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THE ANNUAL REPORT OF THE
Municipal Officers of
Town of Bridgewater 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 Milliken SUPERINTENDING SCHOOL COMMITTEE Glen Cook Percy Sargent Gerald Bradbury TOWN MANAGER Amelia Cullins SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS Erwin A. Gallagher COLLECTOR OF TAXES Amelia Cullins SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES Llewellyn Nelson HEALTH OFFICER Amelia Cullins FIRE CHIEF Arnold Sharp SEXTON Guy Prest CONSTABLES Elbridge Kingsbury Louis Finemore ANNUAL REPORT 3
COMPARATIVE BALANCE SHEET Year Ending March 3, 1950 ASSETS Subsidiary Schedules Feb. 23, 1949 Mar. 3, 1950 Cash $25,872.78 $19,487.48 Sinking Fund 23,500.00 23,500.00 Tax Accounts: Uncollected Taxes: 1949 4,103.59 1948 1,781.56 54.42 1947 69.60 39.60 1946 21.38 21.38 Tax Liens: 1947 Tax 257.20 1948 Tax 128.50 Accounts Receivable 97.84 5,429.26 Real Estate (Tax acquired Property) 270.98 279.48
Total $51,871.34 $53,043.71 Trust Funds 103.42 303.42
Total Assets and Trust Funds $51,974.76 $53,347.13
LIABILITIES Sudsidiary Schedules: Bonds Payable $26,000.00 $25,000.00
Total Liabilities $26,000.00 $25,000.00 Cemetary Trust 1,103.42 1,303.42 Ministerial Trust Fund 2,026.33 2,026.33 4 ANNUAL REPORT
Unexpended Balances 9,882.81 6,197.45 Net Surplus 12,962.20 18,819.93
Total Liabilities, Trusts, Unexpended Balances and Surplus $51,974.76 $53,347.13
VALUATION AND ASSESSMENT List of property at its just value in the Town of Bridgewater, Maine for the year 1949 made for return to the Board of State Assessors as required by law:
SUMMARY OF TAXABLE PROPERTY VALUATIONS Real Estate, Resident $552,737.00 Real Estate, Non-Resident 130,860.00 Number of Polls Taxed,, 315 at $3.00 per Poll Number of Polls not Taxed, 15 Rate of Taxation, $88.00 per $1,000.00 Valuation
Total Real Estate $683,597.00 Personal Estate, Resident $40,810.00 Personal Estate, Non-Resident 13,370.00
Total Personal Estate $54,180.00
Total Real Estate and Personal Property $737,777.00
TAXABLE LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY Personal Property No. Total Valuation Horses and Mules 65 $ 3,950.00 ANNUAL REPORT 5
Cows 202 12,120.00 Three Year Old 13 650.00 Two Year Olds 35 1,400.00 Poultry 255 255.00
Total Amount $18,375.00
EXEMPT LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY Yearlings 127 $3,810.00 Sheep 49 245.00 Swine 84 1,040.00 Domestic Fowl 1100 1,100.00
Total $6,195.00
ALL OTHER KINDS OF PERSONAL PROPERTY Stock in Trade $6,025.00 Logs (48,098 M Board Feet) 3,860.00 Lumber (42,000 M Board Ft.) 1,360.00 Gasoline Pumps and attachments, 13 710.00 Musical Instruments, 73 7,300.00 Radios, 271 6,775.00 Machinery and Equipment 6,700.00 Other Property 3,075.00
Total $35,805.00 Taxable Livestock and Poultry brought Forward 18,375.00
Total Amount of Personal Property $54,180.00 6 ANNUAL REPORT
COMMITMENT 1949 Real and Personal Taxes $64,924.38 Poll Taxes 945.00
Total Commitment $65,869.38
TOWN OWNED PROPERTY Oshkosh 5 Ton Truck with Frink Plow $7,000.00 Ford School Bus 2,000.00 International School Bus 3,500.00 Fire Truck 400.00 Fire Station & Trailer Pump 2,500.00 Town Hall 7,000.00 Safe, Town Office 200.00 Safe, Clerk 100.00 Safe, Treasurer 100.00
$22,800.00
1949 APPROPRIATIONS Support of Schools $19,000.00 Free High School 4,000.00 Supt, of School 760.00 Support of Poor 3,500.00 Miscellaneous Account 1,200.00 Police Protection 300.00 Bridgewater School District 12,000.00 Town Officers Salaries 2,200.00 Aid To Dependent Children 1,200.00 ANNUAL REPORT 7
Street Lights 700.00 Abatements and Discounts 800.00 Support of Fire Dept, and Salaries 1,000.00 Memorial Services (Legion) 150.00 State Aid Construction 1,200.00 Municipal Skating Rink 300.00 Cemeteries 350.00 Public Health Nursing 89.00 Aroostook Anti-Tuberculosis Assn. 50.00 Roads, Bridges, Sidewalks and Plowing Winter Roads 8,000.00
Total $56,799.00
TOWN OFFICERS’ SALARIES Balance February 23, 1949 $ 120.00 Appropriated March 1949 2,200.00
Total $2,320.00 Expenditures: Amelia J. Cullins, Town Manager $1,658.80 Collector of Internal Revenue 161.20 Louis Finemore, Chairman of Council 100.00 Howard Nelson, Selectman and Assessor 50.00 Gerald Bradbury, Selectman and Assessor 50.00 V. D. W. Stackpole, Selectman and Assessor 50.00 John J. Edmunds, Selectman and Assessor 50.00 8 ANNUAL REPORT
Glen Cook, Chairman of School Board 25.00 Harold Macllroy, Clerk 30.00 Ralph Milliken, Treasurer 125.00 Balance to Summary 20.00
Total $2,320.00
POLICE PROTECTION Appropriated March 1949 $300.00 Expenditures: Elbridge Kingsbury $150.00 Balance carried forward 150.00
Total $300.00 )
STREET LIGHTS Appropriated March 1949 $700.00 Expenditures: Maine Public Service $626.68 Unexpended Balance to summary 73.32
Total $700.00
ANTI-TUBERCULOSIS ASSOCIATION Appropriated March 1949 $50.00 Paid to Aroostook Anti-Tuberculosis Assn. $50.00 ANNUAL REPORT 9
PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING Appropriated March 1949 $89.00 Treasurer of State $89.00
REPORT OF PUBLIC HEALTH NURSE The Division of Nursing, Department of Health and Welfare, is represented in your community by the pub lic health nurse. The nurse, through home visits, school visits, and use of clinics, strives to promote good public health in the community. Visits are made in the homes to supervise the health of expectant mothers, infants, preschool and school children, and any other individual who has need of her service. In the event of sickness, whether communicable or non-communicable, nursing care may be demonstrated and physicians orders ex plained. During the year home visits were made to: 19 ma ternity patients, 68 infants, 7 pre*school children, 3 school children, and 5 adults. Visits to the schools are based largely on a consul tation basis. The nurse is willing to make a home visit to a school child to offer her assistance if he has a health problem. During the fall term of school 235 children had their hearing tested with the audiometer. Eleven chil dren showed evidence of impaired hearing. If the child’s hearing appeared defective, a card was sent to the par ent or guardian stating the fact and urging medical care. In the summer three Child Health Conferences were held with the assistance of a local committee to whom the nurse wishes to express her appreciation. At the con- 10 ANNUAL REPORT
ferences 27 children under six years were examined by Dr. Stephen Brown, the attending physician. An oppor tunity to have the children immunized was offered. Twenty children received diphtheria and whooping cough inoculations, and five smallpox vaccinations. Crippled Children and Pediatric Clinics are held at regular intervals. Children with disabling conditions or children whom the doctor wishes to refer for diagnosis or consultation may attend the clinics. Eight home visits were made by the nurse to help the patients carry out recommendations made at the clinics. The nurse’s services are available wherever needed, and it is hoped that in the following year she will reach more families in an effort to expand the nursing service. In some communities this is done through a health coun cil which is a group of citizens within the community interested in the health of all, and one which knows the health problems in its community. The nurse is willing to help organize such a group. Respectfully, submitted, LOUISE D. LAMBERT Public Health Nurse
TOWN TREASURER’S REPORT Ralph M. Milliken, Treasurer To Received From: February 23, 1949 $25,872.78 Treasurer of State, Snow Removal 1,027.50 Treasurer of State, Paupers 2,216.87 Pool Room License 10.00
j ) ANNUAL REPORT 11
Victualer Licenses 4.00 Treasurer of State, Bear Bounty 75.00 Treasurer of State, Bank Stock Tax 31.23 Town Treasurer, 1947 Liens 241.20 Town Treasurer, 1948 Liens 110.00 Lien Costs 17.70 Amelia Cullins, Int. on Taxes & Liens 278.08 Amelia Cullins, 1947Taxes 30.00 Amelia Cullins, 1948 Taxes 1,485.64 Amelia Cullins, 1949 Taxes 60,866.92 Amelia Cullins, 1948Supp. 308.60 Amelia Cullins, 1949 Supp. 50.80 Treasurer of State, Refund on Dog- Tax 14.72 Treasurer of State, Schools 1,513.48 Donald Stackpole, Fire Dept. 10.00 Fire Dept. Wood 20.00 Assistance Rendered returned 10.00 Amelia Cullins, 1947 Supp. 240.00 Amelia Cullins, Excise 7,022.66 Amelia Cullins, Teachers & Textbooks 134.41 Amelia Cullins, Real Estate 7.50 Stetson Hussey, Rent of Town Hall 200.00 Erwin Gallagher, School Fuel 666.41 Treasurer of State, Roads 5,616.70 Amelia Cullins, road 845.89 Amelia Cullins, County road, Telephone 289.90
Total Received $109,217.99 Credit By Paid: Warrants $89,730.51 12 ANNUAL REPORT
Balance on Hand March 1950 19,487.48
Total . $109,217.99
CASH ACCOUNT Balance February 23, 1949 $25,872.78 Collected 83,345.21
Total $109,217.99 Expenditures: W arrants $89,730.51 Balance March 1950 19,487.48
Total $109,217.99
SINKING FUND Investments: Eastport Savings Bank, Book No. 22088 $ 5,000.00 4 Bonds, Series F. 18,500.00
Total $23,500.00 Bonds are at the First National Bank of Houlton in Safe Deposit Box.
MISCELLANEOUS ACCOUNT Expenditures: Bert Tidd, Janitor $ 20.00 Southard of Bangor ! 5.00 ANNUAL REPORT 13
Arthur Delong, Wood 40.00 Harley Green 10.00 James Larmar 2.00 Houlton Publishing Co., Town Reports 173.28 Marks Printing House 21.00 Maine Municipal Association 40.00 First National Bank, check books and vault 15.26 Chandler Farley, Town Mana ger’s Bond 15.00 Geo. Gentle Co., Ins. 106.24 Chandler Farley, Ins. 466.51 Loring, Short & Harmon 20.25 Ralph Milliken, supplies 4.84 Ralph Milliken, Treasurer bond 17.50 James Archibald 5.00 Stephen Brown, papers 3.00 Amelia Cullins, Mileage 100.00 Mars Hill Pharmacy, Clinic 3.60 D. W. Stackpole, Moderator 5.00 Hutchins Drug Store, Clinic 32.45 Branham Printing Co. 3.00 Kenneth Tidd 17.50 Charles Lynch 17.50 Arnold Sharp 9.52 Del Raymond 20.00 Amelia Cullins, postage on town reports 6.72 Amelia Cullins, record liens and Notices 6.20 New England Telephone & Tele graph Co. 152.93 A. M. Stackpole 17.45 14 ANNUAL REPORT
Donald Doak 7.60 Louis Finemore 3.94 Ralph Milliken, Treasurer Supplies 14.00 H. A. Macllroy, recording vital statistics 19.50 Amelia Cullins, stamps, notices and supplies 50.62 Houlton Publishing Co., tax bills 14.50 Treasurer of State, Audit 95.45
Total $1,562.36 Receipts: Appropriation $1,200.00 Lien Costs 17.70 Dog License Refund 14.72 Telephone 1.00 Bank Stock Tax 31.23 Victualer License 4.00 Rent of Town Hall 200.00 Pool Room License 10.00 Overdraft to summary 83.71
Total $1,562.36
OUTSTANDING BONDS Bonds Outstanding February 23, 1949 $26,000.00 Expenditures: First National Bank of Houlton $ 1,000.00 Bonds Outstanding March 1950 25,000.00
Total $26,000.00 ANNUAL REPORT 15
TOWN DEBT AND INTEREST Balance February 23, 1949 $5,232.69 Interest on Liens and Taxes 278.08
Total $5,510.77 Expenditures: Paid Bond $1,000.00 Interest on School Fund 121.58 Interest on Milliken Trust Fund 32.50 Interest on Bond Issue 845.00 Balance Carried Forward 3,511.69
Total $5,510.77
INTEREST ON MILLIKEN TRUST FUND Expenditures: Bridgewater Cemetery Association $32.50 Trans, to Town Debt and Interest $32.50
INTEREST BOND ISSUE Expenditures : First National Bank of Houlton $845.00 Trans, to Town Debt and Interest $845.00
STATE TAX Appropriated March 1949 $6,085.79 Treasurer of State $6,085.79 16 ANNUAL REPORT
COUNTY TAX Appropriated March 1949 $1,694.78 County Treasurer $1,694.78
BEAR BOUNTY Expenditures: Donald McIntyre $45.00 William Pierce 15.00 Frank Kinney 15.00 Charles Shaw 15.00
Total $90.00 Receipts: Treasurer of State $45.00 Trans, to Acc. Rec. 45.00
Total $90.00
AMERICAN LEGION Appropriated March 1949 $150.00 Paid to Max Park Post 156 $150.00
TOWN CLERK’S REPORT Births 35 Births (Delayed Return) 3 Deaths 19 Marriages 21 HAROLD MacILROY, Town Clerk ANNUAL REPORT 17
ROADS, HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES AND PLOWING ROADS Balance February 23, 1949 $ 385.19 Appropriated 8,000.00 Overdraft Carried Forward 927.30 To Summary 355.44
Total $9,667.93
DETAILS OF SNOW REMOVAL Expenditures: Donald McIntyre $1,109.15 Clair Taylor 735.00 Ingraham’s 13.00 Bangor & Aroostook 1.69 Treasurer of State 262.00 Mrs. Simeon Bell 33.75 Donald Doak 5.40 Robert Jamison 24.78 Louis Finemore 193.90 Collector of Internal Revenue 59.75 Codrey’s Service 5.45 Gerald Slipp 35.00 A. M. Stackpole 26.93 Murray Machinery 301.07 Town of Littleton 110.04 Howard Fairfield 38.71 Donald McIntyre, parts 2.58 Paul Deveau 14.75 William Pierce 21.00 John Stiles 7.50 18 ANNUAL REPORT
Oscar Dalbeck 14.00
Total $3,015.45 Receipts: Treasurer of State $1,027.50 » Trans, to Roads, Highways and Plowing Snow 1,987.95
Total $3,015.45
SNOW FENCE Labor $1,679.00 Material 30.32
Total $1,709.32 Trans, to Roads, Highway and Plowing Roads $1,709.32
BRIDGES Labor $772.00 Bangor & Aroostook Railroad 230.31 Nason & McLaughlin 603.50 Gravel & Misc. 321.49
Total $1,927.30 ANNUAL REPORT 19
STATE AID Labor $6,842.36 Material 1,820.98
Total $8,663.34 Balance February 23, 1949 $1,601.00 Appropriated 1,200.00 Trans, to Acc. Rec. 5,862.34
Total $8,663.34
UNIMPROVED ROADS Expenditures: Labor $2,236.20 Material 294.40
Total $2,530.60 Trans, to Acc. Rec. $2,530.60
SPECIAL RESOLVE Expenditures: Labor $777.50 Material 76.50
Total $854.00 Receipts: Treasurer of State $620.69 To Summary 233.31
Total $854.00 20 ANNUAL REPORT
PACKARD ROAD Expenditures: Labor $2,428.65 Material 315.70
Total $2,744.35 Receipts: Trans, from Excise $1,200.00 Trans, to Acc. Rec. 1,544.35
Total $2,744.35
MAINTENANCE OF ROADS Labor $5,313.02 Material 698.51
Total $6,011.53
Receipts: i County Road and Culvert $ 205.90 Trans, from Excise 600.00 Bureau of Mines, culvert 19.60 Trans, to A|cc. Rec. 1,142.67 Trans, to Roads, Highway, Bridges and Plowing Snow 4,043.36
Total $6,011.53 ANNUAL REPORT 21
AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN Appropriated March 1949 $ 1,200.00 Expenditures: Treasurer of State $263.10 Balance Carried Forward 936.90
Total $1,200.00
DETAILS OF PAYMENT — SUPPORT OF POOR ACCOUNT ROLAND ALLEN: Mae Dyer $520.00 Ralph Milliken . 37.70
Total $557.70 PH AIR ALLEN: Gerald Bradbury $242.00 Arthur Delong 20.00 Ralph Milliken 9.00 Louis Finemore 23.65 Guard Weeks 10.00
Total $304.65 GEORGE PRYOR: Maude McKeen $440.00 Hutchins Drug Store 6.50 Ralph Milliken 7.90
Total $454.40 22 ANNUAL REPORT
CHARLES O’NEAL: Town of Island Falls $371-59 Total $371.59
MANT REID: Arthur Delong $ 20.00 Louis Finemore 127.74 Frank Delong 18.00 Jacob Morse 44.00
Total $209.74
OLD AGE ASSISTANCE (Case No. 1) Mae Dyer $15.00 Dr. Brown 10.00 Hutchins Drug Store .50 Ralph Milliken 2.49 Dr. Gagnon 44.00 Archie Nichols 90.00 Trading Post 2.98
Total $164.97 Unexpended balance carried forward 1,436.95
Total $3,500.00 Appropriated March 1949 $3,500.00 ANNUAL REPORT 23 T
REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS To the School Committee and the Citizens of the Town of Bridgewater: I am happy to present this report of the financial condition of your schools for the year. Schools opened this year with several new teachers and a new organiza tion on the elementary level. The teachers are listed with the grades they are teaching: Sub-Primary & First — Mrs. Hazel Bridges Second — Mrs. Arline Ames Third — Miss Avis Miller Fourth — Mrs. Mildred Kingsbury Fifth — Miss Mabel Lenentine Sixth & Principal — Mr. Ray Oliver Seventh — Mr. Robert Swift Eighth — Miss Jean Thompson Bridgewater Classical Academy Waldron E. Fernald, Prin. — Math and Science Douglas Harrington — Commercial Subjects Coral McCormick — English & Foreign Languages Although some, of these teachers lacked experience at the beginning of the year, they have contributed am bition, enthusiasm and cooperative spirit in such a way as to reflect in the learning of the pupils and great credit to themselves. School Calendar October 3rd — Opening Date October 27th & 28th — Maine Teachers’ Associa tion Convention November 11th — Armistice Day November 24th & 25th — Thanksgiving Recess 24 ANNUAL REPORT
December 23rd — School closes for Christmas Recess January 3rd — Winter Term Begins February 22nd — Washington’s Birthday March 24th — School closes for Spring Recess April 3rd — School re-opens for Spring Term April 19th —• Patriots Day May 30th — Memorial Day June 23rd — School closes for Summer Vacation Our music program is being heartily received by pupils and parents alike. Mr. Bonnin plans a short con cert by the band during March. For a group of boys and girls without previous musical background, this rep resents one of the most outstanding achievements I have ever had an opportunity to witness. Mrs. Starbird’s vo cal groups have come along so rapidly that it is difficult to imagine, while observing them perform, that this is only a beginning. By this date in 1951 the people of Bridgewater should be able to enjoy excellent vocal and instrumental programs by their own boys and girls as good as those in any school. The grading and filling of the elementary play ground is underway and it is not impossible to see this work completed during the coming year. Playground equipment should be provided as soon as possible after its completion. My thanks go out to the various committees and citi zens of the Town for their splendid support in making these educational advances possible. Congratulations on your clear thinking and progress. This year has been one of building, both education ally and physically, and it may be many years before the ANNUAL REPORT 25
rewards of the efforts extended may be fully appreci ated. The rewards of the present in the achievements of the school children to date have justified what has been done. These children are the wealth of the future. I am happy that we are not selling them short. Respectfully submitted, ERWIN A. GALLAGHER Supt. of Schools
FINANCIAL REPORT OF SCHOOL DEPARTMENT COMMON SCHOOLS ACCOUNT Receipts: Unexpended Balance $ 1,367.32 Appropriation 19,000.00 Webster Publishing Co 38.86 Coal Sold 666.41 State School Fund 7,599.27 Ministerial Fund 121.58
$28,793.44 Expended: Teachers: Arline Ames $1,759.80 Reginald Bonnin 274.36 Arline Bradbury 8.00 Hazel Bridges 1,822.96 Mildred Kingsbury 1,050.00 Kathleen Landers 743.40 Mabel Lenentine 1.002.72 Avis Miller 1.002.72 26 ANNUAL REPORT
Ray Oliver 2,515.72 Yvette Pelletier 793.20 Barbara Beals 466.02 Glenna Rush 16.00 Doris Stackpole 24.00 Margaret Starbird 274.36 Robert Swift 1,108.27 Priscilla Smith 8.00 Jean Thompson 1,055.55 Estella Trueworthy 996.00 Waldron Fernald 100.00 Douglas Harrington 100.00
$15,121.08 Fuel: A. E. Babkirk Coal Company $ 782.73 Bangor & Aroostook R. R. 296.16 Richard Carmichael 38.25 Lee Carmichael 7.00 Ellery Collins 10.00 Glen Cook 40.00 Donald Kingsbury 38.25 Maine Coal Sales Co. 639.02 T. H. McGillicuddy 214.41 Hartwell Coal Co. 411.60
$2,477.42
Janitors: Bert Ackerson $1,720.00 Mrs. Albert Burnham 27.00 Dawn Burnham 27.00
$1,774.00 ANNUAL REPORT 27
Conveyance: Fair Allen $ 485.00 Bert Ackerson 132.00 Reginald Bonnin (Travel) 59.38 Margaret Starbird (Travel) 46.17 Guy Prest 1,253.00 Percy Tilley 202.50 Clair Taylor 84.00 Ralph L. Berry Co. 55.05 L. W. Codrey 406.94 D. Doaks Service 286.44 Erwin A. Gallagher (Travel) 95.50 Paul Deveau 537.31 Chandler Farley 309.86 Lewis Finnemore 184.93 Austin Fittz 26.85 M. C. Foster 1.50 Bulley’s Garage 89.30
$4,255.73 Supplies: Bert Ackerson $ 34.44 Edward E. Babb Co. 259.23 Bangor Typewriter Co. 132.50 Barbara Beals 2.33 Berry Paper Company 64.26 Reginald Bonnin 14.00 M. F. Bragdon Paint Co. 6.38 Cambosco Scientific Co. 126.87 Caribou Publishing Co. 1.15 Cascade Paper Co. 68.88 Daye and Wheeler 51.37 C. B. Dolge Co. 81.32 28 ANNUAL REPORT
William E. Downs 5.95 Dunn Furniture Co. 3.14 Waldron E. Fernald 12.13 Erwin A. Gallagher 8.83 The General Detroit Corp. 32.70 Ginn and Company 13.78 Gledhill Brothers 28.47 D. K. Hammett Co. 250.00 J. L. Hammett Co. 85.75 Handy Folio Music Co. 15.00 Douglas Harrington 75.00 Huston-Tuttle Book Co. 32.94 Leo Keenan 15.00 H. B. Knox 4.35 James Lawrence 10.60 Gordon Lewis 50.80 Loring, Short & Harmon 825.71 Maine Public Service Co. 405.72 Mars Hill School District 16.50 Mars Hill View 29.14 McCormick-Mathers Publish ing Co. 24.20 M. D. McGrath 5.40 Donald J. McKay 138.35 Ralph Milliken 2.78 Allan H. Murray 15.74 National School Record House 6.28 New England Tel. & Tel. Co. 124.29 Northern Maine Sports Shop 95.40 A. J. Nystrom 20.64 O’Donnell’s Express 7.45 Papercrafters 42.48 Rand McNally 34.96 Rochester Germicide Co. 23.31 ANNUAL REPORT
School Playground 186.81 Southard of Bangor 107.01 Treasurer of State 6.00 World Book Co. 4.09
$3,609.43
jxtbooks: • Allyn and Bacon Co. $ 11.67 American Book Co. .69 Appleton-Century-Crofts, Inc. 4.74 Beckley-Cardy Co. 83.76 Bobbs-Merrill Co. 13.50 Boston Music Co. 7.78 Doubleday & Company 55.00 Emerson Books, Inc. 2.52 Encyclopaedia Britannica 5.90 Ginn and Company 75.96 Handy Folio Music Co. 14.04 D. C. Heath & Co. 123.83 H. R. Hunting Co. 3.09 Iroquois Publishing Co. 18.88 Junior Magazine 5.00 MacMillan Company 53.04 McGraw - Hill Book Co. 2.12 F. A. Owen Publishing Co. 35.00 Rand McNally & Co. 55.50 Republic Book Co. 2.25 A. B. Rider Associates 7.70 Scott, Foresman Co. 92.69 Silver Burdett 220.13 Southwestern Publishing Co. 14.57 Fred L. Tower Company 10.00 Webster Publishing Co. 77.72 30 ANNUAL REPORT
John C. Winston Co. 61.20
$1,058.28 Total Expenditures $28,295.94
Balance $ 497.50
SECONDARY TUITION Appropriation $4,000.00 Expended, Bridgewater Academy $4,000.00
SUPERINTENDENT Receipts: Unexpended Balance $ 10.85 Appropriation 760.00
$770.85 Expended 826.77
Overdraft $ 55.92
SCHOOL BUS ACCOUNT Unexpended Balance $350.00 Expended $350.00 ANNUAL REPORT 31
BRIDGEWATER SCHOOL DISTRICT Appropriated March 1950 $12,000.00 Treasurer of Bridgewater School District $12,000.00
BRIDGEWATER SCHOOL DISTRICT BONDS Bonds Outstanding March 1949 $21,000.00 Expenditures: First National Bank of Houlton $ 1,000.00 Bonds Outstanding March 1950 20,000.00
Total $21,000.00
MINISTERIAL SCHOOL FUND Ministerial School Fund due from General Fund $2,026.33 March 1950 $2,026.33
SECONDARY TUITION Appropriated $4,000.00 Paid Bridgewater Classical Academy $4,000.00
BRIDGEWATER SCHOOL DISTRICT R. M. Milliken, Treas. Feb. 21, 1949, Balance on Hand $ 835.38 Received from Town Treasurer 12,000.00 32 ANNUAL REPORT
Received from L. F. Finemore, old brick 2.50
$12,837.88
Cash Disbursements: First National Bank, Houlton, Bond $1,000.00 First National Bank, Houlton, Interest 682.50 Chandler Farley, Insurance 242.08 Smith Brothers 1,476.66 Green Mitchell & Son, Repairs furnace 340.20 Thomaston Steel Works, Fire Escape 650.00 Daye & Wheeler, lumber 112.05 R. M. Milliken, Bond 17.50 Otis Delong, labor 557.40 Merle Delong, labor - 501.00 Bert Ackerson, labor 375.00 Earl McDonald, labor 336.00 A. B. Giberson, lumber 31.00 A. M. Stackpole Co., hardware and supplies 2,699.34 Sherman Lumber Co., lumber 1,069.20 H. A. Macllroy, Insurance 310.32 Clifford Spicer, labor 15.00 N. W. Downing & Son Co., lumber 40.83 R. M. Milliken, Insurance 324.48 Gerald Bradbury, sanding floors 39.00 George W. Delong, lumber 10.50 First National Bank, Check book 3.42 Arnold Sharp, labor and repairs 53.59 A. L. Bugbee, Pump 36.80 J. L. Hammett Co., seats and black boards 737.62 ANNUAL REPORT 33
R. M. Milliken, 1941-50 Expense, Treasurer 25.00 Arthur Delong, labor 19.00
$11,705.49 Balance on hand, Feb. 25, 1950 1,132.39
$12,837.88 The sum of $8,250.38 was expended for completing the second floor in the intermediate School Building.
EXCISE TAX Excise Tax Collected for 1949-1950 $7,022.66 Expenditures: Trans, to Common Roads $ 600.00
Trans, to Packard Road 1, 200.00 Trans, to Net Surplus 5,222.66
Total $7,022.66
SKATING RINK Balance February 23, 1949 $ 287.50 Appropriated, March 1949 300.00
Total $587.50 Balance March 1950 $587.50 34 ANNUAL REPORT
OVERLAY 1949 Overlay $1,289.81 Trans, to Net Surplus $1,289.81
CEMETERY TRUST FUND E. E. Milliken Est. (Town Treasury) $1,000.00 Mrs. Theodore Parks Est. (North ern National Bank) 103.42 Bank 200.00
$1,303.42
BRIDGEWATER CEMETERY ACCOUNT Appropriated March 1949 $350.00 Paid to Bridgewater Cemetery Assoc. $350.00
REPORT OF BRIDGEWATER CEMETERY ASSOC. Received: From the Town $350.00 From Assessments 318.00 Perpetual Care 100.00 Int. from Milliken Trust Fund 32.50 [nt. from Bonds 16.25 On Hand March 1, 1949 28.39
$ 845.14 ANNUAL REPORT 35
Expenditures: Guy Prest Care $602.00 Series G Bond 100.00 Secretary Fees 25.00 Donald Doak, Sharpening Mowers 23.10 Perpetual Markers 15.00 Guard Weeks, Gas and Oil 9.00 A. M. Stackpole Co., Supplies 5.80 Postage 4.96 H. A. Tompkins, Grass Seed 2.25
$787.11
On Hand March 1, 1950 $ 58.03 GLADYS MacILROY, Sec.
FIRE DEPARTMENT ACCOUNT Expenditures: Bert Tidd, Janitor $ 70.00 James Larmar, labor 36.00 Frank Delong, wood 60.00 Murray Foster, repairs 27.25 Bangor & Aroostook Railroad 5.41 Eastern Fire Equipment 64.25 Arnold Sharp, freight on pump 36.48 Herman Brewer, labor 30.75 Clarence McCleary, labor 17.50 Charles Kinney, labor 21.00 Leon Burtt, labor 28.40 Arnold Sharp, labor and parts 190.90 Albert Parks, labor 7.00 Allison Britton 15.00 36 ANNUAL REPORT
Mars Hill View 3.90 Donald Roak 10.50 A. M .Stackpole V 47.78 Amelia Cullins, freight on hose 1.57 Chandler Farley, Ins. 90.64 W. S. Darley & Co. 1,018.00 Firemen Salaries 600.00 Bristol Woodworking Co. Ltd. 19.00 Gerald Bradbury 6.00 Maine Public Service 32.93 New England Tel. & Tel. Co. 38.22 John Watson 11.22 Daye & Wheeler 1.35 Linton Codrey 29.97 Ralph Berry 13.10 Ingraham’s 8.30 Arnold Sharp, Fire Chief 175.00 Donald MacKay 28.00 Paul Deveau 38.96 George Raymond, labor 22.00 Guard Weeks 5.92 Blanchard Associates, Inc. 47.30 Leroy Burtt 2.00 Kenneth Tidd 10.50 Charles Lynch 15.50 M. C. Foster 7.50 Milford Bridges 3.00 Presque Isle Home Service 143.55 Arnold Sharp, parts 9.35
Total $3,051.00 Balance February 23, 1949 $ 366.26 Appropriated 1,000.00 Trans, from Net Surplus 1,500.00 ANNUAL REPORT 37
Donald Stackpole 10.00 Town of Bridgewater, wood for pauper 20.00 Overdraft to summary 154.74
Total $3,051.00 ARNOLD SHARP, Fii
ACCOUNT RECEIVABLE Balance February 23, 1949 $ 97.84 Bear Bounty, State 45.00 State, Pauper 2,322.19 Perry Carmichael, Road 296.78 State, Roads 10,783.18
Total $13,544.99 Receipts: State, Bear Bounty $ 30.00 Roads 5,868.86 State Paupers 2,216.87 Balance March 1950 5,429.26
Total $13,544.99
1949 UNCOLLECTED TAXES
Allen, Albert $157.00 Allen, Alma 277.20 Allen, Milton 65.92 Allen, Phair 7.48 Antworth, Herbert 2.20 38 ANNUAL REPORT
Beals, Byron 163.92 Black, Linwood 69.96 Bulley, Beecher - 52.40 Bulley, Kenneth 7.48 Burlock, Harvey 7.48 Carmichael, Richard 90.20 Craig, Basil 11.80 Curtis, Frank 5.20 Durgins, I. V. Heirs 17.60 Davis, Wilson 22.80 Esty, Elwood 27.20 Farley, Edgar 20.60 Farley, Mary 30.80 Finnemore, Eric 7.48 Foster, Maurice 2.20 Foster, Murray 2.20 Gee, Harry 5.20 Grass, Louis 216.48 Grass, Reuben 346.28 Green, Ashel 9.60 Green, Harley 9.60 Green, Irene 17.60 Hallett, Ashley 3.00 Hartley, George 18.40 Holmes, Harold 2.20 Hotham, Horace 3.00 Jamison, Perley 111.42 Jamison, Ray and Florence 72.60 Jamison, Ray 2.20 Keegan, Ernest 3.00 Kingsbury, Scholley 14.00 Kinney, Austin 27.28 Kinney, Bessie 26.40 Kinney, Isiah, paid after books closed 51.40 ANNUAL REPORT 39
Kinney, Ralph 14.00 Landers, Samuel and Kathleen 87.12 LaCroix, Antonio 5.20 Lewis, Gordon 3.00 Lewis, Vada 57.20 Lacombe, Theodore 16.20 McDonald, Earl 2.20 McCleary, Lester 49.20 McCleary, Willis 5.20 McCleary, Richard 464.64 McIntyre, Beecher 3.00 McIntyre, Roland 5.20 McIntyre, Walter 16.55 McKinnon, Earl 197.56 McKinnon, Lloyd, paid after books closed 225.70 McNinch, Harvey 9.60 McNinch, Raymond 3.00 McNinch, Robert 3.00 McNinch, Roy 5.20 McNinch, Calvin 3.00 Murphy, Milan 60.20 Nelson, Llewellyn 69.60 Parks, Guy 63.80 Parks, Philip 7.48 Parks, Warren 3.00 Pierce, Wendell and Marie 20.00 Pierce, Wendell 112.20 Pryor, Ellie 5.20 Randall, Paul 2.20 Raymond, Cecil 3.00 Raymond, Delbert D. 36.00 Raymond, George 31.60 Slipp, Gerald 212.00 40 ANNUAL REPORT
Stickney, Randolph 2.20 Stiles, Percy ' 11.00 Stitham, Lawrence and Edna - 113.86 Tapley, Howard 22.80 Tidd, Olin 5.20 Tidd, Olin and Mae 25.70 Finnemore, Leonard 8.80 Swett, G. A. 17.60 Tuttle, Calvin Jr. 105.60
Total Outstanding- $ 4,103.59 Collected 60,866.92 Abatements 37.00 Discounts 861.87
Total $65,869.38 1949 Commitment $65,869.38
1948 UNCOLLECTED TAXES
Burlock, Harvey $ 7.48 Finemore, Eric 2.20 Foster, Maurice 2.20 Green, Ashel 11.54 Hallett, Ashley 3.00 Hawthorne, James 8.80 Lewis, Gordon 3.00 MacDonald, Earl 2.20 Pryor, Ellie 5.20 Finnemore, Leonard 8.80
Total Outstanding $ 54.42 Collected 1,485.64 ANNUAL REPORT 41
Liens 238.50 Abated 3.00
Total $1,781.56 Balance February 23, 1949 $1,781.56
1947 UNCOLLECTED TAXES Burns, Fred $ 19.60 Foster, Maurice 2.00 Lewis, Gordon 13.00 Pryor, Elbe 5.00
Total Outstanding $ 39.60 Collected 30.00
Total $ 69.60 Balance February 23, 1949 $ 69.60
1946 UNCOLLECTED TAXES Burns, Fred $ 21.38 Balance February 23, 1949 $ 21.38
1948 TAX LIENS Craig, Basil $ 5.30 I. V. Durgins, Heirs 17.60 42 ANNUAL REPORT
Tuttle, Calvin Jr. 105.50
Total $128.50 Collected 110.00
Total $238.50 Liens Recorded $238.50
1947 TAX LIENS Trans. To Real Estate $ 16.00 Collected 241.20
Total $257.20 Balance February 23, 1949 $257.20
1949 SUPPLEMENTALS 1949 Supplemental Collected $ 50.80 Paid To: Town of Webster $ 3.00 Trans, to Net Surplus 47.80
Total $ 50.80
1948 SUPPLEMENTALS 1948 Supplementals Collected $308.60 Paid to: Town of Swanville $ 3.00 Trans, to Net Surplus 305.60
Total $308.60 ANNUAL REPORT 43
1947 SUPPLEMENTALS 1947 Supplemental Collected $240.00 Trans, to Net Surplus $240.00
ABATEMENTS 1949: Prank MacDonald $ 3.00 Charles McKeen 2.20 Arrol Smith 5.20 Raymond Goodwin 5.20 Fred Marsh 3.00 Arthur Delong 18.40
$ 37.00 1948: Hartley, Ronald 3.00 Total 3.00 Discounts 861.87 Balance Carried Forward 60.13
Total $962.00 Balance March 1949 $162.00 Appropriated March 1949 800.00
Total $962.00
TOWN PROPERTY EXPIRED TAX LIENS Roy Lenentine Anthony Folk George Haines I. V. Durgins Heirs Balance March 1949 $270.98 44 ANNUAL REPORT
Tax Liens Expired 16.00
Total $286.98 Collected $ 7.50 Balance March 1950 279.48
Total $286.98
NET-SURPLUS Balance February 23, 1949 $12,962.20 1949 Supp. 47.80 1948 Supp. 305.60 1947 Supp. 240.00 Bond 1,000.00 Excise 5,222.66 f
Total $21,068.07 Trans, to Fire Dept. Acct. $1,500.00 A Discounts 14.26 Overdrafts 733.88 i Total $21,068.07
AUDITOR’S REPORT October 6, 1949 Board of Selectmen Bridgewater, Maine Gentlemen: In accordance with Chapter 16, Section 3, Revised Statutes of 1944, and at your request, the records of the
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Town of Bridgewater have been audited by the State De partment of Audit for the period February 25, 1948 to Feb ruary 23, 1949 inclusive. The examination was made by Auditor M. E. Libby in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards ap plicable in the circumstances, and included all procedures which were considered necessary. Insofar as could be ascer tained within the scope of the examination, the financial transactions of the Town appear to have been appropriate ly handled, with such exception as may be noted in the ac companying 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, FRED M. BERRY, State Auditor
COMMENTS February 25, 1948 to February 23, 1949 ASSETS The cash balance of $25,872.78, as reflected by the records of the Treasurer at February 23, 1949, was reconcil ed with the bank statement furnished by the First Nation al Bank of Houlton. An analysis of cash receipts and bank deposits indicat ed that all recorded cash receipts had been deposited in the bank promptly. Disbursements were made by check from properly au thorized warrants issued by the Selectmen. $ 1
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Accounts receivable consisted of accounts due from the State for bear bounties, an old poor account and an amount due from another town for care of poor. The 1948 tax commitment was added and checked in detail with the records of the Assessors. Of this commit ment 97% was accounted for by cash collections, discounts, and abatements. Of the prior years’ taxes receivable, 98% was accounted for by cash collections, abatements, and transfers to tax liens. As detailed lists of all taxes receiv able were published in the annual Town report, no requests for verifications were mailed to the taxpayers whose ac counts were outstanding at the year end. Cash collections on account of tax liens were traced to the credit of the individual accounts. All unredeemed tax liens were examined. During the year, matured tax liens amounting to $48.50 were transferred to the tax acquired property ac count. Sales of tax acquired property amounted to $925.47 and cancellation by the Selectmen of matured liens amounted to $314.04. The sinking fund investments consisted of $5,000.00 on deposit at the Eastport Savings Bank and U. S. Government Series F Bonds in the amount of $18,500.00 carried at cost. These bonds are carried at cost only as they are expected to be held until maturity at which time the full amount of appreciation will be taken. The bonds were verified by physical examination.
LIABILITIES The bonded indebtedness of the Town was reduced during the year to $26,000.00, by payment of $1,000.00 ap propriated for this purpose. A balance of $5,000.00, shown in the appropriation balances carried forward, is available for debt reduction. ANNUAL REPORT 47
RESERVES AND SURPLUS The reserve for authorized expenditures represents the amount of appropriation account balances carried forward to the ensuing year for expenditure. The unappropriated surplus represents the excess of the assets over the liabilities and reserves. This account was increased by $8,687.13 during the year. The principal factors contributing to this increase were the net gain from operations and the retirement of the bond.
TRUST FUNDS One Cemetery Perpetual Care Fund is on deposit at the Mars Hill Bank but the income has not been expended. The Milliken Cemetery Trust Fund, shown as due from the General Fund was originally turned over to the Town in form of a Town order. Interest on this Fund was trans ferred from the interest account to the Cemetery account. Interest on the Ministerial and School Fund was also trans ferred to the School Fund. Attention of the Municipal Officers is directed to the requirements of Chapter 80, Section 106 of the Revised Statutes of 1944 regulating the investment of all trust funds.
REVENUE AND EXPENDITURES A statement of revenue and expenditures is presented in this report which presents a consolidated analysis of the result of the operations for the current year. This statement reflects a net gain from operations of $8,001.17, which was transferred to unappropriated surplus.
GENERAL The 1948 excise tax receipts, numbers 256 to 597 and 48 ANNUAL REPORT those for 1949 number 1 to 199 were added and it was deter mined that the amount collected had been deposited with the Treasurer. Invoices and payrolls covering one month’s expendi-1 tures were examined in detail with no exceptions being not ed. Corporate surety bonds furnished by the Treasurer, Town Manager, and Tax Collector were found on file.
COMPARATIVE BALANCE SHEET GENERAL FUND Exhibit A .ASSETS: Feb. 23,1949 Feb. 24,1948 Cash in Bank $25,872.78 $20,143.01 Accounts Receivable (Schedule A-l) 97.84 395.36 Taxes Receivable (Schedule A-2) 1,872.54 5,902.56 Tax Liens (Sched. A-3) 257.20 247.25 Tax Acquired Property (Schedule A-4) 270.98 1,461.99 Sinking Fund: Investments (Schedule A-5) 23,500.00 13,174.89
Total, General Fund $51,871.34 $41,325.06 LIABILITIES: Bonds Payable (Sched. A-6) $26,000.00 $27,000.00 Due Trust Funds 3,026.33 3,026.33
Total Liabilities $29,026.33 $30,026.33 ANNUAL REPORT 49
RESERVES: Reserve for Authorized Expenditures (Exh. D) 9,882.81 7,023.66 SURPLUS: Unappropriated (Exh. C) 12,962.20 4,275.07
Total, General Fund $51,871.34 $41,325.06
TRUST FUNDS ASSETS: Time Deposits (Sched. A-7) $ 114.36 $ 113.79 Due from General Fund (Schedule A-7) 3,026.33 3,026.33
Total—Trust Funds $ 3,140.69 $ 3,140.12
LIABILITIES: Principals (Sched. A-7) $ 3,126.33 $ 3,126.33 Income (Schedule A-7) 14.36 13.79
Total— Trust Funds $ 3,140.69 $ 3,140.12
Exhibit B STATEMENT OF REVENUE AND EXPENDITURES Year Ended February 23, 1949 Revenue: Tax Commitment $63,381.19 Supplemental Taxes 143.31 Excise Taxes 6,071.86 State of Maine 9,325.28 Rentals 405.25 50 ANNUAL REPORT
Poor Accounts 134.18 Licenses 14.00 Tax Lien Costs ; 18.70 Plowing Driveways 31.00 Rentals 30.00 Sale of School Fuel and Supplies 1,219.03 School Conveyance 208.25 Skating Rink Donations 50.00 Interest 264.27
Total Revenue $81,296.32 Deduct: Revenue Applicable to Appropriation Carrying Balances 2,859.15
Total $78,437.17
Expenditures: General Government $ 3,802.72 Protection 1,658.74 Health 139.00 Highways 9,171.75 Charities 5,475.66 Education 39,347.25 Interest • 910.00 Municipal Indebtedness 1,000.00 Cemetery 350.00 Special Assessment 6,639.84 Unclassified 1,003.13 Abatements and Discounts 937.91
Total Expenditures $70,436.00
Net Gain from Operations $ 8,001.17 ANNUAL REPORT 51
1950 BUDGET COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS Support of Schools $19,500.00 Free High School 4,000.00 School Supt. 900.00 Support of Poor 3,500.00 Miscellaneous 1,200.00 Police Protection 150.00 Bridgewater School District 4,000.00 Town Officers Salaries 2,600.00 Street Lights 700.00 Abatements and Discounts 800.00 Support of Fire Dept. 3,100.00 American Legion 50.00 State Aid Construction 1,066.00 Cemeteries 350.00 Health Nursing 89.00 Anti-Tuberculosis 50.00 Road, Sidewalks and Plowing Winter Roads 8,500.00
Total $50,655.00
WARRANT To Louis P. Finemore, Constable of the Town of Bridge- water, Maine: GREETINGS: In the name of the State of Maine, you are hereby re quested to notify and warn the inhabitants of the said Town of Bridgewater, qualified to vote in Town Affairs, to assem ble at the High School Auditorium in the Town of Bridge- water on Monday, March 20, 1950 at 9 o’clock in the fore noon to act on the following Articles to wit: 52 ANNUAL REPORT
Art. 1. To choose a Moderator to act at said meet ing. 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, March 3, 1950. Art. 4. To see if the Town will vote to adopt the Town Manager form of government for the ensuing muni cipal year under Chap. 80, Sec. 16, RS. 1944. 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 author ize 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 in cluding Supplies, Textbooks and Band. 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 Stu dents. ANNUAL REPORT 53
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 what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the Miscellaneous Ac count. Art. 13. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for Police Protection. Art. 14. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the Bridgewater School District. Art. 15. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for Town Officers’ Salaries. Art. 16. To choose a Road Commissioner for the en suing year, or instruct the Selectmen to appoint in accord ance with Chap. 80, Sec. 20 of the RS. of 1944 and pass any and all votes necessary respecting the same.
Art. 17. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for lighting of Village Streets for the ensuing year. Art. 18. 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 determined and if so, what per cent of discount, also to fix a time and rate of interest on taxes remaining unpaid. I Art. 19. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for Abatements and Dis counts. Art. 20. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for Firemen’s Salaries and Support of Fire Department. 54 ANNUAL REPORT
Art. 21. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for Memorial Services to be expended by the American Legion. Art. 22. 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 Sec. 25 and 29 Chap. 20 RS. 1944 as amended. Art. 23. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Superintending School Committee and Superintendent of Schools to discontinue the Sub-primary and Kindergarten grade or grades in the Common Schools. Art. 24. To see if the Town will vote to transfer the sum of five hundred eighty-seven dollars and fifty cents ($587.50) from Skating Rink Account to Band Account. Art. 25. 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 of land which have been forfeited to the Town for non-payment of taxes. Art. 26. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to bring writs of entry for the recovery and possession of such lands (parcels) as have been conveyed to the Town for non-payment of taxes and time of redemp tion having expired. Art. 27. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the upkeep of cemeteries for the ensuing year. Art. 28. To see what action the Town will take in regard to renting of the Town Hall. ANNUAL REPORT 55
Art. 29. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap propriate the sum of eighty-nine dollars ($89) for public health nursing in Bridgewater. Said sum to be expended by the State Bureau of Health, for local service.
Art. 30. To see what action the Town will take re garding Snow Removal from roads during the winter 1950- 1951 and to pass any and all votes necessary respecting same.
Art. 31. 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 of the Town, according to the books, as of the end of the last fiscal year, to a Sinking Fund reserve, for the purpose of paying outstanding Bridgewater School District Bonds, said Selectmen and Town Treasurer to have the right to pay such numbers of Bonds and at such time as they believe to be most advisable.
Art. 32. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap propriate 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. 33. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for Roads, Bridges, Sidewalks and Plowing Winter Roads.
Art. 34. To see if the Town will vote to purchase and install a new furnace in the Town Hall; and, if so, what sum of money will the Town vote to raise and appropriate for same. 56 ANNUAL REPORT
Art. 35. To see whether or not the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Twenty-five Dollars ($25) to be paid to the State of Maine Publicity Bureau to be ex pended by the Bureau as in accordance of Chap. 80, Sec. 95 of the Revised Statutes.
Art. 36. To see what action the Town will take in regard to Snow Removal from that part of Tannery Street, beginning at Tilley’s home and continuing easterly, over the Sharps’ Mill Bridge and hill so-called to the junction of the Boundary Line Road.
Art. 37. To see what action the Town will take in regard to Snow Removal from the Sargent Road so-called running along the' North Line of Bridgewater, beginning at the Gallupe Farm and continuing West to road leading to Robinson Village and to pass any and all votes necessary respecting this piece of road.
The Selectmen give notice that they will be in session at the High School Auditorium at eight o’clock in the fore noon of the day of said meeting for the purpose of correct ing the list of voters.
LOUIS F. FINEMORE GERALD A. BRADBURY D. W. STACKPOLE HOWARD NELSON Selectmen of Bridgewater, Mainer
A true copy, Attest: LOUIS F. FINEMORE Constable of the Town of Bridgewater, Maine