Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-03-13

tinue longer the relations which have
heretofore existed between your town
and the academy for the reasons stated
above 1t seems to me the time has now
come when this matter should be set in
its right light for the best interests of
pupils, voters. school committee and
Leicester Academy; though l do not at
tempt to prescribe in the slightest a
course governing the conduct of your
committee, which has the ample ability
to deal with this matter with absolute
impartiality and justice to the pupils Of
your town and the academy, 'in the best
interests of all parties concerned"
L have considered it proper to go fur
ther than merely to answer technically
the question submitted by your board
because the vote referred to was passed
with full information as to the situation,
and with the evident purpose of leading
your committee to pay no heed to the
fact that you have been ignoring the
dearest rights of the pupils of your
town. Respectfully submitted,
E. H. Vaughan.
To the Editor of the Spy
At a meeting of the Leicester school
committee held Thursday evening,
March TO- the following order was
unanimously approved:
Ordered-That the trustees of Leices-
ter Academy be requested to send at
their earliest convenience counsel to
meet with counsel for the town of Lei
cester, in order to prepare and agree on
plan whereby the Leicester Academy
may be used as g. high school within the
meaning of the law, and that the said
plan be then submitted to the school
committee and the trustees of the acad-
emy for their approval and adoption
John f. Redican, Chairman.
Mrs, F. E. Trask, Secretary.
IMPORTANT. APPOINTMENTS
The first meeting of the selectmen and
overseers Of the poor was held this af-
ternoon, and organization for the year
was effected. A. e. Smith was chosen
chairman of the selectmen, with ]. w.
Boardman secretary and A. Il. Booth
clerk. The jury list was revised in ac-
cordance with the law, and it was voted
to hold regular meetings at o'clock in
| the afternoon on the second Saturday OF
! each month, The board acting as a
committee to settle with the town treas
urer, went through his books and vouch-
ers, and found everything correct. A
vote was passed as follows: That in the
employment of all labor by that portion
of the town business conducted by the
selectmen, that the same shall be done
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all persons employed, SO far as possible
shall be residents of the town. All la
borers employed on highways shall be
hired or approved by the Selectmen in
the precinct in which the labor is to be
performed, before beginning work"
The same soldiers relief was voted for
as was given cut during 1897. After the
meeting, Albert E. Booth, clerk of the
board, was presented with a gold sty-
] 1f,e e,y,lot Ian nf
were appointed: Forest fire wards, w
E. Sprague, James Cooper, Samuel D.
Cutting, c. NJ. Marsh; care of town
clocks, C. L. Davis, Leicester, and Chas
Cooper, Greenville; sealer of weights and
measures, Martin Taylor; special consta-
bles, John f. Gagen, John F. Morrissey,
William A. Bell; superintendent OF
Streets Albert e. Smith; assistants,
John w Boardman and w. A. Bell; SUI
perintendent of scales Calvin E. Perry,
Leicester John L. Wheelock, Greenville,
Timothy O'Connell and James f. Smith,
Cherry Valley; public weigher, oliver $.
Matthews; wood measurers, G. F. Lyon,
c. e. Perry, E. j. McDermott, E. N.
Adams, James P. Conlon; measurers of
lumber, H. E. Sargent, e. N. Hunt, J.
p. Conlon; pound-keepers, John Jen-
nings and Harry E. Sargent; agent for
burial of friendless soldiers, H, l.. Wat
son. Inspector of milk and animals in
tended for slaughter, H. B. Watts; as
sistant, D. A. Craig; inspector of cattle
and provisions, H. B. Watts; in charge
of roads in different parts of the town,
jeremiah Barry, D. A. Craig, Joseph
Cone, W. E. Sprague.
The overseers of the poor organized
with Harry e. Sargent chairman and
A e. Booth clerk w. A. Bell was ap-
pointed tramp officer, and r. e. Col
Z a.,
town farm, to serve for a year from
April 1st. 1t was voted to hold meet
| ings every month on the Friday before
the second Saturday at 73O o'clock.