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C. S. Lowe, team, 2 days 412 hours at $5.00 12 48
J. H. Burton, 2 days at $2.50 5 00
A. C. Taylor, 2 days at $2.50 5 00
D. O. Flynn, 2 days 112 hours at $5.00 10 83
D. O. Flynn, man, 2 days 112 hours at $2.50 5 42
D. O. Flynn, man, 6 hours at $2.50 1 68
$282 39
July:
F. B. Atherton, 6 days 312 hours at $3.00 $19 16
F. B. Atherton, team, 6 days 5 hours at $5.00 32 78
Ed French, 6 days 12 hour at $2.50
15 14
Ray Sargent, 2 days at $2.50 5 00
James Farmer, 412 hours at $2.50 1 66
F. A. Brown, 8 hours at $2.00
1 60
Atherton's horse, 8 hours at $.1212
1 00
J. B. Baldwin, 1 day 5 hours at $2.50
3 90
C. S. Lowe, team, 3 days 712 hours at $5.00 19 15
A. C. Taylor, 2 days 212 hours at $2.50 5 70
A. C. Taylor, gravel
50
D. O. Flynn, team 1 day 212 hours at $5.00 6 39
D. O. Flynn, 2 men, 2 days 12 hour at $2.50 5 14
D. O. Flynn for sawdust at F. Far- rington's 60
$117 72
August:
F. B. Atherton, 11 days 412 hours at $3.00 $34 50
F. B. Atherton, team, 9 days 3 hours at $5.00 46 67
J. B. Baldwin, 5 days 6 hours at $2.50
14 18
Ed French, 18 days 612 hours at $2.50 46 82
Atherton's horse, 7 days 7 50
13
Joe Magoon, 3 days 612 hours at $2.50 9 31
Everett Magoon, 3 days 61/2 hours at $2.50
9 31
C. S. Lowe, 1 day at $2.50
2 50
C. S. Lowe, team, 2 days at $5.00
10 00
Forest Lowe, 1 day 612 hours at $2.00
3 40
Ray Sargent, 1 day at $2.50
2 50
D. O. Flynn, team, 1 day 512 hours at $5 00
8 05 ·
D. O. Flynn, man, 1 day 512 hours at $2.50 4 02
D. O. Flynn, man 1 day 512 hours at $2.50 4 02
$202 78
September:
F. B. Atherton, 14 days 312 hours at $3.00
$43 16
F. B. Atherton, team, 16 days 5 hours at $5.00 82 78
J. B. Baldwin, 13 days 8 hours at $2.50
34 71
Ed French, 21 days 2 hours at $2.50 53 05
Ray Sargent, 2 days 5 hours at $2.50
6 39
Joe Magoon, 15 days 8 hours at $2.50
39 71
Everett Magoon, 3 days 513 hours at $2.50 8 98
Atherton's horse, 5 days
5 40
F. B. Brooks' horses, 6 days at $2.50
1,5 00
F. A. Brown, 31/2 hours at $2.00
70
Harold Lowe, 7 days 1 hour at $2.50
17 78
William Frederick, 1 day 412 hours at $2.50
3 75
Frank Frederick, 1 day 412 hours at $2.50 3 75
Harvey W. Hardy, team, 2 days at $5.00
10 00
D. O. Flynn, team, 2 days at $5.00
10 00
D. O. Flynn, man, 4 days 512 hours at $2.50
11 53
Fred Smith, team, 2 days at $5.00
10 00
Fred Smith, man, 2 days at $2.50 5 00
$361 69
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October and November:
F. B. Atherton, 7 hours at $3.00 $ 2 33
F. B. Atherton, team, 5 days at $5.00 25 00
D. O. Flynn, men and team 27 92
C. S. Lowe, team, 2 days at $5.00
10 00
Ed French, 5 days 6 hours at $2.50
14 17
Joe Magoon, 3 days 8 hours at $2.50
9 72
Forest Lowe, 2 days at $2.50
5 00
Guy Magoon, 2 days 1 hour at $2.00
4 11
F. A. Brown, 1 day 4 hours at $2.00
2 89
John C. Russell, team, 2 hours at $5.00 10
C. S. Lowe, team 2 days at $5.50
11 00
C. S. Lowe, 12 bridge stringers
12 00
Forest Lowe, 1 day 412 hours at $2.50
3 75
Arthur Blanchard, cutting bushes
7 00
$135 99
Amount of money :
Raised for district roads
$2,000 00
Expended
1,851 43
Unexpended
$148 57
F. B. ATHERTON, Road Agent.
SNOW ROAD
March 1917:
F. B. Atherton, 4412 hours at .30 $13 35
F. B. Atherton, team, 6 hours at .50 3 00
Ed French, 1312 hours at .25
3 38
Atherton's horse, 5 trips
2 30
Jess B. Baldwin, 314 hours at .25
81
Fred N. Lowe, 712 hours at . 25
1 88
Frances and Guy Magoon, 14 hours
1 86
$26 58
December 1917: F. B. Atherton, 1 day 2 hours at $3.00 3 66
F. B. Atherton, team, 8 days 3 hours at $5.50 45 84
Jake Sherman, team, 2 days at $5.50
11 00
J. C. Russell, team, 6 days 712 hours at $6.00 41 00
.
15
Frank Magoon, 2 days 4 hours at $2.50 6 11
Guy Magoon, 5 hours at $2.00 1 11
Joe Magoon, 5 hours at $2.50 1 39
Ed French, 9 days 8 hours at $2.50
24 72
F. A. Brown, 2 days 3 hours at $2.00
4 67
G. H. Holt, 3 days 7 hours at $2.50
9 44
G. D. Gould, team, 2 days 7 hours at $5.50
15 28
G. D. Gould, horses, 1 day 6 hours at $3.00 5 00
Everett Magoon, 1 day 2 hours at at $2.50 3 06
Bert Draper's team, 2 days 312 hours at $6.00 14 34
Wilfred Russell, team, 3 days at $6. 18 00
Geo. C. Blanchard, 1 day at $2.50
2 50
Arthur Blanchard, 6 hours at $2.00
1 33
Nelson Lebier, 6 days 2 hours at $2.50
15 56
C. S. Lowe, team, 5 days 3 hours at $5.50 29 34
Page A. Lowe, team, 1 day 1 hour at $5.50 .6 12
Forest Lowe and 1 horse, 2 days 3 hours at $4.00 9 33
Forest Lowe, 1 day 4 hours at $2.50 3 61
Fred Martin's team, 6 days 612 hours at $6.00 40 00
L. W. Flynn, team, 1 day 12 hour at $5.50 5 81
L. W. Flynn, man, 5 hours at $2.50 1 40
D. O. Flynn, team, 3 days 6 hours at $5.50 20 16
D. O. Flynn, man, 2 days 7 hours at $2.50 6 96
H. A. Gilchrist, team, 1 day 4 hours at $5.50 7 94
H. W. Hardy, team, 3 days at $5.50
16 50
W. I. Straw, team, 2 days 8 hours at $5.50 15 88
Clarence Foley, 7 hours at $5.50 4 27
E. P. Holt, team, 3 days 12 hour at $5.50 16 81
Henry Fredericks, team, 2 days 4 hours at $5.50 13 44
16
Henry Fredericks, man, 1 day at at $2.50 2 50
W. D. Hardy, team, 2 days 3 hours at $5.50 12 83
E. C. Emery, 6 hours at $2.50 1 68
$438 59
January 1918:
F. B. Atherton, 8 days 7 hours at $3.00 $26 31
F. B. Atherton, team, 13 days 6 hours at $5.50
75 16
Ed French, 2 days 5 hours at $2.50
6 40
Atherton's horse, 5 hours
50
Jimmie Farmer, 712 hours at $2.50
2 10
Elisha Goodwin, 3 days 712 hours at $2.50 9 60
L. H. Sturtevant, 11 days 3 hours at $2.50
28 34
E. F. Trufant, 4 days 6 hours at $2.50
11 68
R. J. Baldwin, 2 days 312 hours at $2.50
5 98
Wilfred Russell, team, 1 day 812 hours at $5.50 10 69
Harold Cochran, 712 hours at $2.50 : 10
Frank Magoon, 1 day at $2.50
2 50
G. D. Gould, horses, 1 day 4 hours at $3.00 4 32
Fred Martin's team, 4 days at $6.00
24 00
Fred Martin's horses, 1 day at $3.50
3 50
F. B. Atherton, man, 4 hours at $2.50
1 12
Geo. C. Blanchard, 1 day 4 hours at $2.50 3 62
Jake Sherman, team, 312 hours at $5.50 2 14
E. P. Holt, team, 2 days at $5.50
11 00
E. P. Holt, 2 hours at $2.50
56
Henry Frederick, team, 4 hours at $5.50 2 44
Henry Frederick, 5 hours at $2.50
1 40
Harvey W. Hardy, team, 3 days 612 hours at $5.50 20 47
Harvey W. Hardy, 1 day 6 hours at $2.50 4 32
W. D. Hardy, horses, 7 hours at $3 2 31
17
W. D. Hardy, 11/2 hours at $2.50 42
H. P. Holt and boys, 2 days 1/2 hour at $2.50 5 14
J. C. Russell, team, 4 days 712 hours at $6.00 28 98
J. C. Russell, man, 2 days 1 hour at $2.50
5 28
F. N. Lowe, 3 days 7 hours at $2.50
9 46
C. S. Lowe, team, 4 days 2 hours at $5.50 23 22
A. P. Lowe, team, 3 days at $5.50 16 50
Forest Lowe, 4 days 2 hours at $2.50 10 56
Harry Russell, 1 day 8 hours at $2.50 4 72
L. W. Flynn, team, 1 day 2 hours at $5.50 6 72
L. W. Flynn, man, 2 days 12 hour at $2.50 5 14
D. O. Flynn, team, 2 days 11/2 hours at $5.50 11 92
D. O. Flynn, men, 7 days 4 hours at $2.50 19 94
W. I. Straw, team, 3 days 4 hours at $5.50 18 94
H. A. Gilchrist, team, 3 days 2 hours at $5.50 17 72
Geo. S. Burnham, 2 days 612 hours at $2.50 6 83
E. C. Emery, 1 day 2 hours at $2.50 3 06
$457 11
REPORT OF OVERSEER OF THE POOR
COUNTY POOR
Paid for County Poor for year ending Dec. 31, 1917: Aid to dependent soldiers and widows $241 00
Received of County for year ending Dec. 31, 1917 $241 00
TOWN POOR
Paid: County for board of Mrs. H. J. Holt for year 1917 $ 29 50
Philip S. Burnham for groceries delivered to Ernest Fifield 41 weeks, $3.00 per week 123 00
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E. C. & W. L. Hopkins, for groceries delivered to Ernest Fifield 9 weeks, $3.00 per week 27 00
Hopkins Brothers & Belcher for groceries delivered to Ernest Fi- field 12 weeks, $3.00 per week 36 00
Hopkins Brothers & Belcher for groceries delivered to Andy Holt 4 99
C. E. Blanchard for rent of house occupied by Mrs. Arthur Cochrane 11 months at $6.00 a month 66 00
Mrs. Mary Putnam for auto hire, trip to Peterborough, on account of Mrs. Arthur Cochrane 2 00
G. S. Burnham for wood delivered Mrs. Arthur Cochrane 7 25
G. S. Burnham for drawing wood for Mrs. Arthur Cochrane 2 50
W. D. Hardy for wood delivered Mrs. Arthur Cochrane 10 00
$308 24
$308 24
Received of Selectmen
Respectfully submitted,
G. S. BURNHAM,
Overseer of the Poor.
SCHOOL REPORT
Whole number of pupils attending school
81
Boys
40
Girls
41
Average length of all schools
14 6-5
Greatest number of weeks in any school
17
Least number of weeks in any school
14
ROLL OF HONOR
Alice Flynn, Leon Cochrane, Marjorie Aiken, Marian Russell, Grace Russell, Walter Russell.
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CURRENT EXPENDITURES
Teachers' salaries
$1,294 70
Tuition
468 16
Fuel
262 95
Janitors' services
125 85
Text and Reference books, maps and supplies
105 72
Salaries of District Officers
95 00
Repairs
40 90
Unclassified
58 97
Insurance
114 00
Total expenditures®
$2,566 25
REVENUE
Balance from last year
$ 24 28
Entire amount of money required by law
780 00
Amount additional raised for schools
600 00
Amount assessed for books and supplies
200 00
High school tuition salaries
95 00
Literary fund received from State
57 60
State aid for average attendance
82 80
qualified teachers tuition rebate
82 18
Dog license money
124 20
Hall rent
30 00
Received for old stoves
3 25
Tuition from Peterborough
8 50
Amount raised for repairs
200 00
Insurance
114 00
Flags and appurtenances
25 00
Total revenue
3,098 81
Total expenditures
2,566 25
Balance on hand Feb. 12
532 56
Amount desired for school purposes next year :
High School tuition
500 00
Text books and supplies
200 00
Flags and appurtenances
25 00
DANIEL O. FLYNN, NATHANIEL F. CHEEVER, ELIJAH H. CLOVER, School Board.
500 00
172 00
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REPORT OF TREASURER OF SCHOOL BOARD
Feb. 12, 1918:
Balance on hand, Feb. 23, 1917 $ 24 28
Received for rent of hall 30 00
Tuition from town of Peterborough 8 50
Received for old stoves
3 25
Received from town treasurer
3,032. 78
Total receipts $3,098 81
Paid School Board's orders 2,566 25
Balance on hand, Feb. 12, 1918 $532 56
FANNIE E. HOPKINS.
COLLECTOR'S REPORT
Due on 1916 tax list
$296 63
Paid Treasurer taxes
$294 63
Abated John Young
2 00
296 63
Interest on taxes paid treasurer
12 32
1917 Tax list
9,098 62
Abated: James Austin 2 00
John K. Felch, paid in Mass. 2 00
George F. Peavey, paid in Milford 2 00
Paid Treasurer taxes 8,608 40
8,614 40
Paid Treasurer interest on taxes
9 73
Balance to collect
$484 22
Respectfully submitted, GEORGE A. REYNOLDS, Collector.
Greenfield Trust Fund Account for the Year Ending January 1, 1918
Name of Fund
Date
Received
Amount
Amount
Feb. 15, 1917
Earnings to
Jan. 1, 1918
Expended
To whom Paid
For what Expended
Balance
1
Selinda Holt
1892
$ 100.00
$ 153.55
Town of Greenfield
$ 3.06
$ 3.50
F. J. Aiken
Flowers, Mowing and Clipping
$ 155.25
Jacob Gould
1906
100.00
107.70
3.06
3.50
"
107.54
Moses Robinson
1910
100.00
105.71
3.06
2.00
106.97
Albe Stephenson
1906
400.00
488.35
12.24
5.00
499.09
Mary C. Emerson
1914
120 00
126.48
3.67
5.50
.
124.74
Mary D. French
1901
200.00
229.93
6.12
4.00
231.21
Henry Holt
1914
50.00
50.00
1.52
1.52
50.00
John D. Hardy
1914
1,192.00
1,269.28
36.51
8.00
1,300.65
John Gage
1915
50.00
50.50
1.52
.50
51.52
Abram A. Ramsey
1916
200.00
201.00
10.08
3.00
208.08
Elvira Ramsey
1917 Apr. 2 1917 Apr. 2
100.00
100.00 Apr 2 500.00 Apr. 2
13.12
13.12
Library Trustees
Books for Library
500.00
Took of Mary D. French Fund
2.00
F. J. Aiken
Mowing and Clipping Arra Gould Lot
FRED J. AIKEN, CLARENCE M. GIPSON, FRED B. ATHERTON,
Trustees of Trust Funds.
FRED B. ATHERTON, Treasurer Trustees.
Amoskeag Savings Bank Manchester, N. H. Town of Greenfield
2.62
2.00
100.62
Feb. 15
.
Feb. 15
Feb. 15
Feb. 15
Apr. 1
500.00
Where Invested
Feb. 15
A
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LIBRARY REPORT
Library Building fund in Peterbor-
ough Savings Bank
$ 33 67
Cash on hand Feb. 15, 1917
22 56
Appropriation
200 00
Sale of old magazines
8 00
Fines
9 00
$239 56
EXPENDITURES
Sawing and splitting wood and shov-
eling snow
$ 4 60
Care of lawn
5 00
Cleaning library
1 50
Books
58 06
Magazines
14 50
L. B. Hardy, wood
13 50
,Store bill
2 61
Shoveling snow
1 60
Librarian
60 00
161 37
$78 19
Respectfully submitted,
GEORGE A. REYNOLDS, Treasurer.
LEVI B. HADLEY, GEORGE A. REYNOLDS, ELIJAH H. CLOVER,
TRUSTEES.
We, the undersigned, hereby certify that we have examined the accounts of the several officers of the town and school districts of Greenfield, N. H., and find them correctly cast and properly vouched.
Respectfully submitted, E. C. HOPKINS, C. M. GIPSON,
· Auditors.
Feb. 12, 1918.
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THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
To the Inhabitants of the Town of Greenfield in the County of Hillsboro, in said State, qualified to vote in Town Affairs.
You are hereby notified to meet at the Town House in said Greenfield on Tuesday, the twelfth day of March next, at ten of the clock in the forenoon, to act upon the following subjects:
First: To choose all necessary Town Officers for the year ensuing.
Second: To raise such sums of money as may be necessary to defray town charges for the ensuing year, and make appro- priation of the same.
Third: To hear the reports of the Selectmen, Treasurer, Road Agent, Overseer of the Poor, School Board, Library Trustees and Auditors and take any vote relating thereto.
Fourth: To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate for repair of highways and bridges.
Fifth: To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate for the support of Public Library in addi- tion to what the law requires.
Sixth: To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of twenty-five dollars for the Veterans' Association for Memorial Day.
Seventh: To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to hire a sum of money to pay town debts or take any action relating thereto.
Eighth: To see if the town will vote to raise and appro- priate a sum of money for the extermination of the Gypsy Moths.
Ninth: To see if the town will vote to accept State aid and raise and appropriate the sum of $205.00 in addition to amount required by law for the permanent Improvement fund or take any action relating thereto.
Tenth: To see if the town will vote to accept State Aid Maintenance of State Road and raise and appropriate the sum of $320.00 or take any action relating thereto.
Eleventh: To see if the town will vote to purchase one or more snow rollers and raise and appropriate a sum of money for same or take any action relating thereto.
Twelfth: To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to pay interest on town debts or take any ac- tion relating thereto.
A true copy of warrant-Attest:
EDWIN F. TRUFANT, ELLSWORTH C. EMERY, FRED W. GOULD, Selectmen of Greenfield.
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LIST OF BOOKS PURCHASED 1917
The Mark of Cain
The Gun Brand
The Road to Understanding
The Border Legion
Wildfire
Cinderilla Jane
The Brown Study
Second Choice
A Voice in the Wilderness
The Yukon Trail
Blow the Man Down
Limpy
Nan of Music Mountain
Mistress Anne
The Son of His Father
The Lifted Veil
When a Man's a Man
The Light in the Clearing
Mr. Brittling Sees It Through
Bar 20
The Man Thou Gavest
Mary Gusta
Rainbow's End
Pip My Home in the Field of Honor Joan
The Hiding Places
Up the Road With Sallie
Undertow
The Dark Star
Barnabetta
Tillie
What He Least Expected
Hearts and the Cross
The Hundredth Chance
Dell
Christopher Hibbault
Bryant Seton
The Preacher of Cedar Mountains
The Heart of the Red Furs The Spirit of France
Anderson Johnston
The President's War Message
Wilson
The Man Without a Country
Hale
Letters From a French Hospital
The War and Humanity Brothers in Arms
Beck Powell
Wells Hendryx Porter
Grey Grey Cooke
Richmond Harben Lutz Raine Day Johnston Spearman Bailey Cullum King Wright Bacheller Wells Mulford Comstock Lincoln Beach Hay Huard Barr French Sterrett Norris
Chambers Martin Martin Hall Kramer
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CHILDREN'S DEPARTMENT
Jackie and Petie
Gaine
Best Stories to Tell Children
Bryant
Lulu, Alice and Jimmie Wibblewobble
Garvis
Johnie and Billie Bushytail
Garvis
Sammie and Susie Littletail
Garvis
Mother West Winds' Animal Friends
Burgess
Mother West Winds' Children
Burgess
Mother West Winds' Why Stories
Burgess
Mother West Winds' Neighbors
Burgess
The Adventure of Poor Mrs. Quack
Burgess
Flower Children
Gordon
Bird Children
Gordon
Mother Earth's Children
Gordon
The Doll's Day
Cadby
BOOKS DONATED
Mrs. Gipson
Great Events by Famous Historians
20 Vols.
Getting Together
Ian Hay
Over the Top
Empey
Frederick Merrill
Tom Swift and His Wizard Camera
Appleton
Tom Swift and His Motor Cycle
Appleton
Tom Swift in Captivity
Appleton
This Year's Books for Boys
Appleton
The Boy Scouts of Berkshire
Eaton Ellis Quirk
Baby Elton Quarterback
Kipling Boy Stories
Kipling
Kipling Boy Stories
Kipling
The Boy Scouts at Panama Canal
Payson
The Boy Scouts at Panama Poe, Exp.
Payson
The Boy Scouts on the Range
Payson
The Boy Scouts for Uncle Sam
Payson
The Flying Machine Boys in the Wilds
Walton
The Motor Boys Overland
Young
The Motor Boys Afloat
Young
The Motor Boys Across the Plains
Young
The Motor Boys on the Wing
Young
The Motor Boys in Strange Waters
Young
The Motor Boys After a Fortune
Young
The Motor Boys Under the Sea
Young
Mrs. W. L. Hopkins
Charlie P. Hopkins
True Stories About Indians
Births Registered in the Town of Greenfield, N. H., for the Year Ending Dec. 31, 1917
Date
Name of Child
Living or s.b.
No. of Child
Name of Father
Maiden Name of Mother
Residence of Parents
Occupation of Father
Birthplace of Father
Birthplace of Mother
May 20 June 11
Roland Frank
ML |8 |J. F. Hussey
Greenfield
Foreman Section Hand Farmer
Acton, Mass. Canada Lyndeboro
So. Acton, Mass. Francestown
June 16
Alice Irene
FL 2 Frank E. Hartshorn
July 5
Pauline Bertha Arline Edith
IF
L
3
R. W. Perham
Arvilla R. Fisk
R. R. Hand Farmer
July 31
Melvin Aylesworth
M
L
3 |Stewart E. White
ML
5 F. Wilfred Russell
Helen A. Duke
Carpenter
FL
6 F. Wilfred Russell
Helen A. Duke
Carpenter
Greenfield
Plainfield, Vt.
Oct. 9
Elsie Irene
F IL
6 John C. Russell
Annabelle Styles
Teamster
Hancock Greenfiel d
Antrim Nashua
Oct. 25
Grace Ann
L
4
Walter R. Russell 1
Rose D. Girard
Farmer
Wilton Wilton Fitchburg Greenfield
Hillsboro
F L
2 R. W. Perham
Stella Bracket Ruth A. Burnham Vona B. Whitney Arvilla R. Fisk
R. R. Hand
Worcester, Mass. Worcester, Mass.
July 5
Rosalie June
FL 2
Joseph Gordon
Helen B. Colby
Manchester
Plainfield, Vt.
Sept. 25 Sept. 25
1917
Sex
1
Marriages Registered in the Town of Greenfield, N. H., for the Year Ending December 31, 1917.
Place & Date of Marriage
Name and Surname of Groom and Bride
Residence of each at time of Marriage
Occupation
Place of Birth of each
Names of Parents
Birthplace of Parents
Name and Residence of Person by whom Married
Francestown
Raymond W. Pcrham Greenfield
20 R. R. Clerk
Wilton
Fred W. Perham Edith M. Richardson William V. Fisk Bertha M. Ball Allie L. Harrington May Mayberry Percival W. Jones Elizabeth A. Moore John F. Savage Josephine A. Crosby
Wilton Francestown Auburndale, Mass. Clinton, Mass. Princeton, Mass. Portland, Me. Sudbury, Mass.
Rev. C. L. Hudson
May 13 Arvilla R. Fisk
Francestown
22 Housework
Worcester, Mass.
Princeton, Mass.
Greenfield
Lansford M. Harring . Sudbury, ton June 3 Marguerite P. Jones
Mass.
Sudbury, Mass.
22 At Home
Sudbury, Mass.
. Sudbury, Mass. Greenfield
Rev.Orlando M. Lord
Green field
Arthur P. Savage
Chelsea, Mass.
47 Government Clerk 46 At Home
Greenfield
Greenfield
· 'George P. Holt Mary Symonds
Nashua Greenfield Hancock
Greenfield
Sept. 20 Edith M. Holt
.
26 Bookkeeper
Francestown Rev.Orlando M. Lord
Antrim
Greenfield
00 Age
Deaths Registered in the Town of Greenfield, N. H., for the Year Ending December 31, 1917.
-
Date
Name
1917
Sex
Years
Months
Cause of Death
Name of Father
Maiden Name of Mother
Birthplace of Father
Birthplace of Mother
Apr. June
14|Addie L. Cummings
W|80| 7| 2|Exhaustion
Greenffeld Ireland
Hudson Ireland
2 Annastasia Flynn
W 82 11 15 Old Age
M M 87 24 Old Age
July
8 Cyrus W. Irish
M M 54 10 15|Ceribral Hemorrhage
MS |74|11|10|Arterio Sclerosis
Aug. Sept.
16 Henry Blanchard 4 Frank E. Bailey
MM
64 11 14
Plainfield, Vt.
Oct.
6
F
S
11 |Premature Birth
A. Clinton French
Lucinda Eaton
Mount Vernon
Antrim
26 Roxana S. Frye
F
72| 2 8 Apoplexy
Benjamin Pollard Patrick Cassion Benjamin Jaquith Cyrus Irish Robert Blanchard Benjamin F. Bailey F. W. Russell
Eliza Smith Margaret Cuddihee Fannie Holt Catharine Davis Mary E. Holt Sarah CarlI Helen A. Duke
Buckfield, Me. Lyndeboro Greenfield
Buckfield, Me. .. Greenfield
Waterbury, Me.
25
MS
3h | Premature Birth
S M or Wid
Days
13| Benjamin F. Jaquith
FRED J. AIKEN, Town Clerk
ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS
OF
GREENFIELD, N. H.
FOR THE
Year Ending January 31, 1919
PRINTED IN PETERBOROUGH, N. H.
1919
ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS
OF
GREENFIELD, N. H.
FOR
The Year Ending January 31, 1919
PRINTED IN PETERBOROUGH .
1919
Town Officers 1917 -- 1918
MODERATOR JOHN T. ROBERTSON
TOWN CLERK FRED J. AIKEN ·
TREASURER FRED B. BROOKS
SELECTMEN
ELLSWORTH C. EMERY EDWIN F. TRUFANT
ELIJAH H. CLOVER
ROAD AGENT WALTER R. RUSSELL
CONSTABLE ARTHUR B. HOLT
COLLECTOR OF TAXES GEORGE A. REYNOLDS
HEALTH OFFICER CLARENCE M. GIPSON to June 14, 1918 ROBERT J. BALDWIN to Jan. 31, 1919
LIBRARY TRUSTEES
GEO. A. REYNOLDS ELIJAH H. CLOVER LEVI B. HARDY
TRUSTEES OF TRUST FUNDS CLARENCE M. GIPSON FRED B. ATHERTON
FRED J. AIKEN
TREASURER OF GREENVALE CEMETERY FRED B. BROOKS
3 AUDITORS
EDWIN C. HOPKINS CLARENCE M. GIPSON
OVERSEER OF POOR GEO. S. BURNHAM
POLICE OFFICER JOHN E. WARREN
SUPERVISORS OF THE CHECK LIST GEO. S. PEAVEY CHARLES M. MANN
GEO. D. GOULD
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES CHARLES M. MANN
MEASURERS OF WOOD AND LUMBER FREDERICK MARTIN PAGE A. LOWE LEVI B. HARDY
Warrant for Town Meeting
(L. s.) THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
To the inhabitants of the Town of Greenfield, N. H., in the County of Hillsboro, in said State, qualified to vote in town affairs:
You are hereby notified to meet at the Town house in said Greenfield, N. H., on Tuesday, the eleventh day of March next, at ten of the clock in the forenoon, to act upon the following subjects:
Article 1. To choose by ballot town officers for the ensuing year, including clerk, treasurer, three selectmen, overseer of the poor, and auditors.
Art. 2. To choose one or more, not exceeding three, highway agents for the ensuing year.
Art. 3. To choose all other necessary town officers for the ensuing year.
Art. 4. To hear the reports of the selectmen, treasurer, road agent, overseer of the poor, school board, library trustees and other town officers, and take any vote relating thereto.
Art. 5. To raise and appropriate such sums of money as may be necessary to defray town charges for the ensuing year.
Art. 6. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate for repairs of highways and bridges.
Art. 7. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate for the support of the Public Library in addition to what the law requires.
Art. 8. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate for decorations of soldiers' and sailors' graves Memorial Day.
Art. 9. To see if the town will vote to authorize the selectmen to hire a sum of money to pay town debts or take any action relating thereto.
Art. 10. To see if the town will vote to accept State Aid and raise and appropriate the sum of $216.50 in addition to the amount required by law for the permanent improvement fund or take any action relating thereto.
Art. 11. To see if the town will vote to accept State Aid Maintenance of State Road and raise and appropriate the sum of $425.00 or take any action relating thereto.
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Art. 12. To see if the town will vote to raise and appro- priate a sum of money to pay interest on town debts or take any action relating thereto.
Art. 13. To see what action the town will take in regard to supplying water to the fountain in the village square.
Art. 14. To see if the town will vote to buy four new street lamps, two in addition to those on Hancock Road, so called, and too, to replace lamps that are worn out or take any action relating thereto. .
Art. 15. To transact any other business which may legally come before said meeting.
Given under our hands and seal the eleventh day of Febru- ary, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and nineteen
ELLSWORTH C. EMERY, EDWIN F. TRUFANT,
Selectmen of
ELIJAH H. CLOVER, Greenfield, N. H.
A true copy of Warrant-Attest: ELLSWORTH C. EMERY, Selectmen of
EDWIN F. TRUFANT, ELIJAH H. CLOVER,
Greenfield, N. H.
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Budget of the Town of Greenfield
SUMMARY INVENTORY
Of the Town of Greenfield, N. H., April 1, 1918. No. of polls, 124. Improved and unimproved lands and buildings lcss exemptions
$311,337 00
95 Horses
13,075 00
256 Cows
16,025 00
8 Oxen
900 00
118 Other neat stock
4,975.00
99 Sheep
990 00
9 Hogs
170 00
1631 Fowls
1,292 50
31 Automobiles
9,750 00
2 Portable Mills
1,050 00
Wood and lumber
875 00
Stock in National Banks
1,200 00
Money on hand
3,188 99
Stock in trade
61,600 00
Mills and machinery
6,900 00
Taxable valuation
$433,328 49
Exemptions to soldiers
1,700 00
Total resident valuation
$291,331 26
Total non-resident valuation
143,697 23
Total valuation
$435,028 49
Tax rate on $100 00
$2 00
Tax rate on polls
2 00
Non-resident taxes assessed
$2,873 94
Resident taxes assessed
5,794 13
Poll taxes assessed
248 00
Total amount of taxes committed to collector $8,916 07
APPROPRIATIONS, 1918
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