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Annual Report of the Selectmen, Assessors,Treasurer and Other Officers of Blaine, Maine forthe Municipal Year Ending March 1, 1919Blaine (Me.).
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Annual ReportOF THE
Selectmen, Assessors, Treasurer and Other Officers
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Blaine, M aineFor the Municipal Year
Ending March 1
1919
Mars Hill News Press, Mars Hill
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S. W. COLLINS
L. M. RIDEOUT
Fire Warden
FRAN K ROBINSON
Auditor
SHERMAN TA PLE Y
TO W N OFFICERS
Selectmen, Assessors and Overseers of Poor W. E. ROBINSON B. L. TAPLE Y T. A: RICHARDSON
Town Clerk
A. J. FULTON
Town Treasurer
F. A. RUSSEL
Superintending School Committee
0. B. ROBINSON J. II. COREY A. J. FULTON
Superintendent of Schools
T. A. DeCOSTA
Road Commissioner
JOHN GRIFFIN
Constables
L M. RIDEOUT GILBERT KILCOLLINS W. S. COES
W. 11. BEALS
Tax Collector
L. M. RIDEOUT
Board of Health
A. J. FULTON
Truant Oflieers
GILBERT KILCOLLINS W. S. COES
LIST OF PERSONAL PROPERTY
Live Stock
Horses
Colts, 3 years old
Colts. 2 years old
Colts, 1 year old
Cows
Cows. 3 years old
Cows, 2 years old
Cows, 1 year old
Sheep
Swine
Rank Stock
Logs and Lumber
Stock in trade
Musical Instruments
Automobiles
Value
REPORT OF SELECTMEN, ASSESSORS AND OVERSEERS OF THE POOR FOR THE YEAR ENDING MARCH 1st. ’ 18
ASSESSMENTS
Support of Poor and other expenses *1,400 00Repair of Roads. Bridges and Sidewallks 3,000 00Common Schools 2.300 00
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School-house, Repairs, Appliances and Ins. 400 00Text books 700 00Town Bond due Nov. 1, 1018 500 00Town notes, Robinson and Pierce bridges 2,000 00Interest on town debt and town orders 800 00One years interest on school fund 18 00Support of High School scholars 1,300 00Lighting streets, Blaine M ilage 162 00Superintendent of Schools 18 4 00Commission and Abatements 700 00Incidental and Town charges 700 00Fire Warden 50 00State aid road 533 00Maintenance of State road 600 00Balance on school building, Robinson 300 00Prevention of Tuberculosis 25 00Soldiers' and Mothers' aid 100 00State Tax 2,204 60fCountv Taxt. 539 46Overlay 233 97
$18,750 03
VALU AT IO N
Real estate, resident/
Real estate, non-resident/
Personal estate, resident/
Personal estate, non-resident
Total assessments
Tax on real estate Tax on personal estate Tax on polls
Total assessment
Number of polls taxed 260 Number of polls not taxed 12 Tax rate .039 on $1.00
Amount received from State Amount due from Stale
Fay Carr
Paid Mars Hill Hospital, nursing
I. G. Bell, casket for BurrillI. G. Bell, casket for JamesDr. J. L. Johnson, medical attendanceMars Hill Hospital, nursing James Shanks
and w ifeMrs. Owen Watkins, washingScott Sanborn, digging graves
STATE PAUPER ACCOUNT
George Gosline
Paid Mrs. C. C. ClarkS. H. Hussey's Sons, suppliesA. .J. Fulton, medical attendance7
I. G. Bell, casketJohn Walch. digging grave
TO W N PAUPER ACCOUNT
James Shanks familyÜ
Jenkins Brothers
Town of Easton, supplies
Rachael Randall
A. B. Annis, supplies
Joseph Hotham
A. B. Annis, supplies
Howard Brawn
Don Godrey, d igging grave
Unexpended
Amount raised by town
TEACHERS’ W AGES
Julia L ’AbbieMildred NobleKatherine BradstreetPearl MarshMrs. A. E. RobinsonSherman TapleyVelma BriggsHelen CollinsMiss Alda Noble, board of teacher
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Jennette Henry1/
Vivian NobleHelen RackliffJohn McClainLylian SutherlandMildred MaxwellRuth TurnerCora StackpoleAlice KetchumJanices Smith
JANITORS’ SERVICES
Granville HothamVV. S. CharltonEarl TompkinsFred J. BubarVivian NobleHazel Cron kiteLawrence SanbornGilbert CronkiteHazel Gallupe\V. J. Hutchinson
Arch ie BealsI. D. Kinney
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Wi l bur Joslyn
FUEL ACCOUNT
0. B. RobinsonHoward JamisonT. .A. RichardsonHorace SmithCobe BubarFred PierceHarry Currier James H. Corey C. S. TerrellH. J. Hutchinson
CONVEY A N CE 0 F SCHOLARS
Amount raised by town Received from State school, mill fund Received from State Com. school fund One year's interest on school fund
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Unexpended balance 1917 Amount overdrawn
Amount raised by town
SCHOOL HOUSE REPAIRS AND APPLIANCES
A. L. Fitch, express on text books $Frank Stackpole, trucking Tel. Co.. ordering text books after A. C. I . fire Owen W a tk ins, cleaning out buildingF. W . Shaw, taking census of scholars Percy Waddington, printing order books Hubert Hutchinson, cleaning school house John Walsh, cleaning out building Percy Waddington, printing order booksG. R. McMarr, labor on school house Hugh McCrum, labor on school huose W . S. Charlton, labor on school house,Mrs. Israel Tracy, cleaning school houses E. M. Smith, blackboards »
James Woodbury, for school sledV
Mosuarv Young X Co., floor oil Howard Jamison, repairs Telephone Co., T. A. DeGosta E. W . Harmon, repairing school sled R. A. York, lumber for school sled Rufus Rediker, hauling woodG. G. Clark, repairs 1 I. G. Bell, suppliesJ. II. Corey, suppliesH. J. Hutchinson, piling wood and repairsYoung & Russell,W. E. Robinson X Son, lumber, Town Hall
and Flagstaff Ramsay 6c Sylvester, In. on school house
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L, M. Rideout, supplies
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Amount overdrawn - 173 85
$573 85
SPECIAL FUND
Received from State for a centralized school atnson $445 00
Amount unexpended, to be carried forward $445 00
HIGH SCHOOL ACCOUNT
Amount paid as per orders drawn accounthigh school scholars 1,300 00
Amount unexpended 1,300 00
$2,600 00
Amount raised by town 1,300 00Amount received from State 500 00Amount unexpended 1917 800 00
$2,600 00
TEXT ROOK ACCOUNT
Shaw Walker Go. %
oc 77
Milton Bradley Co. 13 94Rand McNallv Co.V
3 10Houghton Mifflin Co. t 10Allen &. Bacon 43 48McMillian Co.
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American Book Co. 47 41Ginn & Co. 126 76Benj. Sanborn Co. 19 54D. C. Heath Co. 65 37Times Publishing Co. 4 25Silver Burdette Co. 5 99
W orld Book Co.A. N . Palmer Co.Phonographic InstituteE. E. Babb Co.Loring, Short & HarmonJ. L. Hammett
Amount unexpended
Amount raised by town
TO W N H IG H W A Y ACCOUNT
John O’Brien labor Asa Brawn Truman Guiggie John Bubar Garfield Josly nChas. Perkins Hugh Jamison Owen Watkins Lee Jamison Harold Simonson Nelson Joslyn Gilbert Kilcollins Leander Kinney W. H. Lincoln Clair Allen W illard Pryor Don Codrey Leorin Bradstreet Fred Hewett Lee Beals Joseph Lande Charles Corey Abner Tompkins W il l iam Holmes Howard Cousins Lewis Robbins Al l ie Lyons Milan London Douglas Rideout
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Manson Perkins Melvin Brawn Thomas <lallupe Chester Beals Gilbert Ryar Evard Tompkins
North East Metal culvert Co., culverts I . G. Bell, laborYoung & Russell, scrapers and supplies
Hood Kinney l aw erence Kilcollins Clyde BubarRalph Tompkins James HothamFred Tompk insWallace Rideout Clemence Mills B & A R R, gravel Earl Gilman Wesley Walsh
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Harry TaplevJohn GriffinN. StairsFred GritTinHorace SmithRobert MunsonGobe BubarLyle Beals1 la\ dock GrabbMelvin GrabbCharles TerrellArthur TerrellW ill iam BradstreetWilton NoddinGordon BubarJohn HotbamCharles StetsonThomas Libby
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Frank Ricker Isiab Garrison Lincoln McGaw Stephen Kinney Howard Jamison
Henry BeemArchie BealsAlbert RideoutH . G. NobleFrank TapleyWebster TapleyJohn Traff ordLeo TraffordScott SanbornIrvin McGray
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Robert GreenBeecher SanbornGordon IrvingJarvis GreenE. M Smith. HardwareU. S. Welts, repairing road machineRandolph KilcollinsRoland PierceJames F. WoodburyNorman TapleyState Treasurer, account filling in rocks
at end of Pierce bridgeW . E. Robinson laborFred GriffinVaughn BubarErnest PomphryMoses Shaw A. H. GilmanScott SanbornBeecher SanbornLoren BradstreetHubert HutchinsonDon SanbornLee BealsL. M. Rideout
Of this account there should hecharged to State Aid
Amount raised by town Amount o\erdrawn
STATE AID ROAD ACCOUNT
Amount expended by town
Amount raised by townf j
Amount received from State Amount overdrawn
INTEREST ACCOUNT
Paid Norman Tap leyPaid on bridge notesPaid on Town BondsPaid on town ordersPaid Mars Hill Trust Co.. int. on loan
Amount raised bv town Amount overdrawn
Pown notes dueAmount raised bv town and unexpended
M AINTENANCE OF STATE ROAD
Number of miles under patrol 9.24
There was also expended by the State on patrolmaintenance $449 75
Paid L. M. Rideout, collector commission
on $16,000 00 at 3 Vo per cent Abatements for 1915 and 1916 Amount unexpended
Amount raised bv town
SUPPRESSION AND PREVENTION OF
Amount raised bv town, 1917 and 19181
Amount paid
TO W N BONDS
TUBERCULOSIS
Paid Town Bond number 8 Amount raised bv town
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Amount raised bv townt
Towns expenditures on patrol maintenance as per bill rendered by State, unpaid
Amount unexpended
COMMISSION AND ABATEM ENTS
TO W N HALL ACCOUNT
Amount raised by town, 1915 and 1916
Amount unexpended
BAND ACCOUNT
Amount raised by town, 1916
Amount unexpended
SOLDIERS AID
Paid Mrs. Ethel HusseyPaid Mrs. Mida Tompkins and child
Paid Mrs. Maria Chase
Paid Mrs. Georgie Green
Paid Mrs. Velma Corey
Amount received from State
Amount due from State
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INCIDENTAL AND TO W N CHARGES
W. E. Robinson. 1st. selectman $200 00B. L. Tapley, 2nd. selectman 75 00T. A. Richardson. 3rd. selectman 75 00F. A. Russell, treasurer 50 00A. J. Fulton, clerk 25 00T. A. DeGosta, Supt. of schools 150 00Frank Robinson, fire warden 50 00/
L. M. Rideout, collecting dog tax andposting warrant 15 00
A. J. Fulton, health officer 10 008. W . Collins, health officer 5 008. W . Collins, quarantining and fumigating 11 00 A. J. Fulton, disinfecting for board of health 7 85W. H. Beals, health officer 5 00W . H. Beals, inspecting school houses
and out buildings 4 50\Y. H. Beals, quarantining public building 4 00 W . H. Beals, fumigating Lyle Beal’s house 2 00A. ,J. Fulton, recording births and deaths 10 65A. J. Fulton, recording births and deaths 3 50A. .1. Fulton, ex., postage and stationery 2 38Mars Hill News, printing reports, 1917 60 00Mars Hill Electric Light and W ater Co. light-
ing streets. Blaine village 162 00Loring, Short ¿X Harmon, town books 14 85
I 4a nee onschool house 300 00
F. A. Russell, Treas., for rec. tax deeds 9 00W . E. Robinson, expenses to State Assessors
convention at Augusta 30 00W . E. Robinson, postage and telephone 10 8. E. Brown, ballot clerk 3 00
$1,297 98
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Amount unexpended 98 02
$1,396 00
Amount raised bv town for incidentalt
and town charges $700 00Amount raised by town to pay Norman
Tap ley, bal. on Robinson school house 300 00 Amount raised by town to pay salary of
of Superintendent of schools 184 00Amount raised by town to pay fire warden 50 00 Amount raised by town to pay for lighting
streets of Blaine village 162 00
$1,396 00
LIABILITIES
Due on town bonds $6,000 00Due on Robinson bridge 500 00Bridge notes due Nov. 1st. 1918, unpaid 2,000 00Due Town Hall account 200 00Due on Pierce bridge 2,500 00Due High School account 1,300 00Due band 50 00Due on Three Brooks bridge 2.213 00Equalization fund, ree'd from State 445 00Town bonds, acct. A. C. I.
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10.000 00Patrol road maintenance 585 50Out standing orders 861 30
$26,654 80* /V
RESOURCES
Due from State on acet. State paupers 62 50 Due from State on acct. State paupers 62 i() Due from L. M. Rideout, coll. 1917-1918 6,692 66
This certifies that I have examined the foregoing report of the Selectmen of the Town of Blaine, for the year 1918and find it correct.
S. A. TAPLEY, Auditor
Incidental and town charges $
Commission and abatements m
Interest
Support of poor
Highways and bridges
Support of High School scholars
Electric lights
Support of schools
Text books
interest on school fund
State aid road
To pay town bond
Bridge note
School house repairs and appliances
Patrol maintenance
Suppression and Prevention Tuberculosis
Tax deeds and receipts on hand Balance due on T. E. Beals note Cash in Treas., Mar. 11, 1919 Total amount town debt
W . E. ROBINSON,B. L. TAPLEY,T. A. RICHARDSON,
Selectmen of Blaine
ASSESSMENTS RECOMMENDE D
UNCOLLECTED TAXES
Argent, Samuel Beals, W h it Bell, Geo. W .Bell, Adlbert Burlock, Ephrium Codroy, Don Clark, Leonard Currie, Frank Donnelly, John Faulkner, Clarence Giberson, Fred Gugguy, Fred Green, Davie
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GalIope, Ernest Hotham, Joseph Hall, W m .Hallowell, Geo. Hallett, Mary Hal lett, Dudley
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Hallowell, Mrs. Annie Joslyn, W m .Jerome, Frank Jameson, Lee King, Mrs. Albert Lincoln, W m .O’Brien, John Olenburg, Ernest Perkins, A. S.Perkins, Manson paid in Bridgewater Rideout, Albert F.Ryer, GilbertRyer, Mrs. W m . Estate
Robinson, C. E.
Sanborn, W h itfie ld, not of age
Sanborn, B. H.
Shanks, HughSanborn, OdellSwain, W m .Seeley. Hurd Tapley, FrankTompkins, Abner paid in Mars HillTurner, JonasTompkins, E. A.Tapley, EdgarWeeks, D. R.Walsh, W m .Wilson. W ilm ot
NON-RESIDENTBenn, L. L.
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York, Mrs. Geo.Seeley & Smith
UNC OLLECTED TAXES-
Andrews, OscarBell, W alterBell, I. G.Bell, I. G. & Co.
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Beals, LeeBeals, ChesterBeals, W h itBradstreet, Wm. J.Bradstreet, W . L.Beem, HadleyBell, Geo. W .Bell, AdlbertBurlock, EphrumBurlock, ArthurBradstreet, ClintBell, Roger estateBubar, CoburnBrown, Frank
Clark, LeonardGuilin, PerleyCurrier, JosephCaldwell, Robt.Corey , JuliusCollins, S. W .Codrey, DonCorey, Ed. paid in Mars HillCurrier, FrankChase, Chas.
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Cullin, JohnEllsworth, FrankFulton, A. J.Giberson, FredGuiggey, Geo.Green, DavidGallop, ErnestGallop, Thos.Holmes, W m.Howlett, W m .Hotham, W m .Hutchinson, Huddy
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Hartsgrove, BenHartsgrove, BertHallowell, Mrs. AnnieHallowell, Geo.Irvine, OttoJerome, FrankJameson, LeeKetchum, LeroyKnox, W . H.Kinney, I. D.Kingsbury, LeeKilcollins, Mrs. GilbertLincoln, W m .Langley, IraMcGray, W m .
McPherson, A lbertNoble, Mrs. KateNoble, ArthurNoble, Mrs. DavidO'Brien, JohnOlenburg, ErnestPryor, W illa rdPomphrey, MelissaPerkins, A. S.Phair, T. H.Robbins, LewisRideout, DouglasRiedeout, W ile yRideout. HenryRideout, Albert F.Ryer, GilbertRyer. FredRyer. Mrs. W m . EstateRobinson, C. E.Smith, A llenSmith, HoraceSanborn, B. H.Snow, J. D.Shanks, HughStetson, Chas.Sherwood, JohnShanks, Jas.Sanborn, OdellSyphers, IraSimonons, 0. D.Swain, W m .Stairs. N.
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Stackhouse, BurlTurner. JohnTapley , FrankTompkins, RalphTurner, Jonas
NON-RESIDENT
Ackerson, D. B.
Baker, Richard L.Jr
Benn, L. L.
Beals, T. E.
Flewelling, Nettie
Holmes, Elias
McPherson , Clarence
Robbins, C. H.
Seeley & Smith
L. M. RIDEOUT,
Collector of Blaine.
Tompkins, Iraiah Estate Tompkins,Fred Tompkins, E. A.Tompkins, Shaw Terrill, Chas.Tompkins, BennieW eeks, D. R.Weeks, Guy Walsh, W m .
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TREAS U RER ’ S REPORT
Cash Received
Cash in Treasury, March 1, 1918 $ 256 47Tax Deeds and Receipts on hand 994 49Note of T. E. Beals 43 91
Received from State Treasurer as follows:
Refunded on account of State paupers 229 00State pensions 270 00State pensions sold-iers and sailorsAllowance 308 34
Dog licenses 5 35State road work 12 00
Equalization fund 445 00Improvement of State roads 702 00Account of Free High school 500 00Common School fund 815 37School and Mill fund 1,115 02
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Railroad and Telegraph tax 79
Received from —
A. J. Fulton, Clerk, Dog licenses, 1918 51 00G. R. Weeks, Pool room license 10 00Circus, license 10 00Mars Hill Trust Co., loan 2,400 00Eastern Trust & Banking Co., proceeds from
sale of Town Bonds 9,930 12Interest on Bank Deposit 15 58Tax Deeds sold 258 98T. E. Beals, on note 30 00T. E. Beals, interest on note 2 58L. M. Rideout, Collector, cash 15,875 52
Respectfully Submitted.F. A. RUSSELL, Treasurer.
This certifies that I have examined the foregoing report of the Treasurer of the Town of Blaine for the year 1918
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and find it correct.S. A. TAPLEY, Auditor
Tax Deeds soldPayment on T. E. Beal's note •
Tax Deeds and Receipts on handBalance due on noteGash in Treasurev. March 11. 1919
Paid State Pensions
Paid Stat.eTreasurer as follows:Dog Licenses, 1918 State Tax, 1918Paid County Treasurer, county tax 191 Paid Mars Hill Trust Co., loan Paid Town Bond No. 8 due Nov. I, 1918 Paid S. L. Snow, Treas. A. G. I. Corp. Paid Town orders
EXPENDITURES
L. M. Rideout, Collector, tax deeds, receipts
Statement of receipts and expenditures of Aroostook Cen-tral Institute for maintainance from March 10. 1918 toMarch 10. 1919.
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AROOSTOOK CENTRAL INSTITUTE
Receipts
Balance, March 10, 1918Received from Mars HillReceiv ed from Mars Hill, refund lor fuel
and freight Received from Blaine Received for fees Received for Tuition Received for State Academy Aid Reeeived f o r Astle & Page for fuel used Received from Astle & Page their part Ins.
Expenditures
Teachers salaries Light.FuelLabor ac c t . repairsSuppliesLumberJanitorTypewritersPrintingInsurance
Overdrawn
FUEL
T . A. Richardson, wood0W. E. Robinson & Son, woodJ. R. Irvine, coalS. L. Snow, coal
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A. O. Nutter, coalArthur Long, woodRamsav Sylvester, woodf. tJohn Clark, wood
LABOR AND REPAIRS
S. L. SNOW, Treasurer.
Remington Typewriter Go. L. E. Knott Go.E. M. Smith E. E. Babb Go.Rumford Supply Go. Loring, Short & Harmon J. L. Hammett Go.S. L. SnowYork & FendersonShaw Business College
SUPPLIES
G. P. W ebber Frank Stackpoie F. W . NickersonH. G. Currie John Durost
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REPORT OF BOARD OF HEALTH
Spanish Influenza was the only serious epidemic with which the people of the town had to content withthe past year. That visited us in closing weeks of the old and the opening days of the new year. You w ill notice by the vital statistics found in this report that it was suf-ficiently serious to materially increase the death of the town over that of 1917.
This epidemic was practically universal and exception-ally fatal in its results. It took a heavy toll of lives not on-ly in the United States but in every country where it pre-vailed. Our own state, county and town did not escape the scourge. The death rate in this town however was not so large in proportion to population as in many other sec-tions of the county and state. For this we should be thank-f u 1.
The disease was no respecter of persons. It spared neither age, sex nor condition. It took the babe from themother's arms, the child from its innocent amusements, the
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mother who could illy be spared from the care of the fam i-ly, the man of mature vears, the youth in the morning and
sadand aged in the evening of life. Some things were almost dailv brought to the notice of the public as the effects of this epidemic.
Every precaution was taken by the Board of Healthof the disease, but thev found to com-V
Schools, weeks
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bat it successfully was a very difficultwere e
More or less panic always prevails in any community- when visited by an epidemic like the recent one, and occas- sionally some person chafes under the restrictions laid up-011 KS
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disturbance of social and business activities, rendered nee-J
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essary by the unusual conditions, make such things difli-
cult matters to deal w ith.Doubtless as a board doing work for the public, we
were censured for our conduct of matters during the epi-demic; we expected it and may have deserved it. W e tri-ed however to work for the best interests of the communi-ty and in our judgment, for the greatest good for the great-est number. In general however the people of the town, realizing the seriousness of the situation readily complied with any reasonable requirement; and we take this oppor-tunity to thank them for their co-operation with us in this very trying time.
Respectfully submitted.
S. W . COLLINS.W . H. BEALS.
A. J. FULTON.Board of Health.
V ITA L STATISTICS
Town Clerk's Office,
Blaine, Maine, March 1, 1919J / J
To the Municipal Officers of the Town of Blaine:
The fo llowing returns of Births. Marriages and Deaths for the Municipal year ending March 1st., 1919, have been made to this office:
BIRTHS
Feb. 23— To the \\ ife of Guy Weeks, a daughter: 6th.March 16— To the w ife of Boy Gray, a son; 2nd.March 30—To the wife of Fred Griffin, a son: 7th.April 1— To the w ife of Don Sanborn, a daughter; 3rd.Vpril 5— To the w ife of W il l iam H. Knox, a son; 1st.April 15— To the w ife of Henry Beein. a son; 1st.April 17— To the w ife of W il l iam Murdock, a son; 1st. April 22— To the w ife of Aubrey G. Purdy, a daughter; 1st.
May 6— To the w ife of Guy Terrill, a son; 2nd.May 18— To the w ife of Albert McPherson, a son; 2nd. June 5— To the w ife of W alter Bell, a daughter; 2nd.June 16- -To the w ife of Otto Irvine, a daughter; 2nd.June 17— To the w ife of Oscar Andrews, a daughter; 2nd. June 28— To the w ife of Heman Pomphey, a son; 1st.June 30— To the w ife of Paul Tompkins, a daughter; 1st. July 3 —To Nettie Bell and Samuel Townsend, a son: 1st.
July 18— To the w ife of Elbridge Magaw, a daughter, 3rd.
July 23— To the w ife of Vaughn R. Bubar, a son; 2nd.
July 25— To the w ife of Walter Collins, a daughter; 7th.
Aug. 14—To the w ife of Harry Noble, a daughter; 10th.
Aug. 18— To the w ife of Frank Ricker, a daughter; 2nd.
Aug. 20— To the w ife of Lawerence L. Beals, a son; 4th .
Aug. 29— To the w ife of John Bernard, a daughter; 2nd. I.
Aug. 30— To the w ife of Irvine McGray, a son; 6th. S. B.
Aug. 5— To the w ife of Malcolm Barrey, a daughter; 2nd.
Sept. 28— To the w ife of Lewis Beem, a son ; 2nd.
Oct. 10— To the w ife of Donald Kinney, a daughter; 5th.
Oct. 12—To the w ife of W il l iam Holmes, a son; 2nd.§
Oct. 20— To the w ife of W il l iam A. Walsh, a son; 2nd.
Oct. 23— To the w ife of F. Harold Bickford, a daughter; 5th
Nov. 5 -T o the w ife of Moses Shaw, a daughter: 5th./ V 7 >
Nov. 29— To Roxie Bubar and Allison Huntington, a son;lst
Dec. 5— To the w ife of Elmer Green, a son; 1st.
Nov. 28— To the w ife of Bert W . Taplev, a daughter; 3rd.
1919
Jan. 5— To the w ife of Ghas. Demerchant, a daughter;
Feb. 1— To the w ife of Gilbert Ryer. a daughter; 3rd.
Feb. 2— To the w ife of Clement Mills, a son; 3rd.
Fell. 6— To the w ife of Archie Beals, a daughter; 7th.
Feb. 14— To the w ife of Bedford Green, a daughter; 1st.
Feb. 25— To the w ife of Lewis Robbins, a daughter; 8th.
MARRIAGES
March 13— At Blaine Maine, Beecher Sanborn and Mrs. Lu-lu Rideout, both of Blaine.
April 3— At Blaine, Maine, Bedford Green of Blaine andGeorgie Dobson, of Mars Hill.
May 1— At Blaine, Me., Holdane Ketchum of Bridgewater and Alice English of Blaine.
May 13— Al Bridgewater, Maine, Elmer A. Green and Net-tie Tompkins both of Blaine.
June 22— A t Blaine, Maine, Richard Deeves of Presque Isle and Eva D. Pierce of Blaine.
June 26— At Blaine, Maine, Julius Corey of Blaine and Vel-ma Morse of Bridgewater.
Aug. 14— At Mars Hill. Maine, John Leonard Clark of Blaine and Myrtle Lewis of Bridgewater.
Sept. 21— At Blaine, Maine, Ralph W ill is Bartley of W est-field and Josephine Sanborn of Blaine,
Oct. 7— At Tracy Mills, N. B., Harvey II. Joslyn of Blaine and Mrs. Sophia DeLong of Bridgewater, Me.
Oct. 16— At Blaine, Maine, John H. Griffin and Mrs. Minnie Shaw, both of Blaine.
Oct, 19— At Tracy Mills, N. IL, Ranslord Burt.chell of Mars Hill and Leah Collins of Blaine.
Dec. 7— At Blaine, Maine, Howard S. Tapley and Vivian Noble, both of Blaine.
1919Jan. 6— At Blaine, Maine, Glias. A. Pierce and Mrs. Clara E.
Parks, both of Blaine.
DEATHS
1917Dec. 9— Geo. L. Rhodes, age 75 years, 4 mo.. 20 days; cause
apoplexy.1918
May 14— Hannah M. Ricker, age 67-11-28; cause, lobar
pneumonia.July 1— W illiam A. C. Noble, age 83-8-25; cause, heart
failure.July 13— Henry 11. Crabb, age 45-4-26; cause, lightning. July 15— Jos. C. Bradstreet, age 39-3-15;cause heart disease. Aug. 25— Marion Dority, age 11-4-23; cause, appendicitis. Aug. 27— Myrtle R. Carter, age 40-3-29; cause ptomaine
poisoning.Aug. 29— Bernard, age 12 hours, unknown.Aug. 30— McGray, stillborn.Sept. 19— Lee W. Tompkins, age 28 years cause pneumonia
soldier, died at Camp Devens, Mass.Sept. 29— Florence E. Turner, age 13-0-9 cause tuberculosis. Oct. 23— Jos. E. Tompkins, age 37-10-3; cause pneumonia,
died at Stockholm, Maine.Oct. 24— Bickford, age 1 day, premature birth.Nov. 14— Ralph C. Clark, age 15-2-16; cause unknown. Dec. 8— Nettie Green, age 24-2-4; cause pneumonia.Dec. 10— Maud Collins, age 43-7-19; cause cancer.Dec. 10— Florence Joslyn , age 23-11-10; cause broncho-
pneumonia.Dec. 10— Elisha A. Tompkins, age 66-9-0; cause influenza. Dec. 17— Dorothy Irvine, age 2-6-0; cause broncho- pneu. Dec. 20— Wilda Maxine Collins, age 0-4-25; causeinfluenza. Dec. 21— Gwendoline Irvine, age 0-6-5; cause broncho-
Births— Males, 18; Females, 22.
Deaths- Males, 12; Females, 13.
pneumonia.Dec. 23— Elicla Bay Collins, age 17-10-18; cause broncho-
pneumonia.1919
Jan. 5— Burrill Shanks, age 15-11-21; cause pulmonary tuberculosis.
Jan. 8— Norman Kilcollins, age 22-9-1; cause empyema.Jan. 20— George Goslvn, age 82-11-7 ; cause senile pneu-
monia.
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Marriages— 13.The foregoing record compares with the record of the
previous municipal year (1917) as follows:Births— 10 more than in 1917.Deaths— 10 more than in 1917.Marriages— 1 more than in 1917.
Respectfully submitted,. A. J. FULTON,
Town Clerk
REPORT OF FIRE W AR D E N OF THE TO W N OF BLAINE
Number of chimneys in town 385new chimneys built 6tile chimneys 6
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furnaces 15buildings burned - 1
There lias been very little change in this years report irom last years, which are on file in the clerks office.t/ /
The town has been very fortunate in regard to fires, there being one loss by fire, A. S. Perkins marble works.
FRANK ROBINSON, Fire Warden.
PRINCIPAL'S REPORT
To the Board of Trustees of Aroostook Central Institute:In accordance with the usual custom. I herewith submitJ
for your consideration, my second annual report of the condition and progress of Aroostook Central Institute.The student body as registered this year numbers one him-t O t1
dred forty-seven, enrolled by classes as follows:FreshmenSophomore 45Junior 27Senior 13
Total 14 I
Of this number a few of the Freshmen class have resum-
ed grade work to obtain further preparation,and several pu-pils, because of sickness personally, or in the home, have
gea to leave s^enrollment of one hundred thirty-one.
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Alter the disastrous fire of last March which destroyed our school building, the work, with only the usual spring\acation of one week, was resumed with Snow's Hall and/
the Baptist Church as temporary quarters. All courses were carried on to completion as usual, and a class of eight-een boys and girls were graduated in June.
School opened this year on October 15th., only to be clos-ed one day later because of the prevailing epidemic of in-fluenza. A fter a period of three weeks, school was reopen-ed and was in session but three days when it was foundnecessary to again close. Upon December 3rd, w e resum-ed the work and have continued up to the present time without further interruption.
There were three changes in assistant teachers at the be-ginning of the school year, these being.— Miss Harmon, who took the place of Miss Horton in the mathematics-his-
? ^ v erxa, w h o was e lected as commer-ceeial teacher to fill the vacancy caused by the r<
of Miss Leger;and Miss Buzzed, who was chosen to charge of the Latin-French department, W e were fortun-ate in retaining the services of Miss Sibley as English tea-
W e continued our school work in the temporary quarters until January 6th., when we occupied the new institute
g. And in behalf of the student body and those in-terested in the school, we wish to express gratitude and ap-preciation to the members of the Baptist Church for their generosity in permitting the use of the building for school
*rinses.There have been no changes in the course of study this
year, the five courses,--General, English, College tory. Commercial, and Classical, being offered as formerly.
Fection of Miss Fraser. The regular work of the school has necessarily suffered and the social activities have beenlimited because of poor accommodation and the c ban which caused so much time to be lost. W e are attem-pting to make up for ibis by teaching Saturdays, holidays,
The Senior Play and annual Junior Speaking Exhibition, some-what delayed, are now being prepared for presenta-tion early in April. Also the spring issue of tire “ Aroos-
has gone to press. Athletic activities, recognizedas a necessary supplement of mental training, have been successfully conducted in the w ay of Base Ball and Basket
gvmnas-Ball. W ith our athletic field and splendid new ium, we have ideal conditions in which to give training. Students in order to be elegible for lion in athletic contests, however, must maintain an av-erage rank of at least 70 per cent, and these activities are in 110 way allowed to interfere with the standard of the sch-fj
ool work.The real motive power of a school is the teaching force.
The teachers here have most certainly devoted their time and efforts to the school this vear and one does not have to
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hO T r in arousing in ei
sense of his own responsibility, so that school now appeals to the pupils of mature bis concern as the concern of the teacher.
\i this time 1 would like lo say a few words concerningThoroughly modern in construo-our fine new building
turn and equipment, with perfect heating and ventilatin systems, well lighted and well planned for efficient school
rork, it is i
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a uuiiamg mat an citizens ma\ with just pride. And at the same time ha\ e a sense of sat- lsfai lion in knowing that they are providing their boys and girls with the best educational facilities possible, ugh the Elson Art Exhibit held under the direction of Airs.
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C. S. Hussev, we have been able to secure a splendid collec- tion of pictures for the various rooms. Also through the generosity of the parents and interested friends, tlie stu-dents have purchased a new Ivers & Pond piano for the As-
Mr. E. A. Cliff has presented us with a large clock which is greatly appreciated. Also Mr. A. O. Nutter has ordered and donated a fine bell to he placed in the building this spring, a gift which is certainly apprecia-ted by all interested in the school's welfare. In fact, the strong spirit of co-operation, kindly attitude and interest manifested generally during the last year has been a con-stant source of encouragement.
In concluding, let me ask, parents especially, to assist the school in two distinct ways and by so doing have a greatersense of satisfaction in the educational development of
First, visit the school room and there oh-• r*
serve the work first hand, in the regular routine of the day,with the teachers concerning the pupils
second, assist the boy or girl to put outside in the background during school days and have
è r k < school work is the one important thing of their lives. Let us co-operate and maintain regularKJ tJ s in the home. Co-operation is the watch-word
arid students at the institute this year, andC /
I wish to thank the school authorities and » ill these who have given us aid during the past year.
Respectfully submitted,MILTON B. LAMBERT.
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
To the School Committiee of the Town of Blaine:< lent lernen :
If gives me pleasure to present to \ on my Fourth Ann-ual Report of the condition, progress and needs of our seh-
W e have this year been greatly handicapped in our work by the many interruptions caused by the prevalence of influenza. W e have lost manv weeks of school and
this cannot all be made up. But with no further inter-ruptions and with the same spirit that is now shown by the teachers and the hard work continued, I am sure that we w ill be able to do a fair years work.
TEACHERSUnfortunately many changes had to be made in the
teaching force, The positions have however been filled with competent instructors and the quality of instruction is good.
It has been necessary to pay larger salaries to secure the same grade of teachers, and in some instances because of the scarcity of teachers it has been very difficult to fill
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positions. This condition w ill not be relieved anothei vear and salaries cannot be made less.t.
In our village schools at Robinson and Blaine we are paying an average wage of .$15.20 per week and in the ru-ral schools an average wage of $13.33 per week.
Mrs. Amber Robinson has been retained as Principal of the Grammar School at Robinson and Miss Lillian Suther-land was engaged for the position in the Primary School. Miss Mildred Noble has been retained in tbe Fourth and Fifth Grade Room at Blaine Village and Miss Ruth Turner employed to fill the position in the Primary Room. Mr. John McClain was elected as Principal of the Grammar School.
The rural school positions have been filled as follows: Flagstaff, Miss Mildred Maxwell; East Blaine. Mrs. Howard Tapley; Three Brooks, Miss Cora Stackpole.
All of the teachers with the exception of two have had normal training and experience.
LENGTH OF SCHOOL YEAR For the last three years we have maintained a school
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vear of thirty-six weeks. I do not believe that we shouldt)
be satisfied with a term of shorter length. You w ill see by the Selectmen's Report that our Common School Account has been overdrawn. If we continue to have a school year of thirtv-six weeks and retain the same quality of instruc-
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tion that we now have, more money will have to he raised/ Ü
for this account. I do not feel that it will be good econo-my to shorten the term or to hire less ( n>s
This is a matter that must be left to the judgement of the voters at their annual town meeting
A ll of theBUILDINGS
are nowin very g Room i
with thehousing scholars are
of the Primary
The room in the town hall at Blaine village was repair- : the summer. It was furnished with new
were painted and new out-were built. W hile the g ,,r 3. were ^ oKj "
here are at present in the Aroostook Central ing, this room w ill be available for use and will be adequate should an emergency again arise that would make its oc-cupancy necessary.
The outbuildings at the Flagstaff school were movedThe buildings are placed directly in the
back of the school room. A fence has been built from themam ing to the out- gs ; serves as a Jc-tion to the path, to them.
The floors m all of the buildings ha\e been oiled th<y
desks ha\e been varnished, and the out-bmldmgs havi been cleaned and repaired.
You w ill remember that in the last report of the super-intendent it was pointed out that the building at Robinson should he remodeled and that the scholars who are now attending the Three Brooks District should attend the sch-ool at Robinson Village. With this in view the State De-partment has this \ ear specified that our share of the Equ-alization Fund which is $445 shall be carried forward and held m the town treasury for a period of three or four years until a sum sufficient to remodel these buildings is obtain-ed. This will provide a centralized building and will sol-ve the problem of inadequate room at Robinson, and will reduce the number of rural schools. The reduction in m-
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ral schools w il l be an improvement in our system as we w ill be able to have fewer pupils under one teacher.
The sixth, seventh and eighth grades of Blaine Village are now in the Aroostook Central Institute Building. The three grades are at the present time in one room.
It is recommended that beginning another year the eighth grade of Blaine Village be combined with the eighth
• grade of Mars Hill and that a teacher be employed to have only this one grade. Of course much better work can be done and as the pupils w il l at no time during their school work have a teacher who devotes her whole time to their grades, it seems that this w ill be of great value in their pre- partion of high school work. This is the last year in the elementary schools; a summing up of all that has gone be-fore and if here the pupils of both towns are for one year given the same work and the same instruction a more un-iform and better preparation of all pupils w ill be made. The expense of maintaining this room should he met by the two towns and should be proportionate to the number of pupils from each.
The sixth and seventh grades can be continued in the room that they now occupy and the only extra expense w ill be Blaine's share of maintaining the eighth grade room.
TEXTBOOKSThis year we have necessarily expended a large sum
of money for our textbooks. The Institute had to be sup-plied with newr books and nearly all of the money expended Mas been for that purpose. A few new books, readers and language books have been supplied to the grades. A ll of the schools are now well supplied for the remainder of this year and an appropriation of -$700 for the fo llow ing year should be sullicent.
CONVEYANCEPupils are now being conveyed from the I lot ham Dis-
trict and from the Beals Roads. Those in the Hotham Dis-trict are brought to the schools at Blaine Village and those lrom the Beals Road are conveyed to the Three Brooks.
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During the coming year if the town should not vote to continue the school at East Blaine a conveyance from this district would have to he provided.
REOOMENDATIOJNS
As 1 have said before if our schools are to maintain a year of thirty-six weeks more money w ill have to be raised for the Common School Account.
To supply our text-books wants for the coming year a substantial appropriation wrill be necessary, as the Institute w ill have a much larger enrollment than this year wr w ill mean an added expenditure and the grades wrill need books to take the place of many worn books that are now in the hands of the pupils.
For the Repair Account, while no extensive repairs are necessary, from this fund must be taken money to purchase paper, ink and supplies of all kinds, and of course many minor repairs w il l be necessary.
I reccommend the raising of the fo llow ing amounts:Common School Account $3,000 00
a i rs 400 00Text-books 700
ATTENDANCE
This year our school attendance has not been good. Mam children were necessarily kept from school because of sickness and other because of fear of contracting inilu- rnza. To make up for this loss we should make every at-tempt to increase the attendance for the rest of the year.
The teachers deserve a word of comendatidn for the work that the\ ha\e done tins year. The frequent interru-
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ptions have been discouraging but they have faithfully worked to offset the harm done bv these enforced vacations.
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Without extra pay they have done a great deal extra w7ork.In concluding this report I wrant to thank the citizens
who have attempted by work, influence and constructive criticism to make our school a success.
Respectfully submitted,T. A. DeCOSTA.
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WARRANTS T A T E OF M A IN E
Aroostook s. s.
To Leid M. Rideout, one of the Constables of the Town of
Blaine in the County o f Aroostook, G r e e t in g s :
In the name or (tie State of Maine you are hereby required to
notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Blaine qualified
by law to vote in town affairs, to assemble at the To Am Hall in
said town on Monday the 24th day of March A D, 1919, at ten
o ’c'oek in the forenom to act on the following articles, to wit:
Art. 1. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting.
Art. 2. To hear the annual reports of the town officers for
the year ending March 1st 1919.
Art. 3. To choose a Town Clerk for the ensuing year.
Art. 4. To choose all other necessary Town Officers for the
ensuing year.
Art. 5. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to
raise for the support of the poor and other necesstry expenses of
the Town for the ensuing year.
Art. 6. T o see what sum of money the Town will vote to
raise for the repair of highways, bridges and sidewalks for the
ensuing year.
Art. 7. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to
raise for the support of schools.
Art. 8. To see what sum of money the towm will vote to
raise for school-house repairs, sehool-house apparatus, appliances
and insurance.
Art. 9. To see what sum of mo^ey the Town will vote to
raise to buy text books.
Art. 10. To see if the Town will vote to raise $500.00 to pay
Town Bond due. Nov. 1st, 1919.
Art. 11. To see if the Town will vote to raise the sum of
one thousand dollars to pay Town note due Nov. 1st. 1919.
Art. 12. To see what sum of money the town will vote to
raise to pay interest on Town debt and orders.
Art. 13. To see-if the Town will vote to raise the sum of
$18.00, one years interest on school fund.
Art. 14. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to
raise for the support of high school scholars.
Art. 15. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to
raise to pay for lightning streets of Blaine village.
Art. 16. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to
raise to pay the salary of Superintendent of Schools.
Art. 17. T o see what sum of money the Town will vote to
raise to pay incidental and Town charges.
Art. 18. To see if the Town will vote to elect one or more
Fire Wardens.
Art. 19. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to
raise to pay Fire Warden or Wardens.
Art. 20. To see if the Town will will vote to instruct the
Superintending School Committee to contract with the Trustees
of Aroostook Central Institute for tuition and course of study for
the studentsof the Town to attend the said institution.
Art. 21. To see if the Town will vote“ yes” or “ no” on the
question of appropriating and raising money necessary to entitle
the Town to State aid as provided in Sec. 21 Chanter 130 of
Public Laws of 1913.
Art. 22. To see if the Town will appropriate and raise the
sum of $533.00 for the improvement of the section of the State
Aid Road as outlined in the report of the State
Highway Commission, in addition to the amount regularly raised
for the care of ways, highways and bridges. The above amount
being the maxium which the Town is allowed to raise under the
provisions of Sec. 19, of Chapter 130 of the Public Laws of 1913.
Art. 23. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Select-
men and Treasurer to make temporary loan to pay town orders
same not to exceed $2,000.
Art. 24. To see if the Town will vote to accept list of jurors
as prepared by the Municipal Officers, Town Clerk and Treasurer.
Art. 25. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to
raise to be expended by the Board of Health for the suppression
and prevention of tuberculosis.
Art. 26. To see if the Town will vote to accept the road as
laid out by the selectmen, beginning at the North end of the
Terrill road, so called, and running North 652 feet more or less
to the South line of lot No._7., thence running West on said lot
line 576 feet more or less to land owned and occupied by Ottis
Gallup. The Selectmen apraise a damage of $60.00. Said road
to be two rods wide.
Art. 27. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to
raise to pay damage and build road referred to in Art. 26.
Art. 28. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Select-
men and Treasurer to sell and convey property that has been
taken by the Town for unpaid taxes, which has become the
property of the Town by tax deeds.
Art. 28. To see if the Town will vote to accept the list of
abatements as made up by the Selectmen.
Art. 30. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to
raise for the maintenance of State and State aid highways during
the ensuing year within the limits of the Town under the pro-
visions of sections 8, 17, 26, 27, and 28, chapter 25 of the Revised
Statutes of 1916.
Art. 31. T o see if the Town will vote to use the money
raised for band for other Town purposes.
Art. 32. To transact any other business that may legally
come before said meeting.
The Selectmen hereby give notice that they will be in session
at the Town Hall on Monday the 24th day of March 1919, at
9.30 o ’clock in the forenoon, for the purpose of correcting the
list of voters.
Given under our hands this 14th day of March, 1919 at Blaine.
W. E. ROBINSON,
B. L. T A P L E Y ,
T. A. RICHARDSON,
Selectmen of Blaine.
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