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TOWN OFFICERS.
Moderator. ANDREW J. BROWN.
Clerk. HENRY A. COOK.
Selectmen. EUGENE D. SANBORN. STEPHEN G. SLEEPER. ERNEST S. BEEDE.
Treasurer. WILLIAM H. GIBSON.
Auditor. WILCOMB H. BENFIELD.
Highway Agents. GEORGE F. WILLEY. CHARLES W. HESELTON.
Library Trustees. CHARLES B. FRENCH. CLARENCE B. HILL. WILCOMB H. BENFIELD.
Collector of Taxes. JOSEPH B. WILBUR.
Board of Education. ALDEN F. SANBORN. JAMES E. TAYLOR. FRED J. CLEMENT.
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School Clerk. LENA E. TRUE.
Truant Officer. SAMUEL J. WILLEY.
Supervisors.
CLIFTON H. BEEDE. CLARENCE B. HILL. FRED SANBORN.
Board of Health. JOSEPH B. SANBORN. ERNEST W. LOWE, M. D. FRANK H. LYFORD.
Librarian. CORA B. FROST.
Dog Officer. PETER J. GAGNON.
Constable. GEORGE W. BALL.
Forest Fire Warden. ELI N. MARCOTTE.
Janitor Town Hall. HENRY A. COOK.
Superintendent of Cemeteries. JAMES W. WILKINSON.
TOWN WARRANTS.
[L. S.] STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
To the Inhabitants of the Town of Fremont, in the County of Rockingham, in said state, qualified to vote in town affairs :
You are hereby notified to meet at the town house, in said town, on Tuesday, the 10th day of March next, at ten (10) of the clock in the forenoon, to act upon the following subjects :
1. To choose a town clerk.
2. To choose three selectmen, treasurer, auditor, one or more highway agents, and one library trustee.
3. To choose all other necessary officers.
4. To raise and appropriate such sums of money as may be necessary for the following purposes: To defray town charges, for repairs of highways and bridges, and for Me- morial Day.
5. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate for care of cemeteries in town.
6. To see what action the town will take in relation to paying the balance of the note held by the Manchester Savings Bank, and raise and appropriate such sum of money as may be necessary for said purpose.
7. To see if the town will vote to paint the old meeting (or town) house, and raise and appropriate such sum of money as may be necessary for said purpose.
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8. To see what action the town will take in relation to celebrating the 150th anniversary of the incorporation of the town on the 22d day of June next, and pass any vote relating thereto.
9. To transact any other business that may legally come before the meeting.
Given under our hands and seal this 20th day of Feb- ruary in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and four- teen.
EUGENE D. SANBORN, STEPHEN G. SLEEPER, ERNEST S. BEEDE, Selectmen of Fremont.
A true copy of warrant. Attest :
EUGENE D. SANBORN,
STEPHEN G. SLEEPER, ERNEST S. BEEDE, Selectmen of Fremont.
SELECTMEN'S REPORT.
VALUATIONS AND APPROPRIATIONS.
VALUATIONS.
Polls, 158,
$15,800.00
Land and buildings,
319, 672.00
Horses, 116,
12,760.00
Mules, 1,
200.00
Oxen, 2,
175.00
Cows, 123,
5,140.00
Neat stock, 18,
605.00
Sheep, 24,
96.00
Fowl,
20.00
Carriages and automobiles, 26,
12,425.00
Wood and lumber,
17,610.00
Stock in public funds,
8,000.00
Money,
6,667.00
Stock in trade,
24,225.00
Mills and machinery, etc.,
24,725.00
$448,120.00
APPROPRIATIONS.
State tax,
$848.00
County tax,
768.41
Highways,
1,550.00
Town charges,
600.00
Memorial Day,
75.00
Schools,
1,700.00
Public library,
31.80
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Universalist fund, Care cemeteries, Sum to pay on note, Overlay, «
$60.00 50.00 1,000.00 38.76
$6,721.97
Rate of taxation, $1.50 on $100.
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EXPENDITURES IN DETAIL.
The selectmen have given orders on the treasurer for the payment of the following bills:
MISCELLANEOUS.
1913.
March 15. Paid Rumford Printing Co., print- ing reports, $39.00
May 31. Stephen A. Frost, memorial fund in part, 60.00
George F. Willey, memorial fund in part, 15.00
June 14.
E. D. Sanborn, time and ex- penses to Portsmouth on ac- count tax commission, 5.00
E. D. Sanborn, express and postage on reports, 1.04
C. E. Beede, postage on inven- tory blanks, 2.50
Edson C. Eastman, order receipt books, collector's book, etc., 5.63
Eli N. Marcotte, forest fire bill, 71.80
30.
Aug.
9.
Henry A. Cook, Universalist fund, 60.00
11. John W. A. Green, record of transfers, 5.00
18. Louis Gardner, repairing rail- ing by P. Beede's, 7.58
Sept. 27.
Peter J. Gagnon, building road roller, 50.00
Dec. 27. C. B. Hill, 12 check-lists, 2.16
J. L. Thompson, labor and material on hall roof, 46.90
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Dec. 27. Paid Osgood Construction Co., plans and advice on hall roof, $15.00
E. D. Sanborn, perambulating Kingston, Brentwood, Epp- ing and Danville lines, 7.50
E. D. Sanborn, cash paid Joseph Prescott, locating bounds, .25
E. D. Sanborn, writing moth notices, 2.00
H. B. Wilbur, envelopes (stamped) for sending moth notices, 1.64
Stephen G. Sleeper, perambu- lating Brentwood, Epping and Danville lines, 6.00
1914.
Feb. 2. 14.
W. S. Hallinan, wood for hall, 16.00 Joseph B. Sanborn, writing affidavit Bly aid, 1.00
Ernest W. Lowe, M. D., re- turning births and deaths, 5.00
Estate of D. C. Hooke, sheep killed by dogs, 25.00
George W. Ball, 11 trips with hearse, 22.00
Peter J. Gagnon, sawing wood for hall, 2.60
Arthur E. True, setting glass in hall, .75
H. A. Cook, cash paid Spauld- ing & Frost Co., 6-40 candle power watts, lights for hall, 3.90
H. A. Cook, cash paid W. H. Sargent, wood for hall, 1.00
H. A. Cook, dog license blanks, .60
H. A. Cook, recording births, deaths and marriages, 4.80
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Feb. 14. Paid E. S. Beede, use of horse, $9.10
E. D. Sanborn, expenses to Concord, by call of tax com- mission, 2.12
E. D. Sanborn, expenses to Manchester, New Hamp- shire Assessors' Association, 2.65
E. D. Sanborn, postage and stationery, 3.30
E. D. Sanborn, use of horse, 19.50
S. G. Sleeper, use of horse, 14.00
$537.32
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HIGHWAYS.
Amount appropriated by town, $1,550.00 Amount required by section 3, chapter 35, Laws 1905, for permanent improvement, $455.00 Amount required by state under motor vehicle law for maintenance, 175.00
630.00
Amount for agents, 1913.
$920.00
April 5. Paid George F. Willey, agent,
$75.00
14. George F. Willey, agent,
100.00
18. George F. Willey, agent,
40.00
May 1. George F. Willey, agent,
75.00
10. George F. Willey, agent,
25.00
June 27. George F. Willey, agent,
30.00
Aug. 15. George F. Willey, agent, 50.00
Sept. 20 George F. Willey, agent,
65.00
$460.00
1913.
April 5. Paid Charles W. Heselton, agent,
$35.00
12. Charles W. Heselton, agent,
75.00
18. Charles W. Heselton, agent,
80.00
May
2.
Charles W. Heselton, agent,
50.00
Aug. 1. Charles W. Heselton, agent,
25.00
15. Charles W. Heselton, agent,
25.00
Sept.
5. Charles W. Heselton, agent,
75.00
13. Charles W. Heselton, agent,
75.00
19. Charles W. Heselton, agent, 30.00
Nov. 29. Charles W. Heselton, agent,
37.33
$507.33
Overdrawn,
$47.33
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STATE MAINTENANCE FUND.
Town contribution, State contribution,
$175.00
150.00
$325.00
1913.
Sept. 27. Paid George F. Willey, agent, $52.50
Oct. 4. George F. Willey, agent, 48.50
11. George F. Willey, agent, 26.00
Nov. 14. George F. Willey, agent, 54.00
-$181.00
1913.
Sept. 27. Paid Charles W. Heselton, agent, $67.28
Oct. 4. Charles W. Heselton, agent, 76.95
144.23
$325.23
Permanent Improvement Fund,
$455.00
1913.
Oct. 11. Paid George F. Willey, agent, 18. George F. Willey, agent, 75.50
$29.00
25. George F. Willey, agent, 64.00
Nov. 1. George F. Willey, agent,
82.05
8. George F. Willey, agent,
97.50
20. George F. Willey, agent,
99.50
1914.
Feb. 14. George F. Willey, agent, 4.85
$452.40
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SCHOOLS.
1913.
Dec. 27. Paid William H. Gibson, school treasurer, money by law, $795.00
By vote of district (extra), 552.00
High school tuition, 300.00
Salaries of school officers,
53.00
Dog license, money due April 1, 1913, 100.20
State fund 1913, 383.80
Literary fund 1913,
90.39
$2,274.39
BOARD OF HEALTH.
1914.
Feb. 14.
Paid Joseph B. Sanborn, services, $5.00
Ernest W. Lowe, M.D.
services, 10.00
Ernest W. Lowe, M. D.,
fumigation, 5.00
$20.00
2-Fremont
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TOWN OFFICERS.
1913.
July 11. Paid Ernest S. Beede, selectman (in part), $10.00
1914.
Feb. 14.
Clarence B. Hill, supervisor, 5.00
Cora B. Frost, librarian, 26.00
George W. Ball, constable and police, 5.00
Peter J. Gagnon, dog officer,
10.00
Joseph B. Wilbur, collector of taxes, 55.00
Henry A. Cook, janitor of hall, 57.00
Henry A. Cook, town clerk,
15.00
Ernest S. Beede, selectman (balance), 20.60
William H. Gibson, town
treasurer, 30.00
Eugene D. Sanborn, select- man, 62.75
Andrew J. Brown, moderator, 3.00
Clifton H. Beede, supervisor, 5.00
Fred Sanborn, supervisor,
5.00
Witcomb H. Benfield, auditor, 2.00
Stephen A. Sleeper, selectman,
30.38
$341.73
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SUPPORT OF POOR.
Aid furnished by county, to Susan B. Jones, fifty-two weeks at $1.25, $65.00
Aid furnished by county, to James Witham (gro- ceries of Cook & True), 24.92
Aid furnished by county, to Mary A. Bly, 11 weeks at $1.50, 16.50
Aid furnished by county, to Mary A. Bly, (A. W.
Mitchell, medical attendance), 8.50
$114.92
PUBLIC LIBRARY.
1913.
Dec. 20. Paid W. H. Benfield, trustee, two years appropriation, $63.60
1914.
Feb. 14. W. H. Benfield, trustee (extra money), 10.94
$74.54
CARE OF CEMETERIES.
1913.
May 31. Paid Wilcomb H. Benfield (and others), labor, $12.00
June 21. James W. Wilkinson (cash paid by him):
George H. Stevenson, labor, 8.75
George G. Norcross, labor, 7.50
C. B. Hill, use of horse, 4.00
H. A. Cook, cement,
.48
J. W. Wilkinson, labor, 8.00
Aug. 11.
George H. Stevenson, labor, 9.00
$49.73
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MOTH WORK.
1913.
May 15. Paid Howard French, labor, $17.50
Peter J. Gagnon, labor, 20.25
June 14. E. D. Sanborn, expense with Walter C. O'Kane, moth agent, 3.95
B. & M. R. R. Co., freight on creosote, .74
E. D. Sanborn, drawing creo- sote, 1.00
Sept. 27.
Arthur S. Moore, labor, 3.50
$46.94
MANCHESTER SAVINGS AND NATIONAL BANKS.
1913.
May
1.
Paid interest on bridge note, 6
months,
$47.25
Oct. 25. interest on bridge note, 6
months, 47.25
Dec. 11. on bridge note, 1,000.00
July
10.
note and interest hired April
22,
1,007.78
$2,102.28
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SEWER AT VILLAGE.
1913.
Sept. 6. - Paid George F. Willey, in charge of work, $75.00
20. George F. Willey, in charge of work, 25.00
27. Manchester Supply Co., Akron pipe, 25.68
W. S. Goodrich, brick, 9.75
Concord Foundry Co., 5 grates, 15.00
Oct.
4. George F. Willey, 6.92
$157.35
DISCOUNTS.
1914.
Feb. 14. Paid Joseph B. Wilbur, collector of taxes, 3 per cent. discount on taxes paid before July 1, $106.23
ABATEMENTS.
Joseph B. Wilbur's collection, 1913:
James Witham, county aid, $1.50
William LeBlanc, left town,
1.50
Walter H. Tuttle, paid in Lawrence, Mass., 1.50
$4.50
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EXPENDITURES.
Miscellaneous,
$537.32
Highways,
1,744.96
Schools,
2,274.39
Board of Health,
20.00
Town Officers,
341.73
Poor,
114.92
Public Library,
74.54
Care cemeteries,
49.73
Moths,
46.94
Notes and interest,
2,102.28
Sewer,
157.35
Discounts,
106.23
Abatements,
4.50
$7,574.89
EUGENE D. SANBORN,
STEPHEN G. SLEEPER,
ERNEST S. BEEDE, Selectmen of Fremont.
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TREASURER'S REPORT.
Treasurer's report for the year 1913, ending February 15, 1914:
Feb. 15, 1913. Cash in hands of treasurer $571.90
Received of selectmen, cash received of committee on dedication of hall, 47.00
Manchester National Bank, cash hired for short time,
1,000.00
Joseph B. Wilbur, collector, 6,695.95
Henry A. Cook, janitor of hall,
139.50
Henry A. Cook, dog licenses,
90.64
Henry A. Cook, pool tables,
20.00
State treasurer, highway de- partment, 172.28
Selectmen, 2 lots in cemetery,
30.00
State forest fire department,
12.89
State treasurer, railroad tax,
393.66
State treasurer, savings bank tax, 915.18
State treasurer, school fund,
383.80
State treasurer, literary fund,
90.39
Rockingham County treasurer,
114.92
George W. Ball, use of hearse out of town,
2.00
Selectmen, tiling and brick sold,
2.61
$10,682.72
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DISBURSEMENTS.
Paid Selectmen's orders,
$7,574.89
County tax,
768.41
State tax,
848.00
9,191.30
Cash in hands of treasurer,
$1,491.42
RESOURCES.
Due from state forest fire depart-
ment,
$23.01
Collector,
26.02
49.03
Total resources,
$1,540.45
LIABILITIES.
Due Manchester Savings Bank,
$1,700.00
Balance against town,
$159.55
WILLIAM H. GIBSON, Treasurer.
REPORTS OF HIGHWAY AGENTS.
GEORGE F. WILLEY, AGENT.
Receipts.
Received of town treasurer,
$460.00
Expenditures.
Paid Jesse Drowns,
$14.00
Charles Willey,
50.00
George F. Willey,
105.75
William Stevenson,
55.50
David P. Leavitt,
44.00
William Conway,
25.50
Wesley Gowing,
60.00
George Burley,
39.00
Norman Gardner,
37.13
George Fuller,
3.00
Louis Gardner,
1.50
Louis Beede,
23.00
Herbert Lyford,
1.62
$460.00
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CHARLES W. HESELTON, AGENT.
Receipts.
Received of town treasurer, $507.33
Expenditures.
Paid E. D. Sanborn, labor with team,
$65.00
A. A. Bishop, labor, 4.95
Perry L. Eaton, labor,
27.75
George F. Willey, labor,
14.00
Fred D. Holmes, labor,
1.50
Arthur B. Robinson, labor,
1.50
George Rogers, labor,
. 75
Charles D. Meader, labor,
54.58
Eddie Wallace, labor,
3.75
Lyman S. Hooke, labor,
4.35
William Conway, labor,
29.00
George G. Norcross, labor,
10.87
Howard W. French, labor,
24.00
Norman L. Gardner, labor,
15.75
David Marden, labor,
4.50
George W. Burley, labor,
3.00
Louis Gardner, labor,
15.37
Frank St. John, labor,
.75
Jesse L. Drowns, labor with
team,
56.00
Charles W. Heselton, labor
with team,
156.50
J. F. Brown & Son, tile,
3.00
J. P. Bassett, gravel, .68
Spaulding & Frost Co., gravel,
1.45
Andrew J. Brown, gravel,
2.85
Russell K. Hook, gravel,
1.55
Arthur S. Moore, gravel,
3.45
Frank H. Wood, gravel,
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$507.33
STATE AID MAINTENANCE FUND.
GEORGE F. WILLEY, FOREMAN.
Receipts.
Received of town treasurer, $181.00
Expenditures.
Paid Charles Willey, labor with
team,
$60.00
Jesse L. Drowns, labor with team,
24.00
George F. Willey, labor,
34.00
George W. Burley, labor,
6.00
William P. Stevenson, labor,
24.00
Wesley S. Gowing, labor,
16.50
Charles Clouette, labor,
3.00
Frank H. Lyford, labor,
13.50
$181.00
CHARLES W. HESELTON, AGENT.
Receipts.
Received of town treasurer, $144.23
Expenditures.
Paid Jesse L. Drowns, labor with team,
$36.00
Charles W. Heselton, labor with team, 40.00
E. D. Sanborn, labor with team,
28.00
Charles D. Meader, labor, 15.00
Perry L. Eaton, labor, 15.00
Frank D. Rowe, gravel,
10.23
$144.23
PERMANENT IMPROVEMENT FUND.
GEORGE F. WILLEY, FOREMAN.
Receipts.
Received of town treasurer, $452.40
Expenditures.
Paid Charles Willey, labor with
team,
$107.00
Jesse L. Drowns, labor with team,
100.75
George F. Willey, labor,
50.00
William P. Stevenson, labor,
41.25
Wesley S. Gowing, labor,
36.75
George W. Burley, labor,
38.25
Charles Clouette, labor,
10.50
Henry Jaques, labor,
4.50
David N. Marden, labor,
4.50
Frank H. Lyford, labor,
21.00
James Towle, blacksmith work,
3.90
E. D. Sanborn, labor,
2.00
Jennie S. Curtis, gravel,
30.00
T. B. & D. J. Smith, labor,
2.00
$452.40
SEWER AT VILLAGE.
GEORGE F. WILLEY, FOREMAN.
Receipts.
Received of town treasurer, $106.92
Expenditures.
Paid George F. Willey, labor,
$22.00
Frank H. Lyford, labor,
12.75
George W. Burley, labor,
16.50
William P. Stevenson, labor,
13.50
Wesley S. Gowing, labor,
14.25
S. J. McLane, labor,
10.50
Charles Willey, labor,
11.50
George Fuller, labor,
3.00
Cook & True, oil,
. 54
B. & M. R. R. Co., freight,
2.38
$106.92
TOWN CLERK'S REPORT.
For the year 1913 I have licensed dogs as follows:
Forty (40) male dogs at $2 each, $80.00
Three (3) female dogs at $5 each, 15.00
1913.
Nov. 10. 1 male dog for 10 months, 1.68
14. 1 male dog for 9 months, 1.50
1914.
Jan. 1. 1 female dog for 4 months, 1.66
Total, 46, Reserved 46 fees at 20c,
$99.84
9.20
Paid to treasurer,
$90.64
May 1, 1913.
By order of the Selectmen I have licensed pool tables as follows:
To Eli J. Gagnon, licenses to keep for hire two (2) pool tables from the first day of May, 1913, to the first day of May, 1914. Received for licenses ten (10) dollars each.
Paid to treasurer, $20.00
HENRY A. COOK, Town Clerk.
REPORT OF JANITOR OF TOWN HALL
From February 15, 1913, to Feb. 15, 1914.
1913.
Feb. 22. Young Men's Republican Club (lower hall), $2.00
26. Grange, 2.00
28. Concert and dance, 3.00
Mar. 1. Young Men's Republican Club, (lower hall,) 2.00
11. Annual meeting (no charge).
12. Grange,
2.00
13. C. H. Beede, dance,
3.00
15. School meeting (no charge).
19. Grange (special),
2.00
22. Oyster supper (lower hall),
2.00
26. Grange, 2.00
28. Epping Dramatic Club, 4.00
April
2.
C. H. Beede, dance,
3.00
9. Grange,
2.00
16. Dog and bird show,
4.00
23. Grange,
2.00
May 1. Dance,
3.00
9. East Kingston Dramatic Club,
4.00
28. Grange,
2.00
30. Memorial Day (no charge).
June 11.
Grange,
2.00
25. Grange,
2.00
July 9. Grange, 2.00
12, 14, 16, 17, 18, Arlie Palmer Show (6 nights at $3.) 18.00
23. Grange, 2.00
24. Band concert and dance, 3.00
31. Band concert and dance, 3.00
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Aug. 13. Grange,
$2.00
27. Grange, 2.00
Sept. 10. Grange,
2.00
12. Teachers' Institute (no charge).
24. Grange,
2.00
Oct. 8. Grange,
2.00
10. Pomona Grange,
2.00
22. Grange,
2.00
29. Grange (special),
2.00
30. Sons of Veterans (lower hall),
2.00
Nov.
1. Blake's show,
4.00
3.
Blake's show, 4.00
26. Grange,
2.00
Dec. 10.
Grange,
2.00
12.
Church sale,
2.50
24.
Grange, 2.00
1914.
Jan. 13. Moving picture show,
4.00
14. Grange,
2.00
20. Moving picture show,
4.00
27. Moving picture show,
4.00
28 Grange,
2.00
Feb.
3. Moving picture show,
4.00
6. Elmer Willey, dance,
3.00
10. Moving picture show,
4.00
11. Grange,
2.00
Paid to treasurer, $139.50
HENRY A. COOK, Janitor.
REPORT OF LIBRARY TRUSTEES.
February 16, 1914.
Receipts.
1912.
Feb. 15. Received from librarian, fines 1912, $3.36
1913.
Nov. 15. Received from town
treasurer, appropri- ation of 1912-13, 63.60
20. Received from Mrs. A. French, for 1 book, 1.66
1914.
Feb. 14.
Received from town treasurer, extra, 10. 94
Received from Librarian, fines 1913, 3.86
$83.42
Expenditures.
1912.
Oct. 1. Paid Frontier Press Co., books, $6.75
1913.
Nov. 15. Baker & Taylor Co., 82
vols., 57.25
Express on same, 1.44
Eli N. Marcott, wood, 2.15
1914.
Feb. 1.
Courier Publishing
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Company, card book slips, 1.57
3-Fremont
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Feb. 7. Paid Sargent Bros., print- ing, $4.00
A. P. Wendall, paper, . 40
14.
Mrs. Frost, work on books, 4.00
Arthur True, work on library, 5.00
82.56
Cash on hand, $0.86
In order to better serve the reading public, make easier the work of the librarian and better safeguard against fire, we should have electric lights installed in the library. The walls and ceiling have recently been cleansed and whitened, a much needed improvement.
A total of 133 volumes have been added the past year, "2 years' appropriation" which include "The Standard Dictionary of Facts" and an Encyclopedia of ten volumes.
C. BURTON FRENCH,
CLARENCE B. HILL,
WILCOMB H. BENFIELD,
Trustees.
REPORT OF LIBRARIAN.
Whole number of books in library,
1,702
Added by town,
85
Mrs. Mary Pierce,
2
Alice Philbrick,
10
Hattie Whittier, including an encyclo- pedia of 10 volumes,
36
Whole number of cards issued,
621
Issued during year,
26
Circulation,
1,646
Running expenses,
$1.63
Received for fines,
4.49
Received from Mrs. A. French for use of book for the year, 1914,
1.00
Cash on hand,
3.86
Paid same to trustees.
CORA B. FROST,
Librarian.
REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT OF CEMETERIES.
LABOR IN CEMETERIES IN TOWN OF FREMONT.
VILLAGE YARD.
Straightened up 43 stones.
Reset in socket 11 stones.
EAST YARD.
Straightened up 28 head stones.
Straightened up 24 foot stones.
Reset in socket 17 stones.
Cut bushes, raked yard and cleaned up in general.
LEAVITT YARD.
Straightened up 54 head stones. Straightened up 48 foot stones. Reset in socket 8 stones.
Mowed the yard.
SLEEPER YARD.
Straightened up 55 head stones. Straightened up 40 foot stones. Reset in socket 11 stones.
Mowed the yard.
CURRIER YARD.
Straightened up 72 stones. Mowed the yard. 1
Straightened up in all 364 stones. Reset in socket in all 48 stones.
Mowed three yards, cut bushes in one.
FREMONT, June 21, 1913.
JAMES W. WILKINSON.
AUDITOR'S REPORT.
FREMONT, N. H., February 15, 1914.
This certifies that I have carefully examined the accounts of the selectmen, town and school district treasurer, road agents, board of education, and library trustees of the town of Fremont. I find them correctly cast and supported by proper vouchers for the several charges and that there remains in the hands of the town treasurer $1,491.42 with a balance against the town of $159.55 at the close of the fiscal year.
WILCOMB H. BENFIELD, Auditor.
SCHOOL REPORT.
To the Citizens of Fremont:
In presenting the annual school report for the year ending February 15, 1914, it gives us pleasure to state that our schools have made commendable progress. Some people say the schools are not what they used to be, but isn't that the same old story that has been ringing down through the ages, "Things are not what they used to be in our grandfathers' days." Let us stop a moment and look the situation squarely in the face. Is the fault wholly with the teacher and the system? Are not the parents, the times, the conditions, and even the children partly to blame? True it costs more to educate our children now than it used to, but doesn't everything else cost more than it used to?
The state and towns never were doing so much for edu- cation as they are today. It may be that teachers, like all other hired laborers, are trying to do as little for their pay as possible, but they are certainly entitled to as much credit as the man on the farm, on the highway, or in the shop and mill, or any of our public servants. Is it not a fact that in all walks of life the question of the day is not how much had I ought to do, but how little can I do and get my pay? Where then lies the remedy?
We know that all of our teachers worked hard and tried in every possible way to accomplish desirable results in the school and with a good degree of success. But parents and all others interested in education should not lose sight of the fact that they too have a part to perform. Put yourself in the teacher's place for a day. Visit the school, closely observe the innumerable questions asked by the pupils, the almost momentary cases that demand her instant decision
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and you will, long before the day ends, conclude that to be a successful teacher requires more patience than most of us possess.
Much can be done by the parents for the children within the home by creating and encouraging a spirit of civic pride that will in future years broaden the scope of their usefulness and service to the community.
Remember the old adage "Order is Heaven's first law." No school can be a success without it. The teacher should not be obliged to spend her time in maintaining order in the school-room, neither should she attempt to teach school a moment without it. Children should be taught obedience and decorum at home and there will be no trouble when they go to school or elsewhere. The child's welfare should be advanced and safeguarded in every possible way.
ESTIMATES FOR THE COMING YEAR.
Money required by law,
$900.00
Money required high school tuition,
450.00
Money required books and supplies, 150.00
Money required necessary repairs,
100.00
Money required salaries,
53.00
Money required extra for general running ex-
penses,
307.00
$1,960.00
It will be necessary to raise this sum in order to obtain state aid.
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ROLL OF HONOR.
Pupils not absent during the year:
Lela M. Clement.
Frances A. Benfield.
Richard G. Ball.
Norine M. Clement.
Harold G. Ball.
Clara B. Robinson.
George N. Gardner.
Marian E. Towle.
Harry Marcotte.
Albine Marcotte.
Pupils not absent for two terms:
William Howard.
John S. Gallagher.
Agnes Lyford.
Simeon F. Gardner.
Beatrice Lyford. Daisy P. Hall.
Donald C. Beede.
Arthur B. Robinson.
Hazel P. Fuller.
Clarina Dube.
Dorothy C. True.
Myrtle M. Clement.
Carroll F. Haselton.
Doris N. Proctor.
Pupils not absent for one term:
Melza Marcotte.
Alma La Voie.
Maurice Metevier.
Herbert Caswell.
Frances Leavitt.
Alma Hart.
Harry Leavitt.
Blanche Beaulieu.
Harry Beaulieu.
Delphine Copp.
Abbott E. Beede.
Sylvester A. Sanborn.
Elvira S. Benfield.
Laura Dube.
Barbara Gardner.
Evelyn Taylor.
Rutledge G. Frost.
James I. LeClair.
Eva J. Proctor.
Marjorie B. Beede.
Beatrice N. Gardner.
Edith Stevenson.
Marion M. Benfield.
George N. Proctor.
Royal B. Proctor.
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EXPENDITURES.
TUITION.
Sanborn Seminary:
Mildred A. Emerson,
$40.00
Kenneth H. Bassett,
28.00
Abbott S. Beede,
28.00
Albert S. Cook,
28.00
Lula M. Ball,
40.00
Raymond K. Bassett,
40.00
Helen A. Drowns,
40.00
Arthur B. Brown
40.00
Robinson Seminary :
Ruth F. Sleeper,
13.00
Elvira S. Benfield,
27.00
Epping High School:
Mildred Gowing,
27.00
Althea Lyford,
27.00
Martha Lyford,
27.00
$405.00
TEACHER'S SALARIES.
Paid Pauline B. Ellis, 37 weeks at $12,
$444.00
Grace S. Philbrick, 35 weeks at $10, 350.00
L. Franc Fellows, 35 weeks at $7.50, 262.50
. Abbie G. Currier, 13 weeks at $8.50, 110.50
Ruth F. Sleeper, 22 weeks at $8.50, 187.00
Harriet J. Dudley, 34 weeks at $8.50, 289.00
Florence Flanders, 1 week, 8.50
$1,651.50
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FUEL.
Paid D. E. Hallinan, kindlings, $1.75
Walter Sargent, kindlings, 6.00
Eli Marcotte, kindlings, 1.13
W. H. Lyford, wood and kind- lings, 7.25
H. B. Ellis, 3 cords hard wood, 15.00
J. H. Ellis, 2 cords hard wood, 10.00
A. F. Sanborn, 4 cords hard wood, 18.50
J. P. Bassett, 1 cord hard wood, 5.00
$64.63
REPAIRS.
Paid S. J. McLane, labor, $4.00
F. J. Clement, labor and ma- terials, 4.75
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