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Annual Report
Castle Hill
1930-1931
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Municipal Officers
OF THE
Town of Castle Hill
FOR THE
Year Ending March 1
1931
Advertiser Print, Norway, Maine
1931
Town Officers
SELECTMEN, ASSESSORS and OVERSEERS OF POOR
G. M. Smith Thos. P. Churchill M. S. Dudley
CLERK C. C. Porter
TREASURER H. W. Thompson
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
P. F. Ellis Thos. P. Churchill F. M. Dudley
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS Elmer H. Webber
COLLECTORS OF TAXES H. B. Reed, 1927-1928 Books H. W. Thompson, 1929-1930 Books
ROAD COMMISSIONER James E. Ellis
BOARD OF HEALTH
G. M. Smith
A. M. Hilton F. E. Tarr
FIRE INSPECTOR
F. E. Tarr
AUDITOR OF ACCOUNTS P. F. Ellis
Report of Assessors
VALUATION OF THE TOWN OF CASTLE HILL, APRIL 1, 1930
Value of real estate, resident .... $202,290 00 Value of real estate, non-resident. 68,817 00
Total real estate. $271,107 00
Value of personal estate, resident. $30,837 00 Value of personal estate, non-resident .
Total value of personal estate $30,837 00
Total value of personal and real estate .$301,944 00
Total value of land. .$178,800 00
Total value of buildings
$ 92,307 00
ITEMIZED LIST OF PERSONAL PROPERTY
No. Av. Val. Total Val.
Horses
192 $109 35 $20,995 00
Colts 3 to 4 yrs ... . 1 50 00
50 00
Colts, 2 to 3 yrs .. . 1 40 00 40 00
Colts under 2 yrs .. 1 20 00
20 00
Cows
158
25 47
4,025 00
Oxen
1
40 00
40 00
3-year-olds
9 20 22
182 00
Total value $25,352 00
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EXEMPT LIVE STOCK AND POULTRY
No. Av. Val. Total Val.
1-year-olds 33 $10 15 $335 00
Sheep to 35 in number 163 5 15 830 00
Swine to 10 in num. 70
8 01 561 00
Poultry to 50 in num. 1394
50 697 00
Total value.
$2,423 00
OTHER KINDS OF PERSONAL PROPERTY
No.
Value
Stock in trade
$ 300 00
Tractors 13
1,850 00
Gas engines 27
1,305 00
Musical instruments 18
1,100 00
Radios
14 780 00
Black foxes
6 150 00
Total amount.
$5,485 00
Amount of livestock and brought forward.
25,332 00
Total amount of personal property .
.$30,837 00
LIST OF ASSESSMENTS
Highway and bridges $1,800 00
Three town state aid road. 2,665 00
Common schools.
4,000 00
Text books. 475 00
Repairs and appliances 1,200 00
Town officers' salaries 1,500 00
Incidental expenses
1,000 00
Interest and insurance
1,700 00
Support of poor 1,500 00
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Memorial Day.
10 00
Suppression of T. B.
25 00
Mapleton Fire Dept.
100 00
Advertise Maine.
5 00
Castle Hill cemetery
100 00
State aid road maintenance.
150 00
Third class road maintenance
160 00
Special appropriation road
McDonald
100 00
Special appropriation Smith road .. 150 00
High school tuition
1,600 00
State tax.
2,429 79
County tax.
628 15
School fund interest
38 83
Overlay on assessments.
210 31
Total assessments $21,547 08
Excise tax.
929 59
Supplemental tax
282 30
Total
$22,758 97
REPORT OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Cr.
By amount assessed. $4,000 00
State school fund. 2,376 08
School fund interest assessed. 38 83
Interest on R. R. bonds 120 00
Equalization fund. 196 00
High school tuition
1,600 00
$8,330 91
Overdrawn high school tuition, 1930 201 97
Overdrawn common schools, 1930. .
309 87
Available
$7,819 07
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Dr.
Orders drawn, teachers' wages :
Caroline C. Folger. $704 00
Ruth M. Folger. 851 00
Theo P. Craig. 265 00
F. Margaret Cook. 300 00
Delia M. Tarr 967 60
Mattie E. Knapp 84 00
Louise D. Crory
286 00
Gladys P. Smith 189 00
Alma Gardiner 473 00
Violet Gregg 460 00
Evelyn McPherson 483 00
Eva B. McPherson. 592 60
Rebecca Churchill.
132 00
School wood :
Percy Mclellan $120 00
H. W. Thompson 74 00
J. O. Ellis. 14 00
D. A. McDonald. 38 25
Thos. Porter 53 00
Sterling MeLellan 8 00
Fred Randell.
72 00
Peter Richardson 26 50
C. C. Porter
19 00
Janitors :
Mrs. James Richardson. $ 1 50
Sterling Mclellan 12 50
Mrs. Fred Randell. 11 00
Mrs. Everett Smith
2 00
$5,787 20
$424 75
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Harold Ryder. 2 00
Mrs. Andrew Mclellan 5 00
Mrs. Scott Turner 6 00
Malcolm Thompson 3 00
Willard Richardson 1 00
Mrs. Norris Wood 8 00
Delmont Wood. 3 50
Fred Randell 5 00
Mrs. James Richardson
2 50
$63 00
High school tuition :
Paid town of Mapleton.
$1,384 50
Paid town of Washburn.
396 00
$1,780 50
Total orders drawn.
$8,055 46
Overdrawn, March 1, 1931.
236 38
$7,819 07
TEXT BOOK ACCOUNT
Cr.
By amount assessed.
$475 00
Overdrawn, March 1, 1930
5 20
Amount available
$469 80
Dr.
American Book Co.
$ 25 44
The Papercrafters Co. 34 65
World Book Co. 17 30
Ginn & Co.
126 21
F. L. Hamilton 5 25
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Ryan & Buker 7 00
Row, Patterson & Co. 28 84
Maine Public Health Asso.
1 39
D. C. Heath Co.
9 76
Houghton, Mifflin Co. 8 10
Scott Foresman Co. 38 96
The Arlo Pub. Co .. 8 55
Kenney Bros. & Wolkins 31 49
The MacMillan Co.
118 02
Charles Scribner & Son.
10 04
$471 00
Overdrawn, March 1, 1931
1 20
$469 80
SCHOOLHOUSE REPAIRS AND APPLIANCES
Cr.
By amount assessed. $1,200 00
Wm. Henery, for furnace 30 00
Fred Randall, for stove. 5 00
P. F. Ellis, for paper
2 10
$1,237 10
Overdrawn, March 1, 1930
9 96
Amount available
$1,227 14
Dr.
P. F. Ellis. $ 76 50
Percy Mclellan, lumber 21 28
Kenney Bros. & Wolkins, heaters 319 75
H. D. Collins, lumber 54 55
Peter Richardson, trucking 10 00
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Mrs. Paul Estabrook, board. 16 00
A. L. Flannigan, trucking.
6 45
W. E. Belyea, furnace and supplies .. 349 23
O. K. Story & Co., supplies. 96 31
Mapleton Supply Co., supplies 10 74
Thos. Churchill, lumber 17 95
K. N. Churchill, labor
14 00
M. N. Churchill, labor 30 00
L. H. Kennedy, labor 196 00
Wallace Boyles 1 00
Joseph DeRoche
44 50
Cecil Smith. 20 00
Scott Turner, labor
8 00
Andrew Mclellan, labor
5 75
Philip Joe, labor. 3 50
J. L. Hammett Co., supplies 58 66
N. S. McGee, supplies.
9 25
John Redikeo, trucking
2 50
Total
.$1,381 92
Overdrawn, March 1, 1931 154 78
Amount available
$1,227 14
Report of Overseers of Poor
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Dr.
By amount assessed.
$1,500 00
Used from 1930 excise tax 929 59
Total
$2,429 59
Overdrawn, March 1, 1930.
847 97
Amount available
$1,581 62
Cr
Account of Harold Holmes' family :
Town of Presque Isle. .$415 41
Account of James Porter :
D. A. McDonald, board
$158 43
W. E. Belyea, clothing
36 20
B. S. Green, clothing
7 00
$201 63
Account Ray Turner :
Dr. L. L. Thirault.
$
12 00
Account of Mrs. Godlow :
Dr. Hagerthy
.$
25 00
Account Bert McPherson :
Town of Stetson, supplies.
$134 00
Town of Dixmont, supplies
176 49
$ 310 49
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Account of Albert Ireland :
Paid town of Benton, supplies $1,107 58
Account of Kenneth Holmes :
Paid Rosa Archer for board $ 75 00
Total orders drawn $2,157 11
Overdrawn, March 1, 1931
575 49
$1,581 62
MOTHERS' AID ACCOUNT
Cr.
Amount unexpended, March 1, 1930 $345 00
No orders drawn.
Balance $345 00
STATE AID ROAD ACCOUNT
Cr.
Appropriated by town, Section 18 .. $ 533 00
Appropriated by town, Section 21 .. 2,132 00
Apportioned by state, Section 20 .. 1,066 00 Apportioned by state, Section 21 ... 8,528 00
Unexpended balance, 1929 27 17
Joint fund. $12,286 17
Dr.
Expended as follows : No. 3 state aid road, 6300 feet built. Labor $10,111 01
Materials
2,134 15
Total cost of work. $12,245 16
Unexpended balance
41 01
$12,286 17
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THIRD CLASS ROAD ACCOUNT
Cr.
Apportioned by state. .$783 23
Expended as follows :
600 feet of road built.
Cost of labor.
$700 82
Cost of materials
139 20
Total cost of work. .$840 02
Overdrawn
56 79
$783 23 STATE AID MAINTENANCE ACCOUNT, SECTION 17
Cr.
By amount assessed. $150 00
Received from state 24 00
Amount available
$174 00
Dr
J. E. Ellis, labor $22 00
Philip Joe, labor 24 50
Alfred Chandler, labor 24 50
Fern Johnson, trucking.
84 00
P. F. Ellis, 263 yards gravel at 15c ... 39 45
$194 45
Overdrawn, March 1, 1931
20 45
$174 00
THIRD CLASS MAINTENANCE ACCOUNT
Cr.
Amount assessed $160 00
3
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Dr.
J. E. Ellis, trucking
$18 00
J. A. Richardson, trucking 18 00
A. E. Chandler, labor 3 50
Fred Ellis, labor
5 25
Wilfred McHatten, trucking 12 00
Edward Beaulieau, labor 3 50
Perley Beaulieau, labor 3 50
Philip Joe, labor
3 50
Fern Johnson, trucking 12 00
J. A. Richardson, trucking
12 00
J. E. Ellis, foreman.
10 00
Herman McHatten, gravel.
19 20
Fred Kierstead, gravel.
30 00
Charles Hubbard, gravel.
9 55
$160 00
ROAD REPAIR ACCOUNT
Cr.
By amount assessed. $1,800 00
Unexpended, 1930, maintenance
account 16 52
Unexpended, 1930, Richardson road 15 53
Unexpended, 1930, McDonald road
account
22 00
Received from state, 50-50 road
account
50 00
$1,904 05
Overdrawn, March 1, 1930 115 79
Amount available.
$1,788 26
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SUMMER WORK
Dr.
Sent to state for patrol. $224 10
A. A. Tarr
16 50
Rupert Reed. 14 00
John Sharp
24 50
E. E. Hoffses
3 00
Guilford Carter
17 50
Fred Randell
63 00
J. E. Ellis.
158 25
New England Culvert Co.
91 75
Fern Johnson
150 00
Philip Joe.
43 75
J. A. Richardson
75 50
Ed. Beaulieau
43 75
Joe Ellis.
17 67
A. C. Chandler
43 75
Norris Wood.
21 00
Ernest Burtsell.
15 00
Stanley Foote.
14 00
Peter Richardson
42 :00
Fred Ellis
31 50
Edwin Eastman
8 75
Otis Bolduc
8 75
Isaac York.
24 50
Ervin York.
21 00
Perley Beaulieau.
12 25
Mapleton Supply Co. 67 16
D. A. McDonald. 10 50
Fred Tilley
3 50
Ernest Richardson
3 50
Milton Dudley
1 50
Maurice Currier
9 00
. John Hartley
14 00
Merritt Lint.
26 25
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Freeman York.
19 25
Wm. Beaulieu.
19 25
Wm. Clark.
8 75
Wilford MeHatten
54 00
Henry Clark
2 60
Luther Ellis.
1 75
J. V. Ellis
4 75
P. F. Ellis. 30 00
Ralph Welts.
8 75
Lester Smith
1 75
A. R. McClain
66 00
Charles Hubbard
1 70
Annie Welts.
10 00
$1,325 63
WINTER WORK
Fred Tilley.
$ 7 00
Paul Estabrook.
10 50
Stanley Foote
14 00
Norris Wood
21 00
Thos. Porter
10 50
Peter Richardson 77 00
Rupert Reed.
17 50
Jack Wells.
21 00
Guilford Carter
14 00
Laurence Chandler
7 00
Frank Giberson
21 00
Ralph Welts.
3 50
Milton Dudley
21 00
John Hoffses 7 00
A. A. Tarr
18 00
Oscar Kierstead. 9 00
Philip McPherson 7 00
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Lewis McPherson.
9 00
Isaac York.
10 50
Ervin York.
10 50
$313 50
50-50 ROAD ACCOUNT
Merritt Lint $10 50
Stanley Foote. 36 00
Freeman York.
10 50
William Beaulieau
10 50
John Hoffses
36 00
$103 50
Total orders drawn
$1,966 73
Overdrawn, March 1, 1930 178 47
$1,788 26
SPECIAL RESOLVE SMITH ROAD
Cr.
Amount assessed. $150 00
Dr.
John Hoffses
$42 00
Everett Smith
42 00
Merritt Lint.
3 50
Benj. Fillmore, gravel.
18 90
$106 40
Unexpended, March 1, 1930
43 60
$150 00
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McDONALD ROAD Dr.
Appropriated by town $100 00
Cr.
J. E. Ellis $11 50
A. C. Chandler 3 50
Fred Ellis. 3 50
Wm. McHatten.
12 00
Ed Boulieau
3 50
Peter Boulieau
3 50
Paul Joe.
3 50
Fern Johnson
12 00
J. A. Richardson 36 00
$89 00
Unexpended
11 00
$100 00
PATROL MAINTENANCE
Patrol mileage, 7.47 miles.
Expenditure $1,764 53
Mileage not under patrol, .80 miles.
Expenditure
194 45
Total expenditures
. $1,958 98
INTEREST AND INSURANCE ACCOUNT
Cr.
Amount assessed.
. $1,700 00
Interest on collecting taxes
83 51
$1,783 51
Overdrawn, March 1, 1930
777 73
Amount available
$1,005 78
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Dr.
Interest paid on orders. $106 11
F. J. Porter, interest on orders. 74 37
P. I. National Bank. 537 98
Stanley McHatten, on note 35 00
Interest on county tax.
8 17
Milford McHatten on note 20 42
Skowhegan Savings Bank. 327 00
Premiums and assessments 42 48
Aroostook Mut.
70 80
Aroostook Patrons.
12 04
$1,234 37
Overdrawn, March 1, 1930 $ 228 59
INCIDENTAL ACCOUNT
Cr.
Amount assessed, incidental $1,000 00
Amount assessed, town officers. 1,500 00
Memorial Day exercise. 10 00
Prevention and suppression of T. B. 25 00
Mapleton Fire Dept. 100 00
To advertise Maine. 5 00
Overlay on assessment 210 31
Unexpended, March 1, 1930
33 23
$2,883 54
Overdrawn, snow plow acct., 1930
75 00
Amount available . $2,808 54
Dr.
Town officers' salaries : G. M. Smith, 1st selectman. $300 00
Thos. Churchill, 2nd selectman 85 00
Milton Dudley, 3rd selectman 75 00
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H. W. Thompson, collector and treas. 300 00 C. C. Porter, clerk. 40 00
E. H. Webber, supt. of schools 350 00
P. F. Ellis, school committee 20 00
T. P. Churchill, school committee. 10 00
F. M. Dudley 10 00
H. B. Reed, collector taxes, 1927-1928.
A. M. Hilton, board of health. 16 00
H. W. Thompson, truant officer 3 00
H. W. Thompson, constable. 4 00
$1,206 00
Incidental expense :
Castle Hill Grange, hall rent, annual
meeting $ 10 00
G. M. Smith expense on town reports, 1930 7 10
F. F. Larabee. 49 00
Swisher & Co., town seal. 5 75
Caribou Pub. Co., 1930 town reports 99 90
Loring, Short & Harmon, town books 25.80 Fighting fire :
E. Eastman. 1 75
Otis Bolduc 1 75
P. McPherson 1 75
F. Tarr 1 75
Ben McPherson 1 75
D. E. Hume, Jr. 1 75
John Hoffses. 3 00
G. M. Smith 2 00
Stanley Johnson 1 75
Philip Joe. 1 75
A. C. Chandler 1 75
Lance Lovley 1 75
Joe Ellis 1 75
P. F. Ellis. 1 75
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Ed. Boulier 1 75
Perley Boulier 1 75
Lester Richardson 1 75
G. M. Smith, express. 60
C. A. Weick, attorney's fees 56 14
E. W. Craig, disinfection 5 59
Fighting fire :
Cecil Smith. 3 50
William Maynard. 1 75
Geo. Alley 3 50
Geo. Shaw
1 75
John Rediker
2 33
A. R. McClain.
6 33
Wesley Maynard
5 83
C. A. Weick, attorney's fees 161 01
Mrs. William Clark, hand diggers 2 70
Chas. Hubbard, fighting fire. 1 50
Arthur Welts, fighting fire. 1 50
Milton Dudley, fighting fire. 3 00
G. M. Smith, use of car, R. R. fare and pound keeper 100 00
G. M. Smith, tel. and postage. 20 02
H. E. Churchill, use of team. 6 00
E. H. Webber, postage. 7 00
J. E. Ellis, repairs on gravel loader . 8 00
Arthur Arbo, repairs on road machine
9 00
H. W. Thompson, postage 4 95
Geo. Graves, sheriff's fees. 10 00
A. M. Smith Co., supplies 11 36
Joe Madore, tearing down machine shed 12 00
Clayton Steele, repairs on road ma- chine 6 87
Peter Clark, fighting fire 10 50
Roy Thompson, plow point. 1 05
Ben P. Barnham Co., list price book. 2 00
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C. G. R. Chandler, trip to Mapleton 3 00 Castle Hill Grange Hall, rent Septem- ber election. 5 00
G. M. Smith, expense to Waterville .. 36 93 Aroostook Anti-Tuberculosis Asso ... 25 00
Mapleton Fire Dept .. 100 00
Maine Development Commission. 5 00
Knowlton McLeary Co., tax receipts. 6 18
Thompson Pharmacy, fumigator 9 00
B. F. Chandler, repairs on roller. 18 50
Lizzie Richardson, house rent.
10 00
C. C. Porter, vital statistics. 10 00
C. C. Porter, postage and express.
2 00
H. W. Thompson, postage.
3 58
Jack Wells, trucking wood. 8 00
G. M. Smith, storing gravel loader .. 5 00
G. M. Smith, trip to Augusta, expense 29 47
Arthur Welts, repair roller 10 00
G. M. Smith, town office 25 00
$1,006 25
Town officers' salaries
1,206 00
$2,212 25
Unexpended, March 1, 1931
596 29
$2,808 54
BALANCE ACCOUNTS Unexpended
State aid road account. $ 41 01
Smith road account. 43 60
McDonald road. 11 00
Incidental account. 596 29
Mothers' aid.
345 00
$1,036 90
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OVERDRAWN ACCOUNT
Common school
$236 38
Text book
1 20
Pauper
575 49
Third class road.
56 79
State aid maintenance 20 45
Road repair.
178 47
Interest and insurance 297 37
Repairs and appliances.
164 78
$1,530 93
SELECTMEN'S ESTIMATE
State aid. $2,665 00
Maintenance, third class highway . 222 00
Pauper account. 1,500 00
Common school account. 4,000 00
Books and supplies 350 00
High school tuition.
1,750 00
Repairs and appliances.
600 00
Highways and bridges. 2,000 00
State aid maintenance 50 00
Abatements
1,000 00
Town officers' salaries.
1,500 00
Incidental
500 00
Interest and insurance .
1,400 00
RESOURCES AND LIABILITIES
Resources
1924 tax deeds :
John Argraves
$ 49 52
Leo Argraves 69 09
1927
John Argraves 98 42
William Archer 56 92
Benj. McPherson.
82 75
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Leo Argraves. 139 61
Mrs. John Argraves 64 01
Peter Clark.
119 09
Peter Clerk. 107 08
Mclellan Bros. 70 84
1928
Leo Argraves. 144 67
Leo Argraves. 92 28
Benj. McPherson . 80 70
Mrs. John Argraves 61 35
William Archer
53 94
Total tax deeds.
$1,290 27
Due on A. A. Tarr, 1923 book ... .$1,146 66
H. W. Thompson, 1924 book 68 62
J. W. Belyea, 1925-26 book 321 13
H. B. Reed, 1927 book. 296 16
H. B. Reed, 1928 book. 941 00
H. W. Thompson, 1929 book 1,537 37 H. W. Thompson, 1930 book 9,505 43
Notes in treasurer's hands
316 72
Cash in treasury.
2,241 49
Total resources
$16,374 58
Liabilities
Due on outstanding orders ..... $6,678 24
Due on ministerial school fund. 647 16 Notes in Presque National Bank ... 8,200 00
Notes in Skowhegan Bank. 5,450 00
Due on county tax 628 15
Stanley McHatten, note. 500 00
Milford McHatten, note 500 00
Total $22,603 55
Liabilities above resources
$6,228 97
Collector's Accounts -
H. B. REED, 1927 BOOK
Dr.
To commitment
$17,291 07
Interest
134 80
Total
$17,425 87
Cr.
Treasurer's receipts.
$16,994 91
Interest
134 80
Total
.$17,129 71
Balance
. $296 16
H. B. REED, 1928 BOOK
Dr.
To commitment .$20,368 38
Interest
189 45
Total
$20,557 83
Cr.
Treasurer's receipts
$19,427 38
Interest
189 45
$19,616 83
Balance $941 00
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H. W. THOMPSON, 1929 BOOK
Dr.
To commitment
$17,179 81
Interest
34 39
Total
$17,214 20
Cr.
Treasurer's receipts $15,542 44
Interest
34 39
Total
.$15,576 83
Balance
$1,537 37
H. W. THOMPSON, 1930 BOOK
Dr
To commitment
.$22,758 87
Interest
49 12
$22,807 99
Cr.
Treasurer's receipts .$13,302 56
Interest
49 12
Total
$13,351 68
Balance
$9,505 43
Respectfully submitted, G. M. SMITH, THOS. P. CHURCHILL, M. S. DUDLEY,
Selectmen, Assessors and Overseers of Poor, Castle Hill.
Delinquent Taxes
DELINQUENT TAXES, 1927 BOOK
Peter Clark. .$ 2 35
Emmons Chandler 23 36
Nat. Dicker 10 84
Will Estabrook. 18 29
F. E. Hilton .
58 39
Isaiah Randell.
22 40
- Carl Rodeberg
30 87
John Wilcox.
32 06
Ralph Wilcox
1 40
Non-Resident
Thomas Griffin
22 40
T. H. Phair estate. 63 84
$296 16
1928 TAX BOOK
Argraves, Leo $186 68
Argraves, Robert. 22 20
Argraves, Mrs. John 31 36
Briggs, Olin. 3 00
Chandler, Emmons 28 60
Dudley, M. A. 52 03
Estabrook, Will.
15 46
Haines, Fred. 14 40
Hafford, Dan.
1 20
Hume, D. E. & Son 61 82
Ireland, Luther
9 40
Lovely, Clint.
3 00
McLellan, Andrew.
36 15
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McPherson, Benj.
46 40
Randell, Isaiah.
49 08
Richardson, Peter
18 06
Richardson, James
10 36
Sharp, John.
128 81
Thomas Williams
3 00
Turner, Guy.
3 00
Wilcox, Mrs. John
21 15
Welts, L. D ..
40 24
Walton, Elmer
31 80
$817 16
Non-Resident
Archer, William $24 00
Griffin, Thomas.
25 00
Phair, T. H. estate
74 24
$123 24
Total
.$941 00
DELINQUENT TAX LIST, 1929
Resident
Argraves, Mrs. John
$ 25 18
Argraves, Robert.
52 52
Argraves, Leo.
25 53
Argraves, Miles
43 20
Clark, Peter
169 13
Dicker, Nat.
48 50
Foote, Stanley
109 75
Hafford, Daniel.
1 00
Hilton, F. E.
49 39
Ireland, Luther.
5 30
McClelland, Andrew 66 71
McClelland Bros
26 50
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McPherson, Benj
50 27
Randall, Isaiah. 46 38
Randall, Mrs. Isaiah
71 55
Richardson, Henry, Jr
9 28
Richardson, Peter
167 55
Reed Bros.
24 38
Richardson, J. A.
167 26
Sharpe, John
235 86
Smith, Cecil
18 57
Smith, Richard.
3 98
Wells, Mrs. John
96 73
Welts, L. D.
118 84
Non-Resident
Archer, William
19 88
Phair, T. H. Estate. 24 38
DELINQUENT TAX LIST, 1930
Resident
Argraves, Miles $ 60 75
Argraves, Leo. 18 40
Argraves, Mrs. John 35 00
Argraves, Robert.
76 50
Ambrose, William. 3 00
Boyles, William 56 15
Casey, Frank .
3 00
Casey, Stanley
6 50
Chambers, Thos
3 00
Clark, Peter
305 12
Carmon, Geo.
60 75
Dicker, Nat.
68 10
Dudley, Ervin.
186 35
Dorothy, Lawrence
3 00
Dow, Meda.
75 60
Dudley, M. A.
295 25
Ellis, Sterling.
3 00
3
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Estabrook, Paul
202 30
Easler, Silas.
3 00
Foote, Stanley .
218 40
Goulet, Jean.
3 00
Godbou, Rosa
3 00
Hume, D. E. & Son
167 30
Hilton, A. M.
239 05
Hilton, Miles
203 14
Hilton, F. E.
71 40
Hilton, Hadley .
47 80
Ireland, Luther
8 75
Johnson, Fred.
252 35
Lovely, Claude.
20 50
Lovely, Glenn
3 00
McPherson, Phil
72 75
McPherson, Lewis
159 25
McPherson, Benj
53 65
McPherson, Lloyd.
3 00
Maynard, William
3 00
McClelland, Andrew
132 85
McDonald, D. A ..
91 65
McDougal, Ambrose
32 90
Porter, Thos.
246 25
Randall, Fred.
22 40
Richardson, Peter
290 99
Randall, Isaiah.
37 30
Randall, Mrs. Isaiah.
94 50
Richardson, Henry, Jr.
14 00
Richardson, Mrs. Henry, Jr
38 50
Richardson, Percy
12 25
Reed Bros.
289 50
Reed, Edmund. 3 00
Richardson, J. A.
275 94
Sinclair, Herbert
295 25
Smith, Cecil
28 55
Sharpe, John 265 65
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Sharpe, Lawrence 87 00
Tarr, F. E.
71 70
Tarr, A. A. 273 60
Tilley, Fred.
26 68
Turner, Maude.
74 20
Theriault, Ernest
147 55
Van Watt, Geo.
3 00
Wilcox, Mrs. John
39 56
Wilcox, Ralph
3 50
Wilcox, Charles
3 00
Welts, Cora.
253 75
Wells, Estella
131 25
Wells, John.
3 00
Welts, Harry
3 00
Wood, Louisa, estate
95 90
Welts, L. D ..
356 50
Wood, Norris
284 20
Young, Leo.
3 00
Young, Joseph
3 00
York, David
11 75
York, Isaac.
116 40
Tarr, F. E. & A. A.
168 00
Cook, G. B ..
25 55
Non-Resident, 1930
Archer, William $ 26 65
Brooks Bros. ( ?)
33 25
Clark, Henry.
49 00
Chandler, B. F
140 00
Griffin, Thos.
28 00
Hume Heirs
67 20
Higgins, O. J.
35 00
Phair, Thos., Estate
32 20
Rouse Bros. 113 40
Shaw, Herbert, Estate
28 00
McLelland, Percy. 28 00
Salmon Lake Seed Co. 102 20
Treasurer's Report
H. W. THOMPSON IN ACCOUNT WITH THE TOWN OF CASTLE HILL
Dr.
1930
Cash on hand $ 3,396 28
Cash, L. A. Filmore note. 131 44
Cash, C. C. Porter, dog tax. 68 00
Loan Milford McHatten. 500 00
Cash, tax deed, Nat Dicker
112 00
Loan P. I. National Bank.
2,700 00
Interest on bonds, Merrill Trust Co.
60 00
Cash from state, 50-50 fund.
50 00
Cash from state, freight on gravel loader
89 39
Third class road fund.
783 23
Cash, State Highway Dept.
24 00
State school fund.
2,376 08
Cash reimbursements, M. A. Dud- ley
130 80
State equalization fund.
196 00
Interest on bonds, Merrill Trust Co. 60 00
Cash, old school furnace
30 00
Cash, old school stove. 5 00
A. A. Tarr, cash and orders, 1923 book 63 00
Mrs. Alice Belyea, cash and orders 8 30
H. B. Reed, cash and orders 2,844 55
H. W. Thompson, cash and orders 15,727 03
G. M. Smith, auto excise tax. 1,049 54
Cash, sheathing paper, P. E. Ellis 2 10
$30,406 74
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.
Cr.
1930
Cash on note, P. I. National Bank .. $ 1,000 00
Renewal discount. 50 84
Interest Stanley McHatten note. . 8 75
Cash county tax. 628 15
Cash, county tax interest. 8 17
Renewal discount P. I. National Bank 75 83
Interest Stanley McHatten note .. . 8 75
Discount P. I. National Bank.
67 50
Cash, state road fund
2,665 00
Freight on gravel loader
89 39
Dog tax.
68 00
Renewal discount P. I. National Bank
102 50
Rebate H. W. Thompson, overpay-
ment G. B. Cook tax (Coro Place)
20 00
Renewal discount P. I. National Bank
51 25
Tax on gravel pit (Mapleton) . . .
3 03
Custody of bonds, Merrill Trust Co. 3 00
Renewal schoolhouse ins. policies.
42 48
Cash on note, P. I. National Bank
1,000 00
Renewal discount, P. I. Notional Bank 34 56
Interest on Ernest Theriault tax to C. A. Weick 2 57
Interest on John Hume tax to C. A. Weick. 4 13
Interest on Hadley Hilton tax to C. A. Weick. 1 43
Interest on Fred Randall tax to C. A. Weick. 20
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Cash on note, P. I. National Bank 1,000 00
Renewal discount, P. I. National
Bank 30 00
Renewal discount, P. I. National Bank
100 00
Cash, highway maintenance patrol 224 10
Cash, schoolhouse insurance.
70 80
Cash, state tax.
2,429 79
Interest, Stanley McHatten note .. 17 50
Interest, Milford McHatten note. .
20 42
1931
Interest, Skowhegan Savings Bank 327 00
Check C. Blackburn Miller, Salmon
Lake Seed Co.'s tax, returned unpaid 102 20
Check, State of Maine, received on old school furnace returned un- paid
10 50
Schoolhouse insurance.
12 04
Renewal discount, P. I. National Bank
25 50
Orders paid.
17,753 76
Interest paid on orders 106 11
Cash in treasury to balance
2,241 49
$30,406 74
Auditor's Report
Castle Hill, March 7th, 1931.
I hereby certify that I have carefully examined the ac- counts of the selectmen and treasurer and with the excep- tion of two missing road vouchers, find no errors or omis- sions.
P. F. ELLIS, Auditor.
Vital Statistics
TOWN OF CASTLE HILL
List of Marriages, Births and Deaths Reported to Town Clerk During the Year 1930-1931
MARRIAGES, 1930-1931 1930
May 28, Maurice B. Ellis and Kathryn Opal Shepard.
Aug. 3, Herbert W. Thompson and Edna Mae Akerley.
Oct. 11, Charley Wilcox and Nettie Ireland.
Oct. 10, Harold E. Churchill and Annie B. Carmichael. Oct. 29, Stanley McHatten and Gertha Richardson. Nov. 5, Robert MacFarland and Pearl S. Randall.
Nov. 17, Walter S. Neal and Amber Mclellan.
Nov. 26, Miles Argraves and Diana Clark.
1931
Jan. 11, Heman Richardson and Lula R. Goodblood. Feb. 21, Kenneth E. Walton and Olive A. Argraves. Feb. 28, George E. Van Wart and Emma L. Hoffses.
BIRTHS REPORTED IN 1930-1931 1929
April 10, to Mr. and Mrs. Warren Norsworthy, a daughter. 1930
April 6, to Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Ambrose, a daughter. April 12, to Mr. and Mrs. Fred Ellis, a daughter. April 19, to Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Mclellan, a son. April 22, to Mr. and Mrs. Rosia Goodboue, a daughter. June 25, to Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Madore, a son. June 5, to Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Sharp, a daughter. July 1, to Mr. and Mrs. Merle Sharp, a daughter.
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July 11, to Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Bagley, a son. July 25, to Mr. and Mrs. John Hoffses, a son. July 28, to Mr. and Mrs. Verdell Hubbard, a daughter. Aug. 16, to Mr. and Mrs. Isaac York, a son.
Aug. 24, to Mr. and Mrs. Herman McHatten, a daughter. Aug. 26, to Mr. and Mrs. Henry Madore, a son.
Sept. 13, to Mr. and Mrs. James Richardson, a son. Sept. 29, to Mr. and Mrs. Harry Welts, a daughter.
Nov. 16, to Mr. and Mrs. Frank Cray, a daughter. Dec. 12, to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Argraves, a daughter.
Dec. 17, to Mr. and Mrs. Ervin York, a son.
Dec. 24, to Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Theriault, a daughter. 1931
Jan. 14, to Mr. and Mrs. William McEachren, a son. Jan. 15, to Mr. and Mrs. Everett Smith, a daughter. Jan. 18, to Mr. and Mrs. John Young, a son.
Feb. 8, to Mr. and Mrs. Guy Turner, a daughter.
DEATHS, 1930-1931
1929
Nov. 4, Byron Ellis.
1930
March 5, Ervin Thomas McHatten.
April 25, Nellie Goodboue.
Nov. 16, Baby Cray.
Dec. 29, Charles Bruce Giberson.
1931
Jan. 23, Cora Welts.
Report of the Superintendent of Schools
To the School Committee :
I have the honor of submitting to you my thirteenth an- nual report.
CALENDAR
1930-1931
First Semester began
September 8, 1930
Columbus Day Exercises . October 13, 1930
Armistice Day . November 11, 1930
Thanksgiving Day. November 27, 1930
Christmas Recess began
December 19, 1930
Christmas Recess ended . . January 5, 1931
First Semester ended.
January 31, 1931
Second Semester began. .February 2, 1931
Washington's Birthday February 23, 1931
Easter Recess begins
March 27, 1931
Easter Recess ends
. April 6, 1931
Patriot's Day. April 20, 1931
Memorial Day . May 30, 1931
Second Semester ends June 5, 1931
1931-1932
First Semester begins
September 8, 1931
Columbus Day Exercises . October 12, 1931
Armistice Day. . .November 11, 1931
Thanksgiving Day.
November 26, 1931
Christmas Recess begins December 18, 1931
Christmas Recess ends . January 4, 1932 First Semester ends January 30, 1932
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Second Semester begins. February 1, 1932
Washington's Birthday February 22, 1932
Easter Recess begins
Easter Recess ends March 25, 1932
April 4, 1932
Patriot's Day April 19, 1932
Memorial Day. May 30, 1932
Second Semester ends . June 4, 1932
Our schools have had a very successful year. The en- rollment has been better than usual. The interest is very good.
The Dudley schoolhouse has new blackboards. The Pyle schoolhouse has been painted and provided with new win- dows and blackboards. New heaters have been installed - in the Moran and Richardson schoolhouses. A larger furn- ace has been placed in the basement of the Porter school. Good value has been secured in all repair work.
We believe that the pupils of our schools are receiving substantial benefit from the investment made by the citi- zens. We bespeak continued support with the assurance that efforts for improvement will be made.
Respectfully submitted,
ELMER H. WEBBER, Superintendent of Schools. Mapleton, Maine, February 6, 1931.
ESTIMATE OF SCHOOL BUDGET (March 2, 1931 to February 29, 1932)
SCHOOL FUND
Expenses
Teachers and janitors $5,850 00
Fuel 400 00
Books and supplies 350 00
High school tuition
1,750 00
$8,350 00
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Receipts
State funds, estimated.
$2,441 17
Interest on school fund
158 83
$2,600 00
Necessary appropriation
.$5,750 00
STATISTICS
School
Enrollment Year Ending July 1, 1930
Average Attendance
Percentage Attendance
Enrollment, First Semester, 1930-1931
Average Attendance
Percentage Attendance
Dudley
41
26
62
35
25
71
Haystack
21
17
80
20
17
86
Mclellan
23
12
52
28
15
54
Moran
24
15
63
28
18
66
Porter
30
21
71
29
23
79
Pyle
16
11
69
22
14
65
Richardson
14
11
78
14
10
70
Totals
169
113
67
176
122
69
Medians
23
15
69
28
17
70
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LIST OF TEACHERS, FEB. 2, 1931
Name
Permanent
Annual Salary
School
Experience Years in in
Where Graduated
Years
Town
Folger, Caroline C.
Augusta
$792.00
Richardson
Farmington Normal ... 21-3
21-3
Castine Rural Course
Folger, Ruth M. (Rural Critic)
Augusta
828.00
Moran
Farmington Normal .. 41-2 Castine Rural Course
31-2
Gardiner, Alma A.
Mapleton
756.00
Mclellan
Presque Isle Normal. . 1-2
1-2
Gregg, Violet C.
Presque Isle
828.00
Porter
Presque Isle Normal .. 11-2 Castine Rural Course
1-2
McPherson, Evelyn
Mapleton
756.00
Pyle
Presque Isle Normal . . 1-2
1-2
McPherson, Mrs. Eva B. Mapleton
900.00
Dudley
Farmington Normal .. 51-3
1
Tarr, Mrs. Delia M.
Mapleton
900.00
Haystack
Farmington Normal. . 17
11
Castine Rural Course
Totals
$5,760 00
31 2-3
19 1-2
Averages
822 87
41-2
23-4
Medians
828 00
21-3
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ANNUAL TOWN REPORT
Address
Warrant
FOR THE ANNUAL TOWN MEETING
Aroostook, ss.
To H. W. Thompson, a constable in the town of Castle Hill, in said county, greeting :
In the name of the State of Maine, you are hereby re- quired to notify and warn the inhabitants of the town of Castle Hill, qualified by law to vote in town affairs, to as- semble at Grange Hall in said town on Monday, the 23rd day of March, A. D. 1931, at ten o'clock in the forenoon, to act on the following articles, to wit :
Art. 1. To choose a moderator to preside.at said meet- ing.
Art. 2. To choose a clerk for the ensuing year.
Art. 3. To see if the town will vote to accept the re- port as printed.
Art. 4. To choose all other necessary town officers.
Art. 5. To see if the town will vote to fix a date when taxes shall be due and payable.
Art. 6. To vote the compensation of tax collector.
Art. 7. To see if the town will vote that poll taxes shall be due and payable the first day of May, 1931, and be com- mitted before that date.
Art. 8. To see if the town will vote to charge interest on taxes after certain dates ; if so how much and what dates.
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Art. 9. To see how much money the town will vote to raise for repair of highways and bridges.
Art. 10. To see if the town will vote "yes" or "no" on the question of appropriating and raising money to entitle the town to state aid as provided in Section 19 of Chapter 25, of Revised Statutes of 1916.
Art. 11. To see what sum of money, if any, the town will vote to raise in accordance with the provisions of Sec- tions 26 to 32, inclusive, of Chapter 28 of the Revised Stat- utes for the construction of state aid highway through the towns of Mapleton, Castle Hill, Ashland, Masardis, 9 Range 5, and Oxbow. Beginning at the Presque Isle town line in the town of Mapleton and extending by way of state aid road, No. 2, in the town of Mapleton, state aid road No. 1 in the town of Castle Hill, 3rd class road, No. 2, in the town of Ashland, Route No. 158 in the towns Ashland, Masardis, and 9 Range 5 to the mouth of Oxbow road, then to the end of state aid road No. 1 in the town of Oxbow.
Art. 12. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise for common schools for the ensuing year.
Art. 13. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise for high school tuition for the ensuing year.
Art. 14. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise for text books for the ensuing year.
Art. 15. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise for repairs and appliances for the ensuing year.
Art. 16. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise for town officers' salaries for the ensuing year.
Art. 17. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise for incidental expenses for ensuing year.
Art. 18. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise to pay interest and insurance.
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Art. 19. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise for support of poor for ensuing year.
Art. 20. To see if the town will vote to authorize the selectmen and treasurer to make temporary loans when necessary to pay town orders duly issued.
Art. 21. To see if the town will vote to raise a sum of money and if so, how much for suppression and prevention of tuberculosis.
Art. 22. To see if the town will vote to raise a sum of money, and if so, how much to advertise the natural re- sources and advantages and attractions of Maine.
Art. 23. To see if the town will vote to raise a sum of money for Mapleton Fire Department.
Art. 24. To see if the town will vote to raise a sum of money to be expended for the maintainance of the improved section of state aid road not under patrol.
Art. 25. To see if the town will vote to raise the sum of $222.00 in accordance with Section 4, Chapter 260, Public Laws of 1929, for the maintainance of third class highways.
Art. 26. To see if the town will vote to raise a sum of money for abatements.
Art. 27. To see if the town will raise a sum of money for snow fence.
Art. 28. To see if the town will vote to raise the sum of $300.00 to be expended on the Waddell road.
Art. 29. To see if the town will vote to accept list of jurors as prepared by selectmen, town treasurer and town clerk.
Art. 30. To see if the town will authorize the superin- tending school committee to employ a school physician as the law provides.
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Art. 31. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise for medical inspection in the schools.
Art. 32. To see if the town will vote to raise a sum of money and if so, how much, to buy sign boards.
Art. 33. To transact any other business which may law- fully come before said meeting.
The selectmen will be in session one hour before said meet- ing at the place of meeting, Grange Hall, to correct list of voters.
Given under our hands this 6th day of March, 1931, A. D.
G. M. SMITH, F. P. CHURCHILL, M. S. DUDLEY,
Selectmen of Castle Hill.
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