Annual report of the municipal officers of the town of Belgrade, Maine, 1914-1915, Part 2

Author: Belgrade (Me.)
Publication date: 1915
Publisher: Belgrade, Me. : The Town
Number of Pages: 58


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Your school committee recommends that the town raise the following amounts for schools next year, viz :-


Free High School $850.00


Common schools 1,350.00


Text-books and supplies for High and Common schools 300.00


200.00


Repairs


Superintendent's salary 135.00


Our High School appropriation last year was almost $200.00 short of the amount required to maintain it at the prices paid at that time. It also appears that we have not been taking any account of the charge for high school janitor service, and the wood has been charged to the common school fuel account. This


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method is irregular. We will have to include these items in the High School account in the future as there is no other account to which they may properly be charged.


Last year, with a balance of $27.41, we raised $400.00, re- ceived $500.00 from the State and $36.00 from tuition, making our High School resources for the year $963.41. We were pay- ing the Principal $700.00, assistant $324.00, janitor $36.00, and about $60.00 for fuel, making a total expense of $1,120.00. In addition to this, recent laws have been passed which obliged us to pay an advanced price to secure an assistant who came up to the State requirements. Under these circumstances it was nec- essary to overdraw the High School account in order to main- tain the school.


We are facing a serious situation as regards our high school. The work of the school has, on the whole, never been up to the standard requirements, and therefore it has not been satisfactory to the State Department of Education. We have now reached the point where we will have to make the High School what it should be or we will lose the State aid, which means losing the school. Our weak point for years has been too many incompe- tent teachers and too frequent changes of teachers. As a mat- ter of fact, we have been using our young people as material for experiments and have been spending our High School money in conducting a training school for teachers, for the benefit of other towns. So far as our records show we have never kept a teacher longer than a year and, in many cases, changes have had to be made during the year. If we happened to get a. teacher who proved to be competent, some other town would offer him more money and we would be obliged to go through the "breaking in" process all over again. If, on the other hand, our teacher proved to be unsatisfactory, we would have to let him go and hire anoth- er one who, perhaps, proved to be no better. This has been one of our fortunate years. Both principal and assistant have proved to be competent, and the school, on the whole, is doing very satisfactory work. But we cannot keep these people at the prices we are paying them. We cannot expect to secure and retain competent teachers unless we pay then as much as other


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towns are paying, which is from $900.00 to $1,000.00 for a prin- cipal, and $450.00 to $500.00 for an assistant. The request for next year's appropriation is based on the lesser figures.


In the matter of common schools, the law requiring the state certification of teachers, which went into effect last Septent- ber, has tended to advance the wages of teachers all along the line. Its influence, however, is especially felt in the rural towns. Irs requirements have barred out many of that class of teachers which we have depended on for our smaller rural schools, thereby making it necessary for us to look for a higher grade of teaching ability at a higher price. There is no doubt that this law will tend to bring about considerable improvement in our rural schools. It is equally certain that it will result in a considerable increase in teachers wages. It will, therefore, be necessary to increase our appropriation for Common Schools.


In the matter of text-books we have been appropriating $150.00 for the high school and a like amount for the common schools. As the high school is now fairly well supplied while the common schools are very much in need of books, it would be advisable to combine these two items into one appropriation of $300.00 which would enable us to use the money where it may be most needed. The accounts can be kept separately as hereto- fore.


In regard to repairs, the three buildings in the south part of the town should be painted this year, the Washington school at North Belgrade needs a thorough repairing inside and out and some provision should be made for storage room for high school wood. These items, in connection with the usual minor repairs, will require the amount asked for.


As the time for town elections is drawing near, I beg to offer the suggestion that it would be a great blessing to our schools if the election of the school committee were not made a political issue. Your child's education is the most important thing in his whole life, and the man who is the most competent and the most interested in giving him that education is the man who should serve on your school committee, no matter what his personal political opinions may be.


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In conclusion, I wish to thank the citizens of Belgrade for the uniform kindness and courtesy which has been extended to me in all my business and social relations with you. I also wish to assure you that nothing in this report is offered in a spirit of criticism. I take it for granted that it is your desire to improve your schools, and that you look to your school officials to point out the way by which this improvement may be effected. It is with the earnest hope that the seeds sown herein may fall on fertile soil and result in a harvest of improved conditions for our young people, that this report is respectfully submitted.


T. W. McQUAIDE, Superintendent.


COMMON SCHOOL ACCOUNT, 1914-1915 Resources


Balance from last year


$


78.17


Town Appropriation


1,000.00


Received from State


1,819.25


Received from Rome, tuition


134.52


Received from Mt. Vernon, tuition


75.00


$3, 106.94


EXPENDITURES For Teachers' Wages


Helen Adams


$67.50


Martha Drummond


72.00


Ethel C. Foster


80.00


Bertha Withers


88.00


Ruth S. Stover


90.00


Bessie M. Ferguson


90.00


Winnifred A. Mansur


92.90


Alice S. McCormack


152.00


Alice Smith


178.00


Marie Pray


189.00


Alberta Yeaton


200.00


Bertha E. Bartlett


235.50


Mildred V. Williams


280.00


Maude B. Hewitt


300.00


Angie O. Bartlett


224.00


$2,338.90


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Janitor Work and Cleaning


Mae Bickford


$3.00


Ruth Thompson


1.50


Edward Ellis


2.25


Fred Patten


1.25


Doris Tibbetts


4.75


Ernest White


3.00


Stanley Tillson


8.25


Malcolm Whitney


4.50


Kendall Decker


2.25


Melvin Pray


4.85


J. H. Whitney


1.50


Theresa White


5.25


Alice Smith


5.25


Floyd Alexander


2.75


Orman Stevens


7.50


Bertha Bartlett


7.50


Luvita Bickford


2.50


Ruth Stover


2.50


Ethel Brooks


2.50


$72.85


FUEL


James Watson


$24.50


L. R. Bickford


6.25


A. Furbushı


16.00


Howard Bickford


32.50


Joseph Ashland


16.50


S. Blaisdell


14.25


Harold Sprague


1.00


Alice Smith


1.50


C. B. Wadleigh


15.00


Bertha Bartlett


.50


C. E. Tillson


6.00


Stanley Tillson


1.50


$135.50


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CONVEYANCE


Fred Patten


$70.40


W. T. Larkin


120.00


LeRoy Cook


76.00


J. J. Guay


96.80


Ella Cunningham


72.00


H. E. Trask


6.00


F. L. Dunn


25.60


Mrs. Carrie Wells


7.00


Frances Fowler


38.40


Raymond Watson


10.50


$522.70


E. E. Babb & Co.


$8.56


Franklin Journal


4.00


E. H. Mosher


10.98


C. J. Anderson


1.55


$25.09


$3,095.04


Unexpended COMMON SCHOOL TEXT-BOOKS Resources


$11.90


Balance last year


$25.60


Town Appropriation


150.00


$175.60


Expenditures


Silver Burdett & Co.


$21.36


B. H. Sanborn & Co.


25.47


American Book Co.


53.53


Ginn & Co.


42.20


D. H. Knowlton & Co.


7.32


Sears Roebuck & Co.


8.70


Newell White


3.50


T. W. McQuaide


6.54


$168.62


Unexpended $6.98


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HIGH SCHOOL BOOKS AND SUPPLIES


Resources


Town Appropriation


$150.00


Expenditures


L. E. Knott Apparatus Co. $7.81


American Book Co.


2.35


D. C. Heath & Co. 1.08


Atkinson Mentzer & Co.


1.87


Charles E. Merrill Co.


6.15


B. H. Sanborn & Co.


6.12


Ginn & Co.


23.22


E. E. Babb & Co.


15.94


E. H. Mosher


5.78


Howard & Brown


6.09


G. B. Rollins


.40


T. W. McQuaide


3.11


$79.92


Unexpended


$70.08


REPAIRS Resources


Balance last year


$21.56


Town Appropriation


200.00


$221.56


Expenditures


H. L. Parker


$24.23


Chas. F. Hulin


7.50


C. E. Tillson


22.44


Alger P. Farnham


12.00


Ernest E. Johnson


12.00


Mrs. F. A. Derby L. R. Bickford Elmer Morrill


1.65


3.00


2.00


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F. W. Pray 1.00


Pray Brothers


13.82


Albert Furbush


4.00


Fred Patten


.50


W. T. Larkin


3.00


Howard Bickford


2.00


C. E. Burnham


2.00


E. H. Mosher


58.05


H. O. Pray


7.50


$176.69


Unexpended $44.87


SUPERINTENDENT'S SALARY Resources


Town Appropriation


$135.00


Expenditures


T. W. McQuaide, salary March 20, 1914 to Jan. 30, 1915


$117.00


Unexpended


$18.00


FREE HIGH SCHOOL Resources


Balance from last year


$ 27.41


Town Appropriation


400.00


Received from State


500.00


Tuition due from Town of Sidney


36.00


$963.41


Expenditures


G. B. Rollins, 10 weeks


$194.45


Mrs. G. B. Rollins, 10 weeks


90.00


J. C. Haggerty, 26 weeks


505.55


Helen E. Russell, 26 weeks


312.00


$1,102.00


Overdrawn $138.59


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Tabular Statement


Name of School


Name of Teacher


Term


Weeks


Enrollment


Average Attend.


Supt. Visits


Wages per Week


Adams


Martha M. Drummond


Spring Fall


9 10 9


3 8.00


Bertha Withers


Winter


10 13 10


3 8.00


Washington


Mildred V. Williams


Spring


Fall


11 19 15


5 9.00


Lakeside


Helen Adams


Spring


9 11 8


3 7.50


Alice Smith


Fall


11 11 8


4 8.00


Alice Smith


Winter


10 8


7


3 9.00


Franklin


Winnifred A. Mansur


Spring Fall


11 26 23


5 9.00


Maude B. Hewitt


Winter


10 25 23


4 10.00


McKinley


Bertha E. Bartlett


Spring


9 12 10


3 7.50


Bertha E. Bartlett


Fall


11 11 10 4 8.00


Bertha E. Bartlett


Winter


10 14 10 3 8.00


Lincoln


Angie O. Bartlett


Spring


9 21 17


3 8.00


Angie O. Bartlett


Fall


9 16 14


4 8.00


Angie O. Bartlett


Winter


10,11 10


3


8.00


Whittier


Alice S. McCormack


Spring


9 16 14


3 8.00


Alice S. McCormack


Fall


10 15 14


4 8.00


Ruth S. Stover


Winter


10 14 12 3 9.00


Lowell


Alberta E. Yeaton


Spring


9 11


11


3 10.00


Alberta E. Yeaton


Fall


11 12 11


3|10.00


Bessie M. Ferguson


Winter


9 12 11


3 10.00


New Century


Maude B. Hewitt


Spring


9 27 25


3 10.00


Maude B. Hewitt


Fall


11 26 23


4 10.00


High


G. B. Rollins, Principal


Spring


10 32 30


4 19.44


Mrs. G. B. Rollins Asst.


Spring


9.00


J. C. Haggerty, Prin.


Fall


15 29 26


6 19.44


Helen E. Russell, Asst.


Fall


12.00


J. C. Haggerty, Prin.


Winter


11 28


5 19.44


Helen E. Russell, Asst.


Winter


12.00


9


4 8.00


9 24 18 4 9.00


Mildred V. Williams


Mildred V. Williams


Winter


10|15.11


3 10 00


9 30 25


5 10.00


Marie Pray


Marie Pray Yeaton


Winter


10 30 27


3 9.00


Ethel C. Foster


11 10


Report of Cemetery Committee


Unexpended from 1913 Appropriation Sale of hay


$138.13


100.00


10.00


$248.13


Expended for Labor, Mowing and Raking Yard


Paid Ernest Yeaton


$6.75


Paid Raymond Yeaton 6.75


Paid Ralph Brown 5.62


Paid Clarence Chase


8.00


Paid Clyde Damren


2.25


Paid Guy Yeaton


3.00


Paid George A. P. Bucknam


11.25


$43.62


Paid Geo. A. P. Bucknam, for care of


cemeteries


$56.75


Painting Fence


27.50


Pumping Water


45.00


4


$129.25


Interest Received from Bequests


J. C. Mosher


$4.00


Fannie Rockwood


4.00


Sadie Clough


8.00


Cora A. Hammond


4.00


L. J. Crooker


8.00


L. W. Batchelder


10.00


J. S. Dudley


12.00


A. W. Rollins


8.00


R. K. Stuart


4.00


Samuel Greeley


4.00


J. M. Chandler


6.90


Jessie Knox


4.00


$76.90


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Amount Expended


J. C. Mosher lot


$4.00


Fannie Rockwood lot


4.00


Sadie Clough lot


8.00


Cora A. Hammond lot


4.00


L. J. Crooker lot


8.00


L. W. Batchelder lot


10.00


J. S. Dudley lot


12.00


A. W. Rollins lot


8.00


R. K. Stuart lot


4.00


Samuel Greeley lot


4.00


J. M. Chandler lot


6.90


Jessie Knox lot


4.00


$76.90


Paid E. H. Mosher for supplies


20.73


Unexpended balance


$54.53


GEO. A. P. BUCKNAM, Cemetery Committee.


Warrant


To Howard E. Gowell, Constable of the town of Belgrade.


Greeting:


In the name of the State of Maine you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of the said town of Belgrade qualified by law to vote in town affairs to assemble at Belgrade Grange Hall in said town on Monday, the first day of March, A. D., 1915, at ten o'clock in the forenoon to act on the following articles, to wit:


First-To choose a moderator to preside at said meeting.


Second-To choose all necessary town officers for the ensu- ing year.


Third-To see if the town will vote to have one or more Road Commissioners.


Fourth-To see what sum of money the town will vote to grant and raise for the support of schools for the ensuing year.


Fifth-To see if the town will vote "Yes" or "No" on the question of appropriating and raising money necessary to entitle the town to State aid, as provided in Section 20 of Chapter 130 of the Public Laws of 1913.


Sixth-To see if the town will appropriate and raise the sum of five hundred and thirty-three dollars [$533.00] for the improvement of the section of State aid road as outlined in the report of the State highway commission in addition to the amounts regularly raised for the care of ways, highways and bridges, the above amount being the maximum which the town is allowed to raise under the provisions of Section 19 of Chapter 130 of the Public Laws of 1913.


Seventh-To see whether the town will vote to raise money, and what sum, for the maintenance of State and State aid high- ways during the ensuing year, within the limits of the town, under the provisions of Section 9 and 18 of Chapter 130 of the Public Laws of 1913.


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Eighth-To see what sum of money the town will vote to grant and raise for snow bills of the winter of 1914 and 1915.


Ninth-To see what sum of money the town will vote to grant and raise for the support of roads and bridges for the en- suing year.


Tenth-To see if the town will appropriate and raise three hundred dollars [$300.00] to be expended on the Bog road from the Railroad Crossing to Manchester town line.


Eleventh-To see if the town will appropriate and raise eight hundred dollars [$800.00] to be expended on the road front the section completed in 1913 near H. H. Adams to H. H. Page's.


Twelfth-To see if the town will appropriate and raise · eight hundred dollars [$800.00] to be expended on the road from the bridge at Spaulding's Mills to E. E. Rollins.


Thirteenth-To see what sum of money the town will vote to grant and raise for the repairs of schoolhouses.


Fourteenth-To see what sum of money the town will vote to grant and raise for the purchase of school books for the ensu- ing year.


Fifteenth-To see what sum of money the town will vote to grant and raise to defray town charges for the ensuing year.


Sixteenth-To see what sum of money the town will vote to grant and raise for the support of a Free High School for the en- suing year.


Seventeenth-To see what sum the town will vote to grant and raise for the purchase of Free High School books.


Eighteenth-To choose one member of Cemetery Com- mittee.


Nineteenth-To see what sum of money the town will vote to grant and raise for Cemetery purposes.


Twentieth-To see if the town will vote to grant and raise a sum of money for the repair of Ellis Cemetery and how much.


Twenty-first-To see if the town will vote to grant and raise one hundred and thirty-five dollars [$135.00] for the salary of Superintendent of Schools for the ensuing year.


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Twenty-second-To see what sum the town will vote to grant and raise for picking brown-tail moths.


Twenty-third-To see if the town will vote to grant and raise ninety-five dollars [$95.00] for the purchase of a Boston grader.


Twenty-fourth-To see if the town will vote to buy the building formerly occupied by H. V. Smith and land connected with same for a town hall and appropriate money for same.


Twenty-fifth-To see if the town will accept a bequest of approximately one thousand four hundred dollars [$1,400.00; under the will of the late Theresa M.Libby to be held in trust, the income of which to be used for the perpetual care of her lot in Woodside Cemetery, and of her father, David Austin's lot, in said cemetery. Should the income from said fund be more than is necessary for the good and proper care of said lots, the balance to be used for the care of Woodside Cemetery in accordance with the best judgment of the Cemetery Committee.


Twenty-sixth- To see if the town will vote to accept a sum of money, the income of which is to be expended on lot of Reu- ben Wentworth.


Twenty-seventh-To see if the town will accept a sum of money to be held in trust, the income of which is to be expended on lots of Knowlton Penney and Taylor E. Penney.


Twenty-eighth-To see if the town will vote to authorize the Selectmen and Treasurer to hire money for the use of the town, if necessary.


The Selectmen give notice that they will be in session for the purpose of revising and correcting the list of voters at Grange Hall at nine o'clock in the forenoon on the day of said meeting.


Given under our hands at Belgrade this Thirteenth day of February, A. D., 1915.


H. H. ADAMS, L. A. BARTLETT,


D. C. STEVENS,


Selectmen of Belgrade.


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