Fourteenth Annual Report of the Municipal Officers of the Town of Dover-Foxcroft Ainem for the Year 1935-36 Dover-Foxcroft M( E.)
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The University of Maine DigitalCommons@UMaine Maine Town Documents Maine Government Documents 1935 Fourteenth Annual Report of the Municipal Officers of the Town of Dover-Foxcroft aineM for the Year 1935-36 Dover-Foxcroft M( e.) Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/towndocs Repository Citation Dover-Foxcroft M( e.), "Fourteenth Annual Report of the Municipal Officers of the Town of Dover-Foxcroft aineM for the Year 1935-36" (1935). Maine Town Documents. 6296. https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/towndocs/6296 This Report is brought to you for free and open access by DigitalCommons@UMaine. It has been accepted for inclusion in Maine Town Documents by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@UMaine. For more information, please contact [email protected]. FOURTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MUNICIPAL OFFICERS OF THE TOW N OF DOVER-FOXGROFT MAINE i FOR THE YEAR 1935 from Feb. 20, 1935 to Feb. 20, 1936 Observer Publishing Company Dover-Foxcroft, Maine Town Officers, 1935-1936 Moderator H. R. WILLIAMS Municipal Board of Mothers’ Aid L. M. SNOW, 3 years 0. L. EVANS, 2 years LILLA P. HAYES, 1 year Selectmen, Assessors and Overseers of the Poor H. R. WILLIAMS, 1 year WALLACE DOW, 2 years L. M, SNOW, 3 years Mayo Memorial Hospital Trustees Elected by town: SARA M. GLIDDEN CLAIR A. RUNNALS Elected by Selectmen: HARVEY R. WILLIAMS Town Clerk HELEN F. DYER Treasurer HERBERT C. SAWYER Collector CHARLES E. WASHBURN Road Commissioner CLARENCE M. MARSHALL School Committee MRS. HARRIET LADD, 3 years V. L. WARREN, 2 years HAROLD M. HAYES, 1 year Superintendent of Schools PERRY F. SHIBLES Auditor MALCOLM C. ARNOLD Constables CHARLES E. WASHBURN, FRANK E. CHANDLER ELMER R. CHENEY WILLIAM R. CLARKE EBEN B. KIMBALL LEON B. HOWARD Police Officer HAROLD E. TRUE 1 Board of Health A. M. CARLETON, 3 years W. P. SHERBURNE, 2 years WALTER A. WHITTEMORE, 1 year Health Officer WALTER A. WHITTEMORE Plumbing Inspector W. P. SHERBURNE Milk Inspector WALTER A. WHITTEMORE Surveyors of Logs and Lumber OMAR MERRILL C. A. MERRILL IRA A. DOORE I. R. HOLMES A. 0. ROBBINS J. J. FOLSOM Surveyors of Wood and Bark A. 0. ROBBINS C. A. MERRILL OMAR MERRILL J. J. FOLSOM GEO. W. HARVEY Town Weighers A. O. ROBBINS WM. H. BURDICK KEITH MERRILL Fence Viewers GEO. E. PACKARD C. G. CROCKER C. W. BOLTON Pound Keepers C. A. FOSS ROBERT HARVEY C. H. GRAY Sealer of Weights and Measures JOHN E. AMES Weighers for M. C. R. R. C. L. JENKINS ALLIE G. BUTLER FRANK CARSLEY / U9381 Surveyor of Lumber for Stowell-MacGregor Corp. CARL BEEDY Fire Wardens L. M. SNOW H. R. WILLIAMS WALLACE DOW C. W. BOLTON LINWOOD HATHORN I. R. HOLMES FRANK H. WHITTIER Dog Officer ARTHUR D. FOWLES Sextons Lee Cemetery A. A. ADAMS Parsons Cemetery A, A. ADAMS Center Cemetery W. A. BRAGG Boss Cemetery GEORGE MEAD McAllister Cemetery JOHN WARREN Dover Village Cemetery M. D. POOLE Pine Grove Cemetery F. E. FRENCH East Dover Cemetery JOHN P. DOW Gray Cemetery C. H. GRAY South Dover Cemetery GEO. H. MERRILL Budget Committee C. H. GRAY I. A. DOORE LEROY DOW JOHN MARSH M. A. SANBORN W. B. SMITH ERVIN W. EDGERLY THOMPSON GUERNSEY MAYNARD BEAL A. L. LIBBY W. A. BURGESS ■ TOWN OF DOVER-FOXCROFT 5 Report of Assessors VALUATION AND POLLS, APRIL 1, 1935 Number of polls taxed 1,101 Number of polls, not taxed 84 Valuation of resident real estate $1,933,225.00 Valuation of non-resident real estate 453,945.00 Total Valuation of resident and non-resident real estate $2,387,170.00 Valuation of resident personal estate $256,734.00 Valuation of non-resident personal estate 149,175.00 Total valuation of resident and non-resident personal estate 405,909.00 Total of all estates • $2,793,079.00 Rate of taxation, 45 mills Amount raised by Town $98,604.00 State Tax 20,861.48 County Tax 4,434.65 Interest on school fund 156.14 Overlay 4,935.63 Supplementary Tax 76.88 Total Assessment $ 129,068.78 PERSONAL PROPERTY, LIVE STOCK 275 horses and mules valued at $26,940.00 788 cows 23,175.00 6 oxen 295.00 215 three year olds 5,270.00 280 two year olds 5,400.00 140 sheep (over 35 in number) 560.00 6 ANNUAL REPORT 2330 poultry (over 50 in number) 1,398.00 Total $ 63,038.00 OTHER KINDS OF PERSONAL PROPERTY Stock in Trade $197,175.00 Stocks and bonds 1, 000.00 Small boats 3.915.00 Wood and bark 820.00 307 Musical instruments 15.400.00 Furniture 7.750.00 Materials in stock 60,000.00 Other property 28.546.00 Radios 28.265.00 Total, other kinds Personal Property $342,871.00 Total, live stock and poultry 63,038.00 Total amount of Personal Property $405,909.00 * EXEMPT LIVE STOCK AND POULTRY 200 one year olds $2,630.00 474 sheep 1,896.00 116 swine 1,143.00 3000 poultry 1,800.00 Total $7,469.00 INVENTORY OF TOWN PROPERTY HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT 1 Rock Crusher 1,500.00 1 Steam Roller 1,400.00 1 Steam Boiler 600.00 1 Road Machine (Horse) 100.00 3 Trucks 700.00 1 Road Machine (Tractor) 100.00 1 Water Sprinkler 100.00 1 Oil Sprinkler Tank 100.00 2 Road Drags 50.00 1 Wheel Scraper 50.00 1 Road Plow 25.00 1 Grader (2 Horse) 100.00 TOWN OF DOVER--FOXCROFT 2 Tar Kettles 150.00 1 Snow Roller 100.00 1 Gravel Loader 600.00 1 Sidewalk Plow (Horse) 25.00 1 Dow Calcium Spreader 40.00 1 Snow Plow, M.M. 3,500.00 Tool sheds and garage 3,500.00 McCormick Deering Tractor 800.00 Small Tools 150.00 Total 13,690.00 SCHOOL DEPARTMENT New School Building 28,000.00 North St. School Building 25,000.00 Pleasant St. School Building 25,000.00 Gilman School Building 100.00 East Dover School Building 5,000.00 South Dover School Building 2,500.00 Norton Hill School Building 1,500.00 Bear Hill School Building 2,500.00 Brockway School Building 2,000.00 Macomber School Building 2,000.00 93,600.00 Fair Grounds & Buildings 3,500.00 Central Hall 25,000.00 Town Farm 6,400.00 Gravel Pits 150.00 Mayo Memorial Hospital 20,000.00 Hospital Equipment 5,000.00 60.050.00 Total Inventory 167,340.00 H. R. WILLIAMS WALLACE DOW L. M. SNOW Assessors. 8 ANNUAL REPORT Report of the Overseers of Poor Town Farm Account CR. Board of inmates: Days Board Frank Douglass 365 $365.00 Joe Lessor 365 365.00 Expense 1.78 Mrs. Atkinson 365 365.00 Wm. McKenney 365 365.00 .^Charles Davidson 347 347.00 ^✓ George Taylor 349 349.00 Frank Gilman 25 25.00 Elmer Shattuck 88 88.00 Total 2,269 2,270.78 2,270.78 PAID: F. N. Johnston, Supt. 658.90 Supplies 1,520.09 , Repairs 12.92 2,191.91 Credits above expense 78.87 FARM CASH ACCOUNT Cash balance, Feb. 20, 1935 41.98 Receipts from sale of farm 490.80 532.78 Expenditures, feed, groc., miscel. 544.25 Deficit charged to 1936 11.47 ANNUAL INVENTORY Inventory, Feb. 1935, Total 2,020.70 Inventory, Feb. 1936 7 cows 350.00 1 two year old 35.00 3 calves 45.00 1 bull, 61^ feet 50.00 2 horses 200.00 30 hens 30.00 14 T. Hay 112.00 6 T. Straw 20.00 TOWN OF DOVER-FOXCROFT 9 320 bu. Potatoes 560.00 200 bu. Oats 100.00 70 barrels 30.00 6 cd. wood 42.00 325 cakes ice 16.00 Machinery 600.00 2,190.00 Increase 169.30 SUMMARY OF FARM ACCOUNTS 1935 DR. PAID: By Treasurer’s Warrants 2,191.91 From cash on hand Feb. 1935 41.98 From cash receipts during 1935 490.80 • Total Expenditures 2,724.69 Cash deficit charged to 1936 farm account 11.47 2,736.16 CR. Increase in inventory 169.30 Cash receipts for 1935 490.80 660.10 Net cost of Farm to Town for year 1935 2,076.06 ASSETS AS OF FEBRUARY 20, 1936 Due Welfare Department Due From: Case Amount Springfield Fred Leteure family 450.63 Eagle Lake Doris Albert 312.01 Walter Smart 585.73 Auburn Mary Pearl 188.86 Garland Harry Skillin Balance due on town orders 66.04 Lincoln Perley Stevens 483.86 Abbot Everett Hodsdon 12.00 Milo Harry Holland 493.68 Herman Heath 491.46 Brown ville John Smith 28.38 Harmony Anna Quimby 316.38 / 10 ANNUAL REPORT South Paris Lucie Parlin 34.71 Bowerbank Sherman Badger 14.48 Exeter Eugene Demmons 55.53 Merle Demmons 25.93 State Alfred Crocker. 21.87 Ray Metheny 54.00 Mettie Clark 44.41 Mary Nicholas 19.00 Peter Nicholas 24.38 John Ronco, Jr. 20.00 Fred White Family 48.20 Evelyn Pike 15.52 Annie Heilner 26.01 Service Man 17.68 Albert Boyce 20.00 Service Man 18.43 Undetermined Henry Badger 239.33 Ora Mann 46.75 Total 4,175.26 NOTE: Approximately $2,500.00 should be avail able in the near future. At the present time we have three families on relief in other towns, one in Milo, one in Parkman and one in Belfast; we also have one single person in Portland, on relief at a very small expense. CANNING CENTER The canning center this year was located in the Hughes building on Mechanic Street under the super vision of Mrs.