Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1907-03-13
TOWN MEETINGS.
Officers Elected and Appropriations
Voted in Hancock County Towns.

CRANBERRY ISLES.
l One of the most exciting as well as
pleasant town meetings ever held in this
town was that OF Monday, March 4. The
ladies' aid society furnished q fine dinner
from II to $50. The election ball in the
evening was a very fine affair, and, all in
all, this town meeting day will long be re-
meinbered. The following officers were
elected: Moderator, Leslie R Bunker;
clerk, George w Bulger; selectmen,
assessors and overseers Of poor, Leslie r
Bunker, John Fl Pressey, Charles E Stan
ley; town agent, William E Paddock !;
school comm ittee, Fred w Phippen; treas
urer, Loring A Stanley; collector, Edward
/ ] Stanley; caretaker town hall, Charles E
Stanley; road commissioners, George w
Squirting, George r Hadlock, Wilbert A
Rice; constables, Seth H Rice, Hiram L
| Stanley, Henry A Bunker, Freeman E
Stanley; sealer of weights and measures,
| Walter Hadlock. All other officers will be
chosen by the selectmen.
| Appropriations-Scho 200; text
books, S75; high school, $125; schoolhouse
repairs, $40; roads and bridges, s565; poor,
| $50; current and contingent, G,175. To-
tai, $500.
| At meeting of the school board held
March 6, Leslie R Bunker was chosen
superintendent of schools for the ensuing
year.
BLuEHILL.
| Moderator, Forest B Snow; selectmen
| and assessors, Frank P Greene, A T
| Stevens, E ] Hinckley; clerk, s B Wes-
colt; treasurer, Merrill P Hinckley; col
lector, William G Greene; school commit
| tee, II II Mcintyre; road commissioners,
E w Mcintyre, George A Pert; town
agent, E E Chase. =.
| Appropriations Schools, 5000; text
books, 800; high school, $3.50; school
| house repairs, $3.50; roads and bridges,
5000; State road, $500; poor, $3.50; current
and contingent, 81 zoo; interest, SIS; snow,
$500; Memorial Day, SIS. Total, S9,135.
FREMONT.
| Moderator, Loren w. RumiIl; selectmen
and assessors, Loren w. Rumill, Herbert
| l.. Sawyer, Clifton NJ. Rich; clerk, Lowell
A. Bunker, treasurer, Benjamin B. Reed;
collector, Henry t. Webster; school COM
mittee, Benjamin B. Reed, Clifton M. Rich,
! Howard N. Kelley; superintendent Of
schools, ROBBIE NJ. Rumill; road commits
| sioner, John w. Dorr; constables, Henry
T. Webster, Calvin NJ. Reed and Edwin H.
Bunker.
Appropriations schools, $3.50; text
| books, $50; schoolhouse repairs, $275; roads
and bridges, $500; State road, 500; poor,
$500; current and contingent, $500; interest,
$50; snow, 500; library, SIS; debt, s14.2s;
sidewalk, 200; tuition, 500; town note,
$500; damage, SO; addition to schoolhouse,
$50. Total, S,756.7s.
LONG ISLAND PLANTATION.
| Moderator, Frank E Gilman; selectmen
and assessors, Frank w Ross, Eugene c
Van Norden, Frank E Gilman; clerk and
treasurer, VIM A Van Norden; collector,
Hiram A Lunt; school committee, Frank
+ Gilman; superintendent Of schools,
Nathan Osier; road commissioner, Leman
! Davis; constables, Nathan Osier, H w
Lunt, jr.
Appropriations Schools, $500; text
books, SIS; roads and bridges, $50; cur
rent and contingent, SIS; new school
| mouse, SluU. Total, $500
| SWANS ISLAND.
| Moderator, A NJ Parker; selectmen and
assessors, Oliver Bowley, Samuel J Stin-
son, Lewis B Stanley; clerk, Levi B Joyce;
treasurer, l w Stinson; collector and
member school committee, F F Morse;
road commissioner, Horace E Stanley;
constables, A E Orcutt, E Sherman.
Appropriations Schools, $3.50; text
books, SIS; high school, sS5; schoolhouse
repairs, S75; roads and bridges, 500; State
road, 800; poor, $50; current and con-
tingent, 5000; interest, $50; sidewalks,
500; town debt, 800; supplies, appliances,
! ETC., $50. Total, s3,O35.
HANCOCK.
| Moderator, Orlando w Foss; selectmen
and assessors, Charles w Wooster, William
H Ball, Henry A Butler; clerk, Henry c
Crabtree; treasurer, Alfred Crabtree;
collector, Galen H Young; school com
mittee, William w Jellison, George L
Stewart, Orlando w Foss; superintendent
OF schools, Arthur l. Young; road COM
missioners, George NJ Moon, Sherman Nc
Farland; consta bles, E Bowden, w p
S"f NNSaSS w Aouh6s adAVA lOuIk.
Appropriations-Schoo 500; text
books, SIPS; high school, SIS; schoolhouse
repairs, $175; roads and bridges, 81 900;
State road, $500; poor, 500; current and
contingent, $500; Memorial Day, S25;
monument fund, 500; to paint soldiers
monument, s25; water tub at Hancock
Point, $50.
DEDHAM.
Moderator Ernest w Burrill; selectmen
and assessors, Hadley P Burrill, Arno G
Hooper, Alfred Condor; clerk, Hadley p.
Burrill; treasurerland collector, Ernest w
Burrill; school committee, Wallace B
Black, Everett T iBlack, Guy H Burrin;
superintendent Of schools, Ernest w Bur-
rill; road commissioner, George A Gray;
ables, Jesse 7 Black, George Good
win; Horace Lord.
Appropriations = Schools, $500; text