Annual reports of the Town of Derry, New Hampshire 1915-1919, Part 16

Author: Derry (N.H. : Town)
Publication date: 1915
Publisher: [Derry, N.H. : The Town]
Number of Pages: 681


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1


George H. Haslam, Clergyman,


23 Derry


Oscar WilliamCedergren


21 w |Shoe-


Brooklyn, NY William Cedergren


1


David Jack Clergyman


Berna J. Swanson


23 W


...


Providence, R. I


.


·


Ida Slaugbrandt Bernard Swanson Josephine Anderson.


1


Derry


...


maker ..


Eileen C. B. Hanscom ..


...


18|w House-


work ...


LaCrosse, Wis. Fred L. Mabie


1


Frederick I. Kelley, Clergyman, Derry


2


1 E. N. Durrette, Catholic Priest, Derry


1


maker ..


22 w Farmer ...


El'enburg,


N.Y. ....


maker ..


Peterborough. C. W. Hamm


1 George H. Haslam, Clergyman,


19, Derry


....


James Ernest Wills ....


66


...


...


27 w Clerk .... Haverhill,


1


Derry


Mildred May Hamın


-


Mass ....


maker ..


..


Salem, Mass .. Apoiinaire Hudon


Emma L. Vines Edmund A Chase


MARRIAGES CONTINUED,


Date,


Place of Marriage


Name and Surname of Groom and Bride.


Residence of each at time of Marriage.


Age of each


Color.


Occupa- tion of Groom and Bride


Place of Birth of each.


Names of Parents.


Condition.


Name, Residence and Official Station of Person by whom married.


Sept. 25'Derry ..


. Henry Carl Floyd ...


Derry ...


27 w Teamster. Londonderry.


William C. Floyd Ada B. Wells


1


William T. Morse, Justice of the Peace Derry


Oct. 17 Bellows


Walter W. Bend


.6.


....


22 w Laborer. . |Rockland, Me William Bend


Falls, Vt.


Beatrice M. Cilley ...


....


.120 W


....


Canada ....


Mary A. Shaw Claude F. Cilley Grace Fletcher E. Norik


Russia ...


Poland ...


.


Katherine Markulis ....


.


...


21 w Cotton Mill. ...


.... 26|w Clerk ....


Centre Harbor George A. Simpson Mabel L. Wyatt


1 Irving J. Enslin Clergy man 1


Derry


Nov. 13 Derry


...


Joseph Charles Power ..


66


22 W


..


Amanda Cote ..


..


. 24 W


Newport, Vt .. George Cote Elizabeth Coyer


Derry ... Alonzo W. Kimball Fidelia Hayes


1


1 Derry


. ..


Herbert Hayes Kimball.


66


40 w Farmer .. ...


...


48| w House keeper .. 26 w |Machinist Austria


Albion, Me ... William G. Stratton Sophironie W. Robinson . Zenon Popowitz Sophie Stemporka ... |Zenon Besczak


1


29 Bellows


Adolph A. Popowitz


Falls, Vt.


Blanche Besczak


21 w


Anna Lobas


1


V . E. Blagbrough, Clergyman, Bellows Falls, Vt


66


....


25 w Home ....


Ireland James Sullivan Margaret Sullivan ...


1


1 S. H. Smith, Clergyman, Bellows Falls, Vt. 1


1 Michael Sotail, R. Othodox Priest Manchester 1


Oct. 30 Derry


.... Percy George Simpson ..


Agnes H. Tewksbury, ...


18|w Shoe-


maker .. 66


Londonderry. Charles L. Tewksbury .. Mary A. Fleming New F. X. Power Brunswick .. Mathilde Dugas


1 E. N. Durrette, Catholic Priest. Derry


1


Frederick I. Kelley, Clergyman, Derry


Sadie Sprague Huson. ..


..


21 w Shoe-


Nov. 5 Manchester. Phillip Norik


....


maker ..


.


....


....


Katherine M. Sullivan. .


..


..


MARRIAGES CONTINUED.


Residence of


Date,


Place of Marriage


Name and Surname of cach at time of Marriage. Groom and Bride.


Age of each


Occupa- tion of Groom and Bride


Place of Birth


Names of Parents.


of each.


Condition.


Name, Residence and Official Station of Person by whom


married.


1


Nov. 23 Derry ...


Eli J Bunker


Derry


...


20] w Steam Fitter.


Londonderry.


Joshua Bunker Helen M. Fel.ows Joseph R. Ela Etta Stearns Daniel Hamblett Sarah A. Carr Abraham B. Brown Sarah Divind les


1


Irving J. Enslin Clergyman


1 -


Derry


30 Derry


.... George F Hamblett ..


69 w Retired . . Pelham


+ George W. Farmer Clergyman


2


Derry


Dec. 14 Derry


...


Peter Valliere


36 w Shoe .


maker . .


Phebe Boutin


48 w 'Boarding


Canada ...


Clara Visnel Louis Cyr Mary Perren Hector Du Varney Mary Lezo'te Joseph Durocher Sarah Connors


1


|J. G. MacMurphy, Clergyman,


1


Derry


Dec, 20 Derry


.... Leon T. Rogers


Mildred A. Thereaw ...


18 W


.. Derry ...


66


66


...


.


William T. Morse, L


29 Derry ....


Ernest Franklin Young . Haverhill 26 W


Mass 66


.... 17 |W


24 w ;Salesman


Lynn, Mass ...


30 Derry


.....


Harold E. Wilson . ..


Derry ...


1


....


1


work ...


New York, NY


18 Derrv


....


Fred A Berry


..


.... 42| w Teamster. Exeter, Me. ..


Ireland


...


Emery C. Wilson Adeline F. Faucett ... George E. Whittaker. .. Carrie L Blake Charles Berry Mary O. Keith Andrew Maguire Mary McDonald


1


George H. Haslam, Clergyman, 2


Derry


Margaret Magoon ....


6. .... +2 w | Shoe'


maser ..


1


....


Wilfred Duvarney


· ..


19 w Shoe


Nashua ....


Milton


Londonderry . Fred T. Rogers


1 George W. Farmer, Clergyman,


Alice E Bailey Albert M. Thereau . .. .


Rebecca George Wesley Young Lilla Booth Thomas Riley ..


1 1


Irving J. Enslin, Clergyman, 1


Iterry


Ruth A. Whittaker ....


19|w , Office


...


18 w


26 W


....


. ...


house .. maker ..


Lewiston, Me. Joseph Valliere


John H. Nichols, 1


Clergyman,


3


Derry


Nov. 11 Derry


Inona M. Ela · .


...


|18 w Shoe


Westminster, Mass ....


maker :


.


Abbie B. Kimball


...


71 w Nurse ... Danbury ....


.


.


Madeline Durocher ..


Derry


Justice of the Peace Derry


Evelyn Annie Riley ....


. Haverhill, Mass


..


.


..


Color.


Deaths Registered in the Town of Derry, for Year Ending December 31, 1916.


Age.


Sex Con


Name and Surname of


Date.


|Place of Death


the Deceased.


Year.


Month.


Day.


Sex.


Color.


Single, etc. |


Occupation.


Name of Father.


Maiden name of Mother.


1


2 Derry


..


Mary L. Goldsmith ...


| 42


..


Canada


m W


w Laborer


.... 'Sarele Twombley


...


Virginia Twombley. ..


15


Philomene Morin ....


178.


3


. .


f| W W


m| b m


Farmer ..


Asa Proctor


....


.. .


3


George S. Rollins


80


5|25 Deerfield


..


..


mwm


9


Leroy Wilfred Hill


59


8|6 Salem


....


m w


1.4


Joseph P. Callaghan ..


67 |10 28 Ireland


....


m


W


14


Frank D, Wentworth .. Mary McCann


1 70 2|27 Ireland .


f W


W


...


W


0.


Jolin Fortier


Ida Edgerly


. . ..


211


Mark Terry


78 9 13 England


in W


w Retired


John Terry


....


. . .


233.


Charles J. Fenton


:


...


W


8


....


S


. Harry W. Tileston


Grace E Knapp


1915


Albert Chase


64


5 21


....


ı


w mn Farmer


. Daniel Chase ....


Mary J Copp .. .


Dec. 26 Derry 1916


Mar. 1


....


Dosithe Jette


84 3 24 Cauada


m W w Laborer


.


. .


+


....


William Doyle


85 . . P. E. Island .... ..


m W . . Farmer


James Doyle


....


Catherine Machie .... Margaret Ma. ters


5


...


Minnie Stuart Clark . ...


Gustaf W. Carlson


51


1 2 Sweden


m W


w |Designer


S


.


....


Laura M. Je lison ... Ann Jane Wentworth.


12|


Jonn S. Weeks


64 5 18


....


wim Carpenter .... m


= W


S


...


. John Keyes


24, Concord


Cynthia G. Huntee


. .


.


.


...


Sarah Booth


.. .. Richmond, Va.,


b


W


Housekeeper ..


Feb.


27


....


Susan Tidd Tileston ...


67 1 1 Dorchester, Mass


1


W


W


Benjamin C. Bird ....


Mary A. Carter


...


Mar. 28!


...


Infant found on dump.


..


·


29


Baby Parker


. Derry


W


&


·


Walter S. Parker


-


..


W


W


William Whidden. ...


Maria Avery Hannah Eames


.


13


.


.


Joseph Twombley . .


..


..


Jesse Sabastian ...


35


..


80


7|13 Derry


...


.


mw m


Feb.


·


.


.


Euna A. Fortier ...


]|5 Derry


.


.


...


·


Charles Fenton


. .


Fletcher .. ..


1 Boston, Mass. . . Dorothy Tileston


..


32 1 16 P. E. Island .... f W m Home


. James Stewart ..


. Carl Carlesou Fred E. Stevens


.


.


Laura Stevens


Derry


...


1 W


Nathan C. Weeks


Omer Vincent


23 Manchester ....


Lucien Vincent


2| 7 25 Maine


. .


Dunbarton .


W


W Home


24 Derry


....


Allen J, Proctor


...


. ..


18| 8| 9 Newcastle


...


m wim


Gardener


... 'Jolin H. Wentworth. . Henrietta Dixon Michael Burke


. .


.


11


Merchant .... 'S. P. Rollins ...


An Allen Sophia C. Lang


. .


..


m Shoemaker. . . 'Hiram Hall


. .


Jane Merrill


....


JJan.


Mary Ann W. Reed ....


82 7 21 Louden


1 78 10 11 Wakefield, Mass


W


... Thomas Brown


Housekeeper .. Jean Baptiste Henfield


.


..


..


....


19


.. 28 Derry 11 13


W


Rosanna Lachance .. .. Susan Haynes ...


....


Lillian McMahon


..


..


Place of Birth.


DEATHS CONTINUED.


Age.


Sex Con


Name and Surname of


Date.


Place of Death.


the Deceased.


Year.


Month.


Day.


Sex


Color.


Single, etc.,


Occupation.


Name of Father.


Maiden Name of Mother.


1


Apr. 10 Derry


... Alida Roux


11| 5|16 Canada


ť


W


S


..


Charles R. Duvarney . .. ..


1|11 Derry


m


W


S


12


..


Marshall R. Jewell


7 27 !


...


W


S


16


Eleanor Robinson .


6 Nova Scotia . ... f


W


W


f


W


S


281


.6


Blanche Seeley .


3 ..


Derry


f


W


8


May 9


Jolin Gormley ..


54


3 28 Medway, Mass ..


W


W Shoemaker. .. Farmer .


James Gounley


...


Cath rine McKenna .


29


. Elbridge P Clark


16


6 19 Cambridge, Mass m


W


8


30.


Arthur M. Emerson 46


.


.


..


.


...


..


Lore E. Frost


.


Marie Caron


May 31 Manchester .


1 |Manchester ...


fw


8


June 16 Derry 21 66


Donald H E. Rollins. .. 1


6 8 Deiry


.. m


W


S


July 18:


19


.


Charles MacGregor .


74


7 2 Londonderry . .. m W in Retired


David MacGregor


Julia Jacques


Aug. 3|


.


George N. Hunt .


2; 11 7 Chester


W


s | Farmer ....


John N. Hunt Audre E. Brault .


Mary E. Shirley .


3


....


. . Marie B. Cadieux .


. .


+


..


.


George Cadieux Fred Record George W. Beede ..


Adrinne Pelletier Sarah Provencher .


30


Lillian F. Beede .


2


1


1


..


Sept. 8 20


Lucien Harper Adams .. . 87 1 23 Londonderry . .. in w W


Retired


. Ed nund Adams ...


Tuck


. . .


Mary Tyler


241


i William C. Huntee ..


761 .. ..


Londonderry .. Im/w |w


. Farmer


Currier Huntee


·


Melvin


..


In


W


Samuel I. Clark


Ruth IIaz.Iton


Julia Glym


31!


Julia M. Hamblett


72


9 | 1 Canada


f


W


Home


Agnes Mills Jennie Low


-1-110


6


Mary Frances Frost .


. Nicholas Bernier


1


. m w


S


Lillian Bernier


1


f W


S


Paul Bernier


Marie Car 11


Mabel Livingston


Arvilla Robie


Ernest Rollins


..


.


Eugent A. Corliss .


40


2 .. Topsham, Vt. .. E


W


S


John F. ' orliss


Elsie Love and Mary Nesmith


20


Arthur Jote


. .


Derry m


W


8


s Book Binder. . James Higgins


·


Hannah Welch


5


Rose Anna Brault


46 5 12 Springfield, Vt. f W


S Home


27


29


- Record .


. . ..


Derry


=


S


Anna S. Moody


Daniel Wade Covert .... 77 4 25 Nova Scotia mì ww


W f W S Retired


Edward W. Covert .. Rosanna Wade


Jane Marsh


9


Anuie M. Abbott 74 . 6 28 Derry .... fwm


....


.


4 19 Derry


f


w


S


Paul Bernier ....


. mw


m Shoemaker. .


David Brown


Andrew D. Brown


5


1 27 |Raymond


2 21 Hampstead . · m W


m Shoe Manfr ..


William A Emerson. . |Abbie H. Dow James Hicks ..


June


Josephine E. Thomas. . . 70


2 24 Danvers, Mass ..


f


W


W


Jonalı Osgood


Wilemena Ordway


28


Louise A. Robillard . ... 11|


78| . 1 0 Everett, Mass. ..


[May A. Dearing Eleanor Taylor


Martin Murphy


George Robillard . ..


Maud Herbien


Roxana est


Dow H, Seeley .


Minnie Laundry


Minanel Rioux ·


William H. Duvarney. |Laura Calon George M. Jewell ...


..


.


.


Clarence Bushway


Mary L. Christy


Aurelia Dion .


. . Nashua


f W 8


Telephos - Cote


William J. Higgins 33 9 23 |S. Boston, Mass'm W


1 8 Derry


James H. Brogan


Lawrence Brogan .


Place of Birth.


DEATHS CONTINUED.


Age.


Sex Con


Date.


Place of Death


Name and Surname of the Deceased.


Year.


Month.


Day.


Sex.


Color.


Single, etc.


Occupation.


Name of Father.


Maiden name of Mother.


Sept. 28 Derry


....


|Charlotte Smith


73 5 16 England . .


f W


m


....


Oct. 3


....


Willis Allen Low


. ..


Derry


....


m W


S


Sept. 30


....


Marie Fontaine


...


·


37|11|11 |Manchester


m


W


m


.... |Alcide Daigneault .... Laura Garceau


-


Pettengill ...


13


...


Theodore Clark


....


72 1 12


m W


In


15


.


...


Irene T. Stillson


... ..


1 28


....


. .


f


W


8


23


66


....


Harry A. Tutt le


421


.. 4 Westford, Mass. f wm


81| 8 2 1reland


W


W


Farmer


...


James Arnold


.


Nov. 3


....


Charles M. Arnold


Mary Ella Miller


54| 1 9 Haverhill, Mass. f W


Home


.... Reu en Head


12


...


Clarence N. Garvin ·


62 10. 9 Londonderry . .. m


f


W s'Home


... Arthur M. Lynch .


. John Knight


Nancy M. Spinney .... Grace Barnes . . .. Polly Carpenter ..


..


....


¡Almira Knight Mary J. Horne George P. Taylor


65


3 . Windhamn


fwm Home


.. Nathaniel Ripley ... James Tayler


Sarah Major Susan Shepard .... ...


....


4


...


Mary A. Kelley


70


4 29 Danvers , Mass. 6 23 Derry .


m W


8


Nov. 30 Manchester Dec. 10 Derry


...


Forest F. Fay Phyllis L. Keith . .


1


1 5


66


f


W


SI


Rena Roberts


...


27


...


Ju es Frappier


15


..


..


..


Derry


m


W


S


29


...


Emma F Johnson


54


91 4 Danbury


. .


f


W


S


31


Charles H. Scott


. .


.. 16 Derry


m W


S


.... Harold M. Scott


Harriet W. Carter ....


...


fw


S


15 Derry


. .


Irene E. Daigneault ..... ..


Derry


....


. .


.... |Har y Stillson


Fred E. Kimball ....


26


....


Bertha A. Kimball ...


7 |11|26


6€


m


W


S


....


Joseph Cabana


...


...


.. John F. Butterworth .. .... ...


29


....


Pamelia F. Burbank ....


McCormack


5


...


Fannie E. Lynch


17 . . 13 Needham ....


86 3: 3 Brattleboro, Vt.


f W


S


24


...


..


....


56


....


Susan Hosington


91| 8 14


f w w Home


...


Timothy Dustin ...


Charles Mack


Ohnes Ohannesin


Zerahe Esagin Mary Sullivan


....


6


....


Sahag Ohaunesin ...


.


6


..


....


m


W


S


24


...


.


Canada


m W


Laborer


... Jean St. Frappier ...


. Benjamin Rowell ...


Myrtie Hamm ...


29


...


Benjamin Rowell, Jr, ... ..


....


John Sullivan Irving E. Fay Robert Keith ·


Mabel L. Burbank ....


...


....


William J. Sullivan ....


..


m W


. .


9 16


....


....


w Retired


Dec.


3


..


·


83|10| 1 |Derry


mn w


....


f


W


W Home


Susie Wilcox Flora M. Hamblett .... Eva Frappier ....


....


30


.. Forest G. Colman


·


1


....


f


W


8


.... Nelson G. Fontaine ....


.. A. Luella West Maria Jacques


Mary Dresser ....


Oct. 10| Manchester .


Shoemaker .... Greenleaf Colman


Samuel Clark ...


...


f


W


.. 'Adelard Cabana


42| 7|13 Boston, Mass. .. m w m Surgeon Home


W w, Retired


.... Benjamin F. Garvin ...


....


.


. .


29


.


.


Place of Birth.


T


...


.... Joseph H. Low


....


...


m


Names of those Brought to Derry for Interment.


Age.


Sex Con


Date. Place of Death


the Deceased.


Year.


Month.


Day.


Sex.


Color.


Single, etc.


Occupation.


Name of Father.


Maiden name of Mother.


Jan.


7 Londonderry . . Charles E. Edwards ... . 59


n w


m


...


Feb.


4 Detroit, Mich ...


William G. McKenney . . 69 7


9


mn w


. .


....


9 Northboro, Mass Edward C .. Webster .... 36 10 ..


m w


.


.


. .


1 Londonderry. .. Allan Richard Aldred .. .


.


4


Chester


m w


In Paymaster. . ..


s Laborer


...


William Greenough. . . Harriet M. Parker .... Adeline Annis John Wilson


May 1 Concord ..


David B. Wilson


Ruth A. Schluecker .


2 11 16


f W S


Sept. 6|Concord


Dustin H. Darling


43


6


2


West Concord .. m w In


Machinist .. ..


Oct. 20 Manchester ....


Viola M. Miltemore ....


28|


9


Portsmouth . ...


fw


m


.... Albert Saywaed


Lanra A. Perkins Flora Yeaton


17 Hampstead ...


Orson S Bartlett


4 24


m w


. .


24 Manchester ....


Austin J. Jenkins ..


41


2,28


Manchester


m wm Shoemaker . .. John J. Jenkins


Martha E. Clay


...


Dec.


3 Arlington, Mass Vernie L. Martin


....


36 10 2


. |W


.


...


Nov. 23|Londonderry ... Ardella Leola Low


....


23


9


fw


8


.


.


....


m w


Apr. 27 Manchester . ...


George A Greenough .. 62


48|


.


..


.


..


69


7


6


fw


...


. .


74


...


I hereby certify that the above returns are correct, according to the best of my knowledge and belief. HENRY T. WHEELER, Town Clerk.


..


..


·


2


... :


Apr. 19 Londonderry . . .


..


.


James P, Darling


9| Haverhill, Mass Eliza J. George


Name and Surname of


Place of Birth.


ANNUAL REPORTS


OF THE


TOWN OF


DERRY


FOR THE YEAR ENDING


January 31, 1918


E


ANNUAL REPORTS


OF THE


OFFICERS


OF THE


TOWN OF DERRY


For the Year Ending January 31, 1918.


.


NEWS-ENTERPRISE" PRESS |E. P. TROWBRIDGE, Prop. Derry, N. H 1918


OFFICERS OF THE TOWN OF DERRY.


SELECTMEN .


Albert B. Roberts, Ernest L. Abbott,


James F. Coburn.


TOWN CLERK, Henry T. Wheeler.


TREASURER. Charles Bartlett.


TAX COLLECTOR. ;


John E. Webster, resigned .


Ernest L. Abbott, appointed. TRUSTEES OF TRUST FUNDS.


Harry W. Wilson, Arthur Greenough, Frank N. Young.


AUDITORS .


Frank M. McGregor, Herbert L. Grinnell, Jr., Frank


B. Oakes. MODERATOR.


Joseph B. Bartlett .


SUPERVISORS OF CHECK LISTS. Hector E. Bidwell, Benjamin Low, Michael J. Cassidy. .


TONW WARRANT.


STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE,


ROCKINGHAM, SS.


[L.S.]


To the inhabitants of the Town of Derry, qualified to vote in Town Affairs: .


You are hereby notified to meet at the Adams Men- orial Hall in said Town, on the second Tuesday of March next, at Ten o'clock in the forenoon, to act upon the following subjects :--


1, To choose all necessary Town Officials for the year ensuing.


2. To elect four delegates to the Convention to revise the Constitution of New Hampshire to be held . at Concord, beginning June 5, 1918.


3. To vote to raise and appropriate such sums of money as may be necessary for the support of schools, maintenance of the poor, for laying out and repair- ing highways, building and repairing bridges, for the suppression of brown tail and gypsy moths, for the police department and Municipal Court, for hydrant service and electric lights, for salaries and expenses of Town Officers, for the Board of Health, for the ex- penses of Adams Memorial Building and Town Hall, for the State and County Tax, and for any other nec- essary charges arising in said Town.


4. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the use of Upton Post,


6.


No. 45, G. A. R., to defray the expenses of Memorial Day.


5. To hear the report of agents, auditors and com- mittees heretofore chosen and pass any vote relating thereto.


6. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- . propriate a sum of money for the improvement of highways in accordance with the provisions of Sec. 4, of Chapter 35 of the Laws of 1905, and pass any vote relating thereto.


7. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for Maintenance of State Aid Roads and Trunk Line Roads, and pass any vote relating thereto.


8. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the purchase of books for the Derry Public Library and the maintenance of · said Library, and pass any vote relating thereto.


9. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the purchase of books for the Taylor Library and for the maintenance of said library, and pass any vote relating thereto.


10. To see if the town will vote to raise and appro- priate a sum of money to sprinkle and oil the streets and pass any vote relating thereto.


11. To see of the Town will vote to authorize its Board of Selectmen to enter into a contract with the Derry Electric Company, or with any other person or company, to furnish street lighting for one or more years, and pass any vote relating thereto.


12. To see of the Town will vote to authorize its Board of Selectmen to borrow money in anticipation


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of taxes on the negotiable notes of the Town, and pass any vote relating thereto.


13. To see of the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to appoint one or more Liquor Agents in accordance with Sect. 6 of Chapter 147 of the Laws of 1917, and pass any vote relating thereto.


14. To see of the Town will vote to appoint a Building Inspector, prescribe his duties, and fix his compensation, and adopt regulations for the construc- tion and maintenance of all buildings in the Town, and pass any vote relating thereto.


15. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for a sinking fund for the payment of the Town bonds and pass any vote relat- ing thereto.


Given under our hands and seals this 23rd day of Feb- ruary, 1918.


ALBERT B. ROBERTS, JAMES F. COBURN,


Selectmen of Derry.


A True Copy Attest :- ALBERT B. ROBERTS, JAMES F. COBURN,


Selectmen of Derry.


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SELECTMEN'S REPORT


INVENTORY OF TAXABLE PROPERTY IN TOWN FOR 1917.


Real Estate, $3.269,985 00


Horses, 400


40,040 00


Asses and Mules, 2 500 00


Oxen, 25


1,800 00


Cows, 683


35,890 00


Other neat stock, 32


1,200 00


Sheep, 12


88 00


Hogs, 7


130 00


Fowis. 1982 1,933 00


Vehicles and Automobiles, 274 77,650 00


Portable Mills, 3


2,100 00


Wood, Lumber, etc.


20,600 00


Municipal Bonds and Notes


8,000 00


Stock in National Banks in the State


10,700 00


Money on hand, at interest, or on deposit


8,990 00


Stock in trade


459,220 00


Mills and Machinery


168,800 00


Total Assessed Valuation in 1917


$4,107,626 00


Total Assessed Valuation in 1916


4,108,419 00


Decrease


793 00


Exemptions .


Exemptions of Soldiers


32,500 00


By vote of Town


411,000 00


Exemptions 1916


539,440 00


Exemptions 1917


443,500 00


Decrease in Exemptions


95,900 00


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BALANCE Town of Derry, N. H.


ASSETS


Cash :


In hands of Town Treasurer $3,236 39


Accounts Due to the Town


Taxes not collected, Levy of 1917 12,932 28


Taxes not collected, Levies of 1903-1916 9,148 82


Taxes bought by Town, estimated value 5,573 53


Due from State


A. Joint Highway accounts, unexpend- ed balances in State Treasury, Trunk Line Construction State Aid Maintenance


19 39


110 05


B. Forest fires


14. 75


C. Bounties 2 00


Other Bills Due Town


A. Chester & Derry Street Railway Co. 995 48


B. West Derry Sewage Association 1,163 71


Advance payment on 1918 contract for Street lighting 1,499 50


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Total Assets


$34,695 90


Net Debt


83,069 38


Grand Total


$117.765 28


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SHEET January 31, 1918.


LIABILITIES


Accounts Owed by the Town


Orders outstanding


$123 65


Bills outstanding : Standard Oil Co. 114 05


Municipal Court 177 49


Due Sinking fund


1,500 00


Dog Licenses due to School Districts


323 20


Unexpended Balance of Joint Highway Accounts :


State Aid Maintenance, Balance in State Treasury 110 05


State Aid Maintenance, Balance in Town Treasury 110 04


Outstanding Temporary Loan in antici- pation of Taxes 4,000 00


$6,458 48


Bonds Outstanding


Refunding bonds issued Nov. 1, 1913.


4s due Nov. 1, 1923 $12,500 00


4 1-2s due Nov. 1, 1923


12,500 00


4s due Nov. 1, 1928 12,500 00


4 1-2s due Nov. 1, 1928


12,500 00


4s due Nov. 1, 1933


30,000 00


4 1-2s due Nov. 1, 1933


30,000 00


110,000 00


State and County tax Received


on exemptions 1,306 80


Total Liabilities


117,765 28


Grand Total


$117,765 28


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WATER WORKS


ASSETS


Plant Investment


Beginning of year Extensions during year


$159,035 91 1,350 99


$160,386 90


Current Assets


Cash on hand Materials and supplies on hand


6,749 68


1,267 38


Accounts receivable . 732 57


Prepaid Accounts


Insurance premiums unexpired


51 00


Total Assets


$169,187 53


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BALANCE SHEET


At end of fiscal year December 31, 1917


LIABILITIES


Capital Liabilities


Funded debt


Bonds outstanding


Original issue of July 1, 1907 :


3 1-2s due July 1, 1922 $25,000 00


31-2s due July 1, 1927


52.000 00


Extension issue of Nov. 1, 1910 :


3 1-2s due Nov. 1. 1930 44,000 00


$121.000 00


Accrued Liabilities


Interest Accrued Total liabilities


385 00


121,385 00


Surplus


47,802 53


$169.187 53


Total


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14 LANDS, BUILDINS AND EQUIPMENT Town of Derry, N. H., January 31, 1918


TOWN OF DERRY:


Adams Memorial Buildings and grounds $24,000 00


Adams Memorial furniture and equipment 1,093 85


East Derry Town House ·


3,000 00


Derry library, furniture and equip


ment 3,000 00


Highway department equipment:


Stone crusher


1,200 00


Road roller


500 00


Road machine


375 00


One-half acre land on Fordway .


200 00


Gravel bank and protection. water works


400 00


Gravel pit on Fordway!


100 00


Land for dump #


200 00


$34,068 85


DERRY WATER DEPARTMENT


Original cost of Plant


· $135,577 15


Extensions, 1906 and 1907


3,585 48


Extensions. 1908-1912 .


10,136 47


Extensions, 1913 . .


2,378 86


Extensions, 1914


938 98


Extensions, 1915


.


3.521 90


Extensions, 1916 2,897 06


Extensions, 1917


1,350 99


$160,386 89


$194,455 74


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SUMMARY STATEMENT RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS TOWN OF DERRY, N. H., FOR THE YEAR ENDING FEBRUARY 15, 1916 Accordiog to the uniform classification recommended by the State Tax Commission


RECEIPTS


CURRENT REVENUE : From Local Taxes :


1. Property and poll taxes


$77,450.00


Front State :


4. Insurance tax $1.87


5. Railroad tax 195.07


6. Savings Bank tax 4,576.39


8. Literary fund 650.65


. Liquor licenses


802.36


10. For education


3,079.40


11. For highways


(a) For State Aid


Maintenance 558.84


(b) For State Aid


Construction 301.97


(c) For Trunk Line


Construction 6,084.05


$6,944.86 6,944.86


LESS amount paid di- rectly by the State


Treasurer


6,682.66


Amount paid to Town Treasurer $262.20 12. For fighting forest fires 742.08


From County :


14. For Support of poor


746.67


From Local Sources except Taxes :


16 Dog licenses


$445.40


17 All other licenses and perinits 391.00


19. Rent of town hall 218.30


20. Income of departments, Highways, etc. 363.90


22. Cemeteries 107.50


23. Interest received on taxes, deposits


trust and sinking funds 705.00


2,231.10


TOTAL CURRENT REVENUE $97,420.45


RECEIPTS OTHER THAN CURRENT REVENUE: 24. Temporary loans during the year $6,000.00


All Other Receipts : 28. Insurance adjustinent, Bartlett &


Shepard


305.54


29. Tax titles redeemed


1,748.02


30. Accident claim adjustment, Louis


Davis


100.00


31. Refunded insurance on Water Dep't boiler 68.56


freight on curbing material 24.91


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aid for town poor 52.51


interest 2.22


TOTAL RECEIPTS OTHER THAN CURRENT REVENUE $8,301.76


TOTAL RECEIPTS FROM ALL SOURCES


$105,722.21


LESS amount paid directly by the State Treasurer 6,682.66


TOTAL RECEIPTS OF THE TOWN TREASURER CASH on hand at the beginning of the year


$99,039.5


3,858.67


$102,898.38


This is a corrected statement of re- ceipts and payments and should be used instead of that on pages 20-23 of the Town Report. The Detailed State- ment of Payments with be found on pages 24-42 of the Town Report.


PAYMENTS


CURRENT MAINTENANCE EXPENSES General Government :


1. Salaries and expenses of principal town officers $3266.49


2. Election and registration expenses 135.98


3. Municipal court expenses 255.52


4. Care and supplies for town hall and other buildings 2012.11


Protection of Persons and Property :


5. Police department 1770.41


6. Fire department 3667.95


7. Moth extermination 504.56


9. Damage by dogs 42.00


Health and Sanitation : 10. Health department 1964.26


11. Vital Statistics 137.45


Highways and Bridges :


13. Highways maintenance-town account 7339.75


14 Highways, "State Aid Maintenance- State and Town joint account 1124.05


16. Street lighting 2781.27


17. General expenses


232.25


Education : 18. Librarics (Payments to School District are reported under No. 42)


Charities :


16,992.68 19. Town poor




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