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cross,
Susan Sawyer,
Mary Walker,
Hannah Andrews,
Hannah Rea,
Betsey Putnam,
Ann Brown,
Emeline G. White,
Elizabeth L. Johnson,
Margaret W. Locke,
Ann W. Locke, Eliza (Ann?) Cutter,
Lydia A. Skilton.
The permanent funds of the trustees of
Charlestown schools in 1834 were:—
| 35 shares of Union bank stock | $3,500 |
| Town note on interest | 1,200 |
| Deacon Miller's legacy | 100 |
| Two primary schools, valued at | 600 |
| ———– |
| $5,400 |
1835-1836.
The teachers for the summer schools beyond the peninsula were
Miss Ann E. Whipple for Milk Row,
Miss Abby Mead for
Winter Hill,
Miss Kezia Russell for the Russell, and
Miss Anna B. Mead for the Gardner.
These schools were assigned to the charge of
Messrs. Hazeltine and
Allen for the trustees.
Among bills approved was that of
A. W. Whittredge for $52.50. The winter terms were to be taught by
Norwood Damon at the Russell,
Edward Wyman at
Winter Hill,
Timothy P. Rogers at the Gardner, and
Miss Ann Whipple was appointed for the Milk Row school, at the same compensation as was given last winter to a male teacher.
In the annual report
Miss Whipple was highly commended.
As
Mr. Damon resigned November 30,
Mr. (Samuel?)
Swan was put in his place.
The primary school occupied by
Ann W. Locke, having been burned in the late conflagration (Monday, August 31, 1835?), was repaired.
It was voted April 16, 1836, to insert in the next town warrant an article to see whether the town will establish a high school agreeable to sections 5 and 7 of the twenty-third chapter of the
Revised Statutes.
Many changes among the teachers are reported this year, but their names are not mentioned on the records.
There were now twelve primary schools with an enrollment of 802 scholars, or nearly sixty-seven on an average for each teacher.
The
Male school had 228, the Female 211, and the
Neck schools, both male and female, 129.
At
Winter Hill, Milk Row,
Russell, and
