Daily Kennebec journal., 1917-03-14
OAKLAND
Town Meeting Draws a Large
Crowd, Elects Officers and
Makes Annual Appropriations
Also Votes Street Improve
mentS

Messalonskee hall was filed with vot-
ers OIL the occasion Of the annual town
meeting which was held Monday. The
following officers were elected: E. NJ.
Foster, moderator; Lester NJ. Andrews,
clerk: George Tracy. first selectman
and I. H. Hersom, F. NJ. Brown, Sc
lectmen: Fred Hallett. treasurer; A.
H. Lord. collector: c. H. Martin. Geo.
r. Fuller. w H. Judkins, school COM
mittee: G. NJ. Bachelor. auditor The
Office of road commissioner and super
intendent Of schools are unappointed.
The town voted to raise the follow
ing appropriations: $4,000 repairs of
roads and bridges; $500 repairs and
building of sidewalks; $500 support OF
poor; $500 breaking snow; $1,000 sup
port of common schools; $500 school
appliances. supplies and insurance;
$500 purchase OF text books; $3.50 mis-
cellaneous school expenses; $4,000 sup
port of free high school; $500 repairs
Of schoolhouses; $500 miscellaneous
town expenses; $1,000 support of fire
department and hydrant rentals; sl00
Memorial day expenses: $1100 street
and municipal lighting; $4,000 discharg-
Ing town debt to pay interest on same:
$1,000 support and maintenance Of Pub
lie library; $1,000 care of cemeteries;
800 Board Of Health; $500 industrial
education in public schools; 1866 i'm
provement Of State aid road; $1,000 re-
pairs on Memorial hall building; sl00
rentals and maintenance OF grounds of
Oakland Athletic Associations; $3.50
construction of Church street road bed;
500 State and State aid highway in
town limits: $3.50 conveyance of high
school students from rural districts:
$40 George Boynton: $500 road con-
struction at head Of McGrath pond; i;
sS75 fire department. Articles for ap-
propriations for police service. repairs
of concrete sidewalks and election Of
overseers Of poor for a threeyear term
wera passed over and the town voted
TO entitle the town to State aid.
The report Of the committee on by
laws was accepted and will be printed
next year. Article concerning a road
to Lake View Cemetery was left In the
hands of the selectmen to decide; the Sc
lectmen were authorized to accept de-
posits in sums of s100 for care of ceme-
terfes and to make temporary loans to
meet current expenses. The sum of $50
was accepted from estate of Catharine
Davis for care of her burial lot: the tax
against property of J. b. Hodsdon was
abated, and the article to construct a
road on Summer street was passed over
The town voted to construct a side
walk on Middle street and the article to
install a light near the Dunn Edge Tool
Co, carpenter shop was passed over
while a light was installed at the foot
Of Squirrel Hill. w. E. Vigue, e. T. Nit
chell, .. J. Libby were committee to
investigate the feasibility of purchasing
tractor for use upon highways: D. f.
Wheeler, L. S. Gallagher and Edward
Wing were voted to look after the mat
ter of purchasing a new or second hand
hearse. Guy Adams Arthur BARLEY
Charles 1. Bates. Aral T. Benson Ed. D.
Bessey, Frank L. Bickford, George H.
Blaisdel1, Charles r. Blaisdell, George
p. Boynton, Theodore Bragg, Murry
Brewer. John B. Collins Alphonso Cot
tie, E. r. Estes F. S. Garland. Frank B.
Gardner. r. L. Hersom. Geo 7. John
ston, F. Leech, c. B. Lufkin. Guy l..
Mosher, Chas. A Stevens and Bertelle
G. Stevens were elected to serve as jur-
crs.
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