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J. J. Staples, clerk, 1915 dog tax 32 00
A. L. Tolman, 1915 dog tax. 37 00
State, damage to sheep. 48 00
Interest, Hussey Trust Fund
34. 45
Interest, Smith Trust Fund. 4 04
$882 63
Expended
Lillian Hamm, salary, superintendent $ 60 00
J. J. Staples, salary, town clerk 20 00
Newell White, order book. 50
J. J. Dearborn, salary, treasurer.
25 00
J. J. Dearborn, postage and telephone.
3 00
G. G. Estabrooks' Sons, flags
10 80
J. E. Miller, salary, selectman
50 00
F. B. Morrell, collecting 1914 taxes.
117 92
F. B. Morrell, collecting dog licenses.
6 00
F. B. Morrell, posting notices.
4 50
M. S. Leavitt, lumber for cement forms 6 00
Henry J. Luce, salary, selectman 60 00
William Ryder, janitor, town house 2 00
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C. M. Conant, road machine repairs 10 35
M. B. Severance, lumber for poles. 1 50
F. M. Johnston, care Rigby cemetery 3 50
B. A. Witham, hunting moths 6 00
W. E. Luce, moderator and auditor 4 00
Addison Cookson, care cemetery. 3 50
Alfred M. Hart, watering place 1 50
M. C. R. Downes, care cemetery, Hussey and Stevenson lots. 11 00
J. F. Davis, watering place 1 50
H. B. Stevenson, hunting moths. 3 00
A. J. Luce, watering place 1 50
M. J. Sewall, driving hearse.
42 00
State treas. balance on 1914 dog taxes
5 00
The T. W. Burr Ptg. Co., town reports and moth notices 43 75
F. O. Rogers, care cemetery 5 00
Henry J. Luce, incidental and postage
10 60
M. S. Leavitt, salary, selectman ..
50 00
M. S. Leavitt, keeping tramps.
4 00
M. S. Leavitt, care Knowlton cemetery 5 00
Clifton Chapman, blacksmith work 5 63
$584 05
C. M. Conant, balance on road machine
100 00
Interest, Merchant's Bank and on orders
80 00
Mrs. Irving Parsons, sheep killed by dogs
36 00
J. E. Miller, sheep killed by dogs 18 00
State, dog licenses. 64 00
$882 05
Unexpended $ 58
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Estimate of the amount of money required under the following articles :
Article 9. Support of common schools .. $1,100 00
Article 10. Support of poor. 100 00
Article 11. Incidentals. 400 00
Article 12. Roads and bridges, minimum amount required by State.
1,550 00
Article 13. Repairs on school houses
100 00
Article 14. School books.
100.00
Article 15. To pay tuition of pupils attend- ing high school 75 00
Article 16. Abatements.
50 00
Article 18. State aid highways.
533, 00
Article 20. Maintenance State aid highways
200 00
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TRUST FUNDS FOR CARE OF CEMETERY
J. F. Hussey
$100 00
John Stevenson. 100 00
Jefferson Smith. 50 00
Respectfully submitted,
HENRY J. LUCE,
JOHN E. MILLER,
MARK S. LEAVITT,
Selectmen of Newburg.
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STATE AID HIGHWAYS
Amount appropriated by town
$1,000 00
Received from State
533 00
$1,533 00
Metal culvert from 1914
22 10
$1,555 10
Elmer Smith, inspector.
33 10
$1,522 00
PERMANENT HIGHWAY, SOUTH ROAD
Geo. Gatchell
$ 6 00
Irving McPheters.
4 50
C. F. Roberts.
1 50
Fred Cilley
22 50
Elmer Bridgham 2 25
E. L. Newcomb
26 00
John Watson
67 50
R. G. Newcomb
15 00
Frank Davis
37 13
Fred Tribou
9 37
L. J. Ward.
9 37
.
Roscoe Gould
4 50
Ira Ryder
13 50
Henry Bartlett
9 75
B. G. Snow
11 25
Walter Mitchell
3 75
C. A. Newcomb
15 00
M. B. Severance.
132 28
Percy Kimball
6 00
Geo. Rush
30 00
Manter Bartlett
25 13
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E. A. Lawrence
18 00
H. J. Luce.
18 00
William Goodrich
27 00
Merrill Goodrich
27 00
Herbert Lewis
20 00
William H. Estey
4 50
$566 78
C. L. Chapman, gravel
70 00
P. E. Severance, dynamite.
17 15
P. E. Severance, cement.
14 18
Three 16 foot metal culverts at $22.10.
66 30
$734 41
3,500 feet at a cost of 21 cents a foot.
PERMANENT HIGHWAY, NORTH ROAD
J. E. Miller
$ 38 50
Orrın Miller 3 75
Chas. Eldridge
22 75
Erving Parsons
21 00
A. G. Lawrence
2 63
Chas. Toothaker
33 37
Ed. Gatchell
23 25
Vivian Haines
16 50
L. J. Ward.
38 37
Chas. Boyington
38 37
Roy Gatchell
10 50
Thomas Fifield 15 00
Geo. Curtis
18 75
F. O. Rogers.
26 87
Harold Dillingham
18 75
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Milton Porter. 25 50
N. T. Porter 18 75
Geo. Knight. 15 00
Percy Porter
7 50
W. O. Davis
15 00
Eulie Bickford 11 25
Fred Rogers
6 00
Claude Rogers
7 50
P. J. Boyington.
43 50
$478 36
Claude Rogers, gravel
35 40
J. E. Miller, dynamite.
9 75
$523 51
2,000 feet at a cost of 26 cents a foot.
PERMANENT HIGHWAY, MIDDLE ROAD
L. J. Ward
$ 18 75
H. C. Dillingham
33 75
Manley Bartlett.
8 25
Geo. Tribou
22 50
C. F. Roberts
10 50
Ralph Newcomb
22 50
Chas. Lake
22 50
Fred Cilley
10 50
Elmer Bridgham
7 50
L. F. Porter
6 75
N. F. Porter.
18 00
Clarence Young
12 75
Ira Ryder
24 00
Howard Whitcomb
40 50
20
Geo. Smith 12 50
Arthur Smith 15 75
Rufus Whitcomb
2 00
Roland Parsons. 9 00
Fred Leavitt 13 12
R. E. Mclaughlin
4 05
F. C. Grant. 4 50
J. S. Anthony
18 75
Maurice Parsons
13 87
Maurice Foster 13 87
A. W. Knowlton
2 00
M. B. Severance 3 00
Raymond Sidlinker
12 00
M. S. Leavitt.
57 50
Geo. Whitcomb
40 50
$481 16
M. S. Leavitt
35 00
P. E. Severance, dynamite and cement. 28 99
Two culverts, one 30 feet and one 24 feet.
86 19
$631 34
1,570 feet at a cost of 40 cents a foot.
7,070 feet of State aid highway cost $1,889 26
Overdrawn. $367 26
MAINTENANCE OF STATE AID HIGHWAYS
Amount appropriated by town
$150 00
Received from State.
204 71
$354 71
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Expended
STATE AID HIGHWAY NO. 2 OR MIDDLE ROAD
L. J. Ward. $ 32 62
L. J. Ward, plank
10 56
W. H. Dillingham 21 00
Geo. L. Tribou
18 37
Maurice Foster
7 50
E. L. Seabury
9 38
F. A. Tribou 16 13
Maurice Parsons.
13 12
Chas. Boyington
11 25
Ralph Newcomb
18 37
Chas. Fisher
3 00
C. H. Whitcomb
13 12
Frank Washburn
5 25
Wilbur Hamlin
8 25
Benj. Norton
5 25
C. F. Roberts.
13 86
Fred Cilley
5 25
Chas. Bartlett
8 25
Geo. Gatchell
1 50
Roscoe Gould
5 25
N. T. Porter
10 50
Elmer Bridgham
5 25
E. L. Newcomb
8 00
Ira Ryder
4 50
Amos Inman.
6 75
Joseph Anthony
3 75
M. S. Leavitt.
3 75
$269 78
Approximately 2,000 feet graveled, 13.4 cents per foot.
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STATE AID HIGHWAY NO. 3 OR SOUTH ROAD
B. G. Snow
8 63
Axel Jolander, gravel
10 00
J. F. Davis
6 38
William and Merrill Goodrich
3 00
Geo. Rich
7 88
M. B. Severance
11 25
Manter Bartlett
5 25
Axel Jolander.
3 75
Henry Luce.
6 38
E. A. Lawrence
1 50
Percy Kimball
1 50
Alphonzo Porter
1 85
67 37
$337 15
Unexpended.
$17 56
700 feet, graveled at .096 cents per foot.
SECTION PERMANENT HIGHWAY, NORTH ROAD
Amount appropriated.
$100 00
Expended
L. J. Ward.
$ 7 50
Chas. Boyington
7 50
M. S. Porter
10 50
Chas. Toothaker
7 50
P. J. Boyington.
7 50
Fred Miller
7 50
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F. O. Rogers
7 50
Lewis Loring
10 50
Orirn Miller
3 00
Emery Curtis.
5 25
Geo. Rines
7 50
W. R. Knight
10 50
S. M. Packard.
18 00
J. E. Miller
4 00
$114 25
Road machine work.
32 00
$146 25
1,320 feet at a cost of 11 cents a foot.
Total amount of Permanent road complete, 8,390 feet.
ROADS AND BRIDGES
Amount raised by town.
$1,300 00
Expended
SOUTH ROAD
1914 work H. W. Nealey $ 3 00
66
J. J. Dearborn 5 00
Elmer Grant
7 67
C. A. Newcomb, (plank) 15 40
F. M. Benson
9 65
S. W. Stevenson.
13 80
E. L. Newcomb
14 00
Fred Cilley 6 00
Axel Jolander, (gravel)
5 00
Axel Jolander
5 65
Axel Jolander, (cutting bushes)
17 25
24
A. C. Benson 42 00
George Rich, (stringers) 2 50
George Rich 8 63
William and Merrill Goodrich
6 00
Scott Nealey
25 00
Walter Clements.
10 50
Marion Bartlett 75
H. J. Luce
22 75
Frank West.
8 18
M. B. Severance.
119 75
F. M. Johnston, (gravel)
7 50
William Estey
1 50
Walter Smith
5 85
John Watson
51 35
John Watson, (gravel)
2 85
John Watson, (plank)
17 47
Percy Kimball
3 75
Henry Bartlett, (plank)
6 10
Henry Bartlett
2 00
Roy Chadbourne.
15 22
B. G. Snow
10 00
William Perkins
75
Henry Leonard.
7 87
J. F. Davis 20 52
Wilmot Newcomb
2 50
Colbie Bartlett, gravel
3 00
A. J. Luce
4 10
1914 work. Geo. Chapman
3 00
E. A. Lawrence.
5 10
$518 91
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NORTH ROAD
C. A. Newcomb, (plank) $14 05
Charles Boyington 40 30
M. S. Porter 3 70
L. J. Ward.
46 37
P. J. Boyington
79 50
Charles Toothaker
34 50
Walter Knight 17 00
N. T. Porter 14 25
Emery Curtis 6 00
Oscar Fall
3 50
Ralph Prescott
2 62
Lewis Loring 6 25
A. G. Lawrence
21 37
J. E. Milller
42 25
J. E. Miller, (dynamite)
9 00
L. J. Ward
6 55
W. R. Knight.
10 30
William Newman.
10 12
George Getchell.
7 00
George Rines.
21 60
Orrin Miller
5 27
Thomas Fifield
4 00
Guy Kimball
5 55
Fred Toothaker
7 75
F. O. Rogers
15 42
Roland Parsons
6 00
Gerald Butler
75
Fred Miller
9 42
O. H. Fall
5 00
455 34
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MIDDLE ROAD
S. W. Stevenson $ 8 17
C. F. Roberts 10 40
Chas. Fisher 6 75
Chas. Boyington 7 00
Roscoe Gould 1 50
Lloyd Simpson.
13 87
A. W. Whitcomb. 19 35
Walter Mitchell
2 25
M. B. Severance.
69 00
F. A. Tribou
5 62
Chas. Bartlett
5 25
N. T. Porter
5 00
C. H. Whitcomb, plank
5 90
F. C. Grant
11 70
Wilbur Hamlin
5 75
Fred B. Leavitt. 8 15
Maurice Foster
1 88
H. C. Dillingham
5 25
G. W. Whitcomb
16 35
W. H. Hollis
2 00
M. J. Sewell
2 85
R. E. Mclaughlin
60
M. S. Leavitt.
41 25
Arthur Smith
14 63
Ada Thurlough 2 70
G. L. Tribou
24 75
A. W. Knowlton 5 18
M. S. Leavitt, dynamite.
7 50
317 35
$1,291 60
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Report of Treasurer
Hall C. Dearborn, treasurer, in account with the town of Newburg, for the fiscal year ending March 3, 1916.
Received from all sources :-
Feb. 20, 1915 Cash on hand $ 82 05
Mar. 15,
Penobscot Savings Bank, interest on Hussey fund
30 93
Mar. 20, 66
State, high school 30 00
Apr. 21,
State, high school. 20 00
Apr. 21
66 State, high school
23 33
May 5, 66 State damage, domestic animals. 12 00
June 18,
Bank, cash loan
1,000 00
July 28,
J. J. Staples, dog tax
30 00
Sept. 20,
John Stevenson, burial lot fund, L. P. Toothaker, administrator.
100 00
Oct.
30,
Savings Bank interest on Hussey lot fund 3 52
Oct.
30,
Savings Bank, interest on Smith Fund
4 04
Nov. 27,
66
State pensions refund
66 00
Nov. 29, 66
State damage domestic ani- mals. 36 00
Dec. 28,
State highway department
204 71
Dec. 30,
State dog tax refund. 40 29
Dec.
30,
State R. R. and Tel. tax
202 72
Dec.
30,
State common schools.
490 39
Sept. 20,
66
28
Dec. 30, 1915 State school mill fund. 566 55
Jan. 3, 1916 State high school 61 48
Jan. 26, State highway department 66
499 90
Jan. 26, 66 State pensions refund.
162 00
Feb. 16,
J. J. Staples, dog tax, 1913 7 00
Feb. 16, J. J. Staples, dog tax, 1915 2 00
Feb. 22,
A. L. Tolman, dog tax, 1915
37 00
Mar. 2,
State pensions refund.
24 00
Mar.
2, 66
F. B. Morrell and estate on 1914 taxes. 721 88
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Mar. 3,
A. L. Tolman, total on account 1915 taxes .. 5,033 08
Total amount received all sources.
$9,490 87
Paid selectmen's orders 1915
$8,798 08
66 1914
313 58
66 66
1913
20 00
66 66
1910
1 05
" Savings Bank, Stevenson fund
100 00
Total paid out.
9,232 71.
$258 16 Cash on hand March 3, 1916 .. .....
Respectfully submitted,
HALL C. DEARBORN
Treasurer.
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Report of Town Clerk
MARRIAGES, 1915-1916
Feb.
14 Alfred Hart, residence, Newburg. Florence A. Arnold, residence, Newburg.
March 15 Johnson G. Trask, residence, Newburg. Clara T. Rankin, residence, Newburg.
April
4 George B. Gatchell, residence, Newburg. Louise Eldridge Badger, residence, Newburg.
April
7 Clifton Herbert Chapman, residence, Newburg. Mrs. Ira Tolman, residence, Newburg.
Sept. 1 Burnis Merton Bridgham, residence, Newburg. Susie Mae Smith, residence, Dixmont.
Sept.
1 Manley Bartlett, residence, Newburg. Ella Nealey, residence, Winterport.
Oct. 6 Fred Reginald Billings, residence, Monroe. Agnes Morse Tolman, residence, Newburg.
Oct.
16 Thomas Richard Clements, residence, Newburg. Grace Estie Ryder, residence, Nowburg.
Oct.
16 Frank Patten, residence, Hampden. Mrs. Fannie E. Nye Chase, residence, Newburg.
Oct.
17
Fred Elton Chapman, residence, Hermon.
Frances Theo McLaughlin, residence, Newburg.
Total 10.
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DEATHS, 1915-1916
Yrs.
Mos.
Days
Feb. 2. Benjamin F. Smith
Age
58
24
Feb. 13. Ruth E. Sewall
"
74
2
1
Mar. 30. John E. McPherson
70
8
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April 26. Marcellus L. Tinney
72
8 23
April 28. Frederick H. Newcomb
61
8
23
May 5. William M. Bartlett
56
5
15
July
7. Charles Green
81
6
29
Oct.
15. Arad Ricker
63
-
22
Oct.
26. Margaret A. Bickford
66
86
8
12
Oct. 30. Ellen Luce
56
3
18
Nov.
6. Jefferson Nealey
66
75
9
16
Nov.
9. Susan M. Howes
66
77
9
4
Nov.
9. Olive Newcomb
72
8
Dec. 17. Emma Philbrick
"
63
3
28
Dec.
16. Mary E. Lawrence Total 16.
"
43
2
28
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No. of births, 1915-1916, 14.
DOG TAX FOR YEAR 1915
31 dogs licensed at $1.15
$35 65
1 female spayed at $1.15
1 15
7 dogs licensed from 1913 at $1.15.
8 05
$44 85
Town clerk's fees for 39 dogs at $.15
5 85
Amount paid H. C. Dearborn, treas.
$39 00
Respectfully submitted,
J. J. STAPLES, Town Clerk.
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Mar.
13. Francis E. Porter
66
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School Report
At the beginning of the year it was realized that many changes would have to be made in order to comply with the requirements of the State laws, some of which were passed at the last session of the legislature and after the annual meeting of the town last spring. It was also very plain to officials that there would not be enough money to do all of the things required and that the best that could be done would be to so expend that which was available as to bring our school system up to a standard acceptable to the State authorities, until an opportunity was afforded to complete the changes necessary, in order to draw aid from the State.
Fortunately, the State school year and the town year begin at different dates; the former beginning July 1, and the latter at the time of the annual town meeting. Thirty weeks of school must now be given in all schools during the State year from July to July, but this does not mean that we will have to have the thirty weeks in the town year although we have pretty nearly done this this year with a small overdraw. We were disappointed in not being able to get from the State the fund which is known as "The Equalization Fund" and which was given to the town last year. A change in the law by the last legislature made it impossible for us to obtain the fund over the dis- tribution of which neither the town nor the State authorities now have control.
We have employed as good teachers as we have been able to obtain at the prices which we could pay. We have in all cases kept those teachers whose work was most satisfactory to both the officials and the parents concerned in their schools, and have given them deserved increases in their pay.
The matter of conveying pupils has given us the usual amount of inconvenience but you will note by the expense, $411.00, that we have made a saving of $16.00 over last year, although we have had nearly three more weeks of school and have had two additional cases.
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We found the text-books entirely inadequate, in poor condition and not suited to the needs of a modern course of study such as we must now have under the State laws. In consequence of this condi- tion we began to study our needs during the spring term and, during the summer vacation, we went as far as we were able in the direction of improvement. At the opening of the fall term we introduced the State course of study and placed some new text-books in the hands of the pupils. The results were most gratifying. We now have our schools well graded and by following a re-arranged course of study, introducing the necessary text-books and enough of them immediate- ly, we will find ourselves much better off than we could have thought possible last spring.
As to repairs of the buildings, there is much to be accomplished out of the fund raised for this purpose, it has been the custom to pay the house cleaning bills, which is no small item if properly done, and many others of a like naturc. These items alone take nearly $75.00 each year and explains why this account is always over expended. Some repair work has been done this year but much more ought to be done next year. It will also be necessary to improve the equipment in most of the houses. The seats are in very poor shape and the blackboards in all of the buildings except the Centre school are almost useless.
RECOMMENDATIONS
The following sums of money should be raised:
Common schools
$1,200 00
Repairs 150 00
Text-books
150 00
High school tuition
75 00
Union superintendent.
Cleaning houses, janitor work
FINANCIAL STATEMENT COMMON SCHOOLS
Unexpended from 1914.
$ 5 77
Raised by town.
1,000 00
Received from the State 1,056 94
Total available
$2,062 71
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Paid teachers' wages.
$1,543 25
teachers' board.
54 00
for fuel
81 00
for conveyance.
411 00
Total paid out.
2,089 25
Overdrawn
$ 26 54
HIGH SCHOOL TUITION
Unexpended from previous years. $ 41 16
Received from the State
134 81
Raised by the town.
50 00
Total available
$225 97
Paid Monroe tuition.
$ . 17 22
Hampden Academy tuition
115 00
Bangor tuition.
10 00
Total paid out.
142 22
Unexpended
$83 75
TEXT-BOOKS
State equalization fund, maps $ 25 00
Unexpended from 1914.
20 78
Raised by town ..
60 00
Total available $105 78
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Paid J. L. Hammett Co., maps.
$ 24 80
Newel White
50
Geo. Getchell
4 16
American Book Co.
3 16
Atkinson, Mentzer & Co.
14 00
Houghton, Mifflin Co.
31 97
Oxford University Press.
4 80
J. L. Hammett Co., supplies.
151 41
Total paid out.
98 80
Unexpended.
$6 98
REPAIRS
Raised by town.
$100 00
Paid E. A. Lawrence
$ 3 00
H. Baker
5 50
Mel Young
10 50
E. A. Lawrence.
23 27
E. A. Lawrence
5 50
O. H. Fall
2 00
Roscoe Gould
5 50
Sadie Porter
12 50
Lillian Hamm
3 22
Lillian Hamm
5 42
Mrs. E. J. Hiltz
4 00
J. R. Robinson
1 67
Myra Severance
6 00
P. E. Severance.
15 32
Bangor Brick Co
7 80
H. Baker
4 00
M. J. Sewell
22 11
Total paid out.
137 31
Overdrawn
$ 37 31
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STATISTICS
Number of pupils of school age in town April 1, 1915
164
Number attending school during the year 120
Average attendance
81
TEACHERS
Name
Terms
School
Avg. Wage
Laura Y. Bartlett
3
Gilmore
$8 41
Louvie B. Dillingham
2
Knowlton
7 50
Lenora M. Woodbury
1
Centre
8 00
M. Evelyn Fall
1
Miller
8 50
Amber L. Williams
2
Miller
7 72
Florence Fairbrother
3
Chapman
7 00
Mazie Mclaughlin
1
Hill
7 50
Lena M. Smith
2
Arnold, Knowlton
7 25
Edith Lawrence
1
Hill
7 50
Ada York
1
Arnold
7 00
H. C. Dearborn
2
Centre
9 45
Ethel Graffam
1
Hill
8 00
Angie M. Arnold
1
Arnold
7 00
Average weekly wage for town.
7 79
CONVEYANCE
C. H. Kimball
Gilmore
30 wks. at $4 75
$142 50
F. Fairbrother
Gilmore
30
4 50
135 00
B. H. Norton
Centre
10
66 3 00
30 00
Roscoe Pickard
Centre
20
66
3 00
60 00
Walter Smith
Knowlton
30
66
1 00
30 00
W. McFarland
Centre
9
1 50
13 50
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ATTENDANCE AND EXPENSE PER PUPIL PER WEEK
School
cost
wks.
reg.
att.
exp.
Centre
$372 50
30
29
23
$ 54
Miller
231 00
29
14
10.5
76
Chapman
210 00
30
10
8
87
Knowlton
240 00
28
12
9.5
90
Hill
222 00
29
10
8
96
Gilmore
529 75
30
20
16
1 10
Arnold
203 00
29
8
6
1 17
Average cost per pupil per week.
89
In conclusion we wish to call your attention to the articles in the warrant, also to the folders relating to joining a union of towns for the employment of expert supervision. Under present conditions and at the price we pay, no man or woman who is qualified to do so can long afford to serve you in this capacity. He must make a per- sonal sacrifice or neglect the work. If fully equipped there is a pro- fitable place for him elsewhere either as a teacher or as a superin- tendent.
We will do well to co-operate with the school authorities of the town and State for progress. No other department means so much to the future of our citizenship. Every dollar well expended here returns its value and more but that which is wasted is worse than lost. The most efficient system is the least expensive, whatever the money cost.
Respectfully submitted,
O. H. FALL, M. J. SEWELL, S. S. Committee. E. A. LAWRENCE,
H. C. DEARBORN, Superintendent.
Official
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Frit Selectmen - Jun agent. ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Municipal Officers
OF THE
Town of Newburg
Maine
FOR THE YEAR
1916 - 1917
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NINETY-SIXTH
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
TOWN OF NEWBURG
1917
Newburg was Incorporated March 13, 1819 Population 1910, 694
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Town Officers
Moderator W. E. LUCE
Town Clerk J. J. STAPLES
Selectmen, Assessors and Overseers of Poor HENRY J. LUCE JOHN E. MILLER MARK S. LEAVITT
Town Agent HENRY J. LUCE
Treasurer H. C. DEARBORN
Tax Collector and Constable A. L. TOLMAN
Auditor W. E. LUCE
School Committee
MELVIN J. SEWELL EDWIN A. LAWRENCE OSCAR H. FALL
Term expires, 1917 Term expires, 1918 Term expires, 1917
Superintendents H. C. DEARBORN WILLIAM E. HEBARD
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Warrant
State of Maine
Penobscot ss.
To A. L. Tolman, a constable of the town of Newburg in said County, Greeting:
In the name of the State of Maine, you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of said town of Newburg, qualified by law to vote in town affairs, to assemble at the town house in said town of Newburg, on Monday, the twelfth day of March, 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 the report of town officers and act thereon.
Art. 4. To choose selectmen, assessors and overseers of the poor for the ensuing year.
Art. 5. To choose one member of the school committee for three years and one for two years.
Art. 6. To choose a town treasurer for the ensuing year.
Art. 7. To choose a collector of taxes and agree what per cent to pay him for collecting the same and fix date of settlement.
Art. 8. To choose a town auditor and fire warden and all other necessary town officers for the ensuing year.
Art. 9. To raise money for the support of common schools.
Art. 10. To raise money for the support of the poor.
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Art. 11. To raise money for incidental expenses.
Art. 12. To raise money for roads and bridges.
Art. 13. To raise money for repairs on school houses.
Art. 14. To raise money for school books.
Art. 15. To raise money to pay tuition of pupils attending high schools.
Art. 16. To raise money for abatements.
Art. 17. To see if the town will vote "yes" or "no" on the ques- tion of appropriating and raising money necessary to entitle the town to State aid as provided in Section 20 of Chapter 130 of the Public Laws of 1913.
Art. 18. To see if the town will appropriate and raise the sumn of $533.00 for the improvement of the section of State aid road as out- lined in the report of the State Highway Commissions, in addition to the amounts regularly raised for the care of ways, highways and bridges; the above amount being the maximum amount which the town is allowed to raise under the provisions of Section 19 of Chapter 130 of the Public Laws of 1913.
Art. 19. To see if the town will vote to raise money and what sum for the maintenance of State aid highways during the ensuing year, within the limits of the town under the provisions of Section 9 of Chapter 130 of the Public Laws of 1913.
Art. 20. To determine the number of road commissioners the town shall have.
Art. 21. To see if the town will vote to authorize the selectmen to make a temporary loan in anticipation of taxes for 1917.
Art. 22. To see if the town will vote to accept from the estate of Melissa Emerson, the sum of one hundred dollars, the same to be
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held in trust, the annual income therefrom to be expended for the care and improvement of the Samuel Emerson burial lot in the ceme- tery on the North road.
Art. 23. To see if the town will vote to discontinue the road leading from the Thurlough road to the North road.
Art. 24. To see if the town will vote to authorize its superintend- ing school committee to join with Hampden, Carmel or other such town as it may deem expedient, for the purpose of employing a super- intendent of schools in accordance with the provisions of Sections 40 to 45, inclusive, of Chapter 15 of the Revised Statutes.
Art. 25. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate for the salary of superintendent of schools for the ensuing year.
Art. 26. To see if the town will vote to build a new hearse house or repair the old one and raise a sum of money for the same.
Art. 27. To raise money to pay snow bills for the winter of 1916-17.
Art. 28. To see if the town will vote to accept a sum of money from the estate of Granville Newcomb for the perpetual care of the Gran- ville Newcomb lot in Chapman Cemetery.
The selectmen will be in session at the Town House for the purpose of revising the list of voters in said town, at nine o'clock in the fore- noon on the day of said meeting.
Hereof fail not to make due return of said warrant with your doings thereon, on or before the day and hour of said meeting.
Given under our hands at Newburg, Me., this 3rd day of March, 1917.
HENRY J. LUCE, JOHN E. MILLER,
MARK S. LEAVITT,
Selectmen of Newburg.
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Report of Assessors
INVENTORY OF ALL ESTATES
Real estate, resident
$177,225 00
Real estate, non-resident.
10,020 00
Personal estate, resident
70,795 00
Personal estate, non-resident.
700 00
$258,740 00
LIVE STOCK
No. Total value
Horses
280
$22,530 00
Colts, 3 to 4 years old
10
490 00
Colts, 2 to 3 years old.
11
435 00
Colts under 2 years old
23
825 00
Cows.
646
20,470 00
Oxen.
21
1,000 00
Three year old 35
945 00
Two year old, not taxed 149
One year old, not taxed.
192
Sheep, not taxed. 528
Swine, not taxed. 98
$46,695 00
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OTHER PERSONAL PROPERTY
Bonds, Stock
$1,200 00
Bank stocks, 91 shares
8,200 00
Money at interest 3,000 00
Stock in trade
5,900 00
Automobiles, 24.
3,650 00
Musical instruments, 26.
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