Annual reports of the town of Hampton Falls, New Hampshire, 1926, Part 1

Author: Hampton Falls (N.H. : Town)
Publication date: 1926
Publisher: [Hampton Falls, N.H.] : [Town of Hampton]
Number of Pages: 54


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ANNUAL REPORTS OF THE


SELECTMEN, TOWN TREASURER


TOWN CLERK AND


SCHOOL BOARD


OF THE TOWN OF


HAMPTON FALLS


NEW HAMPSHIRE


FOR THE


Year Ending January 31


1926


HAMPTON, N. H. Rockingham Printing Co. 1926


ANNUAL REPORTS OF THE


SELECTMEN, TOWN TREASURER TOWN CLERK AND SCHOOL BOARD


$-


OF THE TOWN OF


HAMPTON FALLS


NEW HAMPSHIRE


FOR THE


Year Ending January 31 1926


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HAMPTON, N. H. Rockingham Printing Co. 1926


TOWN OFFICERS-1925-26


OFFICERS CHOSEN MARCH ELECTION, 1925 TOWN CLERK JAMES H. BROWN SELECTMEN


LOUIS B. JANVRIN


WALTER B. FARMER


ARTHUR J. SEWALL


TOWN TREASURER


WILLIAM H. McDEVITT


COLLECTOR OF TAXES ARCHIBALD £ LANTZ SCHOOL BOARD


MRS. WILLIAM CRAM


MRS. ARTHUR CHASE


ROSCOE


SWAIN


SCHOOL TREASURER


FORREST


B. CREIGHTON


(Elected November 1924) MODERATOR WALTER. B. FARMER


SUPERVISORS OF THE CHECKLIST WALTER A. LADD ARTHUR W. CHASE FORREST B. CREIGHTON


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TOWN WARRANT


(L. S.) STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE


To the inhabitants of the Town of Hampton Falls, N. . H., the County of Rockingham in said State, quali- fied to vote in Town affairs:


You are hereby notified to meet at the Town hall in said Hampton Falls on Tuesday, the Ninth day of . March next, at Ten of the clock in the forenoon to act upon the following subjects :


1. To choose all necessary Town Officers for the year ensuing.


2. To raise such sums of money as may be necess- ary to defray town charges for the ensuing year, and make appropriation for same.


3. To see if the town will vote to raise and appro- priate the following sums to pay Armas Guyon $327.94; H. Porter Brown $135.18; Joseph Bragg $10.75; Elwin Pevear $11.34, for labor contracted in 1924.


4. To see if the town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of $75 to reimburse the subscribers for the Boulder Fund that made it possible for the town to furnish a boulder at Hampton Memorial Park.


5. To see if the town will vote to raise and appro- priate an additional sum sufficient to purchase a tractor and snow plow.


6. To see if the town will vote to raise and appro- priate $500 to construct a gravel sidewalk starting at Akerman's corner on the Lafayette road going towards the Hampton line, providing the abutters on both sides of


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the road will proportionally pay one-third of the $500 in addition.


7. To see if the town will vote to raise and appro- priate $400 to continue the work of suppression of the "Pine Blister Rust."


8. To see what action the town will take towards recovering $878.43, one-half the cost of the Exeter Road Bridge.


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


Given under our hands and seal this Seventeenth day of February, in the year of our Lord nineteen hun- dred and twenty-six.


LOUIS B. JANVRIN, WALTER B. FARMER, ARTHUR J. SEWALL, Selectmen of Hampton Falls.


A true copy of Warrant-Attest :


LOUIS B. JANVRIN,


WALTER B. FARMER, ARTHUR J. SEWALL,


Selectmen of Hampton Falls.


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BUDGET OF THE


Estimates of revenue and expenditures for the ensuing year, Janu and expenditures of the previous year


SOURCES OF REVENUE


From State


Insurance tax


$ 140.82


$ 140.82


Railroad tax


175.20


175.20


Savings bank tax


323.64


323.64


Highways: State aid main ..


2,000.00


Highways: Trunk line main.


64.94


800.00


Interest and Dividend tax . .


1,854.75


1,500.00


Refund on monument


100.00


Forestry


2.65


From Local Sources Except Taxes All licenses and permits ex- cept dog licenses


1,402.61


1,400.00


Rent of Town hall


6.31


Interest received on taxes


and deposits


62.15


50.00


Check not cashed


7.00


From Poll Taxes


Other taxes except property taxes


714.00


476.00


From State: New Construction


For State aid highway cons.


305.20


305.20


Amount Raised by Issue of Bonds Or Notes


Temporary loans


6,000.00


Revenue For Other Governmental Divisions


Dog tax


73.60


Total, except property taxes . ... $11,232.87 Amount raised by property taxes 17,061.82


$ 7,170.86


11,517.62


Cash on hand, Jan. 31, 1925 426.96


Total Revenues


$28,721.65


$18,688.48


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TOWN OF HAMPTON FALLS, N. H.


ary 31, 1926 to January 31, 1927, compared with actual revenue January 31, 1925 to January 31, 1926


PURPOSES OF EXPENDITURES


General Government


Town officers' salaries. $ 811.15


$ 750.00


Town officers' expenses .


250.14


250.00


Election, registration exp .. .


25.00


Care and supplies Town hall


69.20


75.00


Protection Persons and Property Police department


252.00


200.00


Fire department


14.00


Health


Health department.


14.70


20.00


Highway and Bridges


State aid: State's contrib .. .


2,000.00


State aid : Town's contrib ..


1,356.31


1,000.00


Trunk line: State's contrib. .


800.00


Trunk line : Town's contrib ..


949.13


800.00


Town maintenance


1,465.74


2,000.00


Highway Dept,, snow


161.32


1,000.00


Education


Libraries


150.00


150.00


Patriotic Purposes


Mem. Day ; other celebrations Interest


21.39


25.00


On temporary loans


170.84


100.00


On long term notes


175.00


150.00


New Construction; Improvements Town construction


1,823.65


Abatements


315.54


Payment on Principal of Debt


Bonds : temporary loans .


6,000.00


Long term notes


2,500.00


1,000.00


To Other Governmental Divisions


Excess polls


510.00


State taxes


1,275.00


1,275.00


County taxes


1,082.84


923.48


Payments to school districts


7,435.30


6,145.00


Balance in treasury


1,918.40


Total expenditures


$28,721.65


$18,688.48


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INVENTORY


Land and buildings


$625,333.00


115 horses


10,810.00


1 mule


50.00


2 oxen


100.00


43 neat stock


1,195.00


313 cows


15,450.00


4 hogs


55.00


34 sheep


238.00


2,703 fowl


2,703.00


6 gasoline tanks


1,500.00


8 portable mills


850.00


Wood and lumber


54,125.00


Stock in trade


23,900.00


Refrigerating machine


800.00


4 aqueducts


250.00


Total, (exclusive of Soldiers' exempt) $737,359.00


Poll taxes


$


756.00


Amt. taxes committed to col., in-


cluding poll taxes


18,083.98


Amount exempted to soldiers


3,070.00


Average rate per cent of taxation


for all purposes $2.35 per $100.


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APPROPRIATIONS


Town charges


$1,000.00


Roads and bridges


2,000.00


Trunk line maintenance


1,000.00


State aid maintenance


1,000.00


Town debt


1,000.00


Emergency note


1,200.00


Electric road


500.00


Town library


150.00


Memorial Day


50.00


Snow plow


2,000.00


Gravel on South road


400.00


$10,300.00


Schools


6,300.00


County tax


1,082.84


$17,682.84


3B/ 15,4 50 (


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TOWN OF HAMPTON FALLS BALANCE


ASSETS


Cash in N. H. Nat'l Bank $1,918.40


Uncollected taxes, 1925 1,357.20


Due from State contingent fund 915.60


Due from State, trunk line main. 474.56


Due from State, State aid main.


184.87


.


$4,850.63


Deficit


1,722.97


$6,573.60


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SHEET


JANUARY 31, 1926


LIABILITIES


Dog tax


$ 73.60


Balance due schools


1,000.00


Tractor appro. not expended


2,000.00


E. H. & A. St. R. R.


500.00


Town notes, long term


3,000.00


$6,573.60


Town liability


$1,722.97


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TREASURER'S REPORT


DR.


To Balance, Jan. 31, 1925 $ 426.96


Check No. 848, not cashed


7.00


Taxes collected, 1924


1,049.04


Taxes collected, 1925.


16,726.78


Interest on taxes .


46.30


State Insurance tax


140.82


railroad tax


175.20


savings bank tax


323.64


forestry refund


2.65


refund on intangibles


1,811.26


interest on intangibles


43.49


refund on monument


100.00


aid construction 305.20


trunk line main., 1924. .


64.94


Automobile permits, 1925


1,387.61


Dog tax


73.60


Interest on deposits .


15.85


Pool table license


15.00


N. H. Nat'l Bank temp. loans


6,000.00


Town hall


6.31


$28,721.65


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CR.


By Town officers' salaries .


$


811.15


Town officers' exp., books, ptg. 250.14


Health department 14.70


Police department


252.00


Patriotic purposes


21.39


Library


150.00


Town hall .


69.20


Town maintenance


1,465.74


Permanent improvement 1,390.40


Trunk line maintenance 949.13


State aid maintenance 1,356.31


Great Hill special


433.25


Snow paths .


161.32


Fire prevention


14.00


State tax.


1,275.00


County tax


1,082.84


Tax (State) excess poll, 1924


510.00


Notes, State aid


1,000.00


Notes, temp., special appro.


1,500.00


Notes, temporary, 1925


6,000.00


Int. on long term notes


175.00


Int. on temporary notes


170.84


Schools


7,435.30


Abatements and discount


315.54


Cash in treas., Jan. 31, 1926


1,918.40


$28,721.65


WILLIAM H. McDEVITT, Treasurer


14 AUDITORS' REPORT


Hampton Falls, N. H., Feb. 6, 1926.


We, the undersigned auditors, have this day exam- ·


ined the foregoing accounts of the Town Treasurer, and find them well vouched and correctly cast, and a bal- ance of One Thousand Nine Hundred and Eighteen Dol- lars, Forty Cents ($1,918.40) in the hand of the Treas- urer.


B. T. JANVRIN, CHARLES N. DODGE, HELEN F. BATCHELDER, Auditors


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SELECTMEN'S REPORT ON EXPEN- DITURES


SALARIES OF TOWN OFFICERS


Paid Louis A. Janvrin, selectman . . . $169.75


Walter B. Farmer, selectman .. 181.00


Arthur J. Sewall, selectman ... 158.00 William H. McDevitt, treas ... 100.00 James H. Brown, town clerk. . 32.65


Archibald Lantz, tax collector. 100.00


Helen F. Batchelder, auditor .. 12.00


James H. Brown, auditor . 6.00


George A. Merrill, selectman, 1924 8.00


Frank H. Lord, town clerk, 1924


23.75


Chas. I. Akerman, care of clock 20.00


$811.15


OFFICERS' EXPENSES, BOOKS AND PRINTING


Paid C. F. Adams, ptg. town reports. $ 70.00 C. F. Adams, ptg. inventories . . 33.25 Edson C. Eastman, books and blanks 26.24


W. P. Farmer, treas. assessors' association 2.00


Geo. F. Merrill, stamped envel. 11.51


Jackman & Land, bonds for officers 20.00


75.00


F. A. Batchelder, town counsel W. H. McDevitt, postage, tele- phone, and stationery . 6.34


Geo. A. Merrill, assessing 2.00


Walter A. Ladd, assessing. 1.80


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Arthur G. Wadleigh, assessing . 1.50


Dr. A. M. Fernald, returns .50


$250.14


HEALTH DEPARTMENT Paid Arthur W. Chase, health officer $14.70


$14.70


POLICE DEPARTMENT


Paid Arthur W. Chase, officer


$108.00


Perley E. Ladd, officer


74.00


Fred M. Batchelder, uniforms. .


70.00


$252.00


PATRIOTIC PURPOSES


Paid Charles N. Dodge, flags


$ 6.39


W. H. Lang, plants .


12.00


Walter A. Ladd, decor. graves


3.00


$21.39


LIBRARY


Paid Helen Batchelder, library appr. $75.00


James H. Brown, insurance.


75.00


$150.00


TOWN MAINTENANCE


Paid Mitchell O'Brien, supervisor . . . $348.75 Walter A. Ladd, supervisor .... 543.36 Albert W. Elkins, supervisor .. 408.45 Arthur J. Sewall . 8.00


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B. T. Janvrin.


30.72


George A. Janvrin, gravel


4.00


B. T. Janvrin, tile for Depot rd.


2.80


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Chas. N. Dodge, gravel 8.75


Francis C. Dennett, sign boards 68.75


J. Templeton, road closing signs .50 Chas. Harrison, repairs to tools 16.65


George C. Healey, lantern . 1.60


George F. Merrill lanterns, oil and globes . 3.84


Penn Culvert Co., metal culverts


19.57


$1,465.74


PERMANENT IMPROVEMENT


Paid Albert W. Elkins $1,161.50


B. T. Janvrin 18.58


Chas. N. Dodge, gravel 85.75


W. A. Young, tile . 69.42


Irving W. Brown, catch basins


55.15


$1,390.40


TRUNK LINE MAINTENANCE


Paid Albert W. Elkins


$642.55


Charles N. Dodge, gravel 42.25


George A. Janvrin, gravel 8.00


B. T. Janvrin .


12.00


Irving W. Brown, tile work ... 111.31


Penn Metal Culvert Co., culverts 80.00


Standard Oil Co., patching oil. 53.02


$949.13


TOWN HALL


Paid James H. Brown, insurance. .. . $44.00 Exeter & Hampton Elec. Co., light bills 25.20


$69.20


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STATE AID MAINTENANCE


Paid Albert W. Elkins $544.50


Mitchell O'Brien 539.59


Standard Oil Co., patching oil


173.28


George A. Janvrin, gravel


46.20


B. T. Janvrin


52.74


$1,356.31 GREAT HILL SPECIAL APPROPRIATION Paid Walter A. Ladd. $433.25


$433.25


SNOW PATHS


Paid Albert W. Elkins


$80.25


Mitchell O'Brien


31.40


Walter A. Ladd


8.07


Town of Exeter, breaking Exeter


road


30.00


B. T. Janvrin, breaking trunk line 11.60


$161.32


FIRE PREVENTION Paid Town of Exeter, fire at J. E. San- born's $10.00


Archibald Lantz, fire at Young's


2.00


Clar. E. Michaels, fire at Young's 2.00


$14.00


STATE TAX Paid Henry E. Chamberlin, State


treasurer


$635.34


State Credits


639.66


Henry E. Chamberlin,


excess


poll tax, 1924


510.00


$1,785.00


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COUNTY TAX Paid Earl R. Stockbridge, county treasurer $1,082.84


$1,082.84


NEW HAMPSHIRE NATIONAL BANK


Faid Serial road note


$1,000.00


Tem. loan, 1924, spec. appro. 1,500.00


Temporary loans for 1925


6,000.00


Int. on long term notes


175.00


Int. on temporary loans


170.84


$8,845.84


SCHOOLS


Paid Forrest B. Creighton, school


treasurer


$7,435.30


$7,435.30


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ABATEMENTS 1924


Paid Wallace D. C. Dodge


$25.00


Frank Kennedy, soldier 10.00


Maurice French, poll 5.00


William Price, poll


5.00


D. L. Whittemore.


6.00


Gladys L. Merrill, refund on auto


permit


13.26


$64.26


1925


Paid Archibald Lantz, discount


on


taxes $53.95


Myron Brown, soldier 3.00


David Irving, soldier 3.00


George Mahar, soldier 3.00


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Harry G. Sturgis, soldier 3.00


Dr. Arthur M. Dodge, soldier 3.00


George Crediford, soldier 3.00


Ira Gove, soldier 3.00


Eben Pevear, soldier 3.00


Everett Janvrin, soldier 3.00


Alfred Lingham, soldier 4.18


Walter R. Trafton, soldier 3.00


Walter Sturgis, non-resident 3.00


Minnie Sturgis, non-resident. 3.00


William H. Cochrane, poll 3.00


Warren J. Prescott, rebated by tax commission


7.05


Ellen F. Lord


16.45


Helen Birtwell


7.05


John Brown .


4.70


Walter W. Combs


16.92


Alice Creighton


4.70


James D. L. Janvrin


7.05


Mrs. Lamprey and Crane 4.70


Mrs. Nahum Swain 9.40


Carslile and Lord 10.34


Fred Riley 4.11


George J. Curtis. 23.50


L. Fred Wesson


2.93


Elvin J. Prescott. 9.40


Grant B. Sanborn 11.75


F. D. Corson


9.40


George Felker 4.70


$251.28


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SELECTMEN'S REPORT


The Selectmen, in submitting their report for 1925, wish to call the tax payers' attention to several unusual expenditures, which in their opinion were necessary.


If the voters will appropriate only such sums as are necessary to meet the current expenses for 1926 the tax rate can be reduced materially.


Owing to the confused condition of the Town Books for 1924, several bills for labor will be presented to the voters for their approval and a special appropriation asked in order that the parties owed may receive the amount justly due them.


At the beginning of the fiscal year of 1925 there was on hand $426.96. There was received up to Town Meet- ing $881.26, making a total of $1,308.22. From this sum there had to be immediately deducted $510.00 on account of excess poll taxes of 1924. This sum should have been paid in 1924, with the labor bills, by including them in the special appropriation to meet the deficit of 1924. The item of $881.22, which was handled as an asset in the re- port of 1924 as due from the State on account of the building of the Exeter road bridge, was found to be un- collectable as the requirements specified by the State were not complied with. The total of these sum has made a difference of $1,391.00 in the finances for 1925.


Owing to the re-valuation of the Town by the State Tax Commission there was created an unforseen expense of about $300.00.


The Police Department received $252.00 for which no appropriation was made. Owing to a law suit brought against the Town for unpaid labor it was neces- sary to employ council, to whom has been paid to date $75.00.


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ROADS


State Aid, Exeter Road. An excess expenditure of $356.31 was created, of which $184.84 will be refunded by the State Highway Department, leaving an actual ex- cess expenditure of $171.44. This expenditure was caused by lack of care of the road bed at the time breaks occurred in the surface.


PERMANENT IMPROVEMENT


An excess expenditure of $881.40 was made on Pleasant Street in front of B. T. Janvrin's property. On complaint that the water from the gutters and road was undermining the foundations of his buildings, it was found that the tile, laid from the gutter across the road, did not extend through but ended within a foot of the front wall. The drain or tile was also crushed. The sidewalk bridge that covered the drain from Elkin's meadow had caved. The Selectmen decided that Mr. Janvrin's' complaint was justified and to avoid complica- tions the road was rebuilt in a permanent manner with proper catch basins and larger tile.


GREAT HILL SPECIAL APPROPRIATION


An excess expenditure of $33.00 occurred. This was justified to complete a very excellent job.


TRACTOR


The $2,000.00 appropriated for a Fordson Tractor and Scraper was not used, as the Selectmen decided, aft- er investigation, that the outfit was not practical. The ideas of handling snow and the design of tractors and plows are changing so rapidly that it seemed wise to await the success or failure of the apparatus of different sizes and makes being used in the surrounding towns be-


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fore plunging the Town into an expenditure that might be a total loss.


To avoid tie-ups, the State furnished an army truck and arrangements were made with Hampton and uxeter for the use of their tractors and plows at a nominal cost.


STREET RAILWAY


The Selectmen considered that the payment of $500 .- 00 to The Exeter, Hampton and Amesbury Railway Co., was not justified under the vote passed by the Town in 1922.


LOUIS B. JANVRIIN, WALTER B. FARMER, ARTHUR J. SEWALL, Selectmen of Hampton Falls.


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TRUST FUNDS


Received from W. C. Walton, executor of the will of Mary Pickering Harris, two hundred dollars ($200.00). To be held in trust by the Town of Hampton Falls. Pro- ceeds of this fund to be used for the care of the cemetery lot of Samuel Langdon, D. D. Deposited in the Ports- mouth Trust and Guarantee Savings Bank, order of trustees of trust funds, Mary Pickering Harris Fund. WILLIAM H. McDEVITT, Trustee.


AUDITORS' REPORT


Hampton Falls, February 6, 1926. We, the auditors of the town, certify that the above sum has been deposited in the Portsmouth Trust and Guarantee Savings Bank in the name of Trustees of Trust Funds. Town Hampton Falls, N. H., Mary Picker- ing Harris Fund.


BERTRAM T. JANVRIN, CHARLES N. DODGE, HELEN F. BATCHELDER, Auditors


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JANITOR OF TOWN HALL


1925


DR.


Mar.


6


Ladies' Circle


$ 3.00


Apr. 17 Woman's Club and 10 rehr. 10.00


June 4 W. C. T. U. 2.00


Aug.


5


Batchelder reunion


2.00


Nov. 13


Woman's Club 2.00


Dec. 11


Woman's Club


2.00


Dec. 11


School entertainment


3.00


1926


Jan. 11 Received from grange 46.00


Jan. 22 Woman's Club and rehearsal 3.50


$73.50


1925


CR.


Jan. 14 Milk meeting $ .50


Jan. 26 School .50


2 light plugs .15


Feb. 24 Town .50


Mar. 9 Caucus


1.00


Apr. 14


F. B. Shallertun, tuning


piano 3.00


Apr. 15 2 light bulbs


.54


Dec. 19 D. F. Batchelder, 1 cord pine wood 9.00


1926


Jan. D. F. Batchelder, wood 16.00


Opening 17 times for enter- tainments 13.00


Opening 23 times for grange 23.00


Paid into treasury, cash on hand


$67.19


6.31


$73.50


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LIBRARY REPORT


REPORT OF LIBRARY TREASURER DR.


1925 To cash on hand


$13.44


Town appropriation


75.00


$88.44


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1925


CR.


Aug. 8 Cash paid, rebinding books. $ 8.10 Librarian, serv. 31.20 For books 48.72 Balance on hand .42


$88.44


AUDITORS' REPORT


Hampton Falls, February 6, 1926.


We, the undersigned auditors, have examined the foregoing accounts and find them well vouched and cor- rectly cast and a balance of Forty-two Cents in the treasury.


B. T. JANVRIN, CHARLES N. DODGE, Auditors.


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BOOKS ADDED TO THE LIBRARY


Abbott, Jane Aprilly


Larkspur Abbott, Jane


Bachiler


Glorious Apollo


Barrington


Shanghaied Out of 'Frisco


Bailey


Phantom Herd


Bower


Old Judge Priest


Cobb


If Dreams Come True


Colver


Spy, The


Cooper


Flower of the North


Curwood


Vanishing Point


Dawson, C


Hans Brinker


Farnol


Loring Mystery


Franck


Roving Through China


Gibbs, H.


Girl at the Halfway House


Hough


Story of the Outlaw


Hough


Cappy Kicks


Kyne


Captain Scraggs


Lutz


Exit Betty


Lutz


Witness, The


Mccutcheon


Oliver October


Melville


White Jacket


Montgomery


Two Shall Be Born


Oemler


Wild Geese


Ostenso


Comrades of Peril


Parrish


Hermit of the Far End


Pedler


Keeper of the Bees


Powell, A.


Map Half Unrolled


Powell, D.


Whither


Quick


Pirate of Panama Raine


Rhodes


Bransford of Rainbow Range


Richmond


Rufus


Dodge


Soundings


Kyne


Emily of New Moon


Porter, Gene S.


Hawkeye


Days of Poor Richard


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Rinehart


Window at White Cat


Robertson


Masters of Men


Sabatini


Carolinian, The


Spearman


Selwood of Sleepy Cat


Stringer


Gun Runner


Springer


Fire Mountain


Tarkington


Turmoil, The


Tarkington


Two Van Revels


Weyman


Queen's Folly


Whitlock


J. Hardin and Son


Willsie


Exile of Lariat


Wilson, H. L.


Somewhere in Red Gap


Wright


Son of His Father


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AUDITORS' GENERAL REPORT


We, the undersigned, as auditors for the town of Hampton Falls have audited the following accounts and find them all well vouched and correctly cast: Town Clerk, Tax Collector, Town Treasurer, Town Hall, Li- brary, Trust Funds and School Treasurer.


B. T. JANVRIN, C. N. DODGE, HELEN F. BATCHELDER,


February 6, 1926.


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SCHOOL REPORT


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DETAILED STATEMENT OF EXPENDITURES FINANCIAL REPORT OF TREASURER June 30, 1924 to June 30, 1925


Administration


Chairman of school board .... $ 20.00


Other two members of board. . 20.00


Treasurer to June 30, 1925. .. 15.00


Superintendent's excess salary


150.56


Expenses of administration . . .


8.83


Clerk hire for Supt.


31.05


Instruction


Teaching at East school $ 900.00


Teaching at South school


700.00


Teaching at North school 700.00


Music instruction


126.00


Text books


8.33


Scholars' supplies


112.60


$2,546.93


Operation and Maintenance of School Plants


Janitor service at East school . $ 113.88


Janitor service at South school 41.00


Janitor service at North school 27.00


Wood and sawing wood 166.00


Repairs and painting 235.02


Paint and merchandise


17.11


$245.44


$600.01


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Auxiliary Agencies and Special Activities


Transportation of pupils. $ 179.55


Tuition to Newburyport High 300.00


Exeter


250.00


Rob. Fem. Sem.


344.00


Hampton


1,475.00


Amesbury


75.00


Per capita tax


$2,623.55 $146.00


ADDITIONAL RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS June 30, 1925 to February 1, 1926 RECEIPTS


1925


June 30 Balance on hand $ 5.31


Sept. 8 Town treasurer 500.00


Nov. 2 Town treasurer


1,000.00


Dec. 7 Town treasurer 800.00


1926


Jan. 4 Town treasurer 1,400.00


Jan. 25 Dearborn Academy fund 25.00


Jan. 30 Town treasurer 1,000.00


Balance due from town. 1,000.00


$5,730.31


PAYMENTS


Administration $ 4.07


Teachers' salaries 1,105.00


Text books and supplies . 48.53


Janitor service 73.00


Fuel and sawing


136.15


Repairs, material, paint-


ing and cleaning . 45.22


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Tuition


1,197.36


Medical inspection


25.00


Nurse hire


5.00


Farewell gift to H. L. Moore


10.00


Supt. excess salary


114.06


Per capita tax


174.00


Balance, Feb. 1, 1926


2,792.92


$5,730.31


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SCHOOL DISTRICT


BALANCE


ASSETS


Total receipts from all sources ... $6,160.30 Total cash on hand, June 30, 1924 6.94


Grand total $6,167.24


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SHEET


JUNE 30, 1925


LIABILITIES


Total payments for all purposes . . . $6,161.93


Total cash on hand, June 30, 1925 . 5.31


Grand total $6,167.24 FORREST B. CREIGHTON, School Treasurer.


AUDITORS' REPORT


Hampton Falls, N. H., February 6, 1926. We, the undersigned auditors, have this day exami ined the foregoing accounts and find them well vouched and correctly cast and a balance of Five Dollars, Thirty One Cents ($5.31) in the hands of the Treasurer.


B. T. JANVRIN, CHARLES N. DODGE, HELEN F. BATCHELDER,


Auditors.


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REPORT OF THE SCHOOL BOARD


To the citizens of Hampton Falls


We hereby submit the annual financial report of the school district of Hampton Falls, including the receipts and expenditures for the fiscal year 1924-1925, also the budget of estimated revenue needed for the year 1925- 1926.


RECEIPTS


Fiscal year from July 1, 1924 to June 30, 1925 From Selectmen $6,081.95


Other sources than taxation .


78.35


For dog licenses $78.35


Total receipts from all sources . $6,160.30


Cash on hand at beginning of


year, July 1, 1924. 6.94


Grand Total $6,167.24


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PAYMENTS


Administration $253.03


Salaries of district officers $ 55.00


Excess salary 150.56


Expenses of administration 47.47


Instruction $2,535.86


Principals' and teachers' sal .. . $2,426.00


Text books


23.33


Flags and appurtenances 7.15


Scholars' supplies 79.38


Operation and Maintenance of School Plant $599.77


Janitor service


$186.95


Fuel


167.00


Water, light, janitors' supplies. .


4.58


Minor repairs and expenses


241.24


Auxiliary Agencies and Special Activities $2,623.55


Transportation of pupils.



179.55


High School and Academy tui-


tion


899.00


Elementary school tuition


1,545.00


Outlay for Construction and Equipment


$3.72


New equipment.


$3.72


Debt, Interest and Other Charges


$146.00


Tax for State wide supervision. . $146.00


Total payments for all purposes $6,161.93


Total cash on hand at end of year (June 30, 1925) 5.31


Grand Total


$6,167.24


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BUDGET


Estimated Revenue Needed for Fiscal Year July 1, 1926 to June 30, 1927


Salaries of district officers $ 55.00


Excess salary


125.00


Expenses of administration and


clerk hire


40.00


Salaries


2,400.00


Supplies


50.00


Books


50.00


Flags


10.00


Janitor service


150.00


Fuel


250.00


Minor repairs


100.00


Health


30.00


Tuition


2,500.00


New equipment


25.00


Per capita tax .


160.00


Painting exterior of East School


200.00


$6,145.00


Respectfully submitted,


ROSCOE SWAIN, MRS. WILLIAM CRAM, MRS. ARTHUR CHASE.


January 30, 1926.


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REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT


HAMPTON FALLS, January 30, 1926.


To the School Board of Hampton Falls :


I herewith submit to you my first annual report as superintendent of the schools of Hampton Falls.


Having assumed my duties in this Union on October 1, 1925, I have now served four months. This has been sufficient time only to become acquainted with your town, its schools and its people and to take a few steps toward increased efficiency in the schools.


I find Hampton Falls divided into three school dis- tricts, each with a one-room schoolhouse and one teacher. These houses are so situated that every pupil is within walking distance of a schoolhouse. In each of these schools we find grades one to six, except that in the North School there are two seventh grade pupils.


The South or Great Hill school contains eight pupils and four grades, the first, third, fifth and sixth.


The town is fortunate in securing local teachers of long and successful experience to place in charge of two of its schools. This insures that is these two schools ex- cellent work will be done. The greatest drawback to the schools of Hampton Falls is the small number of pupils in the several grades and the consequent lack of compe- tition and healthy rivalry and emulation.


In the three schools there are five grades with only one pupil in each, three with two pupils in each, four with three, one with four, two with five, and two with six.


At least four pupils are desirable and in the case of many children absolutely essential that these pupils may do their best work, yet of seventeen classes only five còn- tain this number or more.


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What is the solution of this problem ?


Undoubtedly, if conditions make it feasible, the bringing of all pupils to a central school. . Leaving the seventh grade out of consideration at the present time . each of the six grades would then contain from four to twelve pupils, with no grade too small and none too large for effective work. This would make a school large enough to make possible many activities which create in- terests, develop desirable traits of character and train the pupils along lines which are impossible under the present organization.


A central schoolhouse would entail some additional expense in the way of transportation but as an invest- ment, would in my opinion, be well worth the price, both of the initial cost of a new building and the additional running expense.


The change in organization whereby the pupils of the seventh and eighth grades were permitted to attend the Hampton Junior High School and their tuition paid by the town was put into effect in September, 1924, and was a step in the right direction. But this method is not feasible to carry to any grade lower than the seventh, and in my judgment the central building offers the only feasible solution.


The enrollment in the first six grades this year shows a total of forty-seven against a total last year of forty-one.


The attendance of eighteen Hampton Falls pupils in Senior High Schools and of nineteen in Junior High School shows conclusively that the people of Hampton Falls believe in education.


My efforts during the four months of my work have : been to become acquainted with the problem of what is best for the schools and meanwhile to see that the


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schoolrooms are clean, comfortable, sanitary, well-light- ed, well-heated, and attractive, that the teachers and pu- pils are supplied with the best books, appliances and equipment obtainable under the budget and that the teachers use the most efficient methods of discipline and instruction. To this end an intelligence examination was given to all pupils of the seventh and eighth grades in the Union and all pupils of the fifth, sixth and seventh grades were given an arithmetic test which was given the same day to all pupils of those grades in Massachu- setts. The first of these examinations shows the native mental ability of the pupils and the latter gives a chance to compare their skill in, and knowledge of, arithmetic with that of other pupils.


A special effort has been made to increase the per- centage of attendance and punctuality by issuing each week a schedule showing the comparative rank in these two regards of the thirty-two schools and the seven dis- tricts in the Union.


Above all I have tried to help the teachers in all ways possible for in the last analysis it is the teachers who are doing the actual work for the pupils.


I trust the good people of Hampton Falls stand ready to cooperate, to contribute their means, and if nec- essary actually to sacrifice that their children may have the best possible opportunity for an education. I call your attention to the tables of statistics which follow.


Assuring you of my interest in your schools and an earnest desire to be of assistance to every pupil, I submit this report.


CHARLES N. PERKINS, Superintendent.


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SCHOOL STATISTICS, 1924-1925 Attendance


Av. No.


Mem. Tardy


% of Attend. Attend. R. of H.


School Grade Teacher


East 1-6 M. Alice True


18


56


94


0


North 1-6 Mabelle McDevitt


16


64


93


0


South 1-8 Edna M. Hardy


11


2


94 3


Total or Average


45


122


94


3


Promotions, June, 1925


Grade


1


2


3


4


5


6


7 8 Total


Promoted 4


14


2


10


7


6


1


1 45


Not prom.


3


0


1


0


0


0


0


0


4


Av. ages


6.7 7.5 7.11 9.2 9.8 11.2 11.8 13.6


Enrollment Fall Term, 1925


Teacher


School


Grade 1 2 3


4 5


6


7 Total


M. Alice True East


6 3


6


2


5


1 23


Mabelle McDevitt North 1


1


4


3


1


5


2 17


Edna M. Hardy South


3 0 2 0


3


1


9


10 4 12 5 9 7 2


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ATTENDANCE ROLL OF HONOR


Pupils Not Absent or Tardy During the Year


Alice Currier Pauline Thurlow


Georgie Currier Pupils Not Absent or Tardy During Two Terms John Cram


Pupils Not Absent or Tardy During One Term


Lincoln Akerman


Dorothy Thurlow


Elinor Brown Harold Brown


Janet Sewell


Leo French


William Pevear


Stanley French


Martha Thurlow


Edward O'Brien


Dorothy Swain


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HAMPTON FALLS PUPILS


Attending the Following High Schools for a Part or All of This Year


Hampton-Marion Poole, Grace Cadwell, Sybil Carpen- ter, Eleanor Corthell, Mary Hadley, Frances Cad- well, Robert Scales.


Exeter-Olive Akerman, Joseph Cram, Philip Moulton. Robinson Seminary-Lois Brown, Annie Lee, Stella Smith, Pearl Swain, Bernice O'Brien.


Newburyport-Alden Page, Marjorie Rowe.


Amesbury-Charlotte R. Ackerman.


Hampton Junior High School-Roscoe Berry, Alice Cur- rier, Allison Janvrin, Philip Janvrin, Ardelle Thur- low, Harvey Cadwell, Katherine Cram, Margaret Godfrey, Stanley Gordon, Otis Hadley, Gordon Jan- vrin, Louise Page, Louise Rowe, Caroline Thurlow, Marshall Chase, Natalie Corthell, Pauline Thurlow, William Pevear, Harold Poole.


SCHOOL CENSUS, 1925


Whole No. children 5 to 16 years of age


81


Boys 40


Girls 41


Whole No. children not registered in school and ex- cused


1


SUMMARY, 1924-1925


Total pupils enrolled in public schools .49


Value of buildings and sites $8,000.00


Value of equipment. 800.00


Average salary of teachers 766.66


Visits by School Board. 23


Visits by Superintendent


40


Visits by Citizens . 166


Total No. days of school


1741/2


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SCHOLARSHIP ROLL OF HONOR


Pupils attaining "A" in a majority of their subjects plus "A" in application for the first half of the school year :


Elinor F. Brown Mary Janvrin


Ernest N. Brown


Marguerite O'Brien


Harold A. Brown


Jessie Page


Emma E. Cadwell


Emmons Sanborn


Arthur Carpenter Elmer M. Sewall


Henrietta Chase Dorothy G. Swain


Lucy E. Cram


Kenneth W. Swain


BIRTHS REGISTERED IN THE TOWN OF HAMPTON FALLS, N. H., FOR YEAR ENDING DEC. 31, 1925.


Date


Name of Child


Male


Female


Living or Stillborn


No. of Children


Name of Father


Maiden Name of Mother


Firthplace of Father


Birthplace of Mother


Color


May 17 | Agnes Leah Oct. 30 | -


[F|L| 5|W| Robert N. Van Horn |Rhoda Ann Fuller M| |L| 1|W| Carlton S. Edgerly Hazel Shaw


Nova Scotia Hampton Falls


Hyde Park, Mass. Hampton Falls


DEATHS REGISTERED IN THE TOWN OF HAMPTON FALLS, N. H., FOR YEAR ENDING DEC. 31, 1925.


Date


Name and Surname of Deceased


Place of Birth


Years


Months


Days


Sin. Mar. or Wid.


Name of Father


Name of Mother


Male


Female


Color


Feb. 2 1925


Grace G. Knight Ida May York


[Hampton Falls


[43| 8| 3 43 10 19


FW|M Enoch T. Hanson


Mar. 17 1925


Frank J. Robie


Dover, N. H. Hampton Falls


55


1 3|M


|WWW| Nathan H. Robie


Ruth Green Lydia A. Austin Sarah E. Noyes


Apr. 1 1925


Lillian A. Prescott


Hampton Falls


62


8|19|


F W|S |Alvah Prescott


Minerva Chase


Nov. 30 1925


Bert Lane


Hampton Falls


53


16|M


ĮW|S |Chas. W. Lane


Martha C. Brown


Nov. 27 1925


Jeanette Sewall


Somerville, Mass.


8


FW|S |Arthur J. Sewall


Gladys Moulton


FW|S |Henry H. Knight


Feb. 10 1925


MARRIAGES REGISTERED IN TOWN OF HAMPTON FALLS, N. H., FOR YEAR NEDING DEC. 31, 1925.


Date


Name and Surname of Groom and Bride


Age in Years


Color of Each


I'lace of Birth of Each


Names of Parents


Name, Residence and Official Station of Person by Whom Married


May 16 1925


Albert F. Sanborn S. Helen Gifford


31 21


W Wi


Lynn, Mass. Salem, Mass.


June 27 1925


Ray W. Combs Isabel M. Moore


30 25


W W


Hampton Falls Randolph, Me.


July 30 1925


Alfred Giannini Norma Moralle


26 21


W W


Italy Barre, Vt.


Oct. 10 1925


F. Leroy Junkins Mary A. Chase


27 27


W W


Chester, Vt. Hampton Falls


,


Oct. 171925


Hiram L. Young Ida P. Merrill


21. 18


W W


Seabrook Salisbury, Mass.


Nov. 14 1925


George L. Hadley Grace Rock


21 21


W W


Kensington, N. H. Exeter, N. H.


Isaac F. Sanborn Mary E. Russell Frederick J. Gifford Sarah Staten Charles F. Combs Mary S. Pevear Walter E. Moore Rita Merrill Guerrino Giannini Laura Baldini John Moralle Clementina Locarna Frank L. Junkins Mary E. Chandler Arthur W. Chase Mabel M. Chase William Young Nancy L. Gore Charles A. Merrill Hattie N. Janvrin James W. Hadley Sarah L. Gore Benjamin J. Rock Edith L. Marston


James H. Brown Justice of the Peace Hampton Falls


John Chester Hyde Clergyman Hampton Falls


James H. Brown Justice of the Peace Hampton Falls


James W. Bixler Clergyman Exeter, N. H.


John Chester Hyde Clergyman Hampton Falls


John Chester Hyde Clergyman Hampton Falls


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