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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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