Municipal Improvements – Stow ME

Description

A small amount of Federal assistance was provided for this very rural community of 161 people (1930 population)

1933
ORDERS DRAWN FOR 1933 C. W. A. WORK
Everett Day, materials for CWA work $ 2 58
Hutchins’ Cash Store, dynamite, fuse and caps 20 08
Total $22 66

Report of the Superintendent of Schools
“It is generally known, I think, that underweight children are receiving free milk at the hands of the Federal Emergency Relief during the winter and spring terms.”

1934
ORDERS DRAWN FOR ERA WORK,
Improvement of a school lot 6 men employed $158.65

Report of the Superintendent of Schools
“There is available no Federal Free Milk this year but we have recently received a considerable quantity of canned beef soup from the Federal Emergency Relief Administration for use in the noon lunch.”

1936
SUMMER WORK, TOWN ROAD AND BRIDGES
3 men employed in road work in connection with the W.P.A.

1940
Report of the School Superintendent
“The noon lunch, as provided and served in the school during a part of this year is a notable feature of our school. This, we well know, would be quite impossible without the support of the parents, to whom the children and the teacher are indeed grateful. This year we are receiving certain lunch supplies from the Surplus Commodities Administration of the Federal Government.”