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One Hundred and Thirty-ninth Annual Report ofthe Town of Farmington by the Municipal OfficersIncluding Report of Superintendent of Schools forthe Year Ending February 6, 1933Farmington (Me.)

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One Hundred and Thirty-ninthi

A n n u a l R e p o r t

OF THE

TO W N OF FARM INGTON

BY THE

M u n ic ip a l O f f ic e r s

INCLUDING

Report of Superintendent of Schools

FOR THE

YEAR ENDING FEBRUARY 6, 1933

v

Farmington, M aine The Knowlton & McLeary Co., Printers

1933

TOW N OFFICERS

SELECTMEN, ASSESSORS AND OVERSEERS OF THE POOR

A. L. HARDY A. T. VOTER E. W. MARBLE

SCHOOL COMMITTEEK. A. ROLLINS, Chairman W. G. MALLETT L. B. MORTON

EMMA D. McLEARY ANNA B. GOULD

SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS

W. F. MINER

AGENT

SUMNER P. MILLS

COLLECTOR

R. W. KNOWLTON

TREASURER

A. L. WOLCOTT

TOWN CLERK

R. WEBER

HEALTH OFFICER

FRED V. GILMAN

SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES

F. K. AMES

FIRE WARDEN

VICTOR C. HUART

PUBLIC HEALTH NURSEADA STAFFORD

W A R R A N T

To R. W. Knowlton, a Constable in the Town of Farmington,County of Franklin, Greeting :

In the name of the State of Maine, you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of said Town of Farmington, quali­fied by law to vote in Town affairs, to assemble in Music Hall, in said Town, on the sixth day of March next, at ten o’clock in the forenoon, to act on the following articles, to wit:

A rticle 1To choose a moderator to preside at said meeting.

A rticle 2To see if the Town will vote to accept the annual reports of the

Town Officers.A rticle 3

To choose all necessary Town Officers for the ensuing year.

A rticle 4To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise for the

support of Common Schools for the ensuing year.

A rticle 5To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise for Free

High School for the ensuing year.

A rticle 6To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise for

Industrial Education for the ensuing year.

A rticle 7To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise for the

purchase of text-books for the ensuing year.

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A rticle 8To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise for

School Supplies for the ensuing year.

A rticle 9To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise for

repairs of School Buildings for the ensuing year.

A rticle 10To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise for

Insurance on school property for the ensuing year.

A rticle 11To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise to be

expended for medical inspection and physical training of school children.

A rticle 12To see what sum the Town will vote to raise for salary of

Superintendent of Schools for ensuing year.

A rticle 13To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise for the

conveyance of scholars to elementary schools for the ensuing year.

A rticle 14To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise for the

support of the poor for the ensuing year.

A rticle 15To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise to defray

incidental expenses for the ensuing year.

A rticle 16To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise for

repairs of roads and bridges for the ensuing year, and how the same shall be expended.

A rticle 17To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise to meet

the expenses of Memorial Day.

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A rticle 18To see whether the Town will vote “ Yes ” or “ No ” on the-

question of appropriating and raising money necessary to entitle the Town to State Aid as provided in Section 19 of Chapter 25 of the Revised Statutes of Maine.

A rticle 19To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise for the

improvement of the Section of State Aid road, as outlined in the re­port of State Highway Commission, and as provided in Chapter 28 of the Revised Statutes.

A rticle 20To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise for the-

collection of taxes for the ensuing year.

A rticle 21To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise for the

abatement of taxes for the ensuing year.

A rticle 22To see how the taxes shall be collected, and when made payable..

A rticle 23To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to hire

money in anticipation of taxes.

A rticle 24To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise for

Sidewalks for the ensuing year.

A rticle 25To see if the Town will vote to pay for

and ways outside of the Corporation, how raised, and how the same shall be expended.

A rticle 26To see if the Town will vote to raise the sum of $700 for

Mothers’ Aid as provided in Chapter 222: of the Revised Statutes of- Maine.

lighting certain streets, much money shqll be-

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A rticle 27To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise for the

purpose of enabling the Farmington Library Association to continue the 'maintenance of a Free Public Library, granting the use of its books to all inhabitants of the Town as provided for in Chapter 57, Section 15, of the Revised Statutes.

A rticle 28To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise to pay

interest on outstanding indebtedness and temporary loans.

A rticle 29To see if the Town will vote to raise the sum of $7,000.00 to pay

outstanding indebtedness.

A rticle 30To see if the Town will vote to accept the road as recommended

by the State Highway Commission.

A rticle 31To see if the Town will vote to raise the sum of $1,000 for State

Patrol work.A rticle 32

To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise for repairs and extension of sewers.

A rticle 33To see if the Town will vote to raise the sum of $1,940.00 for

maintenance of Third Class road as required by Law.

A rticle 34:To see what sum the Town will vote to raise for a Public Health

Nurse.A rticle 35

To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise for care and upkeep of the Common.

A rticle 36To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise for

outdoor Band Concerts by Wheeler’s Band for 1933.

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A rticle 37To see if the Town will vote to go

"Towns.on Fast time, with other

A rticle 38To see if the Town will vote to raise $50.00 to fight White Pine

Blister Rust.

A rticle 39To see if the Town will vote to establish a Hydrant, near the

home of Mrs. Alice Berry.

A rticle 40To see what sum, if any, the Town would recommend to take

from the Joint Fund State Aid account for the purpose of applying Bituminous surface treatment to State Aid roads built within the past five years in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 271, P. L. 1931.

A rticle 41To see if the Town will vote to accept the Way leading easterly

from North Chesterville Village, over the route of the Swamp Road, so called, to the River Road. Thence southerly to Williams Bridge, as laid out by the Selectmen, February 6, 1933.

A rticle 42To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to hire money,

in addition to the Lucy Knowles bequest, to complete the construc­tion of the Road from North Chesterville Village to the Williams Bridge.

A rticle 43To see if the Town will vote to designate, as a State Aid Road,

under the provisions of Sec. 20 to 32 inclusive, of Chapter 28 of the Revised Statutes, the road leading from Federal Road No. 2 near the dwelling of G. H. Hinkley, southerly to the Wilton town line, thence southerly to the Jay town line, thence same course to Bean's Corner, and Livermore Falls.

A rticle 44To sec if the Town will vote to buy a Tractor and Snow Plow.

A rticle 45To see if the Town will vote to raise the sum of $7,853.00 to pay

amount hired to pay balance of cost above Bond Issue on New Grade School Building.

A rticle 40

To transact any other business that may legally come before said meeting.

The Selectmen give notice that they will be in session for the purpose of correcting the list of voters in said Town, and hearing and deciding upon application of persons claiming to have their names entered upon said list, at the office of the Selectmen on Saturday, March 4, 1933, at 2 o’clock p. M., and at 9 o’clock a . m., on the day of said meeting.

Given under our hands this 18th day of February, 1933.

A. L. HARDY,A. T. VOTER,E. W. MARBLE,

Selectmen of Farmington.

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Selectmen’s ReportII

To the Citizens of the Town of Farmington:

The following report of receipts and expenditures for the fiscal year ending February 6, 1933, is submitted to the taxpayers of Farmington.

VALUATION AND ASSESSMENTS

The valuation taken in April is as follows:

Detailed L ist of Property and Polls Number of polls taxed, 1,093.Number of polls not taxed, 36.Rate of taxation, .034 mills on dollar.Amount assessed on each poll, $3.00.Amount of Excise taxes on autos to May 1st, 1932, $7,711.82

D escription

Real estate, resident Real estate, non-resident

Total real estate

Personal estate, resident Personal estate, non-resident

Total personal estate

Grand total amount

of Property

$2,074,280 00 163,150 00

$2,237,430 00

$447,995 00 57,220 00

$505,215 00

$2,742,645 00

Value of land, $687,745 00 Value of buildings, $1,549,685 00

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Personal Property

NO. VALUEHorses and mules 397 $24,975 00’Colts, 3 to 4 years 1 75 00Colts, under 2 years 4 205 00'Cows 1,380 42,995 00Oxen 29 1,635 00Three-year-olds 346 10,130 00Two-year-olds 478 10,695 00Sheep (over 35 in number) 82 360 00Poultry (over 50 in number) 657 515 00Swine (over 10 in number) 0

Total amount $91,585 00

Exempt L ivestockNO. VALUE

One-year-old 648 $8,775 00Sheep (to 35 in number) 586 2,695 00Swine (to 10 in number) 145 1,381 00Poultry (to 50 in number) 4,506 3,585 00

Total amount $16,436 00

A ll Other K inds of Personal Property

NO. VALUEStock in trade $261,120 00Logs • 1,000 oo-Lumber 5,370 00-Automobiles 1,119Musical instruments 200 18,925 00Furniture 38,000 00'Radios 363 16,915 00Pole lines 30,500 00-Machinery 41,150 OOBill boards 650 OO

$413,630 00Brought forward 91,585 00

Total amount Personal Property $505,215 00

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Upon the polls and estates we have assessed the following sums,to wit:State taxCounty taxCommon schoolsFree High schoolPurchase o~f text-booksSupplies for school buildingsRepairs and insurance of school buildingsPublic Health NurseSalary of Supt. of SchoolsConveyance of scholarsSupport of poorIncidental expensesRepair of roads and bridgesState Aid roadState patrol workExpenses of Memorial DayAbatement of taxesSidewalksLighting streetsMothers’ AidFree public libraryOutstanding indebtednessInterest on outstanding indebtedness and temporary loans Repair of sewersOut-door Band Concerts by Wheeler’s Band Collection of taxes Maintenance 3d class road OverlayCare and upkeep of Common Grading school lot on Quebec St.

Total $116,522 93On the 18th day of May, 1932, the lists of the above assessments

were committed to R. W. Knowlton, collector for the town. /

INCIDENTALS Daniel Argyle, watching at corn shop fire R. W. Knowlton, cost on tax deeds Currier Ins. Agency, ins. on fire pumper

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S. P. Mills, ins. on old garage $ 8 00S. P. Mills, services as town agent and expense

on lein suits 148 04N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co., tolls 24 20R. Weber, salary and disbursements, 1931 168 78Dr. A. E. Floyd, reporting births and deaths 8 25The Knowlton & McLeary Co., supplies 7 50A. L. Hardy, salary of selectmen $500, use of

car $100, 1931; postage and express $6.84, expenses on pauper accts. $13.75 620 59

A. L. Wolcott, salary town treasurer, 1931 300 00E. W. Marble, bal. of salary, 1931 61 59A. T. Voter, bal. of salary, 1931 100 57Alice Whitcomb... ballot clerk 12 00Mildred Knowlton, office work and making

taxes and check lists $25 110 30S. P. Mills, ins. on new school bldg. 114 33Weber Ins. Co., ins. on new school bldg. 200 00Currier Ins. Agency, ins. on new school bldg. 200 00 lThe Knowlton & McLeary Co., printing town 1

reports 220 00H. B. Brown, P. O. box rent $3, stamps $7.25 10 25Loring, Short & Harmon, books, etc. 16 80F. V. Gilman, health officer 190 50C. M. Hobbs, plumbing inspector 28 00J. L. Tyler, rent of vault 12 00E. A. Odell, supplies for office 57 , 'The Barton Press, printing ballots — Yes and

No, stationery and bill heads 12 00Maine Cons. Power Co., lights for garage 7 68A. L. Wolcott, typewriter ribbon 75Perley Oram, watching bridge at high water 1 00 ,John A. Craig, watching bridge at high water 1 00Ed. Paul, work at town dump 39 57Olney Taylor, work at town dump 5 00Frank Morrison, work at town dump 7 25Burroughs Adding Machine Co., adding machine 150 04Chas. Russell, labor on Norton Flat schoolhouse 38 75Annie Howard, cleaning office 1 50M. E. Titcomb, ballot clerk 12 00

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G. A. Hodgdon, books and office supplies $ 65 24E. W. Marble, part salary, 1932 254 13:Franklin Journal Co., printing notices and town

warrants 15 47B. L. Collins, labor on Norton Flat schoolhouse 22 50A. T. Voter, part salary, 1932 291 82.Currier Ins. Agency, ins. on town trucks 85 00Frank Hemingway, truant officer 12 25W. F. Bradbury, stove for paupers 9 00R. W. Knowlton, collecting auto excise tax 256 60R. W. Cook, wiring at F. Falls bridge 73 34Elmer Grant, lunch for ballot clerks 7 00E. L. Johnson, ballot clerk 9 00Geo. D. Clark, recording tax deeds 4 50C. S. Briggs, error in assessment 3 00Erland E. Hardy, rent of Music Hall 10 00A. H. Robinson, seals for sealer of wts. & measures 1 25J. E. Chick & Son, painting signs 2 00Raymond Watts, lunches for 'ballot clerks 9 60A. D. Allen, work at dump 7 88W. W. Small Co., supplies 2 05B. L. Collins, labor on Norton Flat schoolhouse 6 75P. C. Taylor, watching during high water 2 25F. IC. Ames, services as sealer of wts. & measures 30 00R. W. Barrett, rent of Drummond Hall for

three elections 30 00Fred Doughty, lunches for ballot clerks 6 20Clarence Wilbur, labor on Norton Flat schoolhouse 17 50C. F. Davis, services, ballot clerk 9 00Geo. Pooler, rent of tools 3 50Flora Mills, services as ballot clerk 9 00F. C. Metcalf, lumber for Norton Flat schoolhouse 137 97First National Bank, rent of office 85 00Dr. C. W. Bell, reporting births and deaths 1 75C. M. Hobbs, rent of hydrants 208 00E. L. Merchant, error in assessment 4 57Dr. G. L. Pratt, examining the blind 5 00Dr. J. W. Nichols, reporting births and deaths 6 75Maine Central R. R. Co., freight on cabinet 1 45Hobart Cabinet Co., filing cabinet 8 75-

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Croswell Bros., rope $ 60W. R. Leavitt, keeping tramps 157 50Dr. A. E. Floyd, reporting births and deaths 3 25R. W. Knowlton, posting warrants

enforcing dog law $25 Ralph Morton, special police A. L. Hardy, part salary, 1932

Unexpended

AppropriationReceived from licenses, etc. Received from auto excise tax since Use of cement mixer Unexpended, 1931

$16.50 and41 50 9 00

260 77

$5,225 89 1,248 76

$6,474 65$3,500 00

187 51May 1, 1932 2,420 09

50 00 317 05

$6,474 65

SUMMER ROADSA. J. Tibbetts $725 S5A. D. Allen 2S1 38Frank Morrison 85 50M. O. Bean 23 98Farman Marquis 10 00Leslie Locke 16 00L. S. Savage 3 00Frank Adams 6 72C. H. Whitman 4 50Holmes Bailey 14 00Walter Backus 13 50Ed. Paul 174 95M. B. Phillips 168 83E. O. Trask 2 25Elmer Robbins 1 00Wilfred McLeary Co. 17 60Emmons Smith 56 44Owen Mann 13 76L. H. North 6 75

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L. B. Collins $ 15 75J. W. Moody 5 63F. L. Butler Co. 50 00Wesley Luce 6 80J. M. Goucher 3 00H. B. Parkluirst 15 00Clyde Luce 8 00Henry Manter 2 00Perley Oram 6 75Henry Searles 6 25A. D. Watson 1 75W. W. Small Co. 444 67John Cunningham 5 00H. E. Knapp 45 70 -Floyd Holley 4 25George Pooler 486 73C. F. Wheeler 1 90A. A. Gordon 1 44Alice Eaton 51 80Harry Bryant 28 75Alfred Stefano 251 00Farmers’ Union 5 55Augustus Crocker 9 00C'. F. Blanchard 50 20Henry Jennings 25 50F. W. Locke 1 75Arman Comstock 9 25J. C. French 25 00F. C. Metcalf 273 41A. M. Clark 4 17Earle Oliver 161 00Fred LaBree 26 13Frank Gilbert 45 50Fred Jackson 26 57Archie Sweet 75Lauris Luce 180 95Gerald Sampson 5 00McGary’s Garage 14 10C. 0. Barrett 5 00Will Paul 71 76

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Harold Paul $389 62Fred Welch 118 13Olney Taylor 50 89Thomas Lunney 204 77Louis Bonneau 133 97Elmer Nason 2 25Orin Newton 44 50C. T. Gay 14 84Kenneth Howard 18 00Ralph Ellsworth 6 75Will Ames 4 50Henry Waugh 13 25Roy Newton 6 25G. R. Conrad 123 40W. N. Gould 5 50E. H. Lowell 2 55Warren Smith 366 07Norman Adams 7 00Walter Neis 21 38Robert Oram 4 50George Cook 20 44Fred Fredrick 136 50Benj. Weathern 11 00Raymond Judkins 6 75Charles Jackson 239 98E. M. Doyen 10 00D. I. Doble 17 94A1 Baillargeon IS 00Ralph Stinchfield 16 88Frank Hardy 2 13E. L. Merchant 1 25Elbridge Hardy 49 26Harlond Webber 75A. T. Voter 86 60H. S. Roberson 2 10Martin Bishop 11 86John Dodge 7 88Seneca Luce 97 78P. W. Gould 25 50A. I. Rackliff 3 50

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Richard Hiscock $. 27 50Bert Stevens 8 00Arthur Locke 54 88Nettie Heath 6 87Fred Stanley 4 60Fred Borden 12 38Harry Hill 32 84Northern Roads Equipment Co. • 672 81Farmington Oil Co. 190 75Four Wheel Drive Co. 56 72Morton Motor Co. 324 00The Barrett Co. 3,758 35Sinskie Garage 16 25Goodwin Garage, gas 3 65New Culvert Co. 32 01.Sawyer’s Auto Service 38 27E. J. Rathey 1,198 18•C. & H. Motor Express 1 00Webber Electric Service 9 61Berger Metal Culvert Co. 167 17New York Store 6 83Barker’s Auto Service 13 75Adelbert Hiscock 17 50Horace LaBree 9 00F. 0. Brown 37 71Frank Hood 101 90W. L. Metcalf 65 74•Otto Nile 83 47Herbert Welch 12 38Merton Norton 5 00M. E. Titcomb 2 50Merton Nute 25 13Eustace McKechnie 216 05Leroy Hammond 7 78Maurice Oliver 130 70 /Clinton Gray 11 00Guy Howard 302 06Charles Paul 48 00E. S. Newall 20 25B. D. Stevens 1 33

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Thomas Nutting $ 25 00John Dugan 9 00Clem Getchell 85 26L. J. York 118 41Deane Hiscock 12 50H. C. Pearson 2 50Ellsworth Barry 164 74Perley Gardner 4 50Lewis Hovey 11 50J. J. Holly 5 00Leon Lake 11 25B. L. Knapp 9 50C. B. Moody 36Northern Roads 40 63E. W. Marble 11 40

$14,178 10’ 5,294 35'

385 10'

$19,857 55-Appropriation $15,000 00^Unexpended, 1931 1,228 11^Received from Corporation 1,200 00Received from State 1,543 44/Received from Chesterville 69 29Received from New Vineyard 16 50Due from New Vineyard 115 00State, refund, Temple Bridge 467 01Received from General Motors for raising

truck from Wilson Stream at N. Ches-terville 96 00

Received from Chas. E. Horne, repairs on FallsRoad 122 20

$19,857 55

$292 45 3 90 2 50

WINTER ROADSI. O. Ryan John Dodge Horace LaBree

Summer Roads Winter Roads Unexpended

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Fred LaBree Guy Howard 0. W. Steele Farmers’ UnionD. D. Marwick Fred Jackson Will Paul Charles Wincott Olney Taylor Ben Hayes Fred Borden Fred Wescott Herbert Welch Anthony Pechkis John Cunningham A. P. Richards Gerald SampsonE. J. Rathey A1 Baillargeon Clem Getchell Raymond Judkins Guard Hinkley George Jackson L. R. Bump Lewis HoveyC. E. Whitney Harold Stewart Owen Mann Fred WelchH. B. Parkhurst Harold Paul Arthur Welch Harry Bryant Walter Jensen Perley Kinney A. T. Starbird Montell Gray George Pooler Lawrence Norris Perley OramD. I. Doble

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W. P. Coombs $ 6 00Elmer Nason 2 00"Warren Smith 79 00R. H. Ellsworth 4 48J. S. Greenleaf 1 68Maine Steel Products Co. 387 37Four Wheel Drive Co. 149 40C. M. Conant Co., use of tractor 1,800 00Farmington Oil Co. 33 70C. M. Conant Co. 27 50Northern Roads Equipment Co. 27 97Sawyer’s Service Co. 143 01'Chas. Jackson 309 57A. D. Allen 77 83W. W. Small Co. 90 43A. J. Tibbetts 319 04C. 0. Barrett 26 40Frank Hood 24 22S. J. Luce 82 59I. W. Grant 38 25J. E. Durrell 1 94Floyd Holley 2 00C. O. Paul 12 01W. L. Metcalf 17 25E. A. Phinney 3 75Frank Colburn 22 50Seneca Luce 10 00Maurice Oliver 39 40Fred Stinchfield 5 63Frank Morrison 19 10Morton Motor Co. 9 87B. L. Knapp 18 20A. T. Voter 20 94E. W. Marble 9 47

$5,294 35MAINTENANCE OF THIRD CLASS ROAD

Appropriation $863 00Unexpended balance, 1931 148 64

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$1,011 64

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Surface gravel $ 13 20sCalcium chloride 80 00Culverts 81 19.Paint for posts 3 00.Grading and general repairs 454 42

Unexpended 379 83.

$1,011 64;

CONSTRUCTION OF THIRD CLASS ROADState appropriation $3,534 68Unexpended balance, 1931 148 64

Labor, men and trucks $2,391 87Culverts 269 99Gravel 418 76Posts 12 25

Unexpended 590 45.

$3,683 32*

STATE AID ROADState appropriation $9,922 50Town appropriation 6,300 00Unexpended balance, 1931 36 38

Orders drawn for labor and trucks $11,556i

61Gravel 348 53Posts, dynamite and tools 358 61Paint 20 70Culverts 395 20Cable and fittings 211 66Fence wire 90 25.Board of Compressor men 30 70Blacksmith coal: 75.

Unexpended 3,245 87

$ 16,258 88'

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STATE PATROL.Appropriation Unexpended, 1931

$1,000 00 114 40

Paid StateUnexpended

$1,114 40$1,092 30

22 10

$1,114 40

SIDEWALKSAppropriation Unexpended, 1931

$500 00 230 33

$730 33Expended for general repairs and graveled

walks on Quebec, Perham and Middlestreets

Unexpended%

$357 06373 27

$730 33

SEWER ACCOUNTAppropriation $400 00Received from connections

Overexpended50 00

315 73

Expended for labor and pipe$765 73 765 73

STREET LIGHTS OUTSIDE CORPORATION Appropriation $2,000 00Unexpended, 1931

Overexpended152 47

7 88

■Orders drawn$2,160 35 2,160 35

MEMORIAL DAYAppropriation(Order drawn M. C. Hobart

$150 00 150 00

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.Appropriation State stipend

PUBLIC LIBRARY$1,200 00

150 00

Orders drawn to Robert F. White$1,350 00 1,350 00

SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLSAppropriation

•Orders drawn to W. F. Miner$1,000 00 1,000 00

Orders drawnSCHOOL ACCOUNT

$39,369 22

COLLECTION OF TAXESAppropriationOrder drawn to R. W. Knowlton

$600 00 600 00

Appropriation Unexpended, 1931

ABATEMENTS$500 00

86 94

Abatements, 1932Unexpended

$171 27 415 67

$586 94

$586 94

Appropriation Unexpended, 1931

MOTHERS’ AID$700 00

76 00

Paid StateUnexpended

$630 00 146 00

$776 00

$776 00

Appropriation Order drawn

WHEELER’S BAND$250 00 250 00

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NEGLECTED CHILDRENOrders drawnNo appropriation

POOR ACCOUNTPerley Oram $ 66 49

2 11Win. Sabine 193 93Rose Daggett 77 76Hazel Ladd 378 50Harry Allen 301 90Ernest Crocker 41S 72Joseph Kolreg 407 40Frank Darrell 136 52C. M. Lowell 256 02Mina Gardner 177 44Bertha Smith 48 77Chas. Plaisted 64 35Leon Lake 322 30Gerald Wilkins 11 78Win, McCragon 220 16Mary Hiscock 14 00Ernest Swain 66 58Frank Hardy 74 92Horace LaBree 16 75Raymond Judkins 54 14

5 35Walter Brown 30 00Alice Oram 5S 00

1 75Maurice Whitney 7 97R. and D. Hiscock 64 18

15 30Mrs. Geo. Ames 152 78Mrs. Chas. Adams 115 40

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Appropriation $3,500 00Overexpended 250 30

$67 17

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$3,750 10

$3,750 10

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Soldiers’ relief No. 1

POWER SHOVEL ACCOUNT

$3,636 66 1,630 00 2,283 34

POOR OF OTHER TOWNSPAID REIMBURSED

Mrs. Wm. Nichols, New Vineyard $271 00 $246 00Ezalie Henderson, Madison 653 71 619 88Florence Wentworth, Athens 233 74 233 74Leavitt Barker, Industry 5 00Millard Rackliffe, Industry 68 43Guy Whittier, Monmouth 190 32 170 57Thomas Trask, Leeds 36 45Woodbury Jones, Palermo 6 77Edson Batchelder, Corinth 25 14 17 14Ansel L. Mason, Rumford 69 50Ernest Phinney, Wilton 6 00Clara Dell Wahl, Rome 9 00Herbert F. Meader, Rome 15 50Russell Knowles, Chesterville 58 50 58 50Mrs. Ralph Cook, Freeman 14 72 14 72Katherine Prescott, Norway 13 98 13 98

STATE POORPAID REIMBURSED

Ellery Luce $228 69 $152 68Arthur Nevers 331 05 230 77Gerald Jackson 423 80 307 48Geo. L. Barker 113 40Richard Crocker 133 03Perley Brailey 61 36Earl J. Moore 32 96Walter Ayer 124 20 124 20Elmer Black 114 25 114 25Geo. H. Hewey 69 11 69 11Annie Wixson 4 48

Purchase price Earned in 1931 Earned in 1932 Due

$20 93

$7,550 00

$7,550 00

DUE$25 00 33 83

5 0068 43 19 75 36 456 77 8 00

69 50 6 00 9 00

15 50

DUE$ 76 01 100 28 116 32 113 40 133 03 61 36 32 96

4 48

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PUBLIC HEALTH NURSEAppropriationOrders drawn to Mrs. M. A. Will

$600 00' 600 00

CARE OF COMMONAppropriationOrders drawn to Perley Brailey Orders drawn to C. B. Moody

Unexpended

$60 28 5 95 8 77

$75 0C

$75 00

INTEREST ON OUTSTANDING INDEBTEDNESS ANDTEMPORARY LOANS

Appropriation $5,600 00Orders drawn, coupons and interest $4,820 83

Unexpended 779 17

$5,600 00GRADING SCHOOL LOT ON QUEBEC ST.

Appropriation $2,000 00Overexpended 177 21

Orders drawn for labor F. L. Butler Co., drain pipe W. W. Small Co., loam W. W. Small Co., fence

$1,116 15 200 00 190 50 670 56

$2,177 21

$2,177 21FIRE PUMPER ACCOUNT

Received from town of Strong $129 00Due from other towns 749 50

Orders drawn for services, to FarmingtonFire Co. $421 38

Orderdrawn to New Sharon 40 00Balance 417 12

$878 50

$878 50

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OUTSTANDING INDEBTEDNESS Schoolhouse Bonds $95,000 00Town of Farmington Municipal Bonds 14,000 00

$109,000 00

RESOURCESAmount in Treasury $12,514 91Garage and land near Centre Bridge 2,500 00Office equipment 400 00Trucks, plows, power shovel and machinery 16,000 00Due from State 637 84Due from other towns 303 23Due from buildings sold 140 00Tax deeds, 1929 32 64

1930 87 871931 1,135 561932 1,886 18

$35,638 2$

LIABILITIESAmount due town officers $1,200 00Outstanding orders 1,862 29Bills outstanding, estimated 300 00Unpaid coupon 50 00Loan on acct. New Grade School Bldg. 7,853 00Loan in anticipation of taxes 5,000 00

• $16,265 29Resources above Liabilities 19,372 94

$35,638 23

A. L. HARDY,A. T. VOTER,E. W. MARBLE,

Selectmen of Farmington.

Estimates for the Ensuing Year as Made by Budget Committee

1932 1933Support of Common Schools $10,000 00 $ 9,400 00Free High School 11,000 00 9,350 00Text-books 600 00School Supplies 700 00Repairs of School Buildings 1,839 00 500 00Insurance on School Property 1,700 00Salary of Supt. of Schools 1,000 00 700 00Conveyance of Scholars to Elem. Schools 3,800 00 3,000 00Support of Poor 3,500 00 4,000 00Defraying Incidental Expenses 3,500 00 3,500 00Repairs of Roads and Bridges 15,000 00 13,000 00Memorial Day Expenses 150 00 50 00State Aid Road, Article 19 6,300 00 1,260 00Collection of Taxes 600 00 600 00Abatement of Taxes 500 00 250 00Sidewalks 500 00 250 00Street Lighting 2,000 00 2,000 00Mothers’ Aid 700 00 700 00Farmington Library Association 1,200 00 900 00Interest of Outstanding Indebtedness 5,600 00 , 5,000 00Outstanding Indebtedness 7,000 00 7,000 00State Patrol Work 1,000 00 1,000 00Repairs and Extension of Sewers 400 00 2,000 00

BUDGET COMMITTEE.F. W. Butler, Chairman L. M. Mosher,W. G. Mallett,H olmes Bailey,C. F. Blanchard,C. E. Luce,F. A. T hompson,E. A . W right,A. P. R ichards.

Treasurer's Report

Town of Farmington in account with A. L. Wolcott, Treasurer:

Dr.To paid Town orders $S1,419

School orders 39,369State tax 21,986County tax 10,255Loans 10,000Coupons and interest 4,820Bonds 7,000State Treasurer, dog licenses 446Bounty on porcupines 44

Cash on hand February 6, 1933 12,514

$187,856

Cr.By cash on hand February 1, 1932 $32,130

Rec’d from R. W. Knowlton, tax collector, 1931 589R. W. Knowlton, tax collector, 1932 94,400Other towns for support of poor 355Loans 22,853W. F. Miner, Supt. of Schools 5,100Interest on School Fund to Mar. 1, 1932 69Town Clerk, dog licenses 446Excise tax 7,420Selectmen 4,784State Treasurer, State paupers 1,094

Bounty on porcupines 16Highway Department 11,007Free Public Library 150Tax on Bank stock 1,500State School fund 5,201

26224435008300007591

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78798514008099000997297555008033

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By Rec’d from State Treasurer, Dog licenses refunded $ 21 03R. R. and Tel. tax 144 89Acct. T em p 1e Stream

Bridge 467 01School fund adjustment 101 70

$187,856 76

A. L. WOLCOTT, Treasurer.

TRUST FUNDS

The town of Farmington holds in trust the following funds:Elbridge T. Smith Cemetery Trust FundBenjamin Huse “ “Eliza Per ham **’ “Alanson Vaughan “ “ButterfieldChas. C. Folsom “ “Solomon A. Wood “ “CutlerHinckley and Rogers “ “William T. BrackleyMatthew P. Brooks “ “Annie C. Bennett “ “Moses Vining “ “Mrs. C. E. WheelerJohn C. Leadbetter “ “ .Nellie I. Lincoln “ “James B. Keith “ “F. E. HamHutchins and Kempton “ “Mary A. Croswell “ “Pillsbury and Drummond “ “John A. and Georgie B. Holmes Gleason Alice A. PageWesley and Elizabeth Cothren

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William HiscockHunterA. K. BolanF. H. BowlesDaniel BealsGeo. F. BlakeJohn BackusGeo. A. AdamsH. A. B. KeyesJ. H. GoodwinC. A. and N. W. JohnsonAnna B. and Chas. F. CoburnChas. H. ColeEllen S. B. AllenLucy S. HuntBrown and ParsonsCyrus CaseRebecca L. TuftsAnnie C. BennettBetsey JenningsSarah M. ThurstonSimon FurbishMaria E. WillsEdward P. DavisC. A. ThomasAnnie M. GreatonZadoc DavisJohn F. and Abbie E. Herrick L. A. Smith Frank N. Harris Jonathan S. EllisIsaac Hibbard and Lewis B. GoodrichEhnon J. DyerAbbie A. MacomberMargaret J. BelcherGeo. F. BlakeL. A. SmithAlbert E. Knowles

Cemetery Trust Fund

Book Fund School Fund

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A. L. WOLCOTT, Treasurer.

Vital Statistics

To the Selectmen of the Town of Farmington:

Gentlemen : — The following returns of births, marriages and deaths have been made to this office for the year from Feb. 1, 1932, to Feb. 1, 1933.

Respectfully submitted,

R. WEBER, Town Clerk.

BIRTHSNumber of births 108Number of males 50Number of females 58

1931Dec. 21

Dec. 231932

Jan. 30 Jan. 31 Feb. 8 Feb. 16 Feb. 24 Feb. 29 Feb. 29 Feb. 28 Mar. 9 Mar. 9 Mar. 11 Mar. 11

Mar. 13

To the wife of Clarence Clinton Merchant, a daughter, 4th child.

To the wife of Donald Withee, a daughter, 2nd child.

To the wife of Charles Francis Pinkham, a son, 7th child. To the wife of Charles Lyman Fales, a son, 4th child.To the wife of Louis Alfred Watson, a son, 1st child.To the wife of Orland J. Tarbox, a son, 1st child.To the wife of Stanley W. Grant, a son, 2nd child.To the wife of Firmin Marquis, a son, 5th child.To the wife of Alfred A. Wood, a daughter, 8th child.To the wife of Jesse H. Doyen, a daughter, 1st child.To the wife of Jas. E. Leeman, a son, 3rd child.To the wife of Alfred H. Robbins, a son, 1st child.To the wife of Donald Willard Dyer, a son, 1st child.To the wife of Llewellyn Robert Jenkins, a daughter, 1st

child.To the wife of Edward Albert Grant, a daughter, 2nd

child.

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1932Mar. 1Mar. 15Mar. 21

Mar. 25Mar. 31Mar. 31Apr. 4Apr. S

Apr. 10Apr. 9

Apr. 11Apr. 20Apr. 20

Apr. 19Apr. 21Apr. 27

Apr. 26May 10

May 14May 16May 14

May 13May 31

May 16May 30

May 30May 17June 4June 8June 17

To the wife of John Salo, a daughter, 2nd child.To the wife of Frank Hemingway, a son, 14th child.To the wife of Austin Gustavus Thompson, a son, 1st'

child.To the wife of Carroll Aaron French, a daughter, 1st child.To the wife of John A. Craig, a daughter, 3rd child.To the wife of Everett Seaman, a son, 3rd child.To the wife of Harvey M. Smith, a daughter, 2nd child.To the wife of Phillip Stevenson Raymond, a son, 2nd

child.To the wife of Arthur T. Whitney, a daughter, 6th child.To the wife of Leslie Charles Adams, a daughter, 8th

child.To the wife of Elbridge Winfield Vining, a son, 1st child.To the wife of Walter Davis Barker, a daughter, 5th child.To the wife of Laurice Percival Watson, a daughter, 2nd

child.To the wife of Michael Kershner, a daughter, 1st child.To the wife of Robert Edgar Mills, a son, 6th child.To the wife of Edward Harold Connors, a daughter, 2nd

child.To the wife of Lester Parks Ward, a daughter, 2nd child.To the wife of Lawrence George James, a daughter, 2nd

child.To the wife of Howard Ray Keith, a daughter, 2nd child.To the wife of John Wahl, a daughter, 1st child.To the wife of Henry Raymond Merry, a daughter, 1st

child.To the wife of Lawrence Willie Kent, a son, 1st child.To the wife of Frederick W. Sturtevant, a daughter, 1st

child. ,To the wife of Elmer Webber, a daughter, 6th child.To the wife of Carl Herbert Mitchell, a daughter, 10th

child.To the wife of David Joseph Rioux, a son, 1st child.To the wife of Cecil C. Rand, a daughter, 2nd child.To the wife of Robert Noyes Brackett, a son, 2nd child.To the wife of William Orson Paine, a daughter, 5th child.To the wife of Roger Keyes Allen, a daughter, 4th child.

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1932 June 20 June 25 June 25

'June 27 June 28 June 29 June 23 July 5 July 5 July 7 July 2 July 11 July 17 July 24 July 23

July 31 July 31 Aug. 1 Aug. 12

Aug. IS Aug. 18 Aug. 19 Aug. 21 Aug. 22 Aug. 30 Aug. 24 Sept. 5 Sept. 6 Sept. 26

Sept. 19 Sept. 20 Sept. 17 Oct. 6 Oct. 12 Oct. 21

To the wife of Roy Cyrus Stinchfield, a daughter, 1st chikL To the wife of Ralph Harris Cook, a daughter, 5th child.To the wife of Ralph Harris Cook, a daughter, 6th child.To the wife of Maxwell Ernest Voter, a son, 2nd child.To the wife of George Raymond Swain, a son, 1st child.To the wife of Freedom Libby Rand, a daughter, 1st child.. To the wife of Richard E. Henderson, a daughter, 1st child. To the wife of George Albert Odell, a son, 4th child.To the wife of Carroll Vance Dill, a son, 1st child.To the wife of Frank Ernest Hardy, a daughter, 3rd child. To the wife of Leroy Hammond, a daughter, 4th child.To the wife of Elwin Donald Lamkin, a daughter, 1st child.To the wife of Cecil George Francis, a son, 1st child.To the wife of John Stuart Sommer, a daughter, 3rd child.. To the wife of Wallace Christy Clark, a daughter, 1st

child.To the wife of Charles Thomas Sinskie, a son, 3rd child.To the wife of Geo. Closson, a son, 5th child.To the wife of Arthur Parker Fancy, a daughter, 4th child. To the wife of Raymond C. Pettengill, a daughter, 2nd

child.To the wife of Earl L. Cochran, a daughter, 2nd child.To the wife of Carl Alfred Patriquin, a son, 2nd child.To the wife of Jesse Charles Waugh, a son, 4th child.To the wife of Albert Ervin Getchell, a daughter, 7th child.. To the wife of Howard Marshall Berry, a son, 2nd child.. To the wife of Forest Cooley York, a daughter, 2nd child.. To the wife of John H. Allen, a daughter, 3rd child.To the wife of Earle Russell Howes, a son, 4th Child.To the wife of Plummer Neal Grant, a daughter, 1st child. To the wife of Ambrose Jarvis Compton, a daughter, 2nd

child.To the. wife of Raymond Harris Stevens, a son, 8th child.. To the wife of Guy Ernest Alexander, a son, 10th child.To the wife of Fred Leavitt Barker, a son, 3rd child.To the wife of Albert James Cole, a son, 2nd child.To the wife of Lawrence Adams, a daughter, 4th child.To the wife of Kenneth James Ploward, a daughter, 2nd',

child.

1932Oct. 26Oct. 28Oct. 30

Oct. 6Oct. 16Nov. 2

Nov. 4Nov. 9

Nov. 12Nov. 19Nov. 16Nov. 28Nov. 30Nov. 26Nov. 14Dec. 6Dec. 3

Dec. 10Dec. 15Dec. 25Dec. 28Dec. 9Dec. 17

1933Jan. 17Jan. 4Jan. 20Jan. 22Jan. 30

To the wife of Delmar H. Johnson, a son, 2nd child.To the wife of Alfred Irving Adams, a daughter, 1st child. To the wife of Richard Carleton Kingsbury, a son, 6th

child.To the wife of Nelson Comstock, a son, 2nd child.To the wife of Perley Oram, a daughter, 4th child.To the wife of Albert Fremont Scammon, a daughter, 1st

child.To the wife of Laurice M. Black, a daughter, 2nd child. To the wife of Robert Emmett Connelly, a daughter, 1st

child.To the wife of Harry Galen Lambert, a son, 5th child.To the wife of Henry Elmer Rackliffe, a son, 4th child. To the wife of Lloyd Norman Nunan, a daughter, 1st child. To the wife of Clarence Irving Davis, a son, 2nd child.To the wife of Shepard Milton Bean, a daughter, 2nd child. To the wife of Frank Butterfield, a son, 2nd child.To the wife of Charles Enoch Hardy, a son, 2nd child.To the wife of Norman C. Dyar, a son, 1st child.To the wife of Charles Carl Farrington, a daughter, 1st

child.To the wife of Charles Harold Young, a son, 1st child.To the wife of Charles Berry Harris, a daughter, 1st child. To the wife of Roy Lee Stewart, a son, 5th child.To the wife of Edgar Perley Churchill, a son, 3rd child. To the wife of John Shepard Linscott, a son, 1st child.To the wife of Malcolm Brown, a daughter.

To the wife of Verne Walter Violet, a son, 2nd child.To the wife of Bernard Cough, a son, 5th child.To the wife of Millard Lewis Rackliffe, a son, 10th child. To the wife of Henry Wilder Burns, a daughter, 1st child. To the wife of Robert Eugene Rowe, a son, 1st child.

MARRIAGESNumber of marriages 64

In Farmington, Jan. 30, 1932, by Rev. S. T. Achenbach, HamiltonB. Grant and H. Vilma Jewett, both of Eustis.

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In Farmington, Feb. 2, 1932, by Rev. Albert G. Henderson, Philip Hodgkins of Temple and Mary Pechkis of Farmington.

In Farmington, Feb. 5, 1932, by Kenneth A. Rollins, Esq., Leo­pold Joshua Woodcock and Mary Louise Walls, both of Chesterville.

In Farmington, Feb. 6, 1932, by Rev. Albert G. Henderson, Wes­ton McKinney and Miriam Ford, both of Rangeley.

In Farmington, Feb. 18, 1932, by Rev. Albert G. Henderson, Clayton Oscar Brown of Mexico and Evelyn Maxine Hewey of Canton.

In Farmington, Feb. 27, 1932, by Rev. Albert G. Henderson, Cecil C. Rand and Marion L. Hemingway, both of Farmington.

In Farmington, March 3, 1932, by Rev. Frank H. Hall, Chester Alfred Brann and Carrie Russell Follett, both of New Sharon.

In Farmington, March 2, 1932, by Rev. J. P. Barrett, John C. Wahl and Violet Millett, both of Farmington.

In Bellows Falls, Vt., Feb. 29, 1932, by Rev. C. M. Spidell, B. A.B. D., Delmar Lester House of Farmington and Zetella Gertrude Paradis of Norridgewock.

In Farmington. March 18. 1932, by Rev. Albert G. Henderson, Elmer D. Grant of Farmington and Lelia M. Field of Greene.

In Farmington. March 19, 1932. by Rev. Arthur Titcomb, Ken­neth Lambert and Kathleen Backus, both of Farmington.

In Wilton, March 18, 1932, by Rev. A. H. Graham, Benjamin H. Weathern and Mildred F. Marble, both of Farmington.

In Farmington, March 30, 1932, by Rev. Frank H. Hall, Hansel Sylvester and Margaret Helen Pierce, both of Augusta.

In Farmington Falls, April 8, 1932, by Rev. Edwin S. Longley, Donald L. Brann and Dorothy E. Cook, both of Mercer.

In Farmington, April 16, 1932, by Rev. S. T. Achenbach, RoscoeG. Hawes of Industry and Thelma I. Craig of Farmington.

In Lewiston, April 16, 1932, by Rev. Lee A. Hanchett, RaymondH. Knapp and Delmo M. Gordin, both of Farmington.

In Farmington, May 6, 1932, by Rev. Albert G. Henderson, BionC. Keene and Verna Brayall, both of Wilton.

In Farmington, May 4, 1932, by Rev. J. P. Barrett, Loton E. Whitman of Farmington and Blanche B. Brauza of Strong.

In Lewiston, May 16, 1932, by Rev. James A. Daly, Joseph T_ Pechkis of Farmington and Anna Leonas of Lewiston.

In Farmington, May 21, 1932, by Rev. Albert G. Henderson,. Percy G. Kendall and Mrs. Bernice S. Duley, both of Vienna.

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In Farmington, May 29, 11)32, by Rev. Oscar M. Turner, Cecil Francis of Livermore Falls and Marion Turner of Farmington.

In Farmington, June 2, 1932, by Currier C. Holman, Esq., Lauri Koski and Hilma Hillgreen, both of Temple.

In Farmington, June 6, 1932, by Rev. Albert G. Henderson, Con­ley Haney of Connor and Hazel Snell of Farmington.

In Farmington, June 14, 1932, by Rev. Frank H. Hall, Dallas Colby Crabtree of Abbot and Olive Ella Jules of Shirley.

In Farmington, June II, 1932, by Rev. Albert G. Henderson, Harry S. Seeley and Stella I. Ross, both of Rangclcy.

In Wilton, June 25, 1932, bv Rev. Albert G. Henderson, Arthur •G. Shurtleft" of Farmington and Lois Belle Adams of Wilton.

In Madison, June 25, 1932, by Rev. Charles B. Snidcn, Leonard E. Doble of Farmington and Hildreth E. Look of West Mills.

In Farmington, July 23. 1932, by Rev. Frank H. Hall, Sammie H. Hatch and Ruth Handy, both of Chesterville.

In Temple, July 23, 1932, by Rev. Albert G. Henderson, Limvood Wallace and Pauline Pollard, both of Farmington.

In Farmington, Aug. 2, 1932, by Rev. S. T. Achenbach, Vernon A. Gainage of Litchfield and Wilma H. Newman of Farmington.

In Center Conway, N. H., July 15, 1932, by Leslie C. Hill, Esq., Carl Sennett Hutchinson and Linnie Swan, both of Farmington.

In Farmington, Aug. G, 1932, by Rev. S. T. Achenbach, Charles Crawford Winton, Jr. of Portland and Jane Helen Leenian of In­dustry.

In North Chesterville, Aug. 7, 1932, by Laurence M. Farr, Fred­erick W. Ellingwood of Rangeley and Edith E. Besson of Farmington.

In Farmington, Aug. 29, 1932, by Currier C. Holman, Esq., Wal­ter Orlando Grilten of So. Windham, Maine, and Mildred Rita Gregoire of Collinsville, Mass.

In Farmington, Sept. 6, 1932, by Currier C. Plolman, Esq., M. Herbert Paul of Chester, Pa., and Roberta B. Winz of Media, Pa.

In Strong, Sept. 3, 1932, by Rev. Trelawney C. Chapman, Verne Edward Flood of Farmington and Myrtie Lillian Brackley of Strong.

In Farmington, Sept. 11, 1932, by Rev. P. L. Vernon, Bertram Alexander MacKenzie of Orono and Maude Ethelyn Yeaton of Auburn.

In Farmington, Sept. 19, 1932, by Currier C. Holman, Esq., Ralph Roland Rice, Jr. and Hazel Viola Haskell, both of Westford, Mass.

In Farmington, Sept. 23, 1932, by Rev. Albert G. Henderson, Holmes Lee Wagner and Annie M. Dunning, both of Farmington.

In Wilton, Oct. 1, 1932, by Rev. Albert P. Watson, Clyde L. Sea- mon of Farmington and Mary Eichel of Livermore Falls.

In Farmington, Oct. 11, 1932, by Rev. Albert G. Henderson, Maxime A. Lesperance and Elsie M. Roth, both of Farmington.

In Farmington, Oct. 15, 1932, by Currier C. Holman, Esq., Albert M. Brown of Farmington and Catherine E. Gay of Augusta.

In Farmington Falls, Oct. 1, 1932, by Rev. Edwin S. Longley, William O. Kahkonen and Mabel G. Wahl, both of Flagstaff.

In Farmington, Oct. 17, 1932, by Rev. J. P. Barrett, Fred Elwin Childs and Julia Marion Clark, both of Stratton.

In Farmington, Oct. 22, 1932, by Rev. S. T. Achenbach, Harold M. Horne of Mexico and Evelyn Starbird of Dixfield.

In Farmington, Oct. 22, 1932, by Rev. Albert G. Henderson, Leon E. White and Myrtle P. Sawyer, both of Farmington.

In Lewiston, Oct. 25, 1932, by Rev. Lee A. Hanchett, John W. Buzzell and Sarah A. Blarney, both of Farmington.

In Farmington, Oct. 30, 1932, by Rev. Albert G. Plenderson, Richard T. Gohlke of So. Sudbury, Mass., and Theda G. Kent of Farmington.

In Strong, Oct. 30, 1932, by Rev. Trelawney C. Chapman, War­ren H. Smith of Farmington and Dorothy G. Merrill of New Vine- yard.

In Farmington, Nov. 5, 1932, by Rev. S. T. Achenbach, Harold L. Adams of Wilton and Elsie Miriam Wyman of Carthage.

In Rangeley, Nov. 5, 1932, by Rev. Charles F. Frederick, Leon H. Chandler of Farmington and Salome Beatrice Taylor of Rangeley.

In Wilton, Nov. 6, 1932, by Rev. L. S. Williams, Adrian G. Pills- bury of Farmington and Olive C. Weeks of Wilton.

In Conway, N. FI., Oct. 20, 1932, by Rev. Frank Oldridge, John S. Linscott of Farmington and Hazel E. Prout of Monmouth.

In Farmington, Nov. 23, 1932, by Rev. Arthur Titcomb, Kenneth Milton Coolidge' of Lisbon Center and Wilma Leone Hodgkins of New Sharon.

In Augusta, Nov. 20, 1932, by Rev. William R. Wood, Vinton D. Norton of Farmington and Hazel Russell of Augusta.

In Farmington, Dec. 8, 1932, by Rev. J. P. Barrett, James Kerr Dickson, Jr. of Mexico and Florence A. Borden of Norridgewock.

In Farmington, Dec. 18, 1932, by Rev. Arthur Titcomb, Harry E. Miller and Gladys' E. Morgan, both of Farmington.

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In Farmington, Dec. 24, 1932, by Rev. Frank H. Hall, Ernest C. Drew of Farmington and Vivian Porter of New Sharon.

In Farmington, Dec. 24, 1932, by Rev. J. P. Barrett, Ralph L. Davis of Farmington and Cordelia E. Fish of Anson.

In Farmington, Dec. 25, 1932, by Rev. Frank H. Hall, Carroll Tracy of Rome and Ida Wadleigh of Farmington.

In Farmington. Dec. 31, 1932, by Rev. Geo. W. Sias, Sherwood A. Smith of Mexico and Bernice E. Shaw of Farmington.

In Wilton. Jan. 3, 1933, by Rev. Albert P. Watson, Louis A. Mowatt and Doris Mosher, both of Farmington.

In Gorham, N. H., Dec. 30, 1932, by Rev. Howard A. Markley, Ernest F. Baker of Readficld and Bessie E. Hanson of Farmington.

In Farmington, Jan. 14, 1933, by Rev. J. P. Barrett, Ralph Holt of South Gardiner and Ruth Hitchcock of Farmington.

DEATHSNumber of deaths 91Males 46Females 45

In Farmington. Jan. 25, 1932, Lucy Bearse Hall, age SG years, 2 months, S days.

In Farmington, Jan. 31, 1932, Infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Francis Pinkham, age 5 hours.

In Farmington, Feb. 19, 1932, Florence E. Tibbetts, age 26 years, 22 days.

In Farmington, Feb. 7, 1932, Rosa L. Goss, age G8 years, 10 days.In Farmington, Feb. 10, 1932, Emily H. Dyer, age 80 years, 1

month, 7 days.In Farmington, Feb. 12, 1932, George L. Sawyer, age 47 years, 4

months, 1 day.In Farmington, March 2, 1932, Arthur L. Sampson, age G3 years,

6 months, 6 days.In Farmington, March 5, 1932, Harry L. Goodwin, age 65 years,

10 months, 25 days.In Farmington, Feb. 9, 1932, Jane Manter Presson, age 52 years,

10 months, 24 days.In Farmington, March 3, 1932, Zelma May Robinson, age 35

years, 1 month, 17 days.In Farmington, March 4, 1932, Clara B. Belcher, age 86 years, 18

days.

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In Farmington, March 8, 1932, Vinal G. Barrows, age 21 years, 26 days.

In Farmington, March 10, 1932, Helen Graves Howard, age 95 years, 9 months, 21 days.

In ^Farmington, March 11, 1932, Charles M. Partridge, age 86 years, 4 months, 8 days.

In Farmington, March 15, 1932, Helen Hale Searles, age 89 years,4 months, 12 days.

In Farmington, March 30, 3932, John F. Woods, age 68 years, 11 months, 26 days.

In Farmington, March 18, 1932, Herbert Berry, age 69 years, 2 months, 21 days.

In Farmington, April 2, 1932, Maria Adeline Longfellow, age 84 years, 3 month, 17 days.

In Farmington, March 31, 1932, Delbert Adams, age 59 years, 2 months, 20 days.

In Farmington, April 6, 3932, Lewis Sawyer, age 75 years, 27 days.

In Farmington, April 33, 3932, Wilfred U. Turner, age 67 years, 3 months, 19 days.

In Farmington, April 16, 1932, Elbridge Winfield Vining, Jr., age5 days.

In Farmington, April 24, 1932, Edna D. Lisherness, age 36 years,9 months, 8 days.

In Farmington, April 9, 1932, Florence E. Nimmo, age 71 years,10 months, 11 days.

In Farmington, April 29, 1932, Newell C. Weymouth, age 56 years, 5 months, 18 days.

In Farmington, April 30, 1932, Julia Hinkley, age 83 years, 8 months, 2 days.

In Farmington, May 7, 1932, George Adelbert Williams, age 57 years, 6 months, 38 days.

In Farmington, May 5, 1932, Marshall Cook, age 71 years, 10 days.

In Farmington, May 16, 1932, Violet Julia Wahl.In Farmington, May 19, 1932, George W. Fitch, age 72 years, 2

months, 21 days.In Farmington, May. 17, 1932, John Calvin Morton, age 57 years,

6 months, 28 days.In Farmington, May 25, 1932, Charles E. Hardy, age 30 years.

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In Farmington, June 1, 1932, Minnie M. Tobin, age 64 years, 9 months, 19 days.

In Farmington, June 4, 1932, Benjamin F. Fader, age 101 years, 12 days.

In Farmington, June 9, 1932, Charles O. Paul, age 55 years, 6 months, 2 days.

In Farmington, June 14, 1932, Lydia Lursett Phillips, age 83 years, 4 months, 15 days.

In Farmington, June 18, 1932, Nellie Russell Chapman, age 70 _years, 10 months, 9 days.

In Farmington, June 20, 1932, Walter E. Knowlton, age 64 years, 3 months, 10 days.

In Farmington, July 5, 1932, Infant son of Mr. and Mrs. George Albert Odell.

In Farmington, July 2, 1932, Elmer M. Black, age 62 years, 7 months.

In Farmington, July S, 1932, Matilda Louisa Dunlap, age 86 years, 4 days.

In Farmington, July 7, 1932, Infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ernest Hardy.

In Farmington, July 7, 1932, Frank D. Gilman, age 66 years, 10 months, 15 days.

In Farmington, July 9, 1932, Ella M. Beedy, age 68 years, 4 months, 13 days.

In Farmington, July 12, 1932, Mildred Gustie Dill, age 36 years, 9 months, 7 days.

In Farmington, July 13, 1932, Asa N. Kinney, age 63 years, 10 months, 24 days.

In Farmington, July 17, 1932, Vesta Bray Peterson Walker, age 93 years, 10 months, 20 days.

In Farmington, July 16, 1932, Sadie M. Hardy, age 42 years, 1 month, 24 days.

In Farmington, July 23, 1932, Villa M. Berry Lunt, age 75 years, 3 months, 26 days.

In Farmington, Aug. 1, 1932, Infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Parker Fancy.

In Farmington, July 29, 1932, Alice Blanchard Titcomb, age 66 years, 11 months, 7 days.

In Farmington, Aug. 1, 1932, John Lee Brown, age 47 years, 5 months, 11 days.

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In Farmington, July 30, 1932, Enoch Florence Tardif, age 69 years, 5 months, 13 clays.

In Farmington, Aug. 2, 1932, Esther Bailey Shorey, age 38 years, 9 months, 27 days.

In Farmington, Aug. 10, 1932, Andy R. Billings, age 68 years, 2 months, 17 days.

In Farmington, Aug. 15, 1932, Margaret E. King, age 5 years, 11 months, 29 days.

In Farmington, Aug. 31, 1932, Horace Greeley Jennings, age 62 years, 7 months, 17 days.

In Farmington, Sept. 1, 1932, Iona Keziah Smith, age 65 years, 6 months, 20 days.

In Farmington, Sept. 5, 1932, Diantha Ames, age 80 years, 11 months, 11 days.

In Farmington, Sept. 5, 1932, George iHoward Graves, age 86 years, 11 months, 8 days.

In Farmington, Sept. 14, 1932, Willis L. Searles, age 66 years, 11 months, 28 days.

In Farmington, Sept. 17, 1932, Peter Wahl, age 67 years, 1 month, 13 days.

In Farmington, Sept. 15, 1932, Earl Guy Gordon, age 1 year, 4 months, 13 days.

In Farmington, Sept. 27, 1932, Lucinda Barker, age 87 years, 10 months, 28 days.

In Farmington. Oct. 5, 1932, William A. Palmer, age 74 years, 6 months, 10 days.

In Farmington, Oct. 6, 1932, Ellen Adelaide Goggin, age 58 years, 3 months, 16 clays.

In Farmington, Oct. 21, 1932, Infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth James Howard.

In Farmington, Oct. 2S, 1932, Frank J. Durrell, age 84 years, 4 months, 12 clays.

In Farmington, Oct. 27, 1932, Arthur Dyer Ellsworth, age 61 years, 9 months, 22 clays.

In Farmington, Oct. 31, 1932, Joseph Omar Tardy, age 65 years, 11 months, 22 clays.

In Farmington, Nov. 8, 1932, Clement Clark Ellsworth, age 12 years, 11 months, 19 clays.

In Farmington, Nov. 5, 1932, Isabelle M. Herron, age 75 years.In Farmington, Nov. 22, 1932, Amelia Kempton Harris, age 57

years, 8 months, 6 days.

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In Farmington, Nov. 26, 1932, George Edwin McCleary, age 72 years, 1 month, 4 days.

In Farmington, Nov. 19, 1932, Annie L. Cunningham, age 56 years, 8 months, 11 days.

In Farmington, Dec. 3, 1932, Paul Clark Whitcher, age 4 years, . 2 months, IS days.

In Farmington, Dec. 6, 1932, Infant son of Mr. and Mrs. NormanC. Dyar.

In Farmington. Dec. 20, 1932, Marie Antoinette Fortier, age 29 years. 10 months, 13 days.

In Farmington, Dec. 20, 1932, Peter Neddeau, age 79 years, 9 months, 10 days.

In Farmington, Dec. 23, 1932. Ella G. Stewart Gould Andrews, age 65 years, 1 month, 10 days.

In Farmington, Jan. 4. 1933, LeRoy Houghton, age 9 years, 11 months, 2 days.

In Farmington, Dec. 30, 1932, Martha H. Fales. age 73 years, 7 months, 13 days.

In Farmington, Jan. S. 1933, Nellie E. Mclnnis, age 67 years, 6 months, 24 days.

In Farmington, Tan. 9, 1933, Eddie W. Jackson, age 41 years, 3 months.

In Farmington, Jan. 12, 1933. Warren E. Morrill, age 81 years, 11 months, 24 days.

In Farmington, Jan. 14, 1933, Vesta F. Plaisted, age 67 years, 8 months, 16 days.

In Farmington, Jan. 27, 1933, Flora B. Fogg, age 73.years, 7 months, 12 days.

In Farmington, Tan. 27, 1933, Evaline P. Davis, age 79 years, 1 month, 11 days.

In Farmington, Jan. 24, 1933, Albert Roscoe Jack, age 62 years, 1 month, 13 days. (

In Farmington, Jan. 29, 1933, Bertha A. Childs, age 58 years, 5 months, 12 days.

In Farmington, Jan. 20, 1933, Clara L. Marble, age 70 years, 11 months, 13 days.

Deaths W hich Occurred in Other T owns, Burial inFarmington

In Chicago, 111., Jan. 8, 1932, Henry LeBron.In Strong, Feb. 26, 1932, Clara P. Weathern, age 65 years, 9

months, 28 days.

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In Turner, March 4, 1932, Emily Parker, age 34 years, 9 months, 19 days.

In Fairfield, Jan. 11, 1932, Rose B. Taylor, age 60 years, 4 months, 24 days.

In New Sharon, March 5, 1932, James Myron Heminway, age 78 years, 10 months, 12 days.

In Wilton, March 25, 1932, Dennis H. Smith, age 90 years, 13 days.

In Strong, March 17, 1932, Leroy Almon Pratt.In Wilton, April 24, 1932, Hiram Boardman Stoyell, age 77

years, 19 days.In Rangeley, May 16. 1932, John Frank Yeaton, age 79 years, 11

months, 20 days.In Wilton, May 17, 1932, Charles H. Crosby, age 64 years, 7

months, 5 days.In Wilton, April 26, 1932, Addie D. Melcher, age 73 years, 2

months, 25 days.In Wilton, March 30, 1932, Harriett Frances Tobin, age 1 year,

21 days.In New Gloucester, May 20, 1932, George Littlefield Marden, age

14 years, 11 months, 6 days.In Madrid, June 10, 1932. Kendall W. Oakes, age 83 years, 1

month, 3 days.In Temple, June 18, 1932, Agnes M. Dill, age 29 years, 4

months, 17 days.In Livermore, June 29, 1932, Thelma L. Doyen, age 9 years, 21

days.In Solon, July 13, 1932, John Mahoney, age 76 years, 4 months,

21 days. mIn Portland, Nov. 10, 1931, Laura Jean Felix.In Industry, Sept. 20, 1932, Fred G. Luce, age 72 years, 4 months.In Woodbridge, Conn., Oct. 17, 1932, Mavbelle Black Hitchcock,

age 76 years, 1 month, 4 days.In Canton, Oct. 17, 1932, Elizabeth Roberts Bean, age 87 years,

6 months.In Malden, Mass., Oct. 25, 1932, B. Ella Gabel, age 59 years.In Lewiston, Nov. 10, 1932, Lucy Marshall, age 74 years, 7

months, 28 days.In Malden, Mass., Nov. 3, 1932, John F. Gabel, age 58 years.In Wilton, Dec. 7, 1932, Herbert E. Farmer, age 65 years, 9

months, 25 days.

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In Belfast, Dec. 10, 1932, Rose S. Folsom, age 76 years, 7 months, 16 days.

In Portland, Dec. 19, 1932, Clifton L. Allen, age 41 years, 8 months, 19 days.

In Bethlehem. Pa., Dec. 31, 1932, Nancy L. Goodwin, age 93 years, S months, 5 days.

In Denver, Colorado, Dec. 30, 1932, Lottie Abbott, age 78 years, 9 months.

In Quincy, Mass., Tan. 5, 1933, Charles H. Cole, age 72 years, 1 month.

In Wilton, Dec. 7, 1932, Herbert E. Farmer, age 65 years, 9 months, 25 days.

In Lewiston, Dec. 29, 1932, Archie Lee Talbot, age 86 years, 3 months, 15 days.

In Portland, jan. 18, 1933, Juliette C. Oakes, age 80 years, 1 month, 23 days.

In Houston, Texas, Jan. 13, 1933, Almon S. Gifford, age 70 years, 11 months, 15 days.

In Wilton, Jan. 23, 1933, Eugene Dill, age probably 78 years.In Jay, Dec. 17, 1932, Hiram R. Hiscock, age 76 years, 26 days.In New York City, Jan. 25, 1933, Rose Nagle Grojean, age 72

years.

Report of Superintendent of Schools

To the Superintending School Committee and Citizens of the Tozvnof Farmington:

I have the honor to present my tenth annual report as Superin­tendent of Schools, for the year ending February 1, 1933.

The public schools opened on September 12th, with the exception of the new Grade School, which opened on September 19th. There were 263 students enrolled in the High School, 332 in the new Grade School, and 221 in the other schools, making a total of 816 pupils in all the schools of the town. There are sixty-five non-residents at­tending the High School. Non-resident students come from Chester- ville, Temple, New Vineyard, Vienna, Industry, Allen’s Mills, West Mills, Starks, and East Madrid.

The schools at Mosher Hill and Russell’s Mills have been closed because of the operation of the law which closes such schools when­ever the average attendance falls below eight pupils for the year. The children at Russell’s Mills are being conveyed to West Farming- ton and Fairbanks, and those at Mosher Hill are being conveyed to the new Grade School in the village.

The number of children conveyed at the expense of the town was 95, which is less than for the previous year, and resulted in an in­crease in the per capita cost of conveyance. During the past year the cost of conveyance amounted to $3,782.75, and the cost per pupil amounted to $38.19, which is forty-eight cents more than the cost for last year. In order to keep the conveyance cost within the appropria­tion, the School Board carefully revised the amounts paid to the con­veyance driver's, giving due consideration to all parties concerned. Most of the drivers recognized the necessity of taking a cut, and ac­cepted it as gracefully as possible. Others, however, were rather un­reasonable and held the Board and Superintendent responsible for their reductions. However, with the cuts and reduction in the num­ber of conveyances, it was found possible to keep within the money- available.

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The conveyance problem is one of the most perplexing with which the School Department has to deal. Much care is necessary in order to provide an equitable allowance for each conveyance, and even then few of the conveyance drivers are satisfied with their pay. Distance travelled, age of the children and condition of the roads, are among the factors which must be considered in arranging for convey­ance. The School Law charges the Superintendent with the duty of arranging for conveyance of such children as live at an unreasonable walking distance from the schools, and the law also designates the Board as the sole judge of what constitutes a reasonable walking dis­tance. Contrary to the opinion of the general public, there is no defi­nite distance prescribed by the law. The Superintendent, of course, acts under the direction of the School Committee. Conveyance may be provided for the whole or a part of the distance, and the school conveyance is not required to call at the homes of the children. Then again, this does not relieve the parent of his share of responsibility in the matter. Parents have an equal reponsibility with the School Board, and it is not intended that they shall be paid enough entirely to reimburse them for the time and expense of conveying their own chil­dren to school. Furthermore, the law does not allow payment for chil­dren who walk, when their parents are paid to convey them. The object of the law is to equalize school opportunities for all the chil­dren of the town, wherever they may reside.

We now have two school busses in operation, both privately owned. One, driven by L. J. York, collects the children from Mosher Hill and Perham Hill, and conveys them to the new Grade School. Another, operated by Wesley Gardner, conveys all the children on the Falls Road to the same school. These conveyances have regular time schedules, and parents are expected to see to it that their children are ready when the cars are due to arrive at their stopping places. Drivers are not expected to wait an unreasonable time for children, as they must arrive at the school on time. On the other hand, drivers must be at the school promptly at closing time, ready to take the chil­dren home without undue delay.

HIGH SCHOOLThe High School with the largest enrollment in its history, has

an average of thirty pupils per teacher. This is hardly ideal, consid­ering the rooms available and the number of courses carried. Yet, with all its handicaps, the school functions in a very smooth and efficient manner.

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Two teachers retired from the Faculty at the end of the year. Mr. Howard P. Whitney left in order to complete his work for a de­gree at Boston University. Mr. Maurice M. Rhuland, Sub-master and Coach, resigned to accept the principal ship of the TCingfield High School.

Mr. Whitney’s position was filled by the appointment of Miss Eleanor Kane, of Eastport. Miss Kane is a graduate of Farmington Normal School and the University of Maine. She comes to us with a record of high scholarship and successful experience in her home city. Mr. Rhuland’s position was filled by the appointment of Mr. James DeWever, a graduate of Bates College. Mr. DeWever has had several years’ successful experience in teaching and coaching.

Last year we had the pleasure of reporting the bequest of Miss Cora B. Cothren, and this year we are pleased to announce a trust fund to be known as the “ Albert E. Knowles Prize This amounts to $2,000, the income of which is to be awarded annually to the boy or girl who, upon graduating from the Farmington High School that year, shall have shown the greatest development in character and scholarship during his course of study in said high school, said prize to be awarded each year by the School Board and Superintendent of Schools, on reports furnished by the Principal and teachers of said high school.

The Lauriston A. Smith prizes for 1932 were awarded as fol­lows: First prize, Clifford Oliver; second prize, Mildred Hager- strom.

As the Junior Speaking has not yet taken place, because of the illness of some of the speakers, no report of this activity is available.

The report of the Principal of the High School, which follows this report, gives a more detailed account of the work and activities of the school.

ATHLETICSThe following statement is contributed by Mr. James DeWever,

Athletic Coach at the High School:

H igh School A thletics, 1932-1933I hereby submit my first annual report as athletic director of

Farmington High School for the year 1932-1933.Due to the fact that school opened one week later this year, we

did not have as much time for preliminary work in training as in other years.

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This year we have insisted that every student taking part in athletics must first have a physical examination, and file in the prin­cipal’s office a certificate stating that they are physically able to par­ticipate in athletics.

About thirty boys reported at the first call for football practice and continued throughout the season. We played seven games, tying the strong alumni in our first game; losing three and winning three. Our greatest victory was over Skowhegan. Although the season was short, it was a pleasant and successful one. I found the boys one of the finest groups I have had to work with in my school experience.

In December the basketball practice for both boys and girls was started in the Normal School Gymnasium. Mr. Dinsmore is coaching the boys’ team and Miss Kane the girls’. The following statement was contributed by Miss Kane, athletic coach for the girls:

“ Early in September a meeting was called of all girls interested in field hockey. A fair number of girls appeared to be interested and practice was begun immediately. Due to the short season and in­clement weather not much progress was made, but it is hoped that another year a team may be built on the foundation started this year.

“ When recruits were called for basketball about thirty girls re­sponded. The team has had a schedule of six home games and six return games this year. So far the team has had a successful season.

“ Aside from the enjoyment the girls get from these competitive contests they are developing fine habits of sportsmanship. They are acquiring coordination of mind and muscle. No girl is allowed to play whose physical fitness is not guaranteed by a doctor. Both practice and games are carefully supervised and every endeavor is made to improve the physical condition of the girls.”

Mr. Dinsmore has developed a fine basketball team, which up to the time of the epidemic had not lost a game. Everything at this time points toward a very successful season and that the boys will make an excellent showing in the Franklin County Basketball Tournament to be held in the Normal School Gymnasium near the end of the season.

Although the weather has not been conducive to hockey playing, we have tried to keep the rink clear and are planning at present to have an inter-class Winter Carnival.

We expect in the Spring to have a baseball team and class track teams. Both of these offer a good opportunity for out-of-door exer­cise. Those who cannot play baseball should try to interest them­selves in track. We have about completed our baseball schedule,

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which includes games with some of the best* high schools in this section.

A few educators believe that the education of youth should deal only with the intelligence of the student. But most educators, includ­ing physical educators and athletic men, generally agree that it is one of the functions of our schools to attempt to serve the interests of all students whether they be inferior, average or superior, so far as their physical and athletic abilities are concerned. The main differences of opinion, however, relate not so much to the question of whether it is the function of the school to consider the health and play life of the student as how these desired ends are to be accomplished.

I believe our aim in athletics should be first, more adequate atten­tion to supervision of those who are physically weak, to the end that every student enrolled in our public schools may later be enabled to perform his or her duties of citizenship. That the interests of the average boy and girl be served by and through organized class ath­letics made possible by the provision of adequate grounds, buildings and equipment. That those of superior athletic attainments be pro­vided for by a system of interscholastic athletics. The purpose of interscholastic athletics, being a social one.

Following this program it would provide for physical develop­ment, not only for the individual champions but for every student regardless of his ability. Usually physical improvement results in im­provement in scholarship.

ELEMENTARY SCHOOLSA very satisfactory standard of excellence has been maintained

in the grade and rural schools. In addition to the emphasis laid on the fundamentals in English and Arithmetic, we have this year been paying special attention 'to the teaching of Reading. As a result, dis­tinct improvement is already apparent in the reading of the pupils. The excellence of the work in these schools is due largely to the well- trained and experienced teachers. The Normal School trains in all of these schools, and I believe that this tends to improve the work of both pupils and teachers.

With the opening of the new Grade School, the old grammar building on Middle Street was closed, The closing of this and the two rural schools transferred six rooms to the new building, where nine class rooms are operated. Therefore, while we have apparently lost six rooms, we have acquired nine bv the transfer.

By arrangement with the Principal of the Normal School, the town Supervisor of Music includes the new school in her duties; and the teacher of Drawing at that school includes all of the other town schools in her duties. This is a distinct advantage to all parties con­cerned, and the town thereby secures the services of two special teachers without additional expense.

I wish again to call attention to the Red School, which is being conducted as a Model Rural School. Rural teachers visit this school for observation of their own type of school organization. Students of the Normal School are trained here, and groups from that school make frequent visits for observation of the work. The great ma­jority of the schools in the State are rural, and there has long been a need for such a school as we now have at the Red School. The building is not large enough for the work now being done here, and more room should be provided as soon as the times are more favor­able. A new modern and suitably planned building with more land is most desirable, especially as so many visitors come from other towns. Last year an official from another state called and inspected the school, and commended very highly the type of work being done even in the inadequate quarters. As I have explained in a former report, part of the teacher’s salary, by arrangement with the State Depatment of Ed­ucation, is paid by the State.

REPAIRSNo repairs have been made, except such as were imperative in

order to safeguard and maintain the school property. The coming year, however, many minor repairs and some painting will be needed. The repair account covers not only repairs, but all miscellaneous items that can not be included in other special accounts.

. SCHOOL FINANCESThe School Department realizes fully as well as any citizens of

the town the imperative need of economy in the conduct of the schools. Last year the school budget was reduced ten per cent, and this year another cut of ten per cent is provided. The Board feels that this is as much as is safe, if the present standards are to be main­tained, educational values are not to be sacrificed, and the children of the present generation not to be deprived of their inherent right to an education.

The American Federation of Labor which recently met in con-

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vention at Cincinnati, Ohio, devoted part of its six-day session to edu­cation. Many important phases of the present-day problems of edu­cation were discussed, some of which took shape in a series of resolu­tions, of which two are here quoted:

“ Resolved, That the American Federation of Labor protest against the false economy of curtailing the service of the schools and reducing the income of the educational staff of these schools; be it further

“ Resolved, That the American Federation of Labor urge, first, its central labor bodies, State Federations of Labor, National and international organizations, and affiliated unions, that they recognize their responsibility for awakening in their communities anew the tra­dition of American devotion to the public schools, that it call, second, upon all organizations and individuals, to whom the well-being of our Nation is sacred, to throw the whole weight of their power; and third, upon the people of America to take heed to the danger to which this policy of retrenchment in public school support is exposing the Na­tion, since democratic government is founded on public education, and that they put squarely before their fellow citizens the danger in which reduction of school revenues will place their schools, to the end that the sentiment of the community shall demand of public officials that crippling retrenchment be not made in that public service most vital to the welfare of the community and of the Nation.”

The Federation recognizes the fact that hard times 'in industry invariably add to the load of the schools. Many thousands of young people, who would ordinarily be working at some job, are now turn­ing back to the schools. This forces the schools to carry a heavier load but with a drastic reduction in revenue.

The following is from a letter sent out by Hon. Bertram E. Pack­ard, State Commissioner of Education:

“ Because of a lowering of State valuations to the extent of over sixty million dollars ($60,(MX),000), and because of a shrinkage in the amount of income from savings banks and trust companies, the State School Fund faces a loss in income amounting to approximately two hundred and sixty thousand dollars ($260,000). Of this amount it may fairly be considered that one hundred and seventy thousand dol­lars ($170,000) is not a direct loss to municipalities for the reason that the lowered valuations will mean a paying in to the state of a lesser amount on the millage tax and a consequent reduction on the part of the 'State in return. While this reduction in valuation does

not affect all municipalities uniformly, yet in a majority of instances a percentage reduction has been made. The apportionment of the State School Fund in December 1933, as compared with December 1932, will entail a shrinkage of approximately 20%. You may safely reckon that your State School Fund apportionment will be reduced by this amount. In order to be in the same position as to school funds for the next fiscal year that you were for the past fiscal year, it will be necessary to take into careful consideration this reduction in the State School Fund.”

The financial statement accompanying this report shows the total receipts and disbursements of the School Department for the year ending February 1, 1933. The total receipts were $44,801.31, and the total disbursements were $39,256.87; unexpended balance, $5,544.44. This is the balance as of February first; but it should he borne in mind that this amount is barely sufficient to pay the running expenses of the Department from that date to the time of the Town Meeting. This year the appropriation was $29,639.00 which was $4,161.00 less than last year, and for the coming year, the School Board is recom­mending a further cut of ten per cent. It is somewhat doubtful if this cut is safe, considering the reduced income from the State School Fund.

Finally, permit me to call attention to the fact that the schools are for your children, and in thoughtful study of the recommenda­tions of your School Board this fact should be kept in mind. Some­times the School Board is placed in the false position of being com­pelled to fight for the necessary appropriation; when as a matter o f fact, the amount of the appropriation affects the members of that body personally in no degree whatever.

RECOMMENDATIONSNo recommendations are made in this report; as all such recom­

mendations would entail expense and additional appropriations. How­ever, when the times have improved there are many important plans to be set forth for the consideration of the tax-payers, which means all the citizens of the town, whether owners of real estate or not.

Articles have been placed in the Warrant relating to the several needs of the schools, and it is urged that the citizens accord them the fair and careful attention which they merit.

Attention is directed to the reports of the Principal of the High School, the Supervisors of Music and Drawing, and the County

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Nurse, all of which are appended to and made a part of this report.A copy of the contract with the State relating to the new Grade

School will be found at the end of this report.In conclusion, I wish to thaftik the Municipal Officers, Teachers

and Citizens of Farmington, for their courteous assistance and co­operation."

Respectfully submitted,

WILLIAM F. MINER,

Superintendent of Schools.

School Department — Financial Statement

COMMON SCHOOLS

RECEIPTS$ 1,113 80^ 10,000 00/ 3,800 00

830 46

Unexpended balance Appropriation Conveyance TuitionInterest on School Fund State

69 99 4,365 85/

$20,180 10

EXPENDITURESTeachersFuel

$13,837 59461 05 840 50

3,728 75 463 95

JanitorsConveyanceTuition

$19,331 84

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HIGH SCHOOL

Unexpended balance Appropriation Tuition

$16,411 01

RECEIPTS$ 1,744 34 11,000 00 3,666 67

EXPENDITURES$13,012 87

1,011 55 916 88

$14,941 30

TEXT-BOOKSRECEIPTS

Unexpended balance $470 75Appropriation 600 00Sale of books 108 53State 437 18

TeachersFuelJanitor

Common Schools High School

Unexpended balanceAppropriationH. S. Athletic Ass’n

$1,616 46

EXPENDITURES$228 80 604 40 •

$733 20

REPAIRSRECEIPTS

$1,211 83 1,839 00

25 00

Transferred to Industrial Education acct.$3,075 83

100 19

Total for Repairs and miscellaneous $2,975 64

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EXPENDITURES

Common Schools $ 700 30High School 1,067 77

$1,768 07

SUPPLIESRECEIPTS

Unexpended balance $411 34Appropriation 700 00Sale of Supplies 145 14State 500 00

$1,756 48

EXPENDITURES

Common Schools $569 20High School 657 40

$1,226 60

INSURANCERECEIPTS

Unexpended balance $ 26 93Appropriation 1,700 00

$1,726 93

EXPENDITURES

Paid for Insurance $1,152 36

$1,152 36

INDUSTRIAL EDUCATIONRECEIPTS

$100 19 3 31

Transferred from Repair acct. Unexpended balance

$103 50

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EXPENDITURES

Paid State Normal School $103 50

$103 50t

MEDICAL INSPECTIONBalance on hand $31 19

$31 19Ho expenditures

i SUMMARYRECEIPTS EXPENDITURES BALANCE

Common Schools $20,180 10 $19,331 84 $ 848 26^High School 16,411 01 14,941 30 1,469 71*"Text-books 1,616 46 733 20 883 26""Supplies 1,756 48 1,226 60 529 88-"Repairs 2,975 64 1,768 07 1,207 57*^Insurance 1,726 93 1,152 36 574 57""Industrial Education 103 50 103 50

31 19^Medical Inspection 31 19

Totals $44,801 31 $39,256 87 $5,544 44

APPROPRIATIONS RECOMMENDED BY THE SCHOOL BOARD

Common Schools $10,000 00Conveyance 3,800 00High School 11,000 00Books 675 00Supplies 0 00Repairs 1,200 00Insurance 0 00Industrial Education 0 00Medical Inspection 0 00

$26,675 00This is a ten per cent cut from last year’s appropriation.

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TEACHERS IN SERVICE FEBRUARY 1, 1933 H igh School»

Norman B. Dinsmore, Principal, Science Janies DeWever, SubnMaster and Coach, Mathematics May B. Miner, Dean of Girls, Latin Ethel L. Howard, History Marion S. Bryant, English Iva P. Seeley, English, Dramatics Pauline L. Sommer, Commercial Subjects Flora E. Tarr, French, Biology, Debating Eleanor Kane, Science, Mathematics and Civics Iola H. Perkins, Music

Elementary Schools •Carroll A. Matthieu, Fairbanks, Grades 5-8 Myrtie M. Greaton, Fairbanks, Grades 1-4 Sybilla A. White, West Farmington, Grades 1-3 Alice E. Stevens, West Farmington, Grades 4-8 Beatrice M. Jones, Farmington Falls, Grades 5-8 M. Lucille Small, Farmington Falls, Grades 1-4 Marion F. Hodgkins, Red School, Grades 1-8

N ew Grade School

Arthur D. Ingalls, Principal Grade EightVelma M. Walker Grade SevenAlice L. Bowie Grade SixEva H. Nickerson Grade FiveGertrude Y. Sawyer Grade FourMaude E. Howard Grade ThreeZilda J. Brown Grade TwoClementina R. Johnston Grade OneHelen M. McCabe KindergartenMaxine L. McLeary Drawing

$2,160 00 1,500 00 1,260 00 1,260 00 1,170 00 1,215 00 1,170 00 1,080 00 1,000 00 1,350 00

$1,080 00 810 00 900 00 765 00 810 00 720 00 900 00

The teachers of the New Grade School are subject to election by the School Board; but their salaries are fixed by the Normal School Trustees.

The town pays Six Thousand Dollars toward the salaries of these teachers.

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SCHOOL CENSUS A pril, 1932

Age o 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 TotalBoys 21 32 34 22 29 38 40 32 31 28 37 42 27 22 31 33 — 499Girls 16 15 24 26 29 29 27 31 31 26 24 22 21 30 32 16 — 399

Total 37 47 5S 4S 58 67 67 63 62 54 61 64 48 52 63 49 — 898

ATTENDANCE AND REGISTRATION Y ear Ending June 30, 1932

ELEMENTARY SECONDARY TOTAL1. Number of different pupils

registered during the year:(a) Boys 335 117 452(b) Girls 287 127 414

Total 622 244 8662. Number of above conveyed at

expense of the town 95 0 953. Number of above not residents

of Farmington 28 61 894. Average daily attendance of all

pupils for the year * 346.S5 218 564.855. Average length in days of

school year 176+ 186.66. Number of weeks school was

maintained 36 38* ■Does not include pupils in Training School.

ENROLLMENT BY GRADESBOYS GIRLS TOTAL

Sub-Primary 30 25 55First Grade 39 18 57Second Grade 31 35 66Third Grade 33 26 59Fourth Grade 31 23 34Fifth Grade 42 27 69Sixth Grade 22 39 61Seventh Grade 37 31 68Eighth Grade 33 35 68

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SECONDARY BOYS GIRLS TOTALFreshmen 43 37 80Sophomores 31 35 66Juniors 21 ' 39 60Seniors 22 16 38

Totals 415 386 801

SCHOOL CALENDAR 1932-1933

Elementary Schools

Fall Term September 12 to December 16, fourteen weeks.Christmas Recess — December 19 to January 1, 1933.

Winter Term January 2 to March 31, thirteen weeks.Spring Recess — April 1 to April 8.

Spring Term April 10 to June 9, nine weeks.

Fall Term

Winter Term

Spring Term

Fall Term

Winter Term

Spring Term

Fall Term

Winter Term

Spring Term

H igh School

September 12 to December 16, fourteen weeks. Christmas Recess — December 19 to January 1, 1933. January 2 to March 31, thirteen weeks.Spring Recess — April 1 to April 8.April 10 to June 23, eleven weeks.

1933-1934E lementary Schools

September 11 to December 15, fourteen weeks. Christmas Recess — December 16 to December 30. January 1 to March 30, thirteen weeks. (1934) Spring Recess — April 1 to April 7.April 9 to June 8, nine weeks.

H igh School

September 11 to December 15, fourteen weeks. Christmas Recess — December 16 to December 30.

January 1 to March 30, thirteen weeks. (1934) Spring Recess — April 1 to April 7.April 9 to June 22, eleven weeks.

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SCHOOL HOLIDAYS February 22 — Washington’s Birthday.April 19 — Patriot’s Day.May 30 — Memorial Day.November 11 — Armistice Day.November — Thanksgiving Day and the day preceding. Two days for the State Teachers’ Convention.One day for the County Teachers’ Convention.

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Report of Principal of High SchoolI

Mr. W. F. Miner, Superintendent of Schools:

I am pleased to submit to you my fourth annual report as Princi­pal of Farmington High School.

The High School opened for the year 1932-1933 on September 12, 1932, a week later than scheduled due to an unforeseen emergency. Following the trend of the past several years, the registration was the largest in the history of the school, there being 261 pupils dis­tributed as follows: 81 Freshmen, 71 Sophomores, 49 Juniors, 5C Seniors, and 4 Post Graduates. With the exception of the Junior Class every class showed considerable gain over the registration o f last year, the total being 24 greater than a year ago. Since the begin­ning of the year two additional registrations in the two lower classes have brought the total enrollment for the year to 263, exceeding by 18 the greatest previous registration, that of last year. While these figures may appear to indicate only small gains it is obvious that the gains have been steady over a period of several years and an increase of only a few pupils presents a serious problem in several rooms and classes. What may be considered the most significant gain in num­bers of the entire year is shown by the working registration at the present time of 249 pupils, which is a true indication of the size o f the school, it being practically the number which will carry through •the year. This means that only 14 pupils have dropped out during the year, and these because of illness and for financial or personal reasons.

To meet this unprecedented registration additional seats have- been added in every room, there being 56 pupils in the senior room- alone which means the largest graduating class in the school’s history next June. A part of the assembly hall and the commercial room are- now being used for home room purposes and it is felt that the situa­tion is thus far being met with no sacrifice in the efficiency of tbfc* school. During the past five years the net gain in the school’s regis­tration has averaged from 25 to 30 pupils. Although possibly the- peak in high school enrollment has been reached there is reason to’ assume that further growth may be expected next year. Should this,

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be so a school of between 270 and 280 pupils is a conservative esti­mate and this indeed presents a problem of considerable importance.

THE LAURISTON A. SMITH PRIZESThe annual presentation of the Lauriston A. Smith Prizes for the

highest scholarship maintained during the senior year was made at the Commencement Exercises last June. The high-ranking students of the Class of 1932 were Clifford N. Oliver, also Valedictorian, who received first prize, and Mildred G. Hagerstrom, Salutatorian, who was awarded second prize. These prizes were approximately $334 and $167 respectively. It is of interest that both pupils are continuing their educations at Farmington State Normal School.

Recent bequests from late wills are to provide further funds for high school pupils of merit and scholastic ability, making this school unique for its large funds available for worthy pupils.

DEBATING COUNCILFor some years this school has been active in debating circles in a

limited way, preparing for and participating in the Bates League de­bates with only fair success. It has been possible to transfer the debating work this past year from Miss Seeley, thus relieving her, to Miss Tarr of the faculty who has had much debating experience else­where. Believing strongly in the fine training derived from the study of argumentation and debating a large group of pupils have been or­ganized to this purpose and have been working actively throughout the year. With the Bates debates as tlie objective, intra-group discus­sions and debates have stimulated a keen interest in this really new field and promise fine results for the future. It is hoped that prelimi­nary duel debates upon league subject will provide interscholastic training and insure more satisfactory results.

ATHLETIC ASSOCIATIONTwo years ago the Farmington High School Student Activities

Association was organized for two purposes, namely: to place all school activities within the financial reach of every pupil and to in­sure the support of all activities, both financially and socially, by as many pupils as possible. While the plan was partially successful it fell short of its objectives partly because of the payment arrangement and partly because activities, other than athletics, which ordinarily supported themselves were losing revenue by the plan.

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The financing of athletic activities has become so serious a prob­lem, and, feeling that the pupils must assume their share of the sup­port of such activities, there was organized this year the Athletic Association on an entirely new basis. The purposes are the same as before, but are limited to athletics, and the association is financed by each pupil paying dues of five cents each week of the school year. This entitles the member to admission to all athletic contests during the year and results in a tremendous saving to the pupil. On the other hand should every pupil belong to the association, the school would be insured a fine working fund with which to sponsor all athletic activity. Results thus far have been excellent with a large percentage of the school supporting the project. Although the plan entails considerable bookkeeping and difficulty in collecting dues it is the nearest approach ■thus far toward meeting a difficult situation.

HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES It is a matter of considerable satisfaction to report that recent

graduates of the High School are engaged in and are successfully car­rying on their studies in several institutions of higher learning. As might be expected a large percentage of our graduates are represented at the local Normal School and for the most part are doing satisfac­tory work. In addition to these the school has representatives at the present time at Bowdoin, Colby, and the University of Maine, all of whom, according to reports received at this office, are doing highly satisfactory work. Three recent graduates are also studying at the Bently School in Boston, one of the country’s leading accounting schools, and recent reports give them honor grades in reported subjects.

THE SCHOOL LIBRARYSince the reorganization of the library three years ago much

progress has been made in developing it as a real function of the school. At the present time the library is tied up more closely with work and reading have been expanded and improved under the super- the daily work of the pupil than ever before. Facilities for reference vision of Mrs. Bryant, faculty librarian, and the student librarians. Over-night service on books and reference material has been intro­duced this year and it is of valuable aid to the pupils. The library has subscribed this year to a monthly book club and iin this way is slowly accumulating some of the finest non-fiction and fiction ma-

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terial. It is sincerely felt that the library has progressed far through its own efforts and has taken an important place in the school work.

GIRLS' ATHLETICSFor some time it has been a source of some concern that girls’

athletics, limited though they are, were necessarily under the supervi­sion of the boys’ athletic director. This is in no way meant in criti­cism of previous coaches as this feeling was well known and also held by them. For the first time this undesirable situation has been elimi­nated. With the acquisition of Miss Eleanor Kane, a Normal School and University of Maine graduate, the school was in a position to place girls’ athletics under the supervision of a woman, where they rightly belong. Although these duties were not a part of her stated work, Miss Kane, a skilled athlete, gladly took over this work for which she is so well qualified. Under her direction field hockey has been instituted as a sport and will be developed; the basketball team has enjoyed its most successful season to date, and the school feels more secure as to the health and welfare of the girls.

VISUAL INSTRUCTIONDuring the past three years the school has experimented carefully

with teaching films as a means of supplementary instruction with varied success. The difficulty has been writh the many sources of the innumerable films available. This past year an arrangement has been made with a national distributing agency, a branch of the Y. M. C. A. in New York, which distributes, rental free, films of various types. A complete schedule for the school year was drawn up to provide the school with pictures dealing with industrial and science subjects. These are received each week; are pre-viewed and used in various classes, if appropriate, as a basis for teaching or as supplementary work. Many of these films are providing valuable material for class work while others of a more general nature are shown in the assem­bly hall at the close of school to which the entire school remains if they care to do so.

HIGH SCHOOL FUNDThe following statement shows the condition of the High School

Fund by accounts. Attention is called to the fact that in spite of con­ditions it has been possible to carry on all activities, although in a lim­ited way in some cases, and show a gain in the total accounts.

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The accounts of the School Fund and the following statements have been kept and prepared iby Miss Pauline Sommer of the Com­mercial Department.

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Farmington High School February 1932 — February 1933

Cash in bankA ssets

$237 61

Total Assets

Surplus from 1932L iabilities

$177 98Gain in all accounts to Feb. 1933 59 63

Total Liabilities

LOSS AND GAIN STATEMENT

AthleticsIncome

$561 56Class of 1932 106 75School Equipment 4 75Lunchroom 332 00Music 9 98Forensics 10 20Entertainment 8 17Laurel (1932) 358 75Operetta 113 50Crowell Magazine Contest 316 25Curtis Magazine Contest 71 00F. H. S. Fair (1932) 134 94

Total Income

AthleticsE xpenses

$753 02Class of 1932 127 75School Equipment 9 99Library 26 50Lunchroom 246 71Music 3 25

$237 61

$237 61

$2,027 85

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Laurel (1932)OperettaMiscellaneousCrowell Magazine ContestCurtis Magazine ContestClass of 1933F. H. S. Fair (1932)

ForensicsEntertainment

$ 32 82 19 00

389 76100 84

7 07 174 32 38 94 2 70

35 55

Total ExpensesGain in all accounts to Feb. 1933

$1,968 22 59 63

$2,027 85

SCHOOL ACTIVITIESThe third annual Senior Play, Hurry, Hurry, Hurry, as pre­

sented by the Class of 1932 was a distinct success as a play although the proceeds realized were less than anticipated. Rehearsals are now in progress for this year’s production by the Class of 1933 and will be presented on Friday evening, February 17. This play promises to be the finest yet given. The school is extremely fortunate and grate­ful for having been offered the use of the new Grade School Audito­rium for this and similar affairs.

The limited debating program of last year was climaxed by par­ticipation in the Bates League debates where both affirmative and negative teams were eliminated in close debates on the Chain Store question by Wilton and Livermore Falls. The school is again entered in this league and will compete in a triangle with Kingfield and Phillips on March 17.

The fourth annual Operetta presented last Spring under the supervision of Miss Iola Perkins, Music Director, and assisted by Miss Iva Seeley, was again a distinct success, the music, cast, and artistry being unusually fine for high school talent.

Commencement Week, consisting of Last Chapel, Alumni Night, Class Day, and Graduation, closed a successful school year last June. All of these exercises were featured by especially fine programs, the class parts being coached by Miss Iva Seeley of the faculty. Thirty- nine graduates received diplomas, this being the largest class to grad­uate in recent years.

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The annual School Fair was held in Drummond Hall on Friday, December 9. The booths and cafeteria were particularly attractive and original and together with the miniature theatre realized a net profit of $99.39 which may be considered excellent for a difficult year. During the evening an amusing one-act play was presented under the direction of Miss Iva Seeley, dramatic coach, and was followed by general dancing.

It is regretted that no report on Junior Prize Speaking can be made at this time as is customary. Due to repeated illness among the finalists, who were selected in December, several postponements have been necessary. At the present time it is expected that this will be held early in March.

In closing may I state that it is sincerely felt that the general condition of the school is unusually fine with a uniformly strong faculty working to the same end, the welfare of the pupil. I wish to express my sincere appreciation to those associated with me and to the Superintendent and the School Committee for the cooperation and assistance given me during the past year.

Respectfully submitted,

NORMAN B. DINSMORE,

Principal, Farmington High School.

Report of Supervisor of Musici»

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February 1, 1933.

Mr. W. F. Miner, Supt. of Schools, Farmington, Ma ine.

D ear S i r :

I herewith submit my fifth annual1 report as Supervisor of Music.

HIGH SCHOOLLast March the Orchestra and Girls’ Glee Club assisted in pre­

senting a program commemorating the George Washington Bi-Cen­tennial.

In April the school was represented in the New England Festival Orchestra which convened in Providence, R. I. Through the cour­tesy of the Rotary Club, Mr. McGary, Mr. Dinsmore and Mr. and Mrs. Miner, the financial end of the trip was made considerably lighter. The two delegates not only gave a good account of thorn- selves musically, but had the distinction of having come the farthest to attend this most worthwhile meeting.

During National Music Week, fifteen members of the school motored to North Jay, where in collaboration with the musical clubs of Jay High School, they presented a program.

Regular rehearsals of the Orchestra and the Glee Clubs were discontinued during the early part of the Spring Term, to make room1 for the operetta, 7< Crocodile Island ” , which was given in May.

Individuals and groups from the clubs presented programs at: — the Senior Play, the High School Debate, the Methodist Church, the W. C. T. U. Speaking Contest, Alumni Night, Baccalaureate, Last Chapel, Class Day, Grammar School Graduation, Fairbanks School Graduation and the High School Graduation.

This year the orchestra has thirty-seven members, and has made two appearances: — at the High School Fair and at an Assembly Program.

As it is difficult in many instances to find room for a group of this size, we have a smaller orchestra which does the greater part of the program work. This group is called The Little Symphony Or­chestra, and is made up of twenty-one of the advanced players of the large group. They have furnished music for the High School Play, the Mothers’ Club, Training School Assembly, Armistice Day Assem­bly and have given one broadcast over Station WRDO in Augusta. Aside from this broadcast a string quartette from the school has broadcast a program of old-time songs and one student a program of violin solos over this same station.

I feel that some mention should be made of the splendid work be­ing done by the summer music camps. Last summer one member of the orchestra attended the eight week session of the Eastern Music Camp in Sidney, while seven students were at the two week session of the Castine Camp. These students show marked improvement in their work, which speaks well for the way in which they spent their time.

The (Girls’ Glee Club numbers thirty-nine. They have given three Assembly Programs, and several members have broadcast over Station WRDO.

We have twenty members in our Boys’ Glee Club. Three mem­bers of the club sang over Station WRDO, and the entire club has given one Assembly Program. They are at present working hard on a short one act operetta which will he presented to the public upon com­pletion.

One hundred forty-one members of the school meet each Wednes­day morning for Chorus.

GRAMMAR SCHOOLThe teaching of the class-room music has been greatly simplified

by having only one grade in a room. To the competent room teachers goes a great deal of credit for the advancement the children have made so far.

The orchestra has thirty members, with at least six more to enter in the spring. They have played several times at various Assemblies. Two members were students at the Castine Camp last summer.

Twenty-eight of the girls from the four upper grades expressed a wish for a Girls’ Glee Club, so that organization was started in the

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oarly fall. They presented the cantata “ Pocahontas” at the Thanks­giving Assembly Program and sang at the Christmas Assembly also.

The boys also have a Glee Club which numbers twenty-four. They sang one selection at the Thanksgiving Assembly.

The regular rehearsals of the two Glee Clubs have been discon­tinued during the Winter Term, as all the time is being taken up by rehearsals for the operetta which will be presented in March.

OTHER GRADE SCHOOLSThe outside schools seem in much better condition, musically,

this year than they did last year. We find fewer musically defective children in the upper grades each year. This shows that much of this may be avoided by careful attention to the so-called monotones while they are in the lower grades.

The West Farmington School has deviated from the regular routine of the class-room music this winter: the Primary Room work­ing on an operetta, while the Grammar Room is working on a cantata to be presented at graduation.

I should like to take this opportunity to thank all those who have helped me in my work.

Respectfully submitted,

IOLA H. PERKINS,

Supervisor of Music.

Report of the Supervisor of Drawing

February 1, 1933.

Mr. W. F. Miner,Supt. of Schools,Farmington, Maine.

Dear Sir :

I am pleased to submit to you my first annual report as Super­visor of Drawing in the Public Schools of Farmington.

Drawing is being taught this year at the New Grade School — four times a week in the primary grades, two times a week in the elementary grades. These lessons are taught at least once a week by myself, the other lessons being taught by student teachers, under my supervision.

My aim is to teach creative drawing, giving the children an op­portunity for self-expression, also an appreciation of the beauty in everyday surroundings.

Two days a week are spent visiting the schools of Farmington Falls, West Farmington, Fairbanks, and at the Red Schoolhouse. An art lesson is taught and work is planned for the art program to be used by the room teacher.

A drawing course was introduced at the High School this year. The classes meet one period a week. It is a two-credit course and is open to those students who are especially interested in art. These classes are doing a service to the school in designing posters for school activities and illustrations for the “ Laurel” .

Respectfully,

MAXINE McLEARY.

The Management of the New Grade School

State Board of Normal School T rustees in A greement withthe Selectmen

This agreement is made and entered into between the State of Maine through the Board of Trustees for Normal Schools, and the town of Farmington, through the Selectmen, covering the construc­tion of a school 'building to house the elementary practice schools in the town of Farmington, the financing and management of the same. This agreement was authorized by the Boaixl of Trustees at a meeting on June 1, 1932 and was also approved by the Governor and Council and accepted iby the town of Farmington at the annual meeting ini March 1932, the contract covering the following items:

1. The town of Farmington is to erect a suitable building to house the aforesaid practice schools according to the plans of Harry A. Coombs, the same to cost approximately $100,000.

2. When the building is completed the state will equip the same with necessary -desks, chairs, domestic science equipment, and such other equipment as may be necessary for the successful operation of the school at an approximate cost of $10,000.

3. The state will provide the current expenses of conducting the school such as paying teachers, not to exceed nine in number, janitor service, fuel, text-books and supplies and minor repairs not to exceed $1,000 per year, the above expenditures estimated to cost approxi­mately a minimum of $15,000 per year. The town of Farmington will pay $6/000 of this, to be paid into the State Treasury preferably in three payments of $2,000 each in September, January and April. The town’s portion of this expense may be adjusted at the end of five year periods.

4. In case additional teachers beyond the nine mentioned shall be employed, either for regular work or for special courses such as art, music, etc., the state will undertake to assume 60% of the same and the town 40% outside the main contact.

5. The town will keep the building insured and in case of loss by fire the town will replace the building at its own expense or make

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reasonable adjustment satisfactory to the state. The estimated cost of insurance will run from $600 to $800 per year.

6. The town will assume anything in the way of extraordinary repairs beyond the stated amount of $1,000 per year up to which amount the state assumes the repair charges.

7. The management of the school shall he under cooperative arrangement of the school officials and the normal school officials. The law provides that the schools of the town shall be under the authority of the superintending school committee who shall make rea­sonable rules and regulations consistent with the welfare of the school but shall not do violence to the laws of the state. The school hours and the school day shall be fixed by the school committee but the vaca­tions shall conform to the normal school vacations.

8. The teachers shall be recommended for election jointly by the superintendent of schools and the principal of the normal school and their election shall he subject to the school committee of the town, the control of the school committee in this respect conforming in all par­ticulars to the provisions of the statute; after election by the school committee they shall be approved by vote of the Normal School Trustees.

9. The course of study shall conform in subjects and arrange­ments to the State Course of Study or shall be jointly arranged by the normal school faculty and the superintendent of schools and his committee subject to approval, as all schools must he by law, by the State Commissioner of Education.

This agreement made and entered into this.........................day of..................................... at Farmington, Maine.

Signed by Selectmen.

A. L. HARDY,A. T. VOTER,E. W. MARBLE.

Signed by Trustees.

CARLETON P. MERRILL, Chairman.BERTRAM E. PACKARD, Secretary.

. Report of Public Health Nurse/

'To the Citizens of the Town of Farmington:

I hereby submit my fifth annual report for the fiscal year Febru­ary 1, 1932 to February 1, 1933.

In February a number of cases of measles developed in the village school, and later a few children in the other Farmington schools de­veloped this disease. The nurse made daily visits to the school ex­cluding all who had colds as well as the students who had been ex­posed. We did not close the school, and consider ourselves fortunate to have the splendid cooperation of parents and teachers at this time. Dr. Arms made several visits to the schools with the nurse, and has assisted in the few other cases of contagion found later; his help has been most valuable.

More than twice as many children were present this year than last at the Play Day Activities held on the Hippach Field; New Vine­yard, Temple and Industry joined with all the Schools of Farmington. It seems advisable to have this get-together on a school day, and this year it was held on Arbor Day. The transportation of these children was due to the courtesy of interested individuals in the different towns; and to the teachers, assisted by the Normal students, is due the credit of a most joyous and successful oocasion. Many visits were made by the nurse to the different schools to assist with the transpor­tation and different games to be played. Thanks to the cooperation o f mothers and teachers and interested individuals, Child Health Day, .a national event, was a memorable one.

Thirty-nine students made one or more visits to the dental clinics for treatment, filling, extraction and prophylactic cleaning were done;

rail necessary work has been completed. The nurse assisted with the •transportation back and forth of these students; besides taking many :to doctors for necessary corrective work.

Each year the Health Posters made by the school children, and •exhibited at the Franklin County Fair, show more careful workman­ship and many new ideas worked out. Much interest is shown by

teachers and parents, and continues to be a worthwhile way of ex­pressing the children's Health Projects, as carried out in home and school. Twenty-five babies entered the Well Baby Conference at the Fair and all were so nearly perfect that the prizes were awarded by drawing names.

The North and South Franklin County nurses divided the time spent in the booth, as it seems most important that someone explain the posters and the schools they came from, and often parents take this time to have a confidential talk with their nurse.

The Child Welfare Conferences were held at the Hospital during the summer and early fall and were much appreciated by the parents; interested individuals assisted in providing transportation for mothers and babies. Twenty-nine home calls were made in connection with these conferences beside other calls on pre-school children.

Several bedside nursing visits and social service calls were made, and advice and assistance given to many individuals, both in homes and at the office. We feel that more and more the nurse can be of service to the community in preventive measure as well as assisting in definite illnesses.

Several meetings have been attended held under the auspices of the Bureau of Health and the Commonwealth Fund, and a most happy solution has been made of many of the problems arising.

An institute was held the past year at the Memorial Hospital, and the nurse attended all the meetings possible.

Three Farm Bureau meetings had their Health Day, the nurse giving a Health Talk at each. Other meetings were held with the, nurse, including the nurses’ club, Mosher Hill Farm Bureau.

There is always a checkup of correction of all students in the spring and the number having received the necessary treatment has been increasing each year.

808 students received their Routine Health Examination in the fall. 403 had one or more corrections. 340 had one or more defects, 60 had partial loss of vision and 13 had defective hearing. 208 re­ferred to dentist, 64 to doctor for apparent abnormal throat condi­tions, 56 were 10% or more underweight, 29 were 20% overweight, 42 notices were sent to parents of defects. 526 Seven Point Pins and Certificates were awarded. With more students enrolled, there were 14 less underweight children this year. Three 50% and one 100% Dental Certificates were awarded and two blue health habit awards.

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Over 170 calls were made in homes of school children, a large proportion being at the time of the illnesses in'the spring.

Students in several school rooms were examined for skin and head infections — a few were excluded.

The Nurse and the North Franklin County Public Health Com­mittee again extend thanks and appreciation to the teachers and others who have cooperated with them in the Health Work.

Respectfully submitted,

ADA H. STAFFORD, R. N.,

North Franklin County Public Health Nurse.Affiliated with the Maine Public Health Association.

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