Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-03-15
Town Meeting Has Much
Important Business.
Action Taken Toward Install.
ing a Local Water System.
Friends Church Offered for School
Purposes by Owner.

The annual town meeting was held
at Town hall yesterday and long and
exciting session was held. The town
officers were elected as follows: Mod
orator, Fl. T.. Foster; town clerk, f. S.
French: selectmen, assessors and over
scers of the poor, G. NJ. Foster, j. Per-
Icy Bishop. J. NJ. Towle; treasurer, |.
o. Gage; chief engineer. E. S. French;
school committee, F. II. Badger, L. A.
Bailey, ]. II. Moore; road commission
er, C. H. Gale; tax collector, F. Everett
Webb.
The appropriations: One thousand
dollars was raised for the support of
schools, $500 for support of poor, etc.
$3000 for repair of highways, $1,000 for
support IF High school, $I00 for re-
pairs on school houses, 800 for sup
plies for schools. $500 for free text
books, $l25 for Public library, SIPS for
the observance of Memorial day. s1S60
for lighting the streets and 5000 for
the Hose Company.
For State roads $500 was appropriat-
ed; $3.50 was the next grant for the
installing Of a fire alarm system; 500
was raised for maintaining the street
sprinkler; 500 for sidewalk from
George Lowelrs to Mrs. +. W.
Moodys residence; $100 for repairs on
the East Winthrop schoolhouse; 5000
for repairs on Maple cemetery; slO0 to
purchase a gravel bank, and 500 for
repairs on sidewalks.
Voted to accept the road laid out by
the selectmen commencing on the
north side of Main street and running
southwest from L. Pettengilrs mill.
thence northerly 291 feet. westerly 40
feet, southerly to High street and
easterly to the point where it began.
A committee including F. /. Bishop,
]. H. McIlroy and ]. H. Pinkham was
appointed to investigate a municipal
water system and $500 was appropri-
ated for this work.
Rutillus Alden was made commit
tee to inquire as to the cost of the rec
ord of births, marriages. deaths. MS
torical data, etc, compiled by the late
John NJ. Benjamin.
The Friends church has been or
fered by the owner. c. Nj. Bailey, Tor
the sum of $4,000 to the town for
High school building. The proposition
was not made early enough to get an
article in the warrant but the PROPOSE
tior was discussed at much lenSth
and a committee including f. RI. BAD
ger, f. r. Jones and r. Alden was
chosen to investigate the matter ana
report at a special town meeting later.
The subject Of a laboratory and sci
ence room was passed over until the
report in connection with the new
building is made.
The selectmen We're instructed TO
see what repairs are needed upon tue
Main street bridge.
George II. stevens. a native of VIM
tbron. has recently died in Leigh, Neb.
He went to the West many years ago.
A sister, Mrs. Kate Pike of Auburn.
and two brothers, Lewis stevens Oh
Worcester, Mass. and Henry stevens
OF this place survive.
Rupcrt Jackson of SkoWhesaI,
native of our town, is candidate 1or
county treasury in Somerset county
in the next convention.
q Fl. Bailey of Winthrop Center very
pleasantly passed his 18th birthday
last Saturday. He received post caro-
shaver. In the evening Surprise par
~ vas given him by his daughter, Mrs.
A. =. Titus, about 20 guests peihs
present. A very pleasant evening was
PASSED with games. music ana other
social amusements. Sandwiches, IAN
cv crackers, beautiful birthday CAKE
and coffee were served by the hostess.
CHESTS from out of town included MI.
and Mrs. f. c. Bailey Miss Florence
Bailey and Alton Titus of Augusta,
A telephone has been installed IN the
residence of E. A. Mason.
The Williams family, who nave
been Occupying "a rent in the behsoh
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