Annual report of the municipal officers of the town of Belgrade, Maine, 1916-1919, Part 4

Author: Belgrade (Me.)
Publication date: 1874
Publisher: Belgrade, Me. : The Town
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Thirteenth - To see what sum of money the town will vote to grant and raise to defray town charges for the ensuing year.


Fourteenth - To see what sum of money the town will vote to grant and raise for the support of a free High school for the ensuing year.


Fifteenth - To choose one member of cemetery committee.


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


Seventeenth - To see if the town will vote to appropriate and raise one hundred dollars ($100.00) for electric lights to light the streets at Belgrade Depot for the coming year.


Eighteenth - To see if the town will vote to appropriate and raise one hundred dollars ($100.00) for electric lights to light the streets. at Belgrade Lakes for the coming year.


Nineteenth - To see if the town will vote to appropriate and raise one hundred dollars ($100.00) for electric lights to light the street at North Belgrade from Anderson's theatre to E. E. Rollins' store.


Twentieth - To see if the town will vote to pay the school committee for their services for the ensuing year.


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Twenty-first - To see if the town will vote to grant and raise the sum of six hundred dollars ($600.00) to sand the road beginning at the end of State road in front of E. E. Rollins' store and running to Mill bridge.


Twenty-second - To see if the town will vote to grant and raise five hundred dollars ($500.00) to be used by the Lakeside Campmeeting Association toward building a private way from North Belgrade station to their Camp Ground, said private way to be laid out by the County Commissioners and kept in repair by said Lakeside Campmeeting Association without any further cost to the town of Belgrade.


Twenty-third - To see if the town will vote to grant and raise the sum of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) to be given to Mrs. Cora E. Yeaton for injuries received by stepping in a hole in the road on West road last winter.


Twenty-fourth - To see if the town will vote to accept two hundred and fifty dollars ($250.00) from Aubrey B. Butler for the perpetual care of the lot of Annie Rachel Ricker, No. 17 in Range 2 of the Pine Grove cemetery No. 2.


Twenty-fifth - 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 nineteenth day of Feb- ruary, A. D. 1918.


L. A. BARTLETT, E. L. FOSTER, A. P. WATSON,


Selectmen of Belgrade.


Annual Report


1918-19


TOWN OF BELGRADE


ANNUAL REPORT


OF THE


TOWN OFFICERS


OF THE


TOWN OF BELGRADE


FOR THE MUNICIPAL YEAR


1918-1919


WALLACE S. LADD PRESS AUGUSTA


Officers of the Town of Belgrade


Moderator H. H. ADAMS


Town Clerk E. H. MOSHER


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Selectmen, Assessors and Overseers of the Poor F. L. PRAY B. C. BICKFORD A. E. PAGE


Treasurer E. H. MOSHER


Collector C. E. TILLSON


W. T. LARKIN


School Committee C. R. SAWYER R. N. GUPTILL


Superintendent of Schools RALPH G. OAKES


Road Commissioners


R. B. RANDLETT HERBERT ALEXANDER


Constable ROY A. YEATON


Sexton C. B. STUART


Cemetery Committee GEO. A. P. BUCKNAM ROY A. YEATON C. R. SAWYER


Sealer of Weights and Measures F. C. FOSTER


Fire Warden E. C. LORD


Selectmen's Report


To the Citizens of the Town of Belgrade:


We herewith submit our annual report for the year ending Feb. 14, 1919.


Resident Real Estate


Land Value $138,375 00


Building


201,535 00


$339,910 00


Non-Resident Real Estate


Land Value


. ......


$ 63,400 00


Building 112,560 00


$175,960 00


Personal Estate Resident


$116,701 00


66


Non-Resident


20,895 00


$137,596 00


Total Valuation


$653,466 00


Amount tax on above $16,336 65


281 Polls at $3.00 843 00


$ 17,179 65


Rate .025.


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Appropriation for the Year 1918


State tax $ 3,954 06


County tax


1,066 85


Town charges


1,000 00


Support of Common schools


1,500 00


Snow bills


2,000 00


Roads and bridges.


2,500 00


Support of High School


1,050 00


Cemetery purposes


250 00


Electric Lights ...


300 00


Road at Lake Side


500 00


Graveling road from E. Rollins to Mill.


600 00


State Aid Highway


533 00


Maintenance State Aid road


550 00


Repairs of school houses


350 00


Purchase of school books.


450 00


Cora Yeaton for damage received on highway


25 00


Overlay


550 74


$17,179 65


Supplementary tax


233 75


Total commitment.


$17,413 40


List of Personal Property


AV. VAL. TOTAL VAL.


264


$104 97


$28,085 00


10 colts, 3 to 4 years old


130 00


1,300 00


21 colts, 2 to 3 years old


72 62


1,525 00


7 colts, under 2 years ..


60 71


425 00


620 cows


34 48


21,383 00


25 oxen


72 40


1,810 00


170, 3-year olds


41 37


7,033 00


183, 2-year olds


29 07


5,320 00


30 sheep.


5 00


150 00


$67,031 00


7


All Other Kinds of Personal Property


Stock in trade $12,250 00


Launches and Boats 21,970 00


Logs and lumber 1,900 00


Automobiles, 81


18,440 00


Musical instruments, 55 4,875 00


Furniture


4,650 00


Machinery not taxed as Real Est.


6,480 00


$ 70,565 00


$137,596 00


List of Untaxable Live Stock


AV. VAL.


TOTAL VAL.


353 1-year olds


$12 77 $4,510 00


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.


490 sheep to the no. of 35. 5 00


2,450 00


154 swine 17 82 2.755 00


$9,715 00 1


Paid Bills Accrued Prior to Feb. 14, 1918


Printing moth notices $ 5 50


Burial expenses of Geo. Towle .. 87 55


W. T. Larkin, school committee, 8 80


Care of Jane Mignault 50 00


E. H. Mosher, town clerk 15 00


L. A. Bartlett, selectman 100 00


E. L. Foster, selectman 78 00


A. P. Watson, selectman 66 00


Printing reports


44 00


Leslie Bickford, constable 3 00


$ 457 85


.


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Abatements for Year 1918


E. A. Bean, boat out of town


$5 00


W. W. Berry, paid in Waterville 2 50


Will Withers, over valuation 5 00


A. F. Drummond, paid in Waterville, boat 2 50 F. A. Hammond, paid in Waterville, boat 2 50


H. Higgins, boat not in town 5 00


Walter Hight's auto, paid in Skowhegan. . 25 00


Charles F. Johnson, boat paid Waterville, 7 50


D. Francis, boat destroyed 2 50


E. W. Davidson, taxed by mistake 3 75


Samuel Lot, boat sold before April 1 5 00


H. W. Mitchell, paid in Waterville 5 00


Alice Manter 2 50


Geo. W. Reynolds, paid in Waterville. 2 50


Lute Riggs, paid in Rome 2 50


Clara Spaulding, boat out of town. 1 00


Allen H. Wood, boat out of town 5 00


Clarence Ward, one boat instead of two 2 50


Roy Cook, poll tax 3 00


Ashman Ladd, paid in Rome 6 50


George McIntire, paid in Oakland. 3 00


Ray Towle, paid in Mt. Vernon 5 50


J. M. Towle. 3 00


Ralph Brann, soldier


3 00


Mellen Adams, soldier 3 00


Frank Chandler, soldier 3 00


Delmont French, soldier 3.00


Lauren Kelley, soldier . 3 00


Everett Johnson, soldier 3 00


Wilber Judkins, soldier 3 00


Lawrence Hill, soldier 3 00


Hiram Patten, soldier 3 00


A. M. Wadleigh, Jr., soldier 3 00


Preston Willey, soldier


3 00


9


Ernest Yeaton, soldier 3 00


Raymond Yeaton, soldier 3 00


Nelson Harnden, soldier 3 00 - $149 25


Paid for Support of Poor, 1918-19


On account of Jane Mignault


$262 46


$262 46


Paid for Support of Poor of Other Towns


On account of Eugene Winslow.


$24 30


On account of Napoleon B. Gould 58 00


$82 30


Due from town of Poland, on account of Eugene Winslow $24 30


Due from town of New Portland, on ac- count of Napoleon B. Gould. 58 00


$82 30


On account of Frank Newell.


$48 00


Rec'd from New Sharon on acct. Frank Newell


$48 00


Sheep Account


Paid Frank Kelley, for sheep killed by dogs $36 00


Paid Mary Tillson, for sheep killed by dogs. . ... 24 00


Paid J. W. Penney, for turkeys killed by foxes. . 15 00


$75 00


Received from State as above 75 00


Amount appropriated for road at Lakeside $500 00


Amount paid for road at Lakeside. 500 00


Amount appropriated for Cora Yeaton. $25 00


Amount paid to Cora Yeaton 25 00


State aid to dependents of soldiers $422 22


Due from State


422 22


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Miscellaneous Expenses


Leslie Bickford, ballot clerk. $4 00


Bert Kelley, ballot clerk 4 00


Ross Guptill, election clerk 4 00


Ernest Bachelder, election clerk 4 00


Oakland Fire Department, fire at Fish Hatchery 27 00


Dr. Reynolds, vaccination


27 85


E. H. Mosher, express


34


Roy Yeaton, constable


25 00


E. C. Lord, fire warden 25 00


Expenses of School Superintendent 29 32


Flags for Schools 11 25


F. C. Foster, sealer of Weights and


Measures 8 00


F. C. Foster, service on Board of Health, 5 00


C. R. Sawyer, service on School Com. 17 50


B. F. Maher, legal advice 2 00


E. H. Mosher, books and stationery 23 33


Care of tramps. 5 57


Belgrade Grange, rent of hall 25 00


E. F. Yeaton, service on Board of Health, 3 00


F. L. Pray, stamps, expenses and cash paid .. 20 25


B. C. Bickford, stamps, expenses and cash paid. 8 65


A. E. Page, expenses.


E. H. Mosher, postage. 5 83


4 25


L. E. Reynolds, reporting births and deaths 4 25


C. E. Tillson, Collector 335 00


W. F. Larkin, service on School Com. 14 08


Superintendent of School, salary. 167 08


E. H. Mosher, recording births and deaths 13 00


James Lombard, rent of tramp house ... 2 00


Ross Guptill, service on School Com .. 9 00


$834 55


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Electric Lights


Appropriation


$300 00


Paid for Electric Lights


234 90


$65 10)


Recapitulation


Paid bills accrued prior to Feb. 14, '18, $457 85


Abatements for 1918 149 25


Support of Poor 344 76


Miscellaneous expenses 834 55


$1,786241


Highway Orders Drawn


James Watson, winter 1917-18. $1,641 34


R. B. Randlett, summer, 1918. . 1,734 41


Herbert Alexander, summer, 1918 ... 1,456 08


Herbert Alexander, State Aid road ... 1,210 71


State, on account patrol work 650 00


Repairs on tractor


56 13


Herbert Alexander, winter 1918-19 ... 65 43


Herbert Alexander, special appropria-


tion 568 80


Total Highway orders drawn $7,382 90


Total Town orders drawn . 3,332 92


Total School orders drawn ..... 6,683 90


Highway Appropriation


Summer, 1918 $2,500 00


Winter 2,000 00


Special appropriation. 600 00


State Aid Highway by town 533 00


State Aid Highway by State


708 89


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Maintenance by town 550 00


$6,891 89


Total highway orders drawn, 7,382 90


Overdrawn


$491 01


Outstanding road orders $9 90


()utstanding road commissioners 20 16


Outstanding town orders 20 00


Resources


Cash in treasury $145 26


Due from Augusta on acct. of Mamie


Gordon 34 00


Due from New Portland on account of Napoleon B. Gould 58 00


Due from Poland on account of Eu- gene Winslow. 24.30


Due from State on account of depen- dent soldiers. 422 22


Due from Mt. Vernon on account common schools, est 100 00


Due from Rome on account common schools, est 90 00


Due from Rome on. account high


schools, est. 48 00


Due from Sidney on account high schools, est. 24 00


Due from State, dog tax refunded ... 75 00


Due on tax deeds 195 12


$1,215 90


Liabilities


Due F. L. Pray, services as select- man . $100 00


13


Due B. C. Bickford, services as select- man .


80 00


Due A. E. Page, services as select- man . 70 00


Due E. H. Mosher, services as town clerk 15 00


Outstanding treasury notes 3,300 00


Printing town reports, est. 40 00


$3,605 00


Liabilities above resources ...


$2,389 10


Respectfully submitted,


F. L. PRAY, Selectmen B. C. BICKFORD, of


A. E. PAGE, Belgrade


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Report of Cemetery Committee.


Appropriation 1918 $150 00


Paid Geo. A. P. Bucknam for general spring cleaning, raking leaves, sticks, &c. 21 00


Repairs on pump


12 00


Turning on and off water 6 00


Pumping water.


10 00


Haying, hand mowing and raking. .


78 00


Rosco Randlett for machine mowing and raking 12 00


E. H. Mosher for supplies


3 05


$142 05


Unexpended


$8 05


Repairs on Chapel


Appropriation, 1918 $100 00


Paid E. G. Childs for painting.


13 82


Geo. A. P. Bucknam for painting and


shingling


18 66


E. H. Mosher for supplies


67 52


100 00


Interest Received from Bequests


J. C. Mosher


$4 00


Fannie Rockwood 12 00


Sadie Clough 8 00


J. C. Crooker


8 00


L. W. Batchelder


20 00


15


J. S. Dudley


12 00


A. W. Rollins 48 00


R. K. Stuart 4 00


Samuel Greeley 4 00


J. M. Chandler


6 90


David Austin


20 00


Theresa M. Libby


56 00


Jessie M. Knox


4 00


C. M. Weston


4 00


Charles E. Morrill


8 00


Parker Hutchins


3 00


Knowlton and Taylor Penny 4 00


Reuben Wentworth


4 00


David Blaisdell


4 00


Simon Guptill


4 00


H. W. Golder 4 00


Sarah A. Smith 8 00


W. S. Hersom


8 00


Cora A. Hammond


4 00


$261 90


Amount Expended on Bequests


J. C. Mosher


$4 00


Fannie Rockwood 12 00


Sadie Clough 8 00


J. C. Crooker


8 00


. L. W. Batchelder


20 00


J. S. Dudley


12 00


A. W. Rollins


8 00


Acct. of A. W. Rollins (father) grading,


resetting curbing and cleaning monti- ment . 40 00


R. K. Stuart. 4 00


Samuel Greely


4 00


J. M. Chandler


6 90


.


16


David Austin 12 00


Acct. of Nahum Austin lot. 8 00


Theresa M. Libby. 15 00


Improvements in Pine Grove Cemetery,


resetting monuments, tablets, and fill- ing in depressions 41 00


Jessie Knox 4 00


C. M. Weston. 4 00


Charles E. Morrill. 8 00


Parker Hutchins


3 00


Knowlton and Taylor Penny


4 00


Reuben Wentworth


4 00


David Blaisdell


4 00


Simon Guptill


4 00


H. W. Golder


4 00


Sarah A. Smith


8 00


W. S. Hersom


8 00


Cora A. Hammond


4 00


$261 90


ROY A. YEATON,


Cemetery CARROLL R. SAWYER,


GEO. A. P. BUCKNAM,


Committee.


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Report of Treasurer


Town of Belgrade in Account with E. H. Mosher, Treasurer for the Year 1918


Dr.


. To paid Treasury notes $5,500 00


Interest 305 56


Town orders


3,312 92


School orders


6,683 90


Road orders


7,373 00


State tax. 3,954 06


County tax


1,066 85


State treasurer, dog tax


136 00


State pensions .


42 00


Treasurer's commission


75 00


Cash in treasury. 145 26


$28,594 55


Cr.


Cash on hand March 4, 1918 $270 66


Rec'd from C. E. Tillson, collector, 1918. 17,413 40


State Treasurer, school fund and mill tax 1,913 44


State Treasurer, R. R. and Tel. tax 26 00


66 State Treasurer, account State pen- sions .. 42 00


State Treasurer, acct. High school, 500 00


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Rec'd for improvement State roads 662 17


Cash and gave treasury notes 6,800 00


from town of Rome on account schools .. 375 07


town of Mt. Vernon, acct. schools, town of New Sharon, acct. Frank Newell 48 00


147 50


16


town of New Sharon, acct. James Chapman. 19 94


Acme Amusement Co. for license. . 20 00


C. J. Anderson, for license 10 00


State Treasu'r, acct, animals killed


75 00


Augusta, acct. Sanford fund


90 00


16 57


State Treasurer, dog tax refunded. ·E. H. Mosher, town clerk, dog tax 1918.


136 00


B. P. Stuart, license 2 00


Old tax deeds 26 80


$28,594 55


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Road Commissioner's Report


I. Nelson $13 50


Walter Knowles


51 00


William White 9 00


Page Pulsifer


Fred Bickford 31 50


24 00


Earnest Yeaton 10 50


S. Blaisdell, for lumber and labor on bridge 80 62


R. H. Varney


19 50


Frank Tibbetts. 99 00


Frank Pray, for iron and labor on bridge.


15 96


F. A. Pray


10 10


M. C. R. R. Co., for freight on tractor parts and lumber


6 46


Am. Ex. Co., for tractor parts .


85


Berger Mfg. Co., for culverts


60 60


J. R. Tibbetts


6 00


Ray Watson 3 00


Clyde Tilson, for lumber and labor on bridge


78 35


A. B. Bates, for lumber 32 32


F. C. Hawkins 12 00


Willis Childs 106 71


Ilko Knowles


54 00


S. C. Goodwin


75


L. Castle


3 50


Lawrence Minot


7 50


E. C. Wadleigh Jr.


1 50


Ralph Brown


2 50


A. P. Buker 36 00


W. E. Farnham .


3 00


Joe Ashland


27 00


Albert Ashland


13 50


S. Berry, for gravel .


15 15


20


Adams & Albee, for lumber


51 90


Wesley Knowles 2 33


R. B. Randlett & Son


708 40


E. H. Mosher


27 41


Total


$1,725 41


F. E. Bunker, watering tub.


6 00


E. W. Rogers,


6 00


$1,737 41


R. B. RANDLETT,


Road Commissioner.


Road Commissioner's Report Summer 1918


A. M. Alexander


100 00


Joseph W. Alexander


8 63


Herbert Alexander, labor, men and team com.


179 50


Berger Mfg. Co.


18 90


C. W. Moody


6 34


Will Ellis


15 00


C. J. Anderson


1 10


Anson Quimby


12 00


C. P. Cook


12 00


C. S. Castle


4 50


A. M. Alexander 25 00


P. E. Alexander 5 00


Perlie Alexander.


18 00


Herbert Alexander, labor, men and team com.


50 00


Ed. Carter. 15 00


Herbert Alexander, labor, men and team com. 17 00


21


George Tibbetts 7 50


Herbert Alexander, labor, men and team com. 16 85


Anson Quimby 27 00


Abbie Willey, gravel


4 00


Ed. Meader


4 50


Herbert Alexander, labor, team and men, service com. 17 55


H. E. Patten


4 50


Joseph Alexander


15 28


Joseph Alexander


28 04


Anson Quimby


21 67


A. M. Alexander


100 00


E. S. Willey


17 50


Albert Bedin


. .


6 00


Philip Chandler


25 50


Will Ellis


67 00


Albert Brann


22 50


C. H. Chandler


23 00


H. L. Alexander


39 00


H. A. Bickford


21 00


A. M. Alexander 7 50


Herbert Alexander, labor, men and team, service road com.


50 00


Edward Carter .


64 50


Herbert Alexander


20 55


Ed. Willy, blasting


5 00


Herbert Alexander


16 50


Oscar Stevens 39 00


Alfred Emery 3 00


A. B. Bates & Co., lumber


7 16


Herbert Alexander 179 50 .


Wallace Bickford. 13 75


Howard Bickford.


6 25


C. F. Woddard


3 75


Willis Stevens


3 75


Charles Willey


13 75


22


Joseph W. Alexander 8 63


Charles Ellis


2 50


H. A. Bickford 5 50


Harry Branch


6 25


A. Furbish


3 75


Charles Rowe 4 50


W. P. Sawtelle 7 00


P. O. Willey .


3 75


C. H. Chandler


5 25


Philip Chandler


4 46


Anson Quimby


5 33


Harry Bickford


6 00


M. M. Larkin


3 75


W. T. Larkin


1 25


Dennis Cook


2 50


B. G. Damren


5 00


C. W. Moody


2 50


C. H. Wyman


4 00


$1476.24


HERBERT ALEXANDER,


Road Commissioner.


State Road 1918


E. H. Mosher, cement $ 16 00


Berger Mfg. Co., culverts. 100 45


L. A. Bartlett, nails and lumber. 5 32


Herbert Alexander, labor of men and teams service com. 229 00


Walter Buker


46 50


Ed. Burgess


45 00


Ralph Brown 42 00


Roscoe Ranlet .


57 00


23


Oland Treadwell 25 50


Kenneth Pray


64 50


F. W. Pray


60 70


Oland Nelson


7 50


Albert Brann


13 50


Fred Scribner, gravel.


90 60


Frank Lord, labor with team


87 00


Elmore Farnham, labor of men and team


141 00


Foster Brothers, labor with team 42 00


Lester Yeaton, labor with team


54 00


Frank Clement


9 00


Clyde Tillson, gasoline and oil


25 57


Wilson Clement, gas, kerosene and oil


2 13


Frank Clement.


35 00


Getchell & Wing


2 48


E. H. Mosher, spades, picks


6 76


J. E. McCommick


2 20


$1,210 71


HERBERT ALEXANDER, Road Commissioner.


Highway from Ed. Rollins to Mill Bridge


Herbert Alexander


$100 00


Herbert Alexander. 75 00


A. M. Alexander, labor of man and team. 12 00


Mrs. Roy Cook, labor of man and team. 54 00


A. M. Alexander, labor of man and team


44 00


Mrs. Minnie Cook, gravel ..


51 30


Howard Bickford, labor with team 18 00


Will H. Ellis. 30 00


Walter Gleason, labor with team.


30 00


H. L. Alexander, labor with team


69 00


Will Withers, labor with team


51 00


Dennis Cook 31 50


Herbert Bickford. 3 00


$568 80


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Road Commissioner's Report


Winter


James Watson.


$ 92 50


Arthur Mosher


12 50


Frank Tibbetts


30 00


B. L. Kelly


1 62


Willis Stevens


10 75


O. W. Nelson


2 50


Forest Stevens


6 25


J. W. Penney


7 20


W. P .. Sawtell


57 91


Percy Chute


2 50


Clarence Kelly


2 60


Ernest Yeaton


9 58


C. R. Sawyer


12 00


Percy Yeaton


4 75


Carleton Cook


21 25


E. A. Mills & Sons


7 50


Mellen K. Stevens


12 60


O. W. Richards


11 13


Philip Chandler


43 05


Charles Rowe


26 75


C. L. Spenser


17 50


Clinton Bickford


1 00


W. G. Childs


7 00


Dennis A. Cook


61 88


John Stanley


16 25


C. P. Chase


55 50


W. T. Larkin


20 00


M. M. Larkin


23 25


Albert Ashland


9 30


Mrs. G. G. Bartlett.


21 50


J. W. Fowler


6 00


25


Arthur Piper 21 50


Joseph Ashland 24 20


Sam Tibbetts 4 00


Charles F. Watson


11 87


W. E. Farnham


5 50


H. L. Alexander .


45 75


Charles F. Woodard


9 64


Alias T. Stevens


47 75


W. O. Willey


23 75


P. O. Willey


17 36


Earl Grant


4 73


F. W. Pray & Sons


41 50


Clarence Kinney


66


Bernard Farnham


3 00


Lloyd Alexandia


2 50


Floyd Yeaton


5 00


Jay H. Merrill


7 06


Albert Furbush


7 90


C. W. Moody


18 26


W. F. Stratton


7 50


Othello Clark


2 75


F. L. Pray


37 65


H. O. Pray


11 75


R. M. Sprague


15 00


Herbert Bickford


48 35


Orman Stevens


20 83


James Stevens


13 33


Oscar Stevens


20 00


Leroy Cook


12 25


Chas. Stuart


18 00


Albert Damren 3 00


Howard Bickford


20 50


Harry Bickford


26 25


E. A. Wallace


20 00


W. N. Judkins


2 13


S. C. Goodwin


14 25


. .


26


Fred Tibbetts 10 00


S. L. Castle


2 50


G. W. Castle 6 00


A. C. Dudley


11 60


John Chandler


2 50


Joseph Strickland


20 75


O. H. Gowel


30 07


J. R. Tibbetts


21 50


R. N. Guptill


31 39


H. H. Bryant


31 39


E. E. Dunn


26 50


H. C. Mills


7 00


C. H. Wyman


50 00


C. E. McDermott


12 00


R. B. Randlett


12 94


Leslie Bickford


37 17


Archie Bickford


1. 25


Charlie Chandler


6 00


Page Pulsifer


3 75


Irving F. Kelley


6 90


Harry C. Mills


4 00


Eli Wadleigh


26 25


Wesley H. Knowles


5 00


F. H. Chandler


3 61


Elmer Chandler


2 36


Sam Tibbetts


2 50


Foster Bros


39 00


E. C. Lord .


17 92


$1,641 34


JAMES WATSON, Road Commissioner.


27


Paid for Repairs and Labor on Tractor


C. E. Tillson


$21 00


Getchell & Wing, spickets


18 00


Belgrade Auto Garage, storage and oil .. 17 13


$56 13


Road Commissioner's Report


Winter 1918-19


Howard Bickford


$ 9 00


E. S. York


3 23


Charles Ellis


3 00


Ed. Carter 4 50


A. M. Alexander 8 00


Herbert Alexander, labor of team service com.


12 00


S. Blaisdell, lumber for snow roller 13 00


E. H. Mosher, bolts, spikes for snow roller .. 12 70


$65 43


HERBERT ALEXANDER,


Road Commissioner.


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Report of Superintending School Committee


We recommend the following appropriations for nex- year, viz:


Common Schools $2,500 00


High School 1,650 00


Text books and supplies for both common and High Schools 375 00


Repairs


350 00


High School Library 50 00


Medical inspection


25 00


We recommend that the town leave the establishment of schools in the "Lowell" and "Adams" houses in the hands of the Committee.


W. T. LARKIN, Superintending C. R. SAWYER, School Committee


R. N. GUPTILL,


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Report of the Superintendent of Schools


To the Superintending School Committee of Belgrade :


In accordance with the provisions of the school law, I herewith submit to you, and to the citizens of Belgrade, my first annual report for the town year 1918-19.


The school census of April 1, 1918, showed 281 per- sons between the ages of 5 and 21 years, a decrease of 17 persons over the previous year. There were enrolled in the schools during the year 220 pupils, 180 in the Com- mon Schools and 40 in the High School. As I have only been with you since the first of June, this report will naturally concern principally the fall and winter terms with which I am more familiar.


High School


The graduating class last June numbered seven, two of whom entered college and have gone on with their school education. Another is teaching and the others are engaged in various lines of work. The Ninth grade, to take the examination was smaller than usual and when fall came only six appeared to take the places of the Seniors who left us in the spring.


The work in both the High School and the Common Schools has been marked with many trials and tribula- tions and the lack of adequate funds, especially for the High School has been quite a handicap. We have been able thus far to retain our Assistant, but when summer came we found ourselves without a Principal. The sel-


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ective draft and the high wages paid in the ship yards had swept the board. After a stack of correspondence, a trip to Portland and a thorough canvass of the teachers' agencies, a promising man was engaged. Within a week he had resigned to accept a better paying position in another state. Another search and this to Portland followed and the present principal was secured.


The fall term was barely well under way when the influenza epidemic broke out. School has been closed on two different occasions, but by shortening our vacations and holding school on Saturdays for a part of the time we shall be able to get in the required number of weeks and finish the required work by the middle of June. A few students who lost so much time by sickness that it was practically impossible for them to make up the work, have dropped out but we hope to see them back in the fall.


In spite of these discouragements the future looks bright. War activities have clearly demonstrated the need and the practical value of a high school education; we have a large class to take the examination for entrance to High School this spring; the urgency to stay out and work will gradually grow less as our soldiers return and another fall should see us progressing with renewed vigor.


Common School®


We planned early in the fall to finish out a school year of the usual length, of thirty-two weeks. Later to avoid an overdraft this time was cut short one week but should . be made up in the spring as we are already below the average for the state. The "Franklin", "New Century" "Whittier," "Mckinley," and "Lincoln" schools are still in session. There are only two schools in town that have not been interrupted by the epidemic and the attend- ance in nearly all of them has been considerably shattered. By doing away with the long winter vacation we hope to overcome the misfortunes we have already suffered and


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at the close of the spring term leave every class up to grade.


Teachers have been as scarce as the proverbial hens teeth. At times experienced teachers were not to be found anywhere in the state. Four of our schools have had the same teachers for the whole year and all but one have had the same teacher for the fall and winter terms. With one exception our teachers have all had previous experience.


Special emphasis and attention has been given in all the schools in "Reading." The Monroe's Standardized Silent Reading tests were given early in the year as a means of finding individual defects and of comparing our grades with the "Standards." Later in the year another will be given to check results. In several schools the Studebaker Economy Drill Cards in Arithmetic were in- troduced with very gratifying results. These cards pro- vide daily individual drill in the four fundamental pro- cesses and show the teacher the special difficulties of each child in that subject.




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