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R. M. Wilkinson, wood, Pine River school, 20 00
Charles Davis, wood, South school, 10 00
S. M. Brown, kindlings and slabs, 2 00
F. O. Leavitt, hauling and packing wood, Centre, 6 50
Norman Sprague, splitting wood, Centre, 1 75
C. H. Tewksbury, kindlings, Falls and Mountain, 3 00
F. O. Leavitt, wood, South and Centre, 12 00
Richard Dearborn, wood, 1 00
$133 88
31
UNCLASSIFIED.
Harry E. Nelson, broom, $ 35
Flora M. Chase, cleaning Falls school house, 3 00
Ida F. Cutting, cleaning Mountain school house, 3 00
C. H. Tewksbury, cleaning vaults, Falls and Mountain, 3 00
Carroll D. Piper, bond for treasurer,
3 00
C. H. Tewksbury, expenses to Wolfeboro,
4 00
Mrs. Florence Strong, cleaning Pine River school house, 3 00
Mrs. F. E. Clough, cleaning South school house, 3 00
Mabel Drake, cleaning Pine River school house, 5 00
F: O. Ferrin, freight Pine River school,
2 00
H. F. Nelson, supplies, Pine River school, 2 60
F. C. Bradbury, brooms, 4 70
Arthur Meloon', broom, curtains, etc.,
10 45
Charles Edwards, conveying pupils,
91 00
Willard Meloon, hauling freight, Pine River,
2 71
Oren Stillings, cleaning funnels, Falls and Moun- tain schools, 3 50
C. H. Tewksbury, postage and telephone,
6 00
F. O. Leavitt, postage and telephone,
4 10
Richard Dearborn, postage and telephone,
2 75
-
$157 16
TUITION.
Coe's Northwood Academy, for Maud Meloon,
$ 10 00
Parsonsfield Seminary,
314 00
500 ARE
$324 00
324
Amount assessed for repairs,
$100 00
Balance on hand Feb. 15, 1917,
176
41 62
Total amount, $141 62
32
EXPENDITURES.
C. H. Tewksbury, painting toilets, Falls and Mountain school houses, $ 2 00
F. O. Leavitt, lumber and labor, Pine River, 12 50
S. O. Huckins, paint, 6 40
A. D. Jones, painting Pine River school, 3 00
D. H. Downs, carpenter work, 10 64
F. O. Downs, carpenter work, 10 64
$ 45 18
Amount on hand,
$141 62
Expenditures,
45 18
Cash to balance,
$96 44
BOOKS.
Amount on hand Feb. 17, 1917,
$104 23
Assessed by selectmen,
50 00
$154 23
Aug. 13, Ginn & Co., for books,
54 69
Gladys Leavitt, books,
10 00
Gladys Leavitt, books,
34 50
Cash to balance,
55 04
Total, ,
$154 23
SCHOOL SUPPLIES.
RECEIPTS.
Amount on hand, Feb. 17, 1917,
$ 33 97
Amount assessed by selectmen,
100 00
Total,
$133 97
$99 19
33
EXPENDITURES.
R. E. Lane, supplies, $ 1 82
E. E. Babb & Co., school supplies, 99 94
C. H. Tewksbury, freight and cartage on supplies, 3 11
Total,
$104 87
Cash to balance,
29 10
$133 97
FLAGS AND APPURTENANCES.
RECEIPTS.
Amount on hand, Feb. 17, 1917,
$3 61
Amount assessed by selectmen,
5 00
Total,
$8 61
SCHOOL OFFICERS.
RECEIPTS.
Amount on hand, Feb. 17, 1917,
$ 2 00
Amount assessed by selectmen,
70 00
Total,
$72 00
EXPENDITURES.
J. L. Wormwood, services and auditor, 1915-16, $ 6 00.
S. U. Cutting, services as auditor, 1916, 3 00
Arthur P. Meloon, services as member of school board, 18 34
C. H. Tewksbury, services as member of school board, 1
18 33
F. O. Leavitt, services as member of school board,
18 33
Frank A. Pike, services as truant officer, 5 00
Richard Dearborn, services as school treasurer,
5 00
Total, $74 00
Overdrawn, $2 00
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ESTIMATED AMOUNTS TO BE ASSESSED BY SELECTMEN, 1918.
Tuition, $300 00
Books,
100 00
Supplies,
150 00
Flag and appurtenances,
5 00
ARTHUR P. MELOON. CHARLES H. TEWKSBURY, FRANK O. LEAVITT, School Board of Effingham.
EFFINGHAM, N. H., JAN. 31, 1918.
We have examined the accounts of the school board and school treasurer and find them correct and properly vouched.
S. U. CUTTING, F. A. PIKE,
Auditors.
INVENTORY OF PROPERTY OF SCHOOL DISTRICT Estimated value of school houses and furniture, $4,600 00 Estimated value of school books and supplies, 500 00
$5,100 00
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REPORT OF TREASURER OF SCHOOL DISTRICT OF EFFINGHAM.
RECEIPTS.
From Rochester Loan and Banking Co., balance from account 1916,
$ 372 62
Town of Effingham, school account, 2,400 00
Willard L. Meloon, trustee, Abigail Drake fund, 34 20
Total receipts,
$2,806 82
DISBURSEMENTS.
Teachers' salaries,
$1,781 00
School officers,
68 00
Books, supplies, high school tuition, janitor service, fuel and miscellaneous bills,
872 56
Total disbursements,
$2,721 56
Total receipts,
$2,806 82
Less total disbursements,
2,721 56
Balance on hand, Jan. 31, 1918,
$ 85 26
RICHARD DEARBORN, District Treasurer.
Births Registered in the Town of Effingham, N. H., for the Year Ending January 31, 1918.
| Sex & Cond.
Date of Birth.
Place of Birth.
Child (if any).
Males.
Females.
Stillborn.
No. Child.
Color.
rents. Color of Pa-
Residence of
Occupation of
Birthplace of
Birthplace of
Name of Father.
Mother.
Parents.
Father.
Father.
Mother.
Age of Father
Age of Mother
I hereby certify that the above is a true copy of the record of all the births that have been reported to the Town Clerk of the town of Effingham, for the year ending January 31, 1918.
JAMES L. WORMWOOD, Town Clerk.
Deaths Registered in the Town of Effingham, N. H., for the Year Ending January 31, 1918.
Place of Birth.
Date of Death.
Place of |Name and Surname
Place of
Occupation.
Father.
Mother.
Mother.
Death.
Death.
of the Deceased.
Years.
Months. Days.
Birth.
Sex.
Color.
Single, Mar'ed
or Widowed.
M
Farmer Housewife
Maine
Mass.
Abbie Murry
Sept. Oct.
7
Clayton W. Thurston 23 Effingh'm Arthur Drake
15
Nov. 3
Grace Etta Drake Martha A. Moody 77
63 Effingham 41 2 15 Freedom 19 Ossipee
W
Freedom Ossipee
Eaton Freedom Ossipee
Herbert Marston Martin Thurston Ira Drake Alonzo Ward William Nichols
Caroline Allard Evelyn A. Durgin Ellen Williams
Bronchial Asthma Cardio Venal Disease Pulmonary Tuberculosis Acute Nephritis Chronic Disease of Liver Gunshot Wound Cerebral Hemorrhage
Jan. 10 Effingh'm Robert E. McDonald 57
July 29
Jacob Smith Hattie M. Moody
76
Aug. 1 Concord
32
Sebago, Me Effingham 5 |Parsonsfi'ld F
M
W
I hereby certify that the above is a true copy of the record of all the deaths that have been reported to the Town Clerk of the town of Effingham, for the year ending January 31, 1918.
JAMES L. WORMWOOD, Town Clerk.
Feb.
2 Effi'gh'm Baby Girl
F
W Ralph W. Nutter Bert O. Thurston William A. Kanders Howard F. Thurston Unknown Vern M. Cutting Joseph Grandsbary
Ethel M. Edwards Bertha M. Varney Martha Wylfort Lillian E, Hogao Daisy Deering Edna E. Gardella Louise Eastman
W Effingbam
Farmer Laborer
28
..
Rol'd A. Thurston| M H. Kanders
.6
Apr.
7
..
May
6
Baby Boy Madeline Louise Verna May Eloise Grandsb'y
S L
1
Effingham
Farmer Laborer
Ossipee Michigan
26 24 19 20 21 30/30
June 24 Sept. 16
Effingham Effingham Charlestown, Ms Lebanon, Me. Roxbury, Mass. Ashland, Mass. Brownfield, Me. Revere, Mass. Paris, Me.
Parsonsfield, Me. 34 24
37 36 28 27
Mar. 9
Farmer
Maiden Name of
Disease, or Cause of
Name of Father.
Hiram, Me. Gorham Me Erney McDonald
Helen A. Davis
3
S M Brick Mason Effingham Housewife
Age.
Living or
Maiden Name of
Name of the
ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE
Selectmen, Town Treasurer AND
Treasurer of the School Board
FOR THE
Town of Effingham, N. M.
For the Year Ending January 31,
1919
Vital Statistics for 1918.
PRINTED BY COURIER PUBLISHING CO. ROCHESTER, N. H.
ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE Selectmen, Town Treasurer AND
Treasurer of the School Board
FOR THE
Town of Effingham, N. M.
For the Year Ending January 31, 1919
Vital Statistics for 1918.
PRINTED BY COURIER PUBLISHING CO. ROCHESTER, N. H.
Town Officers, 1918-1919.
Town Clerk, J. L. Wormwood.
Selectmen, Assessors and Overseers of the Poor, E. Forrest Leavitt, Charles H. Clark, Frank O. Bradbury.
Treasurer, Sherman U. Cutting.
School Board, F. O. Leavitt, Arthur Meloon, Charles H. Tewksbury.
Auditors,
Arthur C. Sanborn, William R. Clark.
Board of Health, J. M. Leavitt.
Collector, Fred C. Bradbury.
Truant Officer, Frank A. Pike.
Constable, Frank A. Pike. 1
Report of Selectmen.
INVENTORY FOR YEAR 1918.
No.
Polls,
155
Real estate,
$334,905 00
Horses,
159
16,725 00
Oxen,
9
1,225 00
Cows,
169
10,695 00
Neat stock,
31
1,810 00
Hogs,
8
165 00
Vehicles, including autos,
25
8,975 00
Portable mills,
9
4,300 00
Boats,
1
100 00
Wood, lumber,
30,518 32
Municipal bonds and notes,
27,168 19
Stock in National Bank in this state,
3,173 00
Money on hand,
7,116 98
Stock in trade,
39,404 50
Aqueducts,
10,800 00
$497,080 99
Less soldiers' exemption,
4,340 00
$492,740 99
4
APPROPRIATIONS.
Town charges,
$ 350 00
Summer highway,
1,800 00
Winter highway,
600 00
Pine River bridge,
1,300 00
Public library,
75 00
Memorial Day,
10 00
Sanders' will,
10 00
State aid,
228 00
State aid maintenance,
315 00
Schools,
1,800 00
State tax,
800 00
County tax,
1,000 58
Repair of school buildings,
150 00
School officers' salaries,
70 00
Tuition and supplies,
555 00
Ministerial money,
40 00
School lot fund,
40 00
Overlay,
443 00
$9,586 58
Amount committed to collector, $9,670 02.
Rate per $1,000, $19 00.
RECEIPTS.
From local taxes, 1914,
$ 08
From local taxes, 1917,
541 64
From local taxes, 1918,
9,182 32
From the state:
Saving Bank tax,
329 44
Literary fund,
64 35
Proportion school fund,
146 59
Highway maintenance,
253 39
Highway construction,
375 21
1
5
All other receipts :
Rochester Trust Co., J. L. Wormwood, dog license, 36 75
$2,700 00
Cash in treasury, beginning of year, 336 33
$13,966 10
PAYMENTS.
· Current Maintenance Expenses.
General Government:
Town officers' salaries,
$
361 00
Town officers' expenses, 130 69
Election and registration expenses, 72 00
Expenses town hall and buildings, 17 50
Protection of Persons and Property :
Fire Dept., forest fires,
17 10
Bounties, 18 20
1
Health and Sanitation:
Health Dept.,
37 00
Vital statistics,
i
6 75
Highways and Bridges:
State aid maintenance, 649 19
Town maintenance, summer,
1,555 76
Town maintenance, winter,
1,042 15
Education:
Library,
35 00
Charities :
1
Town poor,
49 58
6
Patriotic Purposes : Aid to G. A. R.,
$10 00
Unclassified :
Ministerial money, 34 94
Rebate in error of tax, 26 79
Total current maintenance expenses,
$4,063 65
Interest:
-
Paid on temporary loans in anticipa- tion of taxes, $88 33
Paid on long term note, 65 00
$153 33
Outlay for New Construction and Permanent Im- provements :
State aid construction,
$1,056 42
$1,056 42
Indebtedness:
Payments on temporary loans
in anticipation of taxes, $2,700 00
$2,700 00
Payments to Other Governmental Divisions :
Taxes paid to state,
$
800 00
Taxes paid to county,
1,000 58
Payments to school district, 3,386 74
Total payments to other Governmen-
tal Divisions,
$5,187 32
Total payments for all purposes,
$13,160 72
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DETAILED STATEMENTS OF PAYMENTS. 1. Town Officers' Salaries.
Selectmen:
Frank O. Bradbury,
$47 50
Charles H. Clark,
47 50
E. Forrest Leavitt,
55 00
Clerk, James L. Wormwood,
20 00
Treasurer, Sherman U. Cutting,
50 00
Collector, Fred C. Bradbury,
75 00
Librarian, Mrs. Fannie Gould,
50 00
Constable, Frank A. Pike,
10 00
Auditors, Sherman U. Cutting,
3 00
Frank A. Pike,
3 00
$361 00
2. Town Officers, Expenses.
Paid.
Edson C. Eastman, supplies,
$38 07
Rochester Courier, printing town reports,
60 00
E. Forrest Leavitt, postage, telephone, 8 00
Fred C. Bradbury, postage,
10 00
Sherman U. Cutting, scrap book,
1 45
Sherman U. Cutting, postage,
7 00
James L. Wormwood, postage,
1 42
Frank O. Bradbury, trip to Conway, telephone,
4 54
Frank A. Pike, postage,
21
$130 69
8
3. Election and Registration Expenses.
Paid.
Supervisor, Richard Dearborn, $22 00
Walter C. Marston, 18 00
Arthur P. Meloon, 22 00
Ballot Clerk, Walter Taylor,
6 00
J. E. Thurston,
2 00
W. R. Clark, 2 00
$72 00
4.
Expenses Town Hall and Buildings.
Oscar Drake, wood,
$16 00
Charles Nichols, repairs,
1 50
$17 50
5.
Forest Fire Expenses.
John L. Marston, $17 10
6.
Bounties.
Frank O. Bradbury, hedgehogs,
$6 20
Charles H. Clark, hedgehogs, 7 00
E. Forrest Leavitt, hedgehogs,
5 00
$18 20
7. Health Department.
J. M. Leavitt, medical attendance Emack family, scarlet fever, $37 00
9
8. Vital Statistics.
James M. Leavitt, returning births and deaths, $3 00
James L. Wormwood, recording vital statistics,
3 75
$6 75
9.
State Aid Maintenance.
G. Aldo Meloon, patrolman, $649.19
10. Town Maintenance. Summer Roads.
Elmer Sprague,
$12 00
Charles Sprague,
3 00
Oscar Drake,
14 00
Charles Sprague,
50 00
E. Forrest Leavitt,
38 14
H. J. Wilkins,
3 00
George Varney,
17 00
Susan Glidden, stone,
7 60
C. E. Davis,
20 00
Reginald Littlefield,
7 50
Leon Marston,
24 00
Charles Edwards,
4 50
Norman Sprague,
20 00
Charles A. Sprague,
50 00
J. N. Marston,
20 67
C. E. Davis,
15 00
Willard L. Meloon,
41 50
Charles E. Meloon,
42 75
W. C. Marston,
24 27.
Fred Strong,
8 75
Bert Davis,
20 00
10
Ernest Johnson,
$12 00
C. E. Davis,
1
12 00
Leon Marston,
9 00
Hugh MacInnis,
2 50
Chesley Thurston,
7 22
Chesley Thurston,
2 50
Rufus Carlin,
10 00
Harry Miller,
2 50
Fred Murray,
2 50
Frank Barnard,
5 00
Fred Murray,
2 50
Mortimer Barker,
10 00
Charles A. Sprague,
63 50
Norman Sprague,
12 50
Benjamin Brownell,
19 42
Elmer Sprague,
12 00
Elmer Sprague,
8 25
A. P. Merrow, bridge plank,
43 40
Norman Sprague,
13 75
George N. Towle,
23 50
Charles E. Meloon,
9 75
Orren Stillings,
3 89
Owen H. Palmer,
160 35
Elmer W. Palmer,
20 25
E. Forrest Leavitt, bridge plank,
17 46
· R. M. Wilkinson,
13 75
Frances Moody,
62 37
Jesse Wilkinson,
13 75
Edwin Skillings,
5 00
George Stevens,
5 00
Charles Nichols,
35 65
Edwin Canney,
11 25
Arthur P. Meloon,
2 50
George I. Doe,
2 50
Frank P. Rowe,
10 00
Herman Bryant,
6 67
W. D. Gale,
12 38
11
George Clark,
$ 6 25
Arthur A. Fulton,
2 50
Carroll Thurston,
1 11
Frank Emmons,
10 28
Est. J. L. Demeritt,
3 03
A. H. Davis,
7 50
Bert Davis,
5 94
Irving Davis,
31 67
James Smith,
5 00
Howard Thurston,
1 39
Charles Edwards,
3 75
Duncan Emack,
10 25
Carl Taylor,
6 00
Willard Meloon,
7 25
M. H. Nutter,
6 00
W. G. Kimball,
5 33
R. M. Fulton,
6.35
George A. Meloon,
28 00
S. K. Meloon,
2 50
S. K. Meloon,
11 11
C. A. Sprague,
25 25
Harry Nelson,
39 00
James M. Leavitt,
25 98
Clinton Davis,
3 75
J. L. Marston,
10 00
Aldo Meloon,
2 00
Albert Snow,
3 00
E. J. Leavitt,
16 25
Lester Clough,
7 50
Galvin Clough,
5 00
Herbert Leighton,
2 56
Charles E. Davis,
10 50
Charles E. Meloon,
3 61
Charles Towle,
16 50
W. R. Clark,
4 50
E. Forrest Leavitt, bridge plank,
91 71
1
12
George H. Leighton, E. B. Glidden, F. Potter,
$4 00
6 95
6 25
$1,555 76
11. Town Maintenance. Winter Roads.
W. D. Gale,
$ 840
Elmer Sprague,
32 50
Willard Meloon, 47 75
Charles Sprague,
69 46
Fred Strong,
20 00
Charles E. Meloon,
87 00
Carl Taylor,
84 00
Leon Marston,
12 00
Frank A. Taylor,
4 40
Ralph W. Nutter,
90 00
M. H. Nutter,
62 00
Willard L. Meloon,
12 00
Charles P. Kimball,
11 00
Mortimer Barker,
2 67
Benjamin Brownell,
18 00
Benjamin Paschal,
4 00
Charles Nichols,
75
Owen H. Palmer,
61 50
Sarah Drake,
3 00
Francis Moody,
3 00
Arthur P. Meloon,
30 00
Charles S. Meloon,
21 00
Edgar Kimball,
4 00
Albion Jones,
6 00
James M. Parsons,
9 50
Charles Nichols,
12 50
A. H. Davis,
3 00
Bert Davis,
7 50
?
13
James Smith,
$ 7 20
Arthur Fulton,
1 00
O. F. Parsons,
7 80
Charles Edwards,
4 50
Duncan Emack,
10 33
William Fulton,
1 00
C. A. Sprague,
1 50
Harry Nelson,
6 00
J. M. Leavitt,
106 64
Aldo Meloon,
50 00
E. Forrest Leavitt,
1 50
Calvin Clough,
14 00
E. J. Leavitt,
2 50
George H. Leighton,
7 00
Fred Clough,
3 00
Elmer Sprague,
4 25
Leon Marston,
9 00
A. H. Davis,
63 00
Frank A. Pike,
15 00
$1,042 15
12. Library.
Effingham Free Public library by town, $25 00
By provision Sanders' will, 10 00
1
$35 00
13.
Town Poor.
Eunice Bryant.
Paid Mrs. Lizzie Varney, ~ . James L. Wormwood, supplies,
$26 00
23 58
$49 58
14
14. Memorial Day. Paid Ambrose Post, G. A. R., $10 00
15. Unclassified.
Paid R. M. Fulton, ministerial funds, $19 94 J. L. Marston, ministerial funds, 15 00
Fred C. Bradbury, error, 26 79
$61 73
16. Interest Payment.
Paid Rochester Trust Co., $153 33
17. State Aid Construction.
C. H. Clark,
$46 22
George A. Meloon,
54 66
Walter Marston,
56 00
Rufus Carlin,
25 00
Will Chase,
27 33
Sumner Tewksbury,
26 66
Carroll Thurston,
24 33
Mortimer Barker,
30 99
George A. Meloon,
66 00
Walter Marston,
66 00
Rufus Carlin,
32 66
Will Chase,
31 66
Sumner Tewksbury,
33 00
Carroll Thurston,
33 00
Mortimer Barker,
33 00
L. C. Clark,
30 00
C. H. Clark,
44 00
Walter Marston,
75 33
Rufus Carlin,
33 99
15
George A. Meloon,
$77 33
Will Chase,
25 32
Carroll Thurston,
16 66
E. Forrest Leavitt,
20 20
Sumner Tewksbury,
4 33
Mortimer Barker,
1
37 33
Charles H. Clark,
94 76
L. C. Clark,
10 66
1
$1,056 42
Indebtedness Payment.
Paid.
Temporary loans :
Rochester Trust Co.,
$2,700 00
Payments to Other Governmental Divisions.
State Tax.
John Wesley Plummer, state treasurer,
$800 00
County Tax.
Samuel A. Hidden, county treasurer,
$1,000 58
Abatements 1918.
Austin Reed, poll and horse, $3 75
Alvin Sweetser, left town, 7 25
Ira Templeton, poll, left town,
2 00
George Taylor, 70
David Chase, poll, paid in Freedom, 2 00
Perley Eldridge, poll, paid in Ossipee, 2 00
16
Allie Libby, poll, left town, $ 200
Ed. Pike, poll, paid in Ossipee, 2 00
H. A. Quint, auto, left town,
95
Orren Stevens, poll, left town,
2 00
Nathaniel Watson, poll, paid in Portsmouth,
2 00
Walter N. Meloon, poll, paid in Portsmouth,
2 00
Leon Thompson, poll, paid in Freedom,
2 00
C. P. Keay, poll, paid in Somerville,
2 00
Owen Copp, poll, paid in Ossipee,
2 00
James Wood, poll, over 70,
2 00
1
$36 65
Abatement of Public Water.
Daniel McAuley,
$3 00
Emma Kennett,
3 00
Sewall K. Meloon,
1 50
Mabel Avery,
3 00
J. M. Leavitt,
3 00
Charles E. Davis,
1 50
Albert Snow,
1 50
$16 50
Religious Societies.
Due First Baptist,
$ 129
Universalist,
2 23
Advent,
23 15
Ossipee,
8 29
Fifth Baptist,
15 44
Third Baptist,
7 61
Second Baptist,
46 93
Calvin Baptist,
16 46
Congregational,
29 55
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$150 95
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Payments to School District.
Raised by town and law,
$1,800 00
Literary fund,
64 35
School fund,
146 59
Dog license, 1918,
42 75
Repairs,
150 00
Tuition,
300 00
Books,
100 00
Supplies,
150 00
Flag and appurtenances,
5 00
School officers' salaries,
70 00
School lot fund,
40 00
In treasury, beginning of year,
518 05
$3,386 74
Amount paid, $3,386 74.
This is to certify that the information contained in this report was taken from official records and is complete and correct to the best of our knowledge and belief.
FRANK O. BRADBURY, CHARLES H. CLARK, E. FORREST LEAVITT, Selectmen of Effingham.
We hearby certify that we have this day audited the foregoing accounts and find them correctly cast and properly vouched. January 31, 1919.
ARTHUR C. SANBORN, WILLIAM R. CLARK,
Auditors.
Treasurer's Report
Receipts.
Charles J. Leavitt, treasurer, 1917,
$
336 33
State of N. H., highway department appropriation, 375 21
State of N. H., highway department maintenance, 253 39
State of N. H., savings bank tax,
329 44
State of N. H., literary fund, 64 35
State of N. H., proportion school fund, 146 59
Rochester Trust Co., on notes, 2,700 00
J. L. Wormwood, town clerk, dog license, 1918, 36 75
J. W. S. Palmer, balance on 1914 taxes,
08
Fred C. Bradbury, collector, balance 1917 taxes, 541 64
Fred C. Bradbury, collector, 1918 taxes, on account, 9,182 32
$13,966 10
S. U. CUTTING, Treasurer.
Disbursements.
Paid town orders, balance 1917 and. 1918, $13,385 53
Balance cash in treasury, Jan. 31, 1919,
580 57
$13,966 10
S. U. CUTTING, Treasurer.
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ASSETS OF TOWN.
Cash in treasury, $580 57
Due from Fred C. Bradbury, collector, 1918, 487 70
Due on non-resident real estate carried by town, including interest to Jan.
31, 1919, but not 1918 taxes: Estate Frances P. Adams, Snow lot, 5 22
Estate Francis P. Adams, meadow, 2 28
Estate Francis P. Adams, Emerson place,
9 14
W. E. Ireland, lots 267, 269, 270, 271, 272, 273, 274, Bailey farm; 275,
18 04
Augusta A. Morgan, lots 264, to 266, Bailey farm, 7 37
William H. Johnson, lot 294, Bailey farm,
3 92
John L. O'Leary, lots 337, 338, Bailey farm, 5 62
James F. Abbott, lots 259 to 263, Bailey farm, 10 99
Hallie C. Blake, part Bailey farm,
69 08
Geneva N. Bragdon, Cooper lot, 7 77
William Daley, lots 563 to 574, Bailey farm, 15 55
Alonzo Minor, lot 249, Bailey farm,
5 21
Thomas J. McKnight, lots 413, 416, Bailey farm, 4 61
Walter J. Gillis, lot 280, Bailey farm,
3 38
J. A. Pine, lot 410, Bailey farm, 3 89
Samuel C. Clark, two lots, Bailey farm,
3 66
H. F. Dorr, lot 407, Bailey farm,
3 35
C. E. Cushing, lots 254, 255, Bailey farm, 8 17
Thomas Holden, one lot, Bailey farm,
3 42
James J. Coveny, one lot, Bailey farm,
2 32
L. N. Torrey, four lots, Bailey farm,
5 17
Frank Russell, four lots, Bailey farm, 3 93
Estate Francis P. Adams, 10 72
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Walter Glidden, one lot, Bailey farm, $1 56
Mrs. C. G. Marcy, lot 250, Bailey farm, 1 79
Joseph Gibson, Mark Roberts' place, one acre, 1 57
J. Harry Dillon, lot 411, Bailey farm, 1 79
Joseph Moore, lots 408, 409, 414, 281, 282, Bailey farm, 3 26
Mabel S. Haggerty, lots 689, 690, Bailey farm, 2 28
Mary T. Johnson, lot 291, Bailey farm, 3 92
L. O. Young, lots 822, 823, Bailey farm, 2 28
$231 26
Due on resident real estate carried by town, including interest to Jan. 31,
1949, but not including taxes for 1918:
F. A. Faulkner, Blake place, $105 39
Estate Joseph Hussey, Brown farm, 51 54
Estate Joseph Hussey, J. Hobbs lot, 12 72
Estate Joseph Hussey, I. Lord lot, 12 72
John M. Chase, 1st home place,
6 20
Amos Emerson, home place,
78 11
Mrs. E. B. Glidden, S. M. Morse lot,
7 67
Minnie Brown, Clark place and wood lot,
162 04
George Chase, home place, 6 69
H. A. Miles, Skillings place,
61 97
J. N. Marston, Skillings field,
13 66
Frank Dow, Len Shaw place,
9 13
Charles Wormwood, Rowe place and parsonage lot, 25 97
Mrs. Reta Walker, part Meserve place,
2 54
$556 35
Total assets,
$1,855 88
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LIABILITIES OF TOWN.
Rochester Trust Co., on note,
$1,300 00
Harriet M. Murray, on note,
97 96
Due religious societies,
150 95
Excess of assets above liabilities,
$$1,548 91
$306 97
S. U. CUTTING, Treasurer.
This is to certify that we have this day examined the accounts of the treasurer and find them correctly cast and properly vouched, Effingham, N. H., Feb. 1, 1919.
ARTHUR C. SANBORN,
WILLIAM R. CLARK, Auditors of Effingham.
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REPORT TRUSTEES PUBLIC LIBRARY FOR 1918.
Balance brought over from year 1918, $158 95
Amount due in dividends, 14 12
Amount due from the Orren Strong Sanders' fund, 10 00
Amount received appropriation from the town of Effingham, 35 00
Amount now available, $217 17
J. M. LEAVITT, C. H. DRAKE,
Trustees.
ARTHUR C. SANBORN, WILLIAM R. CLARK, Auditors of Effingham.
TRUSTEES' REPORT OF TRUST FUNDS FOR 1918.
No. 1. Wedgewood fund, $800 00
No. 2. David N. Gouldsmith fund, 100 00
No. 3. Martha J. Sceggel fund, 100 00
Each and all deposited with Rochester Trust Co.
Wedgewood Fund.
Balance in treasury, left over from last year,
$37 54
Received in dividends,
28 00
$67 54
Amount expended,
6 00
Amount available, 1
$61 54
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David N. Gouldsmith Fund.
Balance in treasury, left over from last year,
$6 95
Due in dividends,
3 50
10 45
Amount expended,
2 50
Amount now available,
$7 95
Martha J. Sceggel Fund.
Amount left over from last year,
$4 68
Due in dividends,
3 50
$$ 18
Amount expended,
-2 00
Amount now available,
$6 18
J. M. LEAVITT, C. H. DRAKE,
Trustees.
ARTHUR C. SANBORN, WILLIAM R. CLARK,
Auditors of Effingham.
Report of Treasurer of School District
Receipts of Effingham.
Balance on hand, Jan. 31, 1918, $ 85 26
Received by Richard Dearborn March 7, school order, 400 00
Received by S. U. Cutting, 2,986 74
Total receipts,
$3,472 00
Disbursements.
Paid by Richard Dearborn,
$ 234 15
Paid teachers' salaries,
2,174 00
Paid School officers,
65 00
Janitor service, fuel, miscellaneous, 736 55
Balance in treasury, Jan. 31, 1919,
262 30
$3,472 00
S. U. CUTTING, District Treasurer.
This is to certify that we have this day examined the accounts of the school treasurer of Effingham and found them correctly cast and properly vouched.
ARTHUR C. SANBORN, WILLIAM R. CLARK, Auditors of Effingham.
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Report of School Board
REVENUE.
Balance on hand, Jan. 30, 1918, $ 85 26
Amount due school district, Jan. 30, 1918,
518 05
Amount required by law, 750 00
Additional amount voted at March meet-
ing, 1,050 00
Amount voted for repairs,
150 00
Amount voted for salaries of district officers, 70 00
Amount for flag and appurtenances,
5 00
Amount of literary fund from state,
64 35
Amount for average attendance,
90 99
Tuition rebate,
55 60
Amount raised for supplies,
150 00
Amount raised for books,
100 00
Amount from dog tax,
37 75
School lot fund,
40 00
Abigail Drake fund,
Amount assess for high school tuition,
300 00
$3,472 00
CASH ACCOUNT.
Order No. 1,
Transferred from town to school district, $400 00 Order No. 2,
Transferred from town to school district, 300 00 Order No. 3,
Transferred from town to school district, 300 00
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Order No. 4,
Transferred from town to school district, $200 00 Order No. 5,
Transferred from town to school district, 200 00 1 Order No. 6,
Transferred from town to school district, 500 00 Order No. 7,
Transferred from town to school district, 300 00 Order No. 8,
Transferred from town to school district, 700 00 Order No. 9,
Transferred from town to school district, 486 74
$3,386 74
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EXPENDITURES.
Teachers' salaries,
$2,296 00
Fuel,
243 00
Janitor service,
42 00
Unclassified,
206 89
High school tuition,
Books,
115 91
Supplies,
84 80
Repairs,
147 10
School officers,
74 00
Total,
$3,209 70
Whole amount available,
3,472 00
Whole amount expended,
3,209 70
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Balance on hand, Jan. 31, 1919, $262 30
Parsonsfield high school tuition, order of one hun- dred and sixty-eight dollars, ($168 00), Febru- ary 10th, 1919.
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TEACHERS' SALARIES.
Ruth Snow, Pine River school, $370 00
Sarah J. Holland, Effingham Falls school, 48 00
Laura J. Westwood, Effingham Falls school, 152 00 Lorraine Lloyd, Effingham Falls school, 42 00
Mrs. W. M. Fulton, Effingham Falls school, 42 00
Delphia Streeter, Effingham Falls school, 56 00
Gerry K. Wormwood, Mountain school,
326 00
Annie Dearborn, Lord's Hill school, 366 00
Gladys Leavitt, Center school,
412 00
Hannah B. Chase, South school, 468 00
Maude Doe, South school,
14 00
$2,296 00
JANITOR SERVICE.
Orrin Stillings, Falls school,
$7 50
Gerry Wormwood, Mountain school, 4 50
Robert Strong, Pine River school, 4 00
Leonard Strong, Pine River school,
1 50
Ruth Snow, Pine River school, Hubert Taylor, South school, Harold Ward, South school, Herbert McDonald, South school,
1 75
4 00
3 25
3 00
Norman Sprague, Center school,
2 25
Russel Nelson, Center school,
2 25
Lester Emack, Lord's Hill school,
2 00
4 00
Annie Dearborn, Lord's Hill school, Howard Meloon,
2 00
$42 00
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WOOD AND FUEL.
O. H. Palmer, $ 8 00
Norman Sprague, 2 25
Herbert McDonald, sawing wood, 1 00
H. E. Marston, South school, wood, 8 00
C. H. Tewksbury, kindling wood, Falls school, 4 00
Keith Cutting, sawing and packing wood, Falls school, 6 00
Willis Gale, five cords wood, Falls and Mountain schools, 40 00
Harold Ward, sawing one cord wood, South school, 1 00
Lester Emack, sawing one cord wood, Center school, 50
Albert Snow, sawing one cord wood, Center and Hill schools, 3 50
Ernest S. Meloon, sawing and packing wood, Mountain school, 6 00
F. O. Leavitt, wood and hauling, Center and Hill schools, 36 00
C. H. Tewksbury, one cord wood and load kindlings, 10 00
M. S. Chase, seven cords wood, 30 00
Allen Crabtree, sawing slabs, 75
John Chase, one cord of slab wood,
3 00
R. M. Wilkinson, four cords of wood, Pine River school, 23 00
Lorenzo Linscott, five and one-half cords of wood, Falls school, 44 00
C. H. Tewksbury, kindlings, Mountain and Falls schools, 3 00
Fred Murray, sawing wood, Center and Hill schools, 7 00
John M. Chase, two cords slabs, 6 00
$243 00
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UNCLASSIFIED.
J. L. Wormwood, supplies, $ 74
Charles Edwards, conveying pupils and fixing funnel, 46 00
Mrs. C. E. Davis, cleaning Mountain schoolhouse, 4 00
Flora M. Chase, cleaning Falls school- house, 4 00
Carroll D. Piper, bond for S. U. Cutting,
3 00
W. C. Marston, conveying teacher, 1 00
C. H. Tewksbury, conveying teacher and carting supplies, 2 50
Charles Edwards, conveying pupils,
48 00
Gladys Leavitt, cleaning Center school-
house, 1 50
C. H. Tewksbury, conveying teacher and carting supplies,
4 00
S. U. Cutting, scrap book, 1 35
Mrs. Fred Clough, cleaning South school house, 4 00
Charles Edwards, conveying pupils,
70 00
Annie Dearborn, cleaning toilet, Hill school, 2 00
R. E. Lane, order book, 1 05
Charles S. Meloon, cleaning vault,
1 00
Frank O. Leavitt, postage and telephone,
3 75
Charles H. Tewksbury, postage and tel- ephone, 9 00
$206 89
TUITION.
Amount due from town of Freedom,
$30 00
Amount due from town of Parsonsfield, 33 00
Amount due from C. E. Chase of Freedom, 4 00
$67 00
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REPAIRS.
Amount assessed for repairs,
$150 00
Balance on hand, Jan. 30, 1918,
96 44
Total amount, , $246 44
EXPENDITURES.
John F. Chick & Son, building material, $26 01
O. H. Palmer, repairs, Pine River school, 2 90
C. H. Tewksbury, repairs, Hill and Mountain schools, 4 00
John Stillings, labor on' Mountain
school house, 14 00
S. O. Huckings, shingles for Mountain school, 49 73
Oren Stillings, painting and shingling Mountain school, 20 75
J. L. Wormwood, paint and supplies, 29 71
Amount paid out,
$147 10
Cash to balance,
99 34
$246 44
BOOKS.
Amount on hand,
$ 55 04
Assessed by selectmen,
100 00
Amount on hand,
$155 04
Oct. 22, 1918, paid American Book Co.,
for books,
40 91
Oct. 22, 1918, paid D. McNetton & Co.,
75 00
Amount paid out, $115 91
Cash to balance,
39 13
Total,
$155 04
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SCHOOL SUPPLIES.
Amount on hand, Jan. 30, 1918,
$ 29 10
Amount assessed by selectmen, 150 00
Amount on hand,
$179 10
Oct. 22, 1918, paid Edward E. Babb Co.,
$84 80
supplies, Cash to balance,
94 30
$179 10
FLAGS AND APPURTENANCES.
Amount on hand, Jan. 30, 1918;
$8 61
Amount assessed by selectmen,
Total,
$8 61
SCHOOL OFFICERS.
Amount on hand, Jan. 30, 1918,
Amount assessed by selectmen,
$70 00
Amount overdrawn, Jan. 30, 1918, 2 00
Amount on hand, $68 00
EXPENDITURES.
A. C. Sanborn, auditor, , $ 600
W. M. Fulton, auditor, 3 00
Charles H. Tewksbury, services £ as
member of school board, 18 33
Frank O. Leavitt, services as member of school board, 18 33
Arthur P. Meloon, services as member school board, 18 33
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Frank A. Pike, services as truant officer,
$5 00 Sherman U. Cutting, services as school treasurer, 5 00
Amount paid out, $74 00
Amount on hand,
68 00
Amount overdrawn,
$6 00
ESTIMATED AMOUNTS TO BE ASSESSED BY SELECTMEN, 1919.
Tuition,
$300 00
Books,
100 00
Supplies,
150 00
Flag and appurtenances,
5 00
Total,
$555 00
CHARLES H. TEWKSBURY, FRANK O. LEAVITT, ARTHUR T. MELOON,
School Board of Effingham.
INVENTORY OF PROPERTY OF SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Estimated value of school houses and furniture, $4,600 00
Estimated value of books and supplies, 500 00
$5,100 00
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SCHOOL STATISTICS FOR YEAR ENDING JULY 15, 1918.
School
Boys
Girls
Total
Average
Membership
Average
Attendance
Cases of Tardiness
Number of Visitors
Visits of School Board
Pine River
10
6
16 12.50
11.1601
32
12 13
Mountain
4
5 9 9
8.921
45
4
3
Falls
9
8
17 14.5257
14,166
29
21
6
Center
12
12
24
22.566
23
21
15
4
Lord's Hill
4
4
8
7.111
6.2113
11
28
5
South
11
3
14 12
11
41
22
4
Simon Hill
Deaths Registered in the Town of Effingham, N. H., for the Year Ending January 31, 1919.
Age.
Place of Birth.
Date
Place of |Name and Surname
Place of
of Death.
Death.
of the Deceased.
Years.
Months.
Days.
Sex.
Color.
Single, Mar'ed
or Widowed.
Occupation.
Father.
Mother.
Mother.
Death.
Feb. 12|Effingh'm] Mary E. Taylor
9
James W. Chick Ara J. Philbrick
78 6| 4 Somersw' hiF | wi 72 7 3 Effingham 75 4:29 1 10:23 M F ..
W |Retired ¡Farmer M
Somersw'h
Mar. ..
12
13
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Mildred V. Edwards
Mary Francena Wood 66. 18, Canada
F
Housewife -
Effingham Hampton Shapl'gh M Canada Ossipee Wolfeboro Ossipee Canada Canada
Isaac Pray John Chick Ara Philbrick Charles Edwards Peter Davy Charles Hardy
[Dorcas Pray Eliza Hyde
Broncho Pneumonia Bright's Disease
Sarah A.Thompson Lobar Pneumonia
..
26
..
28
.
70, 2|28 Ossipee
F
Apr. 5
-
46!
M
i Farmer ¡Housewife
:
28
Pleuro Pneumonia
July
9
..
67 10:10
M
M Farmer
21
M Laborer
Parsonsf'ld Effingham ..
Double Pneumonia
48
Effingham
M
M S
Maine Effingham
Parsonsfi'd |Robert M. Fulton JOwen Palmer
Esther Clough Lona Cutting Lizzie Pendexter Lizzie Granvi le
General Paralysis
18 1 29
Influenza and Pneumonia
I hereby certify that the above is a true copy of the record of all the deaths that have been reported to the Town Clerk of the town of Effingham, for the year ending January 31, 1919.
JAMES L. WORMWOOD, Town Clerk.
Oct. 16 Ossipee Nov. 1 Concord Robert Fulton Dec. 21 Ever'tMs Elmer W. Palmer
Florence E. Taylor
! 8 23 Ossipee
S
Amos Nichols James Wood Kent Jeremy Glidden Frank Taylor Walter Taylor
Augusta West Agatha Bebeau Elizabeth Sias Hannah Eldridge Mary F. Davy
Indigestion Bronchial Pneumonia Cardio Reval Disease Cerebral Embolism Measles and Pneumonia
45 7 5 Freedom 83 10
F
Brownfi'ld
F
8 S M M D W W
12
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Abbie G. Jones George Nichols Mary J. Drake
Amanda J. Perkins Henry H. Glidden Walter Taylor
Odema of Lungs Drowning
24, 4| 4 Parsonsfi'd M F
Mail Clerk
Maiden Name of
Disease, or Cause of
Name of Father.
Birth.
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