Daily Kennebec journal., 1914-03-10
PITTSF|ELD.
The Annual Town Meeting
Is Held Monday
Instruct The Selectmen Not 10
License Pool Rooms in Town
Appropriations. ..Grange Meeting Con.
iers First and Second Degrees

The annual townmeeting was held
in Union hall Monday with a good
number Of voters. o. H. Drake was
chosen moderator and r. E. Getchell
was elected clerk. The following OFF,
GERS were elected: The selectmen: w.
M. Osborn, c. c. Weeks, F. E. Mayo,
who were also elected assessors and
overseers of the poor; treasurer, Hen
ry F. Libby; water commissioner, c.
f. Seekins; town agent, H. H Thur
lough; member school board for three
years, Edwin Childs; auditor, 0. II.
Drake; trustee Public library, Chas.
B. Haskell; trustee of the cemetery,
w. B. McGilvery. Much Importance
was given to an article to see If the
town would instruct the selectmen to
refuse to license pool rooms in town
and the matter was taken up by sew
instruct the selectmen to refuse to IL
cense pool rooms in the town. The
collection of taxes was given to Frank
Weeks, who bid nine mills.
It was voted to make a discount or
per cent. on taxes paid on or before
Aug. l and per cent on or before
Nov. and six per cent. interest should
be charged on all taxes unpaid after
Jan. 1. The appropriations:
SUPERINTENDENT of schools, $500;
members of school board, $50; sup
port of schools, 5000; Free High
school, $780, repairs of school build
ings. s40o; school text books, $500; in
surance and appliances, $500; support
of poor, $500; repairs on roads ana
bridges, $500; $1,000 to be used for
permanent repairs; miscellaneous
1850; Public library, s1010; repair
and building of sewers, $500; care OF
cemeteries, $500; breaking roads,
$500; hydrant rental, $500; dis
count and abatement, $500; interest
on town Indebtedness, $1,000; state
road. 1854; Memorial day, s75; state
highways, within the limits or the
town. $500; addition to money raised
a wear ago to build vault in Union
hall. $3.50; insurance and repairs on
Public library, 5000; books for PUB
lie library, 5000; due on steam roller
and crusher and Union hall, $4,000;
finish a room on the second moor OF
the Grammar school building, slooe'
filled roads, $1,000; gravel walk on
chalmers avenue, SIS: sewer on North
Main street and Waverley avenue.
AT a meeting of Pittsfeld Grange
held Saturday evening the First ana
Second degrees were conferred on
three candidates.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilbur Melvin of Low
ell. Mass, who were called here by the
death of Mr.. Melvin's mother, the late
Mrs. A. j. Melvin, have returned
home.
C. E. Frost of Belfast, formorely OF
this town, was the guest Monday OF
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. e. L. Frost.
H. H. Thurlough left Monday for
Skowhegan to attend a Democratic
meeting.
An educational exhibit Of the Maine
Anti-Tuberculosis Association will be
held in Union hall, March IA, 16, II
and 1s, afternoon and evening. This
exhibit, which is free to the public, is
most interesting and instructive and
those seeing 1t will be forcibly i'm
pressed with the Importance of the
educational work being done by the
association.
A. ST. Ledger passed Sunday with
his brother in Skowhegan.
meeting Thursday afternoon in the
vestry of the Free Baptist church for
transaction of business.