The Portland daily press., 1897-03-03
HARPsWELL.

HARPSWELL.
Officers elected at the annual town
meeting held at .Harpswell, March 1st,
were:
Moderator-G. X. johnson.
Town Clerk-E. S. Slower.
Selectmen, Assessors and Overseers of
Poor-E. K. Hodgkins. Oliver Stevens
Alfred b. Snow.
School Committee-Oliver Stevens.
Charles Clary, Harmon Coombs, d. X.
| Slower.
Tax ollector-Eastern Division,
Frank X. Stevens; Western Division,
James Dyer.
Town Agent-T. E. Skolheld.
Treasurer. A. Curtis.
Constable Bailey.
Fish Warden-G George A. Merriman.
GRAY.
Gray, March 1.-The annual election Of
town officers occurred Monday March ];
Never before within the recollection OF
| the Oldest voters of our town were Ine
| selectmen unanimously Q lected. IL Ii
evident that our people appreciate Wise
| and economical administration OF tnelr
| town affairs. The following officers were
| chosen ana appropriations made:
Moderator-W. H. Vinton, Silverite
Town Clerk-F. l. Clark, Silverlte: :,
Selectmen-Jas. r. Hancock, Republ1-
can; Edgar S. Caswell, Silverite; Ohas.
Il. Allen, Republican.
| The selectmen were chosen assessors
and overseers of the poor.
| Treasurer-F. l.. Clark, Silvsrite.
Collector-W. II. Dow, sRep.
Member of Schoolboard-W. Il. An
drews, Rep. ;,
Agent Of Town House-E S. Caswell,
Silverite.
| o.. e1QS0
Appropriated for new schoolhouse at
East Gray, $500.
Appropriated five hundred dollars Tor
a soldiers monument, provided there IS
raised by the citizens five hundred dol
lars.
Appropriated for support of the high
ways $500, labor tax and S60O money
tax.
Appropriated for the support Of the
poor and to defray town charges $30O0:
Chose for truant officers VIM. M. LOW
and Geo. II. Freeman.
West Paris, March 1.-The following
off GERS were elected for the town OF
Paris:
Moderator-J. S. Wright.
Clerk-W. J. Wheeler.
Assessora-Henry d. Hammond, Win
field 8. Starbird, Alpheus D. Andrews.
Treasurer-Frsnk A. ShurtleT.
Collector-Charles Garland.
School ommittes-Miss Blanche Chase,
Horatio Woodbury.. The following sums
were appropriated: Support OF Schools,
81. IL per inhabitnnt. support Of poor and
other town expenses, $500; roads and
bridge, $4,000; town debt ard interest
$1,000; repairing school houses $500
school books, $500; snow bills, $1,000; w..
ii. Kimball post, 6. A. R., $50.
Quite lively debate resulted when ar
tics 10, referring to the removal Of the
| voting place from Paris to South Paris.
Some spicy remarks were made ny
| Messrs. Hammond, Bolster, Whitmore.
| Marble, Brown, Hutchinson and Sweatt
| The house was polled which resulted
| in favor of removal by vote of 226 to
| ISL.
| The Democrats elected their full ticket
| by a vote of from II to SS against the
Republican vote of from 30 to 81. The
following are the officers elected:
| Moderator-G gorge MoKenney.
| Clerk-Loren Bachelor.
| Seleotmen-C. b. McKenney, Arthur
Dyer Hartley Il. Clough.
Treasurer-Thomas Fl. jackson.
School ommittee-Alphonso White.
George Written for three years; Will Il.
MoKenney for one year.
| Apent-H. M. LON bard.
Collector-F j.. Meserve.
Trustee of Potter Eund-Arthur Dyer.
Constable-G. II. Wright.
| Appropriated 600 for schools; $50 for
school books, $500 for poor, $500 in high
way money