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Art. 29-To see if the Town will vote "Yes" or "No" on the question of appropriating money and raising money necessary to entitle the Town to State Aid as provided in Section 19, of Chapter 25, of the Revised Statutes of Maine.
Art. 30-To see if the Town will appropriate and raise the sum of $533.00 or any sum of money for building the State Road, as outlined by the State Highway Commission in addition to the
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Amount regularly raised for the care of ways and bridges, the above amount being the maximum which the Town is allowed to raise under the provisions of Section 18, Chapter 25, of the Revised Statutes.
Art. 31-To see if the Town will vote to raise money and what sum for the maintenance of State and State Aid Roads during the ensuing year under the provisions of Sections 8 and 17 of Chapter 25, of the Revised Statutes.
Art. 32-To fix the compensation of men and teams for work on the highway the ensuing year.
Art. 33-To see if the Town will take any action to recover possession of the blacksmith shop lot of Chas. A. Goodwin, said lot is said to be owned by the Town, or take any action relative to said lot.
Art. 34-To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Se- lectmen to hire money and issue Town Orders on interest there- for to pay on Orders due and demanded, said money to be first paid and charged to the Town Treasurer and by him paid on said Orders.
You are also required to give notice that the Selectmen will be in session on the said day and at the said place of Meet- ing from nine until ten of the clock in the forenoon, for the purpose of correcting the list of voters.
Hereof fail not and make due return of this Warrant with your Doings thereon at or before the above mentioned day of Meeting.
Given under our hands at Athens, this Twenty-eighth day of February, A. D. 1919.
J. F. HOLMAN
G. E. FLANDERS
Selectmen of Athens.
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ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE
Town Officers
OF THE
TOWN OF ATHENS
FOR THE
Year Ending February 20, 1920
Annual Reports
OF THE
Town Officers
OF THE
TOWN OF ATHENS
FOR THE
Year Ending February 20, 1920
Press of The Independent-Reporter Company Skowhegan, Maine
Town Officers --- 1919-1920
Moderator WALDO N. SANDERS
Town Clerk HARRY N. FLANDERS
Selectmen, Assessors and Overseers of the Poor
DONALD C. HIGHT
ERNEST H. COOK
ALBERT FISH
School Committee
HARRY N. FLANDERS
LEE W. FOSS
ELMER H. TIBBETTS
Superintendent of Schools
CARLE T. RHOADES
ELMER A. PATTEE
Town Treasurer M. J. HIGHT
Collector of Taxes HORACE S. ELLIOTT
Auditor of Accounts W. R. TIBBETTS
Selectmen's Report
MONEY VOTED BY THE TOWN AT ANNUAL MEETING, 1919
For Wesserunsett Valley Fair
$100.00
Outstanding indebtedness
1,000.00
Interest on School Fund note 88.31
Common schools
2,300.00
Repairing school buildings
150.00
School books and supplies
300.00
Free High School
500.00
Roads and bridges
2,500.00
Winter roads
1,500.00
Support of poor
700.00
Incidental expenses
1,000.00
Memorial Day Observation
25.00
Cutting bushes
200.00
Building road to house of Elmer Campbell 25.00
Maintenance, Patrolled road
342.61
$10,730.92
State Tax
$2,961.36
County tax
552.27
Overlay
195.63
$3,709.26
$14,440.18
VALUATION OF TOWN
Real estate, resident
$209,060.00
Real estate, non resident
34,875.00
Total real estate
$243,935.00
Personal estate, resident
$124,087.00
Personal estate, non resident 8,145.00
Total personal estate
$132,232.00
Total valuation of Town
$376.167.00
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Rate of taxation 37 mills on a dollar.
$13,918.18 Tax on valuation
Poll taxes, 261 at $2.00 each
522.00
Supplementary tax
285.50
Total amount committed to colector
$14,725.68
AMOUNT OF PERSONAL PROPERTY APRIL 1, 1919
No. Av. Val. Total Val:
Horses and mules
373
$101.45 $37,840.00
Colts, 3-4 years old
11
107.27
1,180.00
Colts, 2-3 years old
15
91.33
1,370.00
Colts, under 2 years old
10
50.50
505.00
Cows
522
52.17
27,235.00
Oxen
34
143.38
4,875.00
3 years old
113
53.80
6,080.00
2 years old
271
38.87
10,535.00
Sheep (over 35 in No.) . . .
140
9.12
1,392.00
Total taxable live stock
$91,012.00
Bank stock
$500.00
Stock in trade
7,320.00
Logs and lumber
15,095.00
Wood and bark
440.00
Carriages, 29
810.00
Automobiles, 42
7,550.00
Musical instruments, 31
2,975.00
Portable mills
2,700.00
Other property
3,830.00
$41,220.00
Total amount personal property taxed
$132,232.00
Exempt live stock :
No.
Av. Val.
One year old
252
$22.81
$5,748.00
Sheep to 35 in number
1125
11.06
12,443.00
Swine to 10 in number
206
23.40
4,820.00
$23,011.00
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INCIDENTAL EXPENSES
J. F. Holman, services as selectman $125.00
G. E. Flanders, services as selectman 75.00
Amos Rines, services as selectman 75.00
M. J. Hight, services as treasurer 50.00
H. C. W. Batcher, services as auditor 5.00
G. E. Flanders, services as fire ward 10.00
W. N. Sanders, services as moderator
5.00
C. T. Rhoades, salary as superintendent of schools 168.26
E. A. Pattee, salary as superintendent of schools 105.53
First National Bank, Skowhegan, interest money 195.55
Central Maine Power Company, street lights 234.00
Loring, Short & Harmon, books
21.20
Independent-Reporter Co., town reports and stationery 50.55
S. T. Williams, board of health expense. ..
9.57
Philander Hoyt, board of health expense .... 3.00
O. E. King, rent of hall 8.00
C. E. Eames Esq., legal services 2.00
J. F. Holman Esq., legal services 3.00
E. J. Fox, ballot clerk 4.00
M. C. Foss, ballot clerk 4.00
L. C. Williams, telephone and express on town reports 1.15
E. H. Tibbetts, truant officer
6.00
E. H. Tibbetts, salary as school committee 5.00
S. F. Greene Estate, rent of office, 2 years
24.00
D. C. Hight, out-of-town business and post- age 13.88
H. N. Flanders, salary as school commit- tee, two years 10.00
H. N. Flanders, recording vital statistics 6.75
M. J. Hight, postage, two years 2.00
L. N. Ellingwood, M. D., returning vital statistics 5.25
L. N. Ellingwood, M. D., board of health. . . 3.50
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M. J. Hight, interest on temporary loan. 7.50
H. S. Elliott, posting warrants 3.00
H. S. Elliott, collecting taxes 294.51
$1536.18
Appropriation
$1000.00
Overdrawn
$536.18
ROAD ACCOUNT
Summer
Winter
Allen, F. C., labor
$37.00
$10.80
Andrews, C. C., labor
.50
1.25
Austin, Tyler S., damage done by blasting ..
2.00
Avery, Willie, labor
25.71
Barker, B. P., labor
7.50
Barker, Claude, labor
.60
Batcher, H. C. W., labor
.
2.85
Beckwith & Taylor, labor
60.30
Blunt Hardware Co., dynamite
11.00
Boynton, Frank, labor
8.75
63.55
Brazier, B. M., labor last year
5.00
Brown, Henry, labor
20.00
Brown, Hollis W., labor
7.50
10.20
Brown, Jeddie, labor
90.70
Brown, Rufus Jr., labor
44.66
Bunker, Jennings J., labor
5.00
Buzzell, Auren, labor
39.30
Buzzell, Lyman, labor
3.95
35.70
Campbell, Alva, labor
1.25
Campbell, Elmer, labor
3.88
9.90
Campbell, Leroy, labor
8.50
Campbell, Manley, labor
5.00
9.00
Chapman, Amos, labor
7.00
18.00
Chapman, Cecil F., labor
6.60
Chapman, Charles, labor
1.20
Chapman, J. E. & Son, labor
18.75
Chase, Mills, labor
1.75
Cleveland, M. S., expense
1.00
Collins, Luther, labor
76.25
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Summer Winter
Conant, C. M., repairs
26.40
Cook, E. H., labor
74.68
Cook, Victor E., labor
15.29
14.55
Cooley, Guy S., repairing road machines . .
27.32
Corson, Alden, labor
19.30
Corson, Ansil, labor
2.50
Corson, Cyrus, labor
39.45
19.38
Corson, Elwood, labor
5.00
Corson, George, labor
10.00
Corson, George F., labor
9.00
Corson, Harold G., measuring highways.
24.40
Corson, Johnnie, labor
6.25
Corson, Sidney, labor
16.42
Cottle, Wilton, labor
24.30
Cribbin, Denis, labor
11.40
Curtis, J. H. & Byron Hurd, labor
24.60
Davis, Roy, labor
2.00
Davis, Victor, labor
8.75
Drew, Willard, labor
20.00
35.00
Dunton, Charles F., labor
6.00
Elliott, H. S., water tubs
3.00
Ellis, Arthur, labor
1.00
Ellis, William
10.00
Fish, Albert, labor
195.33
26.15
Flanders, Geo. E., labor
5.70
Flanders, H. N., water tub
1.50
Foss, Lee W., labor
2.50
5.00
Fox, Frank, water tub and labor
1.50
3.90
Gardner, Charles, posts
2.50
Good Roads Machinery Co., repairs
9.50
Goodrich, E. H., labor
9.00
Greenlaw, H. K., labor
7.50
Hall, A. A., labor
43.05
69.55
Hall, A. B., labor
31.23
59.70
Haskell, George, labor
6.00
Hayden, Dan, labor with road machine
9.00
Hayden, I. N., labor
11.25
Hight, Arthur, labor
4.00
Hight & Ayer, suppl'es
11.16
Hight, D. C., labor
12.00
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Summer
Winter
Hoyt, P., labor
2.62
5.75
Huff, Harold, labor
4.45
9.75
Huff, Will, water tub and labor
1.50
32.40
Jones, Harry, labor
6.70
10.20
Jones, Ray, labor
28.80
Judkins, Ora, labor
2.50
3.30
Keene, C. G., labor last year
23.50
Kelley, D. W., labor with tractor @ $22
per day
209.00
Knights, Andrew
7.50
Lambert, Arthur L., labor
6.60
Lancaster, Leon, labor
20.40
Lancaster, William, labor
5.70
Leavitt, Jasper, labor
10.00
Leavitt, Ted, labor
6.00
Leighton, Charles, labor
2.50
13.50
Leighton, William, labor
9.30
Littlefield, Charles, labor
31.23
Lincoln, Herbert, labor
11.40
Loberg, John, labor
6.75
Luce, M. M., labor
70.75
2.80
McKenney, George, labor
10.80
Moody, Frank, labor
5.50
1.50
Nason, Forrest, labor
7.25
Nason, Oscar, labor
4.50
Nelson, Axel, labor
11.10
Nelson, Gus, gravel $6.00, labor
16.00
4.75
Nelson, Par, labor
33.30
Nelson, Willie, labor last year
17.25
Noyes, E. L., labor
17.38
Oslind, George, labor
4.63
Perkins, Leslie, labor
1.00
Pinkham, Wm., labor
11.20
Poland, Ira, labor
7.50
Poland, P. S., labor
17.80
18.13
Poland, Selden, labor
31.65
21.12
Reed, Dan, labor
10.35
Robinson, Charles, gravel $3.00 and labor
9.00
4.00
Rowe, Ernold
2.50
Salley, Isaac, labor
21.75
.
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Summer
Winter
Sanders & Flanders, labor
21.02
Schumann, John, labor
8.75
Scribner, Clyde, labor
2.50
1.00
Scribner, George, labor
3.60
Small, Preston, labor
17.50
Smith, Arthur, labor
7.30
Taylor, Austin, labor
10.00
Taylor, Carl, labor
5.70
Taylor, E. C., labor
27.00
Taylor, Ralph, labor
6.25
19.80
Thompson & Fox, labor
205.20
Tibbetts, E. H., water tub and labor
5.75
2.00
Tibbetts, W. R., labor
10.50
Trim, Arthur, labor
2.50
Turner, Frank, labor
10.00
Turner, Perley, labor
1.50
Turner, W. L., labor
3.90
Tuttle, M. L., labor
7.50
11.00
Ward, Earle, labor and road thru field.
2.23
23.20
Welch, George, labor
3.34
Weston, Charles, labor
10.75
25.20
Whittier, Frank, labor
.50
Williams, S. T., measuring highways
10.00
Williams, L. C., water tub
5.00
Williams, L. C., express
3.50
Woodard, William, labor
6.75
Woodman, Arthur, labor
16.67
Wyman, Fred, labor
1.00
Wyman, George Jr., labor
1.00
Wyman, Rodney, labor
1.00
York, Cyrus, labor
6.75
18.00
York, Millard, labor
1.80
York, Osgood, labor
5.00
10.80
York, Sidney, labor
6.25
24.60
Plank and Other Lumber
Corson, Cyrus
21.21
Denning, Ralph
40.00
Fox, Frank
1.00
10
Hall, A. A.
113.17
Herrick, Samuel
127.88
Rowe, E. W.
2.00
Taylor, E. C.
55.00
Thompson & Fox
258.78
Tibbetts, E. H.
15.00
Whittier, Frank
4.20
$2,508.13 $1,183.49
Appropriation, summer roads
$2500.00
Appropriation, Elmer Campbell road
25.00
Received from State, refund on road ma-
chine work, patrol road
50.00
Received from State, for extra man patrol
road
22.50
Total resources, summer roads
$2597.50
Expenditures
2508.13
Balance unexpended
$89.37
Appropriation, winter roads
$1500.00
Expenditures
1183.49
Balance unexpended
$316.51
CUTTING BUSHES
Appropriation
$200.00
Campbell, Manley
$45.00
Ellis, William
20.00
Hurd, Wilfred
15.50
Mckinney, George
12.78
Pinkham, W. E.
13.34
$106.62
Balance unexpended
$93.38
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STATE PATROL ROAD
Paid State Treasurer, patrolman's wages .. $553.02 Appropriation 342.61
Overdrawn
$210.41
PAUPER ACCOUNT
Appropriation
$700.00
Llewellyn Turner
$74.85
Thomas Chapman
266.95
Ella Littlefield
83.65
Bert Wing and family
29.95
Charles Littlefield and family
37.75
Leander Ireland
70.00
Fred A. Wentworth and family
4.05
Martin Corson and family
78.70
Andrew Knights and family
3.87
$649.77
Balance unexpended
$50.23
STATE PAUPER ACCOUNT
Willis H. Cole and family
$313.01
Joe Cornier and family
12.50
Balance due from State $325.51
PAUPERS OF OTHER, TOWNS
Abel Brown, Cornville $8.14
Guy S. Cooley, Brighton 59.10
Isaac Corson, Cornville 18.00
Mittie C. Avery, Fairfield
7.00
David Corson and family, Bingham
57.31
Nathan Berry and wife, Brighton
136.73
12
Mrs. William Ellis, Harmony 24.00
Willie Avery and family, Fairfield 10.45
$320.73
Received from Cornville
26.14
Balance due from other towns $294.59
SHEEP KILLED BY DOGS
Cecil F. Chapman
$10.00
Osgood S. York
15.00
Balance due from State
$25.00
COMMON SCHOOL ACCOUNT
Appropriations, unexpended in. 1918-19 $165.69
Voted by town
2300.00
State school fund and mill tax 668.69
Common school fund 731.00
Interest on town school fund
88.31
Tuition received of Hartland
67.20
Tuition received of Cornville
28.80
State equalization fund
300.00
Due from Hartland, tuition
130.85
Total resources for common schools
$4480.54
Paid teachers' wages
$3018.00
Paid for janitors' services
117.69
Paid for wood
283.25
Paid for conveyance of pupils
645.00
$4063.94
Balance unexpended . . $416.60
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SCHOOL BOOKS AND SUPPLIES
Appropriation
$300.00
Paid Ginn & Co., books
$105.29
Houghton & Mifflin Co., books 1.91
Benjamin H. Sanborn, books 5.25
J. L. Hammett & Co., books
48.02
D. C. Heath & Co., books
13.27
Alta E. Davis, supplies
1.00
Ruby Willis, supplies
1.15
D. H. Knowlton, diplomas 1.50
Edw. E. Babb & Co., books
4.57
D. Appleton & Co., books
3.65
Town of Harmony, supplies
9.66
E. A. Pattee
.25
$195.52
$104.48
Received from Somerset Academy, sale of
Paper
$9.04
Balance unexpended
$113.52
REPAIRING SCHOOLHOUSES
Appropriation
$150.00
Paid E. H. Tibbetts 4.50
H. S. Elliott .75
E. J. Fox, lumber 1.94
Calla Scribner
1.00
L. C. Williams, paint
1.00
E. A. Pattee, paint
1.00
Nash & Viles, supplies
6.40
Forrest Nason
1.00
$17.59
Balance unexpended
$132.41
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FREE HIGH SCHOOL ACCOUNT
Raised by town $500.00
Received from State 500.00
$1000.00
Paid W. N. Sanders, Treas., Somerset Academy
$1000.00
WESSERUNSETT VALLEY FAIR ACCOUNT
Raised by town $100.00
Paid Howard E. Chapman, clerk ..... $100.00
MEMORIAL DAY ACCOUNT
Raised by town $25.00
Paid Alden Bucknam, Q. M. $25.00
BURIAL OF SOLDIER
Paid W. R. Tibbetts, burial of Jerry Brown
$65.00
Received from Cornville
5.00
Due from State $60.00
DEPENDENTS OF SOLDIERS AND SAILORS
Mamie E. Ellis, wife of Alton Ellis:
Paid to Feb. 20, 1919 $29.14
Paid since Feb. 20, 1919 26.86
$56.00
Eva M. Rode, wife of Henry C. Rode:
Paid to Feb. 20, 1919
$38.50
Paid since Feb. 20, 1919 34.57
$73.07
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Axie Corson, wife of Manley Corson: Paid to Feb. 20, 1919 $8.00 Rosebud Corson, wife of Bennie Corson: Paid to Feb. 20, 1919 11.00
$148.07
Received from State $148.07
ABATEMENTS
Eddie York, no such person $2.00
Omar Huff, over-valuation 3.70
Harry Cooley, not to be found 2.93
Heman McIntire Estate, no deed .93
Odell Whitney, not of age 2.00
Orrin Giggey, paid in New Hampshire
2.00
C. T. Jewett, paid in Palmyra
2.00
Chas. Taylor, paid in Dexter
2.00
Clyde Foss, paid in Wellington 2.00
Frank York, paid in N. H. 2.00
Martha Cleaves, not taxable 7.40
F. H. Bennett, over-valuation
6.16
Frank Turner, over-valuation 4.62
D. A. Corson, overvaluation 5.55
Geo. L. Bennett, paid in Solon 2.00
Ernest Hayden, not to be found 2.00
Arthur Lambert, paid in Skowhegan 2.00
W. B. Weeks, inability to pay
2.00
Ed. Later, soldier 2.00
Gustus Boulett, paid in Skowhegan 2.00
Alfred Corson, paid in Dexter 2.00
Ernest Brown, not to be found 2.00
$61.29
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DELINQUENT TAXPAYERS 1919-1920
Correct to February 26, 1920
Alden H. Adams
Leon Lancaster
Rufus Brown, Jr.
Elmer Libby
Amos Corson
Cassius Merrill
Martin Corson
Eugene L. Noyes
Guy Cooley
Isaac Salley
Arthur Ellis
Perley Spaulding
Alfred Frederic
Herbert Wentworth
Wm. Fisher estate
Benj. A. Webb
Llewellyn Ham
George E. Wyman
Erwin Huff Estate
Odell Whiting
Dennis Knights
Eugene R. York
Andrew Knights
Clarence E. York
Hazen Littlefield
Charles Barron
TOWN OFFICERS' BILLS UNPAID
D. C. Hight, services as selectman, 1919 . . $125.00
Albert Fish, services as selectman, 1919. 75.00
E. H. Cook, services as selectman, 1919 ... 75.00
M. J. Hight, services as treasurer, 1919 ... 50.00
W. P. Tibbetts, services as auditor, 1919 5.00
$330.00
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Financial Standing of the Town Feb. 20, 1920
ASSETS
Cash in Treasury
$720.31
Due from Brighton
193.83
Due from Fairfield
17.45
Due from Bingham
57.31
Due from Harmony
24.00
Due from State, W. H. Cole account
358.77
Due from State, Joe Cornier account
12.50
Due from State, sheep killed by dogs
25.00
Due from State, burial of soldier
60.00
Due from State, refund on dog tax, estimated 5.00
Value of wagon owned by town
50.00
Value of plank owned by town
30.00
$1,554.17
LIABILITIES
Outstanding orders at interest
$1500.00
Funds in trust
100.00
Town officers' bill unpaid
330.00
Estimated bills to arise
400.00
$2330.00
Excess of liabilities over assets
$775.83
Respectfully submitted,
DONALD C. HIGHT ALBERT FISH ERNEST H. COOK
Selectmen of Athens.
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Treasurer's Report
M. J. HIGHT, Treasurer In account with the Town of Athens
1919
DR.
Feb. 20 To cash on hand $610.15
Mch. 1 To interest on bank account 2.67
19 To rec'd from Fairfield paupers. . 59.47
24 To rec'd. from Bingham paupers
15.00
8.14
31 To rec'd from Cornville ... April 7 To rec'd from First Nat. Bank Skowhegan
500.00
July 1 To interest on bank account ....
.83
26 To rec'd from State, State pensions
138.00
26 To rec'd from State, State Dep. families of soldiers 148.07
Aug. 15 To rec'd. from H. N. Flanders, dog tax 50.00
Sept. 3 To rec'd from J. F. Holman, Ella Littlefield account 28.06
26 To rec'd from State Highways Dept. 22.50
Nov. 13 To rec'd from State, equalization fund, common school acct .... 300.00
26 Rec'd from State Highways Dept. 50.00
Dec. 22 Rec'd from State, refunded dog li- censes
4.86
Rec'd. from State, school and mill funds
668.69
Rec'd from State, common school funds 731.00
Rec'd from State, railroad and telegraph tax 1.44
1920
Jan. 1 Rec'd from State, free high school 500.00
12 Rec'd. Town of Hartland, tuition common schools 67.20
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30 Rec'd from State, State pensions 174.00
Feb. 2 Rec'd. from Cornville tuition, com- mon school 28.80
14 Rec'd from W. R. Tibbetts, use hearse 24.50
14 Rec'd from Cornville, pauper acct. 23.00
16 Rec'd from Somerset Academy, use of books 25.00
16 Rec'd. from Somerset Academy,
paper sold 9.04
Tax committed to H. S. Elliott, collector .. 14,725.68
$18,916.10
CR.
By paid Rufus Brown, State pension . $33.00
By paid Jeremiah Brown, State pension 18.00
By paid Ida M. Butler, State pension. 45.00
By paid Patience C. Knight, State pension .. 48.00
By paid Thomas A. Noyes, State pension 33.00
By paid Mary E. Poland, State pension . .
45.00
By paid Moses S. Cleveland, State pension
30.00
By paid Royal B. Burton, State pension
60.00
By paid State Treasurer, dog tax
50.00
Sept. 24 By paid State Treasurer, main-
tenance patrolled highways ..
553.02
Nov. 25 By paid county tax
200.00
28 By paid county tax
200.00
Dec. 2 By paid county tax
152.27
Dec. 22 By paid State Treasurer, deficiency
dog licenses for 1918
3.00
22 Paid State tax
2961.36
By paid Town orders
13,764.14
1920
Feb. 20
Cash on hand
720.31
$18,916.10
M. J. HIGHT, Treasurer.
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Auditor's Report
I have examined the books and accounts of the town for the year ending February 20, 1920 and find the payments properly vouched for and the books accurately balanced. W. R. TIBBETTS, Auditor of Town of Athens.
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School Report
To the citizens of Athens:
The resignation of Mr. Rhoades, at a time when supervision by one familiar with the details of the work is most essential, is to be regretted, but upon the whole, good work has been done by the pupils, and the teachers have fostered the proper school spirit in a praiseworthy manner. Their co-operation with the school officials has been of the best.
The cost of maintaining the schools has been increased by approximately four hundred dollars over that of last year. This was due largely to the increased cost of transportation, but not withstanding, we have been able to increase the length of the school year by two weeks. This was made possible by the receipt of three hundred dollars from the Common School Equalization fund. We believe Athens has never participated in the distribution of this fund before.
We are of the opinion that the teachers will demand an in- crease of from twenty-five to thirty per cent in wage, for the coming year. £ If this is true, it will be necessary to increase last year's appropriation by approximately seven hundred dol- lars.
We recommend appropriating one hundred and fifty dollars for repairs of school buildings.
We recommend appropriating three hundred dollars for text books and supplies.
We ask an appropriation of ten dollars for flags and ap- pliances.
The usual contract with Somerset Academy should be made.
We invite your careful consideration of the following finan- cial statements :
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COMMON SCHOOL ACCOUNT
Resources
Balance unexpended (1918-19)
$165.69
Appropriation, March 1919
2300.00
Interest on school fund note
88.31
School and mill fund
668.69
Common school fund
731.00
Equalization fund
300.00
Due from Hartland
130.85
Rec'd. from Hartland (tuition)
67.20
Rec'd. from Cornville (tuition)
28.80
$4,480.54
Expenditures
Paid Teachers' Wages :
Hildred Conroy
$304.00
Ruby Willis
182.00
Belva Hutchinson 437.00
Gertrude Weeks
382.00
Lottie B. Reed
121.00
Alice Flanders
331.00
Vera Leighton
384.00
Calla Scribner
240.00
Opal B. Forbus
168.00
Edith Rowe
100.00
Lynne W. Greene
240.00
Lura York
225.00
$3114.00
Fuel:
Charles Leighton
$27.00
Oliver Case
18.00
E. H. Littlefield
8.00
Selden Poland
48.00
Alton Littlefield
25.50
E. G. Rowe 5.00
E. C. Taylor 14.00
Preston Small
3.00
E. H. Tibbetts
44.25
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Gus Nelson
71.50
Willie Nelson
19.00
Charles Buzzell
1.00
$284.25
Paid for Janitors' services :
Charles Leighton
$1.00
Carl Fowler
5.00
W. H. Kent
2.00
Lucinda Brown
10.00
Gertrude Weeks
14.00
Belva Hutchinson
22.00
Alice Flanders
9.36
Vera Leighton
11.00
Hildred Conroy
9.33
Calla Scribner
9.00
Lottie B. Reed
4.00
Opal B. Forbus
4.67
Edith Rowe
9.00
Claude Small
3.33
Lynne W. Greene
10.00
Emma Jones
4.00
$127.69
Paid for Conveyance:
John Hayden
$320.00
Lura York
180.00
Par Nelson
62.00
Brighton Plantation
27.00
M. L. Dennis
28.00
Frank Long
130.00
$747.00
Paid tuition :
Brighton Plantation
$12.50
Total expenses for common schools
$4285.44
Unexpended
195.10
$4,404.54
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FREE HIGH SCHOOL ACCOUNT
Resources
Town appropriation
$500.00
From State
500.00
$1,000.00
Expenditures
Paid Somerset Academy
$1000.00
TEXT BOOKS AND SUPPLIES ACCOUNT
Resources
Appropriation
$300.00
From Somerset Academy
... 9.04
$309.04
Expenditures
J. L. Hammett
$48.02
Ginn & Co.
105.29
Houghton, Mifflin Co.
1.91
B. H. Sanborn Co.
5.25
D. C. Heath & Co.
13.27
Ruby Willis
1.15
Alta E. Davis
1.25
D. H. Knowlton
1.50
D. Appleton & Co.
3.65
E. E. Babb & Co.
4.57
Town of Harmony
9.66
$195.52
Unexpended $113.52
REPAIRS ACCOUNT
Appropriation
$150.00
Expenditures
E. J. Fox $1.94
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Nash & Viles
6.40
E. H. Tibbetts
4.50
Calla Scribner
1.00
L. C. Williams 1.00
H. S. Elliott
.75
E. A. Pattee
1.00
Forrest Nason
1.00
$17.59
Unexpended
$132.41
Respectfully submitted,
H. N. FLANDERS E. H. TIBBETTS L. W. FOSS Superintending School Committee
E. A. PATTEE, Supt. of Schools
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Town Clerk's Report FOR THE YEAR ENDING JANUARY 1, 1920
Number of marriages recorded from January 1, 1919 to Janu- ary 1, 1920, ten.
Number of births recorded from January 1, 1919 to January 1920, thirteen.
Number of deaths recorded from January 1, 1919 to Janu- ary 1, 1920, twenty-two.
Amount of money received for dog licenses for the year 1919, $50.00.
MARRIAGES
1919
March 5-By Fred Tuttle, Justice of the Peace, Isaac Salley and Clara Day, both of Athens.
April 9 -- By George Merriam, Minister of the Gospel, Harry W. Hutchins of Wellington, and Thelma M. King of Athens.
May 17-By John F. Holman, Justice of the Peace, Eugene Corson of Brighton, and Leah W. Keene of Abbott.
June 14-By George Merriam, Minister of the Gospel, Peter J. Vincent of Skowhegan and Velma C. Bush of Athens.
J:1 y 12- - By Ivan C. Thom, Minister of the Gospel, Alvah E. , .. p . o. A hens and Lillian B. Benson of Mc. Falls.
A gust 15-By George W. Ba'es, Justice of the Peace, H. J. Coo ey a d Susan Monbleau, both of Athens.
August . 17-Ey Fred Tuttle, Justice of the Peace, Wm. F. Ellis a.d Evelyn A. Corson, both of Athens.
August 20-By George Merriam, Minister of the Gospel, Cifto . E. Flanders and Alice F. Leighton, both of Athens.
.. 0 ;. 2 :- By B. H. Johnson, Minister of 'he Gospel, Alton M. Arazee . ard Al'ce W. York, both of Cornville.
December 23-By B. H. . Johnson, Minister of the Gospel, Th neas S. Poland and Alice E. Campbell, both of Athens.
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BIRTHS
1917
January 12-To Guy F. and Sarah V. Williams, a son. 1918
October 10-To Norman W. and Nellie D. Hight, a son. 1919
January 3-To Edward H. and Isabell Goodrich, a daughter. January 10-To Herbert S. and Mary E. Wentworth, a son. January 11-To Cecil F. and Vinnie M. Chapman, a son. January 15-To J. W. and Lena McPherson, a son.
To J. W. and Lena McPherson, a daughter. January 22-To Charles E. and Annie M. Littlefield, a son. February 18-To William M. and Laura Avery, a son. May 25-To Alden H. and Calla B. Adams, a daughter. August 25-To Arthur E. and Marcia E. Ellis, a son. September 7-To William R. and Annie Tibbetts, a son. October 16-To Harold C. W. and Eva Batcher, a son. October 19-To Wilfred and Emily Cederfeldt, a son. 1919
DEATHS
December 11-William M. Somers, age 69 years, cause Arterio Scherosis.
Dec. 16-Leah Flanders, age 24 years, 7 months, 22 days, cause Carcinoma of Stomach.
1919
Jan. 15-Baby McPherson, age 3 hours.
Jan. 15-Baby McPherson, age 1 hour.
Jan. 71-Martha R. B. Reed, age 83 years, 9 months, 10 days, cause Intestinal Obstruction.
Jan. 21-Cora York, age 15 years, 11 months, 27 days, cause Septic Tonsilitis.
Feb. 3-John Austin Tuller, age 7 months, 20 days, cause Pneumonia.
Feb. 5-Nellie A. Leighton, age 55 years, 3 months, 26 days, cause Acute Pneumonia.
Feb. 9-George A. Noyes, age 41 years, 3 months, 17 days cause Acute Pneumonia.
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Mar. 3-Mittie Corson, age 7 years, 10 months, 13 days, cause Exhaustion.
Mar. 20-Edwin S. Ward, age 69 years, 4 months, 4 days, cause Cerebral Apoplexy.
Mar. 23-Hollis B. Moody, age 90 years, 11 months, 8 days, cause Old age.
Mar. 25-Amos Rines, age 2 years, 3 months, 25 days, cause Cerebral Convulsions.
July 2-Albert Small, age 78 years, 29 days, cause Brights Disease.
July 3-Samuel A. Taylor, age 73 years, 10 months, 23 days, cause Apoplexy.
July 22-Ellery A. Brasier, age 62 years, 6 months, 7 days, cause Cancer of Ear and Throat.
Sept. 29-Dell M. Allen, age 76 years, cause Epeleptic Convulsions.
Oct. 3-William F. Ellis, age 23 years, 1 month, 20 days, cause Amoebic Dysentary.
Oct. 7-Eliza B. Wade, age 85 age, 3 months, 7 days, cause Angina Pectoris.
Nov. 15-Amelia Barker, age 85 years, 1 month, 2 days, cause Acute Pneumonia.
Nov. 24-Alphonso M. Young, age 29 years, 15 days, cause Tuberculosis.
Nov. 27-Jeremiah Brown, age 74 years, 8 months, 24 days, cause Brights Disease.
Dec. 24-William G. Fisher, age 70 years, 7 months, 9 days, cause Valvular Heart Disease.
H. N. FLANDERS, Town Clerk.
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TOWN WARRANT
STATE OF MAINE,
COUNTY OF SOMERSET,SS.
To Horace S. Elliott, constable of the Town of Athens.
Greeting:
In the name of the State of Maine, you are hereby notified and required to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Athens, qualified by law to vote in town affairs, to meet and assemble at Wesserunsett Hall, in said Town of Athens, on Monday, the eight day of March A. D. 1919, at ten of the clock in the forenoon; then and there to act on the following articles, to wit :-
Article 1. To choose a Moderator to preside over said meeting.
Article 2. To choose a Town Clerk for the ensuing year.
Article 3. To choose Selectmen, Assessors and Overseers of the Poor.
Article 4. To choose a Town Treasurer for the ensuing year.
Article 5. To choose a Collector of Taxes, fix his conpensa- tion and fix the time when taxes shall become due and collect- able.
Article 6. To choose an Auditor of Accounts.
Article 7. To choose a Fire Ward and fix his compensation. Article 8. To choose two members of the Superintending School Committee for three and two years respectively.
Article 9. To choose a Truant Officer.
Article 10. To choose a Road Commissioner, and fix his compensation and term of office.
Article 11. To choose constables and other town officers which towns are required by law to choose at their annual March meeting.
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Article 12. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money to assist Wesserunsett Valley Fair, and fix the amount.
Article 13. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise to pay on the outstanding indebtedness of the Town.
Article 14. To see if the Town will vote to raise $88.31 to pay the interest on the School Fund note.
Article 15. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Superintending School Committee to make a contract with Som- erset Academy to send all Free High School scholars in town to Somerset Academy during the year and if so, to see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise to pay the tuition of said scholars.
Article 16. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise for the support of Common Schools.
Article 17. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise to repair School buildings.
Article 18. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise to purchase School books and supplies.
Article 19. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise to build and repair roads and bridges for the ensuing year.
Article 20. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise for winter or snow roads for the ensuing year.
Article 21. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise for the support of poor for the ensuing year.
Article 22. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise to pay town officers salaries for the ensuing year.
Article 23. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise to pay for current for street lights in Athens village.
Article 24. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise to pay the incidental expenses of the town.
Article 25. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise toward the expenses of observing Memorial Day.
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Article 26. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise to cut and clear bushes from the highways of the town.
Article 27. To see if the town will vote "yes" or "no" on the question of appropriating and raising money necessary to en- title the Town to State Aid, as provided in section 19 of Chap- ter 25, of the Revised Statutes of 1916.
Article 28. To see if the Town will appropriate and raise the sum of $400.00 or any other stipulated sum for the improve- ment of the section of State Aid road as outlined in the report of the S ate Highway commission, in addition to the amounts regularly raised for the care of ways, highways and bridges.
Article 29. To see if the Town will vote to maintain, with the Town of Hartland, a union school at Coston's Corner school house, so-called, in the Town of Athens, in accordance with Section 21, Chapter 16 of the Public Laws of Maine.
Article 30. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise to pay wages of patrolman on State Aid roads, and roads designated by the state for patrolling.
Article 31. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to sell the old school house in the "town farm" district.
Article 32. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise to make permanent repairs on the road leading easterly from the house of A. A. Hall.
Article 33. To fix the compensation of men and teams for work on the highway during the ensuing year.
Article 34. To see if the Town will accept the list of jurors, made out by the Town Clerk, Town Treasurer and Selectmen and now reported to the town.
Article 35. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to hire money to pay on orders due and demanded. Said money to be first paid and charged to the Town Treasurer and by him paid on said orders.
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Article 36. To see what sum of money the town will vote to assess on each poll of the town.
You are also required to give notice that the Selectmen will be in session on the said day and at the said place of meeting from nine until ten of the clock in the forenoon, for the purpose of correcting the list of voters.
Hereof fail not and make due return of this warrant with your doings thereon at or before the above mentioned day of meeting.
Given under our hands at Athens, this twenty sixth day of February, A. D., 1920.
DONALD C. HIGHT ALBERT FISH ERNEST H. COOK
Selectmen of Athens.
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