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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...town will vote a sum of money for the proper observance of Memorial Day." (As usual, $25 was allowed...
After choosing the moderator, accepting the annual reports, and deciding the liquor question (a negative vote as usual, this year), the citizens of Calais proceeded to other business as listed on the agenda, which is called a "warning...
...each $100 valuation to the selectmen to carry out their administrative duties during the year; $2 for schools; $1.20 for the roads; 40 cents for the poor; and 50 cents for the town debt--a total of $5.50. Even though this still represents a substantial increase over the more usual $4 tax rate, the citizens of Calais took another look at their new snow plow and willingly agreed...
...rest of the team is once more intact. Shaw McKean and Dave Key will fill out the first line an usual, with the regular Abbot-Huntington-Arnold line as alternates. Jack Lavalle figures to start in the nets once more, on the basis of his performance against Yale last Saturday...
...referee addressed the crowd: "Gentlemen, please clear the pit." The men began to drift off the dirt-floored circle; the chanting bets still continued. "I'll bet a hundred" or "A hundred to eighty." The usual bet was $100. The big ones-$1,000 and up-were made more quietly, by a whisper, a nod, a flick of a finger. On the wall was a sign saying "No Profanity Allowed." There was none. In the audience, one woman fed a baby from a bottle...