Annual reports of the municipal officers, town of Abbot, Maine for the year ending, 1972, Part 1

Author: Abbot (Me. : Town)
Publication date: 1971
Publisher: [Abbot, Me.] : [Town of Abbot]
Number of Pages: 38


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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


.02


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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