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Cr.
Appropriation,
Dr.
John Lewis, foreman,
$17.40
J. E. Clement, supplies,
13.10
W. H. Baker, supplies, 4.05
7.70
Lawrence Blake, hand labor,
19.78
John McDonald, hand labor,
28.18
Lucien McDonald, hand labor,
28.18
Lee Blake, hand labor,
20.48
Clayton Chapman, hand labor,
17.68
Owen Chapman, hand labor,
17.68
Bailey Colby, hand labor,
13.48
Ernest Quimby, hand labor,
3.50
Will Wentworth, hand labor,
6.13
Unexpended to summary,
52.66
$250.00
TOWN ROADS
Cr.
$2,000.00
Appropriation,
Transferred from third class construc-
tion, dynamite, 16.50
$2,016.50
Dr.
John Walker, truck labor,
$ 86.09
Howard Boynton, truck labor,
96.71
Arthur Seavey, truck labor,
171.02
Frank McDonald, truck labor,
85.51
Preston Cole, truck labor,
1.28
C. C. Poor, truck labor,
4.50
Garold Walker, truck labor,
11.25
Arnold Walker, truck labor,
25.88
Town of Brownfield, tractor,
221.75
L. H. Chandler, bags,
5.00
$250.00
C. W. Bennett, hand labor,
27
Arthur Dennett, bags,
2.80
Herbert Walker, bags, 4.00
J. E. Clement, supplies, 9.60
Elmer Brackett, supplies, 7.20
W. H. Baker, supplies, 6.58
E. R. and P. L. Walker, plank, 67.17
C. E. Hill, plank, 32.17
Chas. Lowe, lumber and cement, 6.02
Herbert Durgin, chain, 4.00
L. M. Longley and Son, dynamite, 33.00
Files and O'Keefe, blades for road machine, 9.11
Vulcan Steel Co., bars, picks, 74.15
Ed. Poor, gravel, 10.00
.50
Orville Howard, gravel,
4.10
Simeon Eaton, gravel, 2.00
Herbert Rogers, gravel,
1.50
Noice Eastman, gravel,
1.00
Chester Gilpatrick, gravel,
1.00
Morgan Ellis, gravel,
1.00
Elmer Merchant, gravel,
1.90
Chas. Lowe, labor on road machine,
4.50
E. G. Giles, labor on road machine, 1.00
88.92
John Lewis, mileage, Hand labor :
Herbert Brooks,
4.38
Harold Chandler,
.88
Eugene Blake,
20.83
Philip Leavitt,
11.41
Llewellyn Hartford,
2.80
John McDonald,
5.60
Lucien McDonald,
5.60
William Wentworth,
11.20
Ernest Quimby,
17.85
Owen Chapman,
9.98
Melville Pride,
9.63
Stephen Warren,
5.60
Theon Durgin,
2,80
Harry Durgin, gravel,
28
Harold Johnson,
7.18
Ralph Day,
2.45
Wesley Blake,
22.45
William Sinclair,
1.05
Wilbrod Deschambeault,
5.25
Thomas Blake,
5.00
E. L. Brooks,
16.46
Lawrence Blake,
33.43
Raymond Thomes,
68.86
Everett Blake,
9.80
Chester Blake,
9.80
A. G. Walker,
6.65
C. W. Bennett,
72.63
Ernest Richmond,
.88
Murray Jackson,
.70
Orville Cousins,
52.33
Elmer Douglass,
15.20
Lawrence Douglass,
11.20
Almon Rogers,
7.70
Howard Miller,
16.28
John Miller,
8.05
Fred Lord,
4.38
Allen Anthony,
4.38
Warren Emerson,
1.25
Preston Cole,
62.14
Harry Walker,
3.33
Harry Lord,
1.23
Harry Lord, Jr.,
1.23
George Thurston,
24.73
Eugene Tripp,
17.85
Lee Blake,
9.80
A. I. Hill,
28.01
Wyman Rogers,
9.46
Carroll Rogers,
2.80
Harry Barton,
29.93
Frank J. Barton,
49.88
Bart LaPointe,
28.53
Frank De Witt,
28.09
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Sumner Hamilton,
30.36
Donald York,
1.23
Howard Wakefield,
27.14
Millard Burnell,
35.54
$1,965.41
Unexpended to summary,
51.09
$2,016.50
CASH IMPOUNDED - GENERAL FUND
Cr.
Fidelity Trust Co.,
$ 94.96
Balance to 1940,
$997.13
Dr.
$997.13
CASH IMPOUNDED-TOWN FARM ACCOUNT
Cr.
Balance to 1940,
Dr.
$12.63
EXCISE TAX
Cr.
Balance from 1938,
$ 41.99
Received from C. P. Maines,
497.61
Received from F. L. Marston,
448.03
Due from C. P. Maines,
7.00
$994.63
Dr.
Unexpended to summary,
$822.68
Balance to 1940,
171.95
$994.63
902.17
Balance from 1938,
$12.63
Balance from 1939,
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CASH DEPOSITED - CEMETERY TRUST FUNDS AND INTEREST
Cr.
Maine Savings Bank,
$ 24.15
Balance to 1940,
876.72
$900.87
Dr.
Balance from 1938,
$862.67
Accrued interest,
17.48
Impounded dividend,
20.72
$900.87
CASH IMPOUNDED-CEMETERY TRUST FUNDS
Cr.
Fidelity Trust Co.,
$ 20.72
Balance to 1940,
222.15
$242.87
Dr.
Balance from 1938,
$242.87
ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE
Cr.
State of Maine,
$406.84
Town of Cornish, poor,
115.06
State of Maine, bounties,
48.71
State of Maine, poor,
165.43
State of Maine, poor,
49.50
Town of Cornish, poor,
7.50
Balance to 1940,
678.33
$1,471.37
Dr.
Balance from 1938,
$763.53
To surplus-adjustment State poor,
29.01
Porcupine bounties,
.50
Due from Town of Cornish,
48.30
Due from State of Maine,
623.03
Due from C. P. Maines, excise tax,
7.00
$1,471.37
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NOTES RECEIVABLE
Cr.
Balance to 1940,
Dr.
$261.55
Due from C. A. Linscott,
CEMETERY TRUST FUNDS AND INTEREST
Cr.
Balance from 1938,
$3,105.54 17.48
Accrued interest,
$3,123.02
Dr
Paid E. E. Blake,
$
24.15
Balance to 1940,
3,098.87
$3,123.02
PERMANENT SCHOOL FUND
Cr.
Balance from 1938,
Dr.
$1,916.67
NOTES PAYABLE
Cr.
Balance from 1938, $5,210.00
E. R. and P. L. Walker,
800.00
$6,010.00
Dr
Kezar Falls National Bank,
$1,000.00
Putnam Seavey, 240.00
Balance to 1940, 4,770.00
$6,010.00
NET TOWN SURPLUS
Cr.
· Balance from 1938, $602.46
From accounts received, State poor, 29.01
Porcupine bounty, .50
Net unexpended from summary, 760.87
$1,392.84
$1,916.67
Balance to 1940,
$261.55
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Dr.
Borrowed for purchase of snowplows. $800.00 To school repairs, .75
To tax liens, loss Eve yn Burbank deeds and liens, 61.89
Balance to 1940,
530.20
$1,392.84
HIGH SCHOOL
Cr.
Unexpended from 1938.
$
53.30
Appropriation,
1,850.00
Received from State of Maine, 558.00
$2,461.30
Dr.
Paid by warrants,
$2,452.57
Unexpended to 1940,
8.73
$2,461.30
COMMON SCHOOLS
Cr.
Unexpended from 1938.
$ 768.56
Appropriation, 4,096.00
Town of Eaton, tuition, 12.00
E. G. Giles, dividend on school bus in- surance, 14.02
State of Maine,
836.30
State of Maine,
1,104.00
Transferred from school fund interest, 115.00
Overdraft to 1940, 44.41
$6,990.29
Dr.
Paid by warrants, $6,990.29
TEXTBOOKS AND SUPPLIES
Cr.
Unexpended from 1938,
$216.48
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Appropriation,
300.00
Chas. A. Snow, sale of supplies,
3.50
State of Maine,
55.00
Overdraft to 1940,
92.24
Dr.
Paid by warrants,
TEACHERS' RETIREMENT FUND
Cr.
$ 51.22
Town of Brownfield,
$155.64
Dr.
$103.44
Balance to 1940,
$155.64
SCHOOL REPAIRS
Cr.
$300.00
Chas. A. Snow, sale of supplies,
28.00
Overdraft to 1940,
9.32
Transferred from surplus,
.75
$338.07
Dr.
Overdraft from 1938,
$187.37
Paid by warrants,
150.70
$338.07
ELECTRICITY FOR SCHOOLS
Cr.
Unexpended from 1938,
$14.97
Appropriation,
45.00
$59.97
Dr.
Paid by warrants,
$48.68
Unexpended to 1940,
11.29
$59.97
Balance from 1938,
104.42
Paid State of Maine,
52.20
Appropriation,
$667.22
$667.22
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SCHOOL WATER SYSTEM
Cr.
Appropriation,
$219.39
Dr.
Paid by warrant, SCHOOL COMMITTEE
$219.39
Unexpended from 1938,
$50.00
Appropriation,
50.00
Dr.
Paid by warrant,
$50.00
Balance to 1940,
50.00
$100.00
SUPPORT OF LIBRARY
Cr.
$50.00
Received from State of Maine,
5.00
$55.00
Dr.
Paid by warrant,
$55.00
MEMORIAL DAY
Cr.
Appropriation,
$25.00
Paid C. E. Hill,
$25.00
DISCOUNTS AND ABATEMENTS
Cr.
Overdraft to summary,
$403.90
Dr.
Discounts, 1939,
$ 95.51
Abatements, 1939,
308.39
- $403.90
OVERLAY
Cr.
Appropriation,
$675.40
Dr.
Unexpended to summary, $675.40
Cr.
$100.00
Appropriation,
Dr.
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SUPPLEMENTAL TAX
Cr.
1939 taxes,
$42.00
1938 taxes,
3.00
$45.00
Dr.
Unexpended to summary,
DOG TAX
Cr.
Received from town clerk,
$108.00
Dr.
Paid State of Maine, $108.00
TEMPORARY LOANS
Kezar Falls National Bank,
Dr.
Paid by warrant to Kezar Falls National Bank, $16,000.00
INTEREST ON NOTES AND TAXES
Cr.
Received from :
Noah McDonald,
$ .34
Guy Meserve,
2.17
Charles Hill, 60.00
Waldo Lowell,
1.26
Paul Frost,
.84
Ernest Ward,
2.40
F. E. Poor,
3.06
Andrew Blake,
6.62
J. E. Clement, for Hayden,
2.33
Mabel Giles,
3.93
Josie Dennett, for Rogers,
1.70
Carl and Dwight French,
2.07
H. W. Hastings, for Daniel Smith,
63.51
Elmer Douglass,
.84
Perley Johnson, .80
$45.00
Cr. $16,000.00
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H. W. Hastings, for E. F. Messenger, 19.72
Gertrude La Pointe, 1.35
Overdraft to summary, 320.30
$493.24
Dr.
Paid by warrants, $493.24
ON MINISTERIAL AND SCHOOL FUND
Cr.
Appropriation,
$35.00
Overdraft to summary,
80.00
Dr
Transferred to common schools,
$115.00
STATE TAX Cr.
Appropriation,
Dr.
$2,467.11
COUNTY TAX
Cr.
Appropriation,
Dr.
$1,088.00
Paid by warrant,
OLD AGE ASSISTANCE
Cr.
Received from State of Maine, $440.73
Dr.
Paid State of Maine,
$183.65
Unexpended to 1940,
257.08
$440.73
NEW SMALL PLOWS
Cr.
Received of E. R. and P. L. Walker,
$800.00
Overdraft to summary, 32.54
- $832.54
Dr.
Paid by warrant,
$832.54
$115.00
$2,467.11
Paid by warrant,
$1,088.06
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AUDITOR'S REPORT
10 Congress Square, Portland, Maine,
February 8, 1940.
To the Inhabitants of Brownfield, Maine :
This is to certify that we have audited the accounts of the selectmen, treasurer and collector of taxes of the Town of Brownfield for the year ending January 31, 1940, and that the financial standing of the town as shown by the comparative balance sheet was correct as of that date to the best of our knowledge and belief.
The treasurer has accounted for all receipts and dis- bursements.
The collector of taxes has accounted for his commit- ment with the exception of $269.57 in uncollected taxes.
Respectfully submitted, EDWARD T. SULLIVAN,
Public Accountant and Auditor.
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TOWN OF BROWNFIELD COMPARATIVE BALANCE SHEET
ASSETS
Cash,
Feb. 8, 1939 Feb. 1, 1940 $ 593.70 $ 1,381.46
Uncollected taxes :
1935,
7.37
7.37
1936,
70.95
70.95
1937,
1.65
1938,
155.35
30.18
1939,
269.57
Tax deposit liens,
7,312.76
6,007.94
Accounts receivable,
763.53
678.33
Note, C. A. Linscott,
261.55
261.55
Cash deposited, cemetery trust funds and interest,
862.67
876.72
Cash impounded, cemetery funds and interest,
242.87
222.15
Cash impounded, general fund,
997.13
902.17
Cash impounded, town farm acct.,
12.63
12.63
Overdrafts forward,
1,888.22
145.97
Total assets,
$13,170.38 $10,866.99
LIABILITIES
Feb. 8, 1939 Feb. 1, 1940
Notes payable :
John Danforth heirs,
$ 700.00 $
640.00
M. D. and Putnam Seavey,
180.00
Myrtle Johnson,
800.00
800.00
E. R. and P. L. Walker,
2,530.00
3,330.00
Kezar Falls National Bank,
1,000.00
Teachers' pensions,
51.22
52.20
Cemetery trust and interest,
3,105.54
3,098.87
trust
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Permanent school fund,
1,916.67
1,916.67
Excise tax,
41.99
171.95
Unexpended accounts forward,
2,242.50
327.10
Total liabilities,
$12,567.92 $10,336.79
Net town surplus,
602.46
530.20
$13,170.38 $10,866.99
TOWN OF BROWNFIELD PROOF OF CHANGE IN NET TOWN DEBT
Surplus, start of year,
$602.46
Add : From accounts received :
State poor,
29.01
Porcupine bounties,
.50
Net unexpended from summary,
760.87
$1,392.84
Deduct :
Borrowed for snowplows,
$800.00
Transferred from school repairs,
.75
From tax liens, loss on Evelyn Burbank liens and deeds, 61.89
$862.64
Surplus at end of year, $530.20
BALANCES FORWARD
Overdrawn Unexpended $ 8.73
High school,
Common schools,
$ 44.41
Textbooks and supplies,
92.24
School repairs,
9.32
Electricity for schools, 11.29
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School committee, Old age assistance,
50.00
257.08
$145.97
$327.10
ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE
State of Maine, poor,
$623.03
Town of Cornish, poor,
48.30
C. P. Mains, excise tax,
7.00
$678.33
TOWN OF BROWNFIELD SUMMARY OF ACCOUNTS
Officers' salaries,
Overdrawn Unexpended $ 76.21
Miscellaneous expense,
169.44
Highways and bridges,
$ 51.09
State aid construction,
52.34
Third class maintenance,
33.95
Maintenance unimproved road,
99.95
State aid maintenance,
38.90
Tractor, small plow account,
761.74
Cutting bushes,
52.66
Purchase of new plow,
32.54
Breaking roads,
1,275.88
Support of poor,
238.27
Discounts and abatements,
403.90
Interest on notes,
320.30
Interest on school fund,
80.00
Overlay,
675.40
Excise,
822.68
Supplemental tax,
45.00
$2,234.69 $2,995.56
Net unexpended to surplus,
760.87
$2,995.56 $2,995.56
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F. L. MARSTON, COLLECTOR, 1939
Dr.
Commitment,
$21,268.90
Supplementary,
42.00
$21,310.90
Cr.
F. L. Marston, collector,
$19,124.16
Tax liens,
1,513.27
Abatements,
308.39
Discounts,
95.51
Uncollected :
*Andrew Blake.
$ 10.89
Merle Chapman,
8.91
*R. B. Eaton,
9.17
Sewall Day,
9.90
Perley Day,
23.10
Elmer Douglass,
2.81
*Winnie Harmon,
6.27
*Chas. E. Hill,
127.97
Archie Lane,
13.20
-
Bart LaPointe,
5.66
*C. A. Linscott,
7.92
*C. P. Mains,
11.22
*F. E. Poor,
3.96
*F. E. Poor, real estate,
6.60
Ernest Quimby, .99
$248.57
Uncollected polls :
*F. E. Blake,
$3.00
*Millard Burnell,
3.00
Elmer Douglass, 3.00
Chester Day,
3.00
Sewall Day,
3.00
Audley Gerry,
3.00
*Harry Lord,
3.00
$21.00
$21,310.90
* Paid since the books were closed.
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LIEN CLAIMS FILED
Anthony, Mrs. Wm.,
$14.70
Blake, Andrew,
80.70
Blake, Andrew,
34.50
Blake, Andrew,
8.10
Blake, F. Eugene,
54.30
Bradbury, Ella,
18.00
Chapman, Merle,
51.00
Chapman, Merle,
14.70
Cousins, Orville,
27.90
Day, Christabel,
54.30
Day, Nehimiah, heirs,
14.04
Day, Sewall,
39.45
Douglass, Elmer,
24.60
Douglass, Elmer,
6.45
Durgin, Theon,
22.65
Eaton, Simeon,
97.90
Eaton, Simeon,
84.00
French, Carl and Dwight,
24.60
Harmon, Thos., heirs,
93.90
Harmon, Thos., heirs,
14.70
Harmon, Thos., heirs,
8.10
Harmon, Thos., heirs,
11.40
Harmon, Thos., heirs,
11.40
Hill, Chas. E.,
67.50
Hill, Chas. E.,
67.50
Hill, Chas. E.,
8.10
Hill, Chas. E.,
13.05
Johnson, George, heirs,
34.50
Johnson, Perley,
24.60
Lane, Archie,
21.30
LaPointe, Gertrude,
37.80
LaPointe, Gertrude,
6.35
Littlefield, H. I.,
16.30
Lowell, Waldo,
41.10
McLucas, Alex,
9.70
Pride, Melville,
26.97*
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Prive, John A.,
8.10
Randall, Watson,
14.70
Rounds, Richard,
16.35
Thomes, Horace,
8.10
Whitney, Alice,
34.50
York, Leslie,
6.45
Bean, Harry and Ralph,
5.46
Burton, Fred S.,
41.10
Clemons, H. F.,
8.10
Clemons, H. F.,
6.45
Clemons, H. F.,
47.70
Giles, Mrs. Mabel,
56.55
Lane, Mella, estate,
8.10
Page, Irving,
3.15
Smith, Charlena,
23.80
Thompson, Elmer,
54.30
Thompson, Elmer,
27.90
Thompson, Elmer,
10.90
$1,595.77
This footing includes $1.50 each for making liens and filing at the Registry of Deeds.
* $5.95 has been paid on this lien since filing.
Page, Irving,
27.90
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TREASURER'S REPORT
F. L. MARSTON, TREASURER, 1939-1940
In Account with the Town of Brownfield
Dr.
Balance, cash on hand,
$ 593.70
Town of Cornish, poor relief,
212.25
Fidelity Trust Co., dividend, 1937-1938, 20.72
Town of Eaton, tuition, 12.00
C. C. Poor, for tramps sawing wood, 3.75
M. S. Howe, refund from Fox Bros., 14.90
Chas. A. Snow, on primary school lights, 23.00
Roger Macdonald, pool table license, 10.00
Fidelity Trust Co., dividend, 5 per cent. 94.96
Charles A. Snow, supplies sold, 8.50
E. G. Giles, dividend on school bus insurance, 14.02
State, balance due on porcupine bounties, 48.11
F. M. Walker, from M. S. Howe,
.52
Taxes on the Leland Linscott property, includ- ing liens for 1937-1938, 203.45
Taxes on the Daniel Smith property, including liens for 1937-1938, 418.53
Taxes on the Messenger place, including liens for 1937-1938,
212.57
In excess of taxes on Messenger place,
26.23
State, reimbursement for snow payrolls,
317.66
State, library stipend,
5.00
State, bank stock tax,
49.00
Dog license refund,
80.24
Balance on Evelyn Burbank land,
18.40
State, school fund,
1,394.30
State, school equalization fund,
1,159.00
State, highway balance,
1,355.36
State, maintenance of unimproved roads, 505.97
State, for state aid roads,
440.73
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Town of Phillips, poor relief,
16.82
E. R. and P. L. Walker, loan for snowplows, 800.00
Maine Savings Bank, interest on cemetery fund for E. H. Blake, 24.15
F. G. Giles, dividend on town hall insurance, 5.30
5.95
Melville Pride, on 1939 lien,
1.65
Personal tax for 1937,
18.13
Tax deeds for 1936,
12.16
Real estate taxes, 1938,
77.37
Personal taxes, 1938,
28.50
Poll taxes, 1938,
60.50
Received for use of town hall,
108.00
Dog licenses,
1,490.80
On tax liens for 1937,
684.20
On tax liens for 1938,
497.61
F. L. Marston, excise taxes for 1939,
276.08
:`. L. Marston, excise taxes for 1940,
171.95
Tractor account,
18.36
Sander account,
104.42
Teachers' retirement compensation,
2,363.87
Kezar Falls National Bank, temporary loans,
16,000.00
Tax collections, 1939,
19,124.16
$50,304.99
CREDITS
Paid selectmen's warrants. Nos. 1 to 27,
$48,923.53
Balance, cash on hand,
1,381.46
$50,304.99
C. P. Mains, excise taxes for 1939,
1,171.54
"tate pauper account,
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TOWN CLERK'S REPORT
The following is a list of births, deaths, and marriages i ecorded in the Town of Brownfield for the year 1939 :
BIRTHS 1939
January 4, to the wife of Clifford N. De Witt, a daughter.
February 3, at Portland, to the wife of Frank R. Brad- bury, a son.
February 25, to the wife of Eugene Tripp, a daughter.
March 4, at Portland, to the wife of Merle C. Chapman, a son.
March 13, at Portland, to the wife of Lewis B. Cole, a son.
March 16, at Portland, to the wife of William E. Arnold, a daughter.
March 16, at Portland, to the wife of William E. Arnold, a daughter.
April 3, at Portland, to the wife of Chester Blake, a son. May 25, at Lewiston, to Jessie W. Rose, a daughter.
June 28, at Portland, to the wife of John W. Rogers, a daughter.
August 4, at Portland, to the wife of Ellsworth M. Blake, a daughter.
August ?, to the wife of Herman C. Warren, a son.
August 27, to the wife of Raymond D. Huntress, a daughter.
October 1, to the wife of Everett P. Brown, a son.
October 1, to the wife of Everett P. Brown, a son.
September 19, at Conway, N. H., to the wife of Charles Trundy, a daughter.
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DEATHS
1939
January 14, Gloria Jane DeWitt, age 10 days.
January 19, Leona M. Richardson, age 22 yrs. 3 mos. 4 days.
February 13, Alvana Stuart, age 69 yrs. 8 mos. ? days.
January 26, at Fryeburg. James Winfield Day, age 59 yrs. 9 mos. 9 days.
February 16, at Portland, Ruth Gray, age 67 yrs. 6 mos. 10 days.
February 27, at Brunswick, Perley R. Sanborn, age 53 yrs. 10 mos. " days.
March 22, Frank M. Garland, age 54 yrs. î mos. 15 days. April 10, Clara J. Stover, age 87 yrs. 1 mo. 18 days.
April 13. Jennie Boynton, age 79 yrs. 1 mo. ? days. May 15, at Wells, George E. Sargent, age 67 yrs. 8 mos. 25 days.
May 11, at Orono, Gordon R. Blake, age 24 yrs. 5 mos. + days.
July 6, George S. Johnson, age 74 yrs. 6 mos. 6 days.
August 14, Willie L. Lock, age 87 yrs. 3 mos. 1 day.
September 9, Hattie M. Sanborn, age 78 yrs. 5 mos. 3 days.
October 1, Richard E. Brown, age 34 hour.
October 15, William H. Ross, age 90 yrs. 2 mos. 25 days.
October 23, in Portland, Albin I. Hill, age 53 yrs. 10 days.
November 10, Wesley C. Blake, age ?2 yrs. 8 mos. ? days.
December ", Benjamin M. Clifford, age 76 yrs. 3 mos. 5 days.
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MARRIAGES
1939
January 21, at Canton, Albert C. Meserve of Brown- field and Lelia Bisbee of Canton.
January 15, Benjamin Pinto of Wakefield, Mass., and Lillian Boote of Woburn, Mass.
March 11, at Scarboro, Gordon E. Bennett and Elinor M. Durgin, both of Brownfield.
June 25, at Norway, Clifton V. Smith, Jr., of Jackson, N. H., and Rita McGilvery of Lynn, Mass.
June 26, at Kezar Falls, Gerald H. Quimby of Brown- field and Alice H. Richardson of Denmark.
August 14, at Portland, Roger F. Gorman of Mount Vernon, N. Y., and Alice May Rowe of Brownfield.
August 19, Wallace R. Lowell and Thelma E. Burnell, both of Brownfield.
September 2, Asa F. Noble of Fryeburg and Winnifred Brown of Brownfield.
September 30, at Hiram, Selden W. Lord of Brown- field and Ruby M. White of Canaan, N. H.
October 1, at Bridgton, Philip Fuller of Kittery and Ruby G. Brown of Brownfield.
October 14, George Colby Weeks of Freedom, N. H., and Hallie Hicks of Brownfield.
November 25, at Fryeburg, Harold L. Chandler and Corrine E. Fox, both of Brownfield.
December 30, at Fryeburg, Walter E. Lane and Ellen E. Mains, both of Brownfield.
Respectfully submitted,
EBEN E. ROUNDS,
Town Clerk.
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SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
FINANCIAL STATEMENT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING FEBRUARY 1, 1940 COMMON SCHOOL ACCOUNT
Resources
Balance, February 15, 1939,
$ 768.56
Appropriation,
4,096.00
Tuition, Eaton, N. H.,
12.00
Permanent School fund,
115.00
Rebate, liability insurance,
14.02
State of Maine, school fund,
836.30
State of Maine, equalization,
1,104.00
$6,945.88
Disbursements
Paid teachers,
$4,550.00
Fuel,
163.88
Janitors,
204.76
Conveyance,
2,071.65
$6,990.29
Overdrawn,
$6,945.88
COMMON SCHOOL ACCOUNT DISBURSEMENTS ITEMIZED
Teachers
Ashley J. Webster, 36 weeks at $19.50, $702.00
Georgie F. Gatchell, 32 weeks at $18.50, 592.00
Doris L. Rowe, 36 weeks at $18.50, 666.00
Jessie A. M. Whitten, 36 weeks at $17.50, 630.00
He'en C. Stickney, 36 weeks at $17.50.
630.00
Herbert A. D. Hurd, 36 weeks at $15.00. 540.00
Nellie C. Suzedell, 36 weeks at $20.00, $20.00
Barbara A. Heald, 4 weeks at $14.50, 70.00
$1,550.00
44.41
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Fuel
Noyce Eastman, 4 cords of wood, deliv- ered and sawn, at $6.50, $ 26.00
Jessie A. M. Whitten, storing 4 cords at $ .50 (League), 2.00
Doris L. Rowe, storing 4 cords at $ .50 (League), 2.00
C. E. Hill, 19.6 cords at $5.25. 102.93
C. C. Poor, 11/2 cords of kindling at $3.00. 4.50
Ray M. Whitten, storing 141/2 cords at $ .50, 7.25
Herbert Walker, sawing 16 cords at $ .65, 8 cords at $ .85, 11.20
W. P. Rowe, storing 4 cords at $ .50.
2.00
$163.88
Janitors
Maynard S. Howe, 3 weeks at $2.625, 2 weeks at $1.32,
$99.76
Mary Emerson, 35 weeks at $1.00, 35.00
Donald York, 21 weeks at $1.00. 21.00
Robert Eastman, 21 weeks at $1.00.
21.00
Richard Rounds, 14 weeks at $1.00. 11.00
Howard Cady, 14 weeks at $1.00, 14.00
$204.26
Conveyance
Noyce Eastman, 20 weeks at $7.50, 16 weeks at $12.00, $342.00
Arthur Blake, 36 weeks at $15.00, 540.00
W. P. Rowe, 36 weeks at $18.00, 6-18.00
Samuel Hartford, 36 weeks at $12.00, 432.00
Liability insurance, 109.65
Insurance, net, $95.63.
$2,011.65
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HIGH SCHOOL ACCOUNT
Resources
Balance, February 15, 1939,
$
53.30
Appropriation,
558.00
State of Maine school fund,
$2,461.30
Disbursements
Paid teachers,
Fuel,
22.90
Janitors,
99.75
$2,452.57
8.73
Balance,
$2,461.30
HIGH SCHOOL ACCOUNT DISBURSEMENTS ITEMIZED
Teachers
Maynard S. Howe, 36 weeks at $40.28, $1,450.08
879.84 Olive E. Seavey, - $2,329.92
Fuel
C. E. Hill, 1 cord at $5.25,
$ 5.25
Ray M. Whitten, storing 141/2 cords at
$ .50, 7.25
Herbert Walker, sawing 16 cords at $ .65,
10.40
$22.90
Janitors
Maynard S. Howe, 36 weeks at $2.625, 4
weeks at $1.305,
TEXTBOOK ACCOUNT
Resources
Balance, February 15, 1940,
$216.48
Appropriation, 300.00
State of. Maine, equalization,
55.00
3.50 Supplies sold,
$574.98
$99.75
1,850.00
$2,329.92
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Disbursements
Expended, elementary schools,
$546.75
Expended, high school,
120.47
$667.22
Overdrawn,
92.24
$514.98
TEXTBOOK ACCOUNT DISBURSEMENTS ITEMIZED
Hutchins Bros., printing, $ 1.60
Edw. E. Babb & Co., supplies,
39.15
Silver, Burdett & Co., textbooks, 2.56
Frontier Press Co., books, 3.50
The John C. Winston Co., textbooks, 28.05
S. T. Oliver, laboratory,
.50
Hutchins Bros., stationery,
10.55
L. M. Glover Co., supplies,
12.15
Beckley-Cardy Co., textbooks,
6.15
Loring, Short & Harmon, library,
8.25
The Welles Pub. Co., library, 2.50
McGraw-Hill Book Co., library,
1.36
Hutchins Bros., printing, 1.25
Silver, Burdett & Co., textbooks, 24.25
Educational Guild, maps, 11.48
The Arlo Pub. Co., textbooks,
2.32
Loring, Short & Harmon, library, 3.53
Howard & Brown, diplomas, 10.35
Educational Service Bureau, library books, 1.78
McCormick Mather Co., work books, 5.62
Loring, Short & Harmon, library, 3.81
West Disinfecting Co., supplies,
2.25
Hutchins Bros., printing,
1.88
Scott, Foresman & Co., textbooks,
3.80
Lyons & Carnahan, work books,
12.78
Allyn & Bacon, work books, 16.53
Chas. A. Snow, expense account,
12.71
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Milton Bradley Co., supplies, 6.25
Beckley-Cardy Co., textbooks, 1.97
Edw. E. Babb & Co., 81.78
Martin Company, supplies, 3.60
Encyclopedia Britannica Co., reference, 68.68
Ginn & Company,
2.97
Hutchins Bros., supplies,
3.15
Hutchins & Webb, chairs,
1.50
American Education Press, library,
9.01
National Education Society, index, 2.13
Glove Newspaper Co., subscription, 1.40
The Arlo Publishing Co., textbooks, 23.43
Allyn & Bacon, textbooks, 10.44
Edw. E. Babb & Co., supplies, 6.11
Rand McNally Co., textbooks, 13.76
I yons & Carnahan, textbooks,
4.28
Roberts Office Supply Co., library, 1.10
G nn & Company, textbooks, 30.93
S. T. Oliver, laboratory supplies, 1.25
Fcw. E. Babb & Co., supplies. 17.34
Silver, Burdett & Co., textbooks, 12.00
Arthur E. Tarbell, magazine subscriptions, 11.45 Ginn & Company, textbooks, 13.26
E. H. Woodbury, tuning pianos and re- pairing, 10.00
O. H. Toothaker, library, 2.46
Charles Scribner's Sons, textbooks,
1.02
Silver, Burdett & Co., textbooks,
29.57
Edw. E. Babb & Co., supplies, 5.67
F. L. Marston, supplies, 4.70
American Book Co., textbooks, 21.36
The Geographical Pub. Co., library, 4.00
Reporter Press, subscription, 2.00
The A. N. Palmer Co., supplies, 4.25
D. C. Heath & Co., textbooks, 3.34
Hutchins Bros., printing, 1.80
$667.22
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REPAIR ACCOUNT
Resources
Appropriation,
$300.00
Center Primary League, wiring,
23.00
Sale of stove, etc.,
5.00
$328.00
Disbursements
$186.62
Overdraft, 1938,
150.70
Expended,
$337.32
Overdrawn,
$328.00
REPAIR ACCOUNT DISBURSEMENTS ITEMIZED
Elmer Brackett, repair material, $ 2.25
Brownfield Motor Co., stove, 24.20
Brownfield Motor Co., material, labor, 39.90
Masury Young Co., floor oil, 19.30
Brownfield Motor Co., supplies and labor, .90
Fox Bros., lumber, 2.14
16.00
Chesley L. Cotton, brooms,
5.00
Philip H. James, flags,
J. O. Flint, pump, 2.50
I. P. Rowe, labor and material, 30.29
Elmer Brackett, material, .20
$150.20
LIGHTS ACCOUNT
Resources
Balance, February 15, 1940,
$14.97
Appropriation, 45.00
$59.97
Disbursements
Paid Consumers' Electric Co., service, $18.68
11.29
Balance,
$59.97
9.32
Elmer Brackett, repair material,
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