Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-09
Annual Town Meeting
( Is Held Monday
Old Se|ectmen Are Returned
Without Opposition.
Death Of Mrs. DeIana Cook--.0ther
Items OF Local Interest.

The annual town meeting was held
3!onday The gallery was well filed
VI It'll ladies' The meeting was called
Ia order at - O'Clock by Town Clerk
2 Z. ,;ctchell. Attorney J. ". Man
:-or MAS elected moderator The As
articles in the warrant We're quickly
gone over few of them being lett
IL the selcctmen. William Osborn, $.
II. Frost and Z. F. Pennell, the old
heard OF selcctmen. We're reelected witt.
TO opposition, as we're Town Clerk L.
/, .;.:.chc.l and Treasurer Henry =.
Libby.
\. n. Burse, whose term expired on
the beard of water commissioners, was
,c-tlc1ted - was also c. +. Frost as 4
r.enlter of the school board. The fol-
inwins additional officers We're elected:
Town agent. H. II. Tilurlough; read
commissioner. a. T. Randlett: auditor,
! q. II. Drake. trustee for library, Dr..
+. \. PcrteT. to succeed DIR. I. NJ.
Griffin. whose term expired. The col
| l"ct.on OF taxes was Siven TO the low
81 bidder. Frank Weeks. who bid 10
, mills. The appropriations: Support Of
| schools. $1,000; support of poor, $1,000;
repairs ol roads and bridges, $4,000,
| $3.50 of which is to be used outside the
Village in addition to State road APP
propriation: school books, $500; in
surance and appliances, $3.50; repairs
on school buildings. $1,000; miscel-
laneous town charges. including $75.
Grand Army Post, S1650; Public libra
ry, $1010; repairs and building Of sew
e,s, $500; cemeteries, $1o0; breaking
roads, S1S00; hy(irant rental, $500; dis
count and abatements $500; interest on
! outstanding Indebtedness, 1920; sewer
y, Detroit avenue. $1,000; permanent
| improvements of the main highways
as directed by Section 5, Chapter III
| OF the Public Laws of Maine for the
year 1867. $780, piece of filled road
beginning near Wesley Burnett's anG
running, to Frank RunnaTs place, $3.50;
| Gravel walk on Eates street, $100: con-
| crate walk on east side of Summer
street, $500; fire escape on Riverside
schoolhouse, SO; to complete concrete
| walks OH somerset avenue and t.
| build a concrete walk on west side IS
| Iartland avenue to ScnoOlhOuSe, $10J
guide posts throughout the town. $50.
\ committee consisting of the select
! men, water board and Charles =.
Seekins was appointed to confer with
the Sebastjcook Power Co. as to the
cost for pumping water and to re-
pert at special meeting to be called
within the next four months.
| 1t was voted to allow a discount Of
3 per cent. on all taxes paid on or be
fore Nov. l, 1909. and that all taxes
must be paid on or before Feb. 20, 1910.
Mrs. Delana Cook died Monday at
the home of her daughter, Mrs. Jesse
for many years. Her age was so years
IA months and s days. For the
last year she had been in failing
health and had been very i'll for sew
eral weeks. Six daughters, Mrs. Emma
Fngsley CT Rochester, N. H., Mrs. An
gle Martin and Mrs. Stafford of St
Albans, Mrs Fannie NJ Taggart Of
Oakland, Mrs. Goull of this own al Il
q daughter living in Wisconsin; on
sen. Jesse Cook of ST. Adams; one
brother and two sisters. Mrs. Todd OF
| Palmyra and one living in ST Alhans
survive. The funeral services will be
held at 2 O'Clock Wednesday after
room at the Free Baptist ch,irch, Of
which she was a member Rev f. X
| Jordan vii, ofiiciate.
Walter BrC@ has sold his farm 10
Gated in Detroit to Mrs. Nellie Sawyer
Of Detroit
The ladies Of the Woman's Relief
Corps served 123 dinners at Grad
Army ha. town meeting day. About
80 was realized