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BRIDGEWATER
MAINE
THE 1948 ANNUAL REPORT
of the
MUNICIPAL OFFICERS
of the
T o w n o f B r i d g e w a t e r
Maine
Houlton Publishing Company, Houlton, Maine
TOWN OFFICERS
SELECTMEN, ASSESSORS AND OVERSEERS OF THE POOR
Louis F. Finemore Howard Nelson John J. Edmunds Donald Stackpole Gerald Bradbury
TOWN CLERK H. A. MacIlroy
TOWN TREASURER Ralph M. Milliken
SUPERINTENDING SCHOOL COMMITTEEPercy Sargent Glen Cook
Gerald Bradbury
TOWN MANAGER Amelia J. Cullins
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLSErwin A. Gallagher
COLLECTOR OF TAXES Amelia J. Cullins
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES Llewellyn Nelson
HEALTH OFFICER Amelia J. Cullins
SEXTON Arnold Corey
CONSTABLESElbridge Kingsbury Louis F. Finemore
ANNUAL REPORT 3
jlit is 7
COMPARATIVE BALANCE SHEETYear Ending February 23, 1949
AssetsSubsidiarySchedules.' Feb. 24, 1948 Feb. 23, 1949Cash $20,143.01 $25,872.78Sinking Fund 13,174.89 23,500.00
Tax Accounts:Uncollected Taxes:1944 7.091945 108.501946 71.64 21.381947 5,715.33 69.601948 1,781.56
Tax Liens:1945 41.001946 206.251947 257.20Accounts Receivable 395.36Real Estate (Tax Acquired
Property) 1,461.99 270.98
Total $41,325.06 $51,871.34Trust Fund 103.42 103.42
Total Assets and Trust Fund $41,428.48 $51,974.76
LiabilitiesSubsidiarySchedules: Feb. 24, 1948 Feb. 23, 1949Bonds Payable $27,000.00 $26,000.00
Total Liabilities $27,000.00 $26,000.00
4 ANNUAL REPORT
Cemetery Trust Ministerial Trust Fund Unexpended Balances Net Surplus
1,103.42 1,103.422,0-26.33 2,026.337,023.66 9,882.814,275.07 12,962.20
Total Liabilities, Trusts, Unexpended Balances andSurplus $41,428.48 $51,974.76
VALUATION AND ASSESSMENTList of property at its just value in the Town of Bridge-
water, Maine for the year 1948 made for return to the Board of State Assessors as required by law:Number of Polls Taxed, 304 at $3.00 per PollNumber of Polls not Taxed, 17Rate of Taxation, $88.00 per $1,000.00 Valuation
SUMMARY OF TAXABLE PROPERTY VALUATIONSReal Estate, Resident $500,602.00Real Estate, Non-Resident 99,503.00
Total Real Estate $6'00,105.00Personal Estate, Resident $75,572.00Personal Estate, Non-Resident 34,200.00
Total Personal Estate 109,772.00
Total Real Estate and Personal Property $709,877.00
ANNUAL REPORT 5
TAXABLE LIVESTOCK AND POULTRYPersonal Property No. Total ValuationHorses and Mules 71 $ 4,410.00Colts, 3 to 4 years old 6 400.00Steers, Bulls 3 220.00Cows 213 12,780.00Three Year Olds 7 350.00Two Year Olds 30 1,200.00Swine 11 110.00Poultry 867 867.00
Total Amount $20,337.00
Exempt Livestock and Poultry
Yearlings 95 2,850.00Sheep 60 300.00Swine 104 1,215.00Domestic Fowl 1168 1,168.00Chickens 51 25.50
Total $5,558.50
All Other Kinds of Personal PropertyStock in Trade $6,300.00Logs (127,833 M Board Ft.) 4,035.00Lumber (42,335 M Board Ft.) 3,500.00Gasoline Pumps and Attachments, 12 700.00Musical Instruments, 74 • 7,400.00Radios, 252 6,300.00Machinery and Equipment 6,700.00Other Property 54,500.00
Total $89,435.00
6 ANNUAL REPORT
Taxable Livestock and PoultryBrought Forward 20,337.00
Total Amount of Personal Property $109,772.00
COMMITMENT 1948
Real and Personal Taxes $62,469.19Poll Taxes 912.00
Total Amount $63,381.19
TOWN OWNED PROPERTY
Oshkosh 5 Ton Truck withFrink Plow $10,500.00
Ford School Bus 3,300.00International School Bus 4,650.00Fire Truck 500.00Fire Station and Trailer Pump 3,000.00Town Hall 7,000.00Safe, Town Office 200.00Safe, Clerk 100.00Safe, Treasurer 100.00
Total Amount $29,350.00
Other Assets:Cash $25,872.78Sinking Fund 23,500.00Outstanding Taxes 1,872.54Tax Liens 257.20Accounts Receivable 97.84Tax Acquired Property 270.98
/ ANNUAL REPORT 7
Trust Fund 103.42
Total $51,974.76
Total Assets
Liabilities
Bonds Payable (Town)Bonds Payable (School District) Trust FundsUnexpended Balances and Surplus
$26,000.0021,000.003,129.75
22,845.01
Total
1948 APPROPRIATIONS
Support of Schools $13,500.00School Supplies 1,050.00Text Books 700.00Free High School 4,000.00Supt. of School 760.00Support of Poor 2,000.00Miscellaneous Account 1,000.00Bridgewater School District 7,000.00Town Officers’ Salaries 2,000.00Aid to Dependent Children 1,000.00Street Lights 500.00Maintenance of Highway K 932.50Town Debt and Interest 3,000.00Support of Fire Dept, and Salaries 1,500.00Memorial Services (Legion) 150.00State Aid Construction 800.00Municipal Skating Rink 350.00School Bus (Ford) 1,400.00
$81,324.76
$72,974.76
8 ANNUAL REPORT
Cemeteries 350.00Public Health Nursing 89.00Aroostook Anti-Tuberculosis Assn. 50.00Roads, Bridges, Sidewalks and
Plowing Winter Roads 7,000.00School Bus 4,800.00Abatements and Discounts 1,100.00
Total
TOWN OFFICERS’ SALARIES
Balance February 24, 1948 $ 420.00Appropriated March 1948 2,000.00
Total
Expenditures:Amelia J. Cullins, Town Manager $1,651.20Louis F. Finemore, Chairman of
Council 100.00Howard Nelson, Selectman and
Assessor 50.00John J. Edmunds, Selectman and
Assessor 50.00D. W. Stackpole, Selectman and
Assessor 50.00Gerald Bradbury, Selectman and
Assessor ' 50.00Percy Sargent, Chairman of School
Committee 25.00Harold Macllroy, Clerk 30.00Ralph Milliken, Treasurer 125.00
$55,031.50
$2,420.00
)
::4ny
*
ANNUAL REPORT 9
Collector of Internal Revenue Balance Carried Forward
168.80120.00
Total $2,420.00
PUBLIC HEALTH NURSEAppropriated March 1948 $89.00
Expenditures: Treasurer of State $89.00
PUBLIC HEALTH NURSE
Your town makes an annual appropriation to the Maine Department of Health and Welfare for public health nursing in your community.
The public health nurse has three main functions: to promote health, prevent disease and deformity, and to teach members of the family how to give nursing care. This is accomplished through home and school visits, clinics, child health conferences, and community organization.
Because the early formation of good health habits may determine the future health of the individual, emphasis is placed on home visits to maternity patients, infants, preschool, and school children. Home visits are also made to individuals with communicable and non-communicable diseases to help the family plan for their care and to assist in the prevention of complications.
During the year, home visits were made to 25 maternity patients, 8 persons with non-communicable disease, 86 infants and preschool children, and 41 school children.
The-nurse prepares for and assists at child health conferences, pediatric and crippled children clinics, and arranges for immunization clinics.
10 ANNUAL REPORT
The Department of Health and Welfare conducts a pediatric clinic every 2 months at Presque Isle. Crippled children clinics are held every 4 months in Houlton. Three children attended the crippled children’s clinic during the year. The public health nurse assists the families in carrying out recommendations made at these clinics.
An immunization clinic was held in the schools to protect your children against several communicable diseases. A total of 70 were immunized against diphtheria and whooping cough, 66 were vaccinated against smallpox.
In order to offer the best possible nursing service to a community, it is necessary to have an organized health group. It is through this group many health problems are made known, acted upon, and corrected. Your nurse is willing to assist in the organization of a similar group in order to assure the community of an effective public health nursing service.
Respectfully submitted,
LOUISE DICKENS, R. N.,Public Health Nurse
TOWN TREASURER’S REPORT Ralph M. Milliken, Treasurer
To Received From:February 24, 1948Treasurer of State, Snow RemovalTreasurer of State, Accounts Rec.Pool Room LicenseVictualer LicensesTreasurer of State, Bear BountyTreasurer of State, Bank Stock TaxTown Treasurer, 1947 Liens
$20,143.011,027.501,915.92
10.004.00
30.0034.29
407.58
ANNUAL REPORT 11
Town Treasurer, 1946 Liens Lien CostAmelia J. Cullins, Sale of Tax Ac
quired Property and Rent Amelia J. Cullins, 1944 Taxes Amelia Cullins, 1945 Taxes Amelia Cullins, 1946 Taxes Amelia Cullins, 1947 Taxes Amelia Cullins, 1948 Taxes Stetson Hussey, Town Hall (Rent) Assistance Rendered Returned Amelia Cullins, Int. on Taxes, Liens,
and bank bookBridgewater Womens’ Club, Skating
RinkErwin Gallagher, School Fuel
(E. W. Hincks)Amelia J. Cullins, Plowing Driveways E. W. Hincks, Conveyance Amelia Cullins, 1948 Excise Amelia Cullins, 1949 Excise Amelia Cullins, Roads Amelia Cullins, 1947 Supplementals Amelia Cullins, 1948 Supplementals Treasurer of State, Dog License
RefundTreasurer of State, R. R. Telephone
TaxCharles Ross, School Bus Treasurer of State, School Fund
198.7518.70
1,130.72.73
39.9034.88
4,966.9560,766.06
200.0071.35
253.90
50.00
993.2331.00
208.253,172.232,899.63
30.0048.00 95.31
33.96
12.40200.00
6,631.56
12 ANNUAL REPORT
A. J. Cullins, Teachers 16.00A. J. Cullins, School Supplies 9.80
Total Received $105,685.61Credit by Paid:
Warrants $79,812.83Balance on Hand February 23, 1949 25,872.78
Total $105,685.61
CASH ACCOUNT
Balance February 24, 1948 $20,143.01Collected 85,542.60
TotalExpenditures:
WarrantsBalance February 23, 1949
$105,685.61
$79,812.8325,872.78
Total $105,685.61
SINKING FUNDInvestments:
Eastport Savings Bank $5,000.00Book No. 22088July 1944, U. S. Savings Bond,Series F., No. 2143898 Due12 yrs. Maturity Value $5,000.00 3,700.00July 1944, U. S. Savings Bond.Series F., No. 2143899, Due12 yrs. Maturity Value $5,000.00 3,700.00December 1944, U. S. Savings Bond
ANNUAL REPORT 13
Series F., No. 223787, Due12 yrs. Maturity Value $5,000.00 3,700.00August 1948, U. S. Savings Bonds,Series F., Due 12 yrs. MaturityValue $10,000.00 7,400.00
Total $23,500.00
Bonds are at the First National Bank of Houlton in Safe Deposit Box.
OUTSTANDING TOWN BONDS
Bonds Outstanding February 24, 1948 $27,000.00Expenditures:
First National Bank of Houlton $ 1,000.00 Bonds Outstanding February
23, 1949 26,000.00
Total $27,000.00
TOWN BONDS— $26,000.00
Schedule of funds to be sent to the First National Bank,Houlton, Me., each six months, in payment of principal and interest on the $26,000.00 Town 3y±°fo bonds, due serially asshown below:
Principal Int. TotalApril 1, 1949 $422.50 $ 422.50Oct. 1, 1949 $1,000.00 422.50 1,422.50April 1, 1950 406.25 406.25Oct. 1, 1950 1,000.00 406.25 1,406.25April 1, 1951 390.00 390.00Oct. 1, 1951 2,000.00 390.00 2,390.00April 1, 1952 357.50 357.50
14 ANNUAL REPORT
Oct. 1, 1952 2,000.00 357.50 2,357.50April 1, 1953 325.00 325.00Oct. 1, 1953 2,000.00 325.00 2,325.00April 1, 1954 292.50 292.50Oct. 1, 1954 2,000.00 292.50 2,292.50April 1, 1955 260.00 260.00Oct. 1, 1955 2,000.00 260.00 2,260.00April 1, 1956 227.50 227.50Oct. 1, 1956 2,000.00 227.50 2,227.50April 1, 1957 195.00 195.00Oct. 1, 1957 2,000.00 195.00 2,195.00April 1, 1958 162.50 162.50Oct. 1, 1958 2,000.00 162.50 • 2,162.50April 1, 1959 130.00 130.00Oct. 1, 1959 2,000.00 130.00 2,130.00April 1, 1960 97.50 97.50Oct. 1, 1960 2,000.00 97.50 2,097.50April 1, 1961 65.00 65.00Oct. 1, 1961 2,000.00 65.00 2,065.00April 1, 1962 32.50 32.50Oct. 1, 1962 2,000.00 32.50 2,032.50
Balance February
STREET LIGHTS
24, 1948 $108.19Appropriated March 1948 500.00
Total $608.19
Expenditures:Maine Public Service $525.00Unexpended to Summary 83.19
Total $608.19
ANNUAL REPORT 15
TOWN DEBT AND INTEREST
Balance February 24, 1948 $4,000.00Appropriated March 1948 3,000.00Interest on Liens, and Taxes 253.90Interest on Bank Book No. 508 10.37
Total * $7,264.27Expenditures:
Paid Bond $1,000.00Interest on School Fund 121.58Interest on Milliken Trust Fund 32.50Interest on Bond Issue 877.50Unexpended Balance Carried Forward 5,232.69
Total $7,264.27
INTEREST ON MILLIKEN TRUST FUND
Expenditures:Bridgewater Cemetery Association $32.50Trans, to Town Debt and Interest $32.50
INTEREST BOND ISSUE
Expenditures:First National Bank of Houlton $877.50Trans, to Town Debt and Interest $877.50
STATE TAX
Appropriated March 1948 Expenditures:
Treasurer of State
$5,650.51
$5,650.51
16 ANNUAL REPORT
COUNTY TAXAppropriated March 1948
Expenditures:County Treasurer
FIRE DEPARTMENT ACCOUNT
Appropriated March 1948Expenditures:
Bert Tidd $ 213.00Maine Public Service Co. 24.96Blanchard Associates Inc. 246.38Eastern Fire Equipment 2.09Jacob Morse, wood 40.00Bridgewater Gafage, repairs 45.55Bridgewater Fire Assn. 300.00M. C. Foster, repairs 45.06John Stiles, wood 40.00Bradbury Bros., parts 7.00Amelia Cullins, parts Aroostook Central Heating and
2.00
Plumbing 9.95Austin Fittz Co. 4.50Frank E. Delong, wood 60.00Arnold Sharp 17.25Louis Finemore 72.60A. M. Stackpole 3.40Balance Carried Forward 366.26
Total
$989.33A
$989.33
$1,500.00
$1,500.00
ANNUAL REPORT 17
SUMMARY ACCOUNT Unexpended Balances:
Board and Care of CommittedChildren $ 26.36
Street Lights 83.19Aid to Dependent Children 71.50Trans, to Net Surplus 89.36
Total . $270.41Overdrafts:
Maintenance of State Aid $ 44.00Miscellaneous 189.37Support of Poor 37.04
Total $270.41
ROADS, HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND FLOWING ROADSBalance February 24, 1948 $ 491.94Appropriated March 1948 7,000.00
Total $7,491.94Expenditures:
Snow Removal $1,388.07Maintenance of Snow Fence 1,626.30Maintenance of Roads 4,072.38Bridges 20.00Unexpended Balance Carried Forward 385.19
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Total $7,491.94
DETAILS OF SNOW REMOVAL
Expenditures: Donald McIntyre $928.30
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Clair Taylor 521.50M. C. Foster 11.00Ford & Smiley 34.50Robert Jamison 28.44Louis Finemore 485.58Codrey’s Service 33.25Treasurer of State ' 262.00D. W. Stackpole 11.38Bangor & Aroostook R. R. - 6.77Floyd Stackpole 3.13Murray Machinery Co. 4.51Mars Hill Motor 24.94 »Collector of Internal Revenue 61.40A. M. Stackpole 29.87
-------------------- UTotal $2,446.57
Receipts:Treasurer of State, Snow Plowing $1,027.50 Plowing Driveways 31.00Trans, to Roads, Highways and
Plowing Snow 1,388.07
Total $2,446.57
MAINTENANCE OF SNOW FENCE
Expenditures:Ashley Hallett. $ 24.50Charles Hallett Jr. 24.50Harold Delong 63.00Oscar Dalbeck 98.00Floyd Shaw 77.00Wyman Reid 14.00
ANNUAL REPORT 19
Myron Beals 4.00Percy Tilley 30.00Lloyd McKinnon 45.00Eddie Shaw 21.00Jacob Morse 3.50Joshua Morse 290.30James Shaw 21.00Ashel Green 48.00Claude Green 77.00Scholley Kingsbury 63.00Mant Reid 133.00Albert Kinney 135.00Kenneth Tidd 14.00Donald McIntyre 59.00Clair Taylor 84.00Phair Allen 49.00Charles Hallett 84.00Charles Lynch 66.50Earl MacDonald 38.50Duncan Lynch 10.50Clarence McCleary 14.00Harrison McNinch 28.00Howard Tapley 3.50Basil Craig 3.50
Total $1,626.30Trans, to Roads, Highways and
Plowing Snow $1,626.30
BRIDGES
Expenditures:Joshua Morse $20.00Trans, to Roads, Highways and Plowing Roads $20.00
20 ANNUAL REPORT
MAINTENANCE OF COMMON ROADS
Expenditures:Town of Houlton $ 45.75D. W. Stackpole 7.00Ellie Packard 55.00Walter McIntyre 289.80Floyd Stackpole 76.02Emery Kinney 7.41Myron Beals 15.41Louis Finemore 722.72Duncan Finemore 17.50A. M. Stackpole 4.45G. E. Goding & Son 753.25Theodore Durost 42.00Vinal Barnes 120.00Winslow Dyer 115.35Louis Boyce 196.50Harold Tilley 196.50Bob Reid 65.07Ashley Hallett 45.06Albert Kinney 18.00Charles Baston 55.50Llewellyn Bulley 12.00Richard McCleary 167.03Earl McKinnon 167.03Lloyd McKinnon 167.03Murray Machinery Co. 24.19Donald Doak 5.20Bridgewater Garage 9.30George Davidson 2.00Codrey’s Garage 10.25Percy Tilley 7.65Collector of Internal Revenue 13.90Guy Twitchell 15.00
ANNUAL REPORT 21
Joshua Morse 130.00Bangor & Aroostook Railroad R. R. 1.21W. H. Shurtleff 127.50Donald McIntyre 5.25Mrs. Simeon Bell 24.50Charles Lynch 9.00H. H. Brewer 13.60Arnold Sharp 2.25Fred Whited 1.80George Esty 243.80Laurence Burleigh 36.00Geo. A. Hall 58.60
Total
Receipts:Elbridge Kingsbury $ 20.00S. J. Hartley 10.00Trans, to Roads, Highways and
Plowing Roads 4,072.38
Total
STATE AID ROAD (Construction)
Balance February 24, 1948 $ 801.00Appropriated March 1948 800.00
TotalBalance February 23, 1949 Carried Forward
$4,102.38
$4,102.3S
$1,601.00$1,601.00
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MAINTENANCE OF STATE AID ROADSAppropriated March 1948 $932.50Overdraft to Summary 44.00
Total $976.50Expenditures:
Treasurer of State $976.50
AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDRENAppropriated March 1948
Expenditures: Treasurer of State Unexpended to Summary
$ 1,000.00
$ 928.50 71.50
Total $ 1,000.00
BOARD AND CARE OF COMMITTED CHILDRENBalance February 24, 1948
Expenditures: Treasurer of State Unexpended to Summary
$181.31
$154.9526.36
Total $181.31
OTHER TOWNS SUPPORT OF POOR Mrs. Sidney Keith:
Roland McIntyre $ 9.00Louis Finemore 53.83
$62.83$62.83
TotalTrans, to Accounts Receivable
ANNUAL REPORT 23
DETAILS OF PAYMENTS SUPPORT OF POOR ACCOUNT
Expenditures:Roland Allen:
Mae Dyer ' $530.00Ralph Milliken 41.54
Total $571.54
Charles O’Neal:Town of Island Falls $387.55Dr. Chester Hogan 17.50Hutchins Drug Store 6.00
Total $411.05
World War I, Case No. 1:Etta Morse $ 50.00Madigan Memorial Hospital 19.54Dr. Chester Hogan 33.00
Total $102.54
World War I, Case No. 2:Eastern Maine General Hospital $103.25Louis Finemore 15.00Hutchins Drug Store 1.25
Total $119.50
George Pryor:Mrs. Elwood Esty $193.00Maude McKeen 280.00
Total $473.00
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George Scott:Mae Dyer $188.50York St. Hospital 49.00Hutchins Drug Store 8.35Mars Hill Pharmacy 1.50Dr. Somerville 130.00Archie Nichols 152.50Arnold Corey 15.00
TotalPhair Allen:
Ralph Milliken Gerald Bradbury
Total
Mant Reid: John Stiles Arthur DeLong Louis Finemore
Total
Miscellaneous:Hutchins Drug Store $ 63.15Dr. Somerville 53.00
Total
$ 20.00 20.00 83.63
$180.0090.20
Balance February 24, 194S $ 695.42Appropriated 2,000.00Overdraft to Summary 37.04
$544.85
$270.20
$123.63
116.15
$2,732.46
Total $2,732.46
ANNUAL REPORT 25
ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE
Balance February 24, 1948 $ 395.36State Pauper 1,525.57State, Bounty on Bear 30.00Pauper case, unsettled 62.83
Total
Receipts:Treasurer of State $1,915.92Balance February 23, 1949 97.84
Total
ANTI-TUBERCULOSIS ASSOCIATION
Appropriated March 1948Paid to Aroostook Anti-Tuberculosis Assn.
MISCELLANEOUS ACCOUNT
Expenditures:Arthur Delong, Wood $ 20.00Louis Finemore, Office Supplies 2.87H. A. Macllroy, Recording Vital Statistics 16.75 Mars Hill View, Notice 4.00Ralph Milliken, Treasurer supplies 14.00Ralph Milliken, Ins. 93.75Ralph Milliken, Bond 17.50New England Telephone Co. 91.13Harley Green, Janitor - 19.00Branham Printing Co., auto guide 3.00
$2,013.76
$2,013.76
$50.00$50.00
Hilda Morse, ballot clerk 15.00Gladys Macllroy, ballot clerk ,15.00Cammilla Kimball, ballot clerk 15.00Agnes Nichols, ballot clerk 10.00Millicent Kingsbury, ballot clerk 5.00First National Bank of Houlton, bank
book and safety deposit box 8.06Howard Lewis, posts on school ground 6.00 Southard of Bangor, repairs on
typewriter and adding machine 25.70Treasurer of State, audit 109.64Jacob Morse, wood 20.00Amelia J. Cullins, recording liens
and registered notices 10.79Maine Municipal Association 35.00Harvey Tompkins, Moderator 10.00Amelia Cullins, mileage 75.00Roland McIntyre, wood 14.00Marks Printing House, Assessors’
Book and forms 27.25A. C. Farley, Ins. and Town Manager’s
bond 459.55H. A. Macllroy, Express on ballots
and office supplies 4.50Houlton Publishing Co., Town Re
ports, tax bills and forms 263.10A. M. Stackpole, election .95Amelia Cullins, postage, tax notices 34.82Amelia Cullins, Office Supplies 15.20Ralph Milliken, Office Supplies 3.40
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ANNUAL REPORT 27
Winslow Dyer, Cleaning around hall 3.00George Bulley, new booth for election 14.76 Bert Tidcl, janitor work 20.00
Total
Receipts:
Appropriation March 1948 $1,000.00Pool Room License 10.00Victualer Licenses 4.00Treasurer of State, Bank Stock Tax 34.29Treasurer of State, Dog License
Refund and R. R. Tax 46.36Stetson Hussey, Rent of Town Hall 200.00Lien Costs 18.70Overdraft to Summary 189.37
Total
BEAR BOUNTY
Expenditures:
Wellington Delong Charles Shaw Perry A. Jones
$ 15.0015.0030.00
Total
Receipts:
Treasurer of State $ 30.00Trans, to Acc. Rec. 30.00
$1,502.72
$1,502.72
$60.00
Total $60.00
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AMERICAN LEGIONBalance $417.00Appropriated March 1948 150.00
TotalExpenditures:
American Legion, Max Parks Post 156
EXCISE TAXExcise Tax Collected for 1948-1949
Expenditures:Counly Treasurer $ 30.83Unexpended Bal. trans. to Net Surplus 6,041.03
Total
OVERLAY1948 Overlay Trans, to Net Surplus
$223.80350.00
50.00
SKATING RINKBalance March 1948 Appropriated March 1948 Women’s Club
Expenditures:Lloyd McKinnon $ 36.30Donald McKay 300.00Unexpended Balance Carried
Forward 287.50
$567.00
$567.00
$6,071.86
$6,071.86
$1,709.85$1,709.85
$623.80
$623.80
ANNUAL REPORT 29
1948 UNCOLLECTED TAXES
Bradbury, Frank $ 59.40Bruce, M. J. 55.80Burlock, Harvey 7.48Craig, Basil 5.30Delong, Harold 7.40I. V. Durgins, Heirs 17.60Farley, Edgar 20.60Finemore, Charles and Birdie 70.40Finemore, Charles 5.28Finemore, Eric 2.20Foster, Maurice 2.20Green, Ashel 11.54Green, Harley 4.60Green, Irene 17.60Green, Wyman 2.20Hallett, Charles Jr. 3.00Hallett, Ashley 3.00Hartley, Max 2.20Hawthorne, Janies 8.80Hartley, Ronald 3.00Kinney, Austin 33.88Larmar, Ernest 16.20Lewis, Gordon 60.20McCleary, Lester 53.60MacDonald, Earl 2.20McDonald, J. H. 3.00McIntyre, Walter 40.40McNinch, Harvey 5.20McNinch, Roy 5.20McPherson, Eva 19.80Nichols, Charles 217.80Pryor, Ellie 5.20Sargent, Chester 578.96
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Sharp, Glen 7.40Sharp, Frank 9.6CSnow, Ralph 205.92Stiles, Percy 11.00Tapley, Howard 22.80Tidd, Olin and Mae 59.20Finnemore, Leonard 8.80Tuttle, Calvin 105.60
Total Outstanding
CollectedAbatementsDiscounts
Total1948 Commitment
1947 UNCOLLECTED TAXES
Burns, Fred $ 19.60Foster, Maurice 2.00Lewis, Gordon 13.00Pryor, Ellie 5.00Stiles, Percy 22.00Finnemore, Leonard 8.00
Total OutstandingCollectedLiensAbatements
TotalBalance February 24, 1948
$ 1,781.5660,766.06
44.44789.13
$63,381.19$63,381.19
$ 69.604,966.95
664.7814.00
$5,715.33$5,715.33
ANNUAL REPORT 31
1946 UNCOLLECTED TAXES Burns, Fred $21.38Total Outstanding $21.38Collected 34.88Abatements 15.38
Total $71.64Balance February 24, 1948 $71.64
1945 UNCOLLECTED TAXESBalance February 24, 1948 $108.50Collected $39.90Abatements 68.60
Total $108.50
1944 UNCOLLECTED TAXESBalance February 24, 1948 $ 7.09Collected $ .73Abatements 6.36
Total $ 7.09
1947 TAX LIENSBradbury, Frank $ 54.00
* I. V. Durgins, Heirs 16.00Snow, Ralph 187.20
Total Outstanding $257.20Collected 407.58
TotalLiens Recorded
$664.78$664.78
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1946 TAX LIENS -
Balance February 24, 1948 CollectedTrans, to Real Estate
$198.757.50
$206.25
Total $206.25
1945 TAX LIENBalance February 24, 1948 Trans, to Real Estate
$41.00$41.00
1948 Supplemental
1948 Supplemental Collected Discount
$95.31.09
Total $95.40
Paid to :County Treasurer Treasurer of Presque Isle Treasurer of Washburn Trans, to Net Surplus
$ 3.003.003.00
86.40
Total $95.40
1947 SUPPLEMENTALS-
1947 Supplementals Collected Transferred to Net Surplus
$48.00$48.00
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ABATEMENTS
1948:Casley, Dallas, uncollectible $ 3.00Dobson, Edgar, overtaxed 7.04Gee, Henry, Minor 3.00Hansen, John, over 70 3.00O’Neal, Clayton, uncollectible 3.00Hawthorne, James, paid in Mars Hill 3.00Joslyn, Frank, paid in Blaine 5.20Joslyn, Wilbur, paid in Blaine 5.20Lewis, Vaughn, paid in Mars Hill 3.00McKeen, Charles, uncollectible 3.00Seeley, Hartley, paid in Houlton 3.00Reid, Melvin, uncollectible 3.00
Total $ 44.44
1947:Cousins, Philip, paid in Belfast $ 3.00Dobson, Edgar, exempt 3.00Keith, Sidney, uncollectible 5.00O’Neal, Clayton, uncollectible 3.00
Total $ 14.00
1946:Dill, Vance, no radio $ 1.88McIntosh, Perley, uncollectible 3.00McNinch, Reginald, minor 3.00Morse, Joshua, no tractor as of 4 /1 7.50
Total $ 15.38
1945:Beem, Sadie, no house $ 8.20
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Chase, George, uncollectible Holmes, Harold, no radio Keegan, Ernest, no radio Mersereau, Ernest, uncollectible
5.05 . 2.05
2.05 51.25
Total $ 68.601944:
Chase, George, uncollectible Holmes, Harold, no radio
$ 4.68 1.68
Total $ 6.36DiscountsDiscountBalance Carried Forward
789.13.09
162.00
TotalAppropriated March 1948
$1,100.00$1,100.00
TOWN PROPERTY EXPIRED TAX LIENS
Roy LenentineGeorge HainesBalance February 23, 1949CollectedTrans, to Net Surplus
Anthony Hoik Howard Tapley
$ 270.98 925.47 314.04
Total $1,510.49
Balance February 24, 1948 Tax Liens expired
$1,461.9948.50
Total $1,510.49
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NET SURPLUS
Net Surplus, February 24, 1948 $4,275.07 /Bone1 1,000.00Rent 205.251948 Supplemental 86.401947 Supplemental 48.00Excise Tax 6,041.03Overlay 1,709.85
Total $13,365.60Trans, from Real Estate $ 314.04Trans, from Summary 89.36Net Surplus 12,962.20
Total $13,365.60
RENT
Rent Collected $205.25Trans, to Net Surplus $205.25
REPORT OF BRIDGEWATER CEMETERYASSOCIATION
March 1, 1948, Cash on Hand $ 24.44
Received: <From Assessments $325.00From Town Appropriation 350.00For Perpetual Care 100.00Interest on Milliken Trust Fund 32.50Interest on Government Bonds 15.00
Total $846.94
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Expenditures:Bond $100.00Caretaker 625.00Postage 2.50Repairs 5.25Secretary’s Fee 15.00Mower, Oil and 24.00Gas 1.80Int. Revenue 45.00
Total $818.55February 23, 1949, Cash on Hand 28.39
Total $846.94GLADYS MacILROY, Sec.-Treas.
BRIDGEWATER CEMETERY ACCOUNTAppropriated March 1948 Paid to Bridgewater Cemetery Assn.
CEMETERY TRUST FUNDE. E. Milliken Est. (Town Treasury) $1,000.00 Mrs. Theodore Parks Est. (Northern
National Bank) 103.42
Total
TOWN CLERK’S REPORTBirths 24Marriages 18Deaths 22Births (Delayed Return) 3
HAROLD MacILROY, Town Clerk
$350.00$350.00
$1,103.42
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REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
To the Superintending School Committee and Citizens of Bridgewater:
I take pleasure in submitting my annual report on the schools of Bridgewater in accordance with long standing custom.
Faculty
The following teachers have served in the schools of Bridgewater for the school year 1948-49:
Ray Oliver, Principal, Grammar School, Grades 7 and 8 Estella Patterson, Grade SixArline Ames, Principal of Bridgewater Intermediate,
Grade FiveHazel Bridges, Grades Three and Four.Yvette Pelletier, Grade Two.Kathleen Landers, Sub-Primary and Grade One
Bridgewater Classical Academy Waldron E. Fernald, Principal, Math and Science Douglas Harrington, Commercial Subjects and Physi
cal EducationMary Sliaughnessey, English and Foreign Languages.
School Calendar
October Fourth, Opening date.October 28th and 29th, Maine Teachers’ Asso. Convention. November 11th, Armistice Day.November 25th and 26th, Thanksgiving Recess.December 23rd, School closed for Christmas Recess. January 3rd, School re-opens and Winter Term begins. February 10th, School closes for long week-end.February 15th, School re-opens.March 25th, School closes for Spring Recess.April 4th, School re-opens for Spring Term.April 19th, Patriot’s Day.
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May 30tli, Memorial Day.June 23rd, School closes for Summer Vacation.
There is much in the news concerning bills for State and Federal support for education at the present time. Some of the pending legislation is for the distribution of extra funds for maintenance and some are for extra funds for construction. The attitude of the State and Federal Governments is favorably inclined. If such legislation is enacted, it will greatly facilitate the expansion and improvement of our school systems.
In Bridgewater there are some definite steps in educational progress that we must make in the near future. Two more elementary classrooms and teachers are needed at the present. The condition in Mrs. Bridges’ room must be corrected, if the boys and girls in Bridgewater are going to have an equal opportunity in the third and fourth grades with those boys and girls who are in the other grades. The other need is in the grades between six and eight where two teachers are trying to carry all subject matter for three years work. Since the pupil-teacher ratio is high under the present arrangement, opportunities for individual help are of necessity almost entirely gone.
If the two rooms in the Elementary Building could be completed so that the sixth grade could be taken from the academy and the grades in Mrs. Bridges’ room separated, the opportunities for the education of the boys and girls in grades one to six will be well cared for.
If these foregoing steps can be accomplished, it would make possible for a six year high school program to be developed in the Academy Building in such a way that the break between elementary and secondary schools would be at the end of the sixth year rather than the eighth.
I wish to thank the citizens and officials of the Town of Bridgewater for their cooperation and understanding
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during the past school year. I wish to compliment the teachers for the good job they are doing, especially difficult in some instances because of existing conditions.
FINANCIAL REPORT OF SCHOOL DEPARTMENT Common Schools Account
Receipts:Unexpended Balance $ 1,041.10Appropriation 13,500.00State School Fund 6,631.56Sale of Coal & Wood, Fuel 993.23Monticello Pupils, Conveyance 208.25Interest on State School Fund 121.58
$22,495.72Transferred from State School Fund
to Supplies 436.68Transferred from State School Fund
to Textbooks 140.97
AvailableExpended:
Teachers:Arline Ames Marion Blanchard Hazel Bridges Florence Jamison Mildred Jamison Kathleen Landers Yvette Pelletier Betty Shaw Barbara Beals
$21,918.07
$1,709.80897.37
1,822.58508.00
24.001,564.701,673.80
106.21250.04
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Phyllis Slipp 8.00Doris Stackpole ,24.00Marjorie Stone 232.00Ray Oliver 1,293.28Estella Trueworthy 1,164.00
Fuel:A. E. Babkirk Coal Company $ 950.20Bangor & Aroostook R. R. 1,297.72Herschel Benson 72.00Basil Craig 7.00Ellery Collins 198.00Arthur Delong 34.73Winston Dyer 36.38Roland McIntyre 96.75Hartwell Coal Company 869.78Olin Tidd 7.00
J anitors:Bert Ackerson $1,902.50John MacPherson '11 .99Roland McIntyre 2.00Roger Burnham 25.15Fred White 1.25
Conveyance:Bert Ackerson $ 180.00Guy Prest 1,260.00Percy Tilley 175.00Ralph L. Berry Company 1.95
$11,277.78
L -
$3,569.56
$1,942.89
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Llewellyn Bulley 410.00L. W. Codrey 365.28D. Doaks Service 9.15Chandler Farley 234.09Lewis Finnemore 365.82Austin Fittz 74.40Edward W. Hincks 70.00Bulley’s Garage 168.87Clarence McPherson 289.00A. M. Stackpole Company 132.96Clair Taylor 24.00
$3,760.52
$20,550.75
Balance $ 1,367.32
SUPPLIES
Receipts:Unexpended Balance $ 23.85Appropriation 1,050.00Miscellaneous 9.80Transferred from State School Fund
to Supplies 436.68
Expended:Bert Ackerson $ 16.73Aroostook Print Shop 10.25Edward E. Babb & Company 106.53Bangor Daily News 8.75Bangor Typewriter Company 2.00
$1,520.33
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Berry Paper Company 26.13M. F. Bragdon Paint Co. 10.58Cambosco Scientific Company 3.80Caribou Publishing Company 17.40Ellery Collins 20.00William E. Downs 30.77Eastern Fire Equipment, Inc. 4.83Educators Progress Service 39.28R. L. Ervin Company 18.00Waldron E. Fernald 13.01Erwin A. Gallagher 6.25Gaylord Brothers, Inc. 8.85Gledhill Brothers 152.92J. L. Hammett Company 55.04Edward W. Hincks 7.78Houlton Publishing Co. 18.73Leo Keenan 19.80Kinney Duplicator Co. 27.61Loring, Short & Harmon 109.14Mainco Trading Co. 13.11Maine Public Service Company 352.71Town of Mars Hill 10.00E. C. McGraw 2.33M. D. McGrath 1.62Allan H. Murray 6.40National School Record House 2.53New Eng. Paper Company 5.77New Eng. Tel. & Tel. Co. 67.99Papercrafters 124.52Rand McNally 9.80Robert A. Peterson 1.85Sears, Roebuck & Company 3.56Southard of Bangor 3.28Star-Herald Publishing Co. .37
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Treasurer, State of Maine 177.97Utility Supply Company 1.34York and Fenderson 1.00
$1,520.33
TEXTBOOKSR eceipts:
Unexpended Balance $ 10.20Appropriation 700.00Transferred from State School Fund
to Textbooks 140.97
$851.17
E xpended:Allyn and Bacon $ 5.65American Book Company 172.89American Education Press 4.50Americana Corporation 5.00Beckley-Cardy Company 8.70Bridgewater Classical Academ y 4.00Dryden Press, Inc. .95Encyclopaedia Britannica 70.55Ginn and Company 221.70Gregg Publishing Company 5.37Harper & Brothers .96D. C. Heath & Company 11.54Houghton M ifflin Company 10.27Kinney Duplicator Company 3.66Laidlaw Brothers 29.64MacMillan Company 34.22M cCormick-M athers Publishing Co. 2.85National Education Association 2.04
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City of Providence Public Schools .55F. A. Owen Publishing Co. ' 6.00Quarrie Corporation 7.00Rand McNally & Company 11.49A. B. Rider Associates 18.24Scott, Foresman Company 66.87Silver Burdett Company 57.86Southwestern Publishing Co. 74.50Webster Publishing Company 5.88H. W. Wilson Company 4.75W orld Book Company 2.44W orld Almanac 1.10
SECONDARY TUITIONReceipts:
Appropriation Expended:
Bridgewater Classical Academy
SUPERINTENDENT
Receipts:Unexpended Balance $ 9.85Appropriation 760.00
Expended: Edward W. Hincks $569.20
$851.17
$4,000.00
$4,000.00
$769.85
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Erwin A. Gallagher 189.80$759.00
Balance $ 10.85
Respectfully submitted,i
ERWIN A. GALLAGHER Supt. o f Schools
SCHOOL BUS (Ford)
$1,400.00 $1,400.00
Overdraft March 1948 Appropriated March 1948
SCHOOL BUS (Int.)
Appropriated March 1948 $4,800.00Expenditures:
Austin Fittz Co. $4,650.00Unexpended Balance carried
forw ard 150.00
Total $4,800.00
SCHOOL BUS (A rm y)
R eceipts:Charles Ross $200.00Balance Carried Forward $200.00
BRIDGEWATER SCHOOL DISTRICTAppropriated March 1948 $7,000.00
Expenditures:Treasurer of Bridgewater School District $7,000.00
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MINISTERIAL SCHOOL FUND Ministerial School Fund, due from
General Fund $2,026.33Balance February 23, 1949 $2,026.33
REPORT OF BRIDGEWATER SCHOOL DISTRICTTREASURER
Balance Feb. 1, 1948 $ 350.01Received from Town Treasurer 7,000.00
Total $7,350.01
Cash Disbursements:First National Bank, interest $ 715.00First National Bank, bond 1,000.00C. L. Sharp, lumber 23.68A. C. Farley, insurance 121.04R. M. Milliken, insurance 242.08Smith Brothers, furnace & repairs 3,398.07 H. A. Macllroy, Ins. 342.93R. M. Milliken, bond 17.50Edward E. Babb Co., repairs 50.15Daye & Wheeler, lumber 16.00A. M. Stackpole, repairs 374.85Arthur Delong, labor 34.00
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Panther Oil & Grease Mfg\ Co. 53.60J. R. Harvey Co., Ins. 82.80Archibald Electric Service, repairs 8.00M. C. Foster, well casing 2.00Sherman O. Gillespie 32.93Balance on hand February 21, 1949 835.38
Total $7,350.01
BRIDGEW ATER SCHOOL DISTRICT BONDS
Bonds Outstanding March 1948 $22,000.00Expenditures:
First National Bank $ 1,000.00Bonds Outstanding Feb. 23, 1949 21,000.00 Total ' $22,000.00
STATE AU DITOR’S REPORT
August 4, 1948Board o f Selectmen.BridgewaterMaine
G entlem en:
In accordance with Chapter 16, Section 3 of the Revised Statutes o f 1944 and at your request, the records o f the Town of Bridgewater have been audited by Auditor M. E. Libby for the period March 2, 1947 to February 24, 1948 inclusive.
The examination was made in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards applicable in the circumstances and included all procedures which were considered necessary. Insofar as could be ascertained
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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 this report present the result of the financial operations of the Town for the period designated.
All of which is respectfully submitted.Very truly yours,
FM B/k
FRED M. BERRY,State Auditor
COMMENTS
Re: Audit of Accounts— Town of Bridgewater March 2, 1947 to February 24, 1948
CASH:A detailed examination of the accounts of the Town
Treasurer indicated that all recorded cash receipts had been deposited promptly in the bank.
The cash balance of $20,143.01, as reflected by the records of the Treasurer at the year end, was verified by reconciliation of the bank balance with the statement furnished by the depository bank.
Expenditures were made by check from warrants signed by the Selectmen.
ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE:This account is comprised of accounts due from the
State of Maine for pauper supplies furnished during the year.
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TAXES RECEIVABLE:An examination of the records of the Tax Collector
indicated the warrant o f commitment for 1947 taxes to be in agreement with the records of the Assessors.
Cash collections accounted for 91.2% of the current tax assessment charged to the Collector.
Collections and transfers to Tax Liens accounted for 90%> of unpaid prior years’ taxes receivable.
The detail o f all years taxes was in agreement with the control account.
TA X LIENS:Tax Liens on file at February 24, 1948, amounted
to $247.25.
TA X ACQUIRED PROPERTY:Sales of tax acquired property during the year
amounted to $66.69. The balance of this account at February 24, 1948, was $1,461.99.
SINKING FUND INVESTM ENT:The bank savings book representing a portion o f the
investments was examined. The remaining investments represented by Series F, U. S. Bonds were verified by letter from the depository. These bonds are carried at cost only as they will undoubtedly be held until maturity at which time the full amount o f appreciation will be taken.
BONDS PA Y A B LE :During the year, the bonded indebtedness was re
duced to $27,000.00, by payment o f $1,000.00 appropriated for this purpose. A balance o f $4,000.00, shown in the appropriation balances carried forw ard, is available for debt reduction.
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SURPLUS:
At the year end, the town had a total surplus of $11,298.73. Of this amount, $7,023.66 represents appropriation balances carried forward, leaving- an unappropriated surplus of $4,275.07.
The complete analysis of this account is presented in Exhibit E of this report.
TRUST FUNDS:
The records indicate that one Cemetery Perpetual Care Fund is on deposit, and the income from this fund has not been withdrawn.
The Milliken Cemetery Trust Fund, shown as due from the general fund, was originally in the form of a town order. Interest of $32.50 was transferred from the Interest account to the Cemetery account.
Interest on the Ministerial and School Fund was transferred to the Common School account.
GENERAL:A detailed examination of pay rolls and paid vouch
ers for the months of November and December indicated that with the exception of several state poor bills, all were on file and they appeared to be proper charges and correctly recorded.
The 1947 excise tax receipts numbers 309 to 502, and those for 1948 numbers 1 to 255 were added. The total collected was found to be in agreement with the amounts deposited with the Treasurer.
The School Department accounts were checked with the School Superintendent, and paid vouchers were examined. Every invoice paid by the Town should show the approval of the School Committee in accordance
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with the provisions of Chapter 37, Section 25, Revised Statutes of 1944.
The accounts o f the Bridgewater Cemetery Association were not examined.
The records of the Town Officials were found to be in a satisfactory condition.
TOW N OF BRIDGEW ATERCOM PARATIVE BALANCE SHEET*•
EXHIBIT AGENERAL FUND
ASSETSFebruary 24, 1948 March 1, 1947
Cash on hand and in Bank $20,143.01 $23,136.31Accounts Receivable
(Schedule A -l) 395.36 90.85Taxes Receivable
(Schedule A-2) 5,902.56 1,887.23Tax Liens (Schedule A-3) 247.25 423.00Tax Acquired Property
(Schedule A-4) 1,461.99 1,495.18Sinking Fund:
Investments (Schedule A-5) 13,174.89 13,100.00
TOTAL $41,325.06 $40,132.57
LIABILITIESBonds Payable (Schedule A-6) $27,000.00 $28,000.00Due Trust Funds 3,026.33 3,026.33
Total Liabilities 30,026.33 31,026.33SURPLUS
Appropriated (Exhibit D) $7,023.66 Unappropriated (Exhibit E) 4,275.07
11,298.73
$7,609.251,496.99
9,106.21
TOTAL $41,325.06 $40,132.57
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TRUST FUNDS
ASSETSFebruary 24, 194S March 1,1947
Time Deposits (Schedule A-7) Due from General Fund
$ 113.79 % 103.42
(Schedule A-7) 3,026.33 3,026.33
TOTAL $ 3,140.12 $ 3,129.75
LIABILITIESPrincipals (Schedule'A-7) $ 3,126.33 $ 3,126.33Income (Schedule A-7) 13.79 3.42
TOTAL $ 3,140.12 $ 3,129.75
The complete report of the audit is on office of the Selectmen.
file in the
1949 BUDGET COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS
Support of Schools $17,300.00Free High School 4,000.00Superintendent of Schools 760.00Support of Poor 3,500.00Miscellaneous 1,200.00Bridgewater School District 4,000.00Town Officers Salaries 2,200.00Aid to Dependent Children 1,200.00Street Lights 600.00Maintenance Highway K 1,000.00Abatements and Discounts 800.00Support of Fire Department 1,000.00American Legion 150.00State Aid Construction 800.00Cemeteries 350.00Health Nursing 89.00
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Anti-Tuberculosis Assn.Roads, Bridges, Sidewalks and
50.00
Plowing W inter Roads Police Protection
8, 000.00300.00
TOTAL $47,299.00
W A R R A N T
To Louis F. Finemore, Constable o f the Town of Bridge-
In the name of the State o f Maine, you are hereby requested to notify and warn the inhabitants of the said Town of Bridgewater, qualified to vote in Town Affairs, to assemble at the Town Hall in the Town of Bridge- water on Monday, March 21st, 1949, at 10 o ’clock in the forenoon to act on the follow ing Articles, to w it:
Art. 1. To choose a M oderator to act at said meeting.
Art. 2. To choose a Clerk for the ensuing year.
Art. 3. To see if the Town will vote to accept the Town Reports as published by the Selectmen, February 23, 1949.
Art. 4. To see if the Town will vote to adopt the Town Manager form of government for the ensuing municipal year under Chap. 80, Sec. 16, RS. 1944.
water, M aine: GREETINGS:
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Art. 5. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Selectmen to employ a Town Manager under the provisions of Chap. 80, Sec. 18 of the Public Laws of 1944, and authorize the Selectmen to fix the compensation of the Town Manager.
Art. 6. To choose all necessary Town Officers for the ensuing year.
Art. 7. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the Support of Schools including School Supplies and Textbooks.
Art. 8. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for Free High School for the ensuing year.
Art. 9. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for School Superintendent for the ensuing year.
Art. 10. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Superintending School Committee to make arrangements with Trustees of B. C. A. for the tuition of High School students.
Art. 11. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the Support of Poor.
Art. 12. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of twelve hundred dollars ($1200) for the Miscellaneous Account.
Art. 13. To see if the Town will vote for Police Protection when necessary, also what sum of money the
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Town will vote to raise and appropriate for same.
Art. 14. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Trustees of the Town of Bridgewater School District to complete the second floor in the Intermediate Building, so-called, for school purpose and to furnish same with proper school furniture.
Art. 15. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the Bridgewater School District.
\ '
Art. 16. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for Town Officers’ Salaries.
Art. 17. To choose a Road Commissioner for the ensuing year, or instruct the Selectmen to appoint in accordance with Chapter 80, Section 20 o f the Revised Statutes of 1944 and pass any and all votes necessary respecting the same.
Art. 18. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum o f twelve hundred dollars ($1200) for the Aid to Dependent Children as required by law.
Art. 19. To choose any Committee, including the Budget Committee, hear the report o f any and act thereon.
Art. 20. To see what sum o f money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for lighting o f V illage Streets for the ensuing year.
Art. 21. To see if the Town will vote to fix the date when taxes shall be due and payable; and make a discount on said taxes at such time or times as may be
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determined and if so, what per cent of discount, also to fix a time and rate of interest on taxes remaining unpaid.
Art. 22. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for Abatements and Discounts.
Art. 23. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for Firemen’s Salaries and Support of Fire Department.
Art. 24. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for Memorial Services to be expended by the American Legion.
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Art. 25. To see what action the Town will take regarding Snow Removal from roads during the winter 1949-1950 and to pass any and all votes necessary respecting the same.
Art. 26. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for State Aid construction (in addition to the amounts regularly raised for the care of ways, highways and bridges) under the provisions of Sections 25 and 29, Chap. 20, R.S. 1944 as amended.
Art. 27. To see if the Town will vote to instruct and instruct the Superintending School Committee and Superintendent of Schools to discontinue the Sub-primary and Kindergarten grade or grades in the Common Schools.
Art. 28. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the construction and maintenance of a Municipal Skating Rink during the winter of 1949-1950.
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Art. 29. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Town Treasurer under the direction of the Selectmen for such sums as the Selectmen shall see fit to accept, therefore, to sell and convey all right, title, and interest in, and to such parcels o f land which have been forfeited to the Town for non-payment of taxes.
Art. 30. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to bring writs o f entry for the recovery and possession o f such lands (parcels) as have been conveyed to the Town for non-payment o f taxes and time o f redemption having expired.
Art. 31. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of three hundred fifty dollars ($350) as recommended by the Budget Committee for the upkeep of cemeteries for the ensuing year.
Art. 32. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen and Town Treasurer to transfer such sums of money as they deem advisable from the Surplus funds o f the Town, according to the books, as o f the end o f the last fiscal year, to a Sinking Fund reserve, for the purpose o f paying outstanding Bridgewater School District Bonds, said Selectmen and Town Treasurer to have the right to pay such numbers o f Bonds and at such time as they believe to be most advisable.
Art. 33. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of eighty-nine dollars ($89) for public health nursing in Bridgewater. Said sum to be expended by the State Bureau of Health, fo r local service.
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Art. 34. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of fifty dollars' ($50) as recommended by the Budget Committee for the prevention of Tuberculosis, and to be expended by the Aroostook Anti- Tuberculosis Association.
Art. 35. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for Roads, Bridges, Sidewalks and Plowing Winter Roads.
Art. 36. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Selectmen to purchase a Grader or a Grader Attachment for snowplow truck, if so, to see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for same.
Art. 37. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the construction of a building to house School Bus, Snowplow Truck and other equipment and to purchase a lot for said building ' if necessary.
The Selectmen give notice that they will be in session at the Town Hall at nine o’clock in the forenoon of the day of said meeting for the purpose of correcting the list of voters.
' LOUIS F. FINEMORE JOHN J. EDMUNDS HOWARD NELSON DONALD STACKPOLE GERALD BRADBURY
Selectmen of Bridgewater, Maine
A true copy, Attest:LOUIS F. FINEMORE,
Constable of the Town of Bridgewater, Maine.
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CONSTABLE’S RETURN
By virtue o f the within warrant, to me directed, I have warned and notified the inhabitants of the Town of Bridgewater to assemble at the time and place for the purpose therein named, by posting attested copies, o f the within warrant at A. M. Stackpole Store, Inc.; Post O ffice and Guard W eeks’ Store the same being public and conspicuous places within said Town on the first day o f March in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and forty-nine, the same being at least seven days before the time appointed for said meeting.Dated at Bridgewater this first day of March one thousand nine hundred and forty-nine.A ttest:
LOUIS F. FINEMORE,Constable o f the Town of Bridgewater.