Annual report for the Town of Alton, New Hampshire, 1915-1916, Part 2

Author: Alton (N.H.)
Publication date: 1915
Publisher: [Alton, N.H.] : The Town
Number of Pages: 124


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George W. Place 30.00


" Arthur D. Rollins 36.00


Fred L. Hill


50.00


·


H. J. Jones


100.00


" J. Jones & Son


· 134.06


H. J. Jones


299.00


J. Jones & Son


182.70


Philip L. Drew


29.00


Jones & Lamprey


8.74


Raymond C. Duncan


66.92


Waldo C. Varney 6.00


Willie E. Sanborn 6.00


John Dodge


7.25


John W. Proctor


52.00


Herman L. Barr


1.25


" Clara Wentworth


20.00


Oscar Duncan . 7.50


Fred L. Hill


26.82


F. H. Mclaughlin .


5.00


(


31


Feb. 15. Paid Charles H. Downing $5.00


" Oscar Duncan . 10.00


" John W. Proctor 5.00


Frank T. Collins


50.00


66 Samuel E. Colbath .


250.00


" Oscar Duncan .


218.27


" Charles E. Davis


36.91


E. H. Rollins . 2.00


" H. J. Jones 2.00


" John W. Proctor


159.71


Paid winter work on road .


. 1,037.99


Abatements


125.84


Taxes bought by the town .


91.24


Total


. $32,137.35


Balance in treasury .


776.72


$32,914.10


FRANK T. COLLINS, Treasurer.


We, the undersigned, having examined the foregoing ac- count, find it properly vouched and correctly cast.


ELLSWORTH H. ROLLINS, HERBERT J. JONES,


Auditors.


ALTON, N. H., February 15, 1915.


School District Treasurer's Report


CASH RECEIVED.


1914.


Feb. 15. Balance in treasury . $48.59


Mar. 21. Received of Frank T. Collins, treasurer 800.00


30. Received of Frank T. Collins, treasurer 300.00 Apr. 17. Received of Frank T. Collins, treasurer 500.00


24. Received of Frank T. Collins, treasurer 400.00


May 16. Received of Frank T. Collins, treasurer 400.00


June Received of Frank T. Collins, treasurer 200.00


Received of Frank T. Collins, treasurer 700.00 Aug. 15. Received of Frank T. Collins, treasurer 100.00


22. Received of New Durham School district 34.00


Sept. 14. Received of Frank T. Collins, treasurer 500.00


Oct. 9. Received of Frank T. Collins, treasurer 300.00


Nov. Received of Frank T. Collins, treasurer 300.00


12. Received of Frank T. Collins, treasurer 300.00 Received of Frank T. Collins, treasurer 300.00


Dec. 6. Received of Frank T. Collins, treasurer 500.00 Received of Frank T. Collins, treasurer 400.00 Received of Frank T. Collins, treasurer 600.00


1915.


Jan. 9. Received of Frank T. Collins, treasurer 200.00


29. Received of Frank T. Collins, treasurer 500.00


Feb. 2. Received of Frank T. Collins, treasurer 300.00


8. Received of Frank T. Collins, treasurer 300.00


15. Received of New Durham School district 25.50


Received of Frank T. Collins, treasurer 202.51 Received from receipts from hot house 20.72 Received for supplies .10


$8,431.42


Total


33


CASH PAID OUT, AS PER ORDERS. 1914.


Mar. 5. Paid Howard A. Rollins $20.60


13. Nettie M. Ingerson 65.81


20. " Rena Haney 48.60


Roy H. Walch .


120.00


66 J. Francis Dee .


70.00


Marguerite Ellison


67.50


Harriette Ricker 75.00


Marion S. Rollins


60.00


Annie A. Wheeler


30.00


Eula P. Varney .


45.00


Leila H. Maclean


90.00


Jennie Jones


67.50


Fred P. Hayes .


25.00


Charles H. Estes


56.00


Elfred Bedard .


5.25


Market Supply Co.


3.50


Annie E. Peavey


1.80


Geo. W. Place


109.66


J. F. Butler


2.00


Apr. 6.


Howard A. Rollins


6.40


11. Addie F. Morse


36.00


John H. Griffin .


.95


14. Howard A. Rollins


2.60


17. Chas. H. Estes


24.00


66 Roy H. Walch


80.00


J. Francis Dee 70.00


45.00


Harriette Ricker


50.00


Marion S. Rollins


40.00


Leila H. Maclean Eula P. Varney .


30.00


Rena Haney


32.40


Annie B. Moulton


20.00


Addie F. Morse .


21.60


1


Marguerite Ellison


45.00


34


Apr. 17. Paid Fred P. Hayes . $10.00


Jennie M. Jones


45.00


66 Annie A. Wheeler 10.00


George W. Place


209.17


Alta H. McDuffee


5.00


May 2. 66 Howard A. Rollins


13.00


15.


Eula P. Varney .


30.00


Roy H. Walch


80.00


J. Francis Dee .


70.00


Marguerite Ellison


45.00


" Harriette Ricker


50.00


Marion S. Rollins


40.00


Leila H. Maclean


45.00


1 Rena Haney


32.40


Annie B. Moulton


40.00


Lila Sanborn


32.00


Fred P. Hayes .


20.00


" Jennie Jones


22.50


20.


Annie A. Wheeler Charles H. Estes


24.00


" Elfred Bedard


3.75


John L. French


9.00


June


1. Annie A. Wheeler


32.00


12.


Roy H. Walch


80.00


J. Francis Dee .


70.00


Marguerite Ellison Harriette Ricker


45.00


50.00


" Marion S. Rollins


40.00


Leila H. MacLean


45.00


66 Annie B. Moulton


40.00


66 Lila Sanborn


32.00


Rena Haney


32.40


Eula P. Varney .


30.00


Charles H. Estes ·


36.00


" Elfred Bedard


3.00


32.00


Howard A. Rollins


2.64


35


June 12. Paid Jennie Jones $45.00


Fred P. Hayes .


20.00


J. L. Hammett Co. .


22.33


66 R. & J. Farquhar Co.


2.10


L. E. Knott Apparatus Co.


11.65


66 D. C. Heath & Co.


.95


American Book Co. .


18.16


66 Silver, Burdett Co.


10.40


"


D. C. McIntosh .


.75


L. P. Gunson


.75


Houghton, Mifflin Co.


.97


66


Burton A. Corbut


1.25


66


Oliver Ditson Co.


1.96


Edward E. Babb & Co.


1.08


Ginn & Co. .


10.15


Joseph Breck & Sons


2.00


J. H. Downing Co.


3.48


W. E. Glidden


21.00


Harold Varney .


1.00


Ernest Trickey .


275.00


Clarence L. Sargent


5.00


Philip L. Drew .


1.12


15.


Fred Glidden


9.00


Aug. 5. 66


Ai T. Gilman


105.00


20. F. W. Neal ..


3.00


Herman L. Barr


95.25


66 John Hanson


12.00


Sept. 14.


66 Howard A. Rollins


18.20


21. Alta H. McDuffee


10.87


Oct. 9. Howard A. Rollins Roy H. Walch


15.60


85.00


66 J. Francis Dee .


75.00


Marion S. Rollins 42.50


Marion Harmon.


50.00


Clara B. Neal


42.50


Rev. F. S. Hartley


10.00


36


Õct. 9. Paid Eunice E. Huff . $39.60


Marjorie Twombly


32.40


Lila Sanborn 28.80 .


Rena Haney 32.40


Eula P. Varney .


30.60


Annie A. Wheeler


28.80


Charles H. Estes


24.00


Fred P. Hayes


20.00


66 Elmer Davis 60.00


Fred Gilman


10.00


Eula P. Varney .


2.00


28. Alta H. McDuffee


11.41


30.


Eula P. Varney .


30.60


Nov. 4.


Roy H. Walch


85.00


66 J. Francis Dee .


75.00


Marion S. Rollins


42.50


Marion Harmon .


50.00


Clara B. Neal


42.50


Eunice E. Huff .


39.60


Marjorie Twombly


32.40


Lila Sanborn


28.80


Rena Haney


32.40


Annie A. Wheeler


28.80


Charles H. Estes


24.00


Fred P. Hayes .


20.00


Elmer Davis


60.00


Fred Gilman


10.00


Mabel Avery


3.00


13.


Howard A. Rollins


15.60


Alta H. McDuffee


4.43


Mrs. A. D. Varney


5.50


W. E. Rines


20.25


Singer Sewing Machine Co.


21.00


Ernest Trickey .


. 165.00


17. Annie Peavey


3.60


Herbert J. Jones


76.50


37


Nov. 20. Paid John Hanson


$8.00


28. Alta H. McDuffee


8.00


Dec. 3. Roy H. Walch .


85.00


4. J. Francis Dee .


75.00


Clara B. Neal


42.50


Marion S. Rollins


42.50


Marion Harmon


50.00


Eunice E. Huff .


39.60


Marjorie Twombly


32.40


Lila Sanborn


28.80


Rena Haney


32.40


Annie A. Wheeler


28.80


Charles H. Estes


27.00


Eula P. Varney .


30.60


4.


Fred P. Hayes


20.00


Elmer Davis 60.00


12.00


12.


F. S. Place .


4.75


14. "


Howard A. Rollins


18.00


16. Farmington News F. W. Landman .


26.57


Houghton Mifflin Co.


12.95


Milton Bradley Co. .


22.43


Edward E. Babb & Co.


8.25


Silver, Burdett Co.


21.20


American Book . Co. .


17.94


Ginn & Co. .


22.74


D. C. Hatch & Co.


10.84


Orange Judd Co.


2.70


Benj. H. Sanborn


5.64


John B. Varick & Co.


5.25


Whitcom & Barrows


3.00


Rumford Printing Co.


.45


Arthur L. Hoyt Co ..


1.00


Herbert L. Palmer


2.64


Macmillan Co.


4.26


1


1


Fred Gilman


5.00


38


Dec. 16. Paid Oliver Ditson Co.


$16.43


Wm. Grant Jones


1.00


Roy H. Walch .


85.00


J. Francis Dee


75.00


66 Clara B. Neal


42.50


66 Marion Harmon


50.00


66 Marion S. Rollins


42.50


" Eunice E. Huff .


39.60


Marjorie Twombly 32.40


Lila Sanborn


28.80


Rena Haney


32.40


Annie A. Wheeler


28.80


" Eula P. Varney .


30.60


Charles H. Estes


32.00


Fred P. Hayes


10.00


" Elmer Davis


30.00


Fred Gilman


7.00


Frank I. Allen .


14.00


Marjorie Twombly


6.50


J. L. French


10.91


" J. L. Hammett Co.


56.76


L. E. Knott Apparatus Co.


1.70


Edward E. Babb & Co.


.74


Fred P. Hayes


5.00


1915.


Jan .2.


Frank Howard


4.98


Howard A. Rollins


3.36


J. L. French


4.00


Herman L. Barr


2.15


29.


Lila Sanborn


28.80


Roy H. Walch


85.00


J. Francis Dee


75.00


Clara B. Neal


42.50


Marion Harmon


50.00


Marion S. Rollins


42.50


Eunice E. Huff .


39.60


39


Jan. 29. Paid Marjorie Twombly $32.40


Rena Haney


32.40


" Annie A. Wheeler


28.80


Eula P. Varney .


30.60


Charles H. Estes


32.00


Millie A. Place


20.00


Elmer Davis


60.00


Fred Gilman


14.00


Howard Rollins


51.60


Feb.


1.


66 Alta H. McDuffee


12.75


8.


66 Ernest Trickey


·220.00


George W. Place


175.24


66 T. J. Alden


8.00


66 Harold Prime


3.00


15.


W. E. Sanborn


2.30


Fifield House


4.72


Paul E. Buckley


5.15


66 New Durham School District . 16.50


W. E. Glidden


15.00


Herbert E. Morrell


4.45


66 Herbert E. Morrell


51.00


Herbert J. Jones


76.50


Alton & Alton Bay Water Co. 47.05


88.34


66 Orange Judd Co.


4.73


66 Alta H. McDuffee


30.00


F. W. Mclaughlin


20.00


H. E. Morrell


25.00


D. J. Ellison


20.00


" D. J. Ellison


6.00


66 F. W. Mclaughlin Alta H. McDuffee


10.00


66 Meville Adams


2.00


John McDuffee .


2.00


Roy H. Walch .


5.94


Alta H. McDuffee


15.62


66 J. Jones & Son .


6.00


40


Feb. 15. Paid Jones & Lamprey $17.67


Elmer Davis 60.00


Alton & Alton Bay Water Co. .


53.96


Herman L. Barr


1.90


Total


. $8,291.90


Balance in treasury


.


139.52


Total


. $8,431.42


HERBERT E. MORRELL, Treasurer.


We, the undersigned, having examined the foregoing ac- count, find it properly vouched and correctly cast.


HERBERT J. JONES, ELLSWORTH H. ROLLINS,


Auditors.


School Report


The school board herewith submits the twenty-seventh an- nual report of the public schools of the school district of the town of Alton :


RECEIPTS.


Balance from last year


$48.59


Amount of money required by law .


. 2,505.00


Additional amount voted at school meet-


ing .


. 3,700.00


Amount raised for repairs


200.00


Amount raised for insurance .


130.00


Amount assessed for books and supplies


.


400.00


Amount assessed for flags and appur-


tenances


25.00


Amount assessed for district officers


150.00


Amount of literary fund


155.76


Amount of dog money 212.45


Amount from state appropriation for superintendent . 275.00


Amount for attendance of pupils


216.00


Amount for certified teachers


340.00


Amount of tuition from New Durham 59.50


Amount of sales from hot house


20.72


Amount of sale of supplies .


.10


$8,438.12


Less Gooch abatement


6.70


Total


. $8,431.42


EXPENDITURES.


Teachers' salaries


$4,582.71


Tuition


·


16.50


-


42


Superintendent


. $660.00


Fuel and fitting same .


532.28


Repairs


.


115.32


Insurance


204.00


Janitors


300.50


Transportation


. 1,078.95


District officers


95.00


Checklist


26.00


Books and supplies


347.80


Alton and Alton Bay Water Co., 1913


47.05


Alton and Alton Bay Water Co., 1914


53.06


Miscellaneous expenses :


Annie E. Peavey


1.80


J. F. Butler


2.00


John H. Griffin .


.95


J. H. Downing Co., supplies


3.48


F. S. Hartley, graduation speaker


10.00


Eula P. Varney


2.00


Mabel Avery


3.00


Farmington News


5.00


F. U. Landman .


26.57


John B. Varick, dust-bane


5.25


Frank Howard, cleaning closets, etc.


4.98


H. J. Jones, supplies, 1913-1914


88.34


Alta H. McDuffee


13.65


Jones and Lamprey .


17.67


George W. Place, lumber .


41.54


Roy H. Walch


2.00


Annie E. Peavey


3.60


$8,291.90


Balance on hand


139.52


Respectfully submitted, F. W. MCLAUGHLIN, ALTA H. McDUFFEE, School Board of Alton.


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We, the undersigned, having examined the foregoing ac- count, find it properly vouched and correctly cast.


ELLSWORTH ROLLINS, HERBERT J. JONES, Auditors. ALTON, N. H., February, 1915.


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Annual Report of the Superintendent of Schools.


To the School Board and Citizens of Alton:


I herewith submit my second report as superintendent of your public schools. The statistics are for the school year ending in June, 1914.


MEMBERSHIP.


The average membership for the year was 200, an in- crease of 21 over the previous year. The per cent of at- tendance remains the same at 93.5. The tardy marks were reduced from 357 to 239, or a gain 118. The Mountain school still furnished three times as many as any other school, but did some better than the year before. The num_ ber of pupils neither absent nor tardy increased from 20 to 36, which is unusual. The roll of honor is much larger than it had been in recent years. The number of visits by parents and others increased from 454 to 540, which is a good showing.


STATE AID.


To receive state aid the law requires a tax of $3.40 on $1,000.00 of equalized valuation. To bring the tax to that rate the Alton district must raise this year the same as last, or $5,446 for school purposes.


REPAIRS.


During the summer the village school building was painted, as directed by the district. Other than that no repairs have been made. The inside of the other build- ings needs painting and whitening during the coming summer. The stoves ought to have ventilating jackets as soon as money can be furnished for the purpose.


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SALARIES AND WORK OF TEACHERS.


Except for the privilege of being in an up-to-date school town and in schools of high standards and efficient work on the part of capable pupils, we could not. keep the teachers we have at the pay they receive. Teachers from the Alton schools are always in demand for more respon- sible and higher salaried positions. The teachers we have this year are getting in the aggregate at least $450 less than the average for the work they are doing. That means of course if we keep our teachers and maintain the high standards we have, we must pay more for salaries during the coming year. It is especially important that the effi- cient principal of a school be retained as long as possible. It is hardly less true for his efficient associates.


In addition to his high school work this year Mr. Walsh has been teaching French one half hour each day in the VIIth and VIIIth grades. It is very interesting to note the rapid advance made by those pupils and the delight they take in that work.


Miss Harmon is teaching Cooking and Sewing for the high school girls, in addition to her work in the Grammar school. Miss Huff, the primary teacher, is teaching Sewing to the Grammar school girls.


Mr. Dee gives two-sevenths of his time to Agriculture, two-sevenths to History and the remainder to Manual Training for the VIth, VIIth and VIIIth grades, and boys in the High school. The cost for teaching Agriculture is therefore two-sevenths of Mr. Dee's salary of $750.


A School Bank has just been started in the schools of the district. It is important that children be taught to save. It is expected that all of the children in school will begin a bank account. Parents are urged to assist in this matter as much as possible.


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PRACTICAL ARTS.


As I said last year, it is hardly necessary for me to call your attention to the educational as well as practical value of these courses in co-operation with the classical and other courses of the school. The combined development of mind and muscles is essential to the best kind of educational training, whether the aim is a classical or technical edu- cation. Alton ought to take a good deal of pride and satis- faction for the progress being made in her schools in the line of modern training. Also she ought to be glad to stand as an illustration to nearly every other town in the state of what may be done by a live district, intent on giving the children the best training possible.


The manual training in the grades and the high school has already proven itself valuable for the boys. The same may be said of the work in domestic science for the girls. A beginning in this line has been made at Gilman's Corner, and should have support for its extension. Opportunity should be given the other rural schools as soon as the time demands it.


AGRICULTURAL COURSE.


The development of a new course of study in a school is necessarily slower than most people appreciate. Much more work has already been done than shows on the sur- face. It remains for us in the coming two years in making the four year work complete to get into closer touch with the grange and the farmers of this region, to use the hothouse for the extension of experiment and demonstration work, to enlarge the work of field excursions, to give demonstrations worth while in raising of different local crops like potatoes and oats etc., to make a laboratory collection of many things interesting and helpful to those who till the soil, together with open meetings for exchange of views and discussions of mutual interest. The work of the Manual Training and Domestic Science courses have been in prog- ress long enough to thoroughly commend themselves with- out argument.


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SUPPLEMENTARY ORGANIZATIONS.


There is a teachers' organization for the purpose of pedagogical discussions, for professional improvement and for the purpose of arranging public meetings of educational interest, and for further acquaintance and mutual co-opera- tion with parents for the betterment of the schools.


I commend the work done in Music in the schools, also the musical interests outside of the school work. I com- mend the work in Dramatics and Public Recitals. I also commend the Y. M. C. A. branch organization for the social and moral advantage of the promising boys of Alton. It is worthy of being well supported by the citizens of the town. These cultural interests linked with the best kind of schools has made Alton one of the best known towns in the State of New Hampshire.


I call your attention to the following tables which may be of interest to the parents especially, and also to the large number of names on the roll of honor. Estimates for the coming year are indicated in the report of the School Board.


In conclusion let me express my thanks for the cordial co-operation of the school board, teachers and citizens of Alton in the service of the public schools. May I also ex- press my thanks and commendations to the pupils of the school who have so diligently pursued their several courses of study.


Respectfully submitted,


F. U. LANDMAN, Superintendent.


Alton, N. H., Feb. 15, 1915.


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ATTENDANCE 1913 AND 1914.


Schools


Whole Number of Pupils Registered


Boys


Girls


Total


Average Membership


Average Attendance


Average Absence


Per Cent Attendance


Cases of Tardiness


Neither Absent


Number of Visits


High


13


17


30


26


25


.5


98


22


48


7


Grammar


19


14


33


28


27


1-


97


20


68


9


Intermediate


32


18


50


45


41


3


91


28


128


6


Primary


22


25


47


39


37


2-


96


11


160


6


Bay


8


11


19


18


17


1


95


30


55


1


Mountain


9


6


15


13


12


1


90


29


25


0


McDuffee


9


6


15


14


13


1


91


29


25


1


Gilman's Corner


14


4


18


17


16


1


90


3


31


1


Total, 1914


106


101 207 200 188


10


93.5 239


36


540


1913


106


98 204 179 167


11


93.5 357


20


454


Nor Tardy


TEACHERS FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR, 1914-1915.


School.


Grades.


Name.


Education.


Salary.


High


Roy H. Walsh'


Middlebury


$850


J. F. Dee


Amherst & Sloyd


750


Clara B. Neal


Bates


425


Grammar


VII-VIII


Marion Harmon


Farmington Normal Nasson Institute


500


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Intermediate


IV-V-VI


Marion Rollins


Plymouth Normal


425


Primary


I-II-III


Eunice Huff


Gorham Normal


396


Bay


I-II-III-IV


Marjorie Twombly


Plymouth Normal


324


Mountain


Lila Sanborn


Alton High School


288


McDuffee


Eula Varney


Plymouth


300


Gilman's Corner


Rena Haney


Brewster Academy


324


Music


Annie A. Wheeler


50


ROLL OF HONOR.


HIGH SCHOOL.


Albert Adams Frank Gray Pearl Hanson


Howard Rollins Harold Sanborn Ella Adams


Gertrude McNayr


GRAMMAR SCHOOL.


Lillian Greene Helen Gilman Edith Gray Doris McDuffee


Helen Whitehouse Eva Collins


Kenneth Chamberlain Rexford Normand


Roger Smith


INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL


Hazel Bennett Edna Whitehouse Charles Kendall


Russell Miller Lloyd Prime Edward Smith


PRIMARY SCHOOL.


Hazel , Elliott Evelyn Greene Hazel Jones


Florence Rollins Avon Rollins Maurice Gray


BAY SCHOOL. Doris Prescott


MCDUFFEE SCHOOL. Ruth Barnes


GILMAN'S CORNER. Ralph Russell.


Library Report


. DR.


To cash on hand Feb. 15, 1914 . · $31.42


Received from selectmen 100.00 .


July. Received from selectmen . 100.00


Feb. 10. Sale of books


1.75


.


Feb. 15. Received from selectmen ·


192.70


CR.


April 29. Cash paid Annie E. Wheeler, library secretary . $18.75


May 19. Cash paid S. F. Claflin, sub- scription for magazines · 23. Cash paid insurance on library Aug. 11. Cash paid Library Bureau (supplies ) 4.28


19.35


13.50


11. Cash paid Farmington News (printing) 3.25


11. Cash paid Geo. G. Neal (bind- ing) 18.75


11. Cash paid Cragg Bindery 13.57


24. Cash paid Chas. E. Lauriat Co., books 85.46


Sept. 4. Cash paid Annie E. Wheeler, salary 18.75


Oct. 22. Cash paid Fred E. Woodman, books 2.00


31. Cash paid Annie E. Wheeler, librarian, salary . 18.75


Feb. 1. Cash paid Annie E. Wheeler, librarian, salary . 18.75


11. Cash paid Charles E. Lauriat Co., books 51.27


13. Cash paid Mrs. Ethel Morrell (work on cards) . 1.25


15. Cash paid Library Bureau 30.00


$425.87


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Feb. 15. Cash paid express on books $ .36 Feb. 15, 1915, balance on hand . 107.83


Total


$425.87


Number of books in library, 3,759. Number of books loaned, 6,484.


The amount of money on hand includes money for an in- voice of books just received, but which are not paid for on account of lack of bill. The remainder of the amount will be used to purchase a set of books for reference work.


Books donated to the library the past year : N. H. Annual Reports, vols. I, II.


State Papers, vol. XXXII. Library of Congress Reports.


Dedication of Statue of Franklin Pierce, Fourteenth President of U. S.


Respectfully submitted,


OLIVER J. M. GILMAN, MRS. ANNA M. WRIGHT, JOSEPH A. MOONEY, Library Trustees.


We, the undersigned, having examined the foregoing ac- count, find it properly vouched and correctly cast.


ELLSWORTH H. ROLLINS, HERBERT J. JONES,


Auditors.


ALTON, N. H., February 15, 1915.


ESTIMATES FOR COMING FISCAL YEAR.


Money required for text-books and supplies, $400.00


flags and appurtenances, 25.00


district officers, 150.00


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ALTON FRUIT, VEGETABLE AND POULTRY SHOW


TREASURER'S REPORT.


1914. Cash Received.


Sept. 24. Received of F. T. Collins, town treasurer, $100.00


Nov. 12. Received of F. T. Collins, town treasurer, 100.00 1


Dec. 26. Received of F. T. Collins, 1913 balance, 90.00


Total


. $290.00


Expenditures.


Fruit and Vegetable Show-


Printing premium lists $20.50


Premiums 54.00


Ribbons


9.60


W. J. Sanborn, judging fruit . 5.00


Fifield House, expense


2.50


Labor


. 10.00


Telephone, postage and express


6.91


Total


$108.51


Poultry-


Coops


$63.67


Premiums 41.00


R. V. Mitchell, judging poultry


5.00


Fifield House, expense 2.00


D. E. Clough


2.00


Grain .


1.58


Lumber, wire and nails


8.92


Total


.


$232.68 . 124.17


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Balance on hand .


$57.32


$290.00 EDWARD S. WALKER, Chairman. OSCAR E. DAVIS, Secretary. FRED L. HILL, Treasurer. JOHN H. McDUFFEE. JOHN W. EVANS.


Committee.


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Place


Name of


Dec.


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THE ANNUAL REPORT


OF THE TOWN OF


ALTON


NEW HAMPSHIRE


For The Fiscal Year Ending February 15th


1916


ANNUAL REPORT


OF THE


SELECTMEN, TREASURER, CLERK AND SCHOOL BOARD


OF THE


TOWN of ALTON


FOR THE


Year Ending February 15th 1916


FARMINGTON NEWS PRESS FARMINGTON, N. H.


2


TOWN OF ALTON REPORT


Town Officers


For the Fiscal Year Ending February 15, 1916


Selectmen, CHARLES H. McDUFFEE HERBERT E. HAYES FRED M. NEWHALL Town Clerk, HERBERT E. MORRELL


Treasurer,


Collector,


HERBERT J. JONES


JOHN H. McDUFFEE


Road Agent, OE VARNEY


Auditors,


CHARLES H. DOWNING


OLIVER R. SHATTUCK


Supervisors


HARRY MORRISON ARTHUR D. ROLLINS School Board, DR. FRANK W. MCLAUGHLIN ALBERT J. JONES ALTA H. McDUFFEE Fire Warden,


OSCAR DUNCAN


HERBERT J. JONES


PHILIP L. DREW


Board of Health, CHARLES E. HUTCHINS


BOARD OF SELECTMEN


Police, WALTER A. LANG


Constable,


PHILIP L. DREW


3


TOWN OF ALTON REPORT


Selectmen's Report


Valuation of Alton


Real estate, number of acres, 35,605, value


$1,099,197 00


Personal estate


273,905 00


Total value


$1,373,102 00


Horses


$132 10


$42,930 00


Mules


8


168 75


1,350 00


Oxen


31


75 33


2,335 00


Cows


426


46 07


19,625 00


Neat


86


31 43


2,703 00


Sheep


53


5 85


310 00


Hogs


18


14 50


261 00


Fowl


1,463


57


850 00


Vehicles including automobiles


15,155 00


Portable mills


5,700 00


Boats and launches


19,735 00


Wood and lumber, not stock in trade


29,955 00


Stock in public funds


15,000 00


Stocks in banks and other corporations


1,700 00


Money on hand at interest or on deposit


16,051 00


Stock in trade


68,095 00


Aqueducts


20,000 00


Mills and machinery


12,150 00


Total


$273,905 00


Total town taxes


$24,758 13


418 polls


836 00


Total precinct taxes


971 13


Total moth taxes


112 50


26,677 76


Number 325


Average


TOWN OF ALTON REPORT


ASSETS


Cash : In town treasury, Feb. 15, 1916 $2,469 56 Accounts due town :


Taxes bought by town,


(a) Levy of 1915 26 82


(b) Levy of previous years 233 18


Due from the State :


For highways 192 88


Other assets :


4 bbls. Glutrine for highways 27 25


5 bbls. Tarvia for highways 20 00


9 bbls. Oil for highways 27 00


6 M ft. Bridge plank 120 00


Total assets $3,116 69


Excess of liabilities over assets, (net debt) 788 25


Total


$3,904 94


LIABILITIES


Bills owed by Town :


Int due trust funds $ 129 94 Loper Fire Alarm Co. 100 00


Notes outstanding :


June 15, 1915, demand, 5 per cent. 450 00 July 25, 1915, demand, 5 per cent. 900 00 Trust funds, principal used by town :


H. I. & Leonard Nute, Cemetery 150 00 Evaline L. Palmer, Library 500 00


Sarah J. Evans, Cemetery


100 00


Betsey J. Frohock, Cemetery 100 00


Emerline R. Avery, Cemetery 500 00 George W. Berry, Cemetery 100 00


Stephen C. Wentworth, Cemetery 75 00 Lydia A. Runnels, Cemetery 100 00


Alonzo S. French, Cemetery 150 00


J. H. Downing, Cemetery 100 00


David M. Perkins, Cemetery 50 00


Ellen M. Jones, Cemetery 400 00


Total liabilities $3,904 94


4


5


TOWN OF ALTON REPORT


RECEIPTS


State tax assessed


$2,720 00


County tax assessed


2,161 74


School tax assessed


7,675 00


Fireman tax assessed


105 00


Library tax assessed


377 00


Highway tax assessed


7,718 00


Town tax assessed


4,175 00


Moth tax assessed


112 50


Percentage assessed




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