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T h eY ou r
For The Muncipal Y e a r
1954-1955
“Prepared by theMunicipal Officers
H a rtla n d , M a in e
The
Y ou r
th e Year
M unicipal Officers o f
H a r tla n d , M a in e
Town Officers
Selectmen and Overseers of Poor
D. J. PELKIE, 1 yr. I. F. STEDMAN, Jr., 2 yrs.FRED COOPER, 3 yrs.
Assessors for 1 Year
D. J. PELKIE I. F. STEDMAN, JR. FRED COOPER
Town Clerk
RUTH STEEVES
Treasurer
CLAUDE E. FISHER
Town Manager, Agent for Overseers of Poor, Road Commissioner
CLAUDE E. FISHER
Tax Collector
CLAUDE E. FISHER
Superintendent of Schools
HAROLD E. CARSON, to September 1, 1954 CHESTER R. PARKER, September 1, 1954 to February 10, 1955
Superintending School Committee
DANIEL E. CONNELLY, 1 yearMAURICE W. HANSON, 2 years
MARY E. COOPER, 3 years
Health Officer
P. R. BRIGGS, M. D.
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Fire Chief and Fire Warden
CARLTON E. DEERING
Constables
W ILFO RD NADEAU CLAUDE E. FISH ER
Pine Grove Cemetery Committee
M. W. HANSON, 1 year
L. F. HUBBARD, SR., 2 years
EM ILY A. BAIRD, 3 years
Hartland School District Trustees
FRE D W. LIBBY, 1 year
JEAN STEDMAN, 2 years
DONALD K. HOLLISTER, 3 yrs.
Budget Committee
Percy Butterfield Jean Stedman I. F. Stedman, Sr.
Emily Baird M. A. Moore A. R. Spaulding
Raym ond Jamieson John D. Murphy Beulah Stromback
Carlton Deering Given L. Gardner D. E. Connelly
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The Progress Of Our Town
The Municipal Officers of Hartland present to you a statement of the activities of your town for 1954-55. During the past year your officers have made several changes that they feel are to the advantage of the town.
1. A new system of depositing cash receipts in a savings account at the First National Bank, Pittsfield with bi-monthly withdrawals to cover expenditures should result in a gain of several hundred dollars in interest.
2. A change from weekly to bi-monthly payrolls has resulted in a saving of bookkeeping time and reduction of errors in the office.
3. A merger of the offices of the Central Maine Oil Co. and the Town has resulted in a full time clerk at a very modest expense to the town and at the same time given us a heated office at no expense to the town.
Looking to the future your officials have in mind the following:1. A new payroll system to give more accurate records on
Social Security and withholding taxes.
2. Some type of fireproof vault for storage of vital town records.
3. A modern adding machine as a timesaver in the office.4. A card index system listing each piece o f property in Hart-
land to be used by the Assessors in arriving at a fair and realistic value of the same.
Our town is on the threshold of a large expansion program. W e must go forward with this program and if possible we must keep ahead of it. Many worthwhile articles are included in the warrant for the annual meeting this year. Carefully consider any effect these articles might have on the future welfare of the town. Should you need any further information on any o f these articles contact your officials before Town Meeting, so when you come to town meeting you may vote for what you feel are the town’s best interests.
Sincerely,MUNICIPAL OFFICERS,
Town of Hartland.
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Treasurer’s Report
Cash Balance, February 11, 1954 $31,537.24
Receipts
O. A. B. $ 281.93
Accounts Payable 1,547.47
Interest Perpetual care cemetry funds 284.55
Poor Account 7.00
Interest 298.89
1954 Taxes 58,088.10
1954 Supplemental Taxes 158.80
1953 Taxes 3,065.51
1953 Supplemental Taxes 28.00
1952 Taxes 151.20
1951 Taxes 14.82
1950 Taxes 16.10
1949 Taxes 17.00
1954 Excise Taxes 3,316.57
1955 Excise Taxes 1,393.15
Tax Acquired Property 1,106.44
1952 Tax Liens 894.56
1953 Tax Liens
Funds necessary to retire notes for
727.39
future revenue 2,132.00
Time deposits 622.61
Perpetual care cemetery fund 1,570.39
Contingent account 712.58
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Dump 52.50
Roads and Bridges 1,028.16
Village Streets 193.36
Snow removal and Sanding Contract 2,183.25
State Poor 115.38
Poor Other Towns 97.01
Common Schools 13,466.35
Secondary Tuition 7,613.45
Pine Grove Cemetery 140.00
Other towns (supt. office account) 634.68
Public Library 70.00
--------------- 133,566.44
Less cash credits to correct starting balance 58.28
Total 133,508.16
Paid Warrants No. 1 to 40 106,038.82
Balance, February 11, 1955 $27,469.34
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Assessors' Report
Number o f Polls Taxed 240Number of Polls Not Taxed 72
SUMMARY OF TAXABLE PR O P E R T Y
Real Estate, Resident $430,536.00Real Estate, Non-Resident 174,715.00
Total Real Estate Personal Estate, Resident Personal Estate, Non-Resident
$605,251.00$131,492.00
84,570.00
Total Personal Estate 216,062.00
Total Real and Personal Estate $821,313.00
SEPARATION OF LAND AND BUILDINGS
Total Value of Land $224,638.00Total Value o f Building’s 380,613.00
Total Value of Real Estate 605,251.00
TAXABLE LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY
Number ValueHorses over 4 years old 25 1,175.00Steers, etc., over 18 months 3 100.00Milk Cows 158 7,950.00Heifers over 2 years 6 240.00Heifers, 18 months to 2 years old 33 1,050.00Fowls over 50 in number 8265 3,432.00
Total Value of Livestock and Poultry 13,947.00Value of all other Personal Property 202,115.00
Total Value o f Personal Property 216,062.00Total Value of Real Estate 605,251.00
Grand Total Real and Personal Estates $821,313.00
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APPROPRIATIO N S 1954
Village streets and bridges $1,200.00
Winter roads 4,000.00
Winter roads 600.00
State Aid Road Construction 926.41
State Aid Road Construction 139.59
Winter sidewalks 300.00
Dependent Children, Vet. aid and Poor 1,000.00
Repairing and constructing sidewalks 750.00
Ministerial and School Fund 1,028.23
Chapter 37, Sec. 24, R. S. 1944 45.00Instruction to high school pupils 7,500.00Common Schools 25,000.00Repairs, Ins., equipment and contingence 500.00Supt. salary, office expense 950.00School Committee 150.00Physician and fluoride Treatments 250.00Christmas street lighting 125.00Civil Defense 100.00Salaries, town officers 4,500.00Contingent account 1,900.00Hydrant rental 520.00Public Nursing 100.00Town dump 900.00Street lighting 1,425.00Em ergency lire equipmentMaintenance, rep. to building and equipment
400.00
for fire co. 1,500.00Roads and bridges 2,000.00Hartland Free Library 1,100.00Care of cemeteries 500.00Interest on debt and tax notes 300.00Summer Recreational Program 300.00Maine Publicity Bureau, Adv. 75.00
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Sidewalk South side Main St., startingat Pittsfield Ave. 500.00
Sidewalk construction westerly side Pittsfield Ave. 500.00
Total Appropriations $61,084.23
Less:From excise taxes 4,000.00From unexpended Highway balance 926.41From Surplus 3,328.23From 240 polls at $3.00 each 720.00
Total deductions 8,974.64
Appropriations for assessment 52,109.59
Plus:County Tax School District Overlay
1,653.605,490.721,523.25
Total 8,667.57
Total Appropriations and assessments $60,777.16
1954 VALUATION, ASSESSMENT AND COLLECTION
Y EAR ENDED FEBRU ARY 10, 1955
Real PersonalEstate Estate Total
VALUATION:
Resident $430,536.00 $131,492.00 $562,028.00
Non-Resident 174,715.00 84,570.00 259,285.00
TOTAL VALUATION $605,251.00 $216,062.00 $821,313.00
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ASSESSMENT:$60,777.16
720.00Valuation x Rate - $821,313 x .074 240 Polls at $3.00
Tax Commitment $61,497.16Supplemental Taxes 209.20
TOTAL ASSESSMENT CHARGED TO COLLECTOR $61,706.36
COLLECTIONS AND CREDITS:Cash Collections 58,246.88Less - Due Collector 27.49
Net Cash Collections 58,219.39Abatements 90.44
TOTAL COLLECTIONS AND CREDITS 58,309.83
1954 TAXES RECEIVABLE - February 10, 1955 $ 3,396.53
COMPUTATION OF ASSESSMENT
Tax Commitment (as above) Requirements:
Appropriations County Tax School District Tax
$61,497.16
$59,129.591,653.605,490.72
Total Requirements 66,273.91
Deduct:Transferred from Unappropriated
Surplus $2,300.00Transferred from 1954 Excise Taxes 4,000.00
Total Deductions 6,300.00
Net Requirements 59,973.91
OVERLAY $ 1,523.25
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Selectmen9s Report
PA Y OF OFFICERS
Appropriation $ 4,500.00
Claude E. Fisher 3,477.69Donald J. Pelkie 225.00D. E. Connelly 5.00I. F. Stedman, Jr. 225.00Bernard Tucker 4.50Margaret Randlett 10.00Bernice Woodman 10.00Pauline Jamieson 10.00Jennie Ladd 5.00Augusta Stedman 5.00Carleton Deering 100.00Fred Cooper 225.00Ruth Steeves 200.50
Overdrawn 2.69
$4,502.69 $4,502.69
CONTINGENT ACCOUNT
Appropriation $1,900.00Lien Costs, Butera 3.33Lien Costs, P. J. Lancaster 9.99Lien Costs, B. F. Miller, Trustee 3,33State of Maine, Dance Hall License 2.00Lien Costs, Mary Wentworth 3.33Lien Costs, Robert Nichols 6.66R. H. Gregoire, Sale of Lockup 26.25Chas. Cloutier, License 20.00Gladys Holmes, License 1.00Bertie Hamilton, License 1.00
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Laura Crummett, License 1.00
Frank B. Allen, License 10.00
Meredith Randlett, License 1.00
State of Maine, Forest Fire 28.58
Lien Costs, Clancey Burton 6.66
Lien Costs, Howard Estes 3.33
Lien Costs, Geo. Estes Heirs 3.33
R. H. Gregoire Camp, A. B. Deering 12.00
Lien Costs, Carl Hayden 3.32
Linwood. Wheeler, License 1.00
Lien Costs, John Galazia 3.33
Lien Costs, Marvin Davis 3.32
State of Maine, Tax, Bank Stock 98.57
Lien Costs, R. C. Hamilton 9.96Wm. Lary, Sale o f birch 2.00Lien Costs, Lewis Elliott 3.33Lien Costs, Leta W ithec 3.32H. C. Baxter & Bro., Tozier a /c 179.88Depositors Trust Co., Old Checks 33.92Lien Costs, Leta Withee 3.33Lien Costs, R. and E. Coolen 3.33Lien Costs, Eva Coburn, Gdn. by E. Soule 3.33Lien Costs, Benjamin Butera 3.33Lien Costs, Freda Withee 3.33Hartland School District, Audit 20.00Lien Costs, R. C. Hamilton 3.33W. H. Moore & Son, Mdse. R et’d 1.40Lien Costs, Melvin W yman 3.33
Lien Costs, Earl Sherburne 3.33State o f Maine, R. R. and Tel. Tax 16.10State of Maine, D og Tax Refund 2.70W. H. Moore & Son, Rent for old Fire Hall 60.00Shirley Fish, License 1.00Claude E. Fisher, Loan for change 100.00
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P aid :
Central Maine Oil Co., Fuel 4.15C. D. Merrifield Co., Office Supplies 7.66Steeves-McCormack Legion Aux. Mem. Day 30.00Hartland Hall Assn., Rent 125.00Claude E. Fisher, Loan for change 100.00Claude E. Fisher, Postage 57.08Hartland & St. Albans Tel. Co., Telephone 24.60Marks Printing House, Supplies 98.15Margaret Peterson, Error in excise tax 6.91Progressive Press, Printing 421.82Central Maine Power Co., Lights 54.96Knights of Phythias, Rent 150.00W ilford Nadeau, Stray dogs 10.00Percy Butterfield, Bond 75.00Pittsfield Advertiser, Advertising 1.50Depositors Trust Co., Check charge 3.05Bangor Daily News, Advertising 18.75Bernice P. Cushman, Transfers 23.00Waterville Sentinel, Advertising 20.70I. F. Stedman, Jr., Sewers 70.40Joe Wigon, Office Supplies 53.06Forest Fire Payroll 57.15First National Bank o f Pittsfield, check charge 26.04 H. A. “Ripple” Advertising 4.00H. E. Randlett, Sewers 57.95Brown & White Paper Co., Memorial Day 23.17Lynne W. Greene, Postage 30.99Alfred Cookson, Tree w ork 120.00Community Band, Memorial Day 35.00Robert Stedman, Sewers 78.96Rev. Manuel Snow, Memorial Day 5.00Ruth Sleeves, Postage 14.30Maine State Library, Law Books 26.00Branham Publishing Co., Supplies 4.18R. B. Dunning & Co., Supplies 5.00
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Margaret Randlett, Ballot Clerk 5.00R. H. Gregoire, Repairs 10.00Elmer Burdin, Repairs 67.60Ernest Hughes, Repairs 46.81P. R. Briggs, Vital Statistics 33.25Scott-Webb Memorial Hospital, Lunch for Mayor 49.79 Frati Jewelers, K ey to City 33.40Goodwin Philbrick, Light 10.34Steeves-McCormack A. L., Memorial Day 5.66Rae’s General Hardware, Repairs 14.81George Lougee, Sewers 64.71W. H. M oore & Son, Repairs 15.93Raym ond Jamieson, Audit 250.00Leonard Wade, Repairs 9.97Chas. E. Hunter, Liens 24.00Maine Municipal Assn., Dues 40.00Boston Law Book Co., Books 7.50Libby Sign Co., Signs 30.95Fred Tower Co., Books 15.50
Unexpended Balance 23.83
$2,612.58 $2,612.58
VILLAGE STREETS
Appropriation $1,200.00Hartland Tanning Company 59.22Hartland School Department 69.74New England Telephone and Telegraph Company 64.40
Paid:
Edward Laughton 4.00Martin Brothers 99.00I. F. Stedman, Jr. 50.00Roland Tozier, Jr. 7.00Merton Lary 73.00
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Robert Stedman 189.34W eston Elliott 7.00Robert Tweedie 7.00Aubery Whittemore 15.00W arren Bros. Roads Co. 147.52H arry E. Fall & Sons 114.66George Lougee 171.30Elmer Burdin 11.20Claude Fisher (Elmer Burdin Account) 10.00Clarence Davis 8.40Dean Nadeau 13.50State of Maine 530.75Vernard V. Stedman 12.69
Overdrawn 78.00
$1,471.36 $1,471.36
ROADS AND BRIDGES
Appropriation $2,000.00State of Maine, Hurricane Relief 1,028.16Special Town Meeting Appropriation 1,500.00
Paid:
Aubery Whittemore 238.10I. F. Stedman, Jr. 61.20Robert Stedman 343.59Progressive Press 5.43Vernard V. Stedman 1,565.75Martin Brothers 358.25Gerald E. Martin 384.50Bancroft & Martin 450.14Merton Lary 7.95George Lougee 293.40Claude Fisher (Elmer Burdin Account) 43.30Elmer Burdin 28.40
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Harry E. Fall & Sons 215.72Hartland & St. Albans Telephone Co. 115.00Hartland Future Farmers 92.00Earl Sherburne 30.00Roland Reynolds 16.50Foster Stackpole 3.20Delbert Cool 3.20Edward Laughton 63.70Hall’s Service Station 7.00Ervin Soule 78.40Perley W ebber 8.80S. D. W arren Co. 28.40
Unexpended Balance 36.23
$4,528.16
EQUIPM ENT M AINTENANCE
Balance Feb. 10, 1955 $1,438.53
SIDEW ALK CONSTRUCTION
Appropriation Harry Boyington
$ 750.00750.00
$ 750.00 $ 750.00
Sidewalk leading from W ater street to the library was completed. Three hundred feet was also finished on Elm Street. Approximately six hundred feet remain to finish Elm Street to the Palmyra line.
PITTSFIELD AVENUE SIDEW ALK
Appropriated from Surplus Paid: H arry Boyington
500.00500.00
$ 500.00 $ 500.00
Six hundred feet was completed on this project. There remains approximately nine hundred feet to complete the sidewalk on this street.
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LO W ER MAIN STREE T SIDEW ALK
Appropriation from surplus
Paid:
Harry Boyington, Paving 165.00George Lougee, Labor 24.23Robert Stedman, Labor 31.83Martin Brothers, Gravel 72.90
Unexpended 206.04
$ 500.00
Adverse weather conditions prevented completion of ject. It is suggested that this sidewalk be completed Spauldings rather than to Fred Rollins.
SNOW REM OVAL AND SAND
Appropriation from Excise Taxes By Taxation State o f MaineReceived from Vernard V. Stedman Received from School Department Due from Vernard V. Stedman
Paid:
Paul Hart 27.00Edward Laughton 29.60Lawrence Williamson 18.00Arnold Halford 39.00Merton Lary 47.40Earl Sprague 9.50Vernard V. Stedman 4,753.70Robert Stedman 137.31I. F. Stedman, Jr. 38.40Town of Cornville 100.00George Lougee 109.20
$ 500.00
$ 500.00
this proto Clyde
$4,000.00600.00
1,777.75342.50 63.00
342.50
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Claude E. Fisher 6.18Files & O 'Keefe Co. 685.00Town o f Hartland 342.50Treasurer: State of Maine 573.37Elmer Burdin 34.80Grondin’s Express 1.75Hartley Sawyer 6.65Donald Neal 6.65Eugene M orrison 3.80Clifton Russell 4.75Myron H art 7.13Douglas Em ery 4.28Harry Buchanan 5.23R oy H alford 24.00Delmont Springer 25.60Lawrence Springer 4.28Victor Springer 10.13Clair Russell 11.25H. E. Randlett 3.50
Unexpended Balance 55.79
$7,125.75 $7,125.75
W IN T ER SIDEW ALKS
Appropriation $ 300.00
Vernard V. Stedman. 187.00Unexpended Balance 113.00
$ 300.00 $ 300.00
EM ERGENCY F IR E EQUIPMENT
Appropriation $ 400.00Justin A. McCarthy 392.00
Unexpended Balance 8.00
$ 400.00 $ 400.00
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PIN E GROVE CEM ETERY
Balance 620.00Norman Curtis 30.00Delbert Cool 20.00Louis Violette 20.00Jean Stedman 30.00Leon Henderson 20.00Robert Mills 20.00
$ 760.00
G ENERAL CARE CEM ETERIES
Appropriation $ 500.00
Paid: Chester Carson (Surveying-) 10.50Cemetery Association 489.50
$ 500.00 $ 500.00
PER PETU A L CARE CEM ETERIES
Due from General Fund, Feb. 11, 1954 87.50Received Interest on Bonds 151.95Received Interest on Savings Accounts 27.60Received Interest on Bank Stocks 17.00
Paid:Cemetery Association 189.85Due from General Fund Feb. 10, 1955 94.20
$ 284.05 $ 284.05
TOWN ROAD IM PROVEM ENT FUND
Received: Treasurer State of Maine 1953 1,267.80Received: Treasurer State of Maine 1954 1,131.86State Payrolls Paid 2,399.66
$2,399.66 $2,399.66
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STATE AID ROAD CONSTUCTION
Balance Feb. 11, 1954 AppropriationTransferred to Funds Necessary to retire notes 1,066.00
$1,066.00
MAINE PUBLICITY BUREAU
AppropriationMaine Publicity Bureau 75.00
$ 75.00
PUBLIC H EALTH NURSE
AppropriationTreasurer, State of Maine 100.00
$ 100.00
O VERLAY
Assessment
COUNTY TAX
AssessmentTreasurer, Somerset County 1,653.60
$1,653.60
PUBLIC L IB R A R Y
AppropriationState o f Maine, Library StipendPercy Butterfield, Insurance 20.00Treasurer, Hartland Library 1,150.00
$1,170.00
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926.41139.59
$1,066.00
$ 75.00
$ 75.00
$ 100.00
$ 100.00
$1,523.25
$1,653.60
$1,653.60
$1,100.0070.00
$1,170.00
SUPPORT OF POOR
Appropriation
Received on old bill
VE TERA N NO. 1:
Town of Dexter 8.33
CASE NO. 1:
Edith M. Mooers 184.00J. R. Sullivan, M.D. 9.00W hitten’s Rest Home 45.50
A. D. C. NO. 1:
Treasurer of State 115.56
VETERAN NO. 2:
Central Maine Oil Co. 7.99Central Maine Power Co. 4.98Keith R. Tapley 73.92Treasurer of State 55.08
CASE NO. 2:
P. R. Briggs, M.D. 2.00
Total Expended 506.36Unexpended 500.64
$1,007.00
STATE CH ARITIES AND CORRECTIONS
CASE NO. 1:Scott-Webb Hospital 66.50Received from State Due from State
$ 66.50
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$1,000.00
7.00
$1,007.00
48.5018.00
$ 66.50
CASE NO. 2:
B. W. Hanson & Co. 19.08Received from State 19.08
$ 19.08 $ 19.08
CASE NO. 3:
Leslie Lynds 15.00Keith Tapley Received from State
32.8047.80
$ 47.80 $ 47.80
CASE NO. 4:
Ester Austin 10.00Keith TapleyDue from State o f Maine
54.8764.87
$ 64.87 $ 64.87
POOR OTH ER TOWNS
V E TERA N NO. 1:E. W. Stein, M.D. 18.00D. F. Humphrey Pharmacy 2.50H. Lewis Taylor, M.D. 6.00Received from Town of Troy
V E TERA N NO. 2:E. W. Martin & Sons 15.00Central Maine Oil Co. 7.89Keith R. TapleyReceived from Town of Skowhegan
10.7533.64
$ 33.64 $ 33.64
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C A SE NO. 3:
Keith R. Tapley 8.89Received from Town of Ripley
$ 8.89
CASE NO. 4:
Madeline Eall 5.00Donald Pelkie 5.00Fred CooperReceived from Case No. 4
5.00
$ 15.00
CASE NO. 5:
Florence Groder 7.00B. W. Hanson & Co. Received from Town of Solon
5.98
$ 12.98
OLD AGE BENEFITS
Withheld from employees from Jan. 1, 1954 to Jan. 1, 1955
Overdraft
Paid:Maine State Retirement System 457.79
$ 457.79Withheld Jan. 1, 1955 to Feb. 10, 1955
M INISTERIAL AND SCHOOL FUND
Appropriation from surplusPaid: Skowhegan Savings Bank 1,028.23
$1,028.23
8.89
$ 8.89
15.00
$ 15.00
12.98
$ 12.98
269.41188.38
$ 457.79 20.52
1,028.23
$1,028.23
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INTEREST
Appropriation 300.00Interest on taxes 174.39Interest on liens 81.35Interest saving a /c Pittsfield National Bank 43.15
Paid:Federal Trust Co., State Aid Notes 303.15
Unexpended Balance 295.74
$ 598.89 $ 598.89
CIVIL DEFENSE
AppropriationHartland & St. Albans Tel. Co
Unexpended Balance
$ 100.00 $ 100.00
100.0033.4066.60
CHRISTMAS LIGHTING
Appropriation 125.00
Hartland & St. Albans Tel. Co. 80.23L. A. Dysart 12.94Central Maine Power Co. 31.58
Unexpended Balance .25
$ 125.00 $ 125.00
STREET LIGHTS
Appropriation Central Maine Power Co.
Unexpended Balance
$1,425.00 $1,425.00
1,425.001,380.60
44.40
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F IR E D EPARTM ENT
Appropriation
B. W. Hanson Co. 60.00Pittsfield Avenue Garage 81.17Central Maine Oil Co. 482.40R. C. Whitney & Son 75.00Hartland & St. Albans Tel. Co. 58.72Central Maine Power Co. 73.52Victor Chemical Co. 19.95Ji’urbush Insurance Agency 318.75Percy Butterfield 240.61Leo Raymond 60.50W. H. Moore & Son .36Cooper’s Market 9.60Blanchard Associates Inc. 16.76Keith Tapley 1.20Justin C. McCarthy Co. 47.16
Overdrawn
$1,545.70
DUMP
Appropriation Hartland Tanning Co.Special Town Meeting
Paid:
Horace Varney 634.00Edward Laughton 100.00Paul Hart 48.50Vernard V. Stedman 228.75Martin Bros. 113.00Myron Cromwell 300.00Perley Webber 10.00Robert Stedman 82.81
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$1,500.00
45.70
$1,545,70
900.0052.50
1, 000.00
Heart o f Maine Exterminating Service Earl Sprague
Unexpended Balance
George Lougee Claude Fisher Elmer Burdin
100.8112.1322.80
150.0030.88
118.82
$1,952.50 $1,952.50
W e believe the foregoing to be a true report of the receipts and disbursements for the year ending February 10, 1955, and th financial standing of the town at that time.
If, however, there appear to be any errors or something you do not understand, please call at the Selectmen’s office where the books are available that an intelligible explanation may be had thereby avoiding confusion at the meeting, and eliminating consumption of unnecessary time during the meeting.
Respectfully submitted,
DONALD J. PELKIE,
IRV IN F. STEDMAN, JR.,
FRE D J. COOPER,
Selectmen of Hartland.
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Hartland Public Library
TRE ASU RER’S R E PO R T—FEB. 1, 1955
Receipts
Cash on hand, Feb. 1, 1954 $ 994.01
Received from Town 1,100.00
Received from State 50.00
Received from Outlook Club meetings 11.00
Received from Outlook Club 50.00
Gift from Effie Burton 1.00
Dues 7.50
Rental Books 24.43
Total $2,237.94
Expenditures
Librarian’s Salary $ 500.20
M. L. A. Dues 4.00
Central Maine Oil Co. 315.07
Magazines 37.50
Labor 35.00
Supplies 19.42Central Maine Power Co. 30.75F. I. C. A. tax 14.20Books 203.66Goodwin Philbrick, Labor and Material 118.36Tax on checks 3.51Insurance 13.50
Total 1,319.97
Cash on hand Feb. 1, 1955 $ 917.97
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MORRISON FUND
Cash on hand Feb. 1, 1954 $ 292.90
Cash on hand Feb. 1, 1955 $ 292.90
Respectfully submitted,
INA M. MOULTON, Treas.
Report of Hartland Free Library
Number of State Books in Library, January 1, 1954 702
Number o f State Books Added 4
Number o f Fiction—Non-Fiction 10,989
Number of Fiction—Non-Fiction Added 254
Total Number Books in Library 11,243
Number o f Books delivered for home use 6,189
Number of Magazines delivered for home use 137
Number of Books rented from Rental Shelf 151
W e are grateful to the townspeople, The Outlook Club for
donation of money, and people o f nearby town for gifts o f Books
and their cooperation.
Respectfully submitted,
M ARY COSTON SMITH,
Librarian.
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Report of Hartland Cemetery Ass’rt
1954
Receipts
Balance from 1953
Town of Hartland
Perpetual Care
Care o f Lots
Committals
Expenditures
Labor in all cemeteries
Supplies and repairs
Fullers Corner Fund
$ 24.62
489.50
189.95
110.25
296.00
-------------------- $ 1,110.22
$ 898.00
211.65
------------- $1,109.65
$39.13
Trust Funds in First National Bank, Pittsfield
F. O. Thompson $ 200.00
Clara Morrill 200.00
G. S. Williams and Elizabeth Dyer 200.00
Maude Southards 100.00
W. E. Stineford 100.00
Goforth & Blake 50.00------------- $ 850.00
W ater Fund $ 723.06
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Hartland School District
Receipts
Balance Dec. 31, 1953 $ 712.80
January:25 Town of Hartland, Balance of 1953 W arrant 1,704.0026 Sale o f Lumber, Dow 75.00
February:15 Town of Hartland Bond 4,000.00
August:5 Sale o f Lumber, Dow 75.00
Total Receipts $6,566.80Total Expenditures 6,083.08
Balance, Dec. 31, 1954 $ 483.72
Itemized Expenditures
January:Service charge, bank $ .06
February:20 Dean Nadeau, snow removal, roof 5.1020 Earl Sprague, snow removal, roof 2.5520 John Tweedie, snow removal, roof 5.5320 Robert Kelso, snow removal, roof 5.53
M arch:2 Ray Gregoire, for plank 3.003 Rae’s Hardware, snow scrapers 5.003 Bond paid 4,000.003 Coupons Nat. Shawmut 225.003 Coupons Nat. Shawmut 90.003 Coupons Nat. Shawmut 168.75
15 Coupons Nat. Shawmut 45.0015 Coupons Nat. Shawmut 22.50
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April:5 Percy Butterfield, Bond 25.00
30 Town and Country Services, mower parts 29.40Service charge .27
May:Service charge .03
June:1 D. E. Knowles, motor hook-up 5.00
Service charge .03
July:2 Town and Country Services, mower repair 14.382 Coupons 11.25
Service charge .03
August:7 Stanley Burgess, painting 100.00
20 Stanley Burgess, painting 200.00Service charge .06
September:8 Coupons Nat. Shawmut 438.758 Coupons Nat. Shawmut 45.00
22 Stanley Burgess, painting 25.00Service charge .06
October:18 Rae’s Hardware, gutter pipe 4.90
Service charge .09
November:20 Hanson Insurance Agency 427.2020 Coupons Nat. Shawmut 33.75
Service charge .03
December:3 Town of Hartland, audit 20.00
13 T. F. Randlett, Insurance 124.80Service charge .03
$6,083.08
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Superintendent of School*s Report
To the School Committee and Citizens of the Town of Hartland:
It is with pleasure that I submit my report as Superintendent of Schools. Schools opened September 7th with the following teachers and enrollment:
Helen Rowe Thelma Cook Geraldine Smith Opal DayMarguerite Goforth Harold Smith Doris Emery Douglas Doyon Glenn White
Sp, 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 35
3730
2524
2426
22
19
Total 242
Louis Garenani a graduate of the New England Conservatory of Music, was engaged to teach music and do instrumental work with the band.
Miss Day is a graduate of Aroostook Teachers College and Mr. Smith and Mr. Doyon are graduates of Farmington Teachers College.
Miss Ram ona Wheeler has assisted with the sub-primary and first grade as a helping teacher.
The purchase of a new 60 passenger bus assures all pupils who are transported safe, comfortable and reliable conveyance. It also enables us to cut our request for bus depreciation from $2,000 to $1,500.
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Several of the teachers have been working’ during the Fall and Winter term with a Committee studying the English needs of the pupils and plans to adopt new textbooks.
Mr. White with the assistance of Mr. Smith, Mr. Doyon and Miss Wheeler has a very active physical education program, for both the boys and the girls.
Mr. Garenani produced a very successful Christmas program with the primary grades and is now working on an operetta for the upper grades. There are 25 pupils playing with the Band. They played at the Academ y Senior Play and will give a concert later in the year as well as participate in the State Music Festival at Belfast.
Next Fall we will be faced with a pupil - teacher ratio larger than we wish to have in the first and second grades and a large sub-primary enrollment will necessitate a two session day for them. Plans should be made now to provide the housing facilities that will be needed.
In closing I wish to thank the School Committee, town officials, teachers, and bus drivers for the fine co-operation we have had this year.
Respectfully submitted,
CHESTER R. PA R K E R ,
Superintendent of Schools.
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H ARTLAND PROPOSED SCHOOL BUDGET 1955-1956
Gross Balance 1955 $ 5,911.31Less teachers earned but unpaid salary 5,312.35
Net Balance 1955 $598.96
Estimated Incom e 1955 State Fund 13,511.60Miscellaneous Income 300.00
---------------- 13,811.60
Total Estimated Income $14,410.56
Estimated ExpendituresTeachers $25,900.00Music 2,700.00Sick Leave 200.00Office Clerk Conveyance
250.00
Drivers 1,000.00Insurance 250.00Gas, oil, repairs 1,000.00Depreciation 1,500.00
Janitor and supplies 3,000.00Fuel 1,400.00, Books 1,800.00Supplies 1,400.00
Total $40,400.00
Required Appropriation $25,989.44
Secondary Tuition Income
State Fund $ 3,848.00Expenditures 16,900.00
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$13,052.00
Vocational Education — Home Ec.Income
State Fund 2,900.00
ExpendituresSalaries 6,933.76Books 100.00Supplies 350.00
---------------- 7,383.76
$ 4,483.76
Required Appropriation $ 8,568.24Less balance February 1955 995.99
Required Appropriation $ 7,575.25
Repairs, Insurance, Equipment and Contingencies $ 200.00
SupervisionSuperintendent’s salary $ 900.00Superintendent’s office 225.00School Committee 150.00Attendance officer 10.00
---------------- $ 1,285.00
Health ServiceSchool Physician $ 125.00Fluoride 125.00
$ 250.00
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School Financial Report
Appropriation
1954-1955
Receipts
$25,000.00Balance 1954 7,689.15Interest on Bond 45.00State School Fund 12,871.96Elementary Tuition 360.00Betty Gregoire 5.00School Dept. — machine 3.05Grace W oodman 7.00Professional credits 200.00Skowhegan Bank 19.34
Total Receipts
Teachers
Expenditures
$24,720.43Conveyance 8,801.53Janitor 2,912.42Fuel 1,447.15Books 1,226.18Supplies 1,181.48
Total Expenditures
Balance 1955
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Daniel Connelly $ 50.00Maurice Hanson 50.00Ellen Cooper 50.00
Total
$46,200.50
$40,289.19
$ 5,911.31
$ 150.00
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ITEM IZED EXPEN DITU RES
TEACHERS
John Pressey $ 70.00Helen Shorey 14.00Grace W oodman 38.50Ram ona Wheeler 550.00Helen Rowe 2,018.80Thelma Cook 2,241.54Geraldine Smith 2,374.92Barbara Moody 1,283.40Opal Day 1,000.00Marguerite Goforth 2,383.22Helen McLean 1,358.40Harold Smith 1,083.30Doris Emery 2,241.54Douglas Doyon 1,191.63Glenn White 3,083.30Town of St. Albans (office clerk) 213.33Alexander Economos 1,341.70Louise Garenani 1,250.00Doris Bridge 14.00Maxine Pease 7.00Helen Littlefield 42.00Pearlene Walker 14.00Eleanor S. Parker 50.00Ina Kane 7.00Elizabeth Ireland 14.00Elaine Daily
Total
CONVEYANCE
834.85
Percy Butterfield 217.14Carlyle R. Johnson 45.00Harry Stafford 888.00
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$24,720.43
W ilford Nadeau 288.00Pittsfield Avenue Garage 1,111.12Donald McDougal 37.00Hall’s Service Station 78.77People’s Garage 5,911.50Skowhegan Savings Bank 225.00
Total
JANITORS
Hubert Smith $ 839.97Town of Hartland 63.00Vern Stedman 88.00D. E. Knowles 10.50Penobscot Paint Products 2.60Baird’s Service Station 2.40Hartland Grain and Grocery Co. 8.16H. E. Randlett 1.24M. F. Bragdon Paint Co. 17.34Roland Dubey 33.75Rae’s General Hardware 25.30The Pioneer Mfg. Co. 59.69W ilford Nadeau 1,680.00C. B. Dolge Co. 28.26Kent Agency of Mass. 14.06Huntington Laboratories
Total
38.15
BOOKS
Educators Progress Service $ 6.00Scholastic Magazines 42.00Carl Fischer Inc. 27.96J. W. Pepper & Sons 6.24Loring, Short & Harmon 5.73
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$ 8,801.53
$ 2,912.42
Beacon Musical Instrument 25.82Charles Scribner’s Sons 1.41Doubleday & Co. 1.23F. A. Owen Pub. Co. 4.00A1 Corey Music Center 10.64The Continental Press 3.51Longmans, Green & Co. 4.24Am erican Education Pub. 84.50Scott, Foresman & Co. 43.56Garland B. Russell 12.36Hamilton Pub. Co. 7.35E. M. Hale Co. 12.60Am erican Book Co. 148.58W ebster Pub. Co. 92.94W orld Book Co. 29.67Laidlaw Brothers 37.91The Groiler Society 45.36Ginn & Co. 222.41Row , Peterson & Co. 194.98The Macmillan Co. 60.99The Eastern News 3.35Beckley-Cardy Co. 39.13L. W. Singer Co. 16.51M cCormack Mathers 35.20
Total $ 1,226.18FUEL
Central Maine Power Co. $ 1,447.15
Total $ 1,447.15
SUPPLIES
James Bailey Co. $ 20.84Cascade Paper Co. 50.27Central Maine Power Co. 549.20
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Grondin’s Express 3.63D . F. Humphrey 9.48Beacon Musical Inst. Co. 1.57The Continental Press 6.78J. L. Hammett 317.99H. E. Randlett 4.24Alexander Economos 7.11
A1 Corey Music Center 17.05
Hartland & St. Albans Tel. Co. 64.86
C. S. Hammond Co. 25.36
The Boston Music Co. 7.37
Waterville Morning Sentinel 3.00
Bangor Daily News 4.80
Loring, Short & Harmon 12.70
N. H. Bragg & Sons 2.02
Huston-Tuttle Book Co. 12.75
C. D. Merrifleld Co. 2.41
M. F. Bragdon 8.93
R ae’s General Hardware 36.72
Dept, o f Labor and Industry 12.40
Total $ 1,181.48
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Miscellaneous Accounts
SECONDARY TUITION AND VOCATIONAL
Receipts
Appropriation $ 7,500.00
State Fund 4,646.00
Balance 4,179.80
Town of Palmyra 17.50
State Home Ec. Fund 2,949.95
Total
Expenditures
Town of Palmyra $ 195.00
Hartland Academy 9,579.27
John Gee 4,058.76
Anne McKeil 1,597.70
Geraldine Nelson 1,083.30
Books 99.96
Supplies 336.10
Total
Balance
R E P A IR S AND INSURANCE
Receipts
Appropriation $ 500.00Balance 367.54
Total
$19,293.25
$16,944.09
$ 2,349.16
$ 867.54
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Expenditures
Harry M errick $ 30.58Vernal Holt 18.00R. B. Dunning Co. 5.97
Rae’s General Hardware 11.74Town and Country Services 2.55
Town of Hartland 69.74
Robert Stedman 21.40C. E. Mower 1.68Elmer R. Grant 11.53
Hersey Hardware and Lumber 1.26
Cascade Paper Co. 29.94
Paris Mfg. Co. 183.92
\W. H. Moore & Co. 1.10
Chester R. Parker 12.69
Percy Butterfield 31.20
Total
Balance
HEALTH SERVICE
Receipts
Balance $ 5.00Appropriation 250.00
Expenditures
Dr. Paul R. Briggs $ 125.00Treasurer o f State of Maine 100.00
Balance $
433.30
434.24
255.00
225.00
30.00
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SUPERVISION
Receipts
School Committee $ 150.00Appropriation 950.00Town of Athens 114.08Town of Cambridge 47.70Town of Harmony 100.89Town of Palmyra 168.80Town of St. Albans 203.21
Total Receipts
Expenditures
Chester R. Parker $ 393.00Overdraft 44.75Office Account 845.68Harold E. Carson 493.48Truant Officer 5.00
Total Expenditures
Total Overdraft
$1,734.68
1,781.91
$ 47.23
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Hartland Academy
STATEM ENT OF REVEN UE AND EXPEN DITU RES
For Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1954
Tuition from Hartland $12,810.04Tuition from St. Albans 6,941.68Tuition from Palmyra 2,945.86Tuition from Brighton PI. 140.00Tuition from Caratunk PI. 180.83Tuition from Cambridge 140.00
---------------- $23,158.41
Accounts Receivable: Tuition Due from St. Albans Tuition Due from Ripley Tuition Due from Brighton PI. Tuition Due from Cambridge
$ 3,255.00 449.1770.0070.00
--------------- 3,844.17
Total Tuition Charged $27,002.58
State o f Maine, Vo. Agr.State of Maine, Vo. Home Ec.
State o f Maine, Agr. Travel Incom e from Investments Income from Rentals
$ 968.341,219.47
--------------- 2,187.81150.00
$ 92.45512.17
--------------- 604.62
Total Incom e $29,945.01
Expenditures
Teachers’ Salaries $21,433.36Office Salaries, $125.00, $480.00 605.00Fuel, Janitor Service and Supplies 3,981.22Water, Electric Service, and Tel. and Tel. 611.77Text Books and Office Supplies 1,01“.53
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Library Books Laboratory SuppliesVocational, Commercial, Music and Visual Aid Supplies Repairs: H. A. Bldg. $ 232.46
Vo. Building 282.61Teachers’ Tenement 147.46
Insurance Premiums (net cost)Agr. Travel and Miscl. Gen. Expense InterestDepreciation Expense
74.3755.40
562.51
662.53 754.18 573.66 199.56780.53
Total Expense Operating Deficit
$31,309.621,364.61
$29,945.01
BALANCE SHEET — June 30, 1954
CURRENT ASSETS:Cash in BankAccounts Receivable: TuitionInvested Funds: Am. Tel. and Tel., C. M. P. Co.,
B. & M. R. R.FIXED ASSETS:
Land, Buildings and Equipment $22,918.25Less Accrued Depreciation 9,466.58
Prepaid Insurance Premiums
$ 3,641.25 3,844.17
2 ,000.00
13,451.671,182.71
$24,119.80
LIABILITIES:
Notes Payable: First National Bank, Pittsfield, Me. $ 5,125.00 Investment in Fixed Assets 13,451.67Unappropriated Surplus 5,543.13
$24,119.80
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School Physician’s Report
Examination of the pupils in Hartland and inspection of the institution revealed student health at a high level and the school in fairly good condition as regards cleanliness and health hazards.
Several rooms were apparently over-crowded which not only jeopardizes physical, but also mental health and student reception of teaching.
The playgrounds have been well supervised and the teachers appear cooperative and alert.
Should additional space be required in the future, it is suggested that an examining room which could also be used for a “first-aid center” be provided and maintained.
Respectfully submitted,
PAUL R. BRIGGS, M.D.
School Physician.
Mouth Health Project
The annual project for prevention of dental decay through application o f sodium fluoride solution to erupted teeth and dental health education in mouth care practices was continued in December, 1954 for the children of your community. A registered dental hygienist from the State Department of Health and W elfare devoted 10 days to this project that included 57 elementary children.
In communities where this type of program has operated for several years, 25 to 35 percent of the children, 3 years after their application o f sodium fluoride solution, show no new decay in permanent teeth so protected.
The newer, now widely accepted method of decay prevention— adding fluorides to the public water supply—is less expensive and more effective.
DIVISION OF DENTAL H EALTH
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Report of Public Health Nurse
DIVISION OF PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING
January 1 to December 31, 1954
The activities o f your Public Health Nurse have been directed toward those services which are considered essential in a generalized Public Health Nursing program. These services include health supervision and guidance to the family, school health programs and aid in communicable disease control.
The home visit gives the nurse an excellent opportunity to help families as a whole with their health problems, to give instruction in the care of the sick, and to discuss food values in relation to cost.
Visits were made to the school periodically to discuss school health problems with the teachers. Audiometer hearing tests were given in September to grades 4 through 8. No reportable hearing losses found.
Child Health Conferences can be resumed when and if a sponsoring organization finds enough interest in them to warrant the expense o f such a program.
The Orthopedic, Pediatric, Cardiac, Speech and Mental Hygiene
clinics sponsored by the State Department of Health and W elfare have been available for consultation and treatment when recommended by the fam ily physician.
Your nurse wishes to express her appreciation to all who have helped in promoting health services.
Respectfully submitted,
LOUISE S. CONNOR,
Public Health Nurse.
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Auditor’s Report
June 10, 1054
Board o f Trustees
Hartland School District
Hartland, Maine
Gentlemen:
In accordance with Chapter 172, Public Laws of 1949, and at your request, the records o f the Hartland School District have been audited for the period February 2, 1953 to December 31, 1953, inclusive.
The examination was conducted in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards applicable in the circumstances, and included all procedures which were considered necessary, Insofar as could be determined within the scope of the examination, the financial transactions o f the School District appear to have been appropriately handled.
Exhibits and Schedules incorporated in the report present the financial position o f the School District at December 31, 1953, and the result of its operations for the year then ended.
All o f which is respectfully submitted,
Very truly yours,
R. A. JAMIESON,
JOHN T. SINGER,
Jam ieson & Singer
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EX H IBIT A
H ARTLAND SCHOOL DISTRICT
COM PARATIVE BALANCE SHEET
Dec. 31, 1953 Feb. 2, 1953
ASSETS
Cash in Bank $ 712.80 $ 3,053.40
Accounts Receivable
(Sch. A -l) 1,704.00
Fixed Assets:
Buildings
Equipment
Landscaping
$71,689.50
3,141.25
6,689.53
$71,481.64
2,233.67
6,500.29
Total Fixed Assets 81,520.28 80,215.60
TOTAL ASSETS $83,937.08 $83,269.00
LIABILITIES
Bonds Payable (Sch. A-2) $50,000.00 $55,000.00
Net Investment 33,937.08 28,269.00
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND
NET INVESTM ENT $83,937.08 $83,269.00
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Auditor’s Report
February 19, 1955.
Board o f Trustees
Hartland School District
Hartland, Maine
Gentlemen:
In accordance with Chapter 91, Section 142, Revised Statutes o f 1954, and at your request, the records of the Hartland School District have been audited for the year January 1, 1954 to December 31, 1954, inclusive.
The examination was conducted in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards applicable in the circumstances, and included all procedures which were considered necessary, Insofar as could be determined within the scope of the examination, the financial transactions of the School District appear to have been appropriately handled.
Exhibits and Schedules incorporated in the report present the financial position o f the School District at December 31, 1954, and the result of its operations for the year then ended.
All o f which is respectfully submitted,
Very truly yours,
R. A. JAMIESON,
JOHN T. SINGER,
Jam ieson & Singer
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EXH IBIT A
H ARTLAND SCHOOL DISTRICT
COM PARATIVE BALANCE SHEET
Dec. 31, 1954 Dec. 31, 1953
ASSETS
Cash in Bank $ 483.72 $ 712.80
Accounts Receivable (Sch. A -l) 1,490.72 1,704.00
Fixed Assets:
Buildings $71,689.50 $71,689.50
Equipment 3,146.25 3,141.25
Landscaping 6,689.53 6,689.53
Total Fixed Assets 81,525.78 81,520.28
TOTAL ASSETS $83,499.72 $83,937.08
LIABILITIES
Bonds Payable (Sch. A-2) $46,000.00
Net Investment 37,499.72
TOTAL LIABILITIES & NET STATE
INVESTMENT $83,499.72
$50,000.00
33,937.08
$83,937.08
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Auditor’s Report
June 10, 1954
Board o f Selectmen
Hartland, Maine
Gentlemen:
In accordance with Chapter 80, Section 116, Revised Statutes of 1944, as amended, and at your request, the records of the Town of Hartland have been audited for the period February 11, 1953 to February 10, 1954, inclusive.
The examination was conducted in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards applicable in the circumstances, and included all procedures which were considered necessary. Insofar as could be ascertained within the scope o f the examination, the financial transactions of the Town appear to have been appropriately handled, with such exceptions as may be noted in the accompanying Comments.
Exhibits and Schedules incorporated in the report present the financial position of the Town at February 10, 1954, and the result of its operations for the year then ended.
Recommendations are also offered which are believed to be worthy of your consideration.
All of which is respectfully submitted,
Very truly yours,
R. A. JAMIESON,
JOHN T. SINGER,
Jam ieson & Singer
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TOW N OF HARTLAND
FEBRU ARY 11, 1953 to FEBRU ARY 10, 1954
C O M M E N T S
An audit has been completed of the books and records o f the Town of Hartland for the year ended February 10, 1954
The records maintained by the Selectmen, Treasurer, Tax Collector, Assessors, and Town Clerk were audited. The system of internal control was reviewed. Accounting records and other supporting evidence were examined or tested to the extent deemed necessary under the circumstances.
It is believed that the accompaning balance sheet together with the related financial statements fairly present the financial position of the Town at February 10, 1954, and the result o f its operations for the year then ended.
ASSETS
The cash balance o f $31,537.24 at the year end was reconciled with the bank statement furnished by the depository bank.
The 1953 tax commitment was accounted for as follows:
Cash Collections $60,046.70
Abatements 143.00
Taxes Receivable 4,729.06
Tax Commitment $64,918.76
During the year under review, unpaid real estate taxes amounting to $1,696.00 were secured by tax liens. At the year end, unmatured tax lines amounted to $1,251.51. Matured tax liens of $275.80 were transferred to tax acquired property.
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LIABILITIES
At February 10, 1954, the accounts payable totaled $125.40
and notes payable totaled $9,594.00. During the year under exam
ination, notes totaling $3,898.00 matured and were paid. Tax
anticipation notes amounting to $10,000.00 were issued and paid.
The general fund owed the trust funds $2,528.23 at the year
end.
R E SER VE AND SURPLUS
Unexpended balances in certain appropriation accounts carried
forward to the current year for expenditure amounted to
$15,006.05 or an increase o f $5,738.14 over the balance carried
forward a year ago. The detail comprising this amount may be
found on Exhibit D.
Unappropriated surplus of $23,141.01 represents an increase
of $3,361.76 over the balance at the end of the previous year. The change in this account is presented in detail on Exhibit E.
TRUST FUNDS
The investments of the trust funds were verified by physical examination of the bonds and bank pass books. As previously noted, trust funds totaling $2,528.23 have been included as a liability of the general fund assets. It was noted that $45 was appropriated at the annual town meeting as interest on the ministerial and school fund, which has been used by the town in previous years.
G ENERAL
Excise tax receipts totaled $5,382.32 and were verified by examination of the copies of the excise tax receipts issued. The excise tax receipts were allocated as follow s:
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Appropriated at Annual Meeting $2,816.00Transferred to Unappropriated Surplus 2,566.32
Total $5,382.32
It was noted that the abatements had not been approved by a m ajority of the Board o f Assessors, as required by statute.
The following corporate surety bonds were found on file:
Cecil O. LancasterAetna Casualty & Surety Co., 6S48068 $15,000.00
Claude FisherAetna Casualty & Surety Co., 6S49960 $15,000.00
A review of the supplemental taxes indicated that they had not been committed to the Tax Collector, as required by statute.
RECOMMENDATIONS
The following recommendations appear to be worthy of your consideration:
1. That, waivers be obtained with each partial payment on account of unmatured tax liens.
2. That, abatements be signed by a m ajority of the Board of Assessors.
3. That, supplemental taxes be committed to the Tax Collector.
4. That, a trial balance be taken of the accounts in the ledger at the end of each month.
5. That, the trust fund monies in general cash be invested in accordance with statutory requirements.
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EX H IBIT A
TOWN OF H ARTLAND
COM PARATIVE BALANCE SHEET
Feb. 10, 1954 Feb. 10, 1953
G ENERAL FUND
ASSETS
Cash (Exhibit B) $31,537.24 $25,323.49
Accounts Receivable (Sch. A -l) 1,825.17 637.23
Taxes Receivable
(Sch. A-2) $5,544.03 $5,122.13
Less: Reserve for Losses 251.46 251.46
---------------- 5,292.57-
Tax Liens (Sch. A-3) 1,251.51
Tax Acquired Property (Sch. A-4) 894.20
4,870.67
517.60
618.40
TOTAL—G ENERAL FUND $40,800.69
D EBT FUND
ASSETSAmount Necessary to Retire Notes
from Future Revenue $9,594.00
$31,967.39
$13,492.00
TRUST FUND
ASSETS
Time Deposits (Sch. A-7) $ 1,127.60 $ 1,127.60Investments (Sch. A-7) 7,500.00 7,500.00Due from General Fund (Sch. A-7) 2,528.23 2,528.23
TO TAL—TRUST FUNDS $11,155.83 $11,155.83
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GENERAL FUND
LIABILITIES
Accounts Payable (Sch. A-5) $ 125.40
Due Trust Funds 2,528.23
R E SER VE
Authorized Expenditures (Ex. D) 15,006.05
SURPLUS
Unappropriated (Ex. E ) 23,141.01
T O T A L -G E N E R A L FUND $40,800.69
D EBT FUND
LIABILITIES:
Notes Payable (Sch. A-6) $9,594.00
TRUST FUND
LIABILITIES
Principals (Sch. A-8) $11,128.23
Unexpended Income (Sch. A-8) 27.60
TOTAL—TRUST FUNDS $11,155.83
$ 392.00
2,528.23
9,267.91
19,779.25
$31,967.39
$13,492.00
$11,128.23
27.60
$11,155.83
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Auditor’s Report
February 19, 1955
Board o f Selectmen
Hartland, Maine
Gentlemen:
In accordance with Chapter 91, Section 142, Revised Statutes of 1954, and at your request, the records of the Town of Hartland have been audited for the period February 11, 1954, to February 10, 1955, inclusive.
The examination was conducted in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards applicable in the circumstances, and included all procedures which were considered necessary. Insofar as could be ascertained within the scope of the examination, the financial transactions of the Town appear to have been appropriately handled, with such exceptions as may be noted in the accompanying Comments.
Exhibits and schedules incorporated in the report present the financial position of the Town at February 10, 1955, and the result of its operations for the year then ended.
Recommendations are also offered which are believed to be worthy of your consideration.
All of which is respectfully submitted,
Very truly yours,
R. A. JAMIESON,
JOHN T. SINGER,
Jamieson & Singer
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T O W N O F H A R T L A N D
FEBRU ARY 11, 1954 to FEB RU A RY 10, 1955
C O M M E N T S
An audit has been completed of the books and records o f the Town of Hartland for the year ended February 10, 1955.
The records maintained by the Selectmen, Treasurer, Tax Collector, Assessors, and Town Clerk were audited. The system of internal control was reviewed. Accounting records and other supporting evidence were reviewed or tested to the extent deemed necessary under the circumstances.
It is believed that the accompanying balance sheet together with the related financial statements fairly present the financial position of the Town at February 10, 1955, and the result of its operations for the year then ended.
At the year end the cash balance amounted to $27,469.34 and was on deposit in a savings account in the Pittsfield National Bank. The savings account was verified by inspection o f the bank passbook. During the year under review, the balance in the checking account was transferred to a savings account. All cash receipts are deposited in the savings account. W hen a warrant is drawn, funds equaling the warrant are transferred from the savings account to the checking account and payments are made from the checking account. Therefore, at the year end there was no balance in the checking account.
The 1954 Tax Commitment was accounted for as follows:
ASSETS
Cash Collections Abatements Taxes Receivable
$58,010.1990.44
3,396.53
Tax Commitment $61,497.16
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During the year under review, unpaid real estate taxes amounting to $1,503.75 were secured by tax liens. Unmatured tax liens totaled $777.41 at February 10, 1955, as compared with $1,251.51 at the end of the previous year. Matured tax liens totaling $366.00 were transferred to Tax Acquired Property. During the year, Tax Acquired Property sales amounted to $1,106.44 on which a profit of $465.62 was realized.
LIABILITIES
At February 10, 1955, the accounts payable totaled $230.21 and notes payable totaled $6,396.00. During the year, notes totaling $3,198.00 matured and were paid. No tax anticipation notes were issued. Trust Fund monies amounting to $2,528.23 which had been used by the Town in previous years were repaid.
RESERVES AND SURPLUS
Unexpended balances in certain appropriation accounts carried forward to the current year for expenditure amounted to $10,459.02, or a decrease of $4,547.03 from the balance carried forward a year ago. The detail comprising this amount may be found on Exhibit D.
In accordance with a vote at Town Meeting, a Capital Reserve Fund was established for the purchase of a school bus. The amount of $225.00 was deposited in the Skowhegan Savings Bank. This savings account was verified by physical inspect- tion of the bank passbook.
Unappropriated surplus of $22,471.28 represents a decrease of $669.73 from the balance at the end of the previous year. This decrease is directly attributable to appropriations made from surplus at both the annual and special town meetings. The change in unappropriated surplus is analyzed in detail on Exhibit E.
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TRUST FUNDS
The investments o f the trust funds were verified by physical examination of the securities and bank passbooks. The Ministerial and School Fund of $1,028.23 and Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds of $1,500.00 which had been used by the Town in prior years were restored and invested. It was noted that Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds totaling $1,170.39 were received during the year and are being held pending acceptance at the annual town meeting. At February 10, 1955, there was trust fund monies of $50.00 in the general fund. This represented trust funds received but not yet separately invested.
GENERAL
Excise tax receipts totaled $4,709.72 and were verified by examination of the copies of the excise tax receipts issued. The allocation o f excise tax receipts was:
Appropriated at Annual Meeting $4,000.00Transferred to Unappropriated Surplus 709.72
Total $4,709.72
The following corporate surety bond was found on file:
Claude FisherAetna Casualty and Surety Co., 6S51003 $15,000.00
It was noted that reimbursement for hurricane damage had not been received from the United States Government. This has not been set up in accounts receivable as the exact amount is not yet known.
It was also noted that the Town had purchased a sander costing $685.00 and had sold it to Vernard Stedman for the same amount. The terms of sale were that there would be ten bimonthly payments of $68.50 each. Five payments have been
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received and the balance of $342.50 was set up in accounts
receivable. The Town is prohibited by statute from loaning its
credit for the benefit o f any individual.
RECOMMENDATIONS
The following recommendations appear to be worthy o f your
consideration:
1. That, a trial balance be taken of the accounts in the
ledger at the end of each month.
2. That, the Town not extend its credit for the benefit o f
individuals.
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EX H IBIT A
TOW N OF HARTLAND
COM PARATIVE BALANCE SHEET
Feb. 10, 1955 Feb. 10, 1954
GENERAL FUND
ASSETS
Cash $27,469.34Accounts Receivable (Sch. A -l) 547.65Taxes Receivable
$31,537.241,825.17
(Sch. A-2) $4,163.38Less—Reserve for Dosses 366.65
Tax Liens (Sch. A-3)Tax; Acquired Property (Sch. A-4) Capital Reserve Fund (Sch. A-5)
$5,544.03251.46
3,796.73 5,292.57777.41 1,251.51619.38 894.20225.00
TOTAL—GENERAL FUND $33,435.51 $40,800.69
DEBT FUND
ASSETS
Amount Necessary to Retire Notes from Future Revenue $6,396.00 $9,594.00
TRUST FUNDS
ASSETS
Time Deposits (Sch. A-8) $ 2,186.08 $ 1,127.60Investments (Sch. A-8) 10,493.00 7,500.00Due from General Fund (Sch. A-8) 50.00 2,528.23
T O T A L — T R U S T FU N D S $12,729.08 $11,155.83
G ENERAL FUND
LIABILITIES
Accounts Payable (Sch. A-6) $ 230.21
Due Trust Funds 50.00
RESERVES
Capital Reserve Fund 225.00
Authorized Expenditures (Ex. D ) 10,459.02
SURPLUS
Unappropriated (Ex. E ) 22,471.28
TOTAL—G ENERAL FUND $33,435.51
D EBT FUND
LIABILITIES
Notes Payable (Sch. A-7) $6,396.00
TRUST FUNDS
LIABILITIES
Principals (Sch. A-9) $11,528.23
Unexpended Income (Sch. A-9) 30.46
Pending- Acceptance by
Town (Sch. A-9) 1,170.39
TOTAL—TRUST FUNDS $12,729.08
$ 125.40
2,528.23
15,006.05
23,141.01
$40,800.69
$9,594.00
$11,128.23
27.60
$11,155.83
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SC H E D U LE A-9
TOW N OF HARTLAND
STATEM ENT OF TRUST FUNDS
FEB RU A RY 10, 1955
CEM ETERY PERPETU AL CARE FUNDS:
Fuller, Henry C. $ 100.00Goodspeed. Agnes 300.00Hinton, Frederick A. 200.00Linn, Archibald 100.00Linn, William 200.00Miller, A. W. 300.00McCausland, Elvira 100.00Ward, Albert 100.00Fisher, Gladys 100.00Steelbrooke, Archie 100.00Davis, B. F, 100.00Rhodes, William 100.00Smith, Olbra C. 225.00Butterfield, W alter 100.00Randlett, Carl et al 300.00Fuller, Thomas 200.00Disco, Maude et al 100.00Raymond, Bertha W. 100.00Cook, Wm. & Bertha Longley 200.00Williams, Albert 100.00Welch, Willis 100.00Sawyer, Eldora 100.00Barnes, Etta 100.00Bennett, Sabrah 100.00Blake, Calvin 100.00Briggs, M, & W. 100.00
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Brooks, Orland 100.00
Currier, Judson 50.00
Davis, Fred 100.00
Huff, Stedman 100.00
Larrabee, Rebecca 100.00
Marr, Doris B. 100.00
Morrison, Margaret J. & Marion 1,000.00
Palmer, Thomas 100.00
Rowell, Thomas & Blanche 100.00
Smith, Harry L. 100.00
Soule, Wm. and Lydia 100.00
Starbird, Aaron & Wm. 150.00
Webber, Louisa 100.00
White, Margaret 100.00
Wilbur, George 50.00
W oodbridge, F. D. 100.00
Worthen, Harrison 150.00
Gray, Joshua 100.00
Page, Bertha 200.00
Randlett, Carl 500.00
Spaulding, Bert 100.00
Spaulding, Roscoe 200.00
Annis, Morrill 100.00
Baker, Annabelle 100.00
Whitney, Halvar H. 200.00
Thompson, Prince 100.00
Huff, Lemont M. 500.00
Lauder, Frank P. 100.00
Bradbury, Henry 500.00
Taylor, Hattie 500.00
Rowell, T. B. 75.00
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Frost, Mrs. Warren
Willington, Clara
Lewis, Allie P.
{Smith, E. Arthur
Coston, Harry H.
Cotten, Florence
Woodman, Bernice
Total Principals
Unexpended Incom e
Trust Funds Not Yet Accepted by Town
TOTAL CEM ETERY PERPETU AL CARE FUNDS
M INISTERIAL AND SCHOOL FUND
TOTAL TRUST FUNDS
100.00
100.00
100.00
200.00
200.00
100.00
100.00
$10,500.00
30.46
1,170.39
11,700.85
1,028.23
$12,729.08
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SC H E D U LE A - l lTOW N OF HABTLAND
DETAIL OF PR IO R YEARS TAXES RECEIVABLEF EB RU A RY 10, 1955
Total 1953 1952 1951 1950 1949 1948 1947 1946 1945 1944 1942Austin, Carroll 4.00 4.00Austin, Elmer 6.48 6.48Brackett, Ethel 1.75 1.75Bailey Motor 8.50 8.50Basket, Bert 11.03 11.03Bell, Charles 6.00 3.00 3.00Bell, John 24.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00Burgess, Stanley 3.00 3.00Burton, Clancy Bickford, Anna &
1.95 1.95
Hugh 24.00 24.00Brooks, Abner 3.00 3.00Cool, Delbert .80 .80Cool, Charles W. 6.00 3.00 3.00Coburn, Ralph 23.80 8.00 8.00 7.80Curtis, Marcus 13.00 3.00 10.00
Coolen, Raymond Croto, Edward Chute, Ray Corson, Harold Cope, William
Davis, Manley A. Davis, Marvin Dodge, Charles Dyer, Vincent Dumont, Leo
ci Dunton, Herbertc©
Emery, Floyd Elliott, Leon Elliott, Doris Estes, Charles Fox, Andrew Fields, Wallace Gould, Arnold Graves, Irving Hamilton, Ralph Harmon, Earl
4.00 4.0016.00 8.00 8.003.00 3.003.00 3.003.00 3.00
11.50 3.0026.70 8.00 8.00
3.003.006.008.00 8.00
8.00 8.0018.0024.00 24.0024.15
3.00 3.003.00 3.00
53.91 44.00 6.403.003.00 3.003.95 2.00
8.503.90 6.803.003.00
3.00
3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00
24.15
3.513.00
3.00
3.00
1.95
Holt, Albion - Heirs 4.00 4.00Hamilton, George 6.00Hewins, Walter 24.57Helman, James 20.50Hughes, Carroll 10.20
Johnson, Earle G. 43.70
Knowles, John 3.00 3.00Kimball, Leon 3.00Kneeland, John 6.50
Lowell, Martin 6.00Littlefield, Arthur 15.00Nadeau, William 19.75 10.00Michaud, Alvin 10.00 10.00Parson, Rodney 3.00Paul, Maurice 28.42Page, Earl 3.00 3.00Shaw, Blinn 3.00 3.00Reynolds, Francis 3.00Robinson, Harry 10.80Sherburne, Charles 4.70 3.00Sherburne, Earl 20.00 16.00 4.00
24.57
3.00
3.003.00 9.75
3.90
3.00 3.00
10.20
20.50
9.14 8.75 2.61
6.50
3.003.00 3.00 3.00 3.00
7.00 11.22 10.203.00
3.503.00
3.40
23.20
1.70
Simpson, William 9.00 3.00 3.00 3.00Spaulding, Vando 38.20 19.50
Thibodeau, Daniel 13.20Tozier, Ray 12.00
Vandestine, Vernard 3.00Violette, Louis H. 47.39 7.80
Wentworth, Herbert 19.40 3.00 3.00 6.90Winchester, Henry 3.00 3.00Wilkins, Clifford 3.00 3.00Wright, Mrs. C. E. 2.00 2.00
TOTALS $766.85 $159.80 $121.40 $118.53
8.50 10.20
3.0013.203.00 3.00 3.00
3.003.50 6.80 9.52 19.77
6.50
$50.25 $69.22 $75.52 $29.17 $74.90 $16.00 $22.38 $29.68
SCHEDULE A-10
TOWN OF H ARTLAND
D ETAIL OF 1954 TAXES RECEIVABLE
FEB RU A RY 10, 1955
RESIDENT
Allen, Elwood $ 139.86*Austin, Ester 35.50Austin, Harry 3.70Bragg, Bertha & Clarence 47.36Burgess, Stanley 10.40Buzzell, Mary E. 22.20Burrill, Fred 18.50Bell, Harry 3.00Bartlett, William 3.00Buzzell, Leroy 3.00Coolen, Raym ond & Erdine 48.15Croto, Edward 7.40Coburn, Eva Gdn. 103.60Curtis, Marcus - Heirs 11.10Cope, W illiam 3.00Dunton, Herbert 49.95Dunton, Herbert .74Davis, Marvin 29.60Fuller, Bertha 107.20Gould, Arnold L. 36.30
♦Goodwin, Mildred 44.40
Goodwin, Mildred 3.70
Gowen, Fidelia 37.00Greene, Bessie 25.90
Griffith, T. F. 96.20Griffith, T. F. 70.30Griffith, T. F. 55.50
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Griffith, T. P. 3.70Griffith, T. P. 3.70Harmon, Earle 1.85Hayden, Carl 7.40Hayden, Horace - Heirs 25.90Hopkins, Donald 44.40Hayden, Leon 29.60Hayden, Leon M. 14.80Jones, Eva 88.80Kennedy, Norman 29.60♦Knowles, Guy 3.00Littlefield, Alton 134.35Littlefield, Helen 22.20McDougal, Donald 3.70McDougal, Donald A. 125.06McDougal, Donald A. 7.40Manson, Lyle J. 84.40♦Mills, Theresa 17.00Munn, Oral 14.80Neal, Mary Dev. 103.60Newell, Pearl 111.00Russell, Evan & W innefred 74.00Page, Earl 3.00Rice, Philip 40.70Russell, Charles M. 29.60Reynolds, Roland 32.60Reynolds, Carlton 3.00Sherburne, Earl 37.00Sherburne, Earl .84Sherburne, Henry & Verona 29.60Spaulding, Vando C. 14.80Simpson, William 3.00Tozier, Chelsea 28.90Violette, Louis 11.10
Violette, Louis 48.10
Vicnaire, Sophie 29.60
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Winchester, Henry 54.80Withee, Leta 3.70Wyman, Melvin 27.00
Withee, Freda 18.50Wentworth, Wallace 3.00Wentworth, Herbert 3.00Wentworth, Mary 11.10
NON-RESIDENT
Bubar, Milton 44.40Braley, John 51.80Bordeau, Claude J. 21.08Cadorette, Paul 18.50
Crocker, Chester 11.10Crocker, Chester 18.50
Cianchette, J. R. 7.40*Davis, Winnie 11.10
*Davis, Winnie 9.25Duplissie, Maggie E. - Admx. 3.70Estes, George - Heirs 11.10Estes, Howard 11.10
Easier, Raymond 25.90Grignon, Gertrude 22.20Gould, Charles 7.40Galizia, John A. 44.40Hamlin, D. C. 177.60
Knowles, Hazel V. 29.60Knowles, Herbert 3.70Lancaster, P. J. 14.80Libby, Leon 22.20Martin, Eli 25.90
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♦Mathews, Salina 7.40
Munn, M. A. 70.30
Munn, Robert & Oral 22.20
Robichaud, Edmund 11.10
Roderick, Philip & Catherine 33.30
Salley, Howard W. 74.00
Sawyer, Charles M. 3.70
♦Staples, James 16.65
Tweedie, Andrew 9.99
Weymouth, Albert P. 33.30
Wright, Lawrence 22.20
Wiles, Bert 18.50
Wakefield, Barbara 18.50
Fox, Thomas 40.70
Fisher, Ernestine 22.20
TOTAL $3,396.53
♦Paid Since Books Closed.
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Warrant for Annual Town Meeting
STATE OP MAINE, COUNTY OF SOMERSET, ss.
To Claude E. Fisher, a constable of the Town of Hartland, in the
County of Somerset, GREETINGS:
In the name of the State of Maine, you are hereby required to
notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Hartland in said
County, qualified by law to vote in town affairs, to meet and
assemble at the Opera House (Avon Theatre) in said town
Monday, the fourteenth day of March, A.D. 1955, at ten o ’clock
in the forenoon, then and there to act upon the following articles,
namely:
Article 1. To choose a moderator to preside at said meeting.
Art. 2. To choose a clerk for the ensuing year.
Art. 3. To consider and act upon the report of the Municipal
officers, and other town officers.
Art. 4. To choose all necessary town officers, selectmen, one
for three years, overseers of the poor, one for 3 years, three
assessors for 1 year, school committee for three years, one school
district trustee, one Pine Grove Cemetery committee.
Art. 5. To see if the town will vote to elect one or more
road commissioners.
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Art. 6. To see if the town will vote to instruct its selectmen to appoint the town manager as road commissioner for the ensuing year.
Art. 7. To see if the town will vote to pay the State rate for laborers, foreman and trucks on any town work, and $250.00 each yearly for the selectmen, assessors and overseers o f poor, $100.00 for town clerk, $100.00 for fire chief.
Art. 8. To see when the town will vote to have their taxes committed, when they will make them payable, and what rate of interest shall be charged and from what dates or anything related thereof.
June 1. Polls.
June 1. Estate.
October 1. Interest if unpaid December 1.
Art. 9. To see if the town will vote to authorize the selectmen and treasurer to procure loans in anticipation of taxes and to issue notes thereof, or renewals thereof, in accordance with Section 96 of Chapter 80 of the Revised Statutes of 1944 as amended.
Art. 10. To see what sum the town will vote to raise and appropriate for repairs to village streets and bridges.
Budget Committee recommends $1,200.00.
Art. 11. To see what sum the town will vote to raise and appropriate to be expended on winter roads.
Budget Com m ittee recom m ends $5,000.00 from excise taxes.
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Art. 12. To see what sum the town will vote to raise and appropriate for State Aid Construction (in addition to the amounts regularly raised for the care o f ways, highways and bridges) under the provisions o f Section 44 and 49, Chapter 23 R. S. 1954 as amended.
Budget Committee recommends $1,066.00.
Art. 13. To see what sum the town will vote to raise and appropriate for care of winter sidewalks.
Budget Committee recommends $300.00.
Art. 14. To see if the town will vote to authorize the selectmen to purchase the sidewalk sander used on a trial basis this year, and appropriate the sum of $150.00 to pay for the same.
Budget Committee recommends $150.00.
Art. 15. To see what sum the town will vote to raise and appropriate for payment of aid to dependent children, veterans aid, and support o f poor.
Budget Committee recommends $1,200.00.
Art. 16. To see what sum the town will vote to raise and appropriate for repairing and constructing sidewalks.
Budget Committee recommends $1,000.00 for surplus and$675.00 raised and appropriated.
Art. 17. To see if the town will authorize it’s school committee to contract with the trustees of Hartland Academy to furnish instruction to it’s school pupils, who shall be qualified for High School w ork and shall attend said Academy.
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Art. 18. To see what sum the town will vote to raise and appropriate to furnish instruction to its High School pupils.
Budget Committee recommends $7,575.25.
Art. 19. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the following sums as recommended by the Department of Education, for the ensuing year, under 1955 recommendations.
Appropriations 1954 Recommended 1955
$25,000.00 Common Schools including bus reserve $26,021.94
500.00 Repairs, insurance, equipment and
contingence 200.00
1,100.00 Superintendent’s salary, office expense,
School Committee 1,285.00
250.00 Physician and fluoride treatments 250.00
Art. 20. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for Christmas street lighting.
Budget Committee recommends $150.00.
Art. 21. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money, if any, for civil defense for the ensuing year.
Budget Committee made no recommendations.
Art. 22. To see what sum the town will vote to raise and appropriate for salaries o f town officers.
B udget C om m ittee recom m ends $4,700.00.
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Art. 23. To see what sum the town will vote to raise and appropriate for contingent account, formerly called town charge account.
Budget Committee recommends $1,900.00.
Art. 24. To see what sum the town will vote to raise and appropriate for hydrant rental.
Budget Committee recommends $520.00.
Art. 25. To see if the town will raise and appropriate for public nursing in Hartland, $100.00. Said amount to be expended by Maine Department of Health and Welfare, Bureau of Health, for local service.
Budget Committee recommends $100.00.
Art. 26. To see what sum the town will vote to raise and appropriate for maintenance and improvement o f the town dump.
Budget Committe recommends $1,000.00 from surplus.
Art. 27. To see what sum the town will vote to raise and appropriate for street lighting for the ensuing year.
Budget Committee recom m ends $1,425.00.
Art. 28. To see what sum the town will vote to raise and appropriate for maintenance, repair to building, and equipment for fire company and building.
Budget Committee recommends $800.00 from surplus and $1,000.00 raised and appropriated.
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Art. 29. To see what sum the town will vote to raise and appropriate for repairing roads and bridges in summer, and cutting bushes other than village streets.
Budget Committee recommends $1,900.00.
Art. 30. To see what sum the town will vote to raise and appropriate for support o f Hartland Free Library.
Budget Committee recommends $1,200.00.
Art. 31. To see what sum the town will vote to raise and appropriate for care o f cemeteries, such sum to be expended under the supervision of the Hartland Cemetery Association, so called.
Budget Committee recommends $500.00.
Art. 32. To see what sum the town will vote to raise and
appropriate for payment of interest on debt and tax notes, in
addition to any amount o f interest collected on taxes and tax
liens.
Budget Committee recommends $100.00 from surplus.
Art. 33. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate
the sum of $75.00 to be paid to the State of Maine Publicity
Bureau to be expended and used for advertising the natural
resources, advantages and attractions of the State of Maine
in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 80, Section 95, o f the
Revised Statutes of Maine.
B udget C om m ittee recom m ends $75.00.
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Art. 34. To see if the town will vote to accept the following sums to be invested and the cemetery lots as follows:
Olive Springer
Lot 254 Pine Grove Cemetery $100.00
K. J. Cook Estate
Pleasant St. Cemetery 300.00
George Cook Lot
Pleasant St. Cemetery 250.00
(perpetual care and repair of stone)
Otho Linn Estate, Wm. Linn Sr. and Jr. Lot
Pine Grove Cemetery 120.39
H. A. Baker
Lot 169 Pine Grove Cemetery 200.00
C. E. Norcross
Lot No. 23% Pine Grove Cemetery 100.00
Essie Lamore
W est H alf Lot No. 163 Pine Grove Cemetery 100.00
Art. 35. To see if the town will vote to have the snow removed from the rear driveway and parking lot at the hospital and do necessary sanding on the same, and to see what sum of money the town will vote to raise to defray the cost of plowing and sanding.
This article was not considered at the budget committee meeting as it was omitted in error from the advance budget report.
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Art. 36. To see if the town will vote to authorize and empower the selectmen to sell and convey property acquired by the town tax process, on such terms as they deem advisable and execute quit claim deeds for such property after such property is properly advised.
Art. 37. To see if the town will vote to authorize the selectmen to sell or dispose of the Catapillar Autopatrol grader on such terms as they deem advisable.
Art. 38. To see if the town will vote to authorize the School Committee to allow the use of school buses for other than school functions.
Art. 39. To see if the town will vote to change the date and time of the annual town meeting to any other date and time than the second Monday in March of each year at 10:30 A. M.
Art. 40. To see if the town will vote to add to the Town of Hartland Traffic Ordinance an article to be known as Article 8 to read as follows:
Art. 8. Parking time limits.
Sec. 1. The municipal officers are hereby authorized and directed to place parking time limit signs at such locations as they deem proper for the control of parking; and all vehicles parked in an area covered by a time limit sign shall be allowed the parking time granted by the sign.
Sec. 2. Penalty and Jurisdiction for an violation of the above section shall be the same as Article 6 and 7 of Town of Hartland Traffic Ordinance adopted by vote of the town at it’s annual meeting held March 10, 1941.
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Art. 41. To see if the town will vote to authorize the Hartland School District to arrange for the insulation of the ceiling of the gym at the Consolidated School, and to include the cost o f the same in their warrant for the year 1955.
Art. 42. To see if the town will vote to authorize the selectmen to lay out a public way or road beginning at a point where the so called Vigue road intersects the Hartland-Athens highway and following a Northerly direction to the private way near the cottages on the shore of Moose Pond and thence along this private way in both North and South directions to a point near the last cottage on each end of the private way, and to appropriate the sum of $400.00 for a survey and laying out of the same by an engineer.
Budget Committee recommends $400.00 from surplus.
Art. 43. To see if the town will vote to accept the town way as laid out by the selectmen and described as follows:
Beginning at a point where a line drawn 31 ft. 6 inches easterly from a stone post in front of the Scott-Webb Memorial Hospital intersects a line drawn 45 ft. 8 inches westerly from a stone post in front of the residence of R. C. Hamilton, being ten feet on each side o f a line extending North 6 degrees east 163 feet 8 inches thence north 2 degrees west 137 ft. 1 inch, thence North 14 degrees west 130 ft. 6 inches, thence North 21 degrees west 251 feet thence North 42 degrees east 57 ft. 8 inches, thence North 65 degrees east 118 ft. 3 inches, thence south 88 degrees east 58 ft. 6 inches to Mill Street. Above course is center of Street 20 ft. in width and to be called Moore Street. No damages to be allowed to the owners of the land over which the way passes. And to raise and appropriate the sum of $1,000 for the construction and tarring of this street.
B udget Com m ittee recom m ends $1,000.00.
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Art. 44. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $400.00 to cooperate with the Maine Forest service and the Federal Government in control of white pine blister rust, in accordance with Revised Statutes 32, Section 54.
Budget Committee made no recommendation.
Art. 45. To see if the town will vote to have a committee of twelve citizens appointed to cooperate with the School Committee and Selectmen in preparing and presenting at the next annual meeting a recommended budget for said meeting.
Art. 46. To see if the town will vote to have the names printed of paupers, not so exempted, in the annual town report receiving pauper assistance.
Art. 47. To see if the town will vote to direct the selectmen to appoint a tax collector for the ensuing year and authorize them to fix his salary, thereof.
Art. 48. To see if the town will vote to direct the selectmen to appoint a treasurer for the ensuing year and authorize them to fix his salary, thereof.
Art. 49. To see if the town will vote to ask the assessors to abate taxes on new houses for one year after occupancy with a tax value of not less than $1,000.00; and new industries maintaining a payroll o f not less than (15) people.
Art. 50. To see if the town will vote to authorize its tax collector to allow a discount for early payment of taxes, and if so what rate.
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Art. 51. To see if the town will vote to ask the assessors to abate taxes on any industrial building constructed by Hartland Citizens Inc. until such time as any mortgages placed on the building for the construction thereof have been paid in full.
Art. 52. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $2,000.00 annually to be expended in construction of the Ford Hill Road, so called, in addition to any State Aid Funds that may be available.
Budget Committee made no recommendation.
Art. 53. To see if the town will vote in conjunction with the town of Pittsfield to discontinue the old Sibley Pond Road, so called. And more specifically that part of the Sibley pond road beginning at the Hartland Canaan Town line and extending easterly to the Hartland Pittsfield town line.
The Selectmen hereby give notice that they will be in session for the purpose of correcting and revising the list of voters, Thursday, Friday and Saturday forenoon, March 10th, 11th, and 12th from 9 to 11:30 A. M.
Given under our hands this 28th day of February, 1955.
A true copy,
DONALD J. PELKIE,
IRVIN F. STEDMAN, JR.,
FRED J. COOPER,
Selectmen of the Town of Hartland
Attest:
CLAUDE E. FISHER
Constable
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Appropriations, 1954 .................................................... 8Assessors’ Report ........................................................... 7Auditor’s Report, Town of Hartland............................. 52Auditor’s Report, School District ................................ 48Cemetery Association .................................................... 29Cemetery Trust Funds ................................................. 65Charities .......................................................................... 21Fire Department Accounts .......................................... 25Hartland Academy Statement....................................... 44Hartland Free Library ................................................. 28Hartland Public Library .............................................. 27Highway Accounts ......................................................... 14Mouth Health Project ................................................. 46Pine Grove Cemetery .................................................... 19Progress of Our Tow n.................................................... 4Public Health Nurse........................................................ 47School District ................................................................ 30School Financial Report................................................. 36School Miscellaneous Accounts ................................... 41School Physician’s Report .......................................... 46Selectmen’s Report ........................................................ 11Superintendent of Schools’ Report................................ 32Taxes Receivable ........................................................... 72Town Officers .................................................................. 2Treasurer’s Report ........................................................ 5Warrant............................................................................ 76
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A sufficient number of these reports have been printed to furnish every interested citizen with a
copy. An effort has been made to get them into the hands of the voters in advance. It should be borne in mind that if copies are left at home there
may not be sufficient number at the hall
to go around on town meeting day. This year or any year it is desirable for
you to have a copy of the annual
report as soon as issued. It is also important for you to
preserve it and bring it with you town
meeting day morning.
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