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ALLEN COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY 3 1833 01826 1096
GC 974.102 W27AR, 1914
Annual Report
of The
MUNICIPAL OFFICERS
of The
Town of Washington
For The
MUNICIPAL YEAR 1914
HALLDALE NEWELL WHITE, PRINTER 1915
Annual Report of The
MUNICIPAL OFFICERS
of The
Town of Washington
For The
MUNICIPAL YEAR 1914
HALLDALE NEWELL WHITE, PRINTER 1915
Town Officers
FOR YEAR ENDING FEB 25, 1915
Moderator-J. C. HOWES Town Clerk-W. F. HATCH Selectmen, Assessors and Overseers of Poor JESSE OVERLOCK ARTHUR E. JOHNSTON W E. DEERING
Road Commissioners
JESSE OVERLOCK
W. E. DEERING
Treasurer-FREEMAN LIGHT Tax Collector-W. O. LUCE
Supt. of Schools-F. L. LUDWIG
School Board-H. M. LENFEST C. C. RIVERS BURTELLE SIDELINGER Truant Officer-W. L. LEIGHER
Constables-W. M. STAPLES W. O. LUCE
Sealer of Weights and Measures-ROBERT SUKEFORTH Board of Health
B. K. WARE C. E. VANNER J. H. ACHORN Sexton-B. K. WARE
Fence Viewers
M. B. MARR H. B. CUNNINGHAM LEROY CUNNINGHAM Surveyors of Wood and Bark W. M. PRESCOTT M. B. MARR C. E. VANNER
3.
Town Warrant
STATE OF MAINE, KNOX SS.
To W. M. Staples, Constable of the Town of Washing- ton. within and for the County of Knox, Greeting:
In the name of the State of Maine you are hereby re- quired to notify and warn the inhabitants of Washington qualified to vote in town affairs, to assemble at the Town House in said town on Monday, March 8, A. D. 1915 at 10 o'clock in the forenoon, to act on the following articles, to wit:
Art. 1. To choose a Moderator to preside over said meeting.
Art. 2. To choose a Town Clerk for the ensuing year.
Art. 3. To hear and act on the reports of the Select- men and other town officers.
Art. 4. To choose three or more Selectmen, Assessors and Overseers of the Poor, also Town Treasurer, Collector of Taxes, one or more Road Commissioners, member of School Committee, Constables, Sexton, and all other neces- sary town officers for the ensuing year, including one or more fire wards.
Art. 5. To see what sums of money the town will vote to raise by taxation and appropriate for the following pur-
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poses:
(a) For the support of Common Schools,
(b) For the support of High School,
(c) For repairs of Schoolhouses,
(d) " purchase of School Text Books,
(e) " interest on Daggett School Fund,
(f)- " Support of Poor,
(g) (h) (i) (j)
" Town Charges
" Roads and Bridges,
" Snow Bills,
" Abatements of Taxes,
(k) . " Extermination of Brown-tail Moths,
(1) " Maintenance of State Aid Highways, (m) " the purchase of a new Road Machine,
" of other Road Machinery,
(n) (0) " Town Debt and interest on same.
Art. 6. To see that the town will vote "yes" or "no" on the question of appropriating and raising money neces- sary to entitle the town to state aid, as provided in Section 20 of Chapter 130 of the Public Laws of 1913.
Art. 7. To see what sum of money the town will ap- propriate and raise for improvement of State Aid Highway.
Art. 8. To fix the compensation to be paid fire wards and raise a sum of money for the same.
Art. 9. To see if the town will vote to sell the unused school building near West Washington.
Art. 10. To see if the town will vote to have the
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McDowell school house moved to a point on or near the stage road from Washington to South Liberty.
Art. 11. To see if the town will vote to discon- tinue the road leading from the foot of the Ed Cunningham hill, so called, to the residence of Susan Bragg.
Art. 12. To see what action the town will take in re- lation to the collection or sale of tax deeds.
Art. 13. To see what instructions the town will vote to give to the selectmen in regard to settlement of a claim presented by Mrs. Oscar Meservey of Jefferson for injuries said to have been sustained on the highways of Washing- ton.
Art. 14. To act upon anything else that legally may come before said meeting.
The Selectmen give notice that they will be in session at town house at nine o'clock on the morning of said meeting for the purpose of correcting the list of voters.
Dated at Washington the 27th day of February, A. D. 1915.
JESSE OVERLOCK, ARTHUR E. JOHNSTON, W. E. DEERING, Washington.
Selectmen of
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ASSESSOR'S REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDING FEB. 25, 1915
Valuation of real estate, resident
$181,176
non-resident 27,331
personal estate, resident 62,242
non-resident
8,875
Total valuation
$279,624
Rate of taxation -. 025
Tax assessed on real estate
$5,214.76
personal estate
1,775. 7
191 polls @ $3
573.00
Total tax assessed
$7,563.73
For the following purposes-
State tax
$1211.73
County tax
367.37
Highways
1300.00
Bridges
300.00
Snow bills
400.00
Common schools
600.00
High school
200.00
Text books
100.00
Schoolhouse repairs
200.00
Interest on Daggett school fund
66.50
Town charges
800.00
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Support of poor Brown-tail moths Repairs on town house Town debt Overlay
300.00
400.00
50.00
1000.00
268.13
7563.73
Committed to W. O. Luce, Collector, June 15, 1914
JESSE OVERLOCK . ARTHUR E. JOHNSTON Assessors W. E. DEERING
Washington, Feb. 25, 1915
Selectmen's Report
FOR THE YEAR ENDING FEB. 25, 1915
Orders drawn for repairs of roads and bridges.
Thomas Levensaler 1913
$ 3.07
James Cargill
3.75
J. F. Davis
10.00
Rodolphus Sukeforth
8.25
Adial Linscott, blasting
121 30
A. D. McDonald
10.15
W. L. Leigher
35.50
A. F. Nash
22.00
8
Everett Pinkham
12.00
G. M. Hibbert
19.50
Wm. Wellman
4.50
Birdell Hibbert
6.75
Edson Wellman
7.50
Angelo Howard
7.50
Jesse Overlock
45.31
John A. Lukeforth
2.08
S. D. Cargill 1913
4.15
1914
8.83
F. W Babb
15.00
E A. Cunningham
9.00
Berger Mfg. Co., culvert pipe
63.60
H. N. Chaplin
14.50
James Cargill
9.00
Geo. Weaver
3.37
Osborne Whitney
11.00
Edward Light
2.10
Freeman Light
34.00
John Leigher
6.75
Elmer Jones
3.00
W. M. Prescott
2.00
Sidney Kaler
.75
G. O. Gentner
2.00
M. B. Marr
35.05
H. B. Cunningham
10.80
Nelson Lermond
10.50
R. J. Sargent
12.75
W. L. Leigher
3.00
R. H. Austin
15.00
9
W. H. Bowman 24.00 Simon Turner 18.75
Chas. E. Overlock
13.80
Carl Folsom
6 00
E. A. Enslin
16.83
Fred Jones
32.00
J. E. Pardoe
1.50
J. R. Danforth
22.50
Eugene Skinner
4.50
Ralph Hibbert
6.75
W. D. Decoster
3.00
Rob't Cargill
16.20
F. L. Nash
17.25
Chas. E. Savage
20.00
Thomas Levensaler
8.50
H. M. Lenfest
4.50
W. O. Luce
3.50
F. A. Hannan
3.00
A. G. Sukeforth
14.00
Chas. Savage
1.75
Geo. Turner
15.00
Delbert Brann
3.00
Freeman Kennedy
7.66
Joseph Turner
1.50
J. E. Cargill
:50
Ralph Hibbert
2.25
W. F. Hatch
24.00
Emery Turner
1.50
Wm. Jones
3.00
10
Chas. Vanner
45.79
A. C. Vanner
3.50
6.40
Wm. Jackson
6.00
Sanford Jones
8.75
Fred Folsom
11.25
Chas. Everitt
6.75
Josiah Sukeforth
22.83
D. D. Weaver
18.33
H. J. Moore
6.66
H. B. Overlock
.75
Wm. Jackson
3.75
Cyrus Jones
5.00
John A. Sukeforth
15.33
Chas. Everitt
6.00
Fred Folsom
7.50
Clarence Moore
11.25
Peter Jones
2.25
Geo. S. Achorn
10.90
Rodolphus Sukeforth
9.00
Edward Pierpont
38.50
H. B. Overlock
1.50
Sidney Humes
3.50
Sanford Jones
19.25
Albert Ripley
6.00
James Jones
6.75
George Light
7.50
Delbert Turner
10.50
A. W. Sidelinger
9.00
11
G. L. Sprague
7.95
J. B. Howard
2.50
H. H. Clark
4.50
11.33
D. D. Weaver 66
14.00
Chas. Finn
10.92
F O. Bowes
8.75
James Pinkham
1.50
Chas. H. Savage
3.60
W. A. Humes
1.42
E. A. Enslin '
1.50
Sidney Humes
---
3.00
A. D. McDonald
31.97
. B. H. Lincoln
28.92
Freeman Light
14.00
G. F. Peaslee
4.95
Ralph Peaslee
5.10
E. A. Leigher
3.75
Roswell Pinkham
3.60
W. E. Cramer
21.00
M. E. Cramer
15.00
L. H. Cramer
15.50
A. O. Sherman
5.00
A. L. Moore
6.00
Frank Folsom
2.70
E. W. Cramer
19.50
A. C. Vanner
4.00
Alton Wellman
7.50
Clarence Moore
4.00
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12
Orace Weaver
22.33
Cyrus Jones 1.50
M. B. Marr
6.25
E. W. Cramer
19.50
G. M. Hibbert
10.81
L. L. Morton
22.90
James Jones
3.00
A. E. Morton
10.50
John Glidden
11.00
Abner Hill
13.50
Chas. Sukeforth
14.10
W. M. Staples
21.75
N. B. Doe
9.00
G. L. Bryant
9.75
Ernest Wellman
17.00
W. W. Light
15.50
G. W. Rhoades
17.83
Merle Sidelinger
11.25
S. T. Overlock
1.50
L. F. Merrifield
19.75
Earle Marson
20.75
Edson Wellman
12.00.
H. H. Brown
14.58
Geo. Kennedy
4.50
J. W. Jones
1.50
Chas. E. Savage
9.50
H. N. Chaplin
3.75
A. L. Moore
5.00
Freeman Light
4.50
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Manley Pierpont
9.00
W. M. Prescott
2.00
O. M. Turner
2.00
H. H. Brown
.75
Everett Pinkham
1.25
Fred Jones
9.65
C. E. Jones
8.25
J. A. Grotton
10.00
Arthur E. Johnston, gravel
3.65
plank
11.65
labor
13.50
P. A. Crooker
21.50
A. G. Sukeforth, gravel 1913
2.60
1914
3.50
M. E. Cramer
4.50
E. E. Prescott
17.80
E. C. Campbell
3.00
O. F. Bowes
1.00
E. A. Leigher
6.75
C. E. Bartlett
13.20
A. O. Sherman
1.00
Wm. F. Hatch
2.00
C. C. Rivers
10.48
Geo. Miller
3.00
E. A. Cunningham
8.41
F. C. Rockwell
3.35
F. L. Ludwig
20.90
Elvin Cramer
3.00
Leroy Cunningham
5.91
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H. H. Clark
.75
A. F. Counce
6.00
John W. Overlock 3.00
H. A. Howes 6.00
J. C. Howes
23.00
Everett Cunningham
1.50
I. C. Powell
12.77
Lawrence Christianson
6.00
F. A. Hannan
2.25
Geo. Weaver
.75
R. J. Bowley
16.15
A. F. Counce
.75
Martin Leigher
2.75
Elmer Jones
3.00
Chas. E. Vanner
4.75
30.60
Fred Folsom
3.50
Melvin Bartlett 1913
1.50
J. F. Davis
6.00
Mrs. V. Carpenter, gravel
1.50
W. E. Morse, gravel etc.
2.65 .
W. R. Walter, clay
2.67
John and Alden Bornheimer, clay
5.33
B. K. Ware
2.00
Sanford Jones
6.00
M. B. Marr
1.50
Total
$2157.07
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Included in the above is $178.25 expended for mainten- ance of state aid higl: ways, of which amount the State furnished $103,-no appropriation by town. Of the bal- ance, $39.32 was paid for bills previous to 1914. Expended by W. E. Deering in west section of town
$844.89
By Jesse Overlock in east section
1094.61
Appropriation 1600.00
Overexpenditure
339.50
$1939.50
ORDERS DRAWN FOR SNOW BILLS
A. F. Nash
$11.66
Clark Dearborn
15.38
W. C. Boynton
.71
Chas. E. Overlock
.45
F. A. Hannan
5.25
E. E. Prescott
11.33
Lawrence Christianson
4.80
A. D. McDonald
16.20
Alden Weaver
1.08
Geo. Cramer
2.75
O. C. Weaver
5.00
W. L. Leigher
2.10
G. M. Hibbert
11.22
Wm. Wellman
3.00
Edson Wellman
8.16
Angelo Howard
1.33
Jesse Overlock
1.00
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L. D. Cargill
8.50
F. W. Babb
2.33
H. N. Chaplin
2.10
James Cargill
7.50
A. L. Moore
9.88
Edward Light
.90
Freeman Light
7 05
Elmer Jones
4.50
. J. R. Danforth
1.50
Geo. Light
3.33
Algenon Austin
4.00
Perley Overlock
4.05
W. H. Bowman
7.95
L. M. Keene
1.80
G. L. Sprague
5.50
Freeman Kennedy
5.03
H. B. Cunningham
.91
Geo. Turner
5.05
Nelson Lermond
4.50
Fred Jones
7.33
C. E. Vanner
4.20
Orla Johnston
7.00
F. O. Bowes
8.33
G. F. Peaslee
2.83
Ralph Peaslee
3.16
W. E. Overlock
1.95
Earle Marson
4.33
J. F. Bryant
1.00
E. A. Leigher
1.65
Geo. Rhodes
4.41
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James Belden F. W. Cramer
6.30
4.50
W. E. Cramer
1.20
Geo Bryant
3.15
Simon Turner
6.30
Ralph Luce
3.33
A. F. McDonald
2.25
G. O. Gentner
.41
F. W. Cunningham
3.30
Emery Turner
1.95
Ralph Hibbert
6.50
A. G. Sukeforth
3.60
Robert Cargill
11.85
. John Sukeforth
2.33
Birdell Hibbert
3.60
Sanford Jones
14.88
Geo. Achorn
1.33
Chas. Sukeforth
2.24
H. B. Overlock
1.17
Frank Nash
4.83
Thomas Levensaler
4.24
Clarence Moore
5.50
W. M. Prescott
5.00
Sidney Kaler
4.08
M. B. Marr
9.50
Manley Pierpont
3,68
C. L. Finn
3.44
Hartwell Keene
3.76
Delbert Turner
11.70
E. A. Enslin
2.58
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M. E. Cramer
4.75
Leroy Cunningham
5.55
H. J. Moore
11.70
L. H. Cramer
5.41
W. M. Staples
4.80
Geo. Kennedy
3.40
J. W. Jones
2.33
Chas. E. Savage
16.67
E. C Light
2.85
A. W. Sidelinger
1.67
J. A. Grotton
4.00
Arthur E. Johnston
8.68
P. A. Crooker
.83
Wm. Jackson
1.41
H. M. Lenfest
1
5.00
Allen Ripley
1.06
F. L. Sukeforth
1.17
L. L Morton
7.56
J. S. Glidden
5.62
R. J. Bowley
4.79
C. E. Bartlett
9.22
Wm. F. Hatch
3.00
John W. Overlock
2.55
C. C. Rivers
4.91
Chas. Edgecomb
1.20
Geo. Miller
1.00
Alonzo Brown
2.45
E. A. Cunningham
1.83
C. L. Cramer
5.83
F. L. Ludwig
2.25
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Melvin Bartlett J. F. Davis
1.80
1.50
George Hanson 1911-12
2.10
George W. Gove
1910-11
5.00
517.33
Appropriation
$400
Overexpenditure
117.33
$517.33
ORDERS DRAWN FOR SUPPORT OF COMMON SCHOOLS
Teachers-Spring Term
Harriet Johnston, Mountain
$63.00
Leola Choate, Branch
72.00
Lola Powell, McDowell
72.00
Viola Carter, W. Washington
72.00
Josephine Overlock, Razorville
72.00
Pauline Pierpont, Hodge
72.00
Mabel Turner, Village
72.00
$495.00
Teachers-Fall Term
John L. Howard, Mountain
$63.00
Viola J. Carter, Branch
72.00
Maurice Brann, McDowell
72.00
Minnie A. Turner, W. Washington
72.00
Josephine Overlock, Razorville
72.00
Pauline Pierpont, Hodge
72.00
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Alice Wellman, Village
72.00
$495.00
Teachers-Winter Term
Ruth E. Kane, Mountain
$63.00
John L. Howard, Branch
72.00
Josephine Overlock, McDowell
72.00
Josie Mears, Razorville
72.00
Pauline Pierpont, Hodge
72.00
Blanche Kaler, Village
72.00
$423.00
Maude Fuller, McDowell, 1913
16.00
$429.00
Conveyance
Mountain, 1913
$ 3.30
Village
54.00
McDowell,
94.50
Hodge, 1913
27.00
$178.80
Wood
Alonzo Farrar
$ 1.00
B. R. Sidelinger
8.00
W. E. Deering
10.00
C. C. Rivers
.75
M. B. Marr
9:50
H. M. Lenfest
8.00
C. E. Overlock
1.50
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B. R. Sidelinger
1.00
J. F. Davis
6.00
$45.75
Tuition, Liberty, 1911-12-13
$77.63
Tuition, Liberty, 1914
18.00
Tuition, Somerville
24.94
$1774.12
Overexpenditure 1913
322.40
$2096.52
State school fund and mill tax
$706.76
State common school fund
510.30
Appropriation of town
600.00
Daggett school fund
66.50
Overexpenditure 1914
212.06
$2096.52
Orders Drawn for Free High School
Stanley I French, salary Ambrose Nichols
$183.34
50.00
66
50.00
٠٠
120.00
70.00
$473.34
Fuel
14.00
$487.34
Unexpended March 1, 1914
$183.33
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Appropriation 1914 Due from State Unexpended Feb. 25, 1915
200.00
366.67
262.66
$750.00
$750.00
Tuition in Secondary Schools
Paid tuition of Hazel Lenfest, Augusta
$10.00
No appropriation
Orders Drawn for School Text-Books
B. H. Sanborn & Co. $ 6.04
5.11
D. H. Knowlton & Co. .95
American Book Co.
95.32
D. C. Heath & Co.
1.43
Edw. Babb & Co.
.50
Ginn & Co.
5.04
Freight and cartage
3.42
$120.85
Appropriation
$100.00
Overexpenditure
20.85
120.85
Orders Drawn for Repairs and Supplies
C. C. Rivers, repairs W. Washington
$13.44
Branch
7 82
Hodge
5 51
Branch
2.25
broom
.35
;
Educational Supply Co.
3.04
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Cleaning schoolhouses® 15.50 E. A. Sidelinger, lumber .. 4.57
Sidney Humes, shingles
5.62
H. E. Sukeforth, labor
13.75
B. R. Sidelinger, labor and material
30.14
C. E. Vanner, repairs
1.20
Emery Turner, repairs
1.25
Ambrose Nichols, repairs
.78
W. E. Deering, repairs
1.94
H. E. Sukeforth, repairs, Branch
2 5G
H. M. Lenfest, painting blackboards
3.00
F. L. Ludwig, repairs
2.00
W. E. Cramer, carting
3.15
James Cargill, grading, Branch
3.00
A. D. McDonald, ..
3.00
H. J. Moore,
10.50
L. D. Cargill,
1.50
M. G. Pitcher,
6.90
W. E. Cramer,
3.00
Burtelle Sidelinger, supplies
.60
H. M. Lenfest,
1.00
J. D. Clark, ٤٠
.35
H. B. Kaler,
13:75
L. T. Marr,
1.44
S. C. Pierpont, use of playground
5.00
$164.81
Appropriation
$200.00
Unexpended Feb. 25, 1915
35.19
$200.00
$200.00
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ORDERS DRAWN TO PAY TOWN CHARGES
Jesse Overlock, services as selectman, etc.
$92.95
Postage 1.93
Arthur E. Johnston, "
41.00
W. E. Deering ..
56 88
Jesse Overlock ..
at road com'r 78.22
W. E. Deering
82.75
W. F. Hatch
town clerk
5.00
F. Light
" treasurer
30.00
Postage
F. Light, on acc't services as collector 1913
10.00
W. O. Luce
1914 221.12
F. L. Ludwig
..
Supt. of schools 65.00
Postage, etc
6.50
H. M. Lenfest
" as member of school board 1.50
C. C. Rivers
3.75
B. R. Sidelinger ..
..
1.00
W. L. Leigher ..
truant officer 7.00
W. M. Staples
constable 1.36
W. O. Luce .
،، 2.00
B. K. Ware sexton 1913-14
10.00
L. D. Cargill, services as policeman
16.00
Sidney Humes, selectman 1913
8.41
W. E. Overlock, ballot clerk
3.00
J. F. Bryant ..
3.00
E. C. Light, election clerk 3.00
Sidney Humes,
3.00
Wm. F. Hatch, vital statistics
6.75
B. H. Keller .75
3.00
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S. C. Pierpont
3.00
A. W. Nash
4.75
P. A. Crooker ..
1.50
G. H. Coombs
.50
C. B. Hoit
.75
Newell White, reports 1913 24.47
Loring Short & Harmon, stationery
10.10
W. O. Luce, repairs road machine 16.72
W. M. Prescott
.75
H. B. Kaler, grease
.30
L. T. Marr,
",
.10
Town of Waldoboro. 2nd hand road machine
10.00
Chas. Edgecomb, watering tub 1913-14
3.00
- Mrs. J. C. Cramer
..
1914
3.00
A. L. Grotton, watering tub
3.00
Tax on land in Union
3.45
Set of weights and measures
74.30
Freight on same
3.00
Fence on land in Union
2.00
Burial of soldiers
105.00
Sheep killed by dogs
12.00
Expense of Nellie Maddocks guardianship matter
20.00
" commitment to asylum, G. B. Luce 17.72
$1084.28
Appropriation 800.
Due from State 117.
Overexpenditure 167.28
$1084.28
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ORDERS DRAWN FOR SUPPORT OF POOR
Ray E. Dawson
$79.73
Chas. Bowman and family
33.56
W. C. Boynton, rent
15.00
Edw. Kenney
30.62
Walter Williams
40.50
James Fitch and family
70.24
Daughter of Chas. Palmer
56.25
$325.90
Cr.
Paid by town of Jefferson
$30.62
Liberty
56.25
86.87
Appropriation
$300.00
Unexpended
60.97
$300.00
ORDERS DRAWN FOR EXTERMINATION OF BROWN-TAIL MOTHS
A. F. Counce
$38.63
Daniel Weaver
33.00
N. B. Doe
5.25
A. F. Nash
1.50
A. F. Counce
9.75
N. B. Doe
9.75
E. E. Prescott
44.91
$239.03
27
Earle Marson
5.00
Hamilton Brown
5.88
Lawrence Christianson
6.00
Edson Wellman
8.00
Daniel Weaver
1.50
H. N. Chaplin
6.00
W. M. Prescott
1.50
H. B. Cunningham
13.50
Orla Johnston
6.00
F. O. Bowes
2.33
Newell White, notices
4.50
E. E. Prescott
3.07
C. E. Bartlett
2.25
Edson Wellman
1.16
Lawrence Christianson
4.50
Simon Turner
.75
Arthur E. Johnston
2.25
J. R. Danforth
.50
$217.48
Unexpended
219.57
$437.05
Appropriation
$400.00
Collected of real estate owners
37.05
437.05
ABATEMENTS
W. O. Luce on commitment of 1914 R. F. & F. F. Seavey, overvaluation $ 8.75
28
Ellsworth Achorn, out of town
3.00
Susan Bragg, vote of town 12.25
Clarence Benner, paid in Waldoboro
3.00
Mary Cunningham, poor
3.75
Harry Edgecomb, paid in Appleton
5.50
James Fitch, poor and sick
7.66
Mrs. Jos. Hisler, vote of town
10.00
John Marr, heirs
9.38
James Malley, whereabouts unknown
3.00
Frank Varney
25.50
Walter Williams, dead
1.00
L. B. Dorman, paid in Rockland
3.00
G. A. Jones, real estate sold
1.87
97.66
F. Light on Commitment 1910-11-12-13
Edward Edwards 1910, old and poor
$ 3.00
1911
3.00
1912
3.00
66
1913
66
3.00
E. L. Bryant, 1912, bankrupt
17.75
1913,
29.17
James Fitch 1913, poor and sick
7.55
66.47
Total
$164.13
No appropriation
SUMMARY OF ORDERS DRAWN
Highways and bridges 1913
$39.32
1914
1939.50
29
1
Maintenance state aid highways
178.25
Snow bills
517.33
Common schools
1774.12
High school
437.34
Tuition to secondary schools
10.00
Text books
120.85
Repairs and supplies
164.81
Town charges
1084.28
Support of poor
325.90
Brown-tail moths
217.48
Abatements
164.13
Town deht
668.78
$7692.09
FINANCIAL STATEMENT Liabilities
- Outstanding 41/2 % orders
2056 03
Interest due on same
293.01
Outstanding 6 % orders
1270.00
Interest due on same
33.47
Due high school fund
262.66
Due F. Light, Collector 1913
5.00
Due W. O. Luce 1914
6.89
Outstanding orders for current expenses
304.51
$4230.57
Resources
Cash in treasury
123.46
Tax deeds
301.50
30
Due from State, high school
tuition
366.67 6.67
" soldiers' burial
105.00
" sheep killed by dogs
12.00
6.
F. Light, Collector 1909
2.91
..
1910
6.30
1911
4.30
1912
51.03
1913
71.12
W. O. Luce, Collector 1914
229.82
Real estate in Union
125.00
$1405.78
Town debt
$2824.79
LIST OF UNPAID TAXES
1909
Robert Lukeforth
$2.91
1910
O. W. Poland
6.30
Geo. Ruck
1.30
Harry Thomas
3.00
4.30
1912
Anthony Brown
.96
Simeon Bryant
3.00
Corydon Campbell
7.99
Pearl Hibbert
3.92
James W. Jones
3.68
:
1911
1
.
31
Nils Knutson O. W. Poland E. L. Skinner
19.38
3.00
7.95
Mrs. W. F. Tobey
1.15
$51.03
1913
A. Austin
7.30
J. A. Clark
7.50
E. A. Enslin
.65
James Fitch
7.55
Minnie E. Hamm
11.70
Pearl Hibbert
5.02
Laforest Hannan
1.50
James W. Jones
.90
Mrs. Daniel Jones
2.29
Harry Miller
5.06
O. W. Poland
3.00
Allen Ripley
4.35
E. L. Skinner
2.52
Henry Jones' heirs
2.03
S. J. Gushee heirs
1.68
Murray Benner
4.05
Mrs. W. S. Tobev
1.13
Cleveland Hisler
2.98
$71.21
1914
A. N. Sprague
11.63
C. E. Peabody
3.75
Shepard Buber
2.63
E. L. Bryant
7.50
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Mrs. Sam'l Cargill estate
5.50
J. A. Clarke
16.50
Alden Doe
11.71
Clark Dearborn
5.65
Frank Edgecomb
15.15
Edward Edwards
3.00
H. E. Farrar
4.50
J. W. Farrar
14.38
. A. L. Grotton
2.40
Geo. W. Gove
13.80
Pearl Hibbert
8.63
Fred Hannan
9.88
Laforest Hannan
3.88
Cleveland Hisler
5.75
Cyrus Jones
6.25
Thomas Levensaler
14.02
H. B. Overlock
2.97
I. C. Powell
18.80
Ira Turner
3.00
L. E. Skinner
8.01
J. F. Burns
3.75
Murray Benner
4.50
R. Burns
90
S. J. Gushee estate
1.25
Henry Jones heirs
2.25
G. B. Luce
10.00
33 -
G. B. Robinson heirs W. S. Tobey Chas. Phillips
1.88
1
1.35
4.75
$229.82
Total
$365.57
Respectfully submitted,
JESSE OVERLOCK, ARTHUR E. JOHNSTON, W. E. DEERING,
Selectmen of Washington.
Washington, Feb. 25, 1915 ...
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Treasurer's Report
Received from State, refunded dog licenses
$ 32.33
66 Fred Babb, tax deeds 20.00
W. F. Hatch, hoop poles
2.60
H. L. Turner, gdn., Mrs. C. Maddocks tax deeds
132.68
Effie Hill, tax deeds
29.36
Town of Jefferson,
30.62
W. O. Luce, on tax of 1914
7370.96
W. E. Deering, from State
99.25
F. Light, 66
38.00
60
Jesse Overlock,
37.50
school mill fund
706.76
common schools
510.30
free high school
356.66
66
Town of Liberty
56.25
Murray Benner, tax deed
9.39
Rosewell Ware,
13.62
Jesse Overlock, sale of barn on Kavanaugh place 25.00
Fred Ludwig, tuition high school
35,35
money hired of Mrs. P. G. Ingalls
200.00
W. E. Deering
100.00
66 dog tax
35.00
State pensions
569.00
Jesse Overlock, house on Kavanaugh
35
place 8.00
same, hay on Kavanangh place 5.00
same, hay on Packard place
8.00
Town of Union,
6.00
F. Light, on tax 1910-11-12-13 690.07
$11127.70
Paid
On interest bearing orders
$1139.07
Interest on same
168.15
State pensions
569.00
Dog tax
34.00
County tax
367.37
State tax
1211.73
Current expenses
7307.72
Mrs. P. G. Ingalls town order
208.20
$11005.24
Cash in treasury
$121.46
Outstanding 41/2% orders
2056.03
6 %
1470.00
Accrued interest on same
333.68
Due from F. Light, Col. 1909
2.91
1910
6.30
.. " 1911
4.30
66
" 1912
51.03
1
" 1913
71.04
W. O. Luce, Col. 1914
229.82
304.51
Outstanding orders not on interest Due F. Light
5.00
36
Due W. O. Luce
6.89
Tax deeds
301.50
Real estate in Union
125.00
Due from State, soldiers' burial
105.00
Due from State, sheep killed by dogs
12.00
$5206.47
Due F. Light last settlement $15.24
All of which is respectfully submitted
F. LIGHT,
Treasurer of Washington
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Superintendent's Report
In accordance with the laws of the State I herewith present my report of the condition of the schools of Wash- ington.
In submitting this report I feel it necessary to call the at- tention of parents to the need of better attendance of chil- dren to school. While the attendance "on the whole has been good there are instances of negligence.
The regular attendance of a pupil awakens and holds the interest to a remarkable degree, while desultory at- tendance breeds a discontent with school life and results in the loss of any desire they may have of acquiring some sort . of an education.
Every scholar in town ought to at least graduate from the high school. " It is a splendid opportunity for the youths of this town, and preparation for entering must be made through work and regular attendance at the com- mon school.
I feel that the high school has been a notable success and should improve with each year as it gains in prestige, and acquires the necessary reference books and apparatus to work with.
Our principal Mr. Nichols has proved himself a capable instructor and disciplinarian and I believe it is not "out of place here to recommend to the next' school board that he be retained if possible another year. :
I have endeavored to get the best teachers possible for
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the common schools.
The advancement made by the scholars the past year has been very noticeable and speaks well for the' teaching force
This town is fortunate in having residing in the town some excellent teachers, and I have seldom found an excuse for going out of town for teachers, although I have not hes- itated in doing so when necessary and to secure efficient teachers.
All the teachers employed since the enactment of the new law have held State certificates, except two.
Some of the recommendations made last year have borne fruit. The little details of repairs if promptly attended to as they occur effects a saving and makes for better schools. In this work the 1914 school board have done good service. Next year the building occupied by the Village school should be enlarged, as it certainly is not a fit place to crowd 15 to 20 children and expect good results. If any think thisis un- necessary I would advise a visit to the school when in session on a hot June day. The enlargement of this building should receive the attention of the 1915 school board.
It seems to me that an effort should be made to lengthen the school year. For several years past we have had but 26 weeks of school, which is the minimum requirement of the law.
Two hundred dollars was saved this year by the school committee curtailing the expense of conveying scholars. This sum is sufficient, at the present wages to teachers, to add 4 weeks to our school year.
Three hundred sixty-nine dollars was overdrawn last year, which was deducted from this year's fund, making it
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impossible to have 30 weeks of school this year.
It will be necessary to purchase large geographies, arith- metics, spellers and 4th and 5th readers for use the coming year.
COMMON SCHOOL FUND
Amount raised by town
600.00
State common school fund
510.30
State school mill tax
706.76
Int. on Daggett school fund
66.50
$1883.56
Overexpended in 1914
369.55
Available
$1514.01
Expenditures
Tuition to Liberty 1911-12-13
77.63
Somerville .
24.94
66
Augusta
10.00
Liberty 1914
18.00
Conveying pupils, McDowell
94.50
village
54.00
Fuel
45.75
For teaching spring term
495.00
fall term
495.00
66
winter term
423.00
Total
$1737.82
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HIGH SCHOOL FUND
Amount raised by town
200.00
Due from State
11 .366.67
Rec'd for tuition to date
: 55.50
$622.17
Expended for Instruction
Ambrose Nichols, fall term
220.00
winter term 146.67
Due. Mr Nichols at end of vear
183,33
Fuel
14.00
$564.00
wks. no. pupils av. at. wages per wk.
High
S Fall term 12 23 20.7
$18.331/3
Winter " 8
22 18.9
same
School 1 Spring " 10
begin March 8 same
Union Superintendence
The school committee of two or more towns having under their care an aggregate of not less than 20 or more than 50 schools may unite in the employment of a superin- tendent of schools. A union thus formed receives State aid to the extent that 2/3 of the superintendent's salary is paid by the State to the limit of $800 annually.
The main object of this law is to give the smaller towns advantages enjoyed by the larger towns and cities, and there are already about 300 towns that have availed them- selves of its advantages.
While a local superintendent may be entirely qualified to hold the office and may labor conscientiously and effectively
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for the schools, he cannot devote his entire time to the duties of the office as a superintendent of a union can and must and for which he receives a salary commensurate with their duties. If a satisfactory union can be formed I do not think it would cost much more than at present for the superin- tending of our schools. I believe this town should avail itself of the advantages offered by this law.
School
Term
Teacher
Weeks No. Pupils ' Av. at. Wages
per Wk
Village
Winter, Blanche Kaler
9
10
14 -
8
Hodge
Fall 6
6 .
9
23
19
8
Winter, ..
9
22
19
8
Razorville
(Spring, Josephine Overlock 9 Fall, 9 66
17
15.3
8
Winter, Josie Mears
9
15
12
8
(Spring, Leola Choate
9
12
11
8
Branch
Fall, Viola Carter
9
11
10
8
Winter, John Howard
9
14
11.7
8
(Spring, Viola Carter
9
12
9
8
W. Wash'n
Fall, Minnie Turner
9
11
8
8
[Spring, Harriet Johnston
9
10
8.4
7
Mountain
Fall, John Howard
9
11
8.2
7
Winter, Edith Kane
9
11
8.6
7
(Spring. Lolie Powell
9
18
16.7
8
McDowell
¿ Fall, Maurice Brann
9
18
15
8
Winter, Josephine Overlock 9 -
14
11.5
8
9
19
18
1 $8
Spring, Mabel Turner Fall, Alice Wellman
9
21
19
8
Spring, Pauline Pierpont
9
27
21
8
16
12.5
C
Respectfully submitted FRFD L. LUDWIG,
Supt. of Schools
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Report of School Committee
TEXT BOOK ACCOUNT Appropriation $100
Expended-
American Book Co.
98.36
Benj. Sanborn & Co. 6.04
D. H. Knowlton & Co.
.95
D. A. Heath & Co.
1.43
Educational Supply Co.
5.11
Ginn & Co.
5.04
E. E. Babb & Co.
.50
Express and cartage on books
3.42
$120.85
Overdrawn $20.85
REPAIRS AND SUPPLIES Appropriation $200
Expended- Cleaning school houses
15.50
General supplies and repairs
142.87
$158.37
Balance unexpended
$41.63
Respectfully submitted, H. M. LENFEST, C. C. RIVERS, B. E. SIDELINGER.
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