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Hollis Geel, fitting fuel at Georgetown 7 50
E. V. Worcester, fitting fuel at Saco 10 00
Bertie McKenney, labor on fuel at Valley 3 00
Harold Stewart, labor on fuel at Webb. 2 50
Woodrow Richardson, labor on fuel at Georgetown 2 75
George Merrill, 4 cd. wood, Webb 32 00
W. G. Farnsworth, 5cd. wood, Saco 40 00
Stephen Galen, 5 cd. wood, Valley 50 00
Total $173 25
Total for school fund
$2,889 00
Unexpended
$ 322 22
REPAIRS ON SCHOOLHOUSES
Amount of appropriation. $250 00
Amount raised for approved out building
400 00
Total amount raised.
$650 00
Epping :
Daniel White, labor and material. $ 12 50
Rona D. Worcester, oiling floor. 2 40
J. L. Hammett, desks and freight
23 00
Total for Epping $ 37 90
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Saco:
W. G. Worcester, shingles and freight $ 91 28
W. G. Worcester, supplies for repairs. 5 80
Daniel White, laying shingles
28 00
E V. Worcester, oiling floor
1 25
C. C. Worcester, cleaning schoolhouse
5 00
C. C. Worcester, repairs on schoolhouse
7 00
Total for Saco $138 33
Valley :
F. W. Burnham Co., stove and repairs
$ 33 25
C. C. Worcester, cleaning schoolhouse.
5 00
C. C. Worcester, oiling floor .
2 50
C. C. Worcester, repairs on building
2 75
Total for Valley $ 43 50
Branch :
F. W. Burnham Co., stove and repairs. $ 33 25
Daniel White, labor and material 3 00
Venia Abbott, cleaning and oiling floor
1 94
Total for Branch $ 38 19
Webb:
Alice Merritt, cleaning building $ 7 00
Lotta Stewart, repairs 50
E. E. Farren, repairs on clock.
1 75
Total for Webb
.$ 9 25
Georgetown :
Albert McCarthy, building new out building. .$325 00
Albert McCarthy, repairs on building 54 75
A. L. Sprague, labor on building. 3 50
Hollis Geel, setting glass 50
Eliza Geel, cleaning building 6 00
Total for Georgetown $389 75
Total for repairs on houses
$656 92
Overdrawn $ 6 92
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TEXT BOOKS
Amount appropriated $200 00
F. A. Owen Co., books $ 11 00
Allyn & Bacon, books 1 88
D. McNelton Co., books, 1921 acct. 68 00
D. McNelton Co., books, 1922 acct. 34 00
E. E. Babb & Co., books. 17 66
American Book Co., books 8 30
Silver Burdett Co., books
20 13
Ginn & Co., books 46 45
D. Appleton Co., books 1 91
World Book Co., books 5 88
G. W. Putnam & Sons, books. 9 87
J. L. Hammett Co., books 23 95
B. H. Sanborn Co., books 3 40
Total $252 43
Overdrawn
$ 52 43
APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES
Amount appropriated $100 00
Herbert Palmer, school supplies. $ 5 16
Kennedy Bros., school supplies 3 64
Ray Robinson, supplies and postage. 9 73
Thomas Burr & Co., supplies 16 84
R. E. Mckenzie, shade and shade holders.
21 50
O. S. Plummer & Sons, school supplies 21 60
E. E. Babb & Co., school supplies 8 37
W. N. Plummer, school supplies 1 95
J. L. Hammett & Co., school supplies 7 08
Maine Public Health Ass'n., school supplies 2° 00
E. V. Coffin, school supplies 2 46
Town of Harrington, 9 gal. floor oil. 6 30
George M. Coffin, broom. 75
Total
$107 38
Overdrawn
$ 7 38
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TOWN OFFICERS
Appropriation $500 00
Austin Grant, ballot clerk 5 days $ 12 50
A. L. Sprague, assessor 14 00
M. F. Grant, school committee, 1920. 10 00
R. M. Grant, road commissioner 133 50
P. L. Cole, school committee 10 00
V. M. Look, assessor 25 00
V. M. Look, moderator 5 00
Harry Brown, sealer weights and measures. 7 00
F. W. Smith, assessor 16 25
F. W. Smith, 1 day at Machias 5 00
H. E. Drisko, ballot clerk, 2 days. 5 00
A. C. Stevens, ballot clerk, 1 day 2 50
A. C. Stevens, health officer
10 00
H. F. Smith, constable
10 00
George M. Coffin, treasurer 50 00
W. A. Leighton, overseer poor 10 00
Ray F. Look, 1st selectman. 50 00
Ray F. Look, 2 trips at Machias 5 00
J. E. White, 2nd selectman 25 00
L. G. Sawyer, town clerk. 17 50
L. G. Sawyer, auditor 5 00
Total
$428 25
Unexpended
$ 71 75
SUPERINTENDENT SCHOOLS
Appropriation
$300 00
Ray Robinson, March 1st, 1922, to March 1st, 1923.
333 38
Overdrawn
.
$ 33 38
TOWN POOR
Appropriation .$400 00
Harry Morse, for board of Mary Randall. $ 87 00 Calais Hospital, expenses of Elzina Leighton 66 00 J. E. White, expenses of Calvin Grant. 38 87
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J. E. White, meals and lodging, three hoboes ... 3 00 G. L. Burritt, M. D., for services to Calvin Grant 3 00
G. L. Burritt, M. D., for services to Sam Randall 7 10 G. L. Burritt, M. D., for services to Jas. Leighton 32 65 E. V. Coffin, supplies for Jas. Leighton, Sam Randall and Walter Robinson. 341 06
Total $578 68
Overdrawn
$178 68
. ROADS AND BRIDGES
Appropriation
$600 00
R. M. Grant, labor of team and material.
$ 58 35
Sam Lawrence, labor 5 00
Frank Foss, labor 7 00
A. M. Worcester, labor with team. 25 00
Darrel D. Grant, labor 40 00
Ernest Grant, labor 4 00
Robinson Land and Lumber Co., lumber
73 73
N. H. Bragg & Sons, hammers 3 16
J. E. White, labor with team. 54 35
Ray F. Look, labor
16 00
Lewis Seavey, labor
13 00
M. F. Grant, labor of team
32 25
Leon Grant, labor
6 00
W. B. Grant, labor
2 00
Temple Coffin, labor
6 00
H. E. Drisko, labor
2 50
Charles Ames, labor
8 00
Charles Grant, labor
14 00
F. P. Abbott, labor with team.
31 50
David Babbage, labor
5 00
James Scott, labor
3 00
William Scott, labor
12 00
Raymond Grant, labor
4 50
V. M. Look, labor 3 90
Machias Lbr. Co., dynamite and fuse. 19 50
O. S. Plummer & Sons, axe and handle. 2 30
T. W. Rockwell, labor 4 00
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Charles Kilton, gravel 3 15
Ernest Grant, labor 2 50
G. O. Merritt, labor 8 00
H. E. Worcester, labor with team. 31 62
W. R. Sinclair, labor
5 00
William Vance, labor
6 00
Orman Worcester, gravel
6 30
Charles K. Worcester, labor
with team 21 90
W. G. Farnsworth, labor
1 00
James Leighton, labor
7 00
Eli Randall, labor
300
Perlie Cole, labor with team.
8 75
Herbert Cain, labor
7 35
John Lawrence, labor
3 50
Peter Joyce, labor 2 00
16 47
Pejepscot Paper Co., Ibr. 5 50
7 00
A. C. Stevens, labor with team.
15 75
W. G. Worcester, gravel and clay. 4 30
Harvey Smith, gravel 1 50
G. L. Tabbutt, labor on road machine. 1 65
E. F. Allen, labor 2 00
Austin Grant, labor 8 25
Ernest Grant, labor
10 50
Total
$669 03
Overdrawn $ 69 03
FARNSWORTH ROAD SO CALLED
Appropriation
$150 00
R. M. Grant, labor of team $ 9 00
Leon Grant, labor 12 00
K. F. Bridgham, labor 12 00
Earl Worcester, labor 18 00
Austin Grant, labor 17 50
M. F. Grant, labor of team 9 00
George Peterson, labor 10 00
W. G. Farnsworth, labor 8 00
C. E. Farnsworth, labor
6 00
A. W. Carter, gravel
R. W. Ingersoll, labor
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L. F. Leighton, labor 4 50
I. E. Worcester, labor 14 00
I. E. Worcester, sharpening drills 2 05
Eri Worcester, gravel 24 15
Total
$146 20
Unexpended
$ 3 80
STATE AID HIGHWAY
Appropriation $300 00
Received from State 484 48
Total $784 48
R. B. Dunning & Co., cement $ 15 30
N. E. Metal Culvert Co., culvert 25 88
Robinson Land & Lbr. Co., lumber 7 64
I. E. Worcester, sharpening drills 2 30
R. D. Tabbutt gravel 18 60
R. M. Grant, fgt. on cement 5 66
R. M. Grant, labor with team 86 62
Ray F. Look, labor with team. 20 62
F. P. Abbott, labor with team 73 75
A. C. Stevens, labor with team 51 25
J. E. White, labor with team. 45 00
J. E. White, gravel and filling
72 45
W. B. Grant, labor
6 00
Walter Nash, labor
10 00
K. F. Bridgham, labor
25 00
Darrel Grant, labor
27 50
Earl Worcester, labor
21 50
E. L. Nash, labor
20 50
Leon Grant, labor
: 00
H. E. Drisko, labor
8 00
V. M. Look, labor 35 50
H. F. Smith, labor 20 50
D. E. White, labor 32 50
M. F. Grant, labor of team 28 87
Total
$664 44
Unexpended
$120 04
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STATE PATROL
Appropriation
$400 00
Paid the State 465 60
Overdrawn
$ 65 60
TUITION
Appropriation
.$300 00 .. .
State money not received.
$ 20 00
Town of Machias, Dorothy Puffer
Town of Gorham:
Juanita Smith, 35 00
Ulric Smith
36 00
Hazel Smith
36 00
City of Bangor :
Thelma Smith
20 00
Town of Col. Falls :
Etta Galen
30 00
Hilda Worcester
30 00
Muriel Worcester
30 00
Town of Harrington :
Floyd Libby
55 00
Anna White 55 00
Charles Puffer
55 00
Prescot Ferren
55 00
Chas. Foss
55 00
Mura Stevens
55 00
Frank Libby
55 00
Helen Dorr
55 00
Edna Libby
55 00
Mildred Scott
55 00
Sylvia Abbott
55 00
Nettie Coffin
55 00
Erma Grant
55 00
Irene Puffer
55 00
Vernon Smith
7 50
Total
$1,014 50
Overdrawn
714 50
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SNOW BREAKING
Appropriation
.$100 00
W. B. Grant
$ 12 72
L. F. Leighton, 1921
: 00
George Merritt
3 50
F. P. Abbott
18
Frank Foss
18 38
V. R. Nash
12 00
Vernon Smith
2 75
Jas. Leighton
3 75
Alamanza Cain
7 00
W. L. Young
11 00
Ernest Grant
3 50
Raymond Grant
6 75
Carroll Sargent
3 13
Perlie Grant
7 75
William Vance
5 50
Roland Nash
1 00
Andrew Richardson
6 25
Perlie Cole
6 25
Eli Randall
7 25
Hollis Geel
3 00
Walter Robinson
3 50
Peter Joyce
8 38
Irving Sprague
7 75
Herbert Cain
12 75
George Worcester
5 00
Nalden Hall
9 00
Basil Strout
8 19
Fred Allen
10 00
M. W. Nash
5 00
Eldon Pinkham
50
William Scott
5 25
F. W. Smith 3 50
David Babbage
6 00
Irving Stevens
5 00
Carl Worcester
00
H. E. Drisko
00
David Tabbutt
5 75
Merrill Worcester
5 50
Geo. E. Smith
8 00
A. C. Stevens
3 88
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Eugene Kelley
7 50
Guy Allen
8 50
L. K. Worcester 3 50
Stephen Galen 6 50
H. E. Libby 4 50
A. L. Tabbutt 6 20
E. S. Stewart 3 25
Chas. E. Grant
2 63
E. L. Nash
5 00
T. W. Rockwell
1 25
E. V. Worcester
2 50
R. M. Grant
6 00
C. E. Farnsworth
2 00
W. G. Farnsworth
2 75
E. F. Allen
5 05
K. F. Bridgham
6 50
B. I. Farnsworth
1 25
C. A. Rockwell
1 00
Walter Nash
3 25
D. E. White
5 63
Everett White
6 25
Sam Lawrence
8 75
John Lawrence
9 00
G. F. Savage
11 00
H. F. Smith
2 50
Earl Worcester
5 75
C. A. Worcester 1 13
V. M. Look 6 75
Ray F. Look 9 00
M. F. Grant 2 25
H. B. Ingersoll 1 50
A. P. Worcester 38
C. C. Drisko 1 63
J. E. White 12 50
L. G. Sawyer
5 75
Total
$427 52
Overdrawn
$327 52
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ABATEMENTS
Appropriation $ 25 00
H. F. Smith for abatements as follows : .
A. W. Allen $ 3 00
Sagadahoc Towing Co. 41 00
Gleason Smith 12 30
James Leighton
3 00
Total
$ 59 30
Overdrawn
$ 24 30
MISCELLANEOUS
Appropriation .$200 00
Received from M. C. R. R. Co., on account fire. . $ 29 50
Raised for Wash. County, Anti Tuberculosis Assn. 100 00
Total $329 50
Emery Scott, labor on fire, 1921. $300 00
W. S. Coffin, insurance on town hall. 40 00
F. W. Sanborn, printing town reports. 48 75
Loring, Short & Harmon, books, blanks and printing 20 82
Clark, the printer, 500 letter heads 4 10
Orman Worcester, supplies for town hall. 6 50
Raymond Nash, labor on fire. 2 80
Ray F. Look, money paid for labor on R. R. fire. . 29 50
Paid Wash. County, Anti Tuberculosis Ass'n ... 100 00 George M. Coffin, supplies for town hall. 13 31
Ray F. Look, labor on town hall cistern 2 00
Ray F. Look, 7 voting lists. 3 50
Ray F. Look, postage and telephone. 3 04
J. E. White, labor on fire and use of auto 3 90
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J. E. White, paid the following for labor on fire :
A. P. Nash, 2 hours 60
Frank Foss, 2 hours 60
C. H. Hammond, 2 hours 60
Melzer McCaslin, 2 hours 60
Everett White, 2 hours
60
L. G. Sawyer, vital statistics and printing
7 80
$292 02
Unexpended
$ 37 48
We respectfully submit the foregoing statement of the town affairs and to the tax payers of Columbia which is to the best of our know- ledge and belief, correct.
RAY F. LOOK, J. E. WHITE, HERBERT CAIN.
Selectmen of Columbia.
Collector's Report
Whole commitment
$7,751 38
Amount collected
7,442 55
Amount to collect
.$
308 83
LIST OF UNPAID TAXES
Alamanza Cain $ 3 00
Nahum Cole
05
Frank Grant
8 71
Frank Galen
6 40
Raymond Grant
2 60
Minnie Hall Est.
: 01
Nalden Hall
1 31
A. M. Ingersoll, paid in Sherman, Me.
3 00
Peter Joyce
62
Lendell Lawson
3 00
Harry Morse
5 87
Bartie McCaslin
6 08
Melzer McCaslin
3 00
Moses W. Nash
17 35
Eldon Pinkham
5 05
Irving Randall
5 13
Sam Randall
4 44
Ezra Randall
3 00
Walter Robinson
4 44
W. R. Sinclair
9 69
Harry Seavey
5 05
William Vance
5 46
E. V. Worcester
18 92
George N. Young Est ..
20 84
Herbert Coffin
10 25
Ira Fickett
6 97
Alton Randall
4 07
Respectfully submitted,
H. F. SMITH, Collector
Auditor's Report
Received by Treasurer :
Bear bounties $ 00
H. E. Drisko, for hall rent 3 50
H. L. Worcester, for hall rent. 28 00
Laura Worcester, for hall rent 46 00
Union Trust Co., money hired March 21 1,000 00
May 27 1,000 00
June 26 1,000 00
Jan. 22, 1923. . 1,000 00
State Treasurer, for Mothers' Aid. 210 00
Tax on bank stock.
3 02
Town Clerk, dog taxes 43 00
State Treasurer, for improved state road. 484 48
State Treasurer, pensions 132 00
Town of Harrington, use road machine 2 00
State Treasurer, state school fund 1,326 66
Railroad and telephone tax 9 09
M. C. R. R. for fire.
29 50
Orrin Hodgkins, for note and interest. 43 80
State Treasurer, for Equalization fund 174 00
State Treasurer, school fund adjustment 3 28
City of Bangor, tuition returned. 20 00
From H. F. Smith, collector 7,442 55
Total receipts
$14,090 88
Paid by Treasurer :
Due George M. Coffin, March 1st, 1922. $ 92 83 W. G. Worcester, for bear bounty (one) 10 00 H. E. Libby, for bear bounty (one) . 10 00 A. P. Worcester, for bear bounty (six) . . . 60 00
Irene Leighton, State pension for one year .. 24 00
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Augusta Strout, State pension for one year ... 36 00 J. P. Hartford, State pension for one year. .. . . 48 00
Lydia Nash, State pension for one year .. 24 00
Ronie D. Worcester, Mothers' Aid from June 1st, 1922 to March 1st, 1923. 540 00
State patrol
465 60
County tax
553 41
State Treasurer, dog tax
43 00
State Treasurer, dog tax deficiency
5 00
State tax 1,113 75
Dec. 18, 1922, Union Trust Co., note and int. 1,033 33
Jan. 22, 1923, Union Trust Co., note and int. 1,033 33
Feb. 21, 1923, Union Trust Co., note and int. 1,033 33
Orders drawn by selectmen. 8,101 01
Total
$14,226 59
Resources
Due from State tuition (estimated) $ 600 00
State, bear bounty 10 00
State, Mothers' aid
60 00
Tax collector
308 83
Total resources
$ 978 83
Liabilities
Owe Geo. M. Coffin, March 3, 1923 $ 135 71
Orders drawn by selectmen. 418 02
Union Trust Co., money hired.
1,000 00
Due H. F. Smith, collector's fee
155 03
Total liabilities
.$1,708 76
Respectfully submitted,
L. G. SAWYER, Auditor.
Report of the Superintendent of Schools
To the Superintending School Committee and Citizens of the town of Columbia :
As required by law, I submit to you my fourth annual report as Superintendent of your Schools.
I sincerely believe the schools are in the best condition that they have been at any time during the past four years. This is not due to the fact that I have worked any harder than before, but rather that we have had a better corps of teachers. For the past few years teachers have been so scarce that good ones were hard to find, now conditions are slowly changing.
To maintain good schools at least four essentials are necessary. You must have a corps of good teachers, who are willing to follow any suggestions made; the schools must be well equipped; the teachers must have a pleasant and comfortable place in which to work; and some definite plan must be followed. I have already mentioned the teaching force, each year the equipment of the schools is improved and the buildings made more comfortable.
On Friday afternoons each teacher has taken some time to teach nature study, current events, music, drawing, etc., which they do not have time for when following their regular schedule. I believe this has been a decided advantage as the pupils who are interested in those subjects are given an opportunity for development.
A decided improvement has been made in the writing. The teachers who have attended Summer School have received training in the teaching of the Palmer Method of Writing, while the others who were not proficient have been required to take a course by mail.
A list of books by standard authors has been prepared for the pu- pils in the seventh, eighth and ninth grades. Pupils are to be re- quired to read and report upon at least one each term, and it is hoped that the pupils will get interested in reading the right kind of books.
School lunches have been served in all the schools during the cold weather where pupils remain during the noon hour. The serving of the lunches improves the discipline also the health of the children.
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REPAIRS
The Saco building was shingled, the plastering fixed, and the walls and ceiling whitened making a decided improvement in the building.
New stoves had to be purchased for both the Branch and Valley buildings, the stove at the Valley falling to pieces at the beginning of the winter term.
At Epping the seats were re-arranged making them more comfort- able, and a few new ones purchased. Some minor repairs were also made upon the building.
At Georgetown connected toilets and a woodshed was constructed by contract. The building was set on concrete posts and a very satisfactory job done.
NEEDED REPAIRS
Almost every building in town needs painting, those in the Webb, Georgetown and Branch districts needing the most attention. The es- timated cost being between fifty and seventy-five dollars per building. Repairs should also be made on the foundation of the building at the Branch.
The walls and ceiling of both the Branch and Epping buildings should be whitened and some new blackboards are need at the Webb district.
The building at Georgetown is getting crowded and if some new desks could be provided it would relieve the congestion to some extent.
CONCLUSION
I wish to exepress my appreciation to the citizens and to every member of the school committee for the manner in which they have co-operated with me during the past year to make the schools a suc- cess. Since the beginning of the fall term I have yet to hear a criti- cism about the school, which would seem to indicate they were satisfactory.
Sometime during the spring term I wish to hold a school exhibition in the hall to give the parents an opportunity to see some of the work of the schools. {
Respectfully submitted,
RAY ROBINSON.
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Members of school committee: Perlie Cole, Mrs. F. P. Abbott, Waldo Worcester.
The pupils at the Branch school are raising funds for the purchase of a victrola. They have already purchased two pictures for their schoolroom during the past year.
The pupils at Epping have purchased a set of records for their victrola, which enables them to take their physical exercises by music.
The Saco pupils who had a perfect attendance for the fall term were: Fred Worcester, Douglas Worcester, Edna Worcester, Sara Puffer, Donald White, Justin Worcester, Arlie Bridgham, Abbie Smith. Carberry: Clyde Lawrence Perlie Grant. Branch: Arietta Hawkes, Elvina and Eva Libby, Walter Savage, Frieda White, Newell and Russell White. Valley: Stephen, Bertha and Kellar Galen. Webb: Clifford McQuarrie, Georgia Merritt, Eugene Coffin, Winslow Merritt.
The average school tax rate for the state is .0108, Columbia's is .011.
The average length of the school year in days is 163, Columbia 's is 150.
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