Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-03-05
Annual Town Meeting Has Record
Attendance

The 13Gth annual town meeting
was held Yesterday at the Opera
House with the largest attendance
in the history of the town.
Owing to the large attendance and
number of articles in the warrant,
the reading of same was omitted in
order to save time.
George Chapman was chosen to
act as moderator at said meeting.
w. ]. Bradbury. who has faithfully
served as clerk for several yers, was
reelected to the office.
The election of selectmen, as
SCISSORS and overseerS of the poor,
and other necessary town officers,
was then taken up.
For the office of first selectman.
total number of votes thrown were
1132-60S for B. II. Lawrence and
513 for L. S. Bray.
Second selectman-Total number
of votes cast. 1225: William NJ.
Crawford being elected with Cos
votes. while 52i went for Frank
Lemelin. Jr.
Third selectman-Total number
Of votes. IA: Eugene Covell. re-
elected with 619. while 10 were in
favor of Eric Kick.
The selectmen will also serve as
assessors and overseers of the poor.
Other necessary town officers
elected were: Treasurer. w. w. Mer-
rill: auditor, J.. s. Bray: tax col
lector. w. J. Bradbury: constahles,
Eric c. Kick, Wallace II. Jewell,
Bert r. Williamson, Henry ID. Bro
ply. Frank Lemelin. Jr.. Henry Fer
land. Charles Sewell, 4. Fl. Warren
Bert Currier. John l.. Washburn.
Charles Kicker. George Smell. w. +.
Brown, Wallace A. Hill. Charles
Kennison, II. A. Gray. Mylcs Shaw,
John Bradley. Charles Pooler. Will
liam Harrington, John Quincy.
Charles Estes, Ralph Hobbs, Joseph
Dostie. Fred Pooler. Jr., Herman
Brooks, II. l.. Mcclellan, Ernest Il.
Ackley.
Surveyors OF lumber, wood and
bark-Herbert II. Desmond. Ralph
A. Jewell. Frank King, Bernard A.
Nichols, Colby Lawrence. Elmer
Strickland, II. +. Totmar, II. l..
York. Arthur Cilley. Dana IIincklcy.
Frank Lemelin. Jr., George +. Muir
rell, Ralph Edgecomb, J.. S. Bray,
George Richardson, JOS Fred King,
Willard Small. Frank Lane, +. j.
Emery. Gideon Brooks, Melvin
tdlIlcI. l. req pSeJ, II. ~ bIllo' Il,
Lester Morrison, Calvin Horne.
Fence viewers and field drivers
Wallace Hill. Melvin Palmer. Will
bur +. Mitchell; member of old GEM
etery committee, George ID. Richard-
son: Mothers Aid. Mrs. George
Smell: milk inspector, Frank Lemc-
lin. and his salary was GXed at so
per year.
Mrs. Grace Archer. Wallace Hill
and Bert Williamson served as tellcrs
at the meeting and were Kept quite
busy throughout the day. their SEW
ices being used much more than
usral.
The appropriation committee for
the year 1929 is composed OF i. \.
Smith, Mrs. Flora Tozicr, Mrs. Mel
vim Palmer. Walter Hinckley, and
Frank melin, Jr.
There were two members OF the
experimenting school committee to
he elected at this meeting where
there is ordinarily one. Mrs. Abhic
J. Laid. whore term expired this
year and is the member for three
years. was reelected by AL votes.
Romeo Dyer also ran for this Office
and received ~ votes.
The other member was for ono
year to fill the vacancy left by the
resignation Of Warren SWEET. G. &.
Piper was elected to this Office by
404 votes. Mr.. Dyer again was q
candidate for the Office and was
given 30 votes.
Joseph w. Sawyer was elected as
fire warden.
The discussion OF the day came