The independent-reporter., 1910-03-17
~ The News of Somerset's Busy Towns *

visiting her daughter, Annie. who Is
student at Shaw's Business Col
lege.
Miss Lille Holmberg of Solon, is
visiting at c. A. Emery's
Miss Laura Corson is at home from
Guilford.
District Superintendent and Mrs. c.
E. Ball of Bingham are visiting in
Athens.
Miss K. b. Dunton. a former Athens
girl. is very sick with typhoid fever
in hospital at Lawrence, Mass.
Harold Doe and Harold hatcher are
at home from Portland for brief
stay.
/ Nina Buzzell, Kate Fox and Nettie
Pollard are at home from Farming
ton Normal school for two weeks va
cation.
/ Laura Corson returned last week
/ from Dover for a few weeks at her
home here. A sister Gala. returned
with her from a few weeks visit In
Fairfield.
Maria Hayden Is passing the week
with her daughter Annie in Port
land.
+ AlinOIu IttllllS w 90 NdlOh hOiiAS
from Augusta Saturday by the illness
of his son, Roy. Monday he was bet
ter and it was hoped the danger was
passed.
TOWN MEETING.
The town meeting adjourned from
March Z, was called to order at 10 a.
m, March ID. w. N. Sanders pre-
siding. Following are the officers
chosen: Town clerk, H. N. Flanders;
Selectmen. Assessors and Oyerseers
of the Poor, J. F. Holman, Lee W.
Fds and H. s. Elliott; Town Treas
urer, w. n. Sanders; Auditor of Ac-
counts, Geo. F. Aver; Town Agent J.
/ F. Holman; S. s. Committee, w. n.
Sanders; Truant officer, A e. Locke
/ Collector of Taxes, Sumner T. Will
! liams. The choice of Constable and
other town officers required by law
was left with the selnctmen.
AS several appropriations of last
year were not wholly expended it
was not necessary to make the appro
priations for this year as large. Town
voted 5000 for State roads; S2500 for
roads and bridges; 5000 for support
of schools; $500 for support of poor;
5000 for incidental expenses; $3.50 for
purchase of school books; 1925 for
repairs on school houses; $25 for
school supplies; $25 for Memorial
day; $50 for fence wire; $50 for cut
ting bushes.
Voted to instruct the selectmen to
! petition the county commissioners to
make the change in the road near the
Meeting House at West Athens. The
town also voted to leave with the
Selectmen the matter of special APP
preparation for certain pieces of road.
/ The articles in the warrant were TAX
en- up and disposed of so expeditions
/ ly and harmoniously that Article %
was reached when a vote was passed
/ to adjourn for the noon hour. The
fine dinner served by the ladies of the
NJ. E. B. society was we'll patronized
and netted satisfactory sum. After
dinner four articles were disposed of.
then came Article 20 in which all
manifested much interest-the rail-
road from Skowhegan to Athens.
The first speaker was Geo. Aver. sec
retary of the r. r. committee who eX-
planned in detail what had been done
during the year and read the report
of the survey by the engineer, John A.
Jones' Mr.. Aver was followed by
jones Chapman, C. r. oliver, L. c.
Williams. w. N. Sanders. J. F. Hol-
man. Rev. John Loudfoot and Rev. B.
H. Johnson, all of whom made stir
ring appeals in behalf of the Show
hegan and Athens Electric railroad.
The ballot box was then held out by
the Moderator to receive the ITO votes
as the voters names we're called and
checked. The crowd waited anxious
! ly to hear the announcement of the
count. When order was called and
the vote declared 166 to in favor of
the railroad it is needless to say there
was noise for time from men, wo-
men and children,