The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-02-21
TOWNS FINANCIAL SIAlnmIi


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h rsr doc 10 The fac, isai s ia
a. yaaas weEr mol p'sslasa 49,
a,e,rg aFaiaags fssilliiss ~hsa
r ,ss,Iuetsi. Mr. EAms, "a, "a,
-, asa as foF paving ahd sls'' '''
'.,. 49,, rad. during the past !rAt A..
I.ha ~ saFsvHi. eonmis'lehsi -
1880 district No. 2, Fscenins na'
~ ~ss,inuaiion u gEAdins hlsh"ays
IN sut,ias che hills and hhihs ~. 80, -
si.ses IL SAYS that The t'M ~.
80 received bui liitle attention ia'
,.,s ,ims aul that there u psong
:, a,,..,,nnl,v Coz wuFk on them MI
$500, ,ay. be expected 70 have e ~
~ N The state monry 10 ase ~ W.
go IA N. bat received nohe.
NJ smoaa, expended for hishNsy,'
asrine ,hs past year Is divided - ~,
Ism,, District 80, !, si'l.si dis, ,ns
g. .aGsoas, district Ne. ., sl-e,.
"a. 5i.,rlr, No. 5, si.ssi.5oi district
n i sgTi.is; district No. !, slss'pS
- "a : sssa6; district Ne v
40 ~, li.,rie, No, -, sass disif,s'
10. ii. sisseiii district No 10
s6iao.
R.por. o. Town school Directors
n. town school directors IN iheii
a,nsst rrpori state that II hgAl
49,. bsY. te,n maintained the past
90, They speak fayorably OF TIC
5,g,is, .upsriniendsAt idea ana De
l,eys ,hst Il has borne fruit IN ths
Intelligent arrangement Of courses .,
study and personal supefsissiioa y
n,,6ea. * Instruction. The directors
ali attention 20 the fact that several
.sboelbous-s have been damaged bi
men apd bows and that prosecution wiil
follow a repetition 81 these mlsie
mesbors they believe that the sun
paid for Transporting pupils y maei
100 large aud are Of the opinion 'ha'
The location Of school for small Gnu
would reduce the expense considerably
Wesley =. Minis, district supcriniend
emf u schools also makes tePof'
which explains ~ some Length th'
changes aud improvements which have
been made IN the curriculum Of tbs
town schools under his supervision
Mr.. Minis is strongly in favor o. Sc
curing special teaching in music, draw
ing aud manual training.
Free Library Trustees.
The report Of the Brattleboro free
library trustees shows the receipts q
the past year 10 have been sS,is0.ol
and the expenses s2.Se7.is. Thu
leaves balance Of sl,l60.l6 Of thu
town fund and s302.s6 Of the Grou'
legacy on hand The trustees mention
the fact that a new room has beer
built under the tower of the lbrar!
building Of sufficient size to accommo
date the growth Of the library for a
least FIVE years. At present there arr
l7.7l3 volumes over last year. Their
have been issued for the use Of tn
public S,l5s books as against 3l,l4'
for the previous year, this increase be
ing accounted for by the fact that th'
library was necessarily closed for {
month while repairs were in progress
The trustees are glad TO note that th'
demand for fiction has decreased from
II $40 per cent in 1906 TO 81 s-l0 pc
cent this year.
Health ofhcer's Report.
DR.. Henry Tucker, health officer, re
ports that there has been no serious
epidemic during the past year. Mump
and chicken.pox have been present 4
some extent. but there has been yer!
little diphtheria or scarlet fever an'
only a few eases of typhoid fever
mostly contracted elsewhere. Dr.
Tucker says that sanitary condition.
have improved steadily, but believe
there is absolute need Of an extension
of the sewer service throughout tn
town. In regard to the town house h
saws its sanitary condition is a dis
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