Mt. Vernon, Maine 1934 Town Officers & Taxpayers Lists
Mt. Vernon, Kennebec County, Maine
Town Officers & Taxpayers List
1934

This page includes information on individual taxpayers in 1934 in addition to items of curiosity such as number & value of livestock, other personal property, school budget and student enrollment.
The information is taken from the Annual Report of the Town Officers,
Town of Mt. Vernon, Maine.
For the year ending February 14, 1934.
COMMON SCHOOL ACCOUNT (BUDGET)
EXPENCES / FUNDS AVAILABLE
AMOUNT
Appropriated 3/6/1933 + $2,500.00
State School fund +   1,366.63
Deficit 1933 -      153.95
Total Amount For Use +   3,712.68
14 Teacher's Wages -    2,129.00
Conveyance of 17 Scholars -    1,122.10
Fuel (probably wood) -       169.63
12  Janitors -       129.25
Readfield Tuition -       112.00
Total Expenditures   $3,661.98
Surplus +      50.70

 
MT. VERNON TEACHERS FOR SCHOOL YEAR 1932-33
TEACHER
SALARY
FOSS, Bethia $186.00
LIDSTONE, Anne  174.00
STICKNEY, Myra  310.40
STICKNEY, Raymond  310.40
JOHNSTON, Esther  144.00
WELLS, Margaret    35.40
MURPHY, Barbara      5.60
CHASE, Eleanor  288.00
GORDON, Annie  168.00
PACKARD, Winona  168.00
COLE, Hazel  168.00
YEATON, Marguerite  168.00
PRAY, Annie     1.60
KILLAM, Edwin     1.60

 
SCHOOL STATISTICS SCHOOL YEAR 1932-33
REGISTRATION
FOR YEAR ENDING 6/1933
FALL TERM 1933
Secondary
Edward Little H.S. (tranferred to Maine Wesleyan Seminary) 1 1
Maine Wesleyan Seminary (Kents Hill School) 12 12
Belgrade High 3 3
Anson Academy 1
Monmouth Academy 1 4
Bridge Academy 1
Elementary in Mt. Vernon 147 146
Elementary In Readfield 6 1
Promoted to High School 14
Entered Sub-primary grade 14
Number pupils conveyed 59 60
Average elementary attendance school year 1932-33 125
School Census April 1933 198
TAXABLE LIVESTOCK
NUMBER
ANIMAL
AVG. VALUE
TOTAL VALUE
127 Horses $41. $5,210.
2 Colts 37.50 75.
412 Cows 17.14 7,060.
13 Oxen 38. 495.
127 3-yr-olds 17. 2,150.
121 2-yr-olds 13.31 1,610.
5 Swine, over 10 in No. 8. 40.
1204 Poultry, over 50 in No. 50. 602.
Total Amount $17,242.00
LIVE STOCK EXEMPT
NUMBER
ANIMAL
AVG. VALUE
TOTAL VALUE
211 1-yr-olds $10. $2,110.
177 Sheep, to 35 in No. 3. 528.
64 Swine, to 10 in No. 50. 1,163.
2326 Poultry, to 50 in No. 50 1,163.
Total Amount $4,248.00

 
ALL OTHER PERSONAL PROPERTY
 
Money at Interest
$500.00
 
Stock in trade
$6,800.00
3
Small boats
$330.00
25
M ft. Logs
$185.00
35
Cords Pulp Wood
$70.00
 
M. Ft. Lumber
$2,375.00
85
Cords Wood & Bark
$153.00
9
Gasoline Pumps
$900.00
1
Automobile
$100.00
16 
Musical Instruments
$800.00
59
Radios
$1,065.00
 
Furniture
$1,000.00
1
Portable Mills and Machinery
$1,750.00
 
Other Property
$665.00
 
Total Amount
$16,693.00
 
 
 

Town Officers 1934
~ Moderator ~
B. Ralph Cram
~ Town Clerk ~
Carleton E. Turner
~Selectmen, Assessors & Overseers of the Poor ~
Waldo G. White, Raymond A. Hall, A.M. Wadleigh
~ Treasurer ~
B. Ralph Cram
~ School Committee ~
Erma P. Currier, Roy W. Carson, Hazel Adams, Rev. L.D. Tibbetts
~ Superintendent of Schools ~
Howard L. Norwood
~ Tax Collector ~
Lester P. Ward
~ Constables ~
Wesley I. Ladd, Lester P. Ward, Herbert M. Currier
~ Board of Health ~
A.W. Moore, M.D., Frank H. Lyford, Wesley I. Ladd
~ Health Officer ~
A.W. Moore, M.D.
~ Road Commissioner ~
Forest L. Luce
~ Sexton ~
N. J. Rathey
~ Fire Chief ~
Waldo G. White

 
MT. VERNON RESIDENTS
VALUE OF ESTATES 1934, A-E
NAME
REAL ESTATE
PERSONAL
1. ALLEN, J. W., Heirs of $6,500.00 $2,050.00
2. ALLEN, Frank B. 2,900.00
3. ALLEN, Clifton L., Heirs of 500.00 75.00
4. ALLEN, Sylvia 900.00
5. ALBEE, Charles 600.00 25.00
6. BENT, George M. 500.00 40.00
7. BRADLEY, Hannah 450.00
8. BUTLER, Warren 300.00 15.00
9. BICKFORD, Ralph E. 800.00 175.00
10.BUTLER, Alvin, Heirs of 600.00
11. BEAN, John E. 1,100.00 30.00
12. BUTLER, Carroll 100.00
13. BUTLER & CHILDS 1,000.00
14. BELL, Harland L. 900.00 85.00
15. BLAKE, Brothers 1,100.00
16. BEAN, Emery 700.00
17. BRADLEY, Irvin R. 950.00
18. BILLINGS, G.W. 11,100.00 1,100.00
19. BAILEY, Frank P. 700.00 135.00
20. BLANCHARD, J.H. 2,000.00 160.00
21. BICKFORD, Roy 10.00
22. CLOUGH, George C. 1,650.00 441.00
23. COTTLE, E.A. 800.00 75.00
24. CURRIER, Herbert M. 1,100.00 250.00
25. CURRIER, Orman 1,050.00 100.00
26. CRAM, Sherman 825.00 40.00
27. COPP, N.C., Heirs of 900.00
28. COPP, Henry C. 700.00 40.00
29. CHESLEY, W.H. 35.00
30. CHESLEY, Emma 600.00
31. CHESLEY, Clyde 25.00
32. CHILDS, Mrs. F.G., 
Heirs of		 700.00
33. CHILDS, Lawrence 750.00 115.00
34. CURRIER, Carl 115.00
35. CURRIER, Brothers 1,700.00
36. CARSON, Roy W. 1,150.00 280.00
37. CARR, George E. 650.00 30.00
38. CHILDS, Maurice 40.00
39. CURRIER, Ralph H. 750.00 60.00
40. CLANCEY, Peter 250.00
41. CRAM, Ralph B. 6,775.00 3,075.00
42. CHASE, W.Z. 1,000.00 135.00
43. CHASE, Lizzie 110.00
44. CROWELL, Clifton 15.00
45. CARL, Earl 800.00 275.00
46. COLE, Albert J. 30.00
47. COLE, Bert 300.00 75.00
48. DOLLOFF, O.H. 1,500.00 175.00
49. DOLLOFF, F.A. 1,600.00 35.00
50. DUDLEY, Sumner 600.00 20.00
51. DUNN, C.E. 750.00 36.00
52. DUNN, Peter A. 750.00 78.00
53. DUNN, Otis L., Mrs. 1,100.00
54. DILL, George O. 600.00 75.00
55. DOLLOFF, Norris 915.00 120.00
56. DAMREN, John 1,400.00 210.00
57. DAMREN, Gilman 310.00
58. DAMREN, C.O. 450.00 60.00
59. DAMREN, Glenwood 600.00 105.00
60. DUDLEY, Miles 20.00
61. DeMARIANO, Theodore 3,150.00 85.00
62. DUNN, Merton C. 950.00 140.00
63. DUNN, Preston 1,100.00 25.00
64. DOLLOFF, Vesta 500.00
65. DEARBORN, Clara, exempt 750.00
66. DOUGHTY, Maurice 500.00
67. ESPAIGNETTE, Hattie 750.00
68. ERIKSON, Will 1,000.00 190.00

 
MT. VERNON RESIDENTS
VALUE OF ESTATES 1934, F- L
NAME
REAL ESTATE
PERSONAL
69. FISH & HIGHT 1,700.00
70. FREER, C.G. 1,200.00
71. FAIRBANKS, G.B. 600.00
72. FOSS, F.W. 1,700.00 385.00
73. FOSS, Carroll 15.00
74. FAIRBANKS, Nora 450.00 50.00
75. FELLOWS, C.O., Heirs of 350.00
76. FARNHAM, Alice 1,200.00 75.00
77. FARNHAM, Donald 260.00
78. FURBUSH, Frederick A. 975.00
79. GORDON, Alvaro 20.00
80. GORDON, Ina 1,700.00 20.00
81. GORDON, Walter 45.00
82. GILMAN, Myra 1,700.00 20.00
83. GORDON, Melvin, Heirs of 800.00
84. GORDON, Sanford 500.00
85. GORDON, Arthur 115.00
86. GORDON, L.C. 500.00
87. GORDON, A.I. 1,200.00 155.00
88. GORDON, Moses 550.00 20.00
89. GIANDREA, Camellea 1,100.00 110.00
90. GROVER, Elisa 700.00
91. GUY, Raymond 900.00 15.00
92. GREEN, Walter 700.00
93. HUTCHINSON, Charles, 
Heirs of		 825.00
94. HIGGINS, Rueben 1,600.00 140.00
95. HIGGINS, Guy 55.00
96. HOPKINS, F.L. 1,700.00 280.00
97. HOPKINS, Leroy 150.00 125.00
98. HEALEY, H.H., Heirs of 800.00
99. HALL, Mrs. H.M., Heirs of 900.00
100. HALL, Herbert M. 65.00
101. HALL, B. Albert 30.00
102. HALL, Eddie D. 900.00 35.00
103. HALL, B.B. 1,600.00 160.00
104. HERSOM, Addie 600.00
105. HAMMOND, Carrie 800.00 500.00
106. HUGHES, John 650.00
107. HAMMOND, F.H. 1,500.00 55.00
108. HANSON, J.W. 1,700.00
109. HIGHT, Stanley 315.00
110. HALL, Frank C. 110.00
111. HOWLAND, Cora B. 1,200.00
112. HOWLAND, George H. 25.00
113. HALL, C.A. 5,675.00 580.00
114. HALL, Raymond A. 140.00
115. HISCOCK, Mary 300.00
116. HISCOCK, William T. 400.00
117. HARMON, D.C. 700.00 130.00
118. HOPKINS, Thomas, 
Heirs of		 3,100.00
119. INGHAM, Fred 1,100.00 15.00
120. INGHAM, Frank 650.00
121. JACOBS, Merton, Heirs of 1,600.00
122. JACOBS, Harold 270.00
123. JACOBS, Carl 1,850.00 515.00
124. JORDAN, J. F. 35.00
125. JOHNSON, Annie 200.00
126. JACKSON, T.W. 185.00
127. JACKSON, Alberta 900.00
128. JONES, E.A. 130.00
129. KENNEDY, Warren 1,000.00 100.00
130. KROYER, Gertrude 1,200.00
131. LUCE, H.K. 1,200.00 170.00
132. LUCE, Forest L. 65.00
133. LUCE, Horace 15.00
134. LUCE, Mrs. Horace 600.00
135. LEIGHTON, Edwin W. 205.00
136. LEIGHTON, F.B. 2,300.00
137. LIBBY, Lilla 275.00 60.00
138. LYFORD, Frank 1,300.00 50.00
139. LANGLEY, Nathaniel 600.00 30.00
140. LADD, Mrs. A.L. 1,750.00
141. LADD, A.L. 485.00
142. LADD, Harold 10.00
143. LUCE, Earl 15.00

 
MT. VERNON RESIDENTS 
VALUE OF ESTATES, 1934 M - S
NAME
REAL ESTATE
PERSONAL
144. MORSE, A.P., Heirs of  1,100.00
145. MOOAR, R.J. 400.00
146. MUNNINGS, J.J. Heirs of 1,300.00
147. MILLETT, E.L. 1,500.00 1,080.00
148. Mt Vernon Light & Power 10,000.00
149. MACKAY, C.J. 1,200.00 25.00
150. MOOERS, Kenneth 2,900.00
151. MITCHELL, Georgia 400.00
152. NEAL, John 1,000.00 10.00
153. NEAL, Clyde 475.00 20.00
154. NORTH, Marie 2,000.00
155. NORRIS, Wayne 10.00
156. NELSON, Henry 800.00 15.00
157. PARLIN, W.O. 1,625.00 245.00
158. PULS, Henry 600.00
159. PULS, Louis 1,000.00 150.00
160. PIPER, George A. 1,350.00 250.00
161. PIPER, Chester 150.00
162. PEARL, Mrs. Ernest 1,150.00
163. PEARL, Ernest 85.00
164. PERKINS, N.B. 2,200.00 440.00
165. PERKINS, N.B., Jr. 45.00
166. POTTER, Woodford J. 20.00
167. POTTER, Marie Cole 450.00
168. POTTER, Charles 60.00
169. PALMER, Andrew 500.00 30.00
170. PELLERIN, Louis 1,275.00 160.00
171. ROBINSON, E.E., 
Heirs of		 3,000.00 35.00
172. ROBINSON, Gertrude 300.00 10.00
173. ROBINSON, Fred 275.00
174. ROBINSON, E.A. 3,800.00 115.00
175. ROBINSON, Della 600.00
176. ROBINSON, Jesse, 
Heirs of		 600.00
177. ROBINSON, H.M. 350.00 55.00
178. ROBINSON, C.J. 900.00 160.00
179. ROBINSON, Ray C. 600.00 25.00
180. RUSS, Mrs. H.S. 1,300.00
181. REDONNETT, L.N. 1,150.00 30.00
182. RATHEY, N.J. 2,425.00 580.00
183. RUSSELL, M.E. 700.00 25.00
184. RANDALL, H.D. 1,500.00 75.00
185. RECKARDS, T.J. 15.00
186. RANDALL, A.H. 3,000.00 30.00
187. RAYMOND, H.L. 850.00 130.00
188. SHAW, H.F., M.D. 1,000.00 10.00
189.SHAW, Mary 700.00
190. SIBLEY, W.E., Heirs of 575.00
191. SMITH, Freeman, Heirs of 700.00
192. SMITH, Leroy 1,060.00 125.00
193. SMITH, Gideon 2,200.00 240.00
194. SPRINGER, J.M. 1,400.00 105.00
195. STEWARD, George R. 1,050.00 15.00
196. SEAVEY, J.W. 1,300.00
197. SEAVEY Brothers 1,200.00
198. STEVENS, Lindsay 100.00 185.00
199. SHATTUCK, F.I. 520.00 310.00
200. Shattuck & Reckards 150.00
201. SPROULE, Fannie 650.00 35.00
202. SECOR, Annie 1,300.00 75.00
203. SIROIS, Joseph 1,000.00

 
 
MT. VERNON RESIDENTS,
VALUE OF ESTATES 1934 T-Z
NAME
REAL ESTATE
PERSONAL
204. TAGGART, Gilbert, 
Heirs of		 350.00
205. TURNER, E.H. 950.00 55.00
206. TUCKER, H.I. 1,200.00 50.00
207. TRACY, E.M., Heris of 150.00
208. TYLER, Lamont 1,500.00 820.00
209. TRACY, Ira B., Heirs of 1,100.00
210. TYLER, Alice 1,500.00 50.00
211. TAYLOR, J. B. 850.00 275.00
212. THOMPSON, Mrs. M.L., Heirs of 1,000.00
213. TYLER, Alfred 280.00
214. TURNER, Carleton E. 650.00 20.00
215. TOWLE, R.G. 750.00 15.00
216. TIBBETTS, Forest 200.00 50.00
217. TRASK, Alfred 300.00 15.00
218. THAXTER, G.B. 900.00 25.00
219. TREFETHEN, Leon C. 25.00
220. TEAGUE, Frank 900.00
221. VEINOTT, T.B. 800.00 180.00
222. WALKER, W.P. 1,650.00 170.00
223. WALKER, F.A. 1,100.00 180.00
224. WILLIAMS, Josephine 1,000.00 85.00
225. WADLEIGH, M. Guy 1,500.00 65.00
226. WADLEIGH, Fred B. 1,850.00 85.00
227. WADLEIGH, Alton M. 600.00 95.00
228. WADLEIGH, I.E. 350.00 25.00
229. WEBBER, John A. 10.00
230. WELLS, Linwood 40.00
231. WILSON, Frank G. 1,400.00 35.00
232. WEBBER, Hattie 550.00 15.00
233. WEBBER, H.W. 1,200.00 110.00
234. WEBBER, Calvin E. 1,000.00 145.00
235. WESTON, H.O. 1,200.00 320.00
236. WESTON, Alton 600.00 15.00
237. WESTON, C.O. 1,000.00 190.00
238. WILLIAMS, C.E. 4,450.00 300.00
239. WYMAN, Charles, 
Heirs of		 250.00
240. WYMAN, F.J. 700.00 35.00
241. WYMAN, L.A. 600.00
242. WALTON, Lincoln 900.00 55.00
243. WARD, E.E. 1,300.00 300.00
244. Ward Brothers 1,600.00 125.00
245. WEYMOUTH, N.C., Heirs of 900.00
246. WHITE, Waldo G. 1,200.00 15.00
247. WILLIAMS, Lee 1,250.00 325.00
248. WILLIAMS, Miles 150.00 280.00
249. WILLIAMS, Everett 30.00
250. WILLIAMS, Henry 1,600.00 350.00
251. WALTON, Lizzie 350.00
252. WADSWORTH, Merton 350.00 20.00
253. WAUGH, Frank 600.00 80.00
Total Resident Taxes $249,220.00 $27,900.00

 
 
MT. VERNON NON-RESIDENT 
VALUE OF TAXABLE PROPERTY 1934 A - J
NAME
REAL ESTATE
PERSONAL
254. ABBOTT, John $600.
255. ALLEN, G.H. 100.
256. ARMSTRONG, George 3,450. 175.
257. ANDERSON, John, 
Heirs of		 1,300. 50.
258. Augusta Savings Bank 500.
259. BARTLETT, Lincoln 750.
260. BEAN, Ernest 30.
261. BONNEY, J.H., Heirs of 2,000.00
262. BOGART, E. Marston 250.
263. BOUGHTON, Willis A. 650.
264. BACHELDER, Fred 125.00
265. Burnham & Morrill Co. 600. 1,500.
266. Blanchard & Wheeler 500.
267. BECK, Klir 25.
268. BERRY, Will 600.
269. BEAL, Henry F. 2,000.
270. BUTLER, Frank W. 1,650.
271. BEATY, jennie 150.
272. CHURCH, Ida 900.
273. COATES, Wallace 250.
274. CHASE, John 2,600.
275. CARSON, John & Mary 750.
276. Central M.P. Co. 4,000.
277. CLEAVES, Robert 500.
278. CORYELL, Hubert 650.
279. CORYELL, Roland S. 550.
280. CORYELL, Russell 650.
281. CORYELL, Harold 750.
282. CORYELL, Abbie 800.
283. CHESTER, Webster 1,600.
284. CHILDS, Clyde 600.
285. CHADBOURNE, P.H. 250.
286. CHADBNOURNE, F.B. 600.
287. CHADBOURNE, W.H. 4,400.
288. CROSS, Judson 1,700.
289. DOLLOFF, Frank 500.
290. DOWNS, George 200.
291. DUNN, Frank, Heirs of 900.
292. DONALDSON, Clinton 1,200.
293. ELLIOT, W.S.O. 1,400.
294. ELLIOT, Fred D. 50.
295. FOSS, H. Warren 200.
296. FRENCH, N.J. 250.
297. FRIEND, Frances 400.
298. FOGG, F.P. 100.
299. FAIRCHILD, Josephine 25.
300. FROST, Julia 100.
301. FAIRBANKS, A.A. 600.
302. FULLER, Nellie M. 1,300.
303. Federal Land Bank 1,400.
304. Farmington Oil Co. 500.
305. First Nat'l Granite Bank 600.
306. GILE, Rose 125.
307. GRIGGS, Walter 500.
308. GOODWAY, J.S. 800.
309. GILE, Mrs. E.J. 75.
310. GAMMAGE, J.A. 100.
311. GRIFFIN, Leila 450.
312. GILMAN, Emma 50.
313. GETCHELL, A.E. 100. 70.
314. HEDGE Sisters 750.
315. HORNE, Frank 1,000.
316. HACKETT, Frank, Heirs of 50.
317. HARVEY, Florence 25.
318. HEALEY, Elwood, 
Heirs of		 350.
319.HANNAFORD, Mrs. F.E. 100.
320. HOWE, Charles 1,000.
321. HAWES, Ruby 750.
322. HENDERSON, John 475.
323. HARPER, Lincoln A. 125.
324. HANSON, P.E.  1,550. 350.
325. HIGGINS, Wellington 25.
326. HATCH, Raymond D. 2,000. 140.
327. JOSE, Albert, Heirs of 1,200.
328. JOHNSON, Hilbert 900.
329. JACOBS, Clyde 900.

 
MT. VERNON NON-RESIDENT
VALUE OF TAXABLE PROPERTY, 1934  K - Z
NAME REAL ESTATE PERSONAL
330. KENDALL, Lawrence $250.
331. KILLUM, Elmer 200.
332. KEMP, Sidney 100.
333. KENT, H.R. 3,000.
334. KNAPP, J.W. 500.
335. LANE, George M.  60.
336. LADD, H.A., Heirs of 900.
337. LOCKE, F.J., Heirs of 700.
338. Livermore Falls 
       Light & Power Co.		 4,500.
339. LANNIGAN, Helena 1,500.
340. LEWIS, Elizabeth 5,000.
341. McQUAIDE, Margaret 125.
342. Maine Cooperage 
         &   Milling Co.		 450.
343. MORRILL, Jack 100.
344. MAXIM, Gertrude 500.
345. MOORE, Willis M. 100.
346. McGAFFEY, George, 
Heirs of		 900.
347. MacMAHAN, A.R. 3,300.
348. MARR, Leon H. 400.
349. MARBURY, Elizabeth, Heirs of 6,000.
350. NORTON, Adie 100.
351. New England 
Creamery Co.		 300.
352. NEAL, J.H. 400.
353. OIVER, Clarence 25.
354. PETTINGALL, A.W. 400.
355. PURITAN, Adv. Co. 100.
356. PAINE, A.D. 600.
357. PARISH, Helen G. 1,100.
358. PARKMAN, E.E. 525.
359. ROBINSON, Charles M. 400.
360. RUSSELL, Hannibal, Heirs of 800.
361. RAYMOND, Fred P. 100.
362. RUSSELL, Rosa P. 1,595.
363. RODERICK, Will 400.
364. STARBIRD, C.V., Est. 2,000.
365. SEARLES, Edwin 300.
366. SPAULDING, J.W. 120.
367. SPRINGER, Margaret 50.
368. STRICKLAND, Mrs. Ida 100.
369. SAWYER, F.M. 200.
370. STEVENS, F.A., Heirs of 1,500.
371. Standard Oil Co. 200.
372. Shell Oil Co. 200.
373. SMALL, E.M. 50.
374. TYLER, Jarvis 1,400.
375. TOWNSEND, Linwood 550.
376. TAYLOR, Charles H. 600.
377. TIBBETTS, Harry 600.
378. VOTOE, Thadeous, 
Heirs of		 250.
379. WALKER, Charles 300.
380. WEAVER, John 150.
381. WADLEIGH, J.H. 100.
382. WADLEIGH, E.H. 300.
383. WESTON, Costello, 
Heirs of		 1,000.
384. WILLARD, Arthur J. 6,300.
385. WILCOX, Mrs. Clayton J. 600.
386. WALCOTT, Chandler 800.
387. WIGHT, Prescott 150.
388. WILLIAMS, Anson 800.
389. ZAPH, Mrs. A.J. 1,500.
Total Non-Resident Taxes $113,845.00 $6,035.00
Total Resident + Non-Resident $363,065.00 $27,900.00
Grand Total $397,000.000

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