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EDWARD M. SMITH
Town Warrant
[L. s.] THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
To the Inhabitants of the Town of North Hampton 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 North Hampton, on Tuesday, the ninth day of March next, at one of the clock in the afternoon, to act upon the following subjects :
1. To choose all necessary town officers for the year en- suing.
2. To raise such sums of money as may be necessary to defray town charges for the ensuing year, and make appro- priation for the same.
3. To see what action the town will take regarding ac- cepting State Aid for roads.
4. To see what action the town will take regarding ex- tending the street lights on Woodland Road.
5. To see what action the town will take regarding con- structing a burial vault at the Center Cemetery and appro- priate money for the same.
6. To see what action the town will take regarding having a tablet placed at some suitable site in town in honor of our boys that went from this town in the World War and appro- priate money for the same.
7. To elect delegates and alternate delegates to the Re- publican and Democratic National Conventions.
Given under our hands and seal, this twentieth day of February, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and twenty.
GEORGE G. CARTER, IRVING W. MARSTON, Selectmen of North Hampton.
A true copy of warrant-Attest:
GEORGE G. CARTER, IRVING W. MARSTON, Selectmen of North Hampton.
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TOWN OF NORTH HAMPTON BALANCE
ASSETS
Cash in hands of Treasurer $1,468.19
Accounts due to the Town: From State
Joint highway accounts, balances in state treasury 256.19
Hearse rent.
4.50
Taxes not collected, levy of 1919.
474.10
Total assets
$2,202.98
Excess of liabilities over assets (net debt) .
29.27
Grand total $2,232.25
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SHEET
JANUARY 31, 1920
LIABILITIES
Accounts owed by the Town:
Due to school districts $2,232.25
Grand total
$2,232.25
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TOWN OF NORTH HAMPTON RECEIPTS AND
RECEIPTS
CURRENT REVENUE
From Local Taxes:
Amount committed to
collector, 1919 . . .$31,466.59
Less discounts and abatements, 1919 ... 1,357.69
Less uncollected, 1919
474.10
1. Property and poll taxes, current year, actually collected $29,634.80
2. Uncollected taxes of
previous years ..
657.17
Property and poll taxes, previous years, actu- ally collected 657.17
Total of above collec-
tions
$30,291.97
From State:
3. For State Aid main- tenance 500.00
4. Insurance tax 79.50
5. Railroad tax 166.49
6. Savings bank tax 1,042.22
From Local Sources except Taxes:
14. Dog licenses 127.25
15. Business licenses and permits 30.00
17. Rent of town hall. 108.50
19. Interest received on deposits 140.00
23. Appropriations to general municipal funds from municipal owned utulities 24.00
Total current revenue receipts.
$32,509.93
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PAYMENTS FOR YEAR ENDING JANUARY 31, 1920 PAYMENTS
CURRENT MAINTENANCE EXPENSES
General Government:
1. Town officers' salaries $595.25
2. Town officers' expenses 161.75
3. Election and registration expenses 12.00
5. Expenses Town Hall and other town buildings. 381.94
Protection of Persons and Property:
6. Police department, including care of tramps . 161.28
7. Fire department, including forest fires 115.16
10. Damage by dogs 10.00
Health:
11. Health department, including hospitals. 35.74
Highways and Bridges:
14. State Aid maintenance. 2,241.03
16. Town maintenance. 4,432.17
17. Street lighting and sprinkling .. . 1,135.29
18. General expenses of highway de- partment, including watering troughs 13.80
Libraries:
19. Libraries. 325.87
Patriotic Purposes:
22. Aid to G. A. R. and Memorial Day exercises 25.00
Public Service Enterprises:
27. Cemeteries, including hearse hire Unclassified:
98.50
28. Damages and legal expenses . 25.00
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TOWN OF NORTH HAMPTON RECEIPTS AND
RECEIPTS, Continued
Receipts Other than Current Revenue:
26. Temporary loans in anticipation of taxes during year $2,500.00
Automobile fees 350.63
Cemetery lot .
20.00
Hearse rent
54.00
Total receipts other than current revenue $2,924.63
Total receipts from all sources $35,434.56
Cash on hand at beginning of year 2,643.08
Grand total. $38,077.64
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PAYMENTS FOR YEAR ENDING JANUARY 31, 1920
PAYMENTS, Continued
Interest:
32. Paid on temporary loans in anti- cipation of taxes 39.59
Outlay for New Construction and Permanent Improvements:
39. Federal Aid construction 4,600.00
Indebtedness:
44. Payments on temporary loans in anticipation of taxes . 2,500.00
Payments to Other Governmental Divisions:
50. Taxes paid to state. 6,446.00
51. Taxes paid to county 3,799.88
53. Payments to school districts. 9,454.20
Total payments for all purposes .$36,609.45
Cash on hand at end of year
1,468.19
Grand total $38,077.64
SCHEDULE OF TOWN PROPERTY
Town Hall, lands and buildings. $3,000.00
Town Hall, furniture and equipment 200.00
Libraries, lands and buildings. 5,000.00
Library, furniture and equipment 1,000.00
Police Department, equipment. . 15.00
Fire Department, lands and buildings 2,000.00
Fire Department, equipment. 1,000.00
Highway Department, materials and supplies 1,000.00
Total
$13,215.00
Treasurer's Report
Dr.
Cash on hand from last year .
$2,643.08
Amount received, town notes. 2,500.00
George L. Seavey, Col-
lector of taxes ..
. 31,649.66
State, highway de-
partment. 500.00
rental of Town Hall . 108.50
dog licenses 127.25
motor vehicle fees 350.63
oiling . 24.00
junk dealers' license. . 30.00
hearse rental. 54.00
sale of cemetery lot. . 20.00
insurance tax . 79.50
savings bank tax 1,042.22
railroad tax. 166.49
interest on deposit.
140.00
$39,435.33
Cr.
Amount paid, state tax. $6,446.00
county tax. 3,799.88
Selectmen's orders 27,721.26
Cash on hand .
1,468.19
$39,435.33
North Hampton, N. H., February 11, 1920.
OTIS S. BROWN, Treasurer
Detail of Receipts
From State, for roads $500.00
insurance tax 79.50
railroad tax 166.49
savings bank tax
1,042.22
Town clerk, dog licenses.
127.25
Junk licenses (Phillip Levine and Max Milton) 30.00
RENT OF TOWN HALL
Harmony Council, Jr. O. U. A. M.
$65.50
Carpenters' union 28.00
A. Maud Bryant. 15.00
$108.50
New Hampshire, interest on deposit
140.00
Albert Bachelder, private oiling
24.00
Temporary loans.
2,500.00
Town clerk, automobile fees
350.63
Ralph Hayden, cemetery lot
20.00
Hearse rental 54.00
$5,142.59
Payments
TOWN OFFICERS' SALARIES AND EXPENSES
George G. Carter, Selectman, salary and
expenses. . $179.00
Irving W. Marston, Selectman, salary 75.00
Lewis D. Hill, salary as Selectman 75.00
Otis S. Brown, Treasurer, salary. 50.00
James F. Leavitt, Town Clerk, salary and expenses. 47.35
George L. Seavey, Collector, salary and expenses.
210.50
Edward M. Smith, Auditor 3.00
Edward C. Marston, Auditor 3.00
Albert E. Locke, bonds. 14.50
J. H. Hobbs, insurance agency, bonds 9.00
Exeter News-Letter, printing town reports. 82.10
Edson C. Eastman Co., stationery 3.55
James P. Melzer, stationery
5.00
$757.00
ELECTION AND REGISTRATION EXPENSES
Hiram S. Hill, salary as Supervisor $12.00
EXPENSE OF TOWN HALL
Rockingham Light & Power Co., lights $27.19
Leslie L. Lovett, repairing sheds 14.15
Harry E. Carter, repairing sheds 11.80
Central Heating & Plumbing Co., furnace for hall . 320.00
Stanley J. Knowles, labor 8.80
$381.94
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POLICE DEPARTMENT
Arthur A. Brown, services as police $85.00
Jesse E. Billings, services as police 35.00
Irving W. Marston, services as police. 20.00
Charles F. Adams, hearing on Moulton case 6.00
Jesse E. Billings, services in Moulton case . 15.28
$161.28
FIRE DEPARTMENT
Charles Bachelder, care of chemical $29.06
Arthur E. Seavey, repairs. 1.50
Charles Bachelder, repairs on chemical 49.10
E. W. Holmes, painting sign . 3.50
George G. Carter, care of chemical and labor 32.00
$115.16
DAMAGE BY DOGS
Alvin Spear, pig killed by dogs $10.00
HEALTH DEPARTMENT
Albert Bachelder, salary and expenses. $35.74
MEMORIAL DAY
J. P. Mace
$25.00
CEMETERIES
Russell P. Marston, labor at South Cemetery $3.50
Hislop Livery and Sale Stable, use of hearse . 24.00
McWilliams Livery and Sales Stable, use of hearse 71.00
$98.50
LEGAL EXPENSES
Charles H. Bachelder, services at Electric R. R. hearing at Portsmouth. $25.00
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INTEREST ON LOANS
New Hampshire National Bank $39.59
FEDERAL AID ROAD CONSTRUCTION
C. A. Badger $1,600.00
C. A. Badger
3,000.00
$4,600.00
TEMPORARY LOANS
New Hampshire National Bank, note .. .
.$1,000.00
New Hampshire National Bank, note.
1,500.00
$2,500.00
TAXES PAID TO STATE
State Treasurer, state tax
$5,274.00
special state tax
1,172.00
$6,446.00
COUNTY TAX
County Treasurer, county tax.
$3,758.39
special acct. farm bureau
41.49
$3,799.88
SCHOOL DISTRICT
Paid Treasurer
$9,454.20
TOWN ROADS
Elmer J. Smith $1,029.88
Michael Twoomey 21.00
John Lynch 140.75
Roger Lovett 261.63
Lewis D. Hill
28.60
Percy Locke
5.25
Justin E. Drake
183.75
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Fred C. Leavitt
$14.00
Amos Atkinson
249.00
John O'Shea .
95.50
Walter Drysdale
85.50
Fred Dalton
22.00
Walter Mckenzie.
2.00
Frank Hobbs
2.00
D. J. Lamprey .
115.50
Geo. D. Batchelder
69.75
Robert L. Mitchell
229.75
George L. Garland.
120.75
Sheldon Marston
6.00
William Betton
71.75
Fred L. Cotton
70.00
Richard I. Goss
43.00
Edward S. Marston
47.63
Joseph O. Hobbs
5.25
Eben L. Dalton
43.14
Russell P. Marston
101.63
Alvin Spear
31.00
Charles Block
6.50
Carl Merrill.
3.00
Charles C. Dalton
24.50
James W. Barton
4.50
Arthur Lovett.
10.50
William Barton
14.00
Chauncey Barton .
14.00
George E. Frost
5.25
A. F. Allard
3.50
Robert Whenal.
7.00
John White .
1.75
Norman Marston
1.75
Irving W. Marston
1.75
Clarence Marston
1.75
George P. Frost .
2.63
Cedric Dustin
3.50
Asa A. Booker
1.75
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Earl Spear $1.75
F. S. Lovett 7.00
John Janvrin, material
71.94
O. J. Moulton, material 34.95
Roland M. Baker 31.20
Lila Block 35.40
F. A. Marston, repairs
1.25
A. E. Seavey, repairs.
7.85
A. E. Locke, repairs
5.25
S. A. Dow, tools.
33.38
Standard Oil Co., road oil
998.56
$4,432.17
STATE AID ROADS
L. D. Hill $522.50
Roger Lovett
385.00
R. L. Mitchell
66.00
Martin Colliss.
84.00
G. L. Garland 14.00
John Lynch.
245.50
F. A. Taylor
45.50
William Betton
49.00
Fred Dalton
6.00
Joseph Leveque
63.00
Carl Merrill.
100.50
D. J. Lamprey
52.50
John O'Shea
18.00
George Whenal
6.00
Charles Thayer
3.00
John W. Philbrick
3.00
Joshua Drake
7.00
Elmer J. Smith.
233.75
James W. Barton
20.25
Fred C. Leavitt
14.00
Amos Atkinson
62:50
R. P. Marston
29.50
Wm. Moulton.
6.00:22
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E. L. Dalton
$14.00
M. Twoomey 3.00
O. J. Moulton, material 60.60
D. J. Lamprey, material. 36.00
I. W. Brown, material. 87.78
Lila Block, material. 3.15
$2,241.03
DISCOUNT
Discount on taxes
$1,317.49
ABATEMENTS
Wilfred J. Chevalier
$11.40
Mr. Brooks, poll. 3.00
Thomas E. Marston, poll
3.00
Edgar S. Moore, poll.
3.00
L. B. Paquin, poll .
3.00
John Robinson, poll.
3.00
Leon M. Berry, poll
3.00
Mabel Lindsay, 1918 and 1919
10.80
$40.20
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NORTH HAMPTON, N. H., February 14, 1920. We, the undersigned, have examined the foregoing accounts of the Selectmen, Treasurer and other town officers and certify them to be correctly cast with proper vouchers.
EDWARD C. MARSTON, EDWARD M. SMITH,
Auditors.
Trust Funds
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REPORT OF TREASURER OF TRUST FUNDS
1894, Donor, John W. F. Hobbs and Town: Centre Cemetery trust fund, gen- eral care of cemetery; invested in Strafford Savings Bank, Dover, 312% $1,000.00
Centre Cemetery trust fund, general care of cemetery; invested in Ports- mouth Trust and Guarantee Co., 312% 1,000.00
1913, Donor, Jonathan French, perpetual care of lot; invested in Amoskeag Savings Bank, Manchester, 4%. . 100.00 1913, Donor, William F. Preckle, perpetual care of lot; invested in New Hamp- shire Savings Bank, Concord, 4% .. . 100.00 1915, Donor, John E. Leavitt, perpetual care of lot; invested in New Hamp- shire Savings Bank, Concord, 4% . 125.00 1916, Donor, George H. Lamprey, per- petual care of lot; invested in Amos- keag Savings Bank, Manchester, 4% 300.00 1917, Donor, S. Oliver Lamprey, perpetual care of lot; invested in Amoskeag Savings Bank, Manchester, 4% ... 100.00 1918, Donor, John W. Hobbs, perpetual care of lot; invested in New Har p- shire Savings Bank, Concord, 4% . 100.00
1911, Donor, Individuals and Town: Fast Cemetery trust fund, general care of cemetery; invested in Amoskeag Savings Bank, Manchester, 4% ... 1,000.00
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1911, East Cemetery trust fund, general care of cemetery; invested in New Hampshire Savings Bank, Concord, 4% $800.00
Total amount of Cemetery Trust Funds, January 31,1920 $4,625.00
CENTENNIAL HALL TRUST FUND
1918, Donor, John W. F. Hobbs, income to be applied to the support of Cen- tennial Hall building . $5,000.00
$1,659.43, Manchester Savings Bank, Manchester, 4%. 1,504.50, Merrimack River Savings Bank, Manchester, 4%.
756.77, Piscataqua Savings Bank, Portsmouth, 4%. 597.14, New Hampshire Savings Bank, Concord, 4%. 482.16, Loan and Trust Savings Bank, Concord, 4%.
CENTENNIAL HALL REPORT
Received interest, Manchester Savings Bank $49.77 Merrimack River Savings Bank 60.16
Piscataqua Savings Bank 42.36
New Hampshire Savings Bank 48.72
Loan and Trust Savings Bank 19.28
$220.29
Paid Treasurer of School Board
$220.29
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CEMETERY REPORT CENTRE CEMETERY Receipts
Cash on hand from last year $100.97
Received interest on deposit in Portsmouth Trust and Guarantee Co. 71.84
$172.81
Expenditures
Paid Orrin B. Leavitt, Superintendent $88.15
Otis S. Brown, expenses 1.00
$89.15
Cash on hand
$83.66
Jonathan French Fund
Cash on hand from last year $3.24
Paid for care of lot 1.00
Cash on hand .
$2.24
William F. Preckle Fund
Cash on hand from last year
$2.79
Paid for care of lot 2.00
Cash on hand
$0.79
John E. Leavitt Fund
Cash on hand from last year
$15.18
Paid for care of lot. 1.50
Cash on hand .
$13.68
George H. Lamprey Fund
Cash on hand from last year $10.74
Paid for care of lot.
6.00
Cash on hand
$4.74
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S. Oliver Lamprey Fund
Received interest on fund $4.08
Received 1.81
$5.89
Paid for care of lot.
$3.50
amount due general fund 1.81
$5.31
Cash on hand $0.58
John W. Hobbs Fund
Received interest on fund $7.12
Paid for care of lot 3.50
Cash on hand. $3.62
EAST CEMETERY
Receipts
Cash on hand from last year
$89.80
Received interest on deposit in New Hamp-
shire Savings Bank. 135.84
$225.64
Expenditures
Paid Alvin C. Brown, Superintendent $63.20
Otis S. Brown, expenses. 1.00
$64.20
Cash on hand . $161.44
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Cash on hand, Centre Cemetery fund $83.66
Jonathan French fund 2.24
William F. Preckle fund .79
John E. Leavitt fund . 13.68
George H. Lamprey fund. . . 4.74
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S. Oliver Lamprey fund . 58
John W. Hobbs fund. 3.62
East Cemetery fund 161.44
Total cash on hand in the New Hampshire National Bank $270.75
Received from sale of cemetery lot $20.00
Paid Town Treasurer. $20.00
North Hampton, N. H., February 4, 1920.
OTIS S. BROWN,
Treasurer of Trust Funds.
NORTH HAMPTON, N. H., February, 1920. We, the undersigned, having examined the books and ac- counts of the Treasurer of Trust Funds, certify them correct with proper vouchers.
EDWARD C. MARSTON, EDWARD M. SMITH, Auditors.
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Report of Trustees of Public Library
NORTH HAMPTON, N. H., February 16, 1920
During the past year we have purchased 44 new books, of which 23 are fiction. Also there have been 65 books given to the Library, making the total additions 109. The number of volumes in the Library is now about 2,510, of which about 1,390 are fiction. The same magazines as in previous years have been provided for our reading room.
Two new bookstacks are needed for our immediate use, and this change will necessitate a rearrangement of the electric lighting. We, therefore, recommend that sufficient funds, in addition to our regular budget, be provided for this improve- ment and for the completion of the grading of the Library grounds.
The Library expenses for the past year are given below:
Salary of Librarian
$100.00
New books
98:64
Magazines
17.00
Fuel
26.00
Lighting.
14.55
Insurance.
50.00
Miscellaneous
24.02
$330.21
Received from book fines
4.34
$325.87
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We estimate the ordinary running expenses for the coming year as follows:
Salary of Librarian
$100.00
Fuel and lighting 50.00
New books
120.00
Magazines
15.00
Miscellaneous
15.00
$300.00
We therefore recommend that the above sum of $300, to- gether with such additional money as may be needed for the bookstacks and grading, be raised for the running ex- penses of the Library.
EDWARD M. SMITH, ADA E. MOULTON, FRED L. DOW,
Trustees.
Little Boar's Head Village District Account
Receipts
1919
Cash on hand .
$267.16
Mar. 3, Received from George L. Seavey 41.29
July 2,
George L. Seavey 35.71
Dec. 11,
George L. Seavey
738.09
1920
Feb. 4,
George L. Seavey 317.68
State Highway supt. 85.00
1919
25.00
July 15, Error in addition
$1,509.93
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Expenditures
July 2, Paid Hampton Water Co. $175.00
21, Rockingham Light & Power Co .. 15.00
Aug. 4,
Rockingham Light & Power Co .. 32.50
Oct. 25, Rockingham Light & Power
Co. 65.00
Nov. 12, Rockingham Light & Power
Co. 9.75
1920
Jan. 5,
Hampton Water Co. 175.00
Feb. 5, I. W. Brown, on account for cement walk 700.00
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F. P. Carpenter, in part for building fence 85.00
17 James L. Bachelder, for gravel, labor on dump. 35.00
I. W. Brown, on account for cement walk 100.00
To balance account
117.68
$1,509.93
Balance due I. W. Brown, for cement walk $226.84
Due from uncollected taxes 20.18
Due from State 31.01
Appropriation for 1920 1,000.00
JAMES L. BACHELDER, Treasurer.
I have examined the foregoing account and find it correctly cast and properly vouched.
GEORGE A. BOYNTON, Auditor.
ALBERT BACHELDER, EMMONS T. BROWN, DAVID H. EVANS, Commissioners of Little Boar's Head Village District.
School Report
To the Citizens of North Hampton;
The towns of New Castle, Newington, Rye, North Hamp- ton, Hampton, Seabrook and Hampton Falls, now form one supervisory union, as grouped by the State Board of Educa- tion. The school boards of the seven towns met in May and elected a superintendent, chairman, treasurer and secretary of the union.
Mr. C. H. Walker, of Exeter, was elected superintendent of this union. We believe that the schools of this town under his jurisdiction, with the co-operation of the teachers and parents, have had a successful year.
A Parent-Teachers' Association has been formed during the past year. At the meetings school affairs are discussed which are helpful both to the teacher and parents. We hope that all the parents will give the association their support.
Miss Lena Phair is principal of the Junior High room. Miss Phair has had special training for Junior High work, and with her natural ability as a teacher has made our Junior High School a success. Miss Mabel D. Philbrook has charge of the Intermediate School, and her work is highly com- mended. Miss Helen Thompson has the Primary room and her work has always been very satisfactory. Miss Anna Lord, who has served us faithfully at the East School, resigned in October. We then elected Mrs. Mary Fogg, of Hampton Falls. She taught about two months and then was forced to resign on account of ill health. Mrs. Lila Drew served as a substitute teacher, until we secured Miss Greta Myers, of Hampton. Miss Myers has been with us only a short time, but we believe that she will prove successful in her work. Miss Helen Johnson, of Newburyport, was re-elected music teacher for our schools,
During the summer months the school house at the Centre had two coats of paint and the necessary repairs made.
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We received about $220 interest on the fund from Centennial Hall and this enabled us to improve the condition of the hall. With a few more improvements the hall would be in a first class condition, and we hope next year to make further repairs.
A cistern is in the cellar of the school building at the Centre, and while the water from it is useful, it does not prove to be good drinking water. The drinking water still has to be secured from the neighbors as in the past, but we hope some day a way will be found to supply the schools with good drinking water, without depending on the neighbors.
On account of the increased cost, it has been necessary for us to discontinue several routes where formerly the children have been transported. The state law requires that all child- ren living more than two miles from the school shall be trans- ported at least one half the distance. If the district wishes that the chil Iren living less than two miles be given trans- portation in the winter term, it will be necessary for the dis- trict to make a larger appropriation for transportation than in the past.
With the increased cost of fuel, labor, supplies, etc., it is with some difficulty that we are able to pay all the bills, notwithstanding the large appropriation made last year. Next year it will be necessary to increase the salaries of the teachers and with the increased cost of the other expenses of the school, the appropriations should be made accordingly.
We thank the teachers and citizens for their co-operation and loyal support and we trust you will continue to give the schools your support, for the welfare of the children of this town.
AUSTIN J. NORTON, ADA E. MOULTON, NELLIE F. DRAKE, School Board of North Hampton.
Report of Superintendent of Schools
Members of the North Hampton School Board:
I herewith submit my second annual report for your con- sideration.
WORK OF THE YEAR
Although the work last year was broken up very much dur- ing the fall term, due to the influenza epidemic, for several weeks, we were able to make up all weeks lost, and by the teachers concentrating their attention on the essentials, in each subject, practically all the required work, as out- lined in the state program, was covered in every grade in each school. Comparatively few failed of promotion at the end of the school year, in fact only three out of the total number registered, or 106. The per cent. of attendance for all schools was a little less than for the previous year, due doubtless to the influenza epidemic and other sickness largely. The number of tardinesses was much larger, showing an increasing lack of promptness on the part of many pupils. I would like to again call to the attention of all parents what I said in my report of last year relative to attendance and tardiness. Good regular attendance and punctuality on the part of all pupils is a fairly good barometer of the kind of work any school is doing. When pupils are in their places promptly, one may be reasonably sure their attitude toward the school is businesslike and the work of the school will be promptly and probably more efficiently done. The co-opera- tion of parents will do much to make this condition possible.
Many of the activities started during the war were continued throughout the year with excellent results, particularly the sale of Thrift and War Savings Stamps and the School Home Gardening. We believe this work should be continued, as it has been used deliberately for the teaching of thrift, gener- osity, loyalty and patriotism, and thus will prove of perma- nent value all through the lives of every pupil who has been given encouragement in the same.
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Since my last report I have attended three Teachers' Institutes, and two conferences of superintendents, one at Plymouth for the week of August 18, last and one for three days at Durham, the week of December 19, last. I have had three meetings for all teachers of my union, besides many personal conferences with all teachers. Since Septem- ber 1, last, I have made 70 visits to the North Hampton schools and attended three of your board meetings.
With one exception, at the East School, we have been fortunate in having the same corps of teachers as were with us last year. In this school the work has been very much broken up due to frequent changes in teachers. Miss Lord, who had given excellent service in the past, was released to take a much better position, and Mrs. Mary E. O. Fogg, was engaged to take her place, and was making good progress with the school when she had to give up on account of illness. Mrs. Lila Drew substituted very successfully for several weeks while we were searching for a permanent teacher. Finally we were able to engage Miss Greta Myers, who is well qualified to do the work, and who is teaching and manag- ing her school successfully. Miss Helen C. Johnson hes continued to give excellent service as Music Supervisor, and for further information regarding the work in music, I refer you to her report, which is appended and made a part of this report.
TEACHERS' SALARIES
I wish to call your attention to the great shortage of teachers that is threatening not only the schools of New Hampshire but the schools of the whole country. General Streeter, Chairman of the State Board of Education, in an address to the superintendents at the conference in Durham in Decem- ber, pointed out this great danger to all. He said that there are already in New Hampshire, fifty schools closed for lack of, teacher's and that they expected there would be about eighty more chools closed after the Christmas vacation, because of the teacher shortage. Continuing, he said, "This condi- tion seems not confined to any one section, but to prevail
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generally throughout the country. Nearly all the educational journals and magazines now coming to our office contain editorials and news items emphasizing that the danger from this cause threatens to impair and even destroy the efficiency of all public schools. The reason most generally assigned for these conditions is the inadequacy of salaries to hold teachers now in service or to attract new ones to that service."
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