The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1913-03-06
TOWN MEETINGS.

MORRILL, Municipal election March 8, 1918:
J G. Harding, Moderator; T N Pearson. Clerk:
F. G. Currier. R. H. Cross. J. C. Rowe, Select
men. Assessors and Overseers of the Poor;
Ernest +. Bowen, Treasurer; Debert Paul
Collector; ]. o. Blake, Elmer dartshoru r. K
Blood, school committee. Appropriated for
roads and bridges, $780, State road. $500; sup
port of the poor, $l25 free High school. 5000;
debts and charges, 500; repairs on school
houses, $50; text books, rs; repairs on Gene
terry fence, $40. Valuation of town, SIPS, ,333
resources over liabilities, $l85.80.
FREEDOM. The town of Freedom held its an
nuai town meeting Monday, March Sd, and the
following officers were chosen for the ensuing
year: Moderator, c. D. Wentworth; to own clerk,
Phil. Williams; selectmen, F. W. Johnson L.
M. Morrison and c. E. Knowlton school COM
mittee. S. B. Clark; road commissioners, R. c.
Briggs and S. C. Young; Constable, w. R. Spar
row; treasurer and tax collector, Fred N Flye
The town voted to raise for free High school,
$3.50; common schools, $3.50 1t was also voted
to raise 500 for the celebration of the Tooth
anniversary of the town to be held in the viii
lage June IL, 1913.
NoRTHPoRT. At the annual town meeting
March Sd officers were elected as follows: Se-
lectmen. Martin G. Black, C. E. Drinkwater
and Frank l. Black; treasurer, Henry G. Hills
collector and constable. Charles O. Dickey;
school committee, Wayne Chapman The pro-
posed rules and regulations with regard to the
digging and sale of CLANS passed over
1t voted to contract with the Penobscot
Bay Electric Company for term of wears at
1925 yearly for street lights from Little River
to the Campground entrance of the same
power and at the same distance as those on
the avenues in Belfast The total appropria-
tions were S., ,290
MoNTvILLE. The beautiful weather and fine
sleighing brought out large attendance at
town meeting. The following officers were
elected: Selectmen, T. S. Erskiner Newell
White. John q. Carey Auditor. George Carter
school committee, Everett Bennett; Collector
and Constable, j. j. Clement; Treasurer Allen
Goodwin. Mr.. Foss of Augusta addressed the
meeting in regard to the location of the new
Haildale schoohouse. Appropriations: schools
$3.50; poor, $500; town officers bills. $4G0; high
ways and bridges, $500; bills winter of
1912 l3. S400; incidental expenses, 500;
pairs of schoolhouses and school supplies S1C0;
tuition of scholars out of town, 500; State
road. $400, total S., $50
IsLEsBoRo. At the annual town meeting
March Sd officers were elected as follows
Moderator, NJ Calvin F. Kmbal; Selectmen, M .
K. Trimm. A. A. Pendletor; Town Clerk,
George A Warren; Treasurer, Marcelus Yea
zie; member of school committee NJ. X.
Trimm; Tax Collector, l.. NJ. Gilkey; Constable
E. L. Sprague; Town Agent. NJ. r. Trimrn
Appropriations were made follows: town
charges. $1,000; roads and bridges, 81 800 State
read, S450 permanent sidewalks $500; street
sprinkling. $3.50; horses and fittings for high
way department. 5000; street lighting S 3d.
free public library. $780,; common schools $500;
manual training. 500; text books, $3.50; fire
hydrants, S ,000; brown tail moths, $3.50; poor,
$1,000; repairing school houses. $500 1t was
voted to leave the supervision of the roads to
tha selectmen and to buy pair of horses and
outfit for the use of the town, An innovation
will be the manual training course in the
schools, for which appropriation was made.