Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-03-09
MADISON.

+ mors About Women Running
for Office Do Not Materialize.
Officers and Appropria-
tiOns.
The annual town meeting called to
order at 10 A. M. by Town Clerk c. Q.
Flanders in Union hall was sur
priser from the beginning until the
adjournment little before 6 o'clock
in the afternoon for the second day
when but so of the IS articles had
been disposed of. Just what part the
new women voters would take was a
much mooted question there being
various rumors afloat as to the candi-
dacy of various women for some Of
the important offices. Practically
all of these rumors failed to material
ize although the women turned out in
force and took an intelligent and ac-
tive interest in the proceedings of
the day. There was the largest at
tendance of any town meeting in the
history of the town. DIR. w. G. Saw
yer was elected moderator by ac-
cIamation. Following the adoption
of the reports of the town officers
came motion by w. B. Brown that
owing to the crowded condition Of the
hall that the meeting be adjourned to
the much larger hall in the Mckenzie
Block. This motion was doubted by
c. HI. Lancaster who allowed that if
Mr.. Brown would get out of the door
way and let the voters in there was
room for all. The first vote was SO
close that the moderator was in
doubt and called for second show
ing of hands which resulted in adj
journment to the Mckenzie Block.
Fl. A. Johnson was elected first Sc
lectman by reclamation. For second
selectman there were two candidates,
w. E. Clough of the old board and
Captain John w. Healey. Captain
Healey received 155 out of the 290
votes cast and on motion of Mr..
Clough the election was made unani-
nous. Elmer E. Reed was elected
third selectman by reclamation. In
creases in the salaries Of the select
men amounting to $500 were voted.
Other officers elected were, treasurer,
X. c. Gray: auditor, j. F. Withee;
road commissioner for the west part
of the town, Elmer S. Adams; road
commissioner for the east part Of the
town, Edgar D. Clark. There was a
spirited contest for the office of tax
collector. Mrs. Lima McKenney, J. F.
Withee and J. G.. Williams were
nominated at first and each made a
bid of one cent fiat. At this time J.
F. Trickey said he believed that ow-
ing to the large amount of money to
be raised the compensation of the tax
collector would amount to nearly
$1,000, and that he believed that it
was too much and ended by offering
to collect the taxes for $780, 1t was
voted to allow Mr.. Trickey time to
get some ballots printed The other
candidates met Mr.. Trickey's offer by
Offering to collect for the same
amount. The largest vote for any
officer elected was cast at this time,
the total being 353. j. F. Withee re-
ceived 1919 votes and Mrs. McKenney
came next with 67 votes. W. B.
Brown was elected member of the
school committee for three years;
Mrs. Alice Dyer was elected library
trustee. The following monies were
raised: Summer highways, $4,000:
winter highways, $4,000; expenses and
liabilities. $4,000. For the support of
common schools, $4,000; free high
school, $500; school text books.
$1,000; school appliances, $4,000: con-
veyance of high school pupils, $500;
repair Of school houses. $17o0; N. A.
Weston Post, G. A. R., $125; superin-
tendent of schools, $3.50. Street
lights at Lakewood, $3.50; repair of
highway known as river road to
Scion. 5000: street lights in East
Madison village, $156; manual train
ing and domestic science, $4,000; pub
lie library. $500: experimenting
school committee, $3.50; State road,
1922; repair of sidewalks, $1,000; in
terest of Dinsmore Fund and stock in
Skowhegan bank, $255; Board of
Health, $500; highway patrolman,
$1,000; traffic officer, $1,000; school
physicians, 5000; insurance premiums
on school property, $500. Other i'm
portant votes taken were to continue
the school union with Skowhegan;
to appoint a committee of nine of
whom the chairman of the board of
selectmen and the school committee |
shall constitute two. to submit esti- |
mates of appropriations for the year |
1929; to charge interest on all taxes |
unpaid after Nov. LIST, 1921. At the |
conclusion Of Article 4S on motion of |
Tisdale Look it was voted to lay the |
intervening articles up to G. on the |
table. After very brief discussion |
it was voted to instruct the school to !
hire needed accommodations outside |
and equip the same for the coming
year Article 6S was to hear and |
act on the report Of the committee
on the Memorial, High School Build !
ing. The report was read by Z. c.
Weston and recommended that AMI
addition costing $4,000 be added to
the present high school building to
accommodate immediate needs as inI
the opinion of the committee it was
not feasible to erect the proposed |
building as voted by the town at the
present time owing to the excessive |
cost of the same. The report also
gave a number of statistics and fig
ures on estimates. This was fol-
lowed by sharp discussion opened !
by Tisdale Look and Rev. e. b. Tet-
ley. Principal E. r. Holman Of the (
Madison high school read a letter |
from the State school department |
urging that the town provide for the |
needs Of its schools in an adequate
manner and also stated figures from |
the building COMMITTEES of the Gardi |