Annual report of the town officers of the town of Athens, Maine, 1913-1920, Part 5

Author: Athens (Me.)
Publication date: 1901
Publisher: Athens, Me. : The Town
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Art. 16. To see if the town will vote to authorize the Su- perintending School Committee to make a contract with the trustees of Somerset 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.


Art. 17. To see if the town will vote to build at Athens village a new school building for the use of the common schools, and if so to pass all necessary votes relating thereto.


Art. 18. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise to build and repair roads and bridges in town the en- suing year.


Art. 19. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise for the support of the poor the ensuing year.


Art. 20. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise to pay the incidental expenses of the town.


Art. 21. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise for Memorial Day.


Art. 22. 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 20 of Chapter 130 of the Public Laws of 1913.


Art. 23. To see if the town will appropriate and raise the sum of $533 for the improvement of the section of state aid road as outlined in the report of the State highway commission in addition to the amounts regularly raised for the care of ways. highways and bridges, the above amount being the maximum which the town is allowed to raise under the provisions of sec- tion 19 of chapter 130 of the Public Laws of 1913.


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Art. 24. To see whether the town will vote to raise money and what sum, for the maintenance of State and State aid high- ways during the ensuing year, within the limits of the town under the provisions of sections 9 and 18 of chapter 130 of the Public Laws of 1913.


Art. 25. To see if the town will vote to raise a sum of money to be expended on the road leading easterly from Jolin Curtis' house to a point near Byron Hurd's house.


Art. 26. To see what action the town will take in relation to exterminating the Brown Tail Moth and pass all votes neces- sary respecting the same.


Art. 27. To elect one or more fire wards; fix their com- pensation and raise a sum of money for the same.


Art. 28. To see what action the town will take in regard to the bill against the town of Bingham for supplies furnished Wm. E. Knights and family.


Art. 29. To see if the town will vote to abate a part of the tax assessed against Auren Buzzell in 1914.


Art. 30. 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 meeting from nine until ten o'clock in the forenoon for the purpose of correcting the list of voters. Hereof fail not and make due re- turns of this warrant with your doings thereon at or before the above mentioned day of meeting.


Given under our hands at Athens this twentieth day of February A. D. 1915.


GEORGE F. AYER FRANK FOX W. R. TIBBETTS


Selectmen of Athens.


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ANNUAL REPORTS


OF THE


Town Officers


OF THE


Town of Athens


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FOR THE


Year Ending February 20, 1916


Annual Reports


OF THE


Town Officers


OF THE


Town of Athens


FOR THE


Year Ending February 20, 1916


Press of The Independent-Reporter Company Skowhegan, Maine


Town Officers, 1915 --- 1916


Moderator : J. F. HOLMAN


Town Clerk ;: H. N. FLANDERS


Selectmen, Assessors and Overseers of the Poor : L. W. FOSS W. R. TIBBETTS C. S. BRAYTON


School Committee :


C. S. BRAYTON E. H. TIBBETTS


E. H. COOK


Superintendent of Schools: HERBERT W. WOOD


Collector of Taxes : ERNEST H. COOK


Treasurer : M. J. HIGHT


Auditor : J. F. HOLMAN


Town Agent: L. W. FOSS


Selectmen's Report


MONEY VOTED BY THE TOWN AT ANNUAL MEETING


Common schools $1.500.00


Repair of schoolhouses 250.00


School books and supplies 200.00


Free High School 500.00


Interest on school fund note


88.31


Wesserunsett Valley Fair


150.00


Roads and bridges 2,500.00


State Road


200.00


State Aid road


50.00


Repair of road near John Curtis


125.00


Support of poor


200.00


Incidental expenses


.00.00


Expenses of Memorial Day


25.00


Abatement of Aurren Buzzell's tax. 1914


5.00


$6,493.31


State tax


$1.733.17


County tax


484.59


Overlay


192.87


$8.903.94


VALUATION OF TOWN


Real Estate


$240,790.00


Personal Estate 108.041.00


Total valuation $348,831.00


Rate of taxation 24 mills on a dollar.


Tax on valuation $348.831.00


$S.371.94


Tax on 266 polls at $2.00


532.00


Supplementary tax


2.40


Total amount committed $S.906.34


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AMOUNT OF PERSONAL PROPERTY APRIL 1, 1915


No. Av. Val. Total Val.


Horses and Mules


343


$109.76


$37535.00


Colt, 3 to 4 yrs. old


10


98.50


985.00


Colt, 2 to 3 yrs. old


13


84.61


1100.00


Colts, under 2 yrs.


18


56.11


1010.00


Cows


417


31.79


13260.00


Oxen


44


91.47


4025.00


Three years old


174


38.19


5645.00


Two years old


167


23.48


3921.00


One year old


227


14.64


3325.00


Sheep


1264


4.49


5685.00


Swine


154


9.90


1525.00


$78,016.00


Bank Stock


5


$500.00


Carriages


120


1395.00


Musical instruments


26


2675.00


Automobiles


15


5900.00


Stock in trade


9750.00


Logs and lumber


7350.00


Other property


2455.00


Total amount $108,041.00


INCIDENTAL EXPENSES


M. J. Hight, services as treasurer


$25.00


H. W. Wood, services as Supt. of Schools 107.29


J. F. Holman, services as auditor 5.00


J. F. Holman, services as moderator


3.00


Geo. F. Ayer, services as selectman 1914


85.00


Frank Fox services as selectman, 1914 ....


45.00


W. R. Tibbetts, services as selectman, 1914


40.00


E. H. Cook, posting warrants


3.00


A. A. Hall, truant officer, 1914-15


7.00


Independent-Reporter Co., town reports


28.80


Independent-Reporter Co., printing and envelopes


12.25


F. W. Bucknam, town books 15.05


Thomas W. Burr, printing moth notices 3.75


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Loring, Short & Harmon for books 2.60


A. E. Locke, janitor, use of hall 6.00


E. H. Tibbetts, for services on School Com. 5.00 E. H. Cook for services on School Com. 5.00


C. S. Brayton for services on School Com. 5.00


J. F. Holman services discontinuing


Judkins road 5.00


L. W. Foss, out of town business, post- age and express 10.00


M. J. Hight for postage


2.00


H. N. Flanders, recording vital statistics .. 7.65


L. N. Ellingwood returning vital statistics 2.50


J. O. Piper, returning vital statistics. ..


.25


M. G. Greene, wood and rent, select- men's office 16.46


S. T. Williams, services as sealer of weights and measures 3.51


Ed. Nelson for express wagon 85.50


E. H. Cook, commission as collector 200.39


$737.00


Appropriation


700.00


Overdrawn $37.00


PAUPER ACCOUNT


Expenditures Town of Athens:


Mel Littlefield


$153.08


Bert Wing


43.28


Leonard Tuttle


45.82


Leander Ireland


25.00


Henry Tuttle, bill of 1914


18.25


Tramps


2.25


Expended


$287.68


Appropriation


200.00


Overdrawn


$87.68


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PAID FOR PAUPERS OF OTHER TOWNS


Ernest Bumpus


$39.00


John Avery and family


100.71


Dennis Knights


17.50


Isaac Corson


2.40


Ernest Brown


1.50


$161.11


WESSERUNSETT VALLEY FAIR


Appropriation


$150.00


Paid C. S. Brayton $150.00


MEMORIAL DAY


Appropriation


$25.00


Paid Alden Bucknam $25.00


FREE HIGH SCHOOL


Appropriation


$500.00


Paid W. N. Sanders, Treas. S. A. $500.00


HIGHWAY ACCOUNT


Summer


Winter


Frank Boynton, labor


$63.88


$14.00


F. A. Wentworth, labor


4.50


C. S. Brayton, labor


20.00


Jasper Leavitt, labor


2.70


Ed. Whitney, labor


8.75


Herbert Wentworth, labor


6.12


Bert Wing, labor


.65


Ed. Whitney, labor


9.62


F. A. Wentworth, labor


.30.00


Herbert Wentworth, labor


9.62


W. S. Chapman, labor


9.63


Archie Hall, labor


1.75


Orion Wing, labor


.87


7


Carl Taylor, labor 6.75


A. A. Hall, labor


10.00


W. S. Chapman, labor 8.25


Johnie Corson, labor 4.75


Herbert Wentworth, labor


10.50


F. A. Wentworth, labor


15.00


Archie Hall, labor


5.25


Carl Taylor, labor


1.50


Herbert Wentworth, labor


7.00


F. A. Wentworth, labor


11.87


Martin Corson, labor


12.42


Henry Brown, labor


16.80


Herbert Wentworth, labor


8.31


Wilber Staples, labor


4.50


Ed. Whitney, labor 7.00


Jeddie Brown, labor


10.67


C. S. Brayton, labor 21.25


C. M. Conant & Co., repairs 18.80


Herbert Wentworth, labor 10.50


Martin Corson, labor


18.80


Ed. Whitney, labor


9.80


Archie Hall, labor


7.00


F. A. Wentworth, labor


25.00


Ed. Whitney, labor


3.50


Herbert Wentworth, labor 7.00


F. A. Wentworth, labor 13.25


Clifford Deering, labor


14.87


John Avery, labor


2.75


Frank Turner, labor


7.75


Wesley Corson, labor


19.75


Leander Ireland, labor


2.62


Wm. Huff, bridge plank


35.12


T. C. Fox, labor on road machine


490.80


Archie Hall, labor


3.50


Bowman Hardw. Co., dynamite


48.85


O. A. Wright, labor


5.00


John Wing, labor 5.25


Geo. Millet, labor 2.19


Ed. Whitney, labor


2.99


Freddie Wentworth, labor


7.00


F. A. Wentworth, labor


10.00


8


Martin Corson, labor


2.00


Freddie Wentworth, labor 3.50


Ed. Whitney, labor 1.75


W. R. Tibbetts, labor 22.25


L. W. Foss


59.00


Roger Brooks, lumber, 1913


10.00 1


Elmer Downs, labor


2.50


9.37


Willis Turner, labor


4.37


L. W. Foss, labor


7.12


Ansil Corson, labor


3.06


Ed. Whitney, labor


2.62


L. C. Williams, express


1.22


F. A. Wentworth, labor


21.25


Ray Corson, labor


1.50


F. A. Wentworth, labor


6.25


Herbert Wentworth, labor


3.50


Wm. Rowell, taking down fence


3.00


Ansil Corson, labor 5.25


Henry Brown, labor


1.75


F. A. Wentworth, labor 5.00


Ed. Whitney, labor 4.37


Ed. Davis, labor 8.62


Herbert Wentworth, labor


3.50


A. W. Smith, repairing tools


9.75


Clyde Bush, labor


5.25


Milton Bush, labor


1.75


Guy Tuttle, labor


9.62


A. M. Nason, labor


24.52


Harold Nason, labor


23.87


C. S. Brayton, labor


10.93


F. A. Wentworth, labor


9.00


Miss Annie Foss, housing road machine 3 yrs


3.00


Donald McLean, labor 12.85


John Brason, labor


8.92


Wilfred Hurd, labor


15.92


Gus Nelson, labor


7.75


Archie Hall, labor 4.72


W. S. Hussey, labor 8.62


E. S. Ward, labor .


1.75


O. A. Wright, labor


1.40


Cecil Keene, labor, 1914


16.50


9


E. A. Williams, labor 1.00


Llewellyn Ham, labor 5.00


R. D. Cleveland, labor 1.95


E. H. Tibbetts, labor 17.10


Arthur Woodman, labor


9.00


Lillian R. Emery, housing road machine


2.00


Ralph Taylor, labor


13.67


W. A. Foss, water tub


1.50


L. C. Williams, water tub


3.00


James Foshay, labor 1.60


Aurren Buzzell, labor


6.12


1.20


E. H. Tibbetts, labor


6.60


Lyman Buzzell, labor


5.51


T. S. Austin, cutting bushes


12.00


F. C. Allen, labor


36.43


H. S. Elliott, labor and water tub


10.50


C. H. Buzzell & Son, labor


5.75


P. S. Poland, labor


4.50


F. M. Bangs, labor


3.50


Gus Nelson, labor


4.00


L. W. Foss, labor and cash paid 5.47


Albert Hilton, lumber 5.38


26.22


4.00


Roy Jones, labor


1.57


4.00


H. F. Lincoln, labor


2.80


Philander Hoyt, labor and cash paid 28.02


M. L. Tuttle, labor


12.46


Chas. Chapman, labor


3.20


Geo. Noyes, labor


12.25


Hight & Ayer, supplies


5.93


Joaquin & Bennett, labor


8.44


Albert Fish, labor and water tub 13.50


8.99


J. B. Corson, labor


7.50


Sanders & Flanders, supplies


9.71


Frank Fox, labor


11.50


1.00


S. S. Huff, labor


4.00


4.00


H. N. Flanders, water tub


1.50


A. A. Hall, labor


19.36


5.80


Bert Gilman, labor and lumber


15.25


4.27


Hiram Tuttle, labor


1.85


W. F. Huff, lumber and labor


Frank Moody, labor


10


R. D. Cleveland, labor


.80


Clas. Taylor, labor 3.87


M. G. Greene, labor 6.13


W. R. Tibbetts, labor and cash paid


11.75


H. E. Trueworthy, lumber 52.22


Blunt Hdw. Co., drills


1.50


C. S. Brayton, gravel


4.50


Fred McDonald, labor


3.50


Cyrus York, labor


.80


Ed. Davis, labor


14.00


Ira Poland, labor


2.00


Par Nelson, labor


3.45


Selden Poland, labor


5.60


Geo. Scribner, labor


17.50


Beckwith & Taylor, labor


5.60


Osgood York, labor


7.00


4.00


J. M. Dysart, lumber


91.94


Edward Taylor, labor and lumber


4.20


4.80


Cassius Merrill, labor


8.00


W. S. Chapman, labor


5.20


Cecil Chapman, labor


3.07


T. C. Fox, labor


43.75


Alonzo Noyes, Jr., labor


2.25


Chas. Weston, labor


4.03


Leander Brown, bridge plank


8.52


B. P. Barker, labor


1.75


Amos Rines, labor and cash paid


17.40


Cecil Keene, labor


6.44


John Curtis, lumber


1.00


Willard Drew, labor


5.35


E. H. Cook, labor


.73


Geo. Tibbetts, labor


2.00


9.25


$2,044.51 $192.76


Appropriation


$2,500.00


Expended


$2,237.27


Balance unexpended


$262.73


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ROAD IN KNIGHTS WOODS


Daniel Reed, labor


$ 35.00


Freddie Wentworth, labor


3.50


F. A. Wentworth, labor 5.00


Herbert Wentworth, labor


13.56


Ed. Whitney, labor 3.50


W. R. Tibbetts, labor


25.00


L. W. Foss, labor


12.00


Will Lancaster, labor


15.22


Geo. Gardner, labor


15.22


John Wing, labor


7.00


Norman Hight, labor


30.00


Wilfred Hurd, labor


20.06


Geo. Millet, labor


1.75


John Curtis, labor


31.00


Lloyd Chase, labor


19.07


$236.88


Appropriation


$250.00


Expended


238.88


Balance unexpended $11.12


ROAD NEAR JOHN CURTIS


Ed. Whitney, labor


$ 1.75


W. R. Tibbetts, labor


11.25


L. W. Foss, labor


2.25


Herbert Wentworth, labor


14.43


Leon Lancaster, labor


8.30


John Wing, labor


11.72


Will Lancaster, labor


10.50


Geo. Gardner, labor


10.50


Geo. Millet, labor


7.00


C. S. Brayton, labor


32.55


John Curtis, labor


16.75


F. A. Wentworth, labor


5.00


F. G. Hight, labor


8.00


Verne Emery, labor


1.75


Byron Hurd, labor


34.50


Expended


$176.25


Appropriation


$125.00


Overdrawn


$51.25


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STATE ROAD ACCOUNT


Joint fund


Expenditures :


Bowman Hardw. Co., dynamite $ 12.14


Ed. Whitney for labor 35.00


Les Perkins for labor 25.80


Ansil Corson for labor 35.87


Freddie Wentworth, labor


6.12


Herbert Wentworth, labor


12.25


F. A. Wentworth, labor


41.25


Seth Corson, labor 16.62


Charlie Corson, labor


16.62


Ora Judkins, labor


34.00


Henry Brown, labor


15.75


John Foss, labor


4.37


M. L. Tuttle, labor


28.00


Jeddie Brown, labor


9.62


Edgar Perkins, labor


20.12


Wesley Corson, labor


8.75


W. A. Foss, labor


14.00


Sanders & Flanders, cement


5.20


E. H. Tibbetts, labor


2.00


T. C. Fox, labor


15.00


L. W. Foss, labor


78.75


Penn Metal Co., culverts


37.44


Cost of inspection by State


17.65


Amount expended


$492.32


Unexpended balance


$1.74


MAINTENANCE STATE AID ROAD


Appropriation


$50.00


Received from the State


80.49


$130.49


Expenditures :


T. C. Fox, labor with team $56.00


L. W. Foss, labor with team 33.62


Ed. Whitney, labor


11.37


Forrest Cleaves, labor 3.93


$494.06


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13


John Foss, labor


4.37


W. A. Foss, labor


4.50


Edgar Perkins, labor 3.50


Herbert Wentworth, labor


5.25


F. A. Wentworth, labor


2.50


Ansil Corson, labor


1.75


Sanders & Flanders, cement


1.95


Wesley Corson, labor


1.75


Amount expended $130.49


SHEEP KILLED BY DOGS


Paid :


Amos Rines


$12.00


Edwin S. Ward


8.00


James Chapman


7.00


$27.00


ABATEMENTS


Aurren Buzzell, by vote of town $ 5.00


Samuel Furbush for over valuation 4.80


Fred Perkins, horse died


.36


Arthur Bush, paid in Auburn


2.00


Isaac and Emma Corson, poverty


3.80


Martin Corson, poverty


5.00


Chas. Littlefield, poverty


2.00


Dennis Knights, poverty


2.00


Mills Chase, paid in Skowhegan


2.00


Benjamin Misner, paid in Boston


2.00


$28.96


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Financial Standing, Feb. 20, 1916


ASSETS


Cash in treasury $2,555.08


Due from the State, acct. Free High School 500.00


Due from the State, acct. State pensions . .. 132.00


Due from the State, dog tax estimated. 30.00


Due from Bingham, pauper account 17.50


Due from Hartland, tuition 94.50


Due from Cornville, tuition


36.00


Express wagon bought of Ed. Nelson


85.50


$3,450.58


LIABILITIES


Town officers bills, 1915 $200.00


Due Somerset Academy, Acct. Free High


School


500.00


The Jacob Foss fund in trust


100.00


Estimated bills to arise


50.00


$850.00


Assets above liabilities $2,600.58


Respectfully submitted,


L. W. FOSS


W. R. TIBBETTS


C. S. BRAYTON,


Selectmen of Athens.


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Treasurer's Report


M. J. HIGHT, Treasurer in account with the town of Athens for the year 1915:


1915:


DR.


Feb. 20. Cash on hand $2,914.23


Apr. 1, Int. on bank acount 9.16


6, Received from town of Fair- field, poor account 88.16


15, Refunded dog tax


28.69


May 1, Int. on bank account


4.33


killed by dogs


13.50


10, Rec. from town of Hartland


school acct. 61.39


June .1, Int on bank acct.


July 1, Int. on bank acct.


2.26


5, Rec. from town of Hebron, poor acct 31.50


6, Rec. from L. C. Williams, book sold 1.25


Aug. 1, Int. on bank acct.


Aug. 21, Rec. from H. N. Flanders, dog tax


46.00


Dec. 15, Rec. from State for Common school fund 622.09


120.00


Rec. from State for school and mill fund 760.01


Rec. from State for R. R. and Telegraph tax .98


16, Rec. from State for damage to domestic animals 27.00


23, Rec. from State for State road ac- count 80.49


1916:


Jan. 1, Rec. from State for Improvement State road 223.83


Feb. 19, Rec. from R. D. Cleveland, over- paid on fgt. .10


1.66


Sept. 29, Rec. from State for State pensions


4.00


5, Received from State for sheep


16


21, Rec. from town of Cornville, poor acct. 3.90


25, Rec. from town of Fairfield, poor acct. 100.71


25, Rec. from town of Hebron, poor acct. 7.50


26, Rec. from Somerset Academy, book rental 14.00 Rec. from E. H. Cook, collector for 1915 8,906.34


$14,073.08


1915


CR.


CREDIT


June 11, Paid Rufus Brown, State pension Paid Mrs. C. M. Gray, State pen- sion 12.00


$6.00


Paid Ida Butler, State pension ...


9.00


12.00


30, Paid M. S. Cleveland, State pension Paid Rufus Brown, State pension Paid Patience Knights, State pension 24.00


6.00


Paid Ida Butler, State pension


9.00


Paid Mrs. C. M. Gray, State pen- sion 12.00


July 19, Paid Esther A. Webb, State pen- sion 18.00


Aug. 25, Paid State dog tax


46.00


July 2, Paid Matilda Thompson, State pension 12.00


Sept. 30, Paid Rufus Brown, State pension Paid Ida Butler, State pension 9.00


6.00


Paid Mrs. C. M. Gray, State pen- sion 12.00


Oct. 1, Paid Patience Knights, State pen- sion 12.00


7, Paid M. S. Cleveland, State pension 6.00


12, Paid Esther A. Webb, State pen- sion 9.00


20, Paid Matilda Thompson, State


pension 6.00


if


Dec. 15, Paid State tax 1,733.17


30, Paid County tax 200.00


31, Paid Rufus Brown, State pension Paid Mrs. C. M. Gray, State pen- sion 12.00


6.00


Paid Ida Butler, State pension


9.00


Paid Patience Kinghts, State pen- sion 12.00


1916:


Jan. 11, Paid Bal. on County tax 284.59


15, Paid Matilda Thompson, State


pension 18.00


21, Paid M. S. Cleveland, State pen- sion 6.00


22, Paid Esther A. Webb, State pen- sion 9.00


Paid Selectmen's orders 9,002.24


Feb. 20, Cash on hand 2,555.08


$14,073.08


Respectfully submitted,


M. J. HIGHT, Treasurer.


Auditor's Report


I hereby certify that I have examined the orders issued for the past year and compared them with the accounts and find the accounts properly kept and the report of the treasurer and the balance in the treasury correct and the accounts correctly reported to the town.


J. F. HOLMAN, Auditor.


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Superintendent's Report


To Chas. S. Brayton, Elmer H. Tibbetts, and Ernest F. Cook, Superintending School Committee of the town of Athens. Gentlemen:


I respectfully present to you my second annual report. I omit the usual statistical report of attendance because our terms have not come within the present fiscal year and I will present in my next annual report a statistical report covering the complete school year ending July 1st, 1916.


Certain conditions which were not foreseen have made it impossible to keep our common school expenditures within the estimated income as presented to the town at our last annual meeting.


First, the burning of the home of Wm. Chapman in the Cos- ton's Corner district brought into the town of Athens from the town of Hartland five children who attend the Coston's Corner school, thus reducing the estimated tuition from Hartland by nearly $100.00.


Second, the reversal by special town meeting, last spring, of the judgment of the superintendent of schools and the school committee that it was for the best interest of the town to con- vey the pupils from Eaton to the Washington school, has in- creased the estimated expense of maintaining that school by about $150.00.


To maintain the present number of schools will require an appropriation of not less than $1600.


Under the present law we must maintain not less than 30 weeks of school each year.


When the town is ready for the change a reduction of the number of schools in town would result in increased efficiency. No radical change can however be recommended with the pres- ent buildings.


Repairs have been made on the following buildings: New plaster at Franklin. New sills at Mckinley. Outhouse shingled at Mckinley. House painted at Stetson.


During the ensuing year, the village building should be painted, and the north side of the main house should be shingled.


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The underpinning at the village building should also be re- paired. At Garfield, the building needs to be trussed with iron rods. New seats should be placed in the Franklin school. The Stetson building should be painted inside. For these purposes I suggest that $250 is needed.


Sufficient books for our ten schools cannot be secured for less than $350.00.


COMMON SCHOOL ACCOUNT RESOURCES


Appropriated, March 1915


$1,500.00


State common school fund


622.09


State mill tax fund


760.01


Interest on school fund note


88.31


Town of Cornville (Tuition due)


36.00


Town of Cornville (Due)


94.53


$3,100.94


Overdrawn


$202.93


Paid Teachers:


Imogene Conroy


$186.00


Louise Corson


110.00


Mary Bailey


125.00


Rena Fox


250.00


Hilda Packard


105.00


Marguerite Fox


186.67


Opal Boston


270.00


Lillian Shepard


300.00


Rena Buzzell


76.50


Fannie Butler


270.00


Annie W. Foss


95.00


Beatrice Trueworthy


108.00


Winifred Trueworthy


80.00


Edna W. Tracy


102.00


Bessie Nichols


68.00


Mrs. R. B. Miller


80.00


Gara Bosworth


180.00


Marion Buzzell


72.00


$2,664.17


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Paid Janitors:


Ella Bucknam


$10.00


Annie Corson


7.00


Horace Elliott


4.00


Alton Littlefield


5.00


Alton Poland


4.00


Chas. Dore


8.50


George Cleveland


1.70


Rena Fox


4.00


Imogene Conroy


4.00


Bessie Nichols


4.00


Fannie Butler


4.00


Gara Bosworth


4.00


$60.20


Paid Fuel:


Morris A. Littlefield


$18.00


Floyd Donahue


.75


Arthur Ward


34.50


Fred Hight


10.00


C. H. Buzzell


8.00


E. H. Tibbetts


47.00


Gustavus Nelson


6.75


Edward Davis


10.00


$135.00


Paid Conveyance:


C. D. Sinclair


$180.00


H. W. Wood


2.00


L. W. Foss


1.00


H. O. Nason


150.00


J. W. Cleaves


111.00


Leander Brown


.50


$444.50


Total expenditures


$3,303.87


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BOOK ACCOUNT RESOURCES


Appropriation, March, 1915 $200.00


$200.00


Overdrawn


$106.23


Paid Ginn & Co.


$78.28


D. C. Heath


29.59


Silver, Burdett & Co.


14.72


H. W. Wood


14.49


Edw. E. Babb & Co.


37.43


Benj. H. Sanborn & Co.


23.15


American Book Co.


27.56


H. L. Palmer


34.68


Independent-Reporter Co.


2.62


Sanders & Flanders


2.50


D. H. Knowlton & Co.


3.05


Chas. Scribners' Sons.


6.04


R. D. Cleveland


4.92


Smith & Sale


3.08


Hight & Ayer


14.03


J. L. Hammett & Co.


3.00


World Book Co


3.62


Milton Bradley & Co.


.92


E. H. Tibbetts


.35


Houghton, Mifflin & Co.


1.38


Hilda Packard


.82


$306.23


REPAIRS ACCOUNT RESOURCES


Appropriation, March, 1915


$250.00


$250.00


Paid : Ansel Corson


$3.75


Leander Brown


1.23


Fred Wentworth


10.63


Chas. Gardner


18.00


Oscar L. Bush


.50


F. L. Tuttle


16.80


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Owen E. King


5.92


Chas. Robinson


1.50


E. H. Tibbetts


21.81


H. W. Wood (acct. Geo. Taylor)


4.50


H. A. Gardner


1.00


Frank Fox


4.50


C. S. Brayton


1.50


Edgar Fox


.40


$92.04


Balance


$157.96


HIGH SCHOOL ACCOUNT RESOURCES


Appropriation, March, 1915


$500.00


State treasurer 500.00


$1,000.00


Paid Treas. Somerset Academy


$500.00


(Due) Treas. Somerset Academy


500.00


$1,000.00


Respectfully submitted,


H. W. WOOD,


Superintendent of Schools.


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Town Clerk's Report


FOR THE YEAR ENDING JAN. 1, 1916


Number of Marriages recorded from Jan 1, 1915 to Jan. 1, 1916, sixteen.


Number of Births recorded from Jan. 1, 1915 to Jan 1, 1916, thirteen.


Number of Deaths recorded from Jan. 1, 1915 to Jan. 1, 1916, twenty-two.


Amount of money received for dog licenses for the year 1915, $46.00.


MARRIAGES


1915


Jan. 10 -- By L. M. Corson, Minister of the Gospel, Vernie W. Goodrich and Elsie M. Amos both of Brighton.


Jan. 21-By Chas. L. Kinney, Minister of the Gospel, Lee W. Foss of Athens, and Annie E. Whittier of Cornville.


Feb. 6-By George Merriam, Minister of the Gospel, Lindley F. Parsons of Cornville, and Mabelle W. Foss of Athens.


Feb. 26-By George Merriam, Minister of the Gospel, Lind- sey J. Nutting of Skowhegan, and Laura E. Corson of Athens.


Mar. 20-By Fred Tuttle, Justice of the Peace, George W. Cookson, and Annie E. Knights of Athens.


Mar. 28-By Fred Tuttle, Justice of the Peace, Nelson Mon- bleau, and Susie Brown, both of Athens.


Aug. 21-By John F. Holman, Justice of the Peace, Fred- erick A. Hinton, Jr., of Hartland, and Alphia T. Currie of Hart- land.


Sept. 4 .- By John F. Holman, Justice of the Peace, Edward J. McQuilkin of Solon, and Eva S. Brown of Cornville.


Sept. 4-By James F. Taylor, Minister of the Gospel, Carroll F. Taylor, and Ruby E. Stickney, both of Athens.


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Oct. 9-By T. Ernest Ham, Minister of the Gospel, Ansel E. Brown of Harmony, and Rosa Cooley of Cornville.


Oct. 12-By Cassius C. Kinsman, Justice of the Peace, Ber- nard Colby Weymouth of St. Albans, and Lottie May Gardner of Athens.


Nov. 1-By Arthur S. Phelps, Minister of the Gospel, John J. Buzzell, and Rena T. Buzzell, both of Athens.


Nov. 24 .- By George Merriam, Minister of the Gospel, Amos E. Rines, and Beatrice M. Trueworthy, both of Athens.


Nov. 25-By E. M. Miller, Minister of the Gospel, Guy E. Downs of Athens, and Beatrice Small of Harmony.


Nov. 25 .- By B. H. Johnson, Minister of the Gospel, Charles P. Gardiner, and Abbie E. Farmer, both of Athens.




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