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ANNUAL REPORT 1971
ABBOT,
MAINE
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ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE
MUNICIPAL OFFICERS
Town of ABBOT Maine
FOR THE YEAR 1971 ENDING FEBRUARY 1, 1972
SAVE THIS REPORT
A sufficient number of these reports have been printed to furnish every interested citizen with a copy. An effort has been made to see thatevery family in town has received one.
Please bring this copy with you to town meeting, as there may not be a sufficient number to go around.
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Town Officers
1971 - 1972
SELECTMEN, ASSESSORS, OVERSEERS OF THE POOR Marion Schmiedlehner Allison Richards
Robert Orff
TOWN CLERK Alice Rennie
TREASURER Faith Davidson
TAX COLLECTOR Janice McAllister
ROAD COMMISSIONER Everett Patterson
CONSTABLES
Janice McAllister John Goggin
DIRECTORS SCHOOL ADMINISTRATIVE DISTRICT #4 Joyce Moore Gayland Moore
Term expires 1972 Term expires 1972
TRUSTEES PISCATAQUIS COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL Franklin Titcomb Marion Schmiedlehner
Gayland Moore
FIRE WARD Allison Richards
HEALTH OFFICER Franklin Titcomb
REGISTRAR OF VOTERS Alice Rennie
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Warrant
PISCATAQUIS SS
To Janice McAllister, a Constable in the Town of Abbot, County of Piscataquis, and State of Maine. GREETINGS:
In the name of the State of Maine, you are hereby required to notify and warn the voters of the Town of Abbot, in said County and State, qualified by law to vote in town affairs, to meet at the Abbot Grange Hall, in said town, on Monday, the 20th day of March, A. D. 1972, at 7:00 o'clock in the evening, then and there to act on the following articles, to wit:
ART. 1. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting.
ART. 2. To choose a Town Clerk.
ART. 3. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise or appropriate for Administration.
Recommended - $4,000. 00
First Selectman Tax Collector
Second Selectman Town Clerk
Third Selectman Constable
Treasurer Registrar of Voters
ART. 4. To choose three Selectmen, Assessors and Over- seers of the Poor for a term of one year, a Town Treasurer, a Tax Collector, one or more Fire Wards, a Road Commis- sioner, one or more Constables, one Trustee of the Piscataquis Community High School, and all other town officers.
ART. 5. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise or appropriate for Miscellaneous Accounts.
Recommended - Miscellaneous and balance of Excise Tax.
ART. 6. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise or appropriate for Fire Protection.
Recommended - $1,500. 00 from Excise Taxes
ART. 7. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise or appropriate for Summer Roads.
Recommended - $2, 500. 00 from Excise Taxes
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ART. 8. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise or appropriate for Tarring.
Recommended - Pass the Article
ART. 9. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise or appropriate for Winter Roads.
Recommended - $7, 500. 00 for 1971-1972 season from Surplus $7,500. 00 for 1972-1973 season from Taxation
ART. 10. To see if the town will vote to rescind that portion of Article #10 of the 1970 town meeting that pertains to the location that the State Aid Construction money was to be used for.
Recommended - To rescind the place
ART. 11. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise or appropriate for State Aid Construction.
No Recommendation
ART. 12. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise or appropriate for Town Poor.
Recommended - $1,000. 00
ART. 13. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise or appropriate for Clinics.
Recommended - $50.00
ART. 14. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise or appropriate for Public Health Nurse.
Recommended - Pass the Article
ART, 15. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise or appropriate for the Kiwanis Recreational Program.
Recommended - $50.00
ART. 16. To see what sum of money the town will vote to
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raise or appropriate for the Maine Publicity Bureau.
Recommended - Pass the Article
ART. 17. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise or appropriate for Memorial Day.
Recommended - $100.00
ART. 18. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise or appropriate for Public Landings.
Recommended - $200.00
ART. 19. To see what sum of money. the town will vote to raise or appropriate for the Abbot Cemetery Corporation.
Recommended - $100.00
ART. 20. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise or appropriate for the so-called 4-H Club House.
Recommended - $200. 00 - and hold. not to go to Surplus.
ART. 21. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise or appropriate to maintain the Town Dump.
Recommended - $300.00
ART. 22. To see what sum of money shall be raised for Town of Abbot Boy Scout Troop #59.
Recommended - Pass the Article
ART. 23. To see if the Town of Abbot will continue with the Surplus Food Program.
ART. 24. To see if the town will accept the contribution from the Woodward Fund for use in the development and maintenance of the Piper Pond Recreational Area. The contribution is $1,000.00 .**
Recommended - Accept the Donation
ART. 25. To see what sum of money, if any, the town will vote to raise or appropriate for the Older American Center in
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Dover-Foxcroft. They have requested $100. 00 from the Town of Abbot.
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Recommended - Pass the Article
ART. 26. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise or appropriate for the ambulance that the town of Dover- Foxcroft acquired and turned over to the Mayo Memorial Hospital. They are asking a contribution of $200. 00.
No Recommendation
ART. 27. To see what sum of money the town will raise or appropriate for the Equipment Fund. This fund is for the re- placement of an ambulance in the future. They have requested $100.00.
No Recommendation
ART. 28. To see if the town will vote to raise, or appro- priate from surplus, $226. 50 for the purpose of defraying the costs of providing comprehensive mental health services to the citizens of Abbot by the Counseling Center.
Recommended - Pass the Article
ART. 29. To see if the town will authorize the Selectmen and the Town Treasurer to borrow money during the current year in anticipation of, and to be paid from taxes of said current year 1972-1973, and to exercise and to deliver the negotiable promissory note or notes to the Town thereof.
ART. 30. To see if the town will fix a date when taxes shall be due and payable and to see if the town will fix a rate of interest to be charged on taxes unpaid after said date.
Recommended - Same as last year
ART. 31. To see if the town will vote to authorize the Select- men in behalf of the town to sell and dispose of any real estate acquired by the town for non-payment of taxes thereon, on such terms as they deem advisable, and to execute quit claim deeds for such property.
ART. 32. To see if the town will choose a budget committee, whose duty it shall be to consider and recommend to the 1973 Annual Town Meeting the recommended appropriations for the fiscal year 1973-1974.
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The Registrar of Voters will be at the Abbot Grange Hall at 6:30 o'clock on the evening of said meeting for the purpose of revising the list of voters.
Given under our hands this 18th day of February, A. D., 1972.
MARION SCHMIEDLEHNER
ALLISON RICHARDS
ROBERT ORFF
Selectmen of Abbot
A True Copy:
ATTEST: JANICE McALLISTER
Constable
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Assessor's Report
Appropriations for 1971-1972
Administration
$ 4,000.00
Winter Roads
7,500.00
Town Poor
1,000.00
A. D. C.
500.00
Clinics
50.00
Kiwanis Recreational Program
50.00
Memorial Day
100.00
Public Landings
200.00
Abbot Cemetery Corp.
100.00
4-H Club House
100.00
Town Dump
300.00
Abbot Boy Scout Troop #59
50.00
$13,950.00
Special Assessments:
County Tax
$ 2,325.60
S.A.D.
37,067.18
Overlay
702.12
40,094.90
Total from Taxation
$54,044.90
From Surplus:
Winter Roads
$ 7,500.00
From Excise Taxes:
Fire Protection
$ 1,250.00
Summer Roads
2,500.00
$ 3,750.00
For Miscellaneous Accounts:
Miscellaneous and Balance of Excise Tax
Tax rate per hundred
$18.30
Number Polls taxed
119
Number Polls exempt
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Valuation April 1, 1971
Real
Estate
Personal Estate
Total
Resident
$128,682.00
$ 12,658.50
$141,340. 50
Non-Resident
132,197.00
19,839.00
152,036.00
$260,879.00
$ 32,497.50
$293,376.50
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Selectmen's Report
DEPARTMENTAL ACCOUNTS ADMINISTRATION Receipts
Appropriations
$ 4,000.00
Expended
Marion Schmiedlehner, First Selectman $ 1,000.00
Allison Richards, Second Selectman 300.00
Robert Orff, Third Selectman 300.00
Faith Davidson, Treasurer 400.00
Alice Rennie, Town Clerk
75.00
Alice Rennie, Registrar of Voters
50.00
Franklin Titcomb, Moderator
10.00
Janice McAllister, Tax Collector
1,250.00*
Janice McAllister, Constable
6.40
Ruby Stone, Ballot Clerk
19.80
Eugenia Packard, Ballot Clerk
19.80
Karlene Scales, Ballot Clerk
19.80
Joyce Dauphinee, Ballot Clerk
19.80
Marion Schmiedlehner, Warden
19.80
Allison Richards, Deputy Warden
1.80
Robert Orff, Deputy Warden
1.80
$ 3,494.00
$ 4,000.00
Unexpended Balance to Surplus 506.00
$ 4,000.00
$ 4,000.00
* $147.68 was due from 1970
MISCELLANEOUS ACCOUNTS
Receipts
State of Maine:
Snowmobile Registration
$ 216.00
Disaster Assistance
1,178.52
Veteran's Exemptions
1,196.00
Dog Licenses
14.10
Tel. and Tel. Tax
1,052.12
$ 3,656. 74
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Manford Webber, Land Purchased $ 300.00
Everett Patterson, Salt
695.27
W. H. Shurtleff Co., Salt
96.49
J. W. Clark Jr., Stumpage
528.38
Receipts
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1971 Excise Tax Balance
358.57
1972 Excise Tax Balance
1,523.23
$ 3,502.05
$ 7,158.79
Expended
Central Maine Power Co .:
Street Lights
$ 210.00
4-H Club House 24.00
Pond Road Lights 22.00 $ 256.60
Office Supplies:
Marks Printing Co.
90.22
Loring Short & Harmon 3.02
93.24
Adding Machine Repair
19.00
Mileage, Carl Dauphinee
5.00
Phone, Carl Dauphinee
3.86
Milo Printing Co. , Town Reports
269.70
J. W. Clark, Dump
25.00
Postage:
Carl Dauphinee 13.80
Janice McAllister 8.00
Faith Davidson 4.00
Alice Rennie
20.67
Janice McAllister
32.00
78.47
Audit: Earl E. Richardson 280.00
Dry Hydrant:
Stanley Patterson
6.00
Richard Williams 25.00
31.00
W. G. Blake's Agency:
Bonds
23.00
Insurance
25.00
Transfers and Notices:
Registry of Deeds 40.95
Janice McAllister 35.00
75.95
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Janice McAllister,
Liens
$ 30.00
Registry of Deeds
40.00
Katherine Green
1.00 $ 71.00
Janice McAllister, Certified Mail
9.78
Assessor's Meeting:
Allison Richards
12.00
Marion Schmiedlehner
12.00
Janice McAllister
12.00
36.00
Honor Roll:
Robert Orff, painting
9.90
Titcomb's Gen. Store 15.67
25.57
Tax Supplies, Hutchin's Bros. 14.40
Surveying, Michael W. Demo 30.00
Franklin Titcomb, Notary Public
10.00
Snow & Nealley Co., Wire
38.10
Abbot Grange, Rent
40,00
Basil Patterson, Mowing Town Farm
30.00
Branham Publishing Co., Auto Ref. Book 7.90
Piper Pond Sign:
Everett Patterson Jr.
63.33
Caron's Signs
40.00
103.33
Maine Municipal Assoc., Dues 93.20
W. H. Shurtleff Co., Salt 791. 76
Marks Printing House, Envelopes 14.10
Smith Timberlands Inc., Planks
51.75
$ 2,552. 71
$ 7,158.79
Unexpended Balance to Surplus
4,606.08
$ 7,158.79
$ 7,158.79
ACCOUNTS PAYABLE
Ruby Stone
$
5. 66
Acct. Payable
$
5.66
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FIRE PROTECTION
Receipts
From Excise Tax
$ 1,250.00
Expended
Guilford Fire Department $ 1,250.00 $ 1,250.00
$ 1,250.00
CLINICS
Receipts
Appropriations
$ 50.00
Expended
Ross Drug Store $ 5.50
Unexpended Balance to Surplus
44.50
$ 50.00 $ 50.00
TOWN POOR
Receipts
Appropriations
Fox & Ginn Refund
$ 1,000.00 15.71
$ 1,015.71
Expended
Case #1 - Town of Dexter $ 15.51
Case #2 - Titcomb's Gen. Store 46.97
Case #3 - Town of Dover-Foxcroft For 1970 195.42
For 1971 397.70
Surplus Commodities:
Faith Davidson $ 180.00
Fox & Ginn 409.77
589.77
$ 1,249.37
$ 1,015.71
Overdraft to Surplus
233.66
$ 1,249.37
$ 1,249.37
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AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN
Receipts
Appropriations
$ 500.00
Expended
State Treasurer 5
$ 637.92
$ 637.92 $ 500. 00
Overdraft to Surplus
137.92
$ 637.92
$ 637.92
STATE POOR
Expended
Central Maine Power Co. $ 60.46
Receipts
Dept. Health & Welfare
$ 60.46
$ 60.46
$ 60.46
POOR OF OTHER TOWNS
Expended
Titcomb's General Store
$
139.51
Receipts
Town of Monson
$ 139.51
$ 139.51 $ 139.51
PUBLIC LANDINGS
Receipts
Appropriations
$ 200.00
Expended
Harold Hayden,
Shoveling snow $ 4.00
Allison Richards, sand 60.00
Ralph Reynolds, repair and materials · 66.80 $ 130.80
Unexpended Balance to Surplus
69.20
$ 200.00 $ 200.00
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RECREATIONAL AREA (PIEL FUND)
1971-1972 Balance Carried Forward $ 46.21
KIWANIS RECREATIONAL PROGRAM
Receipts
Appropriations
$ 50.00
Expended
Guilford Kiwanis Club $ 50.00
$ 50.00 $ 50.00
4-H CLUB HOUSE
Receipts
Appropriations Rental
$ 100.00
10.00
$ 110.00
Expended
Terry Dauphinee,
Shoveling snow $ 2.50
Everett Patterson Jr., Paint and labor 125.38 $ 127.88
$ 110.00
Overdraft to Surplus
17.88
$ 127.88
$ 127.88
TOWN DUMP
Receipts
Appropriations
$ 300.00
Expended
J.W. Clark Jr., Plowing $ 42.00
Carl Dauphinee,
Maintenance 250.00 $ 292.00
8.00
Unexpended Balance to Surplus $ 300.00 $ 300.00
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ABBOT CEMETERY CORPORATION
Receipts ..
Appropriations
$
100.00
Expended
Abbot Cemetery Corp
$
100.00
$
100.00
$
100.00
PUBLIC LANDING DONATION & SWIMMING PROGRAM
Receipts
Gift from Mr. and Mrs. Michael Piel $ 580.00
Expended
Harold Hayden, Maintenance
$
500.00
Karen Bickford, Swim Instructor 80.00 $ 580.00 $ 580.00
MEMORIAL DAY
Receipts
Appropriated $ 100.00
Expended
American Legion
Conner-Trafton Post
$
100. 00
$
100.00
$
100.00
BOY SCOUT TROOP #59
Receipts
Appropriated $ 50.00
Expended
Abbot Boy Scout Troop #59
$
50.00
$
50.00
$
50.00
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Report of Road Commissioner SUMMER ROADS
Receipts
Appropriations from Excise Tax
$ 2,500.00
Expended
Stanley Patterson, grader
$ 168.00
Everett Patterson, mower
50.00
Everett Patterson, operator
450.66
Everett Patterson, truck
353.10
Everett Patterson, leader
327.50
Lester Boutilier
87,68
Duane Roberts
40.16
John Clark Jr., tractor operator
8.00
Jack Leeman
16.20
Everett Patterson Jr.
78.52
Mervin Wentworth
154.08
Danny Perkins
18.80
Stanley Patterson
49.00
Clifford Blethen, labor
6.09
Clifford Blethen, truck
95.94
Forrest Huff
40.60
Farrin Bros., bulldozer
72.00
Frank Elliott
18. 27
Donald Gourley, truck
56.07
Donald Gourley, bulldozer
202.50
Erland Herring, truck
56.07
Erland Herring, loader
81.09
$ 2,430.33
$ 2,500.00
Balance to Surplus
69.67
$ 2,500.00
$ 2,500.00
WINTER ROADS
Receipts
Appropriation from Surplus
$ 7,500.00
Appropriation by Taxation
7,500.00
From State of Maine
8,919.00
$23,919. 00
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Expended
Farrin Bros. and Smith $16,351. 50
Unexpended Balance to Surplus 7,567.50 $23,919.00
$23,919. 00
TOWN ROAD IMPROVEMENT
Apportioned by State Total Expended by State Cost of Road
$ 2,668.00 2,648.47
State Payroll Charges
Foreman's Expense, gravel - culverts
$ 2,648.47
Unexpended Balance
19.53
Total Charge to Account
$ 2,648.47
$ 2,648.47
STATE AID CONSTRUCTION
Receipts
Appropriations by Taxation
$ 1,066.00
Balance Carried Forward $ 1,066.00
$ 1,066.00
$ 1,066.00
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ABBOT HIGHER EDUCATION FUND
THE MERRILL TRUST COMPANY TRUST DEPARTMENT AGENT FOR ABBOT HIGHER EDUCATION February 2, 1971 thru January 31, 1972
Balance from Former Account $ 0.0
Receipts :
Contributions to account
$29,756.76
Gain on sale of securities
26.30
Transfers from income
1,310.00
$31,093.06
Less Disbursements:
Distribution to beneficiary
$ 1,300.00
Expenses and fees
93.88
Loss on sale of securities
1,087.27
$ 2,481.15
Principal Balance -
Schedule of assets not listed here
$28,611. 91
Recipients of Fund for 1971-1972 were: Howard Weymouth Ivan Jones Michael Harrington
For a Total of $1,300.00
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Treasurer's Report
CASH BALANCE February 1, 1971
$14,894.50
Received from State of Maine:
Refund Snowmobile Reg. $ 216.00
Winter Snow Removal
8,919.00
Disaster Assistance
1,178.52
Refund Property Tax Exemptions of Veterans
1,196.00
Dog Licenses
14.10
Telephone & Telegraph Tax
1,052.12
12,575.74
Other Receipts:
J. W. Clark, Stumpage $ 60.00
Barbara Piel, Care of Landing and Swimming Area
580.00
Town of Monson, Refund of Poor Account
139. 51
Dept. Health Welfare, Refund Poor Account
60.46
Barbara Landry, Rent Club House
10.00
Manford Webber, Land Purchased
300.00
Everett Patterson Sr., Salt
695.27
Woodward Fund, Care Piper Pond Area
1,000.00
W. H. Shurtleff Co., Refund on Salt
96.49
John Clark, Logs and Pulp
468.38
3,410.11
1969 Tax Liens, Costs & Interest
Basil Patterson, Jr.
$ 46.81
Robert Howard
103.04
Charles Tileston
16.68
Thaxter Jones
52.70
Lloyd Davis
11.84
Macy Ellis
94.02
George & Madelyn Campbell
202.27
Adolph Burke
26.78
Elbthol Realty
22.46 (14¢ credit in 1970)
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1970 Tax Liens, Costs & Interest
Dwight Drew
$ 49.38
Thaxter Jones
60.43
Richard Drew
142.76
Faye & Frederick Davidson
234.37
Fairfield Wells
30.42
Elsie & Cyrus Goodridge
206.35
Danny Perkins
30.37
Lynn Herrick
110.47
Madelyn & George Campbell
236.51
Marion Wentworth
42.70
Dwinal Hall
103.15
Alton Carle
43.54
George Heiser 1967 Tax
52.50
$ 1,919.55
Credit
.14
$ 1,919.41
1970 TAX LIENS
Elbthol Realty
$ 4.15
Elbthol Realty
19.92
Maynard & Francis Rowe
16.60
Adolph Burke
24.90
Macy Ellis
101.26
Donald & Dariel Gourley
141.10
Basil Patterson Sr.
151.06
Lucille Bennett
91.30
Linwood Stevens
83.00
Everett Patterson Jr.
91.30
Olon Rowe Heirs
49.80
Robert Howard Sr.
112.05
Irvin & Pauline Alley
99.60
$ 986.04
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Received from Janice McAllister, Tax Collector:
1968 Taxes
$ 37.80
1969 Taxes
64.74
1970 Taxes
1,890.23
1971 Taxes
51,026.05
1971 Excise Taxes
4,108.57
1972 Excise Taxes
1,523.23
Interest
291.79
$58,942.41
TOTAL RECEIPTS Refund
$76,847.67
15.71
$76,863.38
Balance Feb. 1, 1971
$14,894.50
Receipts
76,863.38
$91,757.88
Total Warrants
69,000.40
Balance Feb. 1, 1972
$22,757.48
FAITH DAVIDSON Treasurer
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Tax Collectors Report
1971 Unpaid Resident Real Estate, Personal and Poll Taxes
Real Estate
Personal
Poll
Alley, Irvin B. & Pauline N.
$ 109.80 $
$ 3.00
Adams, Lewis
3.00
Bennett, Lawrence
3.00
Bennett, Lucille M. J.
100. 65
Brown, Freda
63.20
Brown, Mervin
3.00
Campbell, George
36.60
3.00*
Campbell, Madelyn
201.30
Campbell, Raleigh B. & Elaine C. 146.40
3.00*
Carr, Richard
109.80
21.05
3.00
Davidson, Frederick W. & Faye A.
55.82
Drew, Richard
146.40
Ellis, Macy
111.63
Goodridge, Cyrus
36.60
23.79
Goodridge, Elsie
172.02
Gourley, Donald & Dariel
155.55
27.45
Hall, Dwinal
63.65
*Harrington, Michael
21.96
Herrick, Lynn
64.05
Hersey, Sterling
109.80
3.00*
*Howard, Robert
123.53
3.00
Leeman, John
73.20
*Lupo, James R.
128.10
Mitchell, Quentin A. Jr. & Priscilla
228.75
109.80
3.00
Page, Malcolm
109.80
3,00
Page, Thomas & Ida
146.40
3.00*
Patterson, Basil Sr.
164.70
1.83
3.00*
Patterson, Everett Jr.
100. 65
3.00*
Patterson, Stanley
90.54
Perkins, Daniel
27.45
3.00
*Ronco, Bernard A. & Linda A.
128.10
3.00
Stevens, Linwood
91.50
3.00*
Sprague, Isaac
3.00
*Thackery, A.
3.00
*Wentworth, Merle
3.00
Worden, Charles
36.60
3.00
*Tompkins, Clyde
$3,076.77
$261.70
$63.00
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Non-Resident:
Real Estate
Personal
Poll
Beamis, Harold
$ 41.17
*Bragdon, Elvin A. & Virginia O.
2.19
Bragdon, Randon
29.28
*Bragdon, Sharon & Sheila
14.64
*Bragdon, Sheila
12.81
Blodgett, Fred E.
18.30
Burke, Adolph
27.45
Campbell, Owen
27.45
Davis, Charles F. & Leona M.
91.50.
Davis, Theodore C. & Kay L.
91.50
Davis, Theodore C., Kay L., Charles F. & Leona M.
18.30
Elbthol Realty Trust
23.86
Hall, Charles
26.54
Leeman, Charlotte M.
86.93
Lachapelle, Roger
27.46
Littlefield, John C. & Ramona L.
132. 68
*McCann, Courtney
82.35
Pearson, Harry & Lucy
16.47
Tileston, Robert
16.60
Wells, Fairfield B. & Joyce M.
27.45
Williams, Wayne & Dolores J.
100.65
$ 915.58
UNPAID 1969 TAXES
Alley, Irvin B.
$ 8.04
Blethen, Roger
3.00
Cullicutt, Weldon
16.40
Daggett, Cecil
8.04
Small, Edmund
11. 04
$ 46.52
* PAID AFTER BOOKS CLOSED
JANICE McALLISTER Tax Collector
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Maine State Department of Health and Welfare DIVISION OF PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING
Report to Town of Abbot for year ending December 31, 1971
The Division of Public Health Nursing continued to offer its services to townspeople during the 1971 calendar year. A brief summary of services given by the Division staff is pre- sented in this report.
Home Visiting, to assist families to cope with health problems.
Number of individuals visited 11
Number of home visits made 37
Number of supporting and coordinating activities,
such as procuring physician's recommendations,
conferences with social workers, etc. 5
Kinds of problems included mental health, acciden- tal injury, communicable disease, crippling condi- tions, and health promotion.
Miscellaneous Other Service
One visit was made to a town official to promote child health conference activities for area children in 1972.
Respectfully submitted,
/s/ VALERIE L. MORRELL, R.N. Public Health Nurse
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REPORT OF SCHOOL NURSE
Nursing provided as part of the school program for children is a direct, constructive, and effective approach to the building of a healthful society. Facts acquired through parent contacts, teacher conferences, student health-office visits, and health records are tools the school nurse uses to show the relationship of the child's health status to his progress in school.
Physical examinations by G. C. Howard, M. D., school physician, were done in the fall. Notices of defects were sent to the parents and home visits were made when they were necessary.
Sight and hearing tests will be completed on all children.
There have been some changes in our immunization pro- gram as a result of recommendations of the U. S. Public Health service. It is no longer a required practice to give smallpox vaccinations routinely. Diphtheria, tetanus and Rubella (Ger- man Measles) vaccine were offered this fall. The tuberculin tests, given only to school personnel, and oral polio vaccine were administered by the school nurse.
The Medical Career Club gave a check for $100. 00 to the Mayo Memorial Hospital toward the purchase of a resuscitator for the nursery. A $25. 00 donation was made to the hospital for a shower room in the maternity wing. In October we attended Career Day at the Eastern Maine Medical Center. Other tours are being planned for the spring.
My sincere appreciation to the Salvation Army who has made available a sum of money which was used to provide glasses for children in exceptional situations and to the Guil- ford Evening Extension for their contribution of used clothing which is made available to our school. The cooperation of the Superintendent, teachers, parents, and interested citizens is instrumental in promoting our health program.
Respectfully submitted,
MARY L. JOHNSTON School Nurse
Earl E. Richardson Public Accountant Greenville, Maine
February 15, 1972
Board of Selectmen Abbot, Maine
Gentlemen:
In accordance with Volumn 14, Title 30, Section 5253, Revised Statutes of 1964, an audit has been conducted of the financial records of the Town of Abbot for the fiscal year ended, January 31, 1972.
The examination was made in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards and accordingly included such tests of the accounting records and such other auditing prodedures as were considered necessary in the circumstances. The audit analysis was on a basis consistent with that of the preceding year. .
. The financial and statistical sections, incorporated in this report, present the results of the Town's financial operations for the period indicated.
Respectfully submitted, Carl & Richardson
Earl E. Richardson Public Accountant
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TOWN ON ABBOT
COM.ENTS For The Year Ended January 31, 1972
An audit of the financial records maintained by the Selectmen, Treasurer, Tax Collector and Town Clerk has been examined for the year ended January 31, 1972.
Assets
The cash balance of $22, 757.48 was reconciled with the balance furnished by the Guilford Trust Company Guilford, Maine and cash on hand with the Treasurer at audit date. Accounts receivable of $125.67 con- sisted of amounts due from the previous year, some of which may prove to be uncollectable. Tax Receivable of $4, 380.88 were made up of 1971, 1970 and 1969 taxes. " Excise taxes of $5,631.80 were collected as compared to $5,632.55 for the previous year.
Departmental
Departmental balances showed a net unexpended balance of $13, 703.41, with balances carried of $2,112.21.
Surplus
The unappropriated surplus increased from $17, 794. Ll to $25,200.75.
Trust Fund
The Abbot Higher Education Fund of $30,257.00 which is the book value of the fund as reported by the Merrill Trust Company in 1971 is invested by the Merrill Trust Company with the income available for scholarships for worthy and needy students of the Town of Abbot.
Scope
Count of cash was made and reconciled with current recorded receipts. The system of internal control was reviewed as pertained to the handling of cash and other matters of financial concern. External verifications were utilized, on a test basis, to determine the correctness of recorded assets .
TOWN OF ABBOT
Comments continued:
Scope continued:
An analysis was made of the treasurer's receipts and deposits as well as expenditures and bank charges. Vouchers, payroll and cancelled checks supporting expenditures were checked for a selected period.
The records of the annual town meeting were reviewed and matters concerning finances were verified with the accounting records. Excise tax computations and collections were checked on a test basis. Bond coverage was examined.
Included in this report are exhibits and schedules pertaining to the financial status of the town. Audit procedures were followed to the extent deemed necessary to develop these statements.
It is believed, subject to the foregoing comments, that the accompany- ing statements and supporting information present fairly the financial position of the town at January 31, 1272 and the results of its operations for the year then onded.
TOWN OF ABBOT
EXHIBIT A
COMPARATIVE BALANCE SHEET For The Year Ended January 31, 1972
GENERAL FUND
January 31, 1971
January 31, 197;
ASSETS:
Cash
$ 14,894.50
$ 22,757.48
Accounts Receivable
125.67
125.67
Tax Receivable
4,235.45
4,380.88
Tax Mortgage Liens
509.66
986.04
Tax Acquired Property
304.25
208.35
$
20,070.53
$ 28,458.42
LIABILITIES & SURPLUS:
Prepaid 1972 Taxes
$ 12.79
$
Accounts Payable
5.66
Due to Ministerial & School Fund
1,145.46
1,145.46
Authorized Expenditures
1,112.21
2,112.21
Unappropriated Surplus (Ex. D. )
17,794.41
25,200.75
$ 20,070.53
28,458.42
TRUST FUND
ASSETS:
Due from General Fund
$
1,145.46
$ 1,145.46
Abbot Higher Education Fund
30,257.00
$ 1,145.46
31,402.46
LIABILITIES:
Principal Ministerial & School Fund
$ 1,145.46
1,145.46
Principal Higher Education Fund
30,257.00
$ 1,145.46
$ 31,402.46
TOWN OF ABBOT
EXHIBIT D
TRANSACTIONS IN DEPARTMENTAL ACCOUNTS For the Year Ended January 31, 1972
Balances 2-01-71
Appro- priations
Cash Receipts
Other Credits
Cash Disbursements
Other Charges
Balances Unexpended (overdraft Cont:)
GENERAL GOVERNMENT: Administration Miscellaneous
4,000.00
3,494.00
506.00
5,276.88
1,881.91
2,552.71
4.606.08
4,000.00
5,276.88
1,881.91
6,046.71
5,112:08
PROTECTION: Fire Protection
1,250.00
1,250.00
HEALTH: Clinic
50.00
5.50
44.50
INTEREST:
Interest & Cost
460.04
59.74
519.78
HIGHWAYS:
Winter Roads
7,500.00
8,919.00
7,500.00
16,351.50
7,567.50
Summer Roads
2,500.70
2,431.03
69.67
State Aid Roads
1,066.00
1,066.00
1,066.00
7,500.00
8,919.00
10,000.70
18,782.53
7,637.17
1,066.00
CHARITIES :
Town Poor Aid to Dependent Children State Poor
1,000.00
15.71
1,249.37
(233.66)
500.00
637.92
(137.92)
60.46
60.46
Other Town Poor
139.51
139:51
1.500.00
199.97
15.71
2,087.26
(371.58)
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TOWN OF ABBOT
EXHIBIT D Cont:
TRANSACTIONS IN DEPARTMENTAL ACCOUNT'S For The Year Ended January 31, 1972
Balances 2-01-71
Appro- priations
Cash Receipts
Other Credits
Cash Disbursements
Other Charges
Balances Unexpended (overdraft) Cont:
RECREA.
.ding xecreation
200.00
130.80
69.20
50.00
50.00
on Area (Peil Fund) 46.21
1,580.00
580.00
1,046.21
46.21
300.00
1,580.00
810.80
69.20 1,046.21
FIED:
Club House Repair
100.00
10.00
127.88
(17.88)
.wn Dump
300.00
292.00
8.00
Memorial Day
100.00
100.00
Abbot Cemetery Corp.
100.00
100.00
600.00
10.00
619.88
(9.88)
SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS:
School Adm. District #4
37,067.18
37,067.10
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County Tax
2,325.60
2,325.60
Overlay
702.12
702.12
40,094.90
39.392.76
702.14
TOTALS
$
1,112.21
54,044.90
16,445.89
13.208.06
68,995.44
13,703.41 2,112.21
50.00
50.00
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