural College Camp in July,1921.