Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-03-11
WINTHROP
Winthrop Votes
Largest Amount in
Years at Town Meet

Winthrop held its annual town
meeting Monday, elected its town
officials and appropriated the larg-
est sum OF money by number of
thousand in its history. The total
Appropriation was So, to be
raised by taxation and S350O TO be
raised by loan to purchase the AL
fred Maxwell farm, where u gravel
bank has been located by the Sc
lectmen and which the town will
use on its roads. This is about SIS
600 more than the town appropri-
ated last year.
The following town officers were
elected: Modei ator, II. r. Foster:
town clerk. NJ. Carrie French: Sc
lectmen and assessors. II. II. Cush-
man. G.. N. Towle, n. l.. Cobb; town
treasurer, NJ. W. Wiswcll; collector,
j. NJ. Towle; chief engineer. r.. T.
York: member of the school COM
mittee, Mrs. Isabel Holmes; road
commissioner. f.. A. Hayden; trus-
tees c. NJ. Bailey Public Library.
II. +. Foster. II. r. Wadsworth. T..
Il. Jones: fire wardens, f. +. York,
A. A. Walton. G. l. Bailey. II. f..
Wadsworth, +. X. Jones. T.. w.
Wentworth. Arthur Brainerd; fire
inspector, L. /. Bishop, II. S. Wood
man.
The remaining officers will be ap-
pointed by the selectmen. The only
contest was for the office OF road
commissioner. In which +. A. Hay
den won over Allen Eustis by q vote
of 10 to 107
The big appropriations Of money
asked for were granted with scarce
~ dissenting vote. Increased ap-
preparations were called for in al
most every article and the voters
seemed inclined to meet all requests
most generously. The recommends
lions of the budget committee were
quite closely adhered to on most
of the articles. The following sums
OF money were granted: For poor
and other necessary town charges,
S4OU: for common schools. $11 900:
for free high school. 5000: for re-
pairs on schoolhouses, $500; for
insurance, supplies. etc, $1,000: for
free textbooks. $500: for school
physician. 5000; for repairs of high
ways. $500: for State aid roads.
S1OG2; for repairs of State and State
aid roads, 500: n sum to apply to
grade school building loan, S2413.O2
for cement walls on South Main
street, $500: to erect hitching posts,
500: for purchase of fire apparatus.
$1,000: to install 2 hydrants in East
Winthrop. $500: TO hire n night
Waterman, $1,000: TO repair the in
terror of Town hall. $1,000; for man
ual training in the schools. 5000:
for maintenance of cemeteries. $500;
for G. NJ. Bailey Public Library.
$1,000: for observance Memorial
day, $50: for Payson Tucker Hose
Co. $500: for lighting streets and
installing new lights. $500.
Most Of these articles went through
with little discussion. the greater part
Of the time In the afternoon session be-
ing devoted to talking over the pur-
chase of fire apparatus. Mr.. Thurber
of East Winthrop presented the situa-
ton In that community very well, and
the citizens Of Winthrop seemed alive
to the fire danger. following the dis
astrous confederation at East Win
throp. Chief Engineer r. z. York pre-
sentcd the wishes of the local fire de-
partment and was backed by Allen
Ford. Frank Taylor, Mrs. Thurber.
tee for the expanding Of the $1,000 ap-
propriated for the purchase Of fire APP
paratus was elected to include A. "A.
Walton. J. Z. Donovan, Frank Taylor.
w. y. Kimball. f. +. York. II. Ii.
Cushman. G. =. Towlc and y. l.. Cobb.
At the forenoon session Article Is.
ITO see il The town will vote to allow
the school pupils to play basketball in