Border Historical Society: 1905/1906 Eastport, Maine: Report of the Superintending School Board

Reprinted, with permission, from the Heirlooms Reunited blog

1905/1906 City of Eastport, Maine, Annual Report of the Superintending School Board.

Booklet, 7-3/4" by 5-1/4", 31 pages; printed in 1906 in Eastport, Maine, by the Sentinel Job Print.

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Notice the moose on the seal below; Moose Island, on which Eastport is situated, is described as having the shape of a moose.

School Committee
Walter F. Bradish, term expires, 1906
Charles E. Capen, Term expires, 1907
Henry N. Paine, Term expires, 1908

Officers of the Board

W. F. Bradish, Chairman

Charles S. Sewall, Secretary

Superintendent of Schools

Charles S. Sewall

Truant Officer

Daniel Mealey

Statistics of Attendance, 1905-1906

F. W. Hilton, Principal, High School

J. J. Ryan, Sub Master, High School

Susan B. Cutts, Asst., High School

Emma Paul, Asst., High School

Marjorie Nutt, Stenographer, High School

Austin Joyce, IX

Jennie Damon, VIII

Estelle Damon, VII

Clara Andrews, VII-VIII

Augusta Bibber, VI

Caroline Kane, VI

Grace Drummond, V

Alice Oliver, V

Sarah Whelpley, III

Ida Coggins, IV

Maggie Rice, Asst.

Jane Todd, I

Caroline Kemp, Asst.

Marion Guptill, III

Emma Paine, II

Alice Milliken, Asst.

Cecil Crossett, II-III

Carrie Heath, I

Mary Kehoe, III

Alice Gilligan, Asst., II

Gertrude Murphy, I

Estelle Ramsdell, I-V

Athletic Association

Mr. Hilton, President

Leo T. Creary, Vice President

Byron H. Seaverns, Secretary

E. L. Wadsworth, Treasurer

M. S. Bradish, Business Manager

J. J. Ryan, Chairman of the Executive Committee

Mr. Russell, '06, Executive Committee

Mr. Holmes, '07, Executive Committee

Mr. Lord, '08, Executive Committee

Mr. Lawler, '09, Executive Committee

Class Officers

1906: E. Russell, President; M. Donaghy, Vice President; K. Pike, Secretary; F. Capen, Treasurer; M. Bradish, Marshal

1907: B. Seaverns, President; C. Martin, Vice President; F. Leeman, Secretary; M. Ward, Treasurer; J. Hall, Marshal

1908: I. Martin, President; E. Quigley, Vice President; E. Wadsworth, Treasurer; H. Hodgkins, Treasurer; A. Joseph, Marshall

1909: A. Palmer, President; M. Robinson, Vice President; A. Barrett, Secretary; A. Kehoe, Treasurer; Harry Lawler, Marshal

Holmes Medal Recipient

Miss Katharine F. Leighton

Roll of Honor - not absent during the school year 1904-1905

Julia Preston

J. F. Fearebay

C. E. Martin

M. E. B. Ward

G. A. Diffin

I. G. Martin

F. A. Murphy

Graduation Exercises, Class of 1905

Rev. T. E. St. John, Prayer

Helen Doris Loring, Salutatory

Clifton Boyden Dow, Presentation of Gifts

Hon. Harrison Hume, Address

Katherine Fisher Leighton, Valedictory

Inez M. Bibber, Music for Class Ode

Mary C. Murphy, Class Ode

Graduates

Inez Maude Bibber

Ray Odin Bibber

Vera May Bogle

Thomas Emmet Boyd

Mary Cassidy

Clifton Boyden Dow

Mina May Fearebay

Wilhelmina Elizabeth Goulding

Mary Thesesa Lavin

Church Leighton

Katharine Fisher Leighton

Helen Doris Loring

Daniel Wallace MacLean

Mary Catherine Murphy

Sherman Rogers Paine

Jean Isabelle Ray

Class Officers, 1905

Daniel Wallace McLean, President

Katharine Fisher Leighton, Vice President

Inez Maude Bibber, Secretary

Wilhelmina Elizabeth Goulding, Treasurer

Clifton Boyden Dow, Marshal

Directory of Teachers

Boynton High School

Fred W. Hilton, Shackford Street (Nichols Latin School, 1892; Bates College (A.B.) 1896
John J. Ryan, Water Street (Public Schools, Holbrook, Massachusetts; Boston University (A.B.) 1899)
Emma O. Paul, Washington Street (Public Schools, Somerville, Massachusetts; Tufts College, A.B. 1902)
Susan R. Cutts, Water Street (Lynn Classical School; Boston University (A.B.) 1902
Marjorie Nutt, Washington Street (Boynton High School 1900; Bryant & Stratton Business College)

Grammar School

Austin Joyce, Water Street (Kents Hill two years; Farmington Normal School, 1904)
Jennie B. Damon, Shackford Street (Boynton High School 1901; Gorham Normal School, 1903)
Edith H. McKusick, Washington Street (Calais High School; Summer Schools, 3 years)
Clara B. Andrews, Key Street (Boynton High School, 1892)
Augusta M. Bibber, Water Street (Boynton High School, 1863)
Caroline S. Kane, Washington Street (Boynton High School 1894; Farmington Normal School, one term)
Grace E. Drummond, Water Street (Oak Grove Seminary, 1899; Farmington Normal School, 1904)
Alice A. Oliver, Water Street (Castine Normal School, 1905)

Brooks School

Ida M. Coggins, Key Street (Boynton High School, 1871)
Maggie Rice, Broadway (Boynton High School)
Sarah Whelpley, Key Street (Boynton High School, 1896)
Jane Todd, Water Street (Calais High School; Providence Normal School, one year)
Caroline C. Kemp, Water Street (Boynton High School, 1896)

Memorial Hall School

Emma L. Paine, Key Street (Boynton High School, 1877)
Alice E. Milliken, High Street (Boynton High School, 1899)
Marion Guptill, Madison Street (Cherryfield Academy, 1902; Farmington Normal School, 1905)

South End School

Cecil A. Crossett, High Street (Calais High School; Summer School, Summer 1902)
Carrie B. Heath, High Street (Calais High School)

North End School

Mary J. Kehoe, Water Street (Boynton High School, 1902; Gorham Normal School, 1905)
Alice Gilligan, Washington Street (Boynton High School, 1902; Gorham Normal School, 1905)
Gertrude L. Murphy, Washington Street (Calais High School)

Out Island School