Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-03-07
FAIRFIELD
.,o.h Annual Town Meeting Is
'' co.,ducted in Business Like
,,,,ner and Results Are
Generally Satisfactory
h. Few Changes in
officers

,,soo INCREASE IN COMMON
SCHOOL FUND
,o,. dayned bright and clear Mon
4'' .,r the 18th annual meeting of the
90 =. Fairfield At exactly 10 A. NJ.
N"" Bradbury, clerk of the pre-
INV ,sar. dropped the gavel and pro-
r''' tho meeting open. Mr.. Bradbury
'''] ,,e 1@th warrant of the town.
&C., S.,g. N. chapman was appointed to
chairman of the meeting by a
S'S ,ons vote. Mr. Bradbury casting
The New Officers
.ndo,Itted vote was made by sim
e,er,ing William j. Bradbury to
as town clerk. This will be Mr..
,.,r,..e fo.lrth consecutive year in
fs Office -
,,I,ce A. HiU as second selectman and
tjarrjs as third selectman, were
,Isc,sd by single vote,
I'll. chairman of the meeting was au-
..d 10 ap,ont q committee of three
,,.siye and count votes cast for cleo
- q, the meeting. The committee:
,.,.- Hlnckley, Henry +. Totman
,r,brr II. Totman. At this point
=. chapman explained that in town
- vopulatjon of over 1000 majority
..u ,n,es thrown was not necessary for
.,oc.,os If 4 candidate. The candidate
wing the largest number of votes is
I'D therefore no second opportunity
| a. ,ole is had
Assessors and Overseers
-. assessors and oVersccrs of the poor
,.d uere Lafayette +. Bray. Wallace
| nm and Iohn \. Harris. The count
81. committee was authorized to receive
4. for the office of tax collector. Will
" MtrrlU was reelected town
..,sgrsr Arthur II. Totman. town au-
ao- member OF old cemetery commit
., Emery Hlll, William y. Osborne.
Tax Collector
1.b the only petition for the Office.
ulr.m J. Bradbury was reelected to
a,-s as tax collector. Mr. Bradbury
nd, tho bid for collection al IA per
s1t
,orstables who were elected from the
.a- William J. Bradbury, Wallace II.
.een Frank Written. Lyman Barnes,
oanb tinrney. William w. Nye. William
harrington. Henry u. Brophy. Bert
Wi.amson. William :. simpson. Lafay-
~ s Bray.
sarelors Of lumber. wood and bark
r.'rh 4 Jewell. Willard Harven. Henry
To,nar. Lester +. Nye. William i
srne, lanes t. Snow, George T. lib
s;s e. ". Greene. Huber Holt. Will
sn simpson, Henry {. Newhall. Rich.
hi Powers. Frank \. Landry. Melvin
,in,er. Elmer Strickland.
fence viewers and field drivers: Will
IAN Harrington. Virgil K. Conner ant
r. 5 Woodman.
1oFE Clerk Bradbury then arose
nd Ised that all those receiving of
fee should 90 as soon as possible, aft
p 'te meeting, and he sworn into of
.ta. 70 make their position legal. The
custom of paSt years has been to ne
s.C this duty thereby making some
ortusion in the department..
Charles 4 L.aWry was reelected t(
erye as a member of the superintend-
re school committee.
Sl.man O. sawyer was reelected tt
srge as a fire warden.
$4,000 for Schools
Tie appropriation committee hat
commended the sum of $4,000 for th'
COMMON school fund. Hon. George G
aeeks spoke in favor of raising the
smFopriatiOn IT, 5000. He gave as hi:
'ms reason that the teachers in the
sades should receive better salaries
Win Nj Weeks recommendation The
IaeaerS would receive a dollar more
their weekly salaries. 1t was voteC
appropriat" The $1,000 as recommend
BY Mr.. Weeks.
lae.town voted yes" on the question
apFrQprlatlng and raising money ne
Ssa!y to entitle the town to State
III as provided in Section 20 Of Chap.
q ii' Of the Public Laws OF 1918.
III Article Il, the town voted to raise
"ss Tor the State aid road. Consider
'le discussion took place over this ar
~F' several Of those present were MOI
0.a-n as TO just huw the money wa:
expended and just what roads
we 10 be benefited by the appropri
''on. Il was voted To place the State
~ !uhd on the road from the cor.
:" y! Nam street and Western ave.
* al the Methodist church to EN-.
sy hin
u -F town voted to make all pol
,' AZ uue ana payable on the first day
aa!' ana 10 authorize the assessors
"ihish the tax collector with a list
mi tax payers prior to that date;
4 "'aI interest at the rate of pei
4 % month be collected on all pol
remaining unpaid after said frs,
Y :, " May as provided in Sector
n. .''p'ef is5. Of the Public Laws OF
:. NO"'iiilttee of three was appoint
~ walt upon Or. Merrill as early
s,saS 'n as possible and present al
so,,, request for the immediate ap.
s"'Aeh' or farm demonstration fol
SnsFset county. The committee
~ /. Tibbetts. Donald W. Ellis
30 George T ZONES