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A nnual Report

OF THE

Selectmen, Treasurer, Assessors and Other Officers o f

the Town o f

BRIDGEWATERMAINE

For the Municipal Year Ending March 1, 1941

A nnual Reporto f the

Selectmen, Treasurer, Assessors

and other officers

o f the

Town o f Bridgewater

For the Municipal Y ear EndingM arch 1, 1941

Houlton Publishing Company, Houlton, Maine

TOWN OFFICERS

Selectmen, Assessors and Overseers of the PoorTHOMAS B. NICKERSON RALPH STACKPOLE

JOHN WEBBER

Town Clerk H. A. MacILROY

Town Treasurer GUY S. TWITCHELL

Superintending School CommitteeREV. MORLEY DUROST C. L. SHARP

GUY S. TWITCHELL

Collector of Taxes ARTHUR C. LIBBY

Superintendent of Schools L. H. ROBINSON

Sealer of Weights and Measures HARRY C. FARLEY

SextonSAMUEL H. LANDERS

ConstablesARTHUR C. LIBBY LEON McDONALD

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VALUATION AND ASSESSMENT

ASSESSOR’S REPORT

List of property at its just value in the Town of Bridgewater, Maine, for the year 1940 made for return to Board of State Assessors as required by law :

No. of Polls Taxed, 351

No. of Polls Not Taxed, 4

Rate of Taxation .045

Description of Property

Real Estate, Resident Real Estate, Non-Resident

$499,779.0086,165.00

Total Real EstatePersonal Property, Resident $67,204.00Personal Property, Non-Resident 28,710.00

$585,944.00

Total Personal Property $ 95,914.00

Grand Total $681,858.00

Total Value of Land $358,815.00

227,129.00Total Value of Buildings

SCHEDULE OF PERSONAL PROPERTY

No. Av. Val. Total Val.

228 $80.00 $18,350.00271 40.00 10,840.00

1 75.00 75;00

HorsesCowsColts, 2-3 Years

Colts, 3-4 Years 2 100.00 2 0 0 .0 0Cattle, 3 Years old 50 30.00 1,500.00Cattle, 2 Years old 62 20.00 1,240.00Sheep (in Excess of 35) 65 4.00 260.00Poultry (over 50 in Number) 78 .50 39.00

Total Amount of Livestock $32,504.00

EXEMPT LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY

Yearlings 140 $10.00 $ 1,400.00Sheep' (to 35 in number) 147 4.00 588.00Swine (to 10 in number) 188 10.00 1,880.00Poultry (to 50 in number) 1983 .50 991.50

Total $4,859.50

ALL OTHER KINDS OF PERSONAL PROPERTY

Stock in Trade $ 9,600.00Gasoline Pumps and Attachments 435.00Tractors, 35 6,850.00Musical Instruments, 70 7,000.00Radios, 185 4,625.00Other Kinds of Personal Property 34,900.00Amount of Taxable Livestock

and Poultry * 32,504.00

Total Amount of Personal Property $95,914.00

REGULAR ASSESSMENTOn the above polls and estates as per warrant from

the State Treasurer, County Treasurer and as per the vot-

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ers of the Town of Bridgewater at their annual Town Meet­ing held March 25, 1940.

Committed to Arthur C. Libby for collection:r

Support of Schools $6,500.00Support of Poor and Miscellaneous 1,000.00Repairs on School Buildings 200.00Purchase of Text Books 800.00Purchase of School Supplies 375.00Free High School 2,000.00Roads, Bridges, Sidewalks and

Plowing Roads 4,000.00School Superintendent 350.00Lighting Village Streets 306.74State Aid Road Construction 800.00Maintenance Highway K 1,200.00Town Debt and Interest 3,000.00Fire Department 600.00Snow Removal, Village Streets and

Potato Houses 100.00Purchase of Snow Fence 800.00Third Class Road 187.00Cemeteries 81.86Aid Dependent Children 300.00Shingling Town Hall 200.00Old Age Assistance 1,000.00Building Fund Committee 300.00Abatements 511.97Purchase of High School Lot 1,200.00State Tax 5,019.19County Tax 1,342.14

TotalOverlay

$32,173.90162.71

Total Commitment $32,336.615

Deduction made to reduce rate of taxes, Excise Tax 1940

Commitment to Tax Collector for year 1940

FINANCIAL STATEMENT

ASSETS:t)ue from Smyrna Mills, Sadie Bean

Account $ 48.50Due from Westfield (G. R. Kirkpatrick) 56.63Due from Fort Kent, Geo. Wiles Acct. 177.90Due from Blaine, Fire Dept. 84.50Due from Houlton, Ernest Estey 29.32Due Robert Crockett Acct., Claim

made to State 646.05Tax Deeds in Treasury 1,437.10Balance in Treasury 4,325.25Uncollected Taxes, 1929 148.25Uncollected Taxes, 1930 89.90Uncollected Taxes, 1931 436.31Uncollected Taxes, 1932 564.74Uncollected Taxes, 1933 213.84Uncollected Taxes, 1934 1,535.31Uncollected Taxes, 1935 2,178.22Uncollected Taxes, 1936 1,242.46Uncollected Taxes, 1937 2,475.17Uncollected Taxes, 1938 2,142.24Uncollected Taxes, 1939 5,613.00Uncollected Taxes, 1940 14,242.12

Other Town Property:Town Hall $9,000.00Fire House and Engine 4,000.00

600.00

$31,736.61

$37,686.81

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Fire Truck Lock-UpConveyance Vehicles

700.00600.00 400.00

Bridgewater School District Property:

$14,700.00

New School Building Primary School Building Intermediate Building Books

$30,000.008,013.60

15,332.04300.00

$ 53,645.64

Total Assets, Includes School Dis­trict Property $106,032.45

LIABILITIES:

Balance 1940 State Tax Balance Temporary Loan Refund Bond Issue Bridgewater School District Bond

IssueMiscellaneous outstanding bills

$ 2,655.38 3,000.00

34,000.00

- 25,000.00200.00

Total Liabilities $64,855.38

TOWN DEBT AND INTEREST

J. L. Pennington $333.32Amanda Barker 81.00E. G. Barker 90.00Beatrice Burtt 27.36

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C. E. Lawrence H. A. Tompkins Ralph Milliken Mrs. E. V. Cram F. W. Snow Est.Bridgewater Cemetery Association Treasurer Bridgewater, Int. School

FundOld Town Orders and Notes State of Maine Bal. 1937-38-39

Tax and Int.Smith, White and Stanley Inc.,

Int. LoanSmith, White and Stanley Inc.,

Payment on Loan Unexpended March 1941

137.50105.00

66.00110.00766.50

60.00

121.5839,910.00

6,077.54

137.67

5,000.007,510.77

Total * $60,534.24Appropriation March 1940 $ 3,000.00Bond Issue 34,030.70Temporary Loan 7,862.33Inurance (High School Building) 5,000.00Interest Taxes Collected 1,133.54Interest Tax Deeds 206.57Unexpended March 1940 9,301.10

Total $60,534.24

LIST OF DEBTS PAID WITH PROCEEDS OF BOND ISSUE, TEMPORARY LOAN AND INSURANCE

MONEY FROM HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING

E. G. Barker $ 2,030.00Amanda Barker 1,827.00H. A. Tompkins 3,105.00

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Ralph Milliken 1,166.00C. E. Lawrence 2,805.00Beatrice BurttP. W. Snow Est., Trustee First

365.76

Nat’l. Bank 22,666.50Mrs. E. V. Cram 2,110.00J. L. Pennington

Total

5,083.32

State of M aine:

Bal. 1937 Tax and Int. $2,126.86Bal. 1938 Tax and Int. 2,013.29Bal. 1939 Tax and Int. 1,877.39Board and Care Bill 1,412.08A. D. C. 18.00Old Age Assistance 896.73

Total

Mars Hill Hospital $131.50York and Fenderson 42.50Dr. T. G. Harvey 113.00Geo. A. Hall Co. 501.60Houlton Publishing Co. • 160.33Bernard Archibald 70.00N. E. Metal Culvert Co. 62.45City of Bangr 63.75Loring, Short and Harmon 82.08Tow n of Blaine 58.70Northern Maine Sanitorium 509.13

Total

Total Paid

$41,158.58

$ 8.344.35

$ 1,795.04

$51,297.97

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Bond IssueInsurance (High School) Temporary Loan

Balance to Treasury

Total

$34,030.7010,000.00

7,862.33

$51,893.03$ 595.06

$ 51,893.03

REPORT OF G. S. TWITCHELL, TREASURER.

To R ec’d From :Balance in Treasury March 1940 $ 2,351.06-Smith, White and Stanley (Temporary

Loan)Smith, White and Stanley (Town

7,862.33

Bond Issue)Insurance on High School (Build­

34,030.70

ing burned)A. C. Libby, Coll. (1936 Tax and

10,000.00

Int.)A. C. Libby, Coll. (1937 Tax and

103.12:

Int.)A. C. Libby, Coll. (1938 Tax and

1,277.18'

Int.)A. C. Libby, Coll. (1939 Tax and

3,267.13

Int.) 6,345.53A. C. Libby, Coll. (1940 Tax)A. C. Libby, Coll. (Int. for 36-37-

17,489.89-

38-39-40) 642.74

Note: Items listed above as tax and interest include only Int. on Liens collected by Treas.

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A. C. Libby (Lien Costs) 66.00A. C. Libby (1940 Excise) 805.94A. C. Libby (1941 Excise Tax) 960.99A. C. Libby (1939 Supplementary

Tax) 12.00A. C. Libby (1940 Supplementary

Tax) 33.00€ . L. Sharp (1931-32-33-34-35 Tax

and Int.) 823.46Donations for snow plowing road

(1939-40) 89.80Chas. Hallett (support returned) 5.00Pool Table License (Darrell Brewer) 5.00Pool Table License (Paul Levesque) 5.00Milford Bridges (High School Junk) 21.50State Treas. (Bank Stock Tax) 9.90Mars Hill Trust Co. (closed account) 108.43County of Aroostook (lumber for

culverts) 10.50Lloyd Robinson (Cr. Text Book A cct) 7.50S. H. Hussey and Sons (Rent of

Tow n Hall) 200.00Bradbury Bros. (Cr. on Sanitorium

A ccount) 96.00Chas. Simonson (Rent of Baston

Farm) 240.00Tow n of Monticello (Fire and

Pauper Account) 333.50F. A. Peabody and Co. (Refund on

Insurance) 42.40Mrs. Geo. McGuire (Payment on

Hugh Burpee Lien) 125.00Fred Kilcollins (A. W. Cluskey

T ax Deeds) 260.75Fred Kilcollins (Int. on A. W. Cluskey

Tax Deeds) 206.57

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Treas. of State (Bounty on 4 Bear) 80.00Treas. of State (Donation from

Dept, of Education) 500.00State Treas. (50-50 Highway funds) 50.00'State Treas. (Third Class Highway) 158.19State Treas. (Maintenance Unim­

proved Roads) 283.60'State Treas. (Highway) 641.83State Treas. (Special Resolve) 231.30'Town of Bridgewater, Int. on School

Fund 121.58Federal Land Bank (Tax paid by mis­

take) 167.74State Treas. (Bal. State Aid) 638.67State Treas. (Snow Removal) 702.50

Total

Credit by paid:-

Four Bear Bounties $ 80.00Federal Land Bank (Refund for tax

paid twice) 167.74Bridgewater School District (Donation

received from State Dept, of Education) 500.00

First National Bank of Houlton(Check Book) 2.76:

Town Warrants and Orders 45,086.41Notes and Orders on Town Debt 39,910.00>Treas. of State (On State Tax) 638.67Treas. of State (Snow Removal cr.

State Tax) 702.50Cash on hand March 8th. 1941 4,325.25

$91,413.33

Total

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$91,413.33

RECONCILIATION OF TREAS. CASH BALANCE

Check Book Balance March 18th,— ----- — ------------------ — --------- ' ------------------------------- 7 ,

1941 $4,323.81Outstanding Checks 6,435.27

Cash Balance March 8th, 1941 $10,759.08

Cash Balance March 8th, 1941 $4,325.25Check Book Balance 4,323.81Cash on hand (Actual count)

COUNTY TAX*

Edith M. Dill, Treasurer Aroostook County Appropriation March 1940

STATE TAX

Treasurer, State of Maine $2,363.81Balance Due 2,655.38

Appropriation March 1940

AID DEPENDENT CHILDREN (M others’

Treasurer, State of Maine $ 18.00Unexpended March 1941 863.75

T ota lAppropriation $300.00

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$10,759.08

$10,759.08

$ 1.44

$1,342.14$1,342.14

$5,019.19$5,019.19

Aid)

$881.7S

Unexpended March 1940 581.75

Total

FREE HIGH SCHOOL

Treasurer, B. C. A. $1,200.00

Unexpended March 1941 2,000.00

TotalAppropriation $2,000.00Unexpended March 1940 1,200.00

Total

HIGH SCHOOL LOT

Mrs. Georgie Randall Appropriation

BUILDING COMMITTEE FUND

A. M. Stackpole $ 15.77L. H. Robinson 13.00Aaron A. Putnam . 62.50

Total

Unexpended March 1941

TotalAppropriation

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$881.75

$3,200.00

$3,200.00

$ 1,200.00$ 1,200.00

$ 91.27

208.73:

$300.00$300.00

■FIRE DEPARTMENT

Maine Public Service Co. $ 15.00Bradbury’s Service Station 4.11Arnold Corey 7.50A. M. Stackpole Co. 3.97Bouis Finnemore 8.56Firem en’s Salaries 300.00Firemen’s Salaries, Monticello Fire 75.00Guard Weeks 18.64Boston Woven Hose Co. 75.00Fenderson’s Sales and Service 13.50Isaiah Kinney • 10.00Donald Doak 6.50Arnold Sharp, Chief 100.00Bert Tidd 8.00Eastern Fire Equipment Co. 4.72Arnold Sharp, 5Labor 6.50

$ 657.00Overdraft March 1940 678.21

TotalAppropriation $ 600.00Received from Monticello 251.50Overdraft March 1941 483.71

Total

STREET LIGHTS

Maine Public Service Co. $300.00Overdraft 6.74

T ota lAppropriation March 1940

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$1,335.21

$1,335.21

$306.74$306.74

BRIDGEWATER CEMETERY ASSOCIATION

March 1, 1940:Balance on Hand $ 90.50Received from Town of Bridgewater,

Appropriation 100.00Received from Milliken Trust Fund 60.00Received from Parks Trust Fund 60.00

(Accumulated Int.) 12.00Received from Members Assessments 133.00

$395.50

Expended:

^Caretaker $237.50Postage 2.00Sharpening Lawn Mowers 1.00New Lawn Mower 11.00Secretary’s Services 15.00

$266.50

Unexpended March 1. 1941 $129.00Respectfully submitted,

JESSIE M. BRADSTREET,Secretary-Treasurer.

SHINGLING TOWN HALL

A. M. Stackpole Co. $150.00A. C. Libby 50.00

TotalAppropriation

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$200.00$200.00

THIRD CLASS ROAD

Ray Parks $14.35Rex Brewer 12.25Earl Nelson 12.25Bernard McDonald 12.25Duncan Lynch 12.25Guy Burns 18.00Fred Nelson 33.75G. R. Bradbury 12.25Albert Kinney 6.75Isaiah Kinney 7.00Milford Bridges 30.38Wilbur Porter 5.60Winslow Webber 11.20Victor Ketchura 28.69F. C. Nickerson 16.88Donald Smith 8.44Town of Littleton 5.60Fred Kilcollins 16.87Eldon Bradbury 8.44George Estey 18.00

Total $291.20Overdraft March 1940 5.96

TotalReceived from State and Tar Applied $284.66Overdraft March 1941 12.50

Total

50-50 ROAD ACCOUNT

Milford Bridges $ 11.25Fred Nelson 11.25

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$297.16

$297.16

Eldon Bradbury 11.25F. C. Nickerson 11.25Ray Parks 3.50Rex Brewer .70Earl Nelson 3.50Bernard McDonald 3.50Duncan Lynch .70Guy Burns • 5.00Victor Ketch urn 2.25Donald Smith 2.25Ross Tingley 3.20Town of Littleton 8.00Fred Kilcollins 7.88G. R. Bradbury 3.50George Estey 11.10

Total $100.08Overdraft March 1940 191.54

Total $291.62Appropriation, Common Road Account $ 50.00 Received from State 50.00Overdraft March 1941 191.62

Total $291.62

SPECIAL RESOLVE ROAD

Mert Ilotham $ 5.60Wyman Green 5.60Max Hartley 5.60Carl Shaw 9.80Roy Shaw 14.50David Nobel 6.00H. A. Van Wart 24.75

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Charles Parks Eldon Bradbury Clifton Kneeland Otis Delong Ernest Mersereau

‘ Dan McNinch Austin Kinney Kenneth Bulley Niles Greer Bernard McDonald Beecher Bulley Ray Parks Phair Allen Wm. McKeen Guy Burns Charles Baston Robert Perrigo Ray Allen Merrill Nelson L. 0. Parks Charle McKeen Elwood Estey L. W. Black Wm. Craig Fred Whited C. L. Sharp

TotalOverdraft March 1940

Received from State Overdraft March 1941

4.2018.00

6.002.802.802.809.006.306.306.306.306.303.503.509.002.252.25 2.80

18.00 18.00 •

3.50 2.80

11.25 2.80

19.00 - 68.46

$318.86209.39

$528.25.$231.30

296.95

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$528.25.

POLICE DEPARTMENT

Unexpended March 1940 $3.80Unexpended March 1941 $3.80

MAINTENANCE

Ray Allen $ 11.20Phair Allen i 4.90Rex Brewer 8.40Guy Burns 27.00Ellie Barker 8.40Perry Barker 11.20Darrell Brewer 38.25Waldo Brown 2.80Kenneth Bulley 16.10Beecher Bulley 13.30Ray Parks 24.50Earl Nelson 5.60Wm. Craig 14.00Elwood Estey 5.60Otis Delong 23.80Niles Greer 13.30Austin Kinney 67.50Ed. McNinch 22.40Bernard McDonald 16.10Ernest Mersereau 14.00Merrill Nelson 45.00Dan McNinch 14.00L. 0. Parks 45.00G. S. Twitchell 23.20Percy Tilley 68.90J. G. Morse 34.05Chas. Lynch 1.50A. M. Stackpole Co. 55.11

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Jasper Delong 11.20'Chas. Delong 11.20Robert Perrigo 69.75Albert Kinney 63.00'Warren Parks 7.00'Gordon Lewis 7.00'Albert Packard 2.80Fred Rideout 7.00'Donald Smith 13.50Eric Stiles 27.00'Frank Kinney 9.00Henry Hartley 14.00’Clifton Kneeland 22.13Max Packard 28.50'Victor Ketchum 25.60'Emory Kinney 15.00Wm. McKeen 4.90'Chas. Baston 15.75Fred Nelson 9.00Chas. McKeen 7.70H. A. Van Wart 15.75Edgar Farley 1.40L. W. Black 15.75Donald Doak 7.30John Webber 15.20Geo. Estey 4.00Eldon Bradbury 31.50'Guard Weeks 1.98Bradbury’s Service Station 7.55Isaiah Kinney 3.50'Roscoe Tingley 3.201Arnold Bartlett 10.13Earl Anderson 3.00Clarence McPherson 20.00J. W. Porter 2.00Milford Bridges 8.63

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Eli Sharp 2.80H. G. Stackpole 42.80T. B . Nickerson 27.00Louis Finnemore 1.05

Total $1,230.68

SNOW REMOVAL

Edna Harvey $ 3.00Henry Holmes 6.00L. W. Black 40.25Howard Magrath 28.50W ilmont Doak 1.00Roy Lenentine 6.00P. K Carmichael 2,254.50Clarence McPherson 6.50Elmer Hartley 6.00.Albert Packard 4.00

Earl Anderson 4.00G . S. Twitchell 4.50Waldo Brown 4.00Warren Perrigo 4.50Earl Bradbury 261.27Ralph Pryor 37.00Sam Shaw 2.00Elbridge Kingsbury 31.75John Webber 24.25Tow n of Blaine 20.00T . B. Nickerson 41.00Themis Kingsbury 15.75Raymond Bell 10.00Marrill Raymond 1.25.'Sam Landers 5.00

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Vaughn Lewis 10.00Harry Farley 33.15Ernest McKinnon 2.00Beecher McIntire 22.50Earl Burtt 11.25Jerry Larmer 5.00Robert Gee 19.25Albert Stiles 12.50Robert Perrigo * 1.25Milford Bridges 43.36Winslow Dyer 11.25Town of Monticello 16.05Vernon Bradstreet 7.50Colby Mersereau 1.25Henry Hartley 20.00Ray Yerxa 2.00Town of Mars Hill 55.00

Total

Total Maintenance $1,230.68Snow Removal Brought Forward 3,095.32

Total Common Road Account $4,326.00

Cost of 50-50 Road (T ow n ’s Share) 50.00 Unexpended March 1941 747.10

Total

Appropriation March 1940 $4,000.00Received State Unimproved Roads 283.60Received State Snow Removal 702.50Received Snow Donations 1939-1940 89.80Unexpended March 1940 47.20

Total

$3,095.31'

$5,128.1©-

$ 5,123.10-

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SNOW FENCE ACCOUNT

'Geo. A. Hall Co.Dan McNinch Perry Barker Ralph Stackpole

Total

Unexpended March ’41

$860.305.005.004.00

$ 874.30

506.03

$1,380.33

Appropriation $800.00Unexpended March 1940 580.33

Total $1,380.33

PLOWING VILLAGE STREETS AND POTATO HOUSES

P. K. Carmichael $100.00Unexpended March 1941 29.21

Total $129.21

Appropriation $100.00Unexpended March 1940 29.21

Total $129.21

STATE AID ROAD

Frank Slipp $117.00Herbert Henderson 5.00Arnold Bartlett 30.38Roscoe Tingley 42.20

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Harrison Case 9.10Artie Case 9.10Charles Murphy 9.10Claude Green 9.10Charles Hallett 9.10G. R. Bradbury 9.10Wilbur Bradbury 8.40Gordon Lewis 8.40H. A. Van Wart 36.00L. W. Black 110.26Percy Tilley 50.63Darrell Brewer 10.13Charles Baston 27.00Eldon Bradbury 33.75Robert Perrigo 2.25Tow n of Littleton 66.37George Estey 28.65Harold Delong 8.40Stanley Fletcher 8.40J. W. Porter 54.00Ed McNinch 8.40Ralph Bradstreet 29.40Bert Tidd 37.80Colby Mersereau 26.60Beecher Bulley 18.20Vaughn Lewis 8.40John McNinch 8.40Clarence McClearv 26.60Richard McCleary 97.88Charles Parks 19.60Harley Green 19.60L. 0. Parks 90.00R oy Shaw 5.60Beecher Niles 5.60A. C. Libby 54.00Frank Bradstreet 5.60

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Geo. Bulley 11.20'Winslow Dyer 5.60-Donald Doak 3.80Bradbury’s Service Station 2.91Arnold Sharp 1.00Louis Finnemore .72H. G. Stackpole 8.40New England Metal Culvert Co. 61.32

Total $1,278.05

Application Tar 862.93Overdraft March 1940 258.02Unexpended March 1941 544.43

Total

Appropriation March 1940 $ 800.00-Received from State 1,280.50>Received from State, Tar 862.93

Total

MAINTENANCE HIGHWAY “ K”

Paid State, Snow Removal $262.00Paid State, Maintenance by Transfer

State Aid 638.67Paid State by Transfer S. M. A. 97.23Overdraft March 1940 208.70

TotalAppropriation March 1940 $1,200.00Overdraft March 1941 6.60

Total

$ 2,943.4*

$2,943.4*

$ 1,206.6©

$1,206.6©

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CEMETERY ACCOUNT

Treasurer Bridgewater CemeteryAssociation $100.00

Treasurer Bridgewater CemeteryAssociation 12.00

T ota lAppropriation March 1940 $81.86Unexpended March 1940 18.14Mrs. Theodore Parks Est. 12.00

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CEMETERY TRUST FUND

EL E. Milliken Est. (Tow n Treasury) $1,000.00 Mrs. Theodore Parks (Northern

N at’l. Bank) Est. 103.42

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COMMON SCHOOLS*

Teachers’ Salaries:M arjorie Hilt $105.00H oy Duff 280.00R oger Wheaton 398.00Frances Nye 239.40Madeline Slipp 579.40Marjorie Kimball 579.40R ena Fletcher 566.10Em m a Sargent 212.80S osan Getchell 358.00

$ 112.00

$112.00

$1,103.42

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Reta EwingsMe. Teachers’ Ret. Ass’n.Me. Teachers’ Association

318.00152.25

12.00

$3,800.35

Janitor Service and Cleaning:

Frank Bradbury $600.00Pearl Terrell 14.00Charles Lynch 7.00

$ 621.00

Conveyance:

A. C. Farley $140.23Bert Ackerson 659.00Austin Kinney 631.00Guy Prest 586.00Arnold Sharpe 498.00Warren Perrigo 40.00Mrs. Howard Lewis 30.00Ernest McKinnon 100.00A. M. Stackpole Co. .98

$2,685.21

Rent:

O f Farley BlockFuel:

Cliff Sharpe $ 51.00Bruce McKinnon 15.00Bert Ackerson 4.50Kenneth Hunter 54.65Charles Boston 5.50Myron Beals 65.00

$ 275.00

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iviadigan and Pierce 142.40

$ 338.05

$7,719.61

Unexpended March, 1941

Unexpended March, 1940 $ 22.50Appropriation 6,500.00State School Fund 2,212.00Interest on School Fund 121.58

Textbooks:

■Ginn and Company Unexpended March, 1941

Appropriation $800.00B. C. A. Textbook Account 7.50Unexpended March, 1940 35.97

Supplies:

Bert Ackerson $ 16.50New England Tel. and Tel. 17.73News Letter Printery 9.30L. H. Robinson 6.56Me. Public Service Co. 81.10'Cliff Sharpe 3.27B. and A. Railroad 1.23

1,136.47

$8,856.08

$8,856.08

$ 569.96 273.51

$843.47

$843.47

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Guy Twitchell A. M. Stackpole

12.50'22.37

Unexpended March, 1941

Unexpended March, 1940 Appropriation

Repairs:

Elwood Brewer Elwood Estey Cliff Sharpe A. C. Farley E. D. Packard A. M. Stackpole Co.Bert Ackerson Howard Libby Roy Shaw

Appropriation Unexpended March, 1940

Overdraft March, 1941

Superintendent:

L. H. Robinson

$ 170.56

247.62

$418.18

$ 43.18 . 375.00

$418.18

$ 31.00 24.00 67.43 72.80 39.21 58.39

3.002.502.50

$300.88

$200.006.55

$206.5594.28

$300.88I

$341.64

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Balance, March, 1941 1.56

$343.20Appropriation $350.00•Overdraft March, 1940 6.80

$343.20

R E P O R T O F T O W N C LE R K

BIRTHS1940M ar. 2, L eon E d w a rd M illiken Apr. 11, G re g g W a lla c e K im b a ll. Apr. 17, P a tric ia E loise N elson . Mar. 14, W a y n e D a rry l S haw . A pr. 12, D on n y R a y Jam ison .M ay 2, Jud ith M a ry Lew is.M ay 15, Jaun ita M ay O ’N eal.Joly 1, C on stan ce C leo la H a rtley . Sept. 11, N a n cy A lice B ra d street. Sept. 12, V irg in ia E dris F in n egan . M ov . 4, E liza b e th A n n R a n d a ll. jNo v . 1 4 , D a v id P a u l B aston .

1941Feb. 2. Joan n e M a rie S tick n ey . Feb. 4, G loria J ean C raig.

M A R R IA G E S

1940M ar. 2 3 , J oh n A . M cK in n on and P h y llis E. K ilco llin s . A pr. 3, D o n a ld C och ra n e and R u th L on d on .Joly 4, J. H o w a rd N elson and M a rie G ertru d e T err ill.

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July 21, W ilbert O. Bradbury and Phyllis M. Morse. Aug. 17, Maurice B. Brewer and Emma G. Sargent. Aug. 17, W allace W. John and Edna S. Sargent.Aug. 31, J. Mearl Delong and Frances McNinch Sept. 20, Harry L. Ewings and Anna R. Cullins.Sept. 21, Carroll E. Sharpe and Jennie Lois Carney. Oct. 5, Eric Finnemore and Natalie J .Hallett.Oct. 10, Harold Ma'lley and Jennie S. Roberts.Oct. 16, Robert W. Harding and Lois E. MacCallum. Oct. 13, John Howard McDonald and Lillian Green. Nov. 16, Arthur W. Delong and Muriel Sharp.Nov. 30, Antonio E. LaCroix and Harriet R. Raymond. Dec. 24, George Albert Stiles and Musa Burlock.

DEATHS1940Jan. 29, Mildred P. Farley, 34 yrs., 11 mos., 16 dys.Mar. 5, William E. Fisher, 44 yrs., 6 days.Mar. 27, Adelbert Burns, 31 yrs., 3 mos., 17 days.Mar. 31, Isa Landers, 71 yrs., 2 mos., 27 days.Apr. 7, Isaac James Chase, 52 yrs., 3 mos., 19 days.Apr. 8, Eva Mae Holmes, 18 yrs., 8 mos., 16 days.Apr. 18, Leroy Filmore Ketchum, 79 yrs., 8 mos., 21 days. Aug. 13, Lewis A. Whitten, 64 yrs., 2 mos., 1 day.Aug. 25, Archie Carson McKinnon, 20 yrs., 7 mos., 22days. Aug. 31, Deborah Morse, 69 yrs., 11 mos., 16 days.Sept. 8, Grace A. Mahaney, 58 yrs., 1 mo., 25 days.Oct. 23, Zipporah Jamison, 84 yrs., 28 days.Dec. 4, George Roy Taylor, 59 yrs., 8 mos., 3 days.Dec. 10, Charles Leroy W ebber, 75 yrs., 6 mos., 16 days. Dec. 19, John W. Fulton, 87 yrs., 2 mos., 19 days.1941Feb. 4, Mitchell J. Raymond, 83 yrs., 11 mos., 7 days.Feb. 24, Melley Vina Green, 82 yrs., 9 mos., 17 days.

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AUDITOR’S REPORT

To the Inhabitants of Bridgewater:

This is to certify that we have completed an audit o f the books and other records of your Town officials for the- municipal year ended March 1, 1940.

Our report, to the best of our knowledge and belief, properly reflects the results of the year’s transactions and the true financial condition of your Tow n March 1, 1940.

The data obtained by us is summarized in the fo l­lowing:

Exhibit A, Comparative Balance Sheet.

Exhibit B, Report of Treasurer.

Exhibit C, 1939 Valuation and Commitment.

Exhibit D, Summary of Appropriation Accounts.

Schedule 1, Reconciliation of Treasurer’s Cash Bal­ance.

Schedule 2, Analysis of Change in Surplus.

Schedule 3, List of Notes Payable.

Respectfully submitted,

FRED A. SIIEAN, C.P.A.,

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COMPARATIVE BALANCE SHEET

March 1, 1940

ASSETS Mar. 1,1939 Mar. 1,1940

Cash (Schedule 1) $ 4,336.69 $ 2,351.06

Uncollected Taxes:

1928 13.75 13.751929 220.22 192.721930 145.81 115.351931 484.95 471.011932 836.65 823.001933 1,370.04 1,281.331934 2,340.11 1,962.621935 2,649.05 2,212.411936 1,640.95 1,355.561937 6,642.65 3,748.541938 10,959.74 5,210.651939 11,951.32

"Tax Deeds 1,822.85 1,822.85

Accounts Receivable 1,027.70 1,027.70

Cash Impounded 108.43 108.43

FSre Insurance Due 10,000.00

Total Assets $34,599.59 $44,648.30

-Liabilities/Assets 15,449.59 6,211.43

i $50,049.18 $50,859.73

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LIABILITIES:

Town Orders:

Loans 40,550.00 39,910.00'Others 1,121.14 7.70Tax Orders 88.98:

No. Me. Sanitorium 392.56 392.5^

State:

Mothers’ Aid 653.75 653.75.Aid to Dep. Children 646.23 646.231936 Tax 2,568.47 307.981937 Tax 2,282.59 2,018.13-1938 Tax 1,834.44 1,834.44'1939 Tax 1,809.53'Old Age Assistance 896.73;. » **

50,049.18 48,566.07;

Unexpended Balances 2,293.66;

$50,049.18 $50,859.78'.

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Balances Approp- CashAccount from 1938-39 riations Credits

Administration:Incidental $ $ 1.000.00 $ 972.50Officers’ Salaries

Protection:iFire Dept. 500.00Fire Truck 800.00Street Lights 300.00

Highways and Bridges:Roads and Bridges 3,000.00State Aid Road 800.00Patrol 1,250.00Snow Plowing 125.00 408.13Snow Fence 500.00 20.723rd Class Main. 176.003rd Class Const.50-50 Road 50.00Special Resolve •Main Unimp. RoadsSnow Fence Purchase

Charities:Support of Poor 211.87Mother’s Aid 300.00

Education:Common School 393.71 6,000.00 436.58High School Tuition 2,000.00Repairs - -378.06 900.00Books 300.00 54.93Supt. of Schools 325.00Fuel 61.50Janitor■Conveyance

Taxes:State Tax 5,019.19County Tax 1,342.14Excise Tax 2,353.92

Cemeteries:Care of Cemeteries 150.00

Interest:General 3,000.00 703.99

Miscellaneous:AbatementsOverlay 792.03Suspense 439.45

$ 15.65 $28,954.36 $5,713.59

To

$ 2,506.8

2,3 9 8.5 (

1,459.4

360.050.0

159.7287.2a

1,843.11

2,349.46

1,271.23729.77

2,646.35

82.61$16,144.29f

Overdraft Balances $2,813.77Unexpended Balances 1,411.93

Net Overdraft (Schedule 2)

$1,401.84

M Total Cash Transferred Overdraft Unexpended 1940-^1W Available Payments From Balances Balances Years

1 $ 4.479.33 $167.76 $ 5,011.18 $ 699.61 $ $

! ^ 925.00 925.00

500.00 • 718.99 218.99JV 800.00 800.00

300.00 275.00 25.00 i \

v * 3,000.00 1,964.11 1,035.59. 1 3,198.50 3,447.28 248.78

1,250.00 990.10 259.90

>jft ' 2,513.33 2,513.33.83' rA 176.00 175.17

jE- 360.00 '-♦'JgfH 361.15 1.15w 100.00 T’* 100.20 .20

159.7-0 159.70M. 287.25 287.25i • r 270.60 270.60

1 2,054.98 2,054.98. 3? $ 300.00 ' k * 300.00M? 9,179.75 •- 9,128.15 51.60A’- 2,000.00 ■* 800.00 1,200.00

521.94 * 515.39 6.55354.93 *— V* 318.96 35.97

r f . 325.00 317.96 7.041,332.73 .■ 1,332.73

4** 729.77 729.77.7$ • 2,646.35 2,646.35

5,019.19 5,019.191,342.14 1,342.142,353.92 1,454.60 899.32

150.00 - 100.00 50.00

3,703.99 3,996.76 292.77

156.67 156.67792.03 792.03 •522.06 431.45 90.61

+,■ • $50,827.89 $167.76 $49,768.31 $2,813.77 $1,411.93 $2,293.66

Cash Payments $167.76(Exhibit B)

REPORT OF PAUPER ACCOUNT

Harry Allen

Dr. J. W. Axtell $12.50Town of Monticello 192.00

Donald Allen

Town of North Bancroft Roland Allen

Mrs. Milton Allen Phair Allen

Dr. J. W. Axtell Ray Allen

Dr. J. W . Axtell

Howard Tapley (M onticello)

B ert N elson Dr. T. G. Harvey

(Paid by Monticello)

George W . Finnemore

Louis Finnemore Moses Pryor

Mrs. Hermon Shaw Mrs. S. W. Hersey

$70.0048.00

$8.0025.00

Bruce Kinney

$204.50

$90.45

$278.00

$8.00

$4.00

$28.00

$144.00

$118.00

J. A. Dyer G. S. Twitchell

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$50.502.08

R alp h M illiken 8.13L ouis F innem ore 45.83G uy C rouse 82.00C. L. Sharp 12.00

A n n G rew ell

R a lp h M illiken H utch ins D ru g S tore J. A . D y er

G eorg e S cott

T. B. N ick erson H utch ins D ru g S tore M rs. L inda B aston Dr. W . B. S om erville

M artin W h e e le r

R a lp h M illik en G. S. T w itch e ll D an B ra d street

$200 .54

$1.801.00

197 .60

$200 .40

$5.003 .80

84.3026 .00

$ 1 1 9 .10

$ .982 40 .10 21.00

$ 2 6 2 .08

A n n ie H a lle tt

G. S. T w itch e ll $ 9 7 .4 4H utch in s D ru g S tore 3 .00

39$ 1 0 0 .4 4

Charles Hallett

Guard Weeks

Evelyn Shaw Children

Ralph Milliken

Leota McNinch

Mrs. Etta Morse

Annie McDonald 1937

Mars Hill Hospital

Richard Kirkpatrick (Town of Westfield)

Robert Kingsbury

Laura Bridges Mrs. Linda Baston

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Stanley Trafford

Roy Shaw $10.00Louis Finnemore 24.00Bert Nelson 3.00Ralph Milliken .89C. L. Sharp 2.00

Jeffery Bradbury (1939)

City of Bangor

George Fletcher

Dr. W. B. Somerville

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$14.33

$257.50

$ 110.00

$127.00

$7.00

$140.00

$39.89

$63.75

$24.00

Harley Green

Dr. W . B. Somerville

Elmer Hallett

Dr. J. W . Axtell S. H. Hussey & Sons

• Jane McKinnon

Mrs. Annie Snow

Sadie Bean(Tow n of Smyrna M ills)

Mrs. Nellie Lawrence C. L. Sharp M yron Beals

Ruel Gallupe

Town o f Blaine York and Fenderson Mars Hill Hospital Dr. T. G. Harvey

Robert McNinch

Louis Finnemore

Mrs. Fred O ’Neal

$ 6.00

$18.0020.00

$38.00

$72.00

$28.0013.50

7.00

$48.50

$38.2227.00 54.5088.00

$207.72

$5.00

Isaiah Kinney41

$15.00

A. M. Stackpole Co. 6.17

Dan McNinch

Ralph Milliken

Louis Finnemore

Charles O ’Neal

Mars Hill Hospital

Hutchins Drug Store

W ally Bradbury

C. E. Lawrence

Harold Delong

Hutchins Drug Store

Joseph Bradstreet

Hutchins Drug Store

Tramps

J. S. Dyer

Total

$21.17

$3.25

5.00

$8.25

$ 100.009.75

$109.75

$36.00

$5.20

$ .60

$2.00

$3,101.17

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Charles Hallett Paid Town o f M onticello Paid

$ 5.00 82.00

Total Pauper A ccount

$87.00

$3,014.17

TO W N OFFICERS

Thomas B. Nickerson, FirstSelectman $500.00

Ralph D. Stackpole, Second Selectman 60.00 John W ebber, Third Selectman 60.00Guy S. Tw itched, Treasurer 250.00H. A. M acllroy, Town Clerk 30.00Rev. M orley Durost, Chairman

School Committee 25.00

$925.00

MISCELLANEOUS ACCOUN T

W . W . Noyes (repairs Tow n Hallfurnace) $37.62

M ilford Bridges, W . P. A.Coles Express, (express Surplus Com­

98.40 i

modities 47.43 ■ <i

M orley Durost, School Census 14.00 *Frank Slipp, W . P. A. 355.50 - * i - J

L. W . Black, W . P. A. 145.00 •

Percy Stiles, W . P. A. 75.50Clair Allen, W . P. A. 128.00

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Fred Kilcollins, W. P. A. 193.50W alter W elch, W. P. A. House 5.00H. A. Van Wart, W. P. A. 60.00Ralph Stackpole, W . P. A. 17.50A. M. Stackpole Co. 20.75G. K. Davidson, W. P. A. 38.50Merlin Tompkins, W. P. A. 3.00T. B. Nickerson 4 trips Presque Isle

W. P. A. 10.00A. C. Farley, Treasurer’s Bond 25.00A. C. Farley, Tax Liens 30.00A. C. Farley, Insurance 191.55Harry Farley, Town Hall Janitor 7.00A. M. Stackpole Co., (repairs Town

Hall) 1.97T. B. Nickerson Postage, Toll calls

and office supplies 44.34T. B. Nickerson, (services, trips

Houlton, Bond Issue) 15.00T. B. Nickerson ( trip to Augusta) 25.00A. C. Libby, Truant Officer 13.50A. C. Libby, postage 13.06Register o f Deeds, (recording Liens) 59.00 New England Metal Culvert Co.,

W. P. A. 112.45Donna Nelson, Registering Voters 32.50J. R. Harvey Co., Insurance 40.64Hilda Morse, Ballot Clerk 15.00Agnes Nichols, Ballot Clerk 15.00F. T. Bradstreet, Ballot Clerk 15.00Elbridge Kingsbury, Ballot Clerk 15.00T. B. Nickerson, Clerical work 36.00Gladys Pryor, Clerical work 14.00E. E. Pryor, W. P. A. lumber 10.00

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George Estey, W . P. A. Gravel 26.00F re d W h ited , W . P. A. Gravel 55.25H. A. M acllroy, Exp. on Ballots 2.59York & Fenderson, W . P. A. 1.50Houlton Publishing Co., Printing

1930 Reports & Supplies 160.33Fred A. Shean, Audits 1938 and 1939 239.35 H. A. M acllroy (recording Vital

Statistics) 43.25H. A. M acllroy (Collectors Bond) ^20.00Register o f Deeds (D ischarging Liens) 4.50 B en Branham (Excise B ooks) 2.00Mrs. Samuel Furbish (Excise Tax

Books) 1.00G. S. Twitchell (O ffice supplies) 15.00Loring, Short & Harmon (supplies) 85.86Federal Land Bank (D ischarging

Liens) 7.50Bernard Archibald, (services H.

Hartley R oad) 70.00News Letter Printery (Tax N otices) 11.25H. A. M acllroy (Insurance New

S chool) 82.52Smith, W hite & Stanley Inc.

(Refunding Bond Issue) 137.55Geo. S. Gentle (Insurance) 68.34H. A. Tompkins, M oderator 1940 5.00Richard M cCleary (Tow n Hall W ood ) 3.00 Fred Kilcollins (D ischarging Lien) .50Treasurer, State o f Maine, (Board

and Care A ct.) 1,412.08Treasurer, State o f Maine (Sani-

torium A ct.) 509.13A. C. Libby, (Commission 1936 Tax

and Interest) 2.31

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A. C. Libby, (Commission 1937 Taxand Interest) 29.48

A. C. Libby, (Commission 1938 Taxand Interest) 68.40

A. C. Libby, (Commission 1939 Taxand Interest) 131.05

A. C. Libby, (Commission 1939Supplementary Tax) .24

A. C. Libby, (Commission 1940 Tax 350.00A. C. Libby, (Commission 1940 Int.

Tax) 2.51A. C. Libby, (Commission 1940 Sup-

plementary Tax) .66A. C. Libby (Commission 1934

Excise Tax) 51.15C. L. Sharp, (Commission 1934 Tax) 6.00C. L. Sharp (Commission 1934 Int.

Tax) 2.25C. L. Sharp (Commission Taxes and

Int. 1931-19353 9.22

Total • $6,521.48Total Miscellaneous Account $6,521.48Total Pauper Account 3,014.17

Total $9,535.65Unexpended Mar. 1941 3,216.31

Total $12,751.96

Appropriation March 1940 $1,000.00Unexpended March 1940 4,482.45

Received a s :Pool Table Licenses 10.00M ilford Bridges (High School Junk) 21.50

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State, Bank Stock Tax 9.90Mars Hill Trust Co. 108.43County o f Aroostook (Culverts) 10.50S. H. Hussey & Sons, rent town hall 200.00Earl Bradbury, Sanitorium A ccount 96.00Charles Simonson, rent o f Baston Farm 240.00 F. A. Peabody Co., Refund on

Insurance 4 42.50Bal. Insurance High School Building 5,000.00 A. C. Libby, Bal. 1940 Excise Tax 1,105.26 State, D og License Refund 24.50State, R. R. & Tel. Tax 127.31A. C. Libby, Lien Costs 66.00A. C. Libby, Bal. 1939-1940

Supplementary Tax 45.00Overlay 1940 162.71

Total $12,751.96

LIST OF DELINQUENT TAXES

1929

Burns, F. C. $148.25

1930

Burns, F. C. $22.15Bridges, Glenwood 1.80Delong, Charles 33.20Hoick, Anthony 16.95Hallett, Charles 1.80Kinney, Asa 14.00

$89.90

1931

Bradstreet, Joseph $24.75

Bradstreet, N. D. Est. 1.48Cluskey, Andrew 220.00Delong, John 22.75Green, Hiram 18.13Hoick, Anthony 16.75Jamison, Geo. 12.90Jamison, Ray 15.38Kinney, Asa 14.00McCleary, Mrs. Richard Sr. 12.13O’Neal, Charles 7.89Phair, Thomas 15.95Whited, Wm. 60.20

$436.31

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1932

Ackerson, Bert $108.05Allen, Raymond 3.00Burns, F. C. 92.56Bradstreet, Joseph 20.25Cookson. A. C. 10.23Delong, Arthur W. .48Dearborn, Harry 3.00Green, Hiram 3.00Holmes, Henry 17.18Hoick, Anthony 6.75Hartley, George 3.00Hallett, Charles 3.00Jamison, George 16.73Jamison, Ray 3.00Kinney, Bruce 3.00Kinney, Asa 13.80McCleary, Mrs. Richard 30.38McCleary, Richard, Jr. 65.10McDonald, John 3.00O’Neal, Charles 12.00Phair, Thomas 15.95Raymond, D. D. 15.75Whited William

(Deceased) 45.08Slipp, J. H. 11.95Burpee, Hugh 58.50

$564.74

1933Barrett, D. E., Ex.

G. A. Brown $26.35Bradstreet, Joseph 15.30Bradstret, N. D. 18.70Cookson, A. C. 43.80Collins, E. O. 14.50Cluskey, Andrew 136.00Delong, John 17.96Dearborn, Harry 3.00Delong, Charles 3.00

Greer, Henry 3.00Holmes, Henry 13.71Hoick, Anthony 8.10Hartley, George 3.00Hallett, Charles 3.00Jamison, George 38.53Jamison, Ray 4.36Kinney, Bruce 3.00-Merseroau, Ernest 3.00Mersereau, Colby 3.00McCleary, Richard 22.94McCleary. Richard Jr. 52.40McDonald, John 3.00O’Neal, Charles 6.80Raymond, D. D. 14.90Randall. Estelle 64.80Stackpole, H. G. 445.83Slipp, J. H. Si*. 183.60Whited, William

(deceased) 11.16Worthing, Ralph 3.00Burpee, Hugh 44.20

$213.84

1934

Bridges, Glenwood $ 3.00Bradstreet, N. D. 34.73Burns, F. C. 94.19Bradstreet, Joseph 21.15Barrett, D. E. Ex.

G. A. Brown 36.43Bradstreet, Allison 3.00Cookson, A. C. 33.55Carmichael, Byron 15.98Collins, E. O. 35.25Delong, John 27.44Dearborn, Harry 3.00Davidson, G. K. 30.86Finnemore, Leonard 5.00Flewelling, Donald 3.00

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1£i

-f .§ Green, Henry 3.00f Gallope, Kenneth 3.00%% Hallett, Charles 3.00r X Hartley, George 3.00%iff Harris, J. M. 23.97y Holmes, George 3.00i>>»T_-s*>'>

Hoick, Anthony 3.00Jamison, Ray 7.70Jamison, George 19.36

• v'5- Jamison, Fay io oZ -y i Kingsbury, Minona 182.55vy Kinney, Bruce 3.00

Kirkpatrick, G. R. 3.00jy McDonald, John 3.00ic* McCleary, Richard Jr. 20.21

a; McCleary, Richard,Mrs. Sr. 31.73>

F .

I MacPherson, Howard 24.60Mersereau, Ernest 3.00

w Mersereau, Colby 3.00v Nichols, William 34.73K ■ O’Neal, Charles 9.40* Pryor, George 34.73

Perrigo, Warren .69Phair, Thomas 18.81Parks, Mrs. Warren 25.25Randall, Mrs. Estelle 106.93Raymond, D. D. 19.45Sargent, Chester 17.02Stackpole, H. G. 131.18Stiles, Eric 23.18Slipp, B. C. 69.75Sharp, Eli 4.88Sharp, Violet 5.59Tapley, Hale 2.10Whited, William 5.01W elch, F. E. 18.98Slipp, J. H. Sr. 253.80Burpee, Hugh 61.10

$1,535.31

1935

Allen, Bliss $ 7.00Bridges, Glenwood 3.00Bradstreet, N. D. 10.16Burns, Annabelle 7.20Burns, F. C. 65.40Bradstreet, Ralph 3.00Bradstreet, Joseph 18.00Barrett, D. E. Ex.

G-. A. Brown 31.00Brown, Sam 3.00Cookson, A. C. 29.00Carmichael, Perry 47.00Carmichael, Byron 3.60̂Collins, E. O. 30.00Delong, John 16.40Delong, Geoffery 3.00Davidson, G. K. 94.40Esty, Ernest 2.39Finnemore, Leonard 2.00Farley, J. II. Sr. 197.60Farley, Edgar 4.00Greer, Henry 3.00Gallope, Kenneth 3.00Giggy, Gilbert 4.00Hallett, Charles 3.00Hartley, George 3.00Harris, M. J. 20.00Hartley, Ernest (deceased) 3.00 Jamison, Ray 3.OftJamison, George 41.40Kingsbury, Minona 162.00Kinney, I. H. 10.90Kinney, G. G. 50.50Kinney, Austin 15.00Kimball, H. M. 28.80Kingsbury, Scholey 4.60Kinney, Bruce 3.00Kirkpatrick, G. R. 6.40Kitchum, Lucian 9.60̂

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Morse, J . G. 15.21McDonald, John 3.00McCleary, Richard Jr. 128.60McCleary, Mrs. Richard

Sr. 27.00McCain, B. W. 11.00Mersereau, Colby 3.00McDonald, Matthias 17.00Ordway, Lester W. 16.80Pryor, George 26.40Perrigo, Warren 8.70Perrigo, Robert 1.00Pryor, Elden 3.00Porter, J. W. 11.75Parks, Mrs. Warren 30.00Phair, Thomas 9.60Raymond, D. D. 17.00Stackpole, H. G. 153.20S'argent, Chester 64.00Stiles, Eric 13.80Sharp, Eli 19.20Sharp, Violet 3.00Tapley, Hale 11.80Terrell, Pearl 25.00Whited, William 35.00Welch, F. E. 16.60Welch, Bernard 4.60Armour Fertilizer Works 95.00 Burpee, Hugh 52.00Cluskey, Andrew 160.00Fletcher, Mrs. Helen 22.00McCleary, David 6.00Slipp, J. H., Sr. 216.00

$2,178.22

The following taxes have been collected by an attorney but no settlement has been made with the town.

1929Charles Shaw $3.001931Charles Shaw $3.001932Charles Shaw 18.53Charles Delong 3.00

1933Glenwood Bridges 3.00Raymond Allen 3.001934Charles Shaw 3.001935Raymond, Allen - 3.00

$39.53

1936

Allen, Bliss $8.70Barrett, D. E. Ex.

G. A. Brown Est. 29.45Brown, Waldo, .95Brown, Turney 3.00Brown, Erric 103.17Bradstreet, Joseph 20.10Burns, F. C. 62.13Bradbury, Jeffery 3.00Cookson, A. C. 48.60Carmichael, Byron 1.78Clay, Henry 3.00Corey, Velma B. 152.00Davidson, George 38.00Finnemore, George W. 3.00Farley, J. H. Sr. 163.40Good, H. F. 10.60Hallett, Charles 3.80Hartley, Ernest 3.00Harris, Mansfield 22.38

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Hoick, Anthony 5.70Kingsbury, Lewis 9.84Ketchum, Lucian 9.12Kirkpatrick, G. R. 1.61Larmer, Glendon 3.00Lunt, Paul 3.00McDonald, Mathias 4.97McDonald, John C. 3.00McCleary, Lester 10.12Mersereau, Ernest 3.00

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O’Neal, Charles 7.60Pryor, George L. 19.3SPerley, Frank 45.67Porter, J. W. 24.70Rivers, Leo 5.70Raymond, D. D. 13.30Sargent, Chester 60.80Sharp, Guy 29.45Slipp, J. H. Est. B. C.

Slipp Ex. 205.20Terrell, Pearl 23.75Welch, F. E. 18.39Burpee, Hugh 49.40McCleary, David 5.70

Total $1,242.46

1937

Allen, Bliss $9.90Brewer, Gerald 3.00Brewer, Roy 3.00Brown, Sanford 3.00Barrett, Jack 3.00Brown, Erric 16.33Bridges Glenwood 3.00Bradstreet, N. D. 19.10Burlock, Harvey .50Black, William 12.89Burns, F. C. 89.02Cookson, A. C. 29.90Carmichael, Joe 37.22

Carmichael, Byron 17.26Cox, Douglas 3.00Craig, Basil 3.00Collins, E. O. 29.50Delong, Wellington 18.17Dearborn, Harry 3.00Davidson, George 45.00Esty, Ernest 4.84Ebbett, Harry 3.00Fulton, Elmer 2.96Finnemore, Charles 13.28Farley, J. H. Sr. 200.33Gallupe, Ruel 3.00Hallett, Charles 5.30Holmes, Henry 1.94Harvey, Sumner 9.43Hartley, Ernest 3.00H oick.. Anthony 6.90Jamison, Perley 6.28Kilcollins, Fred 1.00Kingsbury, Lewis 8.74Kingsbury, Minona 176.41Kingsbury, Scholey 3.00Kinney, Bruce 3.00Kinney, I. H. 9.20Kimball, Mrs. Monte 13.80Kirkpatrick, G. R. 5.99Keegan, Ernest 3.00Lawrence Brothers 29.21Lawrence, A1 49.68Lawrence, Elmer 10.35Lenentine, Roy 18.80Morse, J. G. 80.73McDonald, John 3.00McDonald, Mathias 19.10McDonald, John C. 3.00McIntyre, Herman 6.68McKeen, Frank 19.78McKinnon, Kenneth 3.00McCleary, Richard 118.47McCleary, Lester 31.05

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MacPkerscn, HowardEstate 30.73

McCain, B. W. 12.20Murphy, Edgar 3.00Nichols, Mrs. William 31.05O’Neal, Charles 13.35Perley, Frank 62.10Pryor, George L. 24.62Phair, Thomas 5.99Perfitt, G. M. 18.86.Porter, Wilbur .40Raymond, D. D. 2.10Saugent, Chester 92.23Stitham, Lawrence 19.78S'tackpole, H. G. 187.57Sharp, Glen 15.88Sharp, Eli 4.14Sharp, Guy 35.65Sharp, Violet 3.45Stiles, Eric 12.78Slipp, B. C. 63.25Slipp, J. H., B. C. Slipp

Ex. 248.40Terrill, Pearl 28.75Whited, William 135.25Welch, F. E. 18.64Welch, Bernard 4.84Welch. Walter 3.00Welch, Joseph, Estate 25.99Burpee, Hugh 59.80Haines, George 6.90Ham, Mrs. Wesley 13.80Ketchum, Lucian 11.04McCleary, David 6.90MacPherson, Cyrus 25.30Nichols, James 12.65

$2,475.17

1938

Allen, Bliss $8.40

Allen, Roland 3.00Adams, Harry 19.9SAdams, Roy .90Brewer, Roy 3.00Brown, Waldo 3.90Brown, Erric 10.98Bridges, Glenwood 3.00Bradstreet, N. D. Estate 12.60Burlock, Harvey 3.00Black, William 7.74Burns, Adelbert 3.29Burns, F. C. 70.32Cookson, A. C. 23.40Cox, Douglas 3.00Collins, E. O. 27.00Chase, George 3,00Davidson, George 15.20Delong, Merle 3.00Esty, Ernest 4.44Esty, Elwood 2.34Ebbett, Harry 3.00Farley, J. H„ Sr. 156.24Farley, Edgar 2.98Farley, Edgar & Elmer

Estate 18.72Hartley, Henry .96Holmes, Henry 7.50Harvey, Sumner 3.00Harvey, Lester 3.00Harding, Robert 57.06Hallett, Charles 3.00Hotham, Mert 3.00Jamison, Perley 7.14Kingsbury, Lewis 1.44Kingsbury, Minona 84.78Kingsbury, Scholey 4.08Kinney, Bruce 3.00Kinney, I. H. .10Kinney, G. G. Estate 29.27Kilcollins, Fred 20.70Kimball, George 3.00

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Kimball, Mrs. Monte 10.80 Sharp, Glen 12.00Kirkpatrick, G. R. 5.88 Stackpole, H. G. 129.78Larmer, Ernest 1.60 Sharp, Guy 27.90Lawrence, Bert 13.44 Smith, E. R. 24.30Lawrence, Byron 163.08 Stiles, Eric 8.06Lawrence, Elmer 8.10 Scott, Elmer 3.00Lawrence, A1 38.88 Slipp, B. C. 53.82Lenentine, Roy 21.00 Sands, Wood 20.82Morse, J. G. 7.77 Stiles, Percy 1.94McDonald, John C. 3.00 Thistle, Theresa 86.40McKeen, Frank 12.96 Terrill, Pearl 22.50McKinnon, William 10.80 Whited, William 106.50McKinnon,-Kenneth 3.00 Welch, F. E. 21.36McNinch, Raymond .90 Welch, Walter 3.00McNinch, Harrison 3.00 Welch, Joseph Estate 7.92McCleary, Lester 24.30 Young, Odbur 119.75McPherson,' Howard Burpee, Hugh 46.80

Estate 28.80 Haines, George 5.40McCain, B. W. 8.40 Ham, Mrs. Wesley 10.80Martin, Lawrence 19.62 Hoick, Anthony 5.40Murphy, Charles 3.90 Ketchum, Lucian 8.64Murphy, Edgar 3.00 McGill, Alger 29.40Mersereau, Fred .78 McCleary, David 5.40Millet, Harold 3.90 McNinch, William 23.40Nickerson, Lee 3.00 Nichols, James 9.90O ’Neal, Charles 11.10 Nichols, C. H. 57.80O’Neal, Roy 3.00 Perley, Frank 18.00

Pryor, George L. 4.44$2,142.24Pryor, Elbridge 3.90 Total

Perfitt, G. M. 15.12 1939Randall, Henry 3.00Randall, Paul 3.00 Allen, Bliss $9.00-Rivers, Leo 6.24 Allen Roland 3.00Raymond, George 1.90 Adams, Harry 21.40Raymond, D. D. 15.60 Adams, Roy 1.00Raymond, Delbert Jr. 3.00 Brewer, Roy 3.00Robinson, Lucy 4.68 Beals, Harold 175.40Rush, Reginald 3.90 Brown, Waldo 4.0(1Sargent, Chester 80.10 Brown, Erric 13.60Stitham, Lawrence 10.98 Bridgfes, Glenwood 3.00Stackpole, R. D. 58.94 Bradstreet, N. D. Estate 14.00

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Bradstreet, Ralph 3.71 Hotham, Mert 3.00Bulley, Beecher 10.44 Jamison, Perley 10.25Black, William 13.20 Jamison, Ray 2.60Burns, Delbert 10.00 Kingsbury, Lewis 15.60Burns, F. C. 74.60 Kingsbury, Minona 150.20Burns, Helen 22.11 Kingsbury, Bedford 3.00Bruce, Judson 28.60 Kingsbury, Fred 102.20Burlock, Vaughn 4.00 Kingsbury, S'choley 4.60Cookson, A. C. 26.00 Kinney, Bruce 3.00Carmichael, Leigh 3.00 Kinney, Austin 103.40Carmichael, Cecil 3.00 Kimball, H. M. 35.00Cox, Douglas 3.00 Kirkpatrick, Dana 3.00Collins, E. 0. 30.00 Lewis, Watson 85.80Cookson, Frank 4.00 Lewis, Gordon 22.53Chase, George 4.00 Larmer, Ernest 4.00Craig, Clarence 3.00 Lawrence, Bert 82.00Delong, Harold 5.00 Lawrence Byron 179.00Davidson, George 7.20 Lawrence, Mrs. John 104.00Dalbeck, Oscar 3.00 Lawrence, Elmer 5.00Delong, Arthur, Sr. 1.60 Lawrence, A1 Estate 43.20Esty, Ernest 4.00 Lynch, Duncan 3.00Esty, George 112.25 Lenentine, Roy 23.00Finnemore, Leonard 1.60 McIntyre, Walter 14.00Finnemore, Charles 42.80 Morse, J. G. 189.20Farley, J. H. Sr. Estate 172.00 McDonald, Mathias 13.00Farley, Edgar 4.00 McDonald, John C. 3.00Farley, Edgar & Elmer McIntyre, Roland 144.80

Estate 20.80 McIntyre, Mrs. Herman 26.00Good, Chester 82.60 McKeen, Frank 16.00Green, Harley 3.00 McKinnon, William 12.00Gilks, Leonard 3.00 Clay, Henry 3.80Good, Vaughn 4.00 McNinch, Dannie 3.00Gee, Robert 1.00 McNinch, Robert 3.00Hartley, Henry 90.11 McNinch, Roy 3.00Holmes, Henry 10.00 McCleary, Richard 45.12Holmes, Guy 3.00 McCleary, Lester 27.00Kirkpatrick, G. R. 4.60 MacPherson, HowardHarvey, Sumner 3.00 Estate 32.00Harvey, Lester 3.00 McCain, B. W. 7.00Harding, Robert 201.20 Murphy, Charles 3.00Hallett, Charles 3.00 Mersereau, Fred 3.00

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\Martin, Lawrence 22.40 Welch, F. E. 259.00Mersereau, Ernest 3.00 Welch, Walter 3.00Mensere^u, Colby 3.00 Welch, Joseph Estate 9.60Nichols, Mrs. William 27.00 Whitten, Ernest 3.00O ’Neal, Charles 4.00 Young, Odbur 156.60O ’Neal, Roy 3.00 Rivers, Leo 5.00Pryor, George L. 3.00 Haines, George 6.00Pryor, Ellie 4.00 Hartley, Burton 2.00Perrigo, Warren 68.00 Ham, Mrs. Wesley 12.00Parks, Helen 3.39 Hoick, Anthony 6.00Parks, Guy "30.00 Harris, Mansfield 180.00Parks, Warren 3.00 Ketchum, Lucian 9.60Perfitt, G. M. 13.20 McGill, Alger 36.00Pennington, James L. 11.00 McNinch, William 26.00Randall, Dan 5.00 McGuire, Mrs. George 52.00Randall, Estelle 28.00 Nichols, James 11.00Raymond, George 4.00 Nichols, C. H. 100.00

Raymond, D. D. 17.00 Perley, Frank 20.00

Raymond, Cecil 4.00 Tilley, Percy 5.00

Roberts, Jennie S. Robinson, LucySargent, Chester Stitham, Lawrence Stackpole, Gerald

170.2086.4091.40

123.20 4.00

Whitten, Mahlon

1940

56.00

$5,613.00

Stackpole, Maurice 3.00 Allen, Phair $ 5.93Sharp, Glen 12.20 Allen, Mrs. Belle K. 79.51Stackpole, H. G. 147.50 Allen, Roland 3.00Sharp, Guy 27.00 Akeley, William 3.00Smith, Joe 319.60 Ackerson, Bert 19.73Smith, E. R.Smith, E. R. Ex. Mary

27.00 Axtell, J. Walter Adams, Harry

9.7524.53

Smith Estate 32.00 Adams, Roy 1.13Stiles, Eric 13.80 Bell, Raymond 3.80Scott, William 36.39 Brewer, Elwood 1.13Slipp, B. C. 56.60 Beals, Harold 197.78Slipp, Francis 17.60 Brown, Waldo 4.13Stewart, Orman 3.00 Bridges, Glenwood 3.00Tidd, Olin 5.60 Bradstreet, N. D. Estate 15.75Thistle, Theresa 96.00 Bradstreet, Ralph 4.13Terrell, Pearl 25.00 Burlock, Harvey 1.13Whited, William 172.00 Burlock, Vaughn 4.13

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Bulley, Beecher 32.93 Ewings, Harry Jr 3.00Black, William 3.00 Edmunds, J. J. 569.44Burns, F. C. 81.76 Finnemore, Stanley 27.43Burns, Guy 19.88 Finnemore, Leonard 5.63Burns, Helen 32.63 Finnemore, Charles 89.18Bruce, Judson 31.81 Finnemore, Eric 3.00Bridges, Hazen 1.80 Farley, J. H. St . Estate 193.50Bridges, Mrs. Hazen 7.46 Farley, Edgar 4.13Berquist, Albert 3.00 Foster, Maurice 1.13Beals, Myron 142.50 Foreman, Earl 4.80Bradstreet, Laurel 3.00 Green, Claude 4.13Carmichael, Maurice 3.00 Green, Harley 5.25Cookson, A. C. 29.25 Gilks, Leonard 22.50Carmichael, Joe Estate 73.68 Good, Vaughn 4.13Carmichael, Byron Estate 12.15 Gee, Robert 3.00Carmichael, Leigh 3.00 Green, Wyman 3.00Carmichael, Cecil 3.00 Hall, Harvey 28.88Collins, Ethel 238.91 Hartley, Henry 96.75Clark, Wallace 29.18 Hartley, Max 3.00Craig, Basil 7.50 Hartley, Elmer 2.93Collins, E. 0. Estate 33.75 Hartley, George 4.13Cookson, Frank 3.00 Hartley, Alonzo 30.01Chase, George 4.13 Holmes, Henry 6.38Craig, Clarence 3.00 Holmes, Ernest 3.00Cousins, Philip 3.00 Holmes, Mrs. Ernest 26.10Delong, Frank 25.50 Harvey, Edna 48.63Delong, Frank E. 37.81 Harvey, Sumner 4.80Delong, Otis 3.00 Harvey, Ernest 128.25Delong, Wellington 3.00 Harvey, Lester 3.00Delong, Jasper 3.00 Harding, Robert 226.35Delong, Merle 3.00 Hallett, Charles 7.50Delong, Harold 5.25 Hotham, Mert 3.00Dow, Glen 128.25 Holmes, Harold. 3.00Dow, Thomas 23.63 Jamison, Perley 52.95Davidson, George 46.13 Jamison, Ray 2.93Dalbeck, Oscar 7.50 Jamison, Robert 5.63Esty, Ernest 3.00 Jamison, Eliza 24.75Esty, Elwood 14.48 Jamison, Jack 3.00Esty, George 236.93 Kingsbury, Lewis 73.43Esty, Edith A. 39.38 Kingsbury, Minona 175.73Ewings, Harry 36.01 Kingsbury, Bedford 3.00

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Kingsbury, Fred 121.58 McNinch, Roy 3.00Kingsbury, Scholey 5.70 McNinch, Harvey 4.13Kingsbury, Sandy 3.00 McCleary, Richard 146.26Kinney, I. H. 9.00 McCleary, Lester 30.38Kinney, Austin 115.43 MacPherson, Howard Est. 31.50Kinney, Frank 3.38 MacPherson, Guy 5.93Kinney, Emery 10.50 McLean, Clarence 77.43Kinney, Albert 11.93 Murphy, Charles 3.00Kinney, Joseph 7.50 Murphy, Milan 5.93Kimball, H. M. 3.00 Murphy, Orman 4 1.13Kimball, Monte 3.00 Mersereau, Fred 3.00Kimball, Mrs. Monte 13.50 Mersereau, Ernest 3.00Kilcollins, Ada 196.88 Mersereau, Colby 3.00Kirkpatrick, G. R. 6.60 Nelson, Merrill 294.24Kneeland, Clifton 72.68 Nichols, Mrs. William 30.38Lewis, Watson 104.40 O’Neal, Charles 13.13Lewis Gordon 23.63 O’Neal, Roy 3.00Lewis, Howard 27.75 Pryor, Elbridge 4.13Larmer, Ernest 8.63 Pryor, Odbur 110.25Lawrence, Bert 94.13 Pryor, Eldon 3.00Lawrence, Byron 247.05 Perrigo, Warren 76.50Lawrence, Mrs. John 117.00 Packard. Max 217.28Lawrence, A1 Estate 53.10 Packard, George K. 254.56Lynch, Duncan 3.00 Parks, George 213.83Libby, Howard 1.13 Parks, Kenneth 280.13Lenentine, Roy 25.50 Parks, Ray 3.00MacPherson, Mrs. Howard 9.00 Parks, Helen 29.25McIntyre, Walter 18.76 Parks, Guy 34.50Morse, J. G. 190.18 Parks, Warren 3.00Morse, Jacob 57.68 Parks, Evan 3.00McDonald, John C. 3.00 Parks, Theodore 12.23McDonald, Mathias 14.63 Perfitt, G. M. 17.40McIntyre, Roland 157.80 Packard, Ellie 1.13McIntyre, Mrs. Herman 29.26 Randall, Estelle 32.63McKeen, Mrs. Pennington 87.75 Randall, Georgie 45.00McKeen, Lewis 13.28 Rideout, Fred 14.25McKeen, Frank 145.65 Raymond, George 6.3SMcKinnon, John 3.00 Raymond, D. D. 21.00Murphy, Guy 3.00 Roberts, Jennie S. 193.73McNinch, Dannie 3.00 Robinson, Lucy 95.85McNinch, Robert 3.00 Snow, F. W. Estate 156.38

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Snow, Ralph 728.63Sargent, Chester 86.18Sargent, Jessica 67.50Stitham, Lawrence 139.95Stackpole, R. D. 67.50Stackpole, Gerald 4.13Stackpole, Maurice 3.00Sharp, Glen 14.48Stackpole, H. G. 347.08Sharp, Arnold 1.13Smith, Joe 427.50Smith, J. Donald 4.13Smith, E. R. 33.38Smith, Mary, E. R. Smith

Ex. 36.00Shaw, Mahlon 3.00Shaw, Carl 4.13Stiles, Eric 105.83Stiles, John 12.15Pryor, George 3.00Stiles, Percy 11.48Scott, William H. 148.28Scott, Elmer 3.00Slipp, Gerald 4.13Slipp, Howard 3.00Slipp, B. C. 141.82Slipp. Francis 13.05Slipp, J. H. Sr.. B. C.

Slipp. Ex. 243.00Tidd, Margaret 20.99Tidd, Olin 5.93Tompkins, Cole 204.61Thistle, Theresa 108.00Terrill, Pearl 29.26Tilley, Percy 20.25Tapley, Howard 3.00Turner, Judson 8.13Webber, John 122.77Whited, William Estate 298.13Welch, F. E. 294.83Welch, Bernard 5.93

Welch, Walter 3.00Welch, Joe Estate 109.13-Whitten, Ernest 3.00Young, Odbur 175.80Bradstreet, Ellery 58.50Floyd, Mabel 4.50Grant, G. H. 150.75Holt, Thurber, E. 495.00Haines, George 6.75Hartley, Burton 24.75Ham, Mrs. Wesley 13.50Hoick, Anthony 6.75Good, Chester 81.00Harris, Mansfield 202.50International Fertilizer

Co. 67.50Ketchum, Lucian 10.80McCarthy, M. J. 153.00McGill, Alger 36.00Mooers, Perley 28.50McCleary, David 6.75McNinch, William 29.25McBurnie, F. W. 191.25McGuire, Mrs. George 58.50Nichols, James 12.38Nichols, C. H. 121.50Perley, Frank 22.50Richards, H. G. 144.00Sharp, Guy 18.00

Total $14,242.12

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ABATEM ENTS

1936:

Joe Bradstreet $3.00Jeffery Bradbury 3.00Henry Clay 3.00Geo. W . Finnemore * 3.00H. F. Good 10.60Paul Lunt 3.00

$25.60

1937:

G erald Brewer (Paid in Bar H arbor) $3.00Ernest Hartley (D eceased) 3.00Mrs. Monte Kimball (No Personal) 13.80

$19.801938:

Mrs. Monte Kimball (No Personal) $10.80 W m. M cKinnon (O vertaxed) 10.80Lee Nickerson (Paid in W ashburn) 3.00

$24.60

1939:

Robert Gee (No Personal) $1.00W m. M cKinnon (O vertaxed) 12.00

$13.00

1940:Elwood Brewer (No Personal) $1.13

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Joseph Kinney (Exempt) 7.50Mrs. Monte Kimball (No Personal) 13.50Howard Libby (No Personal) 1.13Milan Murphy (Overtaxed) 1.80Ellie Packard (No Personal) 1.13 -

Georgie Randall (School Lot) Judson Turner (Paid in Southwest

45.00

Harbor) 8.13Mabel Floyd (No Personal) 4.50

$83.82

Total Abatements $166.82

REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS

To the Superintending School Committee and citizens ofBridgewater:

In accordance with custom and the Laws of the State of Maine, I am pleased to submit my annual report as Superintendent of the Bridgewater Schools. The elemen­tary schools of the town opened Septmber 30th, with an en­rollment of 239 pupils which is a slight decrease from the number last year. The customary statistical chart follow­ing this report will show the teachers in their present grade placement. There were three changes in the teaching staff at the opening of the fall term. Roger Wheaton, a gradu­ate of Aroostook State Normal School, replaced Roy Duff as principal of the Bridgewater Grammar School. Mr. Wheaton had two years of successful teaching before com ­ing to Bridgewater. Miss Susan Getchell replaced Miss Frances Nye in the departmental work in grades 6, 7 and 8. Miss Getchell is a graduate of Aroostook State Normal

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School and has had one year of teaching experience. Miss Reta Ewings of Bridgewater replaced Miss Emma Sargent as teacher in the second grade.

The Boundary Line School was closed the middle of last April and the pupils conveyed to the village school. When the school was closed, there was an enrollment of only 5 pupils. Therefore, it was both uneconomical and contrary to state law to maintain his school any longer.

The pupils of grades 6, 7 and 8 have not had an oppor­tunity for the past year to do the type of work which should have been accomplished. However, I feel that they did very well under the existing conditions. I know that it is the desire of both teachers and pupils to make up some of the lost motion, now that they are housed in the new build­ing.

You will notice that the textbook account shows an unexpended balance. If all textbook bills were paid, there would be an overdraft o f approximately $110.00. It will be possible, next year, to apply a large part of the textbook appropriation to books for the lower grades. At the present time there is a great need for new books in the primary de­partment.

It was necessary to overdraw the repairs account in order to make repairs on our temporary quarters. As you recall from the report last year, I suggested that the Inter­mediate Building should be painted. Due to the uncertain­ty of what was to take place, there was no appropriation made for this purpose. The need for painting this building is even greater than last year and should be done if only to apply one coat of paint.

It was a great relief to be able to m ove from our temporary quarters into the new school building. Teachers, pupils and school officials had carried on under difficult

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conditions. I feel that the citizens of the town of Bridge- water have every right to feel proud of this new building. It is modern in every respect; it is easy to administer; it has all the advantages that parents wish their children to enjoy. I believe that the building was built with the great­est economy possible and that the people have received real value for their money.

We are fortunate in having a fine spirit of cooperation between school and town officials. Our officials work to­gether harmoniously to maintain and improve conditions pertaining to children, teachers, parents and taxpayers of the community. I wish to express my sincere appreciation for this cooperation, for the fine attitude of the people of the community towards the schools, and the conscientious service of all our teachers, janitors, conveyance drivers and civic organizations.

Respectfully submitted,

LLOYD H. ROBINSON,Supt. of Schools

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STATISTICAL CHART — PALL AND WINTER TERMS, 1940-41

School TeacherGrade or Grades

TermsExperience

WeeklySalary

Enroll­ment

Academy Building Roger Wheaton VIII 8 $20.00 19

Academy Building Susan Getchell VI-VII 5 18.00 27-28

Intermediate Bldg. Madeline Slipp IV-V 35 18.00 31-13

Intermediate Bldg. Rena Fletcher III-IV 32 18.00 29-12

Primary Building Reta Ewings II 2 16.00 31

Primary Building Marjorie Kimball Sub- Primary and 1 38 18.00 18-31

PRINCIPAL, BRIDGEWATER CLASSICAL ACADEMY

To the Board of Trustees and Citizens of Bridgewater:—

School opened October 7, 1940 with an enrollment of79 students. The enrollment by classes:

Boys Girls TotalFreshmen 9 10 19Sophomores 12 10 22Juniors 8 13 21Seniors 6 11 17

35 44 79

The teaching staff has undergone several changesduring this school year. The staff at the opening of school consisted of Mr. Howard Libby, Principal; Mr. Chester Parker as Coach and Miss Kathleen Duplisse, a graduate of the University of Maine as language instructor. I replaced Mr. Libby on January 8th and Mr. Parker resigned to ac­cept a Principal’s position on February 24th. Mrs. Helene Erskine has replaced him temporarily.

On February 24th another big event in the history of the school took place, the moving into the new Academy building.

An attempt has been made to carry on all school ac­tivities as usual even though handicapped by the loss of practically all the equipment through the fire of last year.

The school book is in the process of being printed de­spite a loss of all mimeograph equipment. However, through the generosity of the Roberts Office Supply Co. of Portland, we are borrowing a mimeograph to carry on the yearbook work.

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The question of our needs in the new building has been asked many times and they are many. To mention a few they are reference books, encyclopedias and diction­aries, basketball backboard and baskets, stage equipment and mimeograph.

In behalf of the teaching force and also the student body, I wish to congratulate the town upon its fine ne'vy Academ y building. We all find it such a pleasant place in which to work.

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In closing, I wish to express my appreciation for the cooperation of the citizens, students and friends of the school in the short time I have been here.

TREASURER BRIDGEWATER SCHOOL DISTRICT

1940Sept. 16, Received from State Con-

Oct. 7, Received from Smith, White Stanley, Inc. of Waterville, Maine Sale of School District Bonds 25,004.52

M arch 1, Received from State Dept.o f Education for School Furniture 500.00

Respectfully submitted,

PAUL N. CARPENTER, Principal

tingent Fund $ 5,000.00

$30,504.52

Paid:

Peter P. Carey, to apply on Con­tract !

Ellery Watson, Drilling Well Leslie Turner, Welding Cover for Well

$22,999.07 460.28

i 3.57

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B. and A. R. R. Co., Iron Coverfor Well 12.72

Bunker and Savage, Architects 673.20John C. LeVasseur, Supervisor 225.00Smith, White and Stanley Inc. on

Bond Issue 135.94A. M. Stackpole Co., Electric Fixtures 245.00Telephone, Telegraph and Postage 23.53Peter P. Carey, Hardware 327.20J. L. Hammett Co., 25 Students

Chairs 116.25Treasurer of Presque Isle, Maine,

150 Chairs 112.50Treasurer of State, Laboratory Table 8.00

$25,342.76

March 1, 1941, Balance on Hand $5,161,76

Respectfully submitted,

RALPH M. MILLIKEN, Treasurer

RECOMMENDATIONS OF BUDGET COMMITTEE

FOR 1941

Support of Schools $5,500.00Support of Poor and Misc. Expenses 1,000.00 Repairs on School Buildings 400.00Purchase of Text Books 300.00Purchase of School Supplies 300.00Free High School 1,500.00Roads, Bridges and Plowing Snow 4,000.00 School Sup’t. 350.06

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Street Lights 300.00State Aid Road 800.00Maintenance H ighway “ K ” 1,200.00Tow n Debt and Interest 3,200.00Fire Department 600.00Snow Removal Village Streets 75.00Thirid Class Road 198.00Cemeteries 100.00Old A ge Assistance 1,000.00Abatem ents 166.82School Furniture (Balance) 1,000.00

$21,989.82

WARRANT

T o A. C. Libby, Constable of the Town of Bridgewater, Maine GREETING:

In the name of the State "of Maine you are hereby re­quested to notify and warn the inhabitants of the said Town o f Bridgewater, qualfied. by law to vote in the Tow n affairs,

•to assemble at the Town Hall in the Town of Bridgewater on Monday, March 24, 1941 at ten (10) o ’clock in the fore­noon to act on the following articles, to wit:

Art. 1. To choose a moderator to act at said meet­ing.

Art. 2. To choose a clerk for the ensuing year.

Art. 3. To see if the Tow n will vote to accept theTow n Reports as published by the Selectmen, March 12, 1941.

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Art. 4. To choose all necessary Town Officers for the ensuing year.

Art. 5. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise for the Support of Schools.

Art. 6. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise for the Support of Poor and other necessary expenses of the Town for the. ensuing year.

Art. 7. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise for the Repairs of School Buildings for the ensuing year.

Art. 8. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise for the purchase of Text Books for the ensu­ing year.

Art. 9. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise for the purchase of School Supplies.

Art. 10. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise for Free High School for the ensuing year.

Art. 11. To see whart sum of money the Town will vote to raise for Repairs on Roads, Bridges, Sidewalks and Snow Removal from Roads for the ensuing year.

Art. 12. To see what sum of money the Town will* vote to raise for School Superintendent for the ensuing year.

Art. 13. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise for Lighting of Village Streets for the ensuing year.

Art. 14. To see what sum the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for State Aid Road Construction (addition to the amounts regularly raised for the care of ways, highways and bridges) under the provisions of Sec-

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tion 19, Chapter 28, Revised Statutes of 1930, or under the Provisions of Section 3, Chapter 229, Public Laws o f 1937.

Art. 15. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to rescind any amounts appropriated by the Town for State Aid Highway construction in excess of the amount required to meet State apportionments.

Art. 16. To see what sum, if any, the Tow n would recommend to take from the joint State Aid account for the purpose of applying bituminous surface treatment to State Aid Roads, in excess of the requirements o f Section 2, Chapter 132 F. L. 1935.

Art. 17. To see what sum of money the Tow n will vote to raise for the maintenance of the State Highway during the ensuing year within the limits of the Tow n un­der the provisions of Section 9, Chapter 1930 of the Public Laws of 1913.

Art. 18. To see what sum of money the Tow n will vote to raise towards the payment o f the Tow n Debt and Interest.

Art. 19. To see if the Town will vote to fix a date when taxes shall be due and payable and make a discount on said taxes at such time or times as may be determined and, if so at what percent of discount, also to fix a time and rate o f interest on taxes remaining unpaid.

Art. 20. To see if the Tow n will vote to pay its Firemen.

Art. 21. To see what sum of m oney the Tow n will vote to raise to pay its Firem en; how it shall be apportioned and to make any necessary regulations.

Art. 22. To see if the Tow n will vote to raise money for purchase o f new hose for Fire Dept, and if so what amount.

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Art. 23. To see what sum of money the Town will raise for snow removal from Village streets and potatohouses during winter of 1941-1942.

Art. 24. To see what action the Town will take re­garding Snow removal from roads during winter 1941-1942.

Art. 25. To see what sum of mone^y the Town will vote to raise for the purchase of Snow Fence.

Art. 26. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $198.00 for the 1941 maintenance of improved sections of third class roads, or to be used in con­junction with the State apportionment for the construction o f Third Class Roads.

Art. 27. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Town Treasurer under the direction of the Selectmen for such sums as the Selectmen shall see fit to accept there­fore, to sell and convey all right, title and interest in, and to such parcels of land which have been forfeited to the Town for non-payment of taxes.

Art. 28. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to bring writs of entry for the recovery and possession of such lands (parcels) as have been conveyed to the Town for non-payment of taxes and time of redemp­tion having expired.

Art. 29. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Superintending School Committee to make arrangements with the Trustees of B. C. A. for the tuition of High School students.

Art. 30. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise for the upkeep of Cemeteries for the ensuing year.

Art. 31. To see what sum of money the Town will

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vote to raise for Aid of Dependent Children (Mother’s A id).Art. 32. To see if the Town will authorize the

Selectmen to issue Pool Table Licenses for the ensuing year.

Art. 33. To see what action the Town will vote to take regarding closing of Collins street from Ray Parks line to Mrs. Georgie Randall buildings.

Art. 34. To see if the Town will vote to raise the sum of One Thousand dollars ($1,000.00) for the Tow n ’s share of Old Age Assistance.

Art. 35. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to make some arrangement for providing a public dump.

Art. 36. To see if the town will vote to raise the sum of $1,000. for school furniture.

Art. 37. To see if the town will vote to close the Boundary school indefinitely.

Art. 38. To transact any other Tow n business that may com e before the Town.

The Selectmen give notice that they have posted a corrected list of voters of the Town of Bridgewater as re­quired by law.

Given unto our hands this 12th day of March, 1941.

THOMAS B. NICKERSON RALPH D. STACKPOLE JOHN WEBBER

Selectmen of Bridgewater

Attest: ARTHUR C. LIBBY, Constable.

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