Town of Brooks

A n n u a l Report
of
MUNICIPAL OFFICERS
the
of
Town
of
Brooks
For
MUNICIPAL
Y E A R
THORNDIKE
NEWELL WHITE,
1916
PRINTER
1915
A n n u a l Report
of
the
MUNICIPAL OFFICERS
oftheTow
For
MUNICIPAL
the
Y E A R
THORNDIKE;
NEWELL
WHITE,
1916
PRINTER
1915
Town Officers
Moderator—A. B. PAYSON
Clerk—0. W . LANE
Selectmen, Assessors and Overseers of the P o o r
E. C. H 0 L B R 0 0 K ,
W. C. DEERING,
H. M . BROWN
Treasurer—W. H. R O L F E
Collector of Taxes—C. W. RYDER
School Board
W. A. JONES,
A. E. K I L G O R E ,
C. W . RYDER
Superintendent of Schools—E. T. ROBERTS
Road Commissioner—A. J. ROBERTS
Trustees of the Sinking Fund,
A. E. KILGORE,
E. A. C A R P E N T E R
Selectmen's Report
To
THE
CITIZENS OF
BROOKS:
We hereby submit our report of the financial affairs of
the t o w n for the fiscal year ending Feb. 1 5 , 1 9 1 6 , as follows:
V A L U A T I O N OF P R O P E R T Y IN TOWN APR. 1. 1915
Real and personal estate
Number of polls
Number of polls not taxed
Poll tax
Rate of taxation
$325,323
187
31
$3.00
.0255
A P P R O P R I A T I O N S FOR 1915
State tax
County tax
C o m m o n schools
Support of p o o r
Repairs of roads and bridges
Material for roads and bridges
Contingent expenses
Interest on debt
Free text b o o k s
Free Hij;h school
Suppression of brown tail moths
State road
Repair of State road
$1623.87
574.18
500 00
400.00
1500.00
250.00
950.00
750.00
200.00
600.00
10.00
533.00
120.00
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Memorial day
School furniture
Repair of school houses
Collection of taxes
Overlay
25.00
300.00
50.00
135.00
336.78
Total commitment
SCHOOL
$8857.63
ACCOUNT
Expenditures under direction of the School Board for
Common Schools, Free High School, repair of school houses
and free text b o o k .
Common Schools
Balance from last year
Appropriated by t o w n
Rec'd from State for school fund and mill tax
" From common school fund
$ 167.59
500.00
656.37
565 09
$1889.05
Wages of Teachers
PaidErma Barker
Flora Tasker
Mabel Rose
Gertrude Peavey
Mertie Bailey
Doris Roberts
Total
$248.00
248.00
152.00
248.00
32.00
5.60
$933.60
Fuel
Paid—
M W Roberts
E R Knowlton
E G Roberts
A E Chase & Co., coal
Roberts & Son
$17.44
1.50
8.25
59.35
5 85
$92.39
Janitors
PaidOwen Miller
Norman Webber
Gertrude Peavey
Mabel Rose
Erma Barker
E W Tripp
$
5.60
5.00
8.60
8.60
3.60
75.00
$106.40
Conveyance of Scholars
PaidMrs A F Ryan
C F Fogg
H M Brown
F H Quimbv
Lydia Nickerson
$270.00
194.58
170.00
18.00
10.00
$662.58
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Tuition
$94.08
Paid town of Waldo
$1889.05
Grand total expended
FREE HIGH
SCHOOL
Bal. from last year
Appropriated by t o w n
Received from state
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for industrial education
Received from tuitions
$ 82.38
600.00
500.00
288.00
229.80
$1700.18
Salaries of Teachers
Paid S W Norwood
Industrial education fund as reimbursement for
money paid Miss Pratt, teacher of domestic
science
Due S W Norwood or another on same account
Paid L H Shibles
" Ethel K Rhind
" Marion L Pratt
" Blanche E Butterfield
$286.51
52.00
103.33
470.00
174.96
174.96
185.00
$1446 76
Fuel
PaidStanley Higgins
A E Chase Co.
$ 5.00
71.95
Jenkins Lumber Co.
3.00
Total
$79.95
Janitors
Paid Lawrence Jenkins
" E W Tripp
$20.38
25.00
Total
$45 38
T o t a l expended
Balance unexpended
$1572.09
128.09
R E P A I R OF SCHOOL
HOUSES
Money placed at the disposal of the school
board and carried bv them to general
repair account
Paid—
E G Roberts
Leroy Staples
F L Emmons
W S Jones
Roberts and son
F L Emmons
$50.00
3.60
10/X)
36.40
6.85
16.30
4.5o
$77.70
Overdrawn
27.70
Free T e x t - B o o k s
Appropriated by t o w n
Paid—
E G Roberts
$200.00
2.38
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Educational Supply Co.
J L Hammctt Co.
Newell White
Edw. E Babb Co.
City National Bank, draft of Ginn & Co.
Maine state librarian
E G Roberts
Total expended
7.75
4.63
1.00
4.15
125.88
2.50
37.86
$186.15
ROADS AND BRIDGES
$1,500.00
Appropriation
Orders of S. J. Roberts, Road Commissioner
PaidHerbert Paul
Blin C Hogan
M H Bailey
S M El well
Daniel Bradford
Charles Mixer
Elden Lanphier
E R Knowlton
S F Ryan
W D Bennett
L A Smith
A K Green
Ralph Sanborn
Frank Johnson
| C Forbes
William Lanphier
$5.32
1.75
4.80
3.35
3.00
74.48
90.65
153.12
52.75
59.49
47.50
70.86
51.61
5.20
23.54
34.99
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Manley K n o w l t o n
R E Webber
Willis Green
T H Deerow
B F Went worth
Lestie F Murch
J S Decrow
Ben York
John F Cillev
S A Perkins
Burton Gibbs
A 0 Payson
F W Gibbs
J C Littlefield
George Lacrosse
N A Alley
H W Littlefield
Guy Patterson
W C Dening
Clarence Forbes
Maurice West
M W Roberts
Clifton Roberts
R J Kenney
John K n o w l t o n
H M Brown
S M Godding
Alfred Reynolds
H E Jenkins
C H Roberts
63.74
28.70
6.12
8.00
20.00
7.50
13.12
1.00
23.62
14.75
28.00
19.00
7.00
8.00
6.85
33.85
1.20
2.00
8.75
4.37
9.62
12.00
6.30
17.75
5.25
41.37
2.60
4.00
4.50
410.60
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S J Roberts
S M Elwell
F H Smith
140.00
26.45
16.10
Total expended
Appropriation overdrawn
$1,676.62
176.62
S T A T E ROAD
Appropriation by t o w n
Received from State
Joint fund
$ 533.00
501.40
$1034.40
PaidDavid Page
Burger Mfg Co
Maine Central R R Co
G A Palmer
H H Hutchinson
M L F o g g , gravel
A B Payson
S J Roberts
C H Roberts
H M Brown, gravel
Ralph Sanborn
John F Cilley
A P Reynolds
J C Forbes
Alex Stevens
Manley K n o w l t o n
RJKenney
Guy Patterson
$
5.60
52.54
2.29
51.50
19.19
43.40
12.44
80.00
176.00
9.15
4.00
9.50
3.00
1 7.50
16.00
25.00
21.00
36.00
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Clifton Roberts
L A Swett
Elden Lampher
A K Green
7.20
45.00
51.50
16.00
45.00
4.00
46.00
38.75
38.00
150.14
Charles Mixer
Clarence Forbes
W D Bennett
R A Barden
S F Rvan
A E Chase Co, material
Total
Overdrawn
S T A T E AID H I G H W A Y
Appropriated bv t o w n
Received from state
T o t a l fund
Paid—
S F Ryan
Charles M i s e r
S J Roberts
C H Roberts
William Lanpher
Maurice West
Clifton Roberts
W D Bennett
L A Smith
E R Knowlton
$1035.70
1.30
MAINTENANCE
$120.00
188.94
$308.94
$14.00
15.74
25.00
88.00
1.75
1.75
7.50
13.50
18.50
24.00
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13.25
11.37
3.00
14.25
12.25
10.50
18.90
4.68
15.00
Manley K n o w l t o n
Ralph Sanborn
Guy Patterson
R J Kenney
Elden Lanphier
A K Green
M L F o g g , gravel
A E Chase Co.
H M Brown
$312.94
T o t a l expenditure
Joint fund overdrawn
M A T E R I A L FOR
$4.00
ROADS AND BRIDGES
Appropriation
PaidH E Jenkins, bridge plank
C M Conant, road machiue
Carl Jenkins, bridge plank
S M Godding, gravel
Ira Flanders
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Jos Ellis, bridge plank
Elden Lanphier, watering tub
Lizzie Dickey, watering tub, 1914 and 15
Alice G Clary
R A Hall
F B Stimpson, blacksmith work
Brooks Farmers Union
A B Payson
Henry Cunningham
$250.00
$100.70
50.00
10.43
2.40
2.10
7.30
3.00
10.00
3.00
5.00
9.35
1.73
20 14
3.00
13
A E Chase Co
32.4(5
Total expended
Overdrawn
$260.31
10.31
SUPPORT OF
POOR
Appropriation
$400 00
Edrnond Young
PaidBrooks Farmers Union
A B Pay son
A E Chase Co
A R Pilley
A E Kilgore
N R Cook
$ 96.97
5.14
8.31
4.90
11.50
28.50
$155. G
Fred Gibbs
Paid—
D R McAndless, board
A E Chase Co, supplies
Chase & Varnev Co
A B Pav.son
$110.25
6.15
4.75
-25
$121.40
Bert Small and family
PaidB r o o k s Farmers Union
Chase & Varnev C o
$ 5.40
3.95
u
A B Pavsort
Samuel Elwell
B F Wentworth
A E Kilgore
3.25
2 00
1.00
3.00
$18.60
Emily Forbes
Paid John Dickey
$52.00
Transient
Paid H E Jenkins
15.25
Simeon Lanphier
Paid A E Kilgore
3.00
Total expenditure
Balance unexpended
BURIAL OF
$365.57
34.43
SOLDIERS
Paid burial expenses of Joseph Jewell
Received from State
$35.00
35.00
DAMAGE TO SHEEP BY DOGS
Paid C W Gibbs
" Alpheus Roberts
$15.00
7.00
$22.00
Received from State
NEW SCHOOSHOUSE
22.00
CONSTRUCTION
Bal. of building fund on hand at last settlement
$ 5529.62
ir»
Paid—
E m m o n s Bros.
H J Hamlin
3572.71
10 00
4.80
1.50
1.50
4.00
1500.00
4.50
26.50
196.74
70.00
20.00
47.19
42.75
22.97
Waterville Snntinel Pub. Co.
W a l d o Co. Herald Pub. Co.
Rep. Journal Pub. Co.
B a n g o r Pub. Co.
W A Stuart Co.
Webber Bros.
Dunton & Morse
C Parker Crowell
A B Pavson
F L Emmons
H H Hutchinson
M L Fogg
A E Chase C o
T o t a l expended
Bal. unexpended
$5525.16
$4.46
BORROWED
MONEY
With large bills pressed for payment, the selectmen felt
obliged t o use the authority given them bv the t o w n t o hire
money t o pay current expenses. $1000 w a s hired from t h ;
City Nat'l Bank June 5, $ 2 0 0 0 June 29 and $ 1 0 0 0 Sept. 3.
$ 2 0 0 0 of this loan was paid Jan. 5 and the remaining $2000
Feb. 15, 1916.
MEMORIAL
Appropriation
Paid Geo G Davis Post
DAY
$25.00
25.00
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CONTINGENT
EXPENSES
Appropriation by t o w n
$950.00
Compensation of T o w n Officers
Paid—
A B Pavson, services as moderator
0 \Y Lane, t o w n clerk
0 W Lane, postage and expenses
0 W Lane, recording births, deaths and marriages
E C Holbrook, services as selectman
E C Holbrook, expenses
W C Deering, services and expenses as selectman
H M Brown, services as selectman
W H Rolfe, services and expenses as town treasurer
E G Roberts, superintendent of schools
$2 00
8.00
2.00
5.85
83.00
11.75
58.00
45.00
31.60
50.00
$297.20
Rent of School Houses
Paid—
G C Goddard, attorney for owners
James F Jewell, rent of school house
300.00
15 00
CEMETERIES
Paid—
Almon Brown
Maurice West
Webber Stimpson
W S Jones, work and care of hearse
$1.50
2.75
8.00
14.00
$26.25
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FUMIGATION
PaidN R Cook for fumigation of Nickerson house
Team to Niekerson place
Fumigation of school house
Fumigation of Murphy tenement
Fumigation of office
A E Kilgore, fumigation of Huff house
A R Pilley, materials for fumigation
H H Hutchinson, 1 kettle
$5.00
1.50
5.00
5.00
5.50
5.00
42.25
.65
$69.40
FIRE
DEPARTMENT
E C B o o d y , care of engine and expense
Henry Cunningham, w o r k on engine
A R Pilley, supplies
E C B o o d y , pay of men
$9.32
3.00
1.15
2.00
$15.47
MISCELLANEOUS
Loring, Short & Harmon
A R Pilley, office supplies
H L Jenkins, enforcing d o g l a w
Newell White, printing moth cards
CONTINGENT
PaidW a l d o County Herald Pub. Co., printing t o w n
$16.60
.70
3.00
.75
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reports of 1915
City Job Print, printing fire inspection blanks
W F Emmons, services as fire ward
H E Jenkins, services as constable July 3d and 4th
Charles Ryder
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Percy Edgecomb, services July 4
A R Pilley, insurance on new schoolhouse
A R Pilley, insurance on fire house
W 0 Estes, postage on moth notices
E A Carpenter, recording deed and stamps
E C Holbrook, expenses to Bangor in Socea case
E C Holbrook, express on water bottles t o and
from state laboratory of h}'giene
A E Kilgore, reporting births and deaths
N R Cook, reporting births and deaths
W R Lane, automobile to Searsport in Socea case
Isaac Leathers, services on board of health
Grand total expended
Overdrawn
$52 80
3.70
4.00
3.00
3.00
6.40
102.64
8.80
1.50
2.50
3.00
1.00
4.50
4.50
5.00
5.00
$951.71
1.71
ORONO CASE
The suit brought against the t o w n of Orono for pauper
supplies and medical attendance for the Socea family amounting t o $186.34 which was marked for trial at the September
term of court was finally settled by Orono before trial, that
t o w n paying the face of the bill and costs amounting to
$201.99. A. L. Blanchard, Esq., of Bangor, attorney for
Brooks charged for services and costs $65.65 leaving a balance of $136.34 which was turned in t o the t o w n treasury
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INTEREST ON TOWN
DEBT
Appropriation
$750.00
PaidInterest on old bonds
Interest on school house bonds
Interest on t o w n orders
$2S0.00
240.00
20S.21
Total
Unexpended
$728.21
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SCHOOL
FURNITURE
Appropriated bv town
$300.00
Paid—
E H Stafford Mfg Co
Freight on school seats
E H Stafford Mfg Co
$146.40
24.34
153.05
Appropriation overdrawn
$.323.79
23.79
RECAPITULATION
Receipts
Tax levy of 1915
State for common schools
State for High school
State for industrial education
State for State roads
State for maintenance of State road
Tuition in High school
State for damage to sheep
$ 8,866.S3
1.221.46
500.00
288.00
501.40
188.94
229.80
22.00
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State for burial of soldier
Building fund of new school house
Dog licenses refunded
35.00
5,529.62
31.14
$17,414.19
Total receipts
Expenditures
State tax
County tax
Common schools
Free High school
Repairs on school houses
Free text books
Repairs on roads and bridges
State road
Maintenance of State aid highway
Material for roads and bridges
Support of p o o r
Memorial day
Furniture for new school house
Suppression of b r o w n tail moths
Collection of taxes
Contingent expenses
Interest on debt
Burial of soldier
Abatements
New school house
$ 1,623.87
574.18
1,889.05
1,572.09
77.70
186.15
1,676.72
1,035 70
312.94
260.31
365.57
25.00
323.79
10.00
135.00
951.71
728.21
35.00
12.00
5,525.16
Total expenditure
Receipts exceed expenditure
$17,320.15
94.04
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STANDING OF TOWN
Liabilities
Due on old bonds
$ 7,0U0.0l)
school house bonds
6,000.00
note of 1914. City Nat. Bank
"
outstanding orders
Text book account
Due Collector, 1913 and 1914
" Union Hall Corp., rent of school r o o m
Total liabilities
2,000.00
215.57
108.31
105.05
133.00
$15,561.93
Resources
200 shares B & M H L R R stock
$15,000.00
Due from J G S t i m p s o n . Collector, 1913 and 1914
639.01
C W Ryder, collector, 1915
67.12
A' B Pay son, rent
12.00
State for state pensions
202.00
Cash in sinking fund
1,704.86
Cash in treasury
651.05
T o t a l resources
$18,276.04
Resources exceed liabilities
$2,714.17
Respectfully submitted,
E C HOLBROOK,)
W C DEERING,
H M BROWN,
j
Selectmen
of Brooks.
UNPAID T A X E S , 1913, 1914
$
j W Bennett, executor
Fred Crocker
Arthur Curtis
E P Dearborn
Jchn Frost
Ray Thompson
E E Braley
John Bachelder
R M Hartshorn
Simeon Lanphier
Walter Marson
Alice R Norwood
J B Pa} r son
Ray Roberts
F H Smith
Emma Small
Henry Socea
Abbie Thompson
R A Hubbard
Edward Young
38.40
3.00
3.00
15.25
3.00
3.00
3.49
3.00
2.45
7.90
3.00
12.25
8.44
3.00
35.80
2.45
3.00
17.76
68.05
3.68
Taxes of 1915
J W Bennett, executor
Frank Johnson
$30.60
4.92
Treasurer's Report
Brooks, Maine, Feb. 19, 1916
Receipts
ToCash in City National Bank Feb. 20, 1915
Cash in W a l d o Trust Co.
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Cash from t o w n of Searsport a/c G Brown
K n o x , tuition
Div. on R R stock
selectmen, int. bearing order
T o w n of Monroe, tuition
Selectmen, int. bearing order
T o w n of K n o x , tuition
Selectmen, int. bearing order
T o w n of M o n r o e
Selectmen, int. bearing order
$ 146.68
5504.67
7.04
44.40
280.00
1000.00
15.60
1000.00
28.80
1000.00
6.00
1000.00
State Treas.
T o w n of Jackson, tuition
Orono °/c Socea
35.00
48.00
135.00
0 W Lane, amt. of d o g licenses
E. C B o o d y for grass on Lane lot, 1914
Div. on R R stock
State Treas., state aid maintenance a/c
improvement of state road
industrial education
free high school
50.00
5.00
288.00
188.94
501.40
288.00
500.00
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damage t o domestic animals
C W Ryder for grass on Lane lot 1915
T o w n of Swanville a/c tuition
Jackson
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Monroe
"
Knox
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State Treas., refund on
dog licenses
"
mill fund
"
common school fund
R R a n d tel. tax
C W Ryder, 1915 tax
J G Stimpson, 1913, 1914 tax
22.00
3.00
7.50
43.50
11.50
24.50
31.14
656.37
565 09
142.95
8798.43
822.90
$23201.41
DISBURSEMENTS
PaidTrustees of sinking fund
State pensions
State treasurer, dog licenses
City National Bank, int. on R. R. bonds
Interest on t o w n orders
Waldo Trust Co.
State tax
County tax
Interest bearing orders
Rent of school house
T o w n orders
Balance in hands of treasurer
$710.95
204.00
50.00
380.00
175.00
240.00
1,623.87
574.18
4,033.21
300.00
14,259.15
651.05
$23,201.41
Respectfully submitted,
W . H. ROLFE, Treasurer.
Report of Trustees of Sinking Fund
Amount in sinking fund Feb. 15, 1915
June, 1915, R. R. dividend
December, 1915, R R Dividend
Railroad and telegraph t a x 1915
Interest on investments
$953.4.9
280.00
288.00
142.95
40.42
T o t a l a m o u n t in sinking fund Feb. 15, 1916
$1704 86
Deposited in savings department Citv National
Bank of Belfast, b o o k No. 1429
T o w n of B r o o k s bond
$1604.86
100.00
$1704.86
A E KILGORE
\ Trustees of
E A C A R P E N T E R J Sinking Fund
Report of School Committee
Brooks, Maine, February 19, 1816
Superintending School Committee:
W L Jones, term expires March 1916
A E Kilgore, term expires March 1917
C W Ryder, term expires March 1918
Officers:
Chairman, W L Jones
Secretary, E G Roberts
Superintendent of Schools, E G Roberts
Truant Officer, H E Jenkins
Six meetings were held.
March 13. Mr. W S Jones was elected chairman. Mr.
E G Roberts was elected superintendent of schools.
March 27. Mr. H F Jenkins appointed truant officer.
Decided to let transportation of scholars in the east part of
the t o w n to lowest bidder.
March 30. Recommended the establishment of a union
school with t o w n of Waldo.
Bids for transportion o f
scholars opened and C E F o g g being lowest, it therefore fell
t o him.
Aug. 2. The following teachers were elected: L H
Shibles, principal of high school; Miss Blanche E Butterfield, assistant; Miss Erma Barker, grammar school; Miss
Flora Tasker, intermediate school; Miss Gertrude Peavey,
primary school. Elmer Tripp was elected janitor.
We wish t o make the following recommendations: That
$ 3 0 0 be raised for text books. That $200 be raised for
physical apparatus. That the school house be equipped
with curtains. That provision be made for union superintendency with adjoining t o w n .
R E P O R T OF SUPERINTENDENT OF
SCHOOLS
T o the Citizens of the T o w n of Brooks:
At the close of the spring term of high school in Union
hall, under Principal Seth W N o r w o o d , we graduated a
class of eight, three of which were non-resident scholars.
Our fall term, under Principal Lester H Shibles, Colbv 1916,
with Blanche E Butterfield, a graduate of Farmington
Normal School, assistant, both of w h o m came to us highlv
recommended, began in the new school building with an enrollment of 26. Ten of these are tuition pupils, Jackson
sending seven, K n o x three, Monroe and Swanville one each.
Perhaps the w o r k that is being done in this school can
best be understood from the letter that I received from State
Superintendent Payson Smith.
October 19, 1915.
Supt. E. G. Roberts,
Brooks, Maine.
Mv dear Mr. Roberts:
The inspection of high schools for the current year is being done for the special purpose of increasing the efficiency
of these schools on all lin es. Each school is being considered
upon its o w n merits arid with reference to its peculiar needs.
I have before me the report of Mr. T a y l o r upon his recent
visit at the high school in Brooks. I am gratified to knowthat the school is so well housed. From the report at hand
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it would appear that the building is all that could be desired.
I am pleased t o note that more favorable physical conditions have reacted in a marked improvement of the school
in general. Your teachers are apparently responsible in part
at least for a more satisfactor}' condition.
Their work is favorably commented on and I feel confident that they will secure g o o d results for the year's work.
M y attention is called to certain rather definite needs of the
school.
( 1 ) The furniture and supplies for the laboratory are
incomplete and should be put into shape so that the class
may w o r k t o advantage.
( 2 ) The school is in need of an adequate reference
library. I note that it has no dictionary nor encyclopedia
and that there is no general reference material. Some provision should be made immediately to supply the first t w o
items under this head and plans formulated t o provide such
material as would be of help to class instruction. I would
suggest as a temporary measure the State Travelling Libraries which may be secured from the State Librarian. Augusta.
I shall be glad to know w h a t action vour committee
may take upon the above recommendations.
Very truly yours,
PAYSON S M I T H ,
State Supt. of Public Schools.
Y o u will notice certain specific conditions that your
Committee had t o meet t o retain an " A " grade high school,
which they did the best they could with the financial appropriations available. Other things will be needed the coming
year, as per reports of Principal and Chairman of School
Board.
Our new school building made it possible t o better
grade our schools and we now have or can have if parents
will only send their scholars, practically all in t o w n under
one roof and management. Your School Committee did not
think it practicable to try to repair the Pavson house with
the appropriation made at the last annual meeting, and to
accommodate the scholars in the extreme southern part of
the t o w n , joined with the town of Waldo in maintaining a
union school at Evans Corner.
Owing t o an unusual amount of sickness the past year's
work has been interrupted by t w o vacations, while our attendance has also suffered while schools were in session.
Mrs. Mertie Bailey was put in charge of the primary
school upon Gertrude Peavv's resignation, and is doing excellent work, as are all the grade teachers.
I feel that I should speak a word of praise of the excellent
condition in which our janitor, E. W. Tripp, has kept our
house. It has been noticed and spoken of by visitors as
well as our townspeople.
Respectfully submitted,
E. G. ROBERTS, Supt. of Schools
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COMMON
SCHOOLS
Resources
Balance unexpended last year
From local taxation
Received common school fund
mill tax
$ 167.59
500.00
565.09
656.37
$1,889.05
Expenditures
Teachers salaries—
Flora Tasker
Erma Barker
Gertrude Peavv
Mabel Rose
Mertie Bailey
Doris Roberts
$ 248.00
24-8.00248.00
152.00
32.00
5.60
933.60
Transportaion
Paid—
F H Quimby
Mrs Nickerson
C F Fogg
Mrs S F Ryan
H M Brown
$
18.00
10 00
191.58
270.00
170.00
662.58
Fuel
Paid—
A E Chase Co
$
59.35
31
M W Roberts
E R Knowlton
E G Roberts
Roberts & Son
17.44
1.50
8.25
5.S5
92.39
Janitor Services
PaidOwen Miller
Norman Webber
Gertrude Peavey
Mabel Rose
Erma Barker
E M Tripp
5.60
5.00
8.60
8.60
3.60
75.00
106.40
W r aldo
Pd T o w n o f
p r o p o r t i o n a l part for
c o n d u c t i n g school a t Evans Corner
94.08
$1,889.05
TEXT
BOOK
ACCOUNT
Resources
$200.00
A p p r o p r i a t e d by t o w n
Paid—
Newell White
J L Hammett
Ed Supply C o
E d w E Babb & Co
Ginn & C o
E G Roberts
Benj H S a n b o r n
$
3.25
4.63
7.75
4.15
125.88
35.14
27.85
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Me State Librarian
2.50
Overdrawn
211.15
$ 11.15
Unpaid—
D C Heath & Co
Ginn & Co
Edw E Babb & Co
American Book Co
$ 10.10
R5.68
15.66
27.92
$119.36
Repairs on School Houses
No appropriation
Paid—
E G Roberts
Lerov Staples
Lerov Godding
R A Barden
Lerov Staples
Roberts & Son
W S Jones
$ 2.70
10.00
1.50
10.82
1.50
16.30
6.S5
$49.67
Due H H Hay & Sons for chemical apparatus
HIGH
$37.60
SCHOOL
Resources
Cash on hand Feb. 15, 1915
From local taxation
$
85.27
600.00
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"
State of Maine
"
tuitions
Due on tuitions
Reed from State
Domestic Science
500.00
229.80
43.50
288.00
$1,746.57
Expenditures Domestic Science Course
$ 52.00
133.33
174.96
Paid S W N o r w o o d , Asst
Due "
"
account
Paid Marion Pratt
360.29
Paid—
S W Norwood
Ethel K Rhind
L H Shibles
Blanche E Butterfield
$449.92
136.08
470.00
185.00
-
Janitor service
Fuel
1,241.00
40.00
86.93
$1,728.22
IS.35
Balance unexpended
ENROLLMENT
Winter, 1914-15
Enrollment
High School
Grammar School
Intermediate "
Primary
West Brooks "
27
33
32
22
Av. Attend.
23
30
25
18
Length of Tm.
10
10
10
10
w
w
w
w
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Spring, 1915
High School
Grammar School
Intermediate "
Primary
West Brooks "
28
11
37
39
12
26
9
29
31
11
14
9
9
9
9
w
w
w
w
-.v
23
22
35
24
12
12
12
12
w
w
w
w
Fall, 1915
High School
Grammar School
Intermediate "
Primary
26
26
42
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TEACHERS'
STATISTICS
Lester H.Shibles of Roekport.
Graduate of Colby College, 1915.
Salary, $1000 per year.
Principal of High School
Length of service 1 year
Blanche E. Butterfield of Springfield, Asst. in High
School. Graduate of Farmington Normal School.
Length
of service 1 year. Salary $425 per year.
Erma M . Barker, teacher of Grammar school. Graduate
of Belfast High School. Length of service 1 year. Salary
$8.00 per week.
Flora Tasker, teacher of Intermediate School. Maine
Central Institute and Beal Business College.
Length of
service 1 year. Weekly salary $8.00.
Mrs. Mertie Bailey, teacher of Primary School.
ate of Roekport High School, has taught 7 years.
of service, winter term. Weekly salary $8.00.
GraduLength
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MR. E. G. ROBERTS, Supt. of Schools:
The w o r k of the past half year has been very satisfactory, due in no small part t o the influence of new surroundings. Both pupils and teachers appreciate the new school
house and the interest is correspondingly great.
While at times epidemics have raised havoc with our attendance none of our pupils have left, and on the other hand
we have this term a post graduate student in book-keeping.
Our athletics have not been extensive, due either t o lack
of available material or equipment.
We have had several
public entertainments which, thanks t o the interest of the
townspeople, have been satisfactory.
The new Chemistry course has proved t o be one of the
most interesting courses offered. The laboratory and its
equipment, while n o t elaborate, are fully adequate and meet
State requirements.
The Traveling State Library of High Schools is of valuable aid in our work.
Books, apparatus, etc., have been well cared for and
nothing has been lost or mutilated.
There is on file a permanent record of the w o r k of all pupils t o date, so far as has been possible.
Have appreciated the interest of those w h o have had the
time and taken the opportunity t o visit us.
As for the coming year, $150 will be necessary for books
and $200 for Physical apparatus. I would recommend that
three of the five rooms be equipped with curtains, which are
badly needed
Respectfully
L M Shibles, Principal