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ALLEN COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY 3 1833 01820 9350
ANNUAL REPORT
GENEALOGY 974.102 F197 1904-1906
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS
OF THE
Town of Falmouth,
FOR THE
Fiscal Year Ending Feb. 20,
1904.
WEST FALMOUTH, ME. : NOYES PRINTING CO., PRINTERS. 1904.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS
OF THE
Town of Falmouth
FOR THE
Fiscal Year ending February 20
1904
WEST FALMOUTH, ME .: NOYES PRINTING CO., PRINTERS
1904
TOWN OFFICERS, 1903.
Selectmen, Assessors and Overseers of Poor. FRANK B. BLANCHARD, ALGERNON BOWIE,
LEVI W. HADLOCK.
Town Clerk. ARTHUR S. NOYES.
Treasurer. DANIEL F. SMALL.
Superintendent of Schools.
F. E. FREESE.
School Committee. -
ERNEST W. WINSLOW, ALGERNON BOWIE,
FRANK K. NORTON.
Board of Health.
DANIEL W. LUNT, ALFRED H. HASKELL,
A. F. MINOTT
Collector of Taxes. WILLIAM E. WINSLOW.
Road Commissioners.
FRED M. BLAKE, WILLIAM E. WINSLOW,
CHARLES K. RICHARDS.
Auditor. GEORGE D. YORK.
Constable. WILLIAM E. WINSLOW.
Warrant for Town Meeting.
To Wm. E. Winslow, a Constable in the Town of Fal- mouth, in the County of Cumberland,
GREETING :
In the name of the State of Maine, you are hereby re- quired to notify and warn the inhabitants of the said Town of Falmouth, qualified to vote in town affairs, to meet at the town house in said town, on the seventh day of March, 1904, at nine o'clock in the forenoon to act on the following articles, to wit :
First. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting.
Second. To choose a clerk for the ensuing year.
Third. To hear and act upon the reports of the Select- men, Overseers of the Poor, Assessors, Treasurer and Superintendent of Schools.
Fourth. To choose all other necessary Town Officers for the ensuing year.
Fifth. To see if the town will grant and raise such sums of money as may be necessary for the maintenance and sup- port of schools, and the poor, and the repairs of roads and bridges, and to defray all other necessary town charges for the ensuing year.
Sixth. To see what action the town will take in regard to the pay of Town Officers.
Seventh. To see if the town will vote to charge inter- est, and how much per cent., on all taxes not paid within a stated time from the time of commitment.
Eighth. To see if the town will vote to abate the tax of A. P. Andersen for the year 1903.
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Ninth. To see if the town will vote to raise one hundred dollars for the repairs of State road, or act anything relative thereto.
Tenth. To see if the town will authorize the Selectmen to sell the Simon F. Chase property on such terms as they may deem to be for the interest of the town and to execute and deliver for and in behalf of the town, proper deeds for the same, or act anything relative thereto.
Eleventh. To see if the town will vote to maintain school No. 8, as recommended by the Superintending School Committee.
Twelfth. To see if the town will vote to pay one of the outstanding town notes, and raise money for the same.
Thirteenth. To see what action the town will take in relation to the claim of C. E. Clifford.
Fourteenth. Upon request of H. M. Payson and Dr. Woodard, to see if the town will vote to make special im- provement on northwesterly portion of Waites Landing road, and raise money for the same.
Fifteenth. To see if the town will vote to accept the list of Jurors as prepared by the Selectmen, Treasurer and Town Clerk.
Sixteenth. Upon request of J. Hopkins Smith, to see if the town will vote to re-establish the bounds of the East- erly portion of the old road leading to Muscle Cove Creek.
The Selectmen give notice that they will be in session for the purpose of correcting the list of voters in said town, and hearing and deciding upon the application of persons claiming to have their names entered upon said list, at the town office, at eight o'clock in the forenoon on the day of said meeting.
Given under our hands this twentieth day of February, A. D. 1904.
FRANK B. BLANCHARD, Selectmen ALGERNON BOWIE, of
LEVI W. HADLOCK, Falmouth.
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REPORT OF
Selectmen, Assessors and Overseers of Poor.
To the Inhabitants of Falmouth :
We, the undersigned Selectmen, Assessors and Overseers of Poor, herewith submit our report for the municipal year ending Feb. 20, 1904.
VALUATION OF THE TOWN FOR YEAR 1903.
AT FAIR CASH VALUE.
Real estate, resident,
$580,410 00
Real estate, non-resident, 372,680 00
Total real estate, $953,090 00
Personal estate, resident, $166,080 00
Personal estate, non-resident, 11,050.00
Total personal estate,
$177,130 00
Total value estates,
$1,130,220 00
Rate of taxation, $11.20 on $1,000 Number of polls, 389 Poll tax, $2.00
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ASSESSMENTS FOR 1903.
For State tax,
$3,055 24
County tax,
962 69
Schools,
2,000 00
Highways,
3,000 00
Poor,
200 00
Out Poor,
250 00
Town officers,
800 00
Bridges and culverts,
600 00
Snow,
400 00
Interest,
200 00
Text books,
100 00
School supplies,
50 00
Repairs of schoolhouses,
150 00
Contingencies,
200 00
State road,
200 00
Townhouse,
250 00
Raising road-bed,
150 00
Foreside culvert,
100 00
High school tuition,
600 00
Overlay,
168 42
Supplementary,
31 52
Total amount committed to collector, $13,467 87
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Account of Expenditures
TOWN OFFICERS.
Balance from last report, Appropriation,
$ 24 42 800 00
D. W. Lunt, Supt. of Schools, $ 94 00
N. S. Clifford, Selectman, etc., 103 60
L. W. Hadlock, Selectman, etc., 89 00
Algernon Bowie, Selectman, etc., 116 00
D: F. Small, Treasurer, 75 00
Wm. E. Winslow, Collector, 1902,
150 00
Wm. E. Winslow, Constable,
10 10
Ernest W. Winslow, S. S. Com.,
7 00
F. B. Blanchard, S. S. Com.,
7 50
Algernon Bowie, S. S. Com. 4 25
A. S. Noyes, Town Clerk, 23 00
F. B. Blanchard, Moderator,
2 00
W. K. Swett, Ballot Clerk, 2 00
D. W. Lunt, Secretary Board of Health, 10 50
A. H. Haskell, Board of Health, 1 75
Balance in favor appropriation, 128 72
$824 42
$824 42
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HIGHWAYS.
Appropriations.
$3,000 00
James R. Wescott, 1902-3,
$ 6 65
W. E. Winslow,
215 70
Hans Petersen, 145 47
T. B. Davis Arms Co., dynamite,
10 50
Lewis C. Smith,
99 85
John H. Smith,
20 85
Fenwick M. Winslow,
16 60
A. H. Haskell,
65 40
R. H. Whitney,
17 50
Leon M. Winslow,
15 60
G. R. Whitney,
12 00
Elmer Leighton,
30 90
Malcolm S. Winslow,
12 15
Everett L. Huston,
5 50
Joshua L. Whitehouse,
2 00
D. F. Palmer,
11 99
Henry Brink,
19 50
F. M. Blake,
199 06
O. G. Blake,
96 77
B. S. Huston,
38 88
W. H. Snell,
34 36
C. S. Blake,
55 77
James Sommers,
36 24
Percy West,
53 27
A. O. Field,
51 10
Henry Hicks,
38 10
E. Libby,
1 50
J. M. Leighton,
10 66
H. T. Meloon,
36 16
George Meloon,
12 75
B. W. Shaw,
31 90
E. Blake,
11 18
C. K. Richards,
248 05
Frank Richards,
5 25
Arthur Hincks,
7 50
9
Christian Smith,
$ 81 38
Iver Iversen,
166 00
Andrew Iversen,
158 00
Ferdinand Ebbesen,
61 00
Lawrence Iverson,
16 75
Christian Wibe,
12 00
Fred Hincks,
38 00
I. M. Leighton,
22 13
Walter Leighton,
12 74
A. F. Minott,
103 10
A. F. Sylvester,
9 58
Stephen O'Brion,
2 67
Harold Sommers,
28 00
Fred Marston,
11 17
Warren G. Lunt,'
8 50
Howard Pride,
30 84
T. J. Pearson,
37 50
Sewell P. Winslow,
3 00
E. E. Dearborn, 1901-2-3,
35 80
Ernest W. Winslow,
80
Edward E. Winslow,
9 40
Oliver H. Mann, smithwork,
60
Stephen Staples,
2 00
Merton C. Lord,
53 21
Hattie S. Lord,
1 35
Hale Leighton,
1 30
Portland Stone Ware Co., tile,
11 20
Levi W. Huston,
8 25
B. U. Swett,
21 95
Edgar W. Small,
20
Columbus Knight,
2 70
F. M. Swett,
39 57
Leonard Merrill, heirs,
4 90
Lawrence C. Fries,
4 00
Lester N. Winslow,
4 00
Reuben Merrill,
5 50
Hans F. Jensen, gravel,
20 08
Silas O. Skillin,
14 25
10
Eugene Ross,
$ 5 23
Andrew Blake,
26 65
Amos Marston,
4 10
George H. Huston,
2 00
Philip Sommers,
7 50
W. W. Libby, gravel,
50 00
Smith, Tibbetts Co.,
70
George W. Cobb,
5 25
E. H. Ingalls,
5 70
Skillin & Jensen,
14 52
Geo. P. Dearborn,
13 75
P. N. Packard,
4 00
Wilbur Libby,
4 00
Nathaniel Leighton,
1 50
Lemuel S. Huston,
10 50
Henry Andersen,
1 80
Frank Colley,
75
B. L. Jones,
14 00
Niels Andersen,
75
Andrew J. Jensen,
7 50
J. P. Jensen,
7 50
F. B. Blanchard, gravel,
2 30
W. S. Pride,
6 43
Jacob Merrill,
2 25
David E. Moulton, agent, gravel,
56 00
J. A. P. Merrill,
1 35
John J. Frye, repairs,
2 00
Edgar B. Leighton,
3 00
Rufus M. Leighton,
3 75
Elbridge Huston, gravel,
40
Charles Wilson,
5 13
E. T. Lewis,
4 90
Emma Ingersoll,
3 00
C. H. Chenery, material,
6 45
From overlay,
4 74
$3,004 74 $3,004 74
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SNOW.
Balance last report, Appropriation,
$ 43 90
400 00
H. D. Babbidge, $ 8 00
W. E. Winslow, 1902-3,
6 43
Hans Petersen,
3 50
John H. Smith,
1 05
Lewis C. Smith,
1 95
E. E. Dearborn, 1900-1-2
31 60
A. H. Haskell,
90
S. G. Huston,
90
F. C. Batchelder,
90
Dearborn Bros.,
70
D. F. Palmer,
9 85
F. M. Blake,
7 00
George Meloon,
2 50
H. T. Meloon,
1 90
O. G. Blake, 1902,
3 00
Henry Hicks,
2 25
C. E. Wilson,
19 00
Wilbur Libby,
11 80
T. M. Lewis,
24 70
Martin Iversen,
15 50
Frank Colley,
3 00
F. P. Marston,
4 20
Peter Uelricksen,
1 00
Carl Uelricksen,
3 20
Stephen Staples,
4 35
Knute C. Hansen,
90
Ernest W. Winslow,
12 40
C. K. Richards,
8 00
Iver Iversen,
7 00
Reuben Merrill,
6 02
L. W. Huston,
4 00
E. & P. J. Leighton,
3 10
F. Ebbesen,
2 60
B. A. Hinck,
10 80
12
E. H. Marston, $ 10 90
H. S. Pride,
12 00
S. P. Winslow,
3 70
H. F. Leighton,
2 90
C. H. Chenery,
60
U. R. Pride,
3 60
R. M. Leighton,
1 70
W. W. Libby,
1 60
B. L. Jones,
3 60
P. M. Packard,
2 40
Fred S. Huston
10 20
W. H. Leighton,
5 40
C. S. Blake,
4 00
Mrs. O. C. Garsoe,
3 60
A. F. Minott,
5 54
W. H. Snell,
4 80
E. T. Lewis,
2 40
Andrew Iversen,
6 40
Balance in favor of appropriation, 134 56
$443 90
$443 90
BRIDGES AND CULVERTS.
Appropriation,
$600 00
L. H. Wilson, use of derrick,
4 00
O. G. Blake,
$ 4 33
Henry Hicks,
9 24
L. W. Hicks,
1 41
E. Blake,
8 41
W. H. Pearson, material,
5 01
Cyrus Shaw,
30
C. K. Richards,
28 10
Geo. W. Cobb,
5 00
Christian Smith,
3 00
Lawrence Iversen,
4 50
F. Ebbesen,
4 50
Wm. E. Winslow,
45 45
13
D. F. Palmer, $ 10 91
Portland Stone Ware Co, tile,
11 20
Hans Petersen,
50 52
Lewis C. Smith,
25 00
E. E. Winslow,
6 75
Leon M. Winslow,
35
F. M. Winslow,
2 45
Deering, Winslow & Co, plank,
141 95
Josiah Morrell, plank,
19 74
A. H. Haskell,
2 00
Amos.Marston,
2 10
C. P. Huston,
1 00
Geo. H. Huston,
2 00
F. M. Swett,
6 20
Henry Brink,
3 15
Jacob Merrill,
6 00
Neils C. Jensen,
9 00
B. F. Littlefield, plank,
12 92
L. W. Hadlock, rope,
4 16
Walter Leighton,
5 17
H. T. Meloon,
2 25
W. S. Pride, smithwork,
45
John Smith,
1 75
F. C. Batchelder,
2 42
I. Harmon,
1 50
F. M. Blake,
34 24
Balance in favor of Appropriation,
119 57
$604 00
$604 00
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STATE ROAD.
Balance last report,
$ 10 76
Appropriation,
200 00
From State,
100 00
Geo. W. Cobb, 1902,
$13 50
C. K. Richards,
38 00
Andrew Iversen,
26 00
John Andersen,
14 00
F. Ebbesen,
9 75
Silas O. Skillin,
8 25
J. P. Jensen,
9 00
A. J. Jensen,
19 00
B. L. Jones,
14 00
Fred Hincks,
14 00
Iver Iversen,
8 00
Christian Smith,
3 00
D. E. Moulton, agent, gravel,
20 00
Portland Stone Ware Co., tile,
17 00
Balance in favor of appropriation, etc.,
97 26
$310 76 $310 76
RAISING ROAD-BED NEAR ALLEN'S BRIDGE.
Appropriation,
$150 00
W. E. Winslow,
$25 00
Hans Petersen,
23 70
Lewis C. Smith,
13 10
Leon M. Winslow,
10 50
E. E. Dearborn,
6 90
Henry Brink,
9 00
F. M. Swett,
10 50
B. U. Swett,
10 50
G. R. Whitney,
20 00
M. C. Lord,
9 00
F. M. Winslow,
2 70
15
L. W. Huston,
$ 4 00
A. H. Haskell,
50
Hale Leighton, gravel,
4 60
$150 00 $150 00
DRAIN AT FORESIDE.
Appropriation, From overlay, (by vote of town),
$100 00
100 00
Kingsley & Porter, freight,
$ 9 34
C. K. Richards,
18 00
Christian Smith,
4 50
Neils C. Jensen,
10 50
Jacob Merrill,
1 50
Iver Iversen,
6 00
Portland Stoneware Co., tile,
146 61
Balance in favor appropriation,
3 55
$200 00 $200 00
CONTINGENCIES.
Balance from last report,
$187 79
Appropriation, 200 00
State dog license refunded,
151 81
State railroad and telegraph tax,
99 93
On account of tax deeds, 157 54 License fees, 3 00
W. H. Pearson, sundry items, $ 12 27
Noyes Printing Co., reports, etc., 48 80
D. F. Small, supplies, 1 50
H. M. Moulton, M. D., cert. births and deaths, 7 00
Geo. D. Loring Co., office supplies, 17 85
O. S. Thomes, shingles, Chase buildings, 47 60
J. C. Quigley, labor and material, Chase buildings, 69 75
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Lunt & Parker, town house, $ 1 95
A. S. Noyes, stamps, etc., 2 40
Emery, Waterhouse Co., (Chase buildings), 3 25
Dora Shaw, dinners, County Com., 9 10
Wm. E. Winslow, tax sale, 114 54
Wm. E. Winslow, setting monuments, 11 07
John H. Smith, monuments, 3 90
Hans Petersen, painting and monuments, 5 25
Hans Christiansen, steel and drills, 1 21
James R. Wescott, 05
Wallace L. Merrill, lumber, 2 40
J. B. Fickett & Co., paint, Chase buildings, 19 00 Burbank, Douglass & Co., lamps, town hall, 8 00
F. B. Blanchard, record of tax deeds, with County Com., and deliver- ing monuments, 12 65
Algernon Bowie, with County Com. and delivering monuments, 4 50
E. F. Robinson, cert. births and deaths, 7 00
Ray P. Eaton, mort. list, and cert., 5 00
Balance in favor appropriation, 384 03
$800 07 $800 07
INTEREST.
Balance from last report,
$11 37
Appropriation, 200 00
Interest on deposits,
51 01
Columbus Knight,
$160 00
Balance in favor appropriation,
102 38
$262 38 $262 38
TOWN HALL.
Appropriation, Lunt & Barker, per contract,
$250 00
$250 00
$250 00 $250 00
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ALMS HOUSE REPAIRS.
Balance, last report, A. C. Hamilton, nails and putty,
$73 07
$ 1 05
Balance in favor appropriation,
72 02
$73 07
$73 07
SCHOOLS.
Balance last report,
$ 753 90
Appropriation,
2,000 00
State mill and bank tax,
1,159 32
Estelle B. Knight, teaching, 1902,
$72 00
Celia H. Jones, 66 66
20 00
Minnie L. Huston,
66
88 25
Evelyn T. Kahrs, 66 66
88 00
Mrs. E. L. Gerow,
66
16 00
Anna C. Colley, 66
22 00
Fannie M. Foster, 66 66
35
Lottie M. Morrison,
10 00
Florence M. Dupee,
16 00
Milton Huston, 66 66 99 00
D. W. Lunt,
44 00
Frank Colley, fuel, 37 00
R. H. B. Bailey, carrying scholars, 1902, 55 00
Ernest W. Winslow, fuel, 35 08
Reuben Merrill, fuel, 10 00
Helen Waterworth, teaching,
7 50
L. L. Huston, sawing wood,
5 30
Minnie L. Huston, teaching,
238 00
Evelyn T. Kahrs,
72 00
Alice E. Jones,
238 00
Mrs. E. L. Gerow,
279 00
D. W. Lunt,
321 00
Anna C. Colley, 66
341 00
Myrtle V. Morgan,
155 00
Celia H. Jones,
269 00
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Mrs. Grace Graham, teaching,
$ 217 00
Cecil Wilson,
145 00
Lottie M. Morrison,
169 50
Malcolm S. Winslow,
163 00
Ella M. Blake,
70 00
Mattie Shaw,
168 00
Mrs. E. W. Graham,
88 00
Josiah Morrill, fuel,
13 25
Emma L. Ingersoll, conveyance,
66 00
L. H. Norton,
4 00
City of Westbrook, tuition,
16 44
Algernon Bowie,
2 00
M. O. Huston, fuel,
14 25
Wallace L. Merrill, fuel,
10 31
Huston Bros., fuel,
14 60
Charles Soule, "
45 56
F. B. Blanchard, fuel,
11 00
Balance due schools,
156 83
$3,913 22 $3,913 22
TEXT BOOKS.
Balance last report,
$ 24 84
Appropriation,
100 00
Sale of text books,
1 01
Ginn & Co.,
$ 80 86
D. C. Heath & Co.,
1 25
Am. Humane Ed. Society,
1 50
F. E. Freese, freight, etc.,
1 97
Rand, McNally & Co.,
11 40
Balance in favor appropriation,
28 87
$125 85 $125 85
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SCHOOL SUPPLIES.
Balance last report, Appropriation,
$11 69
50 00
Noyes Printing Co.,
$ 6 50
W. H. Pearson,
13 60
A. C. Hamilton,.
1 20
F. E. Freese,
5 70
Balance in favor appropriation,
34 69
$61 69
$61 69
SCHOOLHOUSE REPAIRS.
Balance last report,
$ 2 20
Appropriation,
150 00
W. H. Pearson, 1902, $
15
O. D. Bucknam, 1902,
2 25
Scott B. Knight,
90
N. M. Perkins,
3 54
E. W. Winslow,
6 90
Jerome Rumery Co.,
64 60
L. H. Norton,
1 25
L. A. Olmstead,
26 88
John W. Lincoln,
33 02
Mrs. Irving Leighton,
1 25
A. H. Haskell, 1902,
2 00
F. M. Blake,
3 00
A. F. Minott,
6 50
Charles Clark, 1902,
3 00
F. B. Blanchard, 1902,
2 20
F. K. Norton,
4 72
From overlay,
9 96
$162 16
$162 16
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HIGH SCHOOL TUITION.
Appropriation, Received from State,
$600 00
129 87
For Edith F. Huston, Westbrook Sem., $20 00
Ina M. Huston,
10 00
Ethel Colley, Portland, 7 25
Carrie Rhode,
15 00
Marion Richards, 66
30 00
Helen Robinson,
30 00
Pearl A. Bowie, Westbrook Sem.,
30 00
Philip Brower,
30 00
Bessie Clough,
20 00
Willie Hobbs,
66
10 00
Sarah E. Winslow, N. Y. Academy, 8 00
Lois G. Winslow, 66
66
16 50
Fenwick M. Winslow, Westbrook
Sem.,
20 00
Marion E. Sargent, Portland, 7 50
Malcolm Winslow, Westbrook Sem., 10 00
Lena P. Gammon,
10 00
Florence E. Gammon,“
10 00
Frank Wells, Yarmouth, 5 00
Frances S. Blanchard, Greeley Inst., 13 00
L. Morris Blanchard,
10 00
Edwin E. Howell, Westbrook Sem., 20 00
Clarence E. Harmon, “
10 00
George Meloon, Deering, 15 00
Florence Libby, Portland,
15 00
Lizzie E. Hall, Westbrook Sem., 10 00
Weston Hicks, Portland, 30 00
Mary G. Knight, Deering, 15 00
Earle Bailey, Westbrook, 6 11
Balance in favor appropriation, 296 01
$729 87
$729 87
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OVERLAY ACCOUNT.
Balance last report,
$215 60 Overlay, 1903,
168 42
Carried to highway account, $ 4.74
" repair schoolhouses account, 9 96
" out poor account, 135 72
" drain at Foreside account, 100 00
Balance,
133 60
$384 02
$384 02
TAXES ABATED.
On list of J. E. Merrill, Coll., 1901, $ 4 35 " " W. E. Winslow, Coll., 1902, 79 94
.. .. ...... 66 " 1903, 16 00
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TOWN FARM ACCOUNT.
STATEMENT.
Paid L. Dyhrberg, bal., salary, 1902, $100 02
TOWN FARM IN ACCOUNT WITH TOWN.
Balance last report, $131 30
Appropriation, 200 00
Cash from L. Dyhrberg, farm products,
49 21
Due " R. Rasmussen, rental,
95 00
25 00
W. H. Pearson, supplies, $ 53 80
Harmon & Harris Co., pump, 4 70
Uriah Libby, cow, 50 00
C. K. Richards, horse, (vote of town, ) 100 00
Balance in favor appropriation, 292 01
$500 51 $500 51
An inventory of stock etc., Feb. 19, 1904, shows 1 horse, 4 cows, 125 hens, and a sufficient quantity of hay for wintering out the stock.
OUT POOR.
Balance last report, $ 1 07
Appropriation, 250 00
James A. Martin, casket and robe, 1902, $53 50
J. C. Quigley, settlement of claim, 36 00
board of Minnie Chase, 24 54
" Alvin & Emma
Chase, 29 50
E. F. Robinson, medical attendance on Chase family, 1902, 46 75
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F. B. Blanchard, service in Lowell, and Chase matters, and paid for cloth- ing for Chase Children, $ 15 20
Philbrook & Williamson, supplies for Murch family, 10 14
A. A. Lane, Murch family, 5 71
Ira F. Clark Co., Murch family,
10 86
A. C. Noyes, supplies, Murch family,
24 42
A. C. Hamilton, « 66
16 49
Bruns & Johnson, coal,
17 50
Algernon Bowie, shoes,
5 75
Rines Bros. clothing, Chase children, 23 73
Lane Bros. shoes,
2 50
Ira F. Clark Co., 66
2 15
Foster, Avery Co., clothing, Chase children, 4 80
E. F. Robinson, medical attendance and medicine, Murch family, 57 25
From overlay,
$ 135 72
$386 79 $386 79
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Financial Condition of Town.
ASSETS.
Due from W. E. Winslow, Coll., 1902, $ 84 61
W. E. Winslow, Coll., 1903, 5,706 87
State Treas., dog licenses est., 120 00
Tax Deeds, 165 73
Cash in treasury, 3,074 23
$9,151 44
LIABILITIES.
F. B. Blanchard, Selectman, etc., $ 140 00
Algernon Bowie,
130 50
L. W. Hadlock,
118 50
F. E. Freese, Supt. of Schools,
100 00
D. F. Small, Treasurer, 75 00
A. S. Noyes, Town Clerk and postage,
25 50
W. E. Winslow, Coll., 1902, Bal.
50 00
W. E. Winslow, " 1903,
200 00
Schools,
156 83
Orders and Bills outstanding, est.,
300 00
Outstanding notes and interest, 4,080 00
5,376 33
Assets over liabilities,
$3,775 11
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SUMS RECOMMENDED TO BE RAISED.
Schools,
$2,000 00
High school tuition,
400 00
Highways,
3,000 00
Out poor,
400 00
Town officers,
700 00
Bridges and culverts,
400 00
Snow,
800 00
Interest,
75 00
Text books,
100 00
Supplies for schools,
25 00
Repairs of schoolhouses,
450 00
Contingencies,
100 00
FRANK B. BLANCHARD, / Selectmen, Assessors
ALGERNON BOWIE, and Overseers of Poor of Falmouth.
LEVI W. HADLOCK,
FALMOUTH, ME., Feb. 20, 1904.
I hereby certify that I have examined the above accounts of the Selectmen and Overseers of Poor for the year 1903 and 1904 and find them correctly cast and properly vouched. GEO. D. YORK,
Auditor.
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Treasurer's Report.
RECEIPTS.
From balance last report,
$4,036 81
Interest on deposits,
51 01
Town Farm, 1902,
49 21
Town Farm,
95 00
School books sold, etc.,
1 01
Dog tax,
155 00
State Treas., State Pensions,
99 00
State Treas., dog tax refunded,
115 81
State Treas., R. R. and Tel. tax,
99 93
State Treas., tuition refunded,
129 87
State Treas., State Roads,
100 00
State Treas., mill tax and school
fund, 1,159 32
G. T. Jordan,
2 00
H. J. Poland,
1 00
C. C. Haskell,
25 66
S. M. & E. J. Latham,
131 88
Ernest Winslow, 19
L. H. Wilson, 4 00
J. E. Merrill, Coll., 1901, in full, 4 34
W. E. Winslow, 1902, 4,655 00
W. E. Winslow, 1903, 7,745 00
$18,661 04
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DISBURSEMENTS.
Paid State tax, $ 3,055 24
County tax,
962 69
State Pensions,
99 00
State Treas., dog tax,
155 00
Town orders,
11,314 88
Cash on deposit,
3,074 23
$18,661 04
Respectfully submitted,
D. F. SMALL, . Treasurer.
FALMOUTH, Feb. 20, 1904.
I hereby certify that I have examined the accounts of D. F. Small, Treasurer of Falmouth for the year 1903, and find them correct and properly vouched, and find in his hands three thousand, seventy-four dollars and twenty-three cents ($3,074.23).
GEO. D. YORK, Auditor.
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Collector's Account.
J. E. MERRILL, 1901. DR.
Balance last report,
$8 23
Interest,
46
$8 69
CR.
Cash,
$4 34
Abatements,
4 35
$8 69
W. E. WINSLOW, 1902.
DR.
Balance last report,
$4,701 60
Interest collected,
155 80
CR.
Cash,
$4,655 00
Abatements, 1902,
37 85
Abatements, 1903,
79 94
$4,772 79
$84 61
W. E. WINSLOW, 1903.
DR.
Total commitment,
$13,467 87
CR.
Cash,
$7,745 00
Abatements,
16 00
$7,761 00
$5,706 87
$4,857 40
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SCHOOL REPORT.
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Your Superintendent respectfully submits the following report :
On investigation, I found as good a course of study as the best educators could devise was legally adopted as ours, viz. : the course as laid out by W. W. Stetson. I also learned that the above fact was not generally known. I proceeded at once to make it known and put the printed directions for the course of study in the hands of all teach- ers, officially notifying them that the course must be care- fully followed and thorough work done.
Emphasis was placed on the fact that, not the amount gone over, but the amount of practical knowledge would be the test of good work done ; so all pupils were required to review work previously done. The wisdom of this require- ment was questioned by many, but the excellent work done in all of the schools has proved the utility of it.
The plan of ranking the school on neatness, punctuality, deportment and endeavor, together with a careful enforce- ment of the truant law, has helped greatly in making the school room the neat, pleasant place it ought to be, as well as to give the largest possible average attendance which has been much larger than the preceding year.
A great deal of hard, earnest work has been done in all of the schools with the most gratifying results. As a rule parents, teachers and pupils have worked harmoniously to- gether.
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No. 4, during the last of the spring term had a trial of insubordination that made the last three weeks of little value, but a change of teachers resulted in success and good progress for the rest of the year. No change of teachers has been necessary in any other school.
Miss Wilson in No. 1, did careful, thorough work for two terms, and her successor, Mrs. E. W. Graham, is doing equally as well.
Mrs. Gerow is a teacher of energy and experience and has had her usual success.
Miss Colley in No. 3, in practical, thorough work has no superior in our schools, and her assistant deserves great praise for her careful, faithful work.
No. 4 has made excellent progress with Malcolm Winslow as teacher. He is a promising young teacher.
No. 5 has not been as satisfactory as one could wish partly because of the irregular attendance, standing in that respect the lowest of any in town. However, much good work was done. Especially worthy of mention was the perfect discipline mantained throughout the year.
No. 6 is a restless, uneasy school, not noted for hard work done, but the teachers have worked hard and faithfully and good progress has been made notwithstanding the low rank in deportment.
No. 7, though too large for one teacher to do the best possible work, has had a year that has given perfect satis- faction. Teacher and pupils have worked together in per- fect harmony, to get the most possible out of each day. The amount and character of the work done are equal to any in town.
No. 8 has been fortunate in having a teacher whose thorough scholarship and ability are unquestioned, but un- fortunate in having some parents who do not see the impor- tance of an education and so have kept their scholars out or sent them so irregularly as to make good progress impos- sible.
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No. 9 has enjoyed the services of one of the best teach- ers, and the large average attendance (the largest of any . with one exception, No. 12) has made it possible for her to do a work very gratifying in its results.
No. 10 had the name of being hard but Miss Morrison was just the one for that school, so harmony and good progress has been the result.
Miss Huston has completed her third year in No. 12 with gratifying success. This school has maintained the highest average of any school in town and stands with two others, Nos. 7 and 9, as the only schools where no truants have been reported.
The influence of the truant law has been applied in eight- een different instances. Looking after all these truants has taken much time and care but parents have generally been willing to comply with the law when they knew it was to be impartially enforced. The enforcement of this law is a step in the right direction and should be supported by every good citizen.
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