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WAR ISSUE
ANNUAL REPORT GROTON, VERMONT 1944
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ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE OFFICERS OF THE
Town of Groton, Vermont
For the Year Ending January 31 1944
CHARLES C. LORD PRESS GROTON, VERMONT
OUR COVER
The splendid cover on our report this year is the gift of Mr. Charles C. Lord. We are proud of this cover, we are proud of the service flag reproduced on it, we are proud of the boys which it represents, and we are proud that we have in our midst a citizen whose aim has ever been to boost Groton's interests.
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INDEX
Page 4
Town Officers
5
Tax Report
6
Report of Treasurer
8
Financial Standing
9
Report of Selectmen
17
Report of Road Commissioner
19
Report of Overseer
20
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Report of Superintendent
25
Report of Library Trustees and Librarian
.29
Report of Service Flag Committee
30
Report of Salvage Committee
31
Old Age Assistance
32
Births
35
Marriages and Deaths
36
Groton Cemetery
37
Town Meeting Warning
40
Report of School Directors
30
Report of Auditors
4
GROTON TOWN REPORT
TOWN OFFICERS
Moderator
George H. Ricker
Clerk and Treasurer
George H. Millis
Selectmen
Nelson W. Whitehill
To March 7, 1944
Gerald I. Mores
To March 7, 1944 To March 6, 1945
Herman P. Ricker
School Directors
To March 7, 1944
To March 6. 1945 To March 5, 1946
Road Commissioner
Bert Bailey
Overseer
Virginia Frost
Constable and Collector
George H. Ricker
Listers
Earl Welch
To March 7, 1944
Robert N. Brown
To March 6. 1945 To March 7. 1944
Malcolm Graham
Town Agent
George H. Millis
Grand Juror
G. Robert Pillsbury
Auditors
Burton L. Brown
To March 7. 1944
Ralph N. Carpenter
To March 6, 1945
Library Trustees
Fannie M. B. Ricker
1944
Minnie Brown
1945
Helene White
1946
Nellie Jeffrey
1947
Ida M. Ricker
1948
Earl Welch Alice Goodine Emma Graham
Report of Tax Collector
Year
Due 2-1-43
Collected
Due 2-1-44
1930
123 84
47 10
76 74
1931
150 77
68 27
82 50
1932
120 80
74 75
46 05
1933
181 45
95 66
85 79
1934
318 25
159 16
159 09
1935
475 83
158 95
316 88
1936
514 68
202 10
312 58
1937
840 97
365 91
666 91
1939
1,032 82
460 36
1,035 97
1940
1,496 33
695 24
1,435 32
1942
3,192 02
1,470 05
1,721 97
1943
22,770 63
18,795 52
3,675 35
Total
$33,429 12
$23,008 62
$10,120 74
Discount
Uncollected taxes 2-1-34
$23,473 53
Uncollected taxes 2-1-44
10,120 74
Reduced
$13,352 79
1941
2,130 56
406 29
434 68
1938
80 17
9 26
70 91
299 76
GEORGE H. RICKER, Collector
Report of Treasurer
Cash on hand
$3,995 29
Perry Auto Co .. rebate
67 51
Dog license money
160 90
Montpelier National Bank
2,954 25
Road money
67 73
E. E. Darling
500 00
State of Vermont
24 68
Perley Williams (payment on place)
15 00
Perry Auto Co., rebate
1 98
Travelers Ins. Co. (on bridge)
159 40
Cemetery Fund
133 60
G. H. Ricker, coll.
23,008 62
Order No. 194, paid twice
350 00
$31,438 96
Overseer
Rebate from U. V. M. C.
$100 00
Rebate from George Fisk for David Fisk 50 97
150 97
Road Commissioner's Receipts
Surface treatment
$1,304 70
Town Highways
1.668 23
Use of Truck
65 28
Use of Truck
81 00
Use of Truck
187 00
3,306 21
Schools
State of Vermont. State school money
$2.631 00
State of Vermont. Vocational money
1.441 25
Town of Ryegate, tuition
818 72
Town of Topsham, tuition
45 00
Ira Farrow, tuition
25 00
Jacklyn Miller, tuition
15 00
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GROTON TOWN REPORT
Lyle Frazer, rebate Old Typewriter Lease land
2 32
32 00
24 00
5,034 29
$39,930 43
Total receipts
Cash Paid Out
Paid Selectmen orders
$13,078 02
Paid School Directors' orders
14,577 71
Paid Overseer's orders
1,435 29
Paid Road Commissioner's orders
1,459 92
Paid State Road orders
1,995 47
Paid Unselected Highway orders
1,668 81
Paid winter road work orders
501 07
Total paid out
$34,716 29
Total receipts
$39,930 43
Total payments
34,716 29
Cash in hands of Treasurer
$5,214 14
GEORGE H. MILLIS, Treasurer
Financial Standing
Liabilities
Montpelier National Bank, bonds Order No.
$18,000.00
3 Feb. 1, 1919, I. H. Goodwin
1,000 00
53 July 1, 1921, Jessie Whitehill
1,000 00
563 Jan. 30, 1928, E. E. Darling
2,000 00
147 Jan. 30, 1929, E. E. Darling
2,200 00
348 April 28, 1932, Trustees Methodist Church
1,000 00
1 Feb. 6, 1935, Carl Vance
700 00
26 April 13, 1935, Carl Vance
900 00
103 Jan. 1, 1938, Grant Vance
1,600 00
27 Mar. 7, 1941, Trustees Methodist Church 1,000 00
$29,400 00
Due School account to July 1, 1944
2,400 44
$31,800 44
Assets
Due on tax bill see Collector's report
$10,120 74
Real Estate Bought
851 15
Fifty shares Class B stock
1,000 00
Material in hands of Selectmen
600 00
Due from State, road money, winter maintenance
842 50
Due Schools, tuition
83 00
Due Schools, rent on lease land
18 00
Cash in hands of Treasurer
5,214 14
$18,729 53
Total liabilities
$31,800 44
Total assets
18,729 53
$13,070 91
Town Debt 1942-43
$15,959 15
Town Debt 1943-44
13,070 91
Town Debt reduced
$2,888 24
Report of Selectmen
Order No.
1 Gerald Morse, services as Selectman
$115 00
2 H. P. Ricker, services as Selectman 65 00
3 W. W. Pillsbury, services as Selectman 65 00
20 00
4 Robert Pillsbury, services as Auditor
20 00
5 B. L. Brown, services as Auditor
6 R. N. Carpenter, services as Auditor 20 00
55 00
7 Wendell Crown, winter roads
142 35
8 Bert Bailey, winter roads
10 50
6, Franklin Emery, winter roads
101 50
11 Geo. H. Ricker, 1% com. on taxes collected
146 16
12 Geo. H. Ricker, trip to St. Johnsbury for gas and oil ration 6 00
13 Robert Pillsbury, winter roads
3.50
14 I. N. Dennis, winter roads
3 50
15 Robert Pillsbury, services as ballot clerk
4 00
16 Mrs. Bessie Morrison, rent of hall 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943 35 00
17 Robert Pillsbury, shoveling snow
1 00
18 Russell Pillsbury, winter roads
1 00
19 George Clark, erecting booths
9 00 /
20 George Millis, check books
3 50
21 Virginia Frost, services as Old Age investigator
60 00
22
C. E. Ricker, 1941 and 1943 bonds
99 10
24 Bert Bailey, winter roads
92 00
25
Horace Bailey, winter roads
10 45
26 Wendell Crown, winter roads
2 70
27 William Emery, winter roads
9 15
28 Franklin Emery, winter roads
10 00
30. Green Mt. Power Corp., lights at garage
45 00
31 Mrs. C. J. Bailey, garage rent, Jan., Feb., Mar.
10 00
32 B. L. Brown, postage on reports
4 00
33 R. Moulton, winter roads
34 Molly Falls Tel. Co., phone at Observation Post 9 08
26 75
35 Socony Vac. Oil Co., oil for tractors
10 00
23 Chas. Lord, 530 reports and envelopes
119 60
29 Motor Vehicle Dept., registration of truck
4 70
10 Horace Bailey, winter roads
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36 Lowell McLeod, steel nuts and labor on tractor 6 45
37 Philip Comfort, garage fires 48 00
38 Farm Bureau Auto Ins. Co., insurance on truck 8 75
39 Molly Falls Tel. Co., Defense Center 6 63
40 Vt. Road Equipment, repairs on tractor 173 64
41 A. M. Flanders, welding tractor 39 23
42 Caselline Venable Corp., blades for snow plow 73 95
43 Dr. A. C. Archambault, services as Health Officer 101 00
44 Carroll Goodine, winter roads 2 70
45 Milton L. Julian, county treas., 1c on dollar assessment 49 09
46 McAuliffe Paper Co., flags for cemetery
3 00
47 Orlo Goodwin and Ralph Bailey, fixing fence on Roy Vance farm 5 00
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S. A. Garbati, work in cemetery 22 50
49 Harold Eastman, care of West Groton ceme- tery and Glover cemetery 14 00
50 S. A. Gargati, mowing by hand in cemetery 26 00
51 Harold Eastman, mowing Peacham cemetery 8 00
52 S. A. Gabati, hand mowing in cemetery
28 00
53 Gerald Smith, rent on town clerk's office, Aug.
21, 1942 to Aug. 21, 1943 60 00
54 Mrs. C. J. Bailey, rent of garage April, May, June 45 00
55 Green Mt. Power Corp., lights in town garage 1 00
56 Molly Falls Tel. Co., Defense Center 2 76
57 Geo. Ricker, 13 tax liens at 50c, 1943 6 50
58 Lowell McLeod, labor on chain 3 00
59 Arthur Graves, legal fees
71 80
60 Library Trustees, money appropriated
25 00
61 John K. White Est., Observation Post
3 40
62 John K. White Est., truck (gas and material)
111 96
63 Geo. Ricker, postage
10 80
64 Mrs. Emma Graham, helping on grand list books and mileage 28 88
65 Malcolm Graham, services as lister
59 16
66 Montp. Nat. Bank, int. on bonds to Aug. 1, 1943 341 25
67 Geo. H. Millis, recording 13 tax liens 6 50
68 Bert Bailey, labor on snow fence 24 12
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69 Ned Lindsey, labor on snow fence
19 80
70 Franklin Emery, labor on snow fence 19 80
71 Bert Bailey, winter roads
29 35
72 Horace Bailey, labor on snow fence
10 50
73 Franklin Emery, labor on snow fence
3 15
74 S. A. Garbati, care of lots in cemetery Walter Dana, winter roads
3 00
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76 H. Ricker & Son, lumber for bridges 285 34
4 00
78 Montpelier Nat. Bank, note due
3,000 00
79 Earl Fletcher, Farm Bureau assessment 76 47
851 61
81 Legares Garage, repairs and gas for truck
82 Bert Bailey, labor on bridge 29 02
83 Franklin Emery, labor on bridge
23 65
84 Ned Lindsey, labor on bridge
23 65
85 Horace Bailey, labor on bridge
19 25
86 Waldo Heath, labor with team on bridge
3 00
87 Mrs. C. J. Bailey, rent of sheds for July, August and September
45 00
88 Lowell McLeod, 401 lbs. steel for bridge ^
24 06
89 Farm Bureau Auto Ins. Co., insurance on truck
8 75
90 Vt. Inst. In., tax book 1 36
2 00
92 Molly Falls Tel. Co., Defense Center
6 33
93
Old Age Assistance, old age tax
760 50
94
Vt. Road Equipment, as per bill
35
95 C. E. Ricker, insurance 14 87
18 65
97 Farm Machine Exchange, bolts
1 68
98 Caselline Venable Corp., blades for snow plow
51 85
99 For-All Grain Co., cement
3 40
100 Perry Auto Co., labor on truck
1 98
101 For-All Grain Co., cement for West Groton bridge 188 00
102 David Hall, stringers for Heath bridge 30 00
103 Bert Bailey, labor on Henry Goodwin bridge 26 32
104 Horace Bailey, labor on Henry Goodwin bridge 17 05
105 Ned Lindsey, labor on Henry Goodwin bridge 14 30
131 60
77 Green Mt. Power Corp., lights in town garage
80 Levi R. Kelley, State Treas. No. 302 Highway 63 05
91 Green Mt. Power Corp., lights in garage
96 A. M. Flanders, as per bill
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106 Franklin Emery, labor on Henry Goodwin bridge 9 90
107 Bert Bailey, winter roads 42 52
108 Horace Bailey, winter roads 28 05
109 Franklin Emery, winter roads 29 15
110 Ned Lindsey, winter roads
29 70
111 Horace Bailey, winter roads
34 65
112 Mrs. Maggie Frost, lumber for bridge 43 16
49 95
114 Franklin Emery, winter roads
11 55
115
Leslie Bixby, labor man and truck 6 50
116 Dr. A. C. Archambault, services as Health Officer 36 35
5 50
118 Mrs. E. C. Frost, making 1943 tax books
25 00
119 Perry Auto Co., repairs on truck
19 25
120 Bert Bailey, winter roads
63 34
121 Horace Bailey, winter roads
30 80
122 Waldo Heath, 42 yds. gravel for Goodwin bridge
4 20
123 Franklin Emery, winter roads
24 20
124 Chas. C. Lord, printing
49 00
125 Lowell McLeod, repairs for truck
47 80
126 G. L. McLam, care of town clock, Feb. 1, 1943 to Feb. 1, 1944 16 50
127 Green Mt. Power Corp., lights for Dec. 1 00
128 International Salt Co., salt for sand 61 96
129 Socony Vac. Oil Co., oil for tractor 21 40
130 Mrs. C. J. Bailey, rent of garage and sheds, Oct., Nov., Dec. 1943 45 00
131 Caselline Venable Corp., blades for snow plow 33 32
132 Village Trustees, maintaining village fire engine 363 58
133 Dr. A. C. Archambault, services as Health Officer
7 50
134 Groton Bobbin Co., wood for town clerk's office 9 00
135 Mrs. J. B. Renfrew, services as Librarian, in 1943 112 00
136 Geo. H. Ricker, Coll. tax abatements 175 72
137 Geo. H. Ricker, Coll. tax on Lee Blanchard property, for deed to property 151 15
138 A. S. Graves, legal fees 4 00
139 C. E. Ricker, bonds 15 00
140 W. Cassidy, 125 chickens killed by dogs at 60c 75 00
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113 Bert Bailey, winter roads
117 Bailey Bros., radiator for truck
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141 Joanna Aldrich, Gertrude Perry, use of pasture
8 12
for Observ. Post
142 Socony Vacuum Oil Co., oil for tractor 20 40
43 45
144 Horace Bailey, winter roads
23 65
145 Franklin Emery, winter roads
24 50
146 Leslie Bixby, winter roads
7 15
147 Gerald Darling, winter roads
Elmer Frost, labor and material on Observ. Post 25 63
148
149 State of Vt., use of 2 50-ton jacks on bridge 2 00
126 90
150 Elmer Frost, work on bridges
16 80
151 C. H. Goss Co., recapping tire
1 00
152 Green Mt. Power Corp., lights in garage
21 00
153 Geo. H. Millis, lights and vital statistics
154 Geo. H. Millis, services as Town Clerk 150 00
1,500 00
155 Montpelier National Bank, 2 bonds paid
341 25
156
Montpelier National Bank, interest on bonds
157
I. H. Goodwin, interest on order No. 3, Feb. 1, 1918, Feb. 1, 1943 to Feb. 1, 1944
35 00
158
Jessie Whitehill, order No. 53, July 1, 1921, int. Feb. 1, 1943, to Feb. 1, 1944
35 00
159
E. E. Darling, int. on order No. 563, Jan. 30, 1928 ; No. 147 Jan. 30, 1929, from Feb. 1, 1943 to Feb. 1, 1944
147 00
160 Carl Vance, int. on order No. 1, Feb. 6, 1935, No. 26, April 13, 1935, Feb. 1, 1943 to Feb. 1, 1944
56 00
161 Grant Vance, int. on order No. 103, Jan. 1, 1938, Feb. 1, 1943 to Feb. 1, 1944 56 00
162
Methodist Church Trustees, int. on order No. 27, Mar. 1941, No. 348, Apr. 28, 1932, Feb. 1, 1943, to Feb. 1, 1944
70 00
11 14
163 Legares Garage, repairs on truck
164 J. K. White Est., gas and material for truck 110 58
30
165 J. K. White Est., oil for Observation Post
2 00
166 National Bank of Newbury, service charge
$13,153 02
143 Bert Bailey, winter roads 66 15
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GROTON TOWN REPORT
Classification of Selectmen's Orders
Interest
$1,081 50
Elections
13 00
Cost of winter roads
1,787 63
Salaries
538 00
Lights, postage, telephone and printing
175 76
Insurance
47 37
Registration
10 00
Listers' salaries and mileage
88 04
Rents
283 12
Bridges
873 20
Cemetery expense
233 10
Gas and material
222 54
Repairs on truck
167 20
Health Officer
144 85
Library expense
137 00
Vital statistics
21 00
Fuel
15 50
County Tax and Farm Bureau Tax
125 56
Balance Commission on tax collections and fees
146 16
Village Trustees
363 58
Tax abatements
175 72
Property tax for deed to property
151 15
Notes and interest bearing orders paid
3,000 00
Bonds paid
1,500 00
Old Age Assistance
770 50
Making tax books
25 00
Dog damage
75 00
Highway tax 302
851 61
Civilian Defense
54 13
Legal fees
75 80
$13,153 02
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GROTON TOWN REPORT
The following bridges and improved road work was done this year under the supervision of the Selectmen and Road Commissioner with the approval of the District Commissioner.
On State Highway No. 1 leading from Groton Village to Topsham, re-treating with tar.
On State Highway No. 2 leading from Groton Village to Peacham, re-treating with tar.
On Selected Highway No. 3 leading from 302 to Rickers Mills, re-surfacing with gravel.
The Town Highway or Unselected money was expended as follows.
Funds available
$1,760 73
1942 balance
407 50
Total State fund
$2,168 73
Used for Winter Maintenance 500 00
Remainder for Summer Main-
tenance and Improvement $1,668 73
From the above $900.00 was used on the H. P. Ricker road and the balance of $768.73 for ditching, cleaning and repairing culverts and surfacing as much road as possible with gravel on all other Town Roads.
From the Selectmen's General Fund the plank bridge on the West Groton road by I. H. Goodwin's was replaced with one of cement.
We are submitting below an estimated budget which is based on actual expenses that must be paid. We ask the tax payers to give this careful consideration that the town may continue to reduce its interest bearing debt.
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GROTON TOWN REPORT
Budget
Overseer
$.45
Summer Roads
.30
Winter Roads
.20
Retire Bonds
.30
Interest
.30
Route No. 302
.20
General Expenses
.45
Town Officers
.20
Total Town tax
$2.40
GERALD MORSE, H. P. RICKER,
Selectmen.
DOG ACCOUNT
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68 Dogs licensed at $2.00 each
$136 00
6 Dogs licensed at $6.00 each
36 00
Total $172 00
Less Town Clerk's fee of 15c each
11 10
$160 90
G. H. MILLIS, Town Clerk
Report of Road Commissioner
SUMMARY
Expended on Town Highways
$509 30
Horace Bailey, 403 hrs. labor
199 55
Franklin Emery, 669 hrs. labor
253 05
Orlo Goodwin, 4 hrs. labor, man and team
4 00
Len Crown, sharpening tools
3 00
Lowell McLeod, labor
22 27
Perry Auto Co., labor on truck Total for labor
$1,334 82
J. K. White Estate, gas
22 25
Vt. Explosive Co., dynamite
3 30
Walso Heath, 33 yds. gravel Total for material
125 10
Total cost
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$1,558 22
Appropriation from town
98 30
Balance on hand
SUMMARY
Expended on Selected Highways
Bert Bailey, 50 hrs. labor
$33 74
Franklin Emery, 18 hrs. labor
9 90
Ned Lindsey, 42 hrs. labor
23 10
Horace Bailey, 50 hrs. labor
27 50
Treasurer of State of Vermont, labor
614 46
Bert Bailey, 25 hrs. labor, truck
37 50
Total for labor, truck, etc.
$746 20
Bert Bailey, 790 hrs. labor
341 65
Ned Lindsey, 463 hrs. labor
2 00
$99 55
$1,459 92
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GROTON TOWN REPORT
Barrett Co., tar
$1,171 27
Treasurer of State of Vermont, 156 yds. gravel at 50c 78 00
Total for materials
1,249 27
Total cost
$1,995 47
Appropriation from State
$1,304 70
Cost to Town
690 77
SUMMARY
Expended on Unselected Highways
Bert Bailey, 573 hrs. labor $386 78
Franklin Emery, 488 hrs. labor 268 40
Ned Lindsey, 509 hrs. labor 279 95
Horace Bailey, 229 hrs. labor
125 75
Town of Groton, 189 hrs., labor, truck
132 30
Treasurer of State of Vermont, use of
equipment 149 16
Total for labor, trucks, etc.
$1,342 34
Treasurer of State of Vermont, 114 yds.
gravel
$57 00
Treasurer of State of Vermont, tar
269 47
Total for material
326 47
Total cost
$1,668 81
Appropriation from State
$1,668 73
SUMMARY Expended on Winter Highways
Franklin Emery, 111 hrs. labor
$61 05
Horace Bailey, 128 hrs. labor
70 40
Bert Bailey, 131 hrs. labor
88 42
Ned Lindsey, 24 hrs. labor
13 20
Town of Groton, 62 hrs. labor, tractor
187 00
Town of Groton, use of truck and plow
81 00
Total for labor, plows, etc.
Appropriation from State $500 00
$501 07
Report of Overseer
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FOOD
CLOTHING
BOARD AND LABOR
TOWN EXPENSE
MEDICAL AND TRANSPOR. TRUCKING HOSPITAL |POST.& TEL.
TOTAL
REBATE
Commodities
$ 87 16
7 16
Dickey, Mrs. Ethel Fisk, David Horton, Children
50 97
50 97
50 97
8 96
334 86
9 00
352 82
128 00
Page, Ellery Pomeroy, Wm.
120 00
8 00 330 86
27 89
436 27
100 00
77 52
175 00
175 00
Services of Overseer
26
26
Tramps
65 00
53 04
118 04
Welch, Mrs. A. G.
72 58
72 58
Totals
$250 66
$8 96
$399 86
$247 58
$391 90
$51 08 $1,435 29
$150 97
Rebates
150 97
Total Cost of Poor
$1,284 32
VIRGINIA FROST, Overseer
GROTON TOWN REPORT
Welfare
$ 14 19
$ 14 19
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Report of School Directors EXPENDITURES Town Year-Feb. 1, 1943 to Jan. 31, 1944
Teachers' salaries
$9,596 70
Supervision
903 47
School Directors
85 00
Janitors
605 10
Text books
176 79
Supplies
428 76
Furniture
150 65
Repairs
231 27
Fuel
562 99
Lights
115 72
Transportation
1,317 65
Hot Lunch (transportation on commodities)
21 60
Cleaning school houses
57 10
School census
9 36
Insurance and bonds
219 12
Miscellaneous
96 43
$14,577 71
RECEIPTS
Balance, February 1, 1943
$2,854 28
State Aid
2,631 00
Federal Aid, vocational
1,441 25
Town tax, $1.75
9,089 58
Tuition, Ryegate
818 72
Tuition, Topsham
45 00
Tuition, Marlene Farrow
25 00
Tuition, Jacqueline Miller
15 00
Lease land
24 00
Rebate from Lyle Frazer, Canning Project
2 32
Old Typewriter
32 00
Total
$16,978 15
Orders drawn
14,577 71
Balance, February 1, 1944
$2,400 44
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GROTON TOWN REPORT
Due School Account February 1, 1944
On lease land
$18 00
Tuition, Wallace Grey
36 00
Tuition, Topsham
47 00
$101 00
STATE SCHOOL YEAR EXPENDITURES July 1, 1942, to June 30, 1943
Teachers' salaries
$9,064 96
Supervision
728 57
School Directors
500 50
Janitors
181 31
Text books
345 89
Supplies
85 43
Furniture
74 20
Repairs
314 00
Lights
177 60
Transportation
1,242 50
Insurance
183 19
Miscellaneous
11 45
Hot Lunch (transportation on commodities)
577 67
Agricultural Building
86 42
$13,846 91
RECEIPTS
July 1, 1942 to June 30, 1943
Balance July 1, 1942
$293 36
Raised by tax
6,832 62
State Aid
2,592 73
Old typewriter
32 00
George Clark, used radiator
2 00
For-All Grain Co., error in change
40
Fuel
186 22
Farm Machine Course
85 00
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GROTON TOWN REPORT
Meroa Cassady, lease land
18 00
Mattie Frost, lease land
4 97
Vocational Education
1,062 95
Defense, Vocational Education for Farm Machine Course
97 71
Tuition, Ryegate
875 00
Tuition, Topsham
77 00
Town of Groton
2,000 00
Total
$13,888 74
Orders drawn
13,846 91
Balance, July 1, 1943
$41 83
TEACHERS' SALARIES
July 1, 1943 to June 30, 1944
VILLAGE SCHOOL
Lillian Garvin
$1,800 00
Olive Goodfellow
1,300 00
John Goodfellow
500 00
Pearl Welch ($550 Federal Aid)
1,200 00
Lyle Frazer ($600 Federal Aid)
1,200 00
Margaret Carter
850 00
Nora Tillotson
845 00
Everdene Hood
800 00
Thelma Donald
800 00
$9,295 00
WESTVILLE
Dorothy Main
800 00
Total
$10,095 00
SUPERVISION
J. Stewart Garvin $820 25
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GROTON TOWN REPORT
JANITORS
Village School, C. H. Hendry
$600 00
Westville School
17 50
Westville School, Orlo Goodwin
35 00
Agricultural Building, J. Willard Benzie
17 60
Total
$670 00
TRANSPORTATION
Henry Cassady
$550 00
William Emery
600 00
Burton Bailey
105 00
Eben McDonald
105 00
$1,360 00
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GROTON TOWN REPORT
ESTIMATED BUDGET FOR 1944-1945
State School Year
Teachers' Salaries
$10,300 00
Supervision
820 25
Directors
85 00
Janitors
750 00
Text books
150 00
Supplies
350 00
Furniture
100 00
Repairs
250 00
Fuel
900 00
Lights
125 00
Transportation
1,400 00
Insurance
200 00
Miscellaneous
100 00
$15,530 25
ESTIMATED RECEIPTS
State Aid
$2,779 00
Federal Aid
1,000 00
Town tax, $1.75
9,000 00
Lease land
45 00
Tuition
800 00
$13,624 00
A school tax of at least $1.75 will be necessary to meet expenses for another year.
EARL WELCH ALICE GOODINE
EMMA A. GRAHAM
School Directors
Report of Superintendent
Members of the School Board and Citizens of the Town of Groton:
I submit, herewith, my annual report of the conditions existing in the schools of the Town of Groton.
This year an additional elementary teacher was employed in the Village school. Each elementary teacher now has two grades. For several years the elementary teachers have had too many pupils and too much to do. The situation is greatly improved this year with the pupils fairly well distributed. Miss Everdene Hood is the new elementary teacher.
The problem of securing an adequate high school faculty was difficult. The position of Principal has been held open for Mr. Douglass Dopp who is in the army. There are very few men principals available. The few candidates were not inter- ested under the present arrangements.
As a temporary measure Miss Lillian Garvin was ap- pointed Principal of the High School. We were fortunate to secure Mr. and Mrs. John Goodfellow who are well qualified for their positions. Mr. Goodfellow is giving an excellent course in Pre-Flight Aeronautics. We were also very fortunate to have Mrs. Welch and Mr. Frazer back with us again.
Mrs. Dorothy Main accepted the Westville School just before school opened in the Fall. She has been doing good work. It would have been very difficult this year to make satis- factory arrangements for the transportation of these children.
I feel that the Town of Groton is very fortunate in having such an efficient group of teachers. At a time when the efficiency of many schools is at a low level and some schools are closed we are not only able to operate the schools but also provide a high level of instruction. There are no Commercial, Agriculture or Home Economics teachers available. Very few small high schools are able to offer good courses in all these fields.
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Nearly all the boys are enrolled in the Agriculture Course. During the Fall term the boys helped farmers in Ryegate and Groton with their crops. The school has received personal letters thanking the boys for saving the potato crop. Mr. Frazer also worked on the Food Program this Summer. Food was canned for the school to use for hot lunches. The people of the community also had an opportunity to can their food. Very few small communities had this type of service available.
Regular state aid this year is $2,631 compared with $2,592.73 last year. This small increase is due to the fact that the legislature raised the amount for each pupil in average daily attendance. We are in need of a further increase in state aid in order to be able to pay the salaries necessary to secure and retain efficient teachers. The present increase barely offset losses due to decreased enrollment.
The Agriculture Department has made screen for the village building and also built a storm door and entrance that will keep the building warmer. The Directors have secured more adjustable shades for the elementary rooms.
In spite of many difficulties, Mrs. Welch is putting on a good Hot Lunch Program. There are no surplus commodities available this year.
It is hoped that some fluorescent lights may be installed this year if equipment can be secured.
Very favorable comments have been received from numer- ous educators who have visited the village to observe the work being carried on in Clothing Education. This project is spon- sored by the Sloan Foundation. Intelligence and achievement tests were given to all pupils in Grades 1-12 in connection with the program. Several of the teachers have taken work in summer school along this line and have written some material that is being used. The repair of shoes and the hanging of clothes on hangers are two practical things that are being done. Parents should be interested in this work as some very prac- tical work is being done.
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