Daily Kennebec journal., 1904-05-02
VILLAGE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
The Annual Meeting Was Held, Satur.
day Afternoon.

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Saturday afternoon. in the hall of the
| Vim. r. Smith Grammar school.
The meeting was called to order by
Treby Johnson, clerk of the district, and
5. s. Lancaster was chosen moderator.
with Treby Johnson as clerk.
&. Z. Burliegh was UNANIMOUSLY elect
ed director for one year. to fill the
vacancy caused by the death of Can't.
Chas. E. Nash, and w. G. Boothby was
| elected a director for three years.
The report of the board of directors
| was presented, and accepted as printed
Included, in the report was the follow
| ing touching tribute to the memory of
Capt. Nash:
While the District can with reason
congratul itself on the prosperous
state of it's affairs and rejoice in the
| highly satisfactory condition of it's
schools, the heart of every voter who
attends this meeting will be saddenad
| by the fact that one is absent to-day
whose wise counsef"has for many years
been sought and whose earnest, intelli-
gent and loyal service in the interests
| of the education of the youth of Angus
ia, and especially of the boys and girls
of the Village School District, is known
and appreciated by all.
Capt. Charles f. Nash, President of
| the Board OF Directors. died at his
home in this city, after long illness,
| on February %, 1904, at the age of G5
years.
For IA years Capt. Nash served as
Director and all of this time as Presi-
dent of the Board. No man'eVer rend-
| cred more faithful and efficient service
| or more cheerfully devoted his time and
energy TO the rp-building Of our
| schools.
man of sterling character; able,
honest and upright, he was a powerful
factor in raising the schools of the dis
trict to their present high standard.
He had firm convictions and the
| courage to express them. His sound
| common sense, his unimpeachable in
tegrity, his hatred of shams and love
of truth We're qualities which made his
influence felt by teacher and scholar
alike. He was devoted to the schools
of the Village District and firmly be-
| lieved that our district system, which
| keeps the people themselves in close
| touch with their schools, was the best
| that could be devised.
Seldom has such conscientious and
| intelligent work been given by a man in
the discharge of a public duty. This
| service was to him a labor of love and
| to it he conSecrated his best efforts.
He has erected for himself a monument
| more enduring than any shaft of mar
BILE in the good that he has done and
his name will be held in grateful re-
| membrance by hundreds Of Augusta
| boys and girls who knew and loved him
well.
| The report also contained the follow
| ing statement relating to the new Lin
| coin street schOolhouse:
| At a meeting of the voters of the VIII
lage District, held June G, 1903, the re-
port of the directors, submitting the
plans and specifications made by Ar
thur G. Wing of Augusta, architect, for
| a new fOur-rOOm brick school house on
Lincoln street, was accepted and their
| recommendation that the district raise
| the sum of $4,000 for the purpose of
| erecting the said schoolhOuse, was
| aGpted.
| The directors were authorized to hire
| the above amount, at per cent. per an
mum. the interest payable semi-annu-
ally. and the principal in equal annual
payments within a period of 10 years.
The directors We're authorized to pro-
Ceed at once with the erection of the
building and have it ready for occu-
pancy by September, 1904.
| In accordance with the vote of the
district, the directors invited proposals
from all the Augusta contractors for
the erection of the new schoOlhouse,
and on July 2, 1903, contracted with A.
A. VarEey Of Augusta, for the sum Of
$11,950. Mr.. Varney furnished a sat-
| isfactory bond.
On July 6, the directors, architect,
contractor and w. B. Getchell civil en-
| gineer, located the new school building
and one week later ground was brok-
| en-.
| The corner stone was laid, August 10.
| by the late Capt. Charles f. Nash,
| president of the board of directors, in
| the presence Of the other members and
NJ. 2. Dutton, principal. The corner
stone is block of granite 21a feet by
Az feet and IS inches thick. 1t is laid
| in the northeast corner and on its
front is cut the date, 1908. A copper box
containing copies of Augustus news
papers, school, city and State depart
ment reports, photographs of the last
four graduating classes of the Smith
Grammar school and other matter. was
placed in a receptacle cut in the stone
before it was set in place.
! Work on the building has progressed
in satisfactory manner under the
constant supervision Of the directors
and Architect Wing, and it is conf
IDENTIFY expected that the building will
be ready for occupancy at the beginning
of the fall term.
| 1t was voted to raise the sum of s9590
for schoolhouses, repairs, etc. the same
to be raised by taxation, the taxes to be
assessed and collected in the same
manner as city taxes.
The directors were authorized to sell
the Grove street schoolhouse and lot,
if they deemed it advisable.
Chairman Plaisted of the school
board made statement as to the con-
dition Of the schoOlhouses, and report
ed that the new Lincoln Street school,
house would be ready for occupancy
at the opening of the fall term.
| N, motion of Lewis Selbing the fol-