Annual reports of the selectmen treasurer and town clerk of the

/ ^ ' Annual Reports of the Town of GofFstown New Hampshire HAr ^MITH LIBRARY For the Year Ending January 31, 1939 Annual Reports OF THE Selectmen, Treasurer and Town Clerk OF THE Town of GofFstown FOR THE Fiscal Year Ending January 31, 1939 WITH THE Report of the Fire Precinct AND Report of the School Boards LEW A CUMMINGS Manchester, N H 1939 CO Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2010 with funding from Boston Library Consortium IVIember Libraries http://www.archive.org/details/annualreportofto1939goff TOWN OFFICERS Moderator ALFRED W POORE Town CARL B Town LOUIS Clerk PATTEE Treasurer R GREGG Selectmen GEORGE L EATON LESTER CLARK LOUIS Tax O PRINCE Collector WILLIAM SYM Road Agents HERMAN G HALL JOHN A PERLEY HORACE L SHIRLEY Supervisors ROBERT M GORDON BENJAMIN F GREER FERNAND ROY Health Officer ROBERT Police JOHN L M GORDON Department PUTNAM, Chief Trustees of Trust Funds CHARLES B CARR FRANK A PARKER CARL B PATTEE N SIMONS Auditors HARRY F COLBURN BENJAMIN F GREER FRANK Surveyors of Lumber and F C orders of Wood ARTHUR BARTLETT BENJAMIN F GREER LAWRENCE SHIRLEY B H WHEELER Trustees of Library WILLIAM E BLAISDELL RUTH B GAGNON ELIZABETH HOLT RUTH LUSCOMBE RAYMOND C GREER CHARLES P PAIGE Fence Viewers BOARD OF SELECTMEN Trustees of Cemetery GEORGE L EATON R GREGG EARLE WESTGATE FRANK A PARKER FRANK N SIMONS LOUIS Trustees of Barnard Playground ALFRED W POORE, Chairman LINA R LAMSON, Sec.-Treas RUTH B LUSCOMBE Representatives to General Court ARTHUR E PATTEE JOHN W BROWN A KENNETH HAMBLETON Senator CLARENCE J AVERY TOWN WARRANT NEW HAMPSHIRE STATE OF (L.S.) To Inhabitants tJ?c Town the of Town to vote in You Gofjstown, in the of County of Hillsborough, and in said State, qualified Affairs: Grange Hall in day of forenoon to act upon the are hereby notified to meet at the Gotfstown March on Tuesday, Village next, at ten o'clock in the fourteenth the following subjects: First — To choose Town all ensuing year, including a men Officers member and Agents for the of the Board of Select- for three years — Second To see how much money the Town will vote and appropriate for the Goffstown Public Library to raise Third to — To ment in see how much money Fourth — To Town see if the sum of will vote Fifth—To see if the at — To White Pine see if the Company Ccmeterv with a of new the Town propriate the sum of Four pression of the will vote to raise Two Hundred nance and improvements Sixth Town our cemeteries propriate the Service the and appropriate for maintenance and improve- raise and ap- Dollars for mainte- Barnard Playground will vote to raise and ap- Hundred Dollars for the sup- Blister Rust Town will vote to allow the Public New Hampshire to cross Hillside electric line connecting its Brook Street Station in Manchester with Falls in Goffstown, any poles —said towers or Company within the its Plant at Greggs agreeing not to erect boundaries of said Cemetery Seventh — To see if the with the Precinct — the amount asked not Dollars from the Town to raise Town will vote to co-operate in the installation of a fire to exceed Six alarm signal, Hundred ($600.00) Should the vote result favorable, and appropriate money for the same Eighth —To see if the Town will vote to accept State Aid for the construction of Class Two Road, known as the Shirley Hill Road, and to raise and appropriate or set aside for said purpose the sum of Two Thousand Sixteen and 75/100 ($2016.75) Dollars, the State to contribute an equal sum, or will vote to accept State Aid for improvement of Class Five Roads and to raise and appropriate the sum of Nine Hundred Forty-five and 13/100 ($945.13) Dollars, the State to contribute Three Thousand Seven Hundred Eighty and 53/100 ($3780.53) Dollars Ninth —To see if the Town will vote to authorize its Selectmen to borrow from time to time, as needed, certain sums of money in anticipation of taxes, not to exceed in total at any time the sum of dollars, giving the Selectmen the right to renew said loans in anticipation of taxes as may be found necessary Tenth —To see if the Town will vote to authorize its Selectmen to administer or dispose of any Real Estate acquired by the — Town through the Tax Collector's Deeds Eleventh To see if the Town will vote to allow its Selectmen to renew the Bridge note, so called, held by the Hillsborough County Savings Bank, upon which ten — rhousand ($10,000.00) Dollars may such times as the bank Twelfth — To due August is what sum oi money see 1, 1939, at require the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the support of the poor, Highways and construction and maintenance of and all Town other necessary year, including the Bridges, expenses for the ensuing amount required for Memorial Day — Thirteenth To see if the Town will vote to pay the Manchester Water Works the sum of One Hundred Five ($105.00) Dollars annual rental for three new hydrants installed on the extension of their water main from Bartlett's Corner, so called, to Grasmere on the Mast Road, so called, and to raise and appropriate money for the same Thirteen and one-half To elect — To see if the town one Road Agent for the year of 1940, vote: will To set his hundred dollars ($1500.00) annually To Town work To require that he have no financial interest in any truck or salary at fifteen require that he give his full time to the trucks that are operated for the make a full report, in the 1941 Town, To Town require that he report, of his ac- receipts and expenses for the past year and his recommendations for the next year, or take any action in tivities, regard to Road I'ourteenth This article Agents to the petition of A To is inserted agreeably Kenneth Hambleton and nine see if the Town will others vote to accept and improve Haig Street, said street is shown on plans of Libby Plat and Libby Plat Annex, said plans are on file in the Hillsborough County Registry at Nashua, N H., and to raise and appropriate money for the same This article is inserted b\' the petition of Zeb Barry, Jr., and — forty others DETAILED STATEMENT OF RECEIPTS Receipts $1,103.34 Balance 72.00 Dunbarton, tuition Treasurer 2,000.00 Treasurer 1,500.00 25.00 Sale of Tibbett's Hill 1,500.00 Treasurer Treasurer 1,000.00 Treasurer 3,500.00 Treasurer 1,000.00 Treasurer 706.00 Car 2.00 tickets Town 1,500.00 72.00 Dunbarton, tuition Town Town Town Town Town 1,000.00 2,500.00 1,000.00 1,000.00 1,200.00 1.00 Tickets 1,800.00 Treasurer Dog 253.85 tax $22,735.19 Total receipts during year 52 SCHOOL BOARD'S ESTIMATE FOR TOWN SCHOOL 1939-1940 DISTRICT OF GOFFSTOWN School Board's statement of amounts required to support public schools and meet other statutory obligations of the district for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1939 Detailed Statement of Expenditures Support of Schools: Teachers' Salaries $8,700.00 Text books 275.00 Scholars' supplies 250.00 Flags and Appurtenances 10.00 Other expenses of instruction 25.00 535.00 Janitor service Fuel Water, 850.00 250.00 light, janitors' supplies Minor repairs and expenses Health supervision (Medical inspection) Transportation of pupils Payment of elementary tuitions 450.00 400.00 3,000.00 700.00 Equipment 75.00 Expense of administration 50.00 $15,570.00 Other Statutory Requirements: Salaries of District Officers (Fixed by District) Truant Officer and School Census (Fixed by District) 153 $185.00 55.00 Pavmenr of Tuition High in Schools and Academies (Esti- mated by Board) Superintendent's 7,000.00 Excess Salary (Fixed by Supervisory Union) Per Capita Tax (Report 670.00 State Treasurer) 375.00 Interest Total 267.00 of Amount required to meet 8,552.00 School Board's Budget $24,122.00 Estimated Income of District Dog $150.00 tax (estimate) Elementary School Tuition Receipts 36.00 (estimate) Deduct raised total estimated income (not by taxation) 86.00 Assessment required to balance School Board's Budget $23,936.00 RAYMOND C GREER, ELISABETH B HOLT, WILLIAM R EATON, School Board Goffstown, N H., February 154 17, 1939 REPORT OF THE CEMETERY TRUSTEES The past year has been a favorable one for the lawns in our cemeteries The rainfall the past Summer was above the average and consequently they required mowing more often, thereby increasing somewhat The September hurricane the cost of care also caused extra labor to up the debris At West Lawn, some of the spruces planted beside the drives, which had grown to such a size as to become a clean nuisance, were removed, adding to the looks of the ceme- and greatly increasing the width of tery In the drives near future more of them will have to be removed as they not only encroach upon the drives but their shade tends to stain the monuments and other markers At Hillside Cemetery the same standard of upkeep was maintained and some improvements were made many years new drives will have to be built Before and lawns laid out At Shirley Hill the additional land obtained has been by a new stone wall and it is hoped that coming Summer it will be completed in compliance partially enclosed the with the wishes of its donors During the past year we have received substantial contributions to the perpetual care funds, showing there is a continued interest manifest in having our cemeteries well cared for in the future FRANK A PARKER, EARLE WESTGATE, FRANK A SIMONS, GREGG, GEORGE L EATON, LOUIS R Trustees 157 ^ «'o o =- S ^i - fe = :XXXXX XccXX XX XX ZZ ^zz z s ^zz' sis =^ S s O Z j-T^ZZZZZISZtK' o = 2 S a^c 2-5-g M-"^ > ? ?-a-C-C = =2 c c i2aZtSXous:ssssuussoQ£ssizszossssst^sooss ;i _D XX 3^ >z zzx • s X XX o •!? •X Z ZZ^uS" • ;z • u-Z sz Ji -c -o J= -c c >" c ãã'* X 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