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Total expenditures
$11,486 60 $13,961 34 $2,346 06 $871 12
EXPLANATION OF ITEMS
1918
1919
Expenditures as above
$11,486 60
Estimated expenditures
$13,961 34
Paid Selectmen bounties
9 20
Estimated revenue
5,612 23
Refunded to State overpaid
on State Aid Maintenance
196 65
To raise by property tax
$8,349 11
$11.692 45
Actual Expendi- tures Pre-
Increase
Decrease
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Births Registered in the Town of Greenfield, N. H., for the year ending December 31, 1918
Date 1918
Name of Child
Living or sb Sex '
No. of child
Name of Father
Maiden Name of Mother
Residence of Parents **
Occupation of Father
Birthplace of Father
Birthplace of Mother
Feb. Feb. Mar. May
1 7 Merwin Rodger
8
3 Johr E. A. 19|
ML ML ML FL ML FL ML ML
5 Clarence C. Foley 1 Philip S. Burnham 7 John A. Hill 6 Disputed 1 Paul W. Perham 2 Herbert G. Emery
Myrtle-R. Davis Florence B Parker Leah M. Goodwin Minnie Warren Daisy A. I. Lester Beatrice R. Girard Helen A. Duke - Annie L. Harrington
Greenfield
Farmer In Army Section hand
New York Greenfield Hancock
Chester, Vt. Manchester Hancock Greenfield Clinton, Mass.
June · 10 Lester Richardson June 18 Mary Ella
R. R. clerk Farmer
F
Greenfield
Sept.
29
7 |Wilfred F. Russell
Ship carpenter R. R. hand
Wilton Pelham Greenfield Washington
Plainfield, Vt. Hancock
Oct. 22
1 Norman Strickland
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Marriages Registered in the Town of Greenfield, N. H., for the year ending December 31, 1918
Place & Date of Marriage
Name and Surname
of Groom and Bride
Residence of each at time of Marriage
Occupation
Placc of Birth of each
Names of Parents
Birthplace of Parents
Name and Residence of Person by whom Married
Greenfield
Charles M. Mann
Greenfield
62 Jeweller
Greenfield
Martin Mann Elizabeth Swinnington Lyndeboro
Feb. 17 Ella M. Straw
Greenfield
65 Housekeeper
Greenfield
Solomon Drapcr Martha Townes Frederick W. Fuller Rose L. Holt
Quincy, Mass. No. Turner, Me. Greenfield
Rev. William Weston
Feb. 20 Abbie L. Hardy
Greenfield
21 Music teacher
Greenfield
Willis D. Hardy
Marlboro
Bennington
Louis Duval
Greenville Greenfield
24 Mill hand
Greenville
Mabel Farnum Alfred Duval Caroline Dube Nelson Labier
Rumf'd Ctr., Me. Canada Canada
Rev. Jas. H. Keenan Hillsboro
April 22 Josephine M. Labier
22 Mill hand
Greenfield
Moores Jct., N. Y. Canada
Marlboro
Pearl J. Warren
Greenfield
27 Painter
Greenfield
Anna Lucier John E. Warren Harriet J. Draper
Randolph, Vt. Greenfield
Rev. William Weston
June 1 Gladys Dodge
Bennington
21 At home
W. Medford, Mass.
Bennington
Marlboro
Marlboro
Bert S. Draper
Greenfield
43 Farmer
Greenfield
Greenfield
Rev William Weston
Oct. 1 Marion S. Shattuck
Nashua
28 At home
Nashua
Brookline
Marlboro
Greenfield
LeRoy E. Hopkins
Fitchburg, Ms.
35 Mach. foreman
Greenfield
Stoddard Greenfield
Rev. William Weston
Oct. 12 Persis A. Aiken
Greenfield
26 At home
Francestown
Cambridge, Mass
Marlboro
Greenfield
Norman S. Strickland Greenfield
47 R. R. hand
Washington
Samuel Strickland Ellen Vickery
Washington Washington
Dec 22.Mabel M. Williams
|Hillsboro
30 Mill hand
Massachusetts
David M. Williams
Rev. O. M. Lord
Greenfield
Greenfield
Enoch D. Fuller
Quincy, Mass.
25 Aviation squad'n
Quincy, Mass.
George R. Dodge Caro W. Lewis
Lynn, Mass.
Greenfield
Medford, Mass.
Jas. C. P. Draper Austis W. Parker Wilmar J. Shattuck Susan W. Wood William E. Hopkins Lura M. Bailey Fred J. Aiken Minnie S. Brooks
Greenfield
,
Age
Deaths Registered in the Town of Greenfield, N. H., for the year ending December 31, 1918
Date 1918
Name
SM or W
Years
Months
Days
Name of Father
Maiden Name of Mother
Birthplace of Father
Birthplace of Mother
Feb. Apr. May
10
2 Melena
Fractured Skull
4
9 Edema of Lungs
July
14 Paul - 24 Cyril Fournier 4 Mary J. Wheeler 19 Adelia M. Batchelder 30 3 | Michael O'Malley, Jr. 9|Charles W. Dailey
W 83 W 84
W 76
5 7 Old Age
M S
1 Premature Birth Broncho Pneumonia
Lucinda White Helen A. Duke Mary Carr Mary E. Winship
Greerfield Ireland
Ireland
Oct.
8 12 Arterio Schlerosis M M 70
Oct.
22
Strangulated by Cord
Norman Strickland Horace Rogers
Annie L. Harrington Lucy Rogers
Washington Greenfield
Lexington, Mass. Hancock Litchfield
Oct.
28 |David E. Rogers
MS
57| 9|23 |Hepatic Disease
Philip S. Burnham Not known Moris Fournier Charles Carpenter Thomas Williams Wilfred F. Russell Michael O'Malley William Dailey
Florence Parker Not known Lucy Penen
Greenfield
France
Manchester Canada
4 2 Old Age
Aug. Sept.
Oct.
Stanstead, Can.
Brookline Plainfield, Vt.
MS 45
FRED J. AIKEN, Town Clerk
Cause of Death
Sex
ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS
OF
GREENFIELD, N. H.
FOR THE Year Ending January 31, 1920
1920
ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS
OF
GREENFIELD, N. H.
FOR THE Year Ending January 31, 1920
1920
Town Officers
Year Ending Jan. 31, 1920
Moderator JOHN T. ROBERTSON Town Clerk FRED J. AIKEN Treasurer FRED B. BROOKS Selectmen
EDWIN C. HOPKINS ELIJAH H. CLOVER FRED W. GOULD
Road Agent WALTER R. RUSSELL Constable JOHN E. WARREN Collector of Taxes GEORGE A. REYNOLDS
Health Officer GEORGE S. BURNHAM
Library Trustees
GEORGE A. REYNOLDS ELIJAH H. CLOVER
LEVI B. HARDY Trustees of Trust Funds
FRED B. ATHERTON FRED J. AIKEN CLARENCE M. GIPSON Treasurer Greenvale Cemetery FRED B. BROOKS
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Auditors
NATHANIEL F. CHEEVER CLARENCE M. GIPSON Overeser of Poor GEORGE S. BURNHAM
Supervisors of Check List
CHARLES M. MANN PERLEY W. RUSSELL CLARENCE M. WHITE
Sealer of Weights and Measures CHARLES M. MANN
Surveyors of Wood and Lumber LEVI B. HARDY PAGE A. LOWE
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Warrant for Town Meeting
(L. S.) THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
To the inhabitants of the Town of Greenfield in the County of Hillsborough 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 ninth day of March next, at Nine of the clock in the forenoon, to act upon the following subjects :
Article 1. To choose all necessary town officers for the year ensuing.
Art. 2. To raise such sums of money as may be necessary to defray town charges for the ensuing year, and make appropriation for the same.
Art. 3. To choose one or more, and not exceedinf three highway agents 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 see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate for repairs of high- ways and bridges.
Art. 6. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate for the support of the Public Library.
Art. 7. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate for Memorial Day.
Art. 8. 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 relative thereto.
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Art. 9. To see if the town will vote to accept State Aid and raise and appropriate the sum of six hun- dred and forty-six dollars and fifty cents for the per- manent improvement fund or take any action relat- ing thereto.
Art. 10. To see if the town will vote to accept State Aid Maintenance of State Road, raise and ap- propriate the sum of four hundred dollars or take any action relating thereto.
Art. 11. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to pay interest on town debts or take any action relating thereto.
Art. 12. To transact any other business which may legally come before said meeting.
Given under our hands and seal, this nineteenth day of February, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and twenty.
EDWIN C. HOPKINS, ELIJAH H. CLOVER, FRED W. GOULD, Selectmen of Greenfield.
A true copy of Warrant-Attest :
EDWIN C. HOPKINS, ELIJAH H. CLOVER, FRED W. GOULD,
Selectmen of Greenfield.
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Budget of the Town of Greenfield
SUMMARY OF INVENTORY April 1, 1919
Land and buildings, less exemption
$309,872.00
97 Horses
12,500.00
1 Ass 125.00
12 Oxen 1,825.00
246 Cows 18,625.00
137 Other neat stock
7,310.00
123 Sheep
1,345.00
9. Hogs 190.00
250 Fowls
240.00
30 Automobiles
9,650.00
Wood and lumber
9,200.00
Stock in National banks
1,200.00
Money on hand
5,980.34
Stock in trade
46,700.00
Mill ; and machinery
6,800.00
$431,562.34
126 polls $378.00
Amount of taxes committed to collector Rate, $2.30; exact rate reported to tax committee $2.291
$10,304.17
Exemptions
$1,700.00
APPROPRIATIONS
Town charges $1,300.00
Repairs, 'highways and bridges
2,000.00
Public library 150.00
Memorial Day 25.00
State highway construction
216.50
State Aid maintenance
425.00
interest on town debts
100.00
Street lamps
35.00
Celebration
200.00
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County tax State tax Special State tax
752.79 1,746.00 388.00
$7,338.29
Schools
Support of schools
$2,166.00
Salaries
95.00
High school tuition
500.00
Per capita tax (72 pupils)
144.00
Text books and supplies
200.00
Flags and appurtenances
25.00
$3,130.00
$10,468.29
We certify that the above is a correct transcript of the footing of each column of taxable property, the amount of taxes levied, and the rate of taxation in the town of Greenfield for the year nineteen hun- dred nineteen as made and returned to the State Tax Commission.
EDWIN C. HOPKINS,
ELIJAH H. CLOVER,
FRED W. GOULD, Selectmen of Greenfield.
Schedule of Town Property
Town hall, land, building and common
$8,000.00
Library, land and building
8,000.00
Furniture and books
1,700.00
Engine House
1,500.00
Equipment
1,000.00
Highway Department:
Equipment
200.00
Materials, bridge plank
50.00
Cemetery lot
7,000.00
Total
$27,450.00
Budget of the Town of Greenfield, N. H.
Sources of Revenue Revenue Revenue Increase Decrease Estimates of revenue and expenditures for year Feb. 1, 1920 to Jan. 31, 1921 compared with revenue and expenditures of year Feb. 1. 1919 to Jan. 31, 1920.
Actual 1919
Estimated 1920
From State :
nsurance tax
$14.62
$14.62
Railroad tax
1,040.43
1,040.43
Savings Bank tax
523.32
523.32
For fighting forest fires For Highways :
14.56
State Aid maintenance
500.60
410.32
$9923
Rent of Town Hall
12.00
12.00
nterest on taxes
27.01
20.00
7.01
From poll taxes From State :
378.00
625.00
$217.00
State Aid construction
1.160 64
1.160.64
Proportion of school fund
97.50
97.50
)og licenses
124.40
124.40
'otal revenue except property tax $2,732.44
$4,028.23
$1,407.64
$97.29
Amount raised by property tax
$9,926.17
Total revenue
Purposes of Expenditure
$12,658.61 Actual Expendi- ture 1919
Estimated Expendi- ture
Increase Decrease
1920
General Government:
'own officers' salaries
$461.50
$461.50
`own officers' expenses
91.45
125.00
$33.55
lection and registration expenses
30.40
75.00
44.60
'are and supplies for Town Hall
185.77
35.77
$150.00
Protection of Persons and Property : Police department includes care of tramps
90.40
80.00
. 10.40
'ire department, includes forest fires Bounties Health :
4.80
Health department
4,05
10.00
5.95
ital statistics
4.10
5.00
.90
Highways and Bridges : State Aid Maintenance : State
500.60
410.32
90.28
158.46
158.46
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Town
463.49
410.56
36.53
Town maintenance
1,807.88
·2,000.00
92.12
Street lighting
192.37
200.00
7.63
General expense highway department Education :
296.18
200.00
96.18
Library
150.00
200.00
50.00
Charity :
Town poor
7.45
100.00
92.55
Patriotic Purposes :
42.75
25.00
17.75
Memorial tablet
164.48
164.48
Public Service Enterprises :
44.50
25.00
19.50
Unclassified :
Damage on highway
10.00
10.00
Legal advise, 1918 Interest :
5.00
5.00
On long term notes
109.60
59.60
50.00
On Trust Funds used by Town
94.93
94.93
State Aid construction, Town
1,935.40
1,935.40
State Aid construction, State
1,160.64
1,160.64
Payments on Principal of Debt :
Long-term notes
1,100.00
1,100.00
Payments to Other Govermental Divisions :
State taxes
2,134.00
2,134.00
County taxes
752.79
752.79
Payments to School District
3,367.90
2,902.81
465.09
Estimated requirements for 1920
$14,661.78
$4,523.34 $1,115.21
Total expenditures
$11,174.85
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Memorial Day
Cemeteries
Financial Report
OF THE
Town of Greenfield
IN COUNTY OF HILLSBOROUGH FOR THE Fiscal Year Ending Jan. 31, 1920 CERTIFICATE
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.
EDWIN C. HOPKINS, ELIJAH H. CLOVER, FRED W. GOULD, Selectmen of Greenfield.
11 ASSETS
Cash in hands of treasurer $4,912.04
Amounts due town : Due from State :
Balance in state treasury, State Aid maintenance
10.32
Balance in state treasury, State Aid construction 773.04
Bounty on hedgehogs
2.80
Rent of hall, (Grange)
12.00
Due on tax list, 1918
75.30
Due on tax list, 1919
346.28
$6,131.78
LIABILITIES
Congregational Church note
$1,192.00
Lawrence Flynn note
1,000.00
Trust fund notes
2,812.26
$5,004.26
Surplus
$1,127.52
$6,131.78
Net Town debt Jan. 31, 1919
$736.42
Surplus, Jan. 31, 1920
1,127.52
Decrease in town debt $1,863.94
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RECEIPTS
Amount committed to collector 1919 $10,304.17
Less discounts and abatements 37.60
Less uncollected 1919
346.28
Property and poll taxes, cur- rent year collected 9,920.29
Uncollected previous years
426.00
Less abatements previous years
2.00
Less uncollected taxes previous years 75.30
Property and poll taxes previ- ous years collected 348.70
Total of above collections
$10,268.99
From State :
For highways:
For State Aid maintenance
$500.60
Insurance tax
14.62
Railroad tax
1,040.43
Savings Bank tax
523.32
Proportion School fund
97.50
Fighting forest fires
14.56
Bounties
11.20
Dog licenses
124.40
For use of scales
46.50
Rent of hall
12.00
Interest received on taxes
27.01
Automobile permits
71.65
Trust fund
100.00
$2,583.79
$12,852.78
Cash on hand Feb. 1, 1919.
$3,234.11
Grand total
$16,086.89
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SUMMARY OF PAYMENTS
Town officers' salaries
$461.50
Town officers' expenses
91.45
Election and registration expenses
30.40
Expense town hall
185.77
Police department and care of tramps
90.40
Fire department, including forest fires
158.46
Bounties
4.80
Health department
4.05
Vital statistics
4.10
Highways:
State Aid maintenance
964.09
Town maintenance
1,807.88
Street lighting
192.37
General expense highway department
296.18
Library
150.00
Town poor
7.45
Memorial day, $15.00; flags, $27.75
42.75
Memorial tablet
164.48
Cemeteries
44.50
Damage on highways
10.00
Legal expense, 1918
5.00
Interest on notes
204.53
State tax
2,134.00
County tax
752.79
Paid School District
3,367.90
Total payments
$11,174.85
Cash on hand Jan. 31, 1920
$4,912.04
Grand total
$16,086.89
DETAILED STATEMENT OF EXPENDITURES
Town Officers' Salaries
Paid, E. C. Hopkins, 1st selectman $90.00
E. H. Clover, 2nd selectman 85.00
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F. W. Gould, 3rd selectman 80.00
F. J. Aiken, clerk 35.00
Fred J. Aiken, 10 auto permits 2.50
F. B. Books, treasurer 30.00
G. S. Burnham, overseer of poor 30.00
G. A. Reynolds, tax collector
100.00
C. M. Gipson, auditor 1918 and 1919 6.00
C. M. White, auditor 1918 and 1919 3.00
$461.50
Town Officers' Expenses
Paid, Ezra M. Smith, counsel 1918 - $5.00
E. C. Emery, stamps, telephone and expenses 1918 1.30
Transcript Printing Co., printing 1918 reports 63.20
Nellie L. Mason, stamps and stamped 1
envelopes 2.67
E. C. Eastman, record books 13.35
Fred J. Aiken, auto record book 4.85
Hopkins Bros., & Belcher, supplies 2.10
G. S. Burnham, expense to Concord
3.98
$96.45
Election and Registration
Paid G. W. Putnam, ballot inspector $3.00
A. G. Warren, tending gate November election 3.00
G. S. Peavey, supervisor two
years and supplies 24.40
$30.40
Town Hall Expenses
Paid F. G. & E. C. Muzzey, labor on Church steps $4.00
15
Hopkins Bros., and Belch-
er, oil and supplies 4.02
E. H. Clover, insurance on
Town House
150.00
Leah Hill, janitor 12.75
C. M. Mann, care of clock 15.00
$185.77
Protection of Persons and Property Paid J. E. Warren, constable $25.00
Fire Department
Paid F. J. Aiken, fire warden $12.50
F. J. Aiken, forest fires 18.70
Hopkins Bros., & Belcher,
acid and supplies 12.26
Washington Engine Co.,
salary firemen
100.00
E. H. Clover, insurance on
Engine House
15.00
$158.46
Bounties
Paid E. C. Emery, wildcat 1918 $2.00
14 hedgehogs
2.80
$4.80
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Health and Sanitation
Paid G. S. Burnham, book on
sanitation $4.05
Vital Statistics
Paid F. J. Aiken, recording births,
marriages and deaths $2.85
Dr. E. D. Stevens, returning deaths .25
Dr. N. F. Cheever, returning
births and deaths 1.00
$4.10
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Highways
State Aid Maintenance :
Paid Frank Shea, months Feb.
and March
$29.74
Material
.85
April
93.50
May
130.60
Materiał
3.00
June
103.40
Material
4.60
July
76.50
August
126.00
September
126.00
Material
11.20
October
99.00
November and December
151.50
Trip to Keene
8.00
Material
.20
$964.09
Snow Bills
Paid W. R. Russell, spring 1919
$9.00
Eugene Muzzey
3.00
F. E. Russell
3.00
Harry A. Dorr
5.43
W. R. Russell, Jan. 1920
35.00
$55.43
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Highways and Bridges
Town Maintenance :
Paid W. R. Russell, March $54.00
G. S. Peavey, man clearing walk .60
W. R. Russell, April 474.98
W. R. Russell, May 330.83
D. O. Flynn, May 69.83
W. R. Russell, June
276.18
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W. R. Russell, July 21.85
W. R. Russell, August
160.84
W. R. Russell, September 165.22
W. R. Russell, October
83.40
W. R. Russell, November
and December 105.72
Harry Door, cutting bushes
9.00
$1,752.45
General Expense of Highway Department
Paid C. H. Cragin, repairs, 1918
$5.45
W. R. Russell, gravel 32.35
Upton & Nichols
214.18
Good Roads Machine Co., re-
pairs for machine 13.00
Hopkins Bros., & Belcher,
supplies 12.39
C. H. Cragin, repairs
18.81
$296.18
Lighting Streets
Paid Harold Cochran
$100.84
Hopkins Bros., & Belcher,
oil, supplies and repairs 89.53
F. J. Aiken, repairs on lamp
2.00
$192.37
Libraries
Paid, Library Trustees
$150.00
Charity
Paid, Overseer of poor
$7.45
Care of tramps 53.60
G. W. Putnam, wood for lobby 7.00
Hopkins Bros., & Belcher, crackers 4.80
$72.85
18 Patriotic Purposes
Paid, Hopkins Bros., & Belcher,
large flag $25.00.
Hopkins Bros., & Belcher,
flags for Memorial Day 2.75
Dr. B. L. Talbot, Memorial
Day 15.00
Liberty Bronze Works,
tablet
162.50
Express on tablet
1.98
$207.23
Public Enterprises
Paid, F. J. Aiken, care of ceme-
teries $32.50
C. M. Gipson, labor in ceme-
teries
8.00
F. B. Atherton, labor on
water system 4.00
$44.50
Unclassified
Paid, Fred W. Paige, damage
on road $10.00
Interest
204.53
$214.53
Payments to Other Government Departments
Paid, State tax ·
$1,746.00
Special State tax 388.00
County tax 752.79
School district 1
3,367.90 $6,254.69
Total expenditures $11,174.85
Respectfully submitted, EDWIN C. HOPKINS, ELIJAH H. CLOVER, FRED W. GOULD,
Selectmen of Greenfield.
19 REPORT OF TREASURER
Amount on hand Feb. 1, 1919
$3,234.11
Received, taxes 1919 9,936.44
Received, taxes 1918 359.56
Received, highway maintenance
500.60
Received, dog licenses
124.40
Received, David Rogers Cemetery fund
100.00
Received, tax on motor vehicles 71.65
Received, use of scales 46.50
Received, forest fire bills
14.56
Received, Grange, use of hall
12.00
Received, bounty on hedgehogs
11.20
Paid, selectmen's orders
$14,411.02 $9,498.98
Balance on hand Feb. 1, 1920
$4,912.04
Respectfully submitted, FRED B. BROOKS, Treasurer.
REPORT OF TREASURER OF GREENVALE CEMETERY
Amount on hand, Feb. 1, 1919 $72.15
Received for lots 3.00
Balance on hand Feb. 1, 1920
$75.15
Respectfully submitted,
FRED B. BROOKS, Treasurer.
ROAD AGENT'S REPORT For Year Ending Jan. 31, 1920
Week ending March 29:
W. R. Russell
$10.50
Man and team
18.00
Team
9.00
James Farmer
9.00
Ed. French
7.50
$54.00
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Week ending April 5:
W. R. Russell
$14.00
Man and team
24.00
Team
12.00
James Farmer
12.00
Ed. French
12.00
$74.00
Week ending April 12:
W. R. Russell
$19.44
Man and team
33.35
Team
16.67
James Farmer
16.00 ·
Ed. French
17.67
$103.13
Week ending April 19:
W. R. Russell
$14.00
Man and team
24.00
Team
12.00
James Farmer
12.00
Ed. French
12.00
Paul Flynn and team
24.00
D. O. Flynn
12.00
Ernest McQuade
7.50
Week ending April 26:
W. R. Russell
$12.44
Man and team
21.35
Team
10.67
James Farmer
12.33
Ed. French
9.00
Francis Magoon
1.39
A. R. Holt
1.67
Paul Flynn and team
6.00
Paul Flynn and team
27.00
D. O. Flynn
16.50
Ernest McQuade
16.50
$117.50
$134.85
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Week ending May 3:
W. R. Russell
$3.50
Man and team
6.00
Team
3.00
James Farmer
3.00
Ed. French
3.00
Paul Flynn
18.00
D. O. Flynn
9.00
$45.50
Week ending May 10:
W. R. Russell
$10.50
Man and team
36.00
Team
9.00
James Farmer
18.00
Ed. French
18.00
$91.50
Week ending May 17:
W. R. Russell
$14.00
Man and team
18.00
Team
9.00
James Farmer
12.00
Ed. French
12.00
$65.00
Week ending May 24:
W. R. Russell
$10.50
Man and team
18.00
Team
6.00
James Farmer
10.33
Ed. French
12.00
$56.83
Week ending May 31:
W. R. Russell
$21.00
Man and team
36.00
Team
15.00
James Farmer
18.00
Ed. French
18.00
Paul Flynn and team
30.00
D. O. Flynn
12.50
L. W. Flynn and team
16.67
22 -
Will Flynn Paul Flynn
8.33
2.33
$177.83
Week ending June 7:
W. R. Russell
$3.50
Team
3.00
Ed. French
3.00
$9.50
Week ending June 21 :
W. R. Russell
$17.50
Man and team
33.35
Team
15.00
Ed. French
15.00
Everett Magoon
9.00
Francis Magoon
6.00
Paul Flynn and team
21.00
D. O. Flynn
10.50
$127.35
Week ending June 28:
W. R. Russell
$17.50
Man and team
30.00
Team
12.00
Ed. French
17.33
Everett Magoon
15.00
Paul Flynn and team
27.00
D. O. Flynn
13.50
Peter McQuade
4.50
Henry Flynn
3.00
J. Brooks and team
6.00
Sherman Flynn
3.00
Week ending July 19:
W. R. Russell
3.50
Man and team
6.00
Andy Holt
1.00
Ed French
1.00
$11.50
1
$148.83
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Week ending July 26: W. R. Russell Man and team Ed. French
$4.67
3.35
2.33
$10.35
Week ending August 9:
W. R. Russell
$5.06
Andy Holt
6.00
Ed. French
6.00
$17.06
Week ending August 16:
W. R. Russell
$5.44
Man and team
8.00
Ed. French
4.67
Andy Holt
1.67
$19.78
Week ending August 23:
W. R. Russell
$14.00
Team
12.00
Andy Holt
13.67
One horse
4.50
Paul Flynn and team
30.00
D. O. Flynn
15.00
Paul Flynn
1.33
$90.50
Week ending August 30:
W. R. Russell
3.50
Team
3.00
Paul Flynn and team
12.00
D. O. Flynn
9.00
Paul Flynn
6.00
Week ending September 13:
W. R. Russell,
$16.72
Man and team
28.66
Ed. French
6.00
F. A. Brown
7.78
$33.50
$59.16
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Week ending September 20:
W. R. Russell
$14.00
Team
13.67
Ed. French
12:00
F. A. Brown
11.39
$51.06
Week ending September 27:
W. R. Russell
$8.94
Team
7.67
F. A. Brown
6.39
D. O. Flynn
13.00
Paul Flynn
3.00
Paul Flynn and team
16.00
$55.00
Week ending October 18:
W. R. Russell
$3.89
Team
3.33
F. A. Brown
4.17
D. O. Flynn
7.67
Paul Flynn and team
24.66
Week ending October 25:"
W. R. Russell
$4.28
Team
3.67
F. A. Brown
3.06
Paul Flynn and team
14.67
Paul Flynn
5.00
$30.68
Week ending November 1:
W. R .. Russell
$3.50
Team
3.00
F. A. Brown
2.50
$9.00
Week ending November 15:
W. R. Russell
$9.72
.
Team
9.33
F. A. Brown
7.78
$26.83
$43.72
25
Week ending November 22:
W. R. Russell
$6.22
Team
6.33
F. A. Brown
5.28
D. O. Flynn
4.67
Paul Flynn
6.00
$28.50
Week ending November 29:
W. R. Russell
$3.50
Team
3.00
F. A. Brown
2.50
$9.00
Week ending December 6:
W. R. Russell
$10.50
Team
9.00
F. A. Brown
8.89
$28.39
Week ending December 27:
W. R. Russell
$7.00
Team
6.00
Harry Dorr cutting bushes
9.00
G. S. Peavey, cleaning walk
.60
$22.60
$1,752.45
Respectfully submitted, W. R. RUSSELL, Road Agent.
COLLECTOR'S REPORT
Due on 1918 tax list
$126.00
Paid treasurer, taxes
$318.70
Abaied, Horatio Sargent
2.00
Balance to collect
75.30
Paid treasurer interest on taxes 1919 Tax list Abated, Betsy Barrett, Est., over
$26.00
$10.86 -
$10,304.17
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tax $4.60
Blanchard, George R., U. S. service
3.00
Burnham, Philip S., U. S. service 3.00
Dunbar, Wm., paid in Peterboro
3.00
Fortier, Edward
3.00
Holt, Arthur B., paid in Mass.
3.00
Hopkins, LeRoy E., paid in Mass.
3.00
Linehan, William 3.00
Lowe, Lester H., U. S. service 3.00
Magoon, Philip, U. S. service
3.00
O'Malley, Walter, paid in Milford
3.00
Strickland, Norman, paid in Hillsboro 3.00
Paid treasurer, taxes 9,920.29
$9,957.89
Paid treasurer, interest on taxes
$16.15
Balance to collect $346.28
Respectfully submitted, GEORGE A. REYNOLDS, Collector.
REPORT OF HEALTH OFFICER
Paid for book on Sanitation $4.05
Received selectmens' order 4.05
Respectfully submitted, GEORGE S. BURNHAM, Health Officer.
LIBRARY REPORT
Library Building Fund in Peter borough Savings Bank $33.67
Cash on hand Feb. 1, 1919
$30.42
Appropriation
150.00
Interest on Ramsey legacy
17.50
Fines
12.96
$210.88
Magazines $14.90
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Books
33.22
History, World War
9.00
Librarian
57.50
Care of lawn
11.50
Store bill
3.39
Wood
17.07
Miscellaneous
2.61
$149.19
$61.69
Respectfully submitted, GEORGE A. REYNOLDS, -
Treasurer.
ELIJAH H. CLOVER,
LEVI B. HARDY,
GEORGE A. REYNOLDS,
Trustees.
REPORT OF OVERSEER OF THE POOR
Town Poor Paid Hopkins Bros., & Belcher for goods delivered Mrs. Arthur Cochrane $7.45
Receiver from selectmen 7.45
Respectfully submitted, GEORGE S. BURNHAM, Overseer of the Poor.
SCHOOL REPORT
This year we were obliged to change our school year. Under the new rules the school year closes Ang. 31, of each year. This report therefore will only embrace expenditures and receipts from Feb. 12 1919 to Aug. 31, 1919.
The School Meeting last year only appropriated the amount of money required by law to make the District eligible for State Aid if it was needed. This money was not available till Sept. 1, 1919. In con-
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sequence we had no funds to maintain the schools with from Feb. 12, 1919 to Sept. 1, 1919, except lhe balance on hand Feb. 12, 1919 from last year's money. The selectmen advanced the money needed.
Whole number of pupils attending
school
84
Boys
41
Girls 43
Average length of all schools 15 wecks.
Greatest number of weeks, 17.
Least number of weeks,'10.
Current Expenditures
Teachers' salaries
$744.20
Tuition
. 18.00
Fuel
28.00
Janitor services
58.85
Supplies
57.32
Repairs
15.01
$921.38
Revenue
Balance from last year
$504.69
Proceeds from school entertainment
26.16
Received from selectmen
911.90
Dog licenses
140.40
Total revenue
$1,583.15
Total expenditures
$921.38
Balance on hand, Sept. 1, 1919
$661.77
Amount needed for school purposes next
year :
High school tuition
$500.00
Officers' salaries
$95.00
State tax
$150.00
Total
$745.00
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Sum in addition to amount required by law. Respectfully submitted, ELIJAH H. CLOVER, NATHANIEL F. CHEEVER, DANIEL O. FLYNN, School Board.
REPORT OF TREASURER OF SCHOOL DISTRICT
Received from treasurer of 1918 $504.69
Received, proceeds of school entertainment
26.16
Received, selectmen 911.90
Received, 1918 dog licenses
140.40
$1,583.15
Paid School Board orders
$921.38
Balance on hand Sept. 1, 1919
$661.77
Respectfully submitted, FRED B. BROOKS, Treasurer.
SCHOOL BOARD REPORT
Required annual report of school board to dis- friet, stating amount of money needed for support of school and for statutory requirements (see Laws of 1919, 106:21.)
1. Amount of money required by law ($3.50 on each $1,000 of the 1920 inventory.)
2. Statement in detail of the additional amount of money required for the support of schools, and payment of statutory obligations for the ensuing fiscal year.
Elementary High
Schools Schools
I.' Budget (School Money.)
(a) For support of schools (This is school money and may be used for
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maintaining schools including the purchase of fuel and other sup- plies, the transporta- tion of pupils and in- cidental repairs not exceeding 5% of school money.) $2,775.00
(b) For purchase of text- books and scholars' supplies $200.00
(c) For the purchase of flags and appurten- ances
(d) For the payment of tuitions at high schools and academies $500.00
$25.00
Total amount required for above items $3,000.00
$500.00
(f) Estimate of amount of a $5 tax on the 1920 inventory $2,157.00
11. Requirements to Meet Budget :
(a) For support of elemen- tary schools (If the amount re- quired for elementary schools is more than the amount of a $5 tax the amount should be reported, otherwise the amount required.)
(b) For support of high school or payment of high school tuitions Total for support of all schools £ (School money.)
$.
$ .
$3,500.00
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III. School Board Report of Assessment Required:
(1) For the support of schools and the pur- chase of required books, supplies and flags, and the pay- ment of High School tuitions. Estimate of $3.50 tax on 1920 inventory $1,510.00. Estimate of addi- tional sums needed
$.
$1,990.00
(2) For the payment of the per capita tax (statutory) $164.00
(3) For the payment of debt (statutory) $. . ..
(4) For the payment of interest ( statutory) $.
(5) For the payment of other statutory re- quirements (if any) $
Town voted $5 tax per $1,000 at school meeting 1919.
.
We the undersigned, Auditors of Accounts for the Town of Greenfield, N. H., hereby certify that we have examined the foregoing accounts of the sev- eral officers of the town and school district for the year ending Jan. 31, 1920 and find them correctly cast and properly vouched.
N. F. CHEEVER, C. M. GIPSON,
Auditors.
BIRTHS REGISTERED IN THE TOWN OF GREENFIELD, N. H., FOR THE YEAR ENDING DEC. 31, 1919.
Date 1919
Name of Child
Sex
Living or
Still Born
No. of Child
Name of Father
Maiden Name of Mother
Residence of Parents
Occupation of Father
Birthplace of |Birthplace of Father Mother
Aug. 24 Oct.
Robert A. Hopkins.
M |L| 1
LeRoy E. Hopkins .
PersisA, Aiken .
Helen A. Duke . .. Stella A. Boyinton.
Greenfield
Farmer
.
Greenfield . . Greenfield .. Warren ... .
Francestown Plainfield, Vt. Warren ....
DEATHS
REGISTERED IN THE TOWN OF GREENFIELD, N. H., FOR OR THE YEAR ENDING DEC. 31, 1919
Date 1919
Name
Single, Married
or Widowed
Years
Months
Days
Jan. 15
Edwin J. Heller
M | M | 37 | 3|28
Influenza-Pneumonia
Mathew Heller ....
Amelia Powel
Milton, Mass. Greenfield
June 26
William H. Reynolds ..
M | W |87 |
7 | 14
Not determined.
Andrew H. Reynolds Diadamia Edes
July 19
Lizzie A. McCanna
F | S | 44|
6 | 14
Pernicious Anemia ·
Michael McCanna .
Ann Keelan . . Caroline B. Marsh .
.. Ireland .... Greenfield
Aug. 16
Harlan P. Holt
M |M | 66 |
4 | 3 Appoplexy .
Dec. 7
Sarah F. Peavey
F | S ] 87 | 5 17
Cerrhosis of Liver
Zebediah Peavey ... Mary B. Patterson ..
.
Maiden Name of Mother
Birthplace of Father
Birthplace of Mother
Cause of Death
Name of Father
Machinist
Virginia Russell
F | L| 8
Frank W. Russell
Dec. 2
Phyllis I. Moses ...
F |L| 2
Fred A. Moses ....
Fitchburg, Mass. Greenfield
Laborer
Levi S. Holt
Greenfield ·
England Rome, N. Y. Ireland Greenfield Temple
Sex
MARRIAGES REGISTERED IN THE TOWN OF GREENFIELD, N. H., FOR THE YEAR ENDING DEC. 31, 1919.
Date of Marriage
Name and Surname of groom and bride
Residence of 1 each at time | Age of marriage
Occupation
Place of Birth
Name of Parents
Birthplace of Parents
Name and Residence of Person by whom married
May 3 1919 Nov. 27 1919
Perley N. Blanchard Hazel C. Lowe ... Carroll H. Blanchard Alice L. O'Brine . .
Greenfield . .
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Farmer
·
South Lyndeboro
Ches. H. Blanchard Martha Newton
Greenfield
Rev. William Weston Marlboro, N. H.
Greenfield
22
Greenfield
20
Greenfield
Clarence S. Lowe .. Edda Burton . . . George C. Blanchard Minnie M. Wheeler. John O'Brine
So. Lyndeboro . Greenfield
Arlington, Mass.
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Stenographer ·
Cambridge, Mass.
Lyndeboro
Cambridge, Mass.
Elizabeth Cox .....
Arlington, Mass.
.
.
At home .
Greenfield
Francestown . Greenfield
Farmer
Rev.Charles J. Leddy Hillsboro, N. H.
Arlington, Mass.
Received
Year
Amounts
Jan. 1, 1919.
Amount
Invested
Where
Earnings
bank books
Interest in
Expended
paid
To whom
Flowers, etc.
Clipping,
Mowing,
(For What)
Jan. 1, 1920
Balance
Selinder Holt
$18.92
$100.00
$155.90
Town of Greenfield
$3.50
$2.81
$5.45
F. J. Aiken
"
:
$156.76
Jacob Gould
19.06
100.00
106.25
Town of Greenfield
3.50
.30
5.45
F. J. Aiken
"
104.60
Moses Robinson
19.10
100.00
105.66
Town of Greenfield
3.50
.25
5.45
F. J. Aiken
103.96
Alve Stephenson
19.06
400.00
510.89
Town of Greenfield
14.00
5.52
7 05
F. J. Aiken
"
523.36
Mary C. Emerson
19.10
120.00
400:00
Town of Greenfield
4.20
.15
5.50
F. J. Aiken
122.50
Mary D. French
19.01
200.00
123.65
Peterboro Sav. Bank
10.31
10.31
9.25
F. J. Aiken
37
232.52
Henry Holt
19.14
50.00
231.46
Town of Greenfield
1.75
5.35
F. J. Aiken
50.00
John D. Hardy
19.14
1192 26
50.00
Town of Greenfield
41.73
7.12
9.15
F. J. Aiken
"
1379.52
John Gage
19.15
50.00
1339.82
Town of Greenfield
1.75
.11
1.60
F. J. Aiken
53.05
Abram A. Ramsey ..
19.16
200.00
50.00
Amoskeag Sav. Bank
8.52
8.52
6.98
F. J. Aiken
"
211.90
Elvira E. Ramsey ..
19.17
100.00
210.36
Town of Greenfield
3.50
5.45
F. J. Aiken
,
100.00
Elvira E. Ramsey ..
19.17
500.00
100.62
Town of Greenfield
17.50
17.50
Library
Library
500.00
David E. Rogers ...
19.20
100.00
500.00
Town of Greenfield
Trustees
Books
$360.00 of the Mary D. French fund expended on the Henry Holt lot under provisions of the will. $1.33 of the A. A. Ramsey fund expended on the Elvira E. Ramsey lot under provisions of the will.
$5.25 paid C. M. Gipson for postage and fare to Concord, N. H., included. in F. J. Aiken bill for care of lots.)
FRED J. AIKEN,
FRED B. ATHERTON,
C. M. GIPSON,
Trustees of Trust Funds.
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