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113 50
Superintendent of schools, or- ders drawn.
130 64
School orders drawn.
3987 73
Support of poor, orders drawn
316 95
Brown tail moths, orders drawn Contingent, orders drawn. 00:
16 40
789 93
State tax.
1518 68
County tax
638 48
Dog licenses, 1916. .
76 00
S. D. Skelton, notes and interest
1531 25
Guide boards, orders drawn. . . . Abatements.
6 00
Tax deeds turned in by collector. ....
110 43
Due from collector, E. O. Tarr, to be voted on for abatement. 45 32 . Due from treasurer. 168 47
25 00
$12,710 22
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RESOURCES
Due from treasurer
$168 47
Tax deeds.
167 34
Dog licenses. 76 00
From state,sheep killed by dogs
67 50
State better education of youth.
93 33
From Boothbay
15 00
$587 64
Respectfully Submitted,
N. DOUGHTY, Selectmen W. E. TARR, of
W. L. MALOÓN, 5 Bowdoin.
February 10, 1917.
Road Commissioner's Report.
SUMMER
WORK-HIGHWAY
Paid Oscar Swanson .. $ 6 96
Scott Small . 7 53
Frank Small 4 25 . . .
J. R. Hatch.
88
Eugene Small
26
Arthur Carr
52
R. S. Carr ..
..
2 01
Achsah Purinton . .
88
Robert McAfee
.
1 88
T. W. Skelton.
11 19
Wilber Skelton
1 22
Geo. Purinton
35
Wm. O. Adams
1 40
W. S. Douglas
11 64
John Grant, (1915)
6 00
E. S. Webber . .
7 35
Ezra Webber .
2 25
C. B. Smith.
75
Timothy Small
60
Edward Small.
60
Horace Marshall
45
Leon Marshall
1 80
Geo. Gillespie.
3 43
E. E. Buker.
2 37
Henry Gillespie.
35
William Haigh
2 89
Martin Green
1 48
A. D. Chase
6 40
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È. E. Purinton 16 32
Elmer Jordan
5 58%
Alonzo Starbird
88;
F. S. Adams & Son
8 81
N. E. Curtis.
2 50;
Joseph Elliott
1 75
Milford Elliott
2 50
S. W. Nelson.
9 00
Walter Rideout
5 96
R. L. Rideout.
10 12
Robert Rideout :.
5 80
Andrew Byras
18
Sam Smith
8 28
Frank Lachapel
1 92;
Alverna Small
70
Stephen Small.
2 64.
Herbert Denham
3 60
Herbert Jones. 1 75
Thomas Merrill 88
E. L. Tarr ..
1 26
Nap. Lachapel 2 27
J. A. Taylor 5 08
M. Merryman 5 80
C. G. Penney
3 40
P. O. West. 3 50
E. T. Buker
3 64
H. T. Small
3 98
James Grady
52
P. E. Lane.
22 76
A. P. Small
3 02
P. E. Williams.
3 85
N. Doughty 3 82
S. A. Bickford 9 37
Ernest Bickford 2 52
Chas. Meserve 7 98
17
James E. Wagg. 1 88
James Wagg. 1 40
Louis Demers. . 8 00
James A. Rideout
2 71
Minnie Rideout
3 15
Chas. H. Allen
3 95
Robert Bickford
1 68
W. L. Maloon
3 33
Ray Purinton.
.
1 40
A. R. Briry
6 30
E. O. Tarr.
1 70
A. G. Buker
3 51
W. E. Tarr.
4 48
Ralph Southard
1 40
Bert Southard
1 40
J. W. Ward
3 72
Wm. Ferguson
18 92
D. A. Coombs
1 48
Chas. Potter
2 63
F. J. Roberts.
6 16
Leonard Wishew 1 49
Eaton Hardware Co., cement. 18 00
Josiah M. Fulton. 1 25
S. W. Nelson
13 40
N. Doughty
14 20
Joseph Dupal .
88
Andrew Byras
8 10
Geo. H. Cummings
6 57
E. S. Webber 3 15
Geo. Balduc. 1 40
Harry Cornish
6 21
J. W. Cornish
5 80
F. J. Roberts.
15 47
Leonard Wishew
6 39
Henry Webber
26 16
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18
W. S. Carver 8 20
P. E. Lane.
12 00
A. D. Strout 2 80;
W. C. Batchelder 13 04.
E. H. Jordan
18 73
Geo. L. Allen
2 40
Willis Pratt
70
W. L. Small
1 21,
A. E. Hall
1 14
Frank Buker
12 50
Henry Gillespie®
4 38.
D. A. Coombs®
4 25
Bert Coombs.
1 75
Jesse Bailey
3 50
Geo Gillespie
8 75
Alcide Couture
4 22
Cyril Coutoure. 8 74
W. B. Hervey
4 52
W. F. Small.
4 01
L. F. Rideout
6 12
Frank Small
3 50
Alonzo Starbird
3 50
W. S. Douglass
4 00
Herbert Denham
11 55
S. H. Johnson
9 52
Sam Smith
12 41
Chas. Green .
1 60
Thomas Merrill. 70 .
Grant Woods.
81 10
J. F. Buker, plank
34 15
M. C. Merryman
1 00
I. H. Holbrook
4 25
M. Sheloske.
4 25
W. C. Ackley
95
M. G. Keay
2 55
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Treasurer of state, road patrol 300 00
Elmer Jordan
6 00
.John Small
$9 62
Lendall Prout
15 50
Frank Small
14 43
Grant Woods
46 75
A. G. Buker
1 50
E. O. Tarr
2 00
A. R. Briry.
1 00
W. L. Small
1 05
W. A. Pratt
1 05
Hiram Small
8 24
E. T. Buker
5 26
P. O. West
6 23
John Small
18 05
E. O. Tarr
2 00
A. R. Briry
87
·S. L. Smith
1 40
W. S. Carver. .
6 09
F. S. Hall. .
1 32
Ray Purinton . ....
5 50
B. M. Arno.
5 25
J. F. Buker, plank
8 55
A. R. Briry
3 00
J. . W. Ward. 9 32
John Grant 14 41 . . .. . .
W. E. Tarr.
% ৳ ١٠٠٠
5 78
C. McNally. 2 44
Bert Southard, .. ....
50
A. R. Briry . 5 75
A. G. Buker
. ....
1 58
E. O. Tarr.
6 25
Grant Woods
8 00
B. R. Temple, plank . .. 30 26
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A. P. Small
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. . .
20
S. W. Nelson, plow points 2 20
E. E. Rogers
6 33,
W. C. Ackley. 52
L. B. Skelton.
2 73
Robert H. Bickford
2 80
Grant Woods.
37 63%
Frank Currier
70
Ezra Webber
1 22
Charles Potter
2 80
E. S. Webber
7 50
N. Doughty
5 80
Frank Small
6 56
Elwyn Silver . . .
3 50
C. H. Allen,
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28 89
J. A. Rideout.
23 89
I. H. Holbrook. 10 25
Alfred Wheeler
12 82
Philip Goyette.
4 38
N. Danforth
88
W. L. Maloon
1 00
Frank Small 2 03
15 90
Geo. L. Allen
11 13
W. R. Allen .
9 76
W. C. Batchelder. 20 99
E. H. Jordan
11 36
A. D. Strout.
5 86
Frank Everett
40
Geo. Bulduc.
7 87
W. L. Small
3 30
E. H. Jordan.
87
W. C. Batchelder.
4 20
W. A. Pratt
1 67
Samuel Marshal 5 07
W. J. Ward
4 55
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W. A. Pratt.
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A. D. Chase. 42 02
Alfred Wenzel
19 25
W. D. Foster
1 48
Geo. Hickey .
8 03
`Wm. McIver,
13 09
M. Sheloske.
16 17
A. M. Clark
6 40
Ed. Sheen.
11 90
James Wagg
13 85
Alonzo Purinton
20
W. C. Ackley
1 '25
A. R. Briry & Sons 20 22
L. A. Prout
1 50
John Small
$3 15
Geo. Hickey .
6 12
A. S. Buzzell
10 25
John Brown
87
Geo. Bolduc
3 50
Hiram Small
2 63
E. T. Buker
87
P. O. West.
1 17
F. S. Meacham
87
Everett Small
3 50
Alton Leonard
4 55
Grant Woods
11 70
J. W. Ward. .
2 84
H. L. Wright
9 23
Wm. Rideout 5 83
C. C. Small.
1 06
N. Dancause.
3 20
Milford Elliott
3 06
F. S. Meacham
4 38
E. E. Rogers
7 50
W. F. Small
2 53
L. F. Rideout.
. .. 14 52
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22
Wallace Stewart.
4 17
Geo. Hickey
4 55
A. S. Buzzell. 7 35
R. L. Rideout
3 46
E. O. Tarr.
4 00
A. G. Buker.
1 75
J. W. Ward. .
1 75
T. W. Skelton
3 41
M. C. Merryman
3 18
A. P. Small .
50
Frank Lachapel
3 03
S. H. Johnson
2 64
A. S. Buzzell
11 27
Grant Woods.
6 00
Chas. Douglass, bridge plank. . .
26 76
John Bishop
3 70
Geo. Hickey
4 60
Earl Berry .
1 75
W. F. Cornish.
5 00
E. S. Webber
5 00
Everett Small.
71
Geo. Staples.
11 60
Geo. L. Coombs .
1 90
Bert Buker 88
Appropriation .
$1500 00
Cement and plank sold.
2 20
Overdrawn.
463 92
$1966 12
$1966 12
SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS
NEAR E. O. TARR'S
Paid A. R. Briry & Sons. $33 50
E. O. Tarr 24 00
A. G. Buker 11 37
W. E. Tarr. 22 00
O. B. Gray, gravel. .
9 30
Appropriation .
$100 00
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Overdrawn
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$100 17
$100 17
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NEAR E. T. BUKER'S
Paid Elmer Jordan $24 00
Grant Woods 23 94
E. T. Buker 10 50
Pearl O. West 10 50
Eugene Small
10 50
Frank Small
10 06
Hiram Small
10 50
Appropriation .
$100 00
$100 00
$100 00
NEAR LEWIS DEMERS
Paid Percy E. Lane . $28 00
W. C. Batchelder 31 23
W. A. Pratt
5 79
Geo. L. Allen .
9 40
E. H. Jordan
88
W. L. Small
11 19
Unexpended
13 51
Appropriation
$100 00
$100 00
$100 00
NEAR GEO. STAPLES
Paid Geo. Staples
$50 00
Appropriation
$50 00
NEW ROAD
Paid Rosilla Small, land damage .... $ 25 00
Carvill & Stinchfield, land dam- age .. 25 00
Andrew Byras
99 00
Unexpended
$ 1 00
150 00
$150 00
$150 00
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Appropriation
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Report of Treasurer
DR.
To balance due from 1915 $ 250 15;
Commitment to E. O. Tarr 8476 13;
Received of F. S. Adams, for cement. . 1 20
Received of North Eastern Culvert Co. freight refunded. 2 15%
Cash hired of S. D. Skelton
1500 00:
Received of State, damage to sheep ..
69 00
Received of town clerk, dog licenses of 1916 76 00:
Received of John Grant, for tax deed ..
24 00
Received of Frank W. Varney, for bal. ance of tax deed ..
6 40
Received of State, highway dept ..
113 50
Received of State, dog licenses of 1915 refunded 52 07
Received State Mill Tax.
841 45
Received State, Common school fund.
601 60
Received State, for improved roads .. .
341 89
Received cash of Andrew Byras, over- drawn order 3 90
Received of State, Better Education of Youth.
330 67
Received of J. W. Cornish, for plank. . 1 00
Received of Alton Hall, for tax deed of 1914. 17 11
Received of A. D. Chase, for old stove
1 00
Received of E. E. Buker 1 00
Received of Sarah Small fund
100 00
$12,810 22
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CR.
By Highway orders paid. $2007 89
State Road orders paid
741 89
Abatement orders .
6 00
Brown-tail moth orders paid
16 40
Pauper order paid
316 95
Contingent orders paid
789 93
New Road orders paid
149 00
Road near E. T. Buker
100 00
Road near E. O. Tarr
100 17
Road orders near Lewis Demers.
86 49
Road near Geo. H. Staples
50 00
School orders paid.
3987 73
Maintenance Orders paid
113 50
Superintendent orders paid
130 64
Guide board orders paid.
25 00
$8621 59
State tax paid.
1518 68
County tax paid.
638 48
Paid State dog licenses of 1916.
76 00
Paid S. D. Skelton, notes and interest . Tax deeds turned in by Col. E. O. Tarr Sarah Small fund.
1531 25
110 43
100 00
Due from Col. E. O. Tarr, (to bê voted on)
45 32
Due from treasurer .
168 47
$12,810 22
Respectfully submitted,
GEO. L. COOMBS,
Treasurer.
Town of Bowdoin, Feb. 10 1917.
Auditor's Report.
TO THE CITIZENS OF BOWDOIN :
I respectfully report that I have audited the books and accounts of the Selectmen and Treasurer of the Town of Bowdoin, for the fiscal year ending, Feb. 10th, 1917, found them correct with the proper vouchers on file.
The financial standing of the town as represented by them in their annual report herewithin submitted is a correct transcript from the books of the town.
Respectfully Submitted,
F. S. ADAMS, Auditor.
Bowdoin, Me. Feb. 10, 1917.
School Report.
To the School Committee and Citizens of the Town of Bowdoin!
I herewith submit for your consideration my second annual report as Superintendent of the Schools of Bowdoin.
Although it is generally conceded that better work can be done in a large school than in one of five or six pupils, yet good results have been accomplished in every school. However, far better results could have been obtained if the schools had been consolidated. For in a small school it is very difficult for the teacher and pupils to create and sustain an interest in the work. The value of the recitation period is greatly lessened when there are but few in the class, as the spirit of rivalry and competition are unknown factors.
If it were possible to pay higher salaries we could retain our best teachers. Under the present existing conditions, we are able to keep our best teachers only a term or two at the most, thus defeating one of the main objects for which the union of towns was formed. It is very necessary to remedy this condition or the progress of the school is retarded by the frequent change of teachers. I would sug- gest that we close some of the small schools and take this money for increasing the wages of the teachers. The cost of transportation is usually not over five dollars per week. This would give us a surplus of two dollars for every school that is closed beside the saving on the wood bill, which would amount to about fifty dollars a year.
There are three or four schools which have failed to maintain an average of eight during the past year. This would close the schools automatically unless the matter
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were taken up at town meeting and voted upon. I wish that the citizens of this town would give the question their careful consideration and vote accordingly at town meeting.
On the whole the work of the teachers and pupils during the past year has been quite satisfactory. Although at the beginning of the fall term it became necessary to put in several inexperienced teachers, yet through their con- sicentious efforts material progress has been made. The course of study has been a great help to the teachers as they know the definite work prescribed therein must be done during the school year to keep the pupils up to grade.
It is my opinion that most cases of tardiness could be iliminated if the parents were more concerned in the matter. Of course they must realize that the best results cannot be obtained in school work if the pupils are con- stantly tardy. Furthermore when we can have only the required number of weeks in the school year, every moment of that time should be utilized.
I should also like to call the attention of the parents to another matter, that of truancy. Many cases of this nature may be due to ignorance of the law but in some instances gross neglect on the part of the parents is re- sponsible for their absence, and the children are thus deprived of their rightful advantages. I hope that in the future the parents will be more thoughtful and consider- ate in this respect.
Out of the nineteen pupils who took the High school entrance examinations at Bowdoin Center, ten passed and most of them are doing good work in the High school where they entered.
In order to stimulate an interest in further educa-
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tional work, plans are being made for joint graduation exercises of the ninth grades to be held at the Grange hall in June. We ask for the heerty co-operation of the parents and citizens of the town to make them a suc. cess.
Following is a report of the schools by terms:
SPRING TERM -- 1916
School
Teacher
Wages No. Pupils Av.
Purinton
Lolia Kennedy
$7 00
11
8
Carr
Mary Murphy
7 00
8
6
Starbird
Margaret McKay
7 00
12
8
Wood
Gilbert Baker
17 00
11
6
Jacques
L. A. Polley
7 50
7
6
Wheeler
Weston Allen
7 50
19
14
Ward
Daisy Johnson
7 50
18
15
Borough
Elva Emmonds
7 00
11
10
Adams
Mary Hanson
8 00
14
12
West Bowdoin
Lula Wheeler
7 00
7
6
Bowdoin Center
Lida Maxwell
8 00
21
18
Judah Small
Cecile Small
7 50
9
7
FALL TERM
School
Teacher
Wages No. Pupils Av.
Purinton
Lavina Silver
$7 00
10
6
Carr
Clara Marshall
7 00
7
5
Starbird
Ethel Ashford
7 00
10
8
Wood
Carrie Ricker
7 00
5
4
Jacques
Carmaline Rogers
7 00
9
8
Wheeler
Ida Allen
7 50
17
14
Ward
Helen Ware
7 00
17
14
Borough
Irene Tobie
7 00
14
12
Adams
Lulu Wheeler
8 00
10
8
West Bowdoin
Ezalee Hall
7 00
7
5
Bowdoin Center
Lida Maxwell
8 00
20
18
Judah Small
Cecile Small
7 50
6
5
Selena Gilbey S
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WINTER TERM
School
Teacher
Wages No. Pupils Av.
Purinton
Lavina Silver
7 00
8
6
Carr
Clara Marshall
7 00
6
5
Starbird
Ethel Ashford
7 00
10 9
Wood
Elenora Small
7 00
5
2
Jacques
Carmaline Rogers
7 00
11
9
Wheeler
Lida Maxwell
7 50
12
9
Ward
Helen Ware
7 00
18
13
Borough
Geneva Trufant
7 00
14
12
Adams
Lula Wheeler
8 00
8
6
West Bowdoin
Ezalee Hall
7 00
5
3
Bowdoin Center
Jennie Richards
8 00
20
17
Judah Small
Cecile Small
7 50
5
4
Pupils not absent one-half day Spring term:
Zulette Allen, Irene Chase, Lenora Ferguson, Queenie Ferguson, Ruby Ferguson, Roland Grant, Elizabeth John- son, Carlton Bailey, Frank Buker, John Byras, Roland Cou- ture, Joseph Dupal, Emma Prout, George Merriman, How- ard Adams, Leonard Curtis, Archie Ayer, Thomas Ayer, Florence Lachapelle, Rosalva Lachapelle, Herbert Roberts. Pupils not absent one-half day, Fall Term:
Otis Ackley, John Byras, Zulette Allen, Hollis Allen, Clarissa Allen, Raymond Allen, Alice Woods, Maude Ride- out, Elizabeth Starbird, Lelia Starbird.
Pupils not absent one-half day Winter Term: Lelia Starbird, Orie Woods, Lizzie Sheloske.
*Only a partial list.
COMMON SCHOOL ACCOUNT RESOURCES
Unexpended Balance, 1915
$
46 95
Appropriation from town
1600 00
State School fund.
1443 05
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Due from town of Litchfield, tuition years of 1915-1916.
30 00
Overdrawn. 24 02 $3144 02
EXPENDITURES
Paid
teachers, Spring
$1144 00
Teachers, Fall.
870 00
Teachers, Winter
776 00
Fuel .
177 62
Transportation
. 176 40
$3144 02
FUEL ACCOUNT
Paid Rob't T. Johnson. $ 11 50
E. T. Buker
14 00
F. J. Roberts.
32 37
Wm. Coskery
10 50
Geo. L. Allen.
13 75
Wallace Hatch
14 00
James Wagg.
16 00
W. S. Douglass
14 00
C. H. Allen.
13 50
James Grady
2 25
E. E. Purinton.
15 00
Michael Sheloske
17 00
Norman Curtis.
3 75
$177 62
TRANSPORTATION
Paid A. D. Chase.
$125 00
A. S. Buzzell
16 40
F. S. Meacham
45 00 $176 40
REPAIRS AND SUPPLIES
Appropriation .
$200 00
Unexpended Balance, 1915
44 00
Old Stove, sold 1 00 $245 00
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EXPENDITURES
Paid Milton Bradley Co $ 27 85
W. C. Ackley. 10 20
Frederick G. Payne
7 34
J. F. Mulligan
9 90
A. Purinton
45
Eugene Small
4 40
J. A. Taylor
11 03
Edward E. Babb & Co
33 48
H. M. Weigel
4 20
A. E. Dodge.
8 06
Herman Small
2 10
J. W. Arno
94
E. E. Purinton.
1 00
J. E. Cornish
1 61
N. E. Curtis.
1 25
W. C. Ackley
1 00
C. M. Kendrick
40
W. L. Maloon
50
J. Haynes & Son, stove, funnel.
21 00
A. D. Chase.
2 00
C. E. Williams
68
Unexpended
95 61
$245 00
TEXT BOOK ACCOUNT RESOURCES
Appropriation
$150 00
Unexpended Balance of 1915 29 60 $179 60
EXPENDITURES
Paid D. C. Heath & Co 12 Lewis Bus. Arith. · @ $ .40 ... . .
$4 80
D. Appleton & Co., 12 Brook Primers @ .25. 3 00
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American Book Co.,12 Morton's Advanced Geog. @ .96 .... 18 Maury's Small Geog. @ .44.
24 Story Hour Readers Primers @ .24
24 Story Hour Readers
Book I. @ .24.
24 Story Hour
Readers
Book II. @ .28.
24 Story Hour Readers
Book III. @ .32 .. 45 36
Benj. H. Sanborn & Co. 12 Brands Lessons Human Body. @ .46.
12 Edson Lang Readers
Book I. @ .29.
12 Edson Lang Readers Book II. @ .34. 12 Edson Lang Readers Book III. @ .37
12 Edson Lang Readers
Book IV. @ .42.
12 Edson Lang Readers Book V. @ .50.
18 Sanborn's Spellers @. 21 18 Scott Southworth Les. in Eng. I. @ .35.
18 Scott Southworth Les. in Eng. II @ .54.
18 Evan's Ess. Facts in Am. Hist. @ .83. 63 30
Edward E. Babb & Co., 6 Hor- ace Mann Practice Primer @ 25. 1 50
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Houghton Mifflin & Co. 6 Sup.
Readers @ 20
1 20
Express 2 70
Unexpended
57 74 $179 60
BETTER EDUCATION OF YOUTH
Unexpended balance of 1915
$298 24
From State
330 67
Appropriation.
200 00 $828 91
EXPENDED
Paid City of Auburn 30 00
Town of Lisbon. 50 00
Town of Bowdoinham
280 00
Litchfield Academy
120 00
Town of Brunswick 48 00
Unexpended
300 91 $828 91
FLAGS AND POLES
Appropriation $ 40 00
Overdrawn. 4 46 $44 46
Paid Caxton School Supply Co., flags
$32 21
Hank Brown, poles and labor .. 12 25
$44 46
RECOMMENDATIONS
New Supplementary Story House Readers and more Edson-Lang Readers have been purchased. New Acade- mic Physiologies were bought for use in the ninth grades. New Spellars and more Arithmetics will be needed as those now in use are in bad condition.
The Adams School house has been painted outside. The Borough schoolhouse has been papered, painted and tinted, also two doors were hung. A new stove and
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funnel have been purchased for the Ward School and a new blackboard has been put up. The out building at the Jaques has been repaired. New flag poles have been put up where needed and new flags purchased and dis- tributed to each school.
These are the needed repairs for next year. The Wheeler school house needs painting on the outside and new desks put in. The Bowdoin Center, the Starbird and the Ward schoolhouses need to have the walls and ceilings tinted. The ceiling in the Adams school ought to be patched and tinted, and a new window put in. As soon as possible new desks should be purchased for the Ward schoolhouse.
In closing I wish to express my hearty appreciation to all those who have in any way helped to make this year's work efficient.
Respectfully submitted, CYRUS M. KENDRICK, Supt. of Schools.
Town Warrant.
To E. O. Tarr, a Constable in the Town of Bowdoin, in the County of Sagadahoc, State of Maine.
GREETING :
In the name of the State of Maine you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of said Town of Bowdoin, qualified to vote in town affairs, to assemble at the Town house in said town, on Monday, the fifth day of March, A. D., 1917, at ten o'clock in the forenoon to act on the following articles, to wit:
Art. 1. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting.
Art. 2. To choose a Clerk for the ensuing year.
Art. 3. To hear report of Selectmen.
Art. 4. To hear report of Treasurer.
Art. 5. To hear report of Superintending School Committee.
Art. 6. To choose three Selectmen, Assessors and Overseers of Poor.
Art. 7. To choose Fire Warden for ensuing year.
Art. 8. To choose Treasurer for ensuing year.
Art. 9. To see if the Town will vote to have one or more Road Commissioners.
Art. 10. To choose Auditor for ensuing year.
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Art. 11. To choose one member of the Superintend- ing School Committee.
Art. 12. To choose Collector of Taxes and Constable.
Art. 13. To see if the Town will vote to raise the amount due on highways from Dec. 1, 1916, to Feb. 10, 1917, or act in relation thereto.
Art. 14. To see if the Town will vote Yes or No on the question of appropriating and raising money nec -. essary to entitle the Town to State Aid as provided in Section 20 of Chapter 130 of the Public Laws of 1913.
Art. 15. To see if the Town will appropriate and raise the sum of $533.00 for the improvement of the Sec- tion of State Aid road as outlined in the report of the State Highway Commission in addition to the amount reg- ularly raised for the care of ways, highways and bridges the above amount being the maximum which the Town is allowed to raise under the provision of Section 19 of Chapter 130 of the Public Laws of 1913.
Art. 16. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise for the following purposes :
For Highways from Feb. 10th, to Dec. 1st, 1917.
For Common Schools.
For Town Expenses.
For School Supplies and Repairs on Schoolhouses.
For Text Books.
For Support of Poor.
For Better Education of Youth.
For Superintendent of Schools.
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Art. 17. To see if the Town will vote to raise the sum of one hundred dollars ($100.00) to be expended in center draining the road from W. B. Hervey's house north to road running westerly. (by petion)
Art. 18. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of one hundred dollars ($100.00) for the repair of the cross road leading from the Bowdoin- ham line by the house lately occupied by Lewis Williams to the Purinton road so-called. (by petition)
Art. 19. To see if the Town will vote to raise one hundred dollars ($100.00) to repair the road from A. G. Buker's south line northerly. (by request)
Art. 20. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise to rebuild the bridge near the residence of N. Doughty.
Art. 21. To see if the Town will vote to raise the sum of two hundred dollars ($200.00) to repair the road beginning at the foot of John F. Buker's hill going southerly. (by petition)
Art. 22. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Selectmen or Road Commissioner to appoint a man in different sections of the town to clear the rocks from the highway once a month through the summer months, or act in relation thereto.
Art. 23. To see if the Town will vote to abate the taxes of Geo. Gowell for the year 1916, amounting to $34.18.
Art. 24. To see if the Town will vote to abate the taxes of Mrs. James E. Whitmore, for the year 1916, amounting to $11.14.
Art. 25. To see if the Town will vote to abate the taxes of H. S. Starbird for the year 1914.
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Art. 26. To see see if the Town will vote to raise five dollars ($5.00) for the purchase of flags for Memo- rial Day.
Art. 27. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the School Board to reopen schools in the Jaques, Purinton, Carr. Woods, Judah Small and West Bowdoin districts so- called.
Art. 28. To see if the Town will vote to elect all other officers by hand ballot or authorize the Selectmen to appoint.
Art. 29. To choose fence viewers.
Art. 30. To choose surveyors of wood, bark and lumber.
Art. 31. To choose Pound Keeper.
Dated at Bowdoin, Me., Feb 10th, 1917.
N. DOUGHTY, Selectmen W. E. TARR, of W. L. MALOÓN, Bowdoin.
Dated at Bowdoin, Maine, February 10, 1917.
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Report of Town Clerk
MARRIAGES RECORDED IN BOWDOIN, MAINE, FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1916
Date
CONTRACTING PARTIES
January 3. ...
Charles E. Meserve and Bertha I. Bickford both of Bowdoin, Maine.
February 8 .... Leon Jones of Hallowell, Maine and Amy B. Southard of Auburn, Maine.
June 24.
February 24 .... John Waldo Verney of Bowdoin, Maine and Selena May Gilbey of Litchfield, Maine. : Leslie Guy Bickford of Lisbon, Maine and Daisy Belle Green of Bowdoin Maine ..
August 26 .. 1.
Osear W. Nason and Susie R, Arno Both of Bowdoin, Maine ...
September 2., .. Edwin Sandford Adams of Bowdoin, Me. and Mabel Ada Wilson of Harpswell, (Org's Island, ) Me, September 15 .. Willis L, Skelton of Bowdoin, Maine and Mona J. Taylor of Webster, Maine. November 8 .... Wallace W. Stewart of Bowdoin, Maine and Mary A. Black of Wayne, Maine.
BIRTHS RECORDED IN BOWDOIN, MAINE, FOR THE
YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1916
Date
Name of Child
Name of
Father
Maiden Name of Mother
January 17.
Erwin Lewis Smith. M
Martha R. Smith ..
January 20.
Dorothy
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Herbert Jones
Ruth A. McIver.
February 5.
.M
B. F. Jones
Alice L. Wagg .
February 7.
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Talbert H. Rogerson
Amy Shannon .
February 21.
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William Wagg
Edith Purinton.
February 26
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Elbridge Verney.
Susie M. Kennerson
March 12
Fred Alfonce ... ... . M
Louis Drouin
Rena Arno.
March 16
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Alonzo C. Starbird
Sarah A. Cobb.
April 14 ..
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Charles Allen ..
Clara Hutchinson
May 18
Doris Arlene. F
Alverna Small.
Carrie E. Flagg .
May 22.
Dominique Real. ... M
Alcide Couture .
Caroline Pinard .
July 1.
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William W. Rideout. Wm. F. Cornish.
Mary E. Rogers
July 27 ..
Helen Arlene. .F
William Haigh .
Mina F. Kissler
August 15 ... .
Preston . M
Ray Purinton
Lila Garland.
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September 19 ..
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James B. Whittemore.
Georgie Etta Fickett
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November 4. ..
John F. Jr .. . M
John F. Grant .
Charlotte F. Baston
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Lena Rideout.
July 17.
Elizabeth Emma .... F
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Males 11. Females 6. Total 17
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DEATHS RECORDED IN BOWDOIN, MAINE, FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1916
Date
Names
yrs.
Age mos.
days
January .
John Jaques
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No further information received.
January 18 .. . .
Alexander Ridley
88
6
24
Valvular. Heart Disease ..
January 28.
Ida Avery . .
30
6
16
General Peritonitis
February 5 ..
Infant Jones
Premature Birth
February 22 ...
Eunice G. Campbell
95
5
22
La Grippe
February 22 .. ..
Infant Wagg.
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Atelactasis.
February 26,
Infant Verney .
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5
3
Pulmonary Tuberculosis.
March 1.
Nora E. Adams
55.
9
10
March 6.
Joseph R. Hatch
56
10
March 8. .
Alpheus M. Brown.
69
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3
Angina Pectoris.
March 10.
Daisy D. Trufant.
41
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2
Tuberculosis of Lungs.
April 7 ..
Jennie E. Purinton. .. . .
72
Cerebral Thrombus.
May 3. .
Matilda Rogers.
88
May 10.
Frank Benson ..
63
28
Probably malignant disease of liver or gall bladder Still born
May 15.
Infant Wilson.
60
5
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Probably Heart disease, found dead.
June 8.
James C. Haigh.
62
10
18
June. 23
Mary A. Carver.
85
6
July 8.
Frank Rideout.
28
6
7
Tubercular Peritonitis.
July 9.
Blanche Hall.
30
3
27
Typhoid fever .
August 8.
Hattie M. Cotton
62
Nephritis. .
August: 24 ..
Alonzo Purinton .
68
11
4
Myo Carditis.
August 27. .
George Thomas.
70
3.
22
Cardiac Dillitation.
Sept. 23
Emma Fournier
42
7
3
October 10 .....
Alexander E. Ridley . .
50
15
October 16. ... .
James O. Roberts
67
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23
Utrophe Cirrohsis of Liver
December 2.
Fannie L. Poor.
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9
Pulmonary Tuberculosis.
December 7. . ..
Inez M. Card;
21
9%
6
Pulmonary Tubercolosis.
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Gallstones with result'g pus formation obstruct'n Uremia .
May 15.
Robert S. Carr
Carcinoma Liver
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Heart Disease, .
Uremia, due to chronic interstitial nephritis.
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Weakness prolong labor
February 29
Henry B. Williams .
5 hrs
Cause of Death
Lobar Pneumonia. Senility .
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Date
Names
Age mos.
days
Not reported in 1916 Dec. 26, 1915. Disinterments
Pauline Rideout ..
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69
7
5
Appoplexy
Jan. 14, 1885
Granville Purinton ...
49
10
11
Bright's disease.
Jan. 14, 1892. ..
Eben Curtis
22
6
12
Grippe . ..
April 1, 1896
Mary E. Curtis ...
72
15
Cancer .
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July 21, 1906 .. .
Richard W. Spencer. ....
84
7
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Mitral Insufficiency
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Respectfully Submitted E. E. BUKER, Town Clerk.
Bowdoin, Maine, February 10th, 1917,
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