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EXPENDITURES
Repairing highways
1,370 55
Snow bills
71 00
Care of street lamps
114 98
Picking moths
29 80
School Board
2,580 70
Notes and interest
1,121 66
County tax
597 03
State tax
864 00
Library Trustees
175 00
Town officers
447 50
Miscellaneous
730 65
State road
1,123 86
Engine house
379 83
Treasurer Fire Company
Railing
326 88
Cemetery Com. overdrawn $33.29
327 86
J. K. Felch, to firemen
100 00
Forest fire
8 14
Maintenance of state road
224 32
Interest on church notes and trust funds
128 60
Note and interest at Manchester
2,031 50
12,762 46
TOWN OFFICERS
C. M. Gipson, auditor for 1914 $ 2 00
M. L. Mason Est., auditor for 1914 2 00
C. M. Gipson, Health officer for 1915 5 00
E A. Richardson, special police
4 00
E. A. Richardson, special at fair 1915
6 00
E. C. Emery, special at fair 1915
6 00
G. S. Burnham, overseer or poor
30 00
F B. Brooks, town treasurer
25 00
J. E. Warren, constable
12 50
G. A. Reynolds, tax collector
90 00
F. J. Aiken, town clerk 25 00
E. P. Holt, 1st Selectman 85 00
E. J. Fletcher, 2d Selectman
80 00
D. O. Flynn, 3d Selectman
75 00
447 50
Health officer
MISCELLANEOUS
F. B. Atherton, 1914 bill $ 8 02
F. B. Brooks, printing 1915 reports 66 00
C. A. Lewis, damage to team on culvert 20 00
C. H. Frye, treas. Veteran Association 25 00
F. B. Brooks, insurance on library 36 00
E. C. Eastman, bill
6 99
D. O. Flynn, damage to Wallace automobile 20 00
N. F. Cheever, vaccinating
11 25
E. P. Holt, postage
.60
hedgehogs
3 20
telephone
40
horse hire and dinner in
regard to July 4 1 50
cash to Arthur Cochran, 4th July 1 50
F. B. Brooks, sealing weights and
measures
4 00
J. B. Varick bill
90
printing invoice of taxes
45 00
painting Dennis bridge E. R. Dutton 36 34
grade crossing signs 7 00
G. F. Russell Est., pipe for posts
2 60
F. B. Brooks, auto signs
13 00
W. D. Hardy, wood for lobby
5 00
Geo. D. Gould, Marsh case 13 99 bill came in late 1915 2 05
Bales & Cheever & Brennan bill, Marsh case 89 23
F. J. Aiken, returning births and deaths
8 37
John Hill, care hall, glass, and acct.
19 35
G. W. French, poll tax 1913 1 75
N. F. Cheever, returning births and deaths 3 25
W. L. Hopkins, storing fire engine two years 24 00
E. C. & W. L. Hopkins, store bill
100 09
C. M. Mann, care clock and oil 18 28
G. S. Peavey, 4th July racket 75
6
F. B. Atherton, starting water 3 00
Dr. Stevens, returning births and deaths 1 00
E. P. Holt, postage, telephone, ex- press 18 54
Hedgehogs, creosote, trip to Peterborough for Counsel, time at Boston in regard to rails, time at Wilton 4th July to meet Spring. Putting upcros sing signs and timber for same. Peram- bulating town lines, trip to Manchester to meet tax com- mission.
J. E. Warren, care of tramps 50 95
E. J. Fletcher, Manchester tax com. 5 00
perambulating town lines 3 00
214 cords wood, town hall 10 00
2 cords wood lobby 9 00
D. O. Flynn, Manchester tax com. 5 00
perambulating town
lines 3 00
Freight
90)
putting up crossing
signs
2 50
trip to Peterborough, Marsh case 50
Freight
26
postage 38
hedgehogs 60
telephone 16
. C. H. Cragin, blacksmith bill 15 45
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CEMETERY COMMITTEE
Paid for labor and material
$ 327 86
Overdrawn 33 29
Expended
$ 294 57
Forest fires 8 14
ENGINE HOUSE
Paid for labor and material 379 83
Amount of permanent fund
Balance on hand Feb. 15, 1915
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ROAD AGENT ACCOUNT
Fred Brooks, dirt roads
371 31
snow bill
56 00
G. S. Peavey, snow bill
1 00
428 31
Bridge plank, M. W. White
144 39
W. R. Russell account:
A. P. Lowe, Driscoll road
13 00
Lester Lowe,
16 00
W. R. Russell, dirt roads
148 50
15 00
snow bill
4 40
196 90
C. H. Blanchard account:
Fred Smith, 1914 account
5 00
C. H. Blanchard, dirt road 66
51 90
80
29 00
35 65
71 30
74 65
snow bill
5 70
W. K. Smith, snow bill 1914
4 50
278 50
John Webb account: -
John Webb, work in 1914 and 15
33 25
R. J. Baldwin, loam
7 00
40 25
D. W. Flynn account: D. W. Flynn, dirt roads
46 40
66
54 00
66
61 20
21 60
61 90
12 00
A. N. White account: A. N. White, dirt roads
36 77
15 73
52 50
Geo. D. Gould in 1914
4 00
1
40 20
297 30
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CARE STREET LIGHTS
Harold Cochran New lamps
$ 100 00
11 25
Lamp posts and freight
: 73
114 98
PICKING MOTHS
H. J. Holt
16 80
H. J. Holt
12 00
C. H. Blanchard, creosote
1 00
29 80
COST OF RAILING ROADS
Paid:
C. H. Blanchard, putting up rails 29 00
D. W. Flynn, putting up rails 41 10
W. F. Russell for posts 70 00
W. R. Russell, rails and putting up same 71 50
E. P. Holt, time and expense at
Boston in regard to pipe for road rails 6 00
F. B. Brooks, rails and putting up same
86 50
E. J. Fletcher, rails
22 78
326 88
AMOUNT OF PERMANENT IMPROVEMENT FUND
Town contribution
630 00
State
378 81
Total contribution
·1,008 81
State disbursements
37 48
Town disbursements approved
1,123 86
Total
1,161 34
Over draft
152 53
Balance of 1914
100 96
Net over draft
51 57
MAINTENANCE FUND
Town raised
100 00
State contribution
135 82
235 82
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Expended by F. Shea 195 25
Seaver
29 47
State 19
225 91
Balance in State Treasury Feb. 15, 1916 9 91
FOREST FIRES .
Due from B. & M. R. R. 1915
6 70
State 66
6 00
B. & M. R. R. Feb. 15, 1916 8 14
20 84
Due on tax books 1915 266 39
Received from tax collector
266 39
Due on tax book, 1915 Abated Feb. 15, 1916
8,132 87
William French 2 00
Napoleon Gonon 2 00
Geo. Baker 2 00
Perley Blanchard 2 00 Paid
in Dublin 8 00
8,124 87
7,947 93
Due on tax book, Feb. 15, 1916
176 94
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LIABILITIES
Congregational church 1,192 00
1,192 00
Balance due in favor of town from fires
20 84
Due on tax books
176 94
Balance in hands of treasurer
1,515 82
1,713 60
1,192 00
521 60
715 54
Decrease of town debt
CEMETERY TRUST FUNDS
Moses Robinson
100 00
Mary D. French
200 00
Selinda Holt
100 00
Mary Emerson
120 00
10
Jacob Gould Albie Stephenson Abbie Bills, Henry Holt lot John D. Hardy
100 00
400 00
50 00
1,192 20
Respectfully submitted, EDWARD P. HOLT, ETNA J. FLETCHER, DANIEL O. FLYNN, Selectmen of Greenfield.
REPORT OF OVERSEER OF POOR
COUNTY POOR
Paid for aid to dependent soldiers and their families $ 284 25
Received of county for year ending December 31,
1915 284 25
Respectfully submitted, GEORGE S. BURNHAM, Overseer of Poor.
REPORT OF CEMETERY FUNDS
MOSES ROBERTSON FUND
Amount in bank
$ 4 68
Cash on hand as interest
5 40
Paid care of lot:
1915 To lawn mowing, 8 times 2 50
Flowers for Decoration Day 50
Part repairs on lawn mower
10
Part trip to Peterborough
70
Fertilizer and labor
75
10 08
4 55
4 55
Balance on hand 5 53
MARY D. FRENCH FUND
Amount in bank
38 93
Cash on hand as interest
11 40
50 33
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Paid care of lot: 1915
To lawn mowing 8 times 2 50
flowers for Decoration Day
50
part repairs on lawn mower
10
part trip to Peterborough
70
cleaning monument
20 00
fertilizer and labor
75
24 55
24 55
Balance on hand
25 78
SELINDA HOLT FUND
Amount in bank
80 25
Cash on hand as interest
6 50
86 75
Paid care of lot:
1915
To 4 loads loam and carting 3 00
labor, grass seed and fertilizer
11 25
flowers for Decoration Day
50
part repairs on lawn mower
10
part trip to Peterborough
70
cleaning monument and stone
20 00
35 55
Balance on hand
51 20
JACOB GOULD FUND
Amount in bank
25 64
Cash on hand as interest
4 40
Paid care of lot:
1915
To lawn mowing 8 times
2 50
flowers Decoration Day
50
part repairs on lawn mower
10
part trip to Peterborough
70
fertilizer and labor
7 00
cleaning monument
12 00
22 80
7 24
Balance on hand
30 04
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ALBIE STEPHENSON FUND
Amount in bank 66 42
Cash on hand as interest
23 15
89 57
Paid care of lot: 1 1915
To lawn mowing twice 75
flowers on Decoration Day ' 2 00
part repairs on lawn mower
10
part trip to Peterborough
70
cleaning monument
5 00
labor, fertilizer and grass seed
4 60
13 15
Balance on hand -. 76 42
HENRY HOLT FUND
Cash on hand as interest
3 50
Paid care of lot: 2
1915
To 2 loads loam and carting
1 50
labor, grass seed and fertilizer 2 00
3 50
Cash on hand, none
JOHN D. HARDY FUND
Cash on hand Feb. 15, 1916 as interest
71 84
Paid care of lot:
1915
To lawn mowing 8 times 2 50
flowers for Decoration Day 4 00
part repairs on lawn mower
10
cleaning monument
10 00
labor, fertilizer and grass secd 12 80
29 40
Cash on hand
42 44
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JOHN GAGE FUND
Cash on hand Feb. 15, 1916 as interest
1 75
Paid care of lot: 1915
To 1 load loam and carting 75
flowers for Decoration Day
50
labor 50
1 75
Cash on hand, none
MARY C. EMERSON FUND
Cash on hand Feb. 15, 1916 as interest Paid care of lot:
4 20
1915
To flowers Decoration Day
50
Cash on hand
3 70
Respectfully submitted, F. B. ATHERTON, Treasurer.
FRED J. AIKEN, FRED B. ATHERTON, CLARENCE M. GIPSON,
Trustees.
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REPORT OF TREASURER
Amount on hand Feb. 15, 1915 Received:
$ 2,718 97
Taxes
8,233 68
Manchester Savings Bank
1,000 00
Railroad tax
536 68
Savings Bank tax
708 95
State Highway appropriation
341 33
Maintenance State Highway
113 47
School.fund
297 15
Dog licenses
126 60
Forest fire (from Statc)
17 76
Forest fire (from State)
6 00
Literary fund
69 55
Insurance tax
14 62
Excise Commission
11 72
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License on pool table
10 00
Use of hall-Grange
11 00
Use of hall
6 00
Use of scales
13 12
Bounty on hedgehogs
7 60
Bridge plank
79
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Cemetery fund
33 29
$14,278 28
Paid Selectmen's orders
12,762 46
Balance on hand Feb. 15, 1916 $ 1,515 82
FRED B. BROOKS, Treasurer.
REPORT OF TREASURER OF GREENVALE CEMETERY
Cash on hand Feb. 15, 1915
$60 15
Received
4 00
Balance Feb. 15, 1916.
64 15
F. B. BROOKS, Treasurer.
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SCHOOL REPORT
Whole number of pupils attending school
74
Boys
40
Girls
34
Average length of all schools for year in weeks
34 1-5
Greatest number of weeks in any school
35
Least number of weeks in any school
33
Total number of schools
5
ROLL OF HONOR
Leon Cochran
Lucy Russell
Kenneth Barrett
Elmer Holt
Margaret Flynn
CURRENT EXPENDITURES
Teachers' salaries
$1,747 50
Tuition
398 33
Fuel
169 62
Janitors' services
114 25
Text and reference books, maps and supplies
98 80
Salaries
95 00
Repairs
90 36
Unclassified
37 50
Total expenditure
2,736 36
REVENUE
Balance from last year
$ 340 32
Entire amount of money required by law
810 00
Amount additional raised for schools
375 00
Assessed for books and supplies
200 00
High school tuition
400 00
salaries
85 00
Literary fund received from State
69 55
State aid for average attendance
78 75
qualified teachers
140 00
tuition rebate
78 40
Dog license money
64 50
Hall rent
30 00
Tuition from town of Lyndeboro
31 50
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Extraordinary revenue Amount raised for repairs Total revenue
200 00
2,982 52
Total expenditures Balance on hand Feb. 18
2,736 36
256 16
Amount desired for school purposes next year:
High school tuition
400 00
Text books and pupils supplies
200 00
Flags and appurtenances
25 00
MINNIE S. AIKEN,
DANIEL O. FLYNN, N. F. CHEEVER,
School Board.
REPORT OF TREASURER OF SCHOOL BOARD
Balance on hand Feb. 18, 1915
$ 340 32
Received for rent of hall
$ 30 00
Tuition from town of Lyndeboro
31 50
Received from town of Greenfield
2,580 70
2,642 20
Total receipts
2,982 52
Paid School Board's orders
2,736 36
Balance on hand Feb. 23, 1916
246 16
Respectfully submitted, FANNIE E. HOPKINS.
LIBRARY REPORT
Cash on hand Feb. 15, 1915
$ 5 11
Received appropriation
175 00
Fines
8 60
$188 71
EXPENDITURES
Paid:
W. P. Goodman, books
$66 87
Magazines
11 30
Mary Savage, book
5 50
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Success Co., book Three cords wood, sawed
2 00
15 00
G. W. Howe, cleaning steps Librarian Lamp
25 00
60 00
1 65
$187 32
Balance Feb. 15, 1916
$1 39
Respectfully submitted, FRED B. BROOKS, Treasurer.
We, the undersigned, have audited 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, C. M. GIPSON, F. W. GOULD,
Auditors.
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BOOKS ADDED TO LIBRARY, 1915
New Hampshire Annual Reports
Vol. I, 1913-14
New Hampshire Annual Reports
New Hampshire Annual Reports
Vol. II, 1913-14 Vol. III, 1913-14
New Hampshire Senate and House, January Session, 1915
Manual General Court, No. 14, 1915
New Hampshire Laws, 1915
New Hampshire Reports, Vol. X, 1913-15
Laws of New Hampshire, Vol. III
Province Period, 1745-1774
Probate Records, Vol. II, 1741-1749
State Papers, Vol. XXXIII
Standard Dictionary of Facts
Home Sanitation and Hygiene Infection and Disinfection
Prevention of Communicable Disease
Household and Garden Pests
Food Values and Adulterations
Candies and Candy Making
Favorite Dishes in Famous Homes
Neighbors by Riis
Thankfuls Inheritance
Two On the Trail
Miranda
Polly Anna Grows Up
The Landloper
Sundown Slim
A Son of the Hills
Angelas Business
Valiants of Virginia
The House on Cherry Street
The Measure of a Man
Doodles
Dowd Munn
The Heart of Uncle Terry
For the Allison Honor
Bindloss Rawlence
Frau
The Second Violin
Robert Kimberley
Contrary Mary
The Haunted Heart
Ellis Richmond Spearman Conrad Castle
The Wife of Sir Isaac Harman Within the Law
Wells Veiller
Lincoln Footner Lutz Porter Day Knibbs Comstock Harrison Rieves Barr Barr
The Highwayman
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K The Rainbow Trail Betty Jane
Rinehart Grey Grey. Porter
Michael O'Halloran
The Capture of Paul Beck
The Real Man
Mary Moreland
Daddy Longlegs
The Mountain Girl
The Song of the Cardinal
Anne of the Island
The' Way of these Women
The Heart of the Sunset
Beach
The Ne'er-do-well
Beach
Chip of the Flying U
Bower
The Flying U's Last Stand
Bower
Eltham House
Ward
Aunt Jane
Lee Adams
Little Miss Grouch
The Amateur Gentleman
Farnol
Felix O'Day
Smith
The High Priestess
Grant
The Official Chaperon
Lincoln
The Valley of Fear
Doyle
Open Market
Dascom
Little Sir Galahad
Gray Churchill Horton
The Argyle Case
The Chalice of Courage
Brady
The Rim of the Desert
Anderson
Dr. Llewellyn and His Friends
Stanley Johnson
The Sixty-first Second
CHILDREN'S DEPARTMENT
Little Men
Little Women
Three Little Pigs
The Robber Kitten
Flaxie Frizzle
Doctor Papa
Little Pitchers
Flaxies Kittyleen
Lynde Van Vorst Webster Erskine Porter Montgomery
In a Far Country
Bred of the Desert
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Flaxie Growing Up Sibyl or Old School Friends Betty Wales on Campus Troop Five at Camp The Doings of Troop Five Boy Scouts in the White Mountains Lifty of the Bush Lifty of the Training Camp
Lifty of the Big League
Brick King Backstop Baseball Joe of the Silver Stars
Jack Lorimer's Substitute
Two American Boys Here and There with Paul and Peggy
Nancy and the Cogg Twins Little Grandmother Lady Gay
Kathies Three Wishes
Kathies Aunt Ruth
Kathies Summer A Real Cinderella
College Years
Twisted Skein Baseball Joe on the School Nine
Baseball Joe in the Central League
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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 Town House in said Town on Tuesday, the fourteenth day of March next, at nine 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 Selectmen, Treasurer, Road Agents, 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 to repair highways.
Fifth. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate for the support of the 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 authorize the selectmen to hire a sum of money to pay town debts or take any action in relation thereto.
Eighth. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise for the suppression of the Gipsy and brown-tail moths or take any action in relation thereto.
Ninth. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money not to exceed twenty dollars to buy three Ker- osope lamps, two to be placed in Town hall and one to be hung outside the library over the steps.
Tenth. To see if the town will vote to install five street lamps from the F. C. Fletcher residence to the residence of F. B. Atherton, raise and appropriate money for same or take any action relative thereto.
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Eleventh. To see if the town will vote to rescind the vote of Article Thirteen in the warrant of 1915; or take any action relating thereto.
Twelfth. To see if the town will vote to take from the road agents' districts a section of the Forest Road, so called, and in- struct the selectmen to arrange with the state highway depart- ment to maintain said section of the road under state patrol systems and appropriate or set aside from the amount raised for highway work the sum of $172 50 for this purpose.
Thirteenth. To see if the town will accept from A. A. Ram- say the sum of two hundred dollars ($200). The income to be used if necessary for the perpetual care of his father's lot in the . village cemetery, the money to be deposited in the Amoskeag Bank at Manchester or take any action relating thereto.
Fourteenth. To see if the town will vote to raise and appro- priate a sum of money to purchase an American La France Chemical Fire Apparatus or take any action relating thereto.
Fifteenth. To see if the town will vote to authorize the sel- ectmen to move the town safe into the selectmen's room in the new fire engine house when finished or take any action relating thereto.
Given under our hands and seal, this 25th day of February, in the year of our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen.
EDWARD P. HOLT, ETNA J. FLETCHER, DANIEL O. FLYNN, Selectmen of Greenfield.
Births Registered in the Town of Greenfield, N. H., for the Year Ending December 31, 1915.
Date 1915
Name of Child
Living or sb
No. of Child
Name of Father
Maiden Name of Mother
Residence of Parents
Occupation Father
of) Birthplace of Father
Birthplace of Mother
Feb
5|Charles H.
M | L
Charles H. Blanchard| Martha Newton
Greenfield
|Farmer Laborer
Greenfield Concord
Mar.
1 Forrest A.
M
JL
John F. Hussey
L
Horatio Sergent
Annie M. Spinck
|Farmer
Franklin, N. J.
Francestown Greenfield So. Acton, Mass. Newton Yorkshire England
May
9 Richard O.
L
Edwin F. Trufant John Hill
Julia F. Connelly Lea M. Goodwin
Farmer ¡Laborer
Braintree, Mass Hancock
Hancock
66
22 |Margaret
F ! ML
Edward P. Holt
¡Mabel E. Russell
Farmer
Greenfield
Hancock
Aug.
20| Edward S. 2| Beatrice A
John C. Russell
¡Anabel Styles
Laborer
Greenfield
Antrim
Oct.
23 |William B.
ML
Maurice Runey
Marie Wine
Painter
Massachusetts
New York
Dec.
30 Cles A.
|ML!
¡A. P. Lowe
|Bessie Smith
| Farmer
Greenfield
Greenfield
Marriages Registered in the Town of Greenfield, N. H., for the Year Ending December 31, 1915.
Place & Date
Name and Surname of
Residence of each at time of Marriage
Occupation
Place of Birth of Each
Name of Parents
Birthplace of Parents
by whom Married
Sept. 4
Robert A. Baldwin
|Greenfield
29
Greenfield
Newark, N. J. Greenfield
Rev. Geo. B. Thomas Manchester
Manchester Bertha M. Trask
S. Jefferson Me 20
So. Jefferson, Me.
Robert J. Baldwin Adalaide Cudworth William Weaver Addie C. Hasson John Carney Anna O'Keefe John Friedrick
ĮNo. Newcastle, Me. No. Newcastle, Me. Ireland Ireland Germany
Rev. J. G. Leclere Hillsborough
Hillsboro|Mary B. Friedrick
Greenfield
25
Manchester
Germany
Dec. 21
Eugene C. Muzzey
Greenfield
23
Greenfield
Wilhelmena Brendle Eugene Muzzey Everline L. Bailey
Bunker Hill, III.
Antrim
Rev. Geo. C. Trow Bradford
Bradford Frieda A. Lowe
X
Greenfield 22 1
|Lyndeboro
|Fred N. Lowe |Lucy A. Nichols
Washington |Bradford
Name and Residence of Person
of Marriage
Groom and Bride
L
Frank H. Shea
|Rosie Stewart
Laborer
Hancock
Boston, Mass.
Sept.
20|Donald W.
MIL Clarence G. Foley
[Mabel R. Davis 1
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!Carpenter
Moria, N. Y.
Chester, Vt.
24 |Katherine E.
FİL
Arthur B. Holt
Lillian E. Russell Estell Brackett
Laborer
Acton, Mass.
16 Norman R.
M
Quincy, Mass.
12 Amy
F | L
Age
Nov. 25
John D. Carney
Ayer, Mass.
33
Ayer, Mass.
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Deaths Registered in the Town of Greenfield, N. H., for the Year Ending December 31, 1915.
Date 1915
Name
Sex
S M or Wid
Years
Months
Days
Cause of Death
Name of Father
Maiden Name of Mother
Birthplace of Father
Birthplace of Mother
Jan. Feb.
12 | Robert C. Putnam
M
S W
73
2
28 Cerebral Hemorrhage
Austin C. Putnam Thomas J. Draper Daniel Melvin
Mary Avery Betsy Barnes
21 |Martha J. Colbath
F
W
73
11
13 Chronic Nephritis
25 |Joseph Pickering
M
28
2
Lobar Pneumonia
Napoleon Pickering Mary Gardner Mary A. Lee John Taylor
Rochdale, Eng.
7 |Hannah Taylor
F
69
8
2 Pneumonia
May
9
| Elizabeth E. Ramsey
F
66
1
77
8
9
Obscure disease
Thomas Butler Isaac Bond
Abigal Keyes Eliza Bates
Hampstead
Aug.
3 |Finette C. Morgan
F
W
82
6
2 Angina Pectoris
Samuel Hartshorn
Lucinda Woodward Lyndeboro
Bridget -
Ireland
Ireland
Nov
29 | Sarah A. Hartshorn
7
W
74
4
20
Wasted away
Willard Stiles
Anna F. Philbrook Elizabeth Gould
Bethel, Me.
Gilead, Me.
17 |Millard L. Mason
M
49
2
25
Poisoning -Auto gas
Albion P. Mason
Temple
Greenfield
M F
M
77
W
73
8 Valvular Dis. of Heart Arterio-Sclerosis
13 |Ann McKenna
Patrick Malone
Hancock Lynn, Mass. Lyndeboro
June
11 |Betsey A. Barrett
M W
98
2
12
Old Age
William Abbott
Hannah Bailey Ruth
Andover, Mass.
Andover, Mass.
19 |Emma C. Johnson
8 Myocarditis
Joseph Tingley
|Stony Creek, N. Y.| Greenfield Lyndeboro Camden, Me.
Wilton Camden, Me.
Canada
S W W
12 | Inanition
|Mary Baldwin
20 |Harriet N. Hodgman
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M F
6 |Samuel G. Hartshorn
FRED J. AIKEN, Town Clerk.
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ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS
OF
GREENFIELD, N. H.
FOR THE
Year Ending February 15, 1917
PRINTED IN PETERBOROUGH, N. H.
1917
ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS
OF
GREENFIELD, N. H.
FOR THE
Year Ending February 15, 1917
PRINTED IN PETERBOROUGH
1917
/
SELECTMEN'S REPORT.
FOR THE YEAR ENDING FEBRUARY 15, 1917
VALUATION APRIL 1, 1916
131 Polls
Improved and unimproved land and buildings
$298,716 00
118 Horses
16,570 00
1 Ass
15 00
10 Oxen
915 00
273 Cows
14,198 00
110 Neat stock
3,885 00
34 Sheep
199 00
18 Hogs
310 00
Fowls
1,190 00
25 Automobiles
12,850 00
3 Portable mills
150 00
Bank stock
1,200 00
Money on hand
10,888 00
Stock in trade
44,100 00
Mills and machinery
6,600 00
Total
$411,786 00
Exempt
1,750 00
Taxable valuation
$410,036 00
Rate per cent
1 90
Amount of tax assessed
8,108 86
APPROPRIATIONS
Town charges
$ 1,000 00
State aid
619 50
Repairs of highways
1,500 00
Library
175 00
Veterans
25 00
Moth work
100 00
Street lights
50 00
State road maintenance
150 00
School appropriations
2,105 00
Engine house
500 00
County tax
597 03
State tax
810 00
7,631 53
4
EXPENDITURES.
Miscellaneous
863 65
Snow bills, from Feb. 15 to April
15, 1916
424 96
Town officers
628 85
Repairing highways
1,966 42
Support of poor
263 68
Forest fires
6 25
Care of cemeteries
38 38
Engine house
843 37
Tool House
121 68
County tax
597 03
State tax
810 00
State road construction
1,238 72
State road maintenance
321 03
Insurance on town hall and engine house
160 00
Moth work
99 12
Care of street lamps
97 75
Support of schools
2,582 83
Library trustees
200 00
Repair of town hall
32 36
New lights
22 50
Paid Wm. Flynn note with interest
1,001 27
12,319 85
TOWN OFFICERS
Frank E. Russell, 1st Selectman 85 00
Edwin F. Trufant, 2nd Selectman
80 00
Ellsworth C. Emery, 3rd Selectman 75 00
Fred B. Brooks, Treasurer
25 00
Fred J. Aiken, Town clerk
25 00
Geo. A. Reynolds, Tax collector
90 00
Geo. S. Burnham, Overseer Poor 31 60
Geo. A. Reynolds, Supervisor
25 00
Clarence S. White, Supervisor
25 00
Frank S. Gage, Supervisor 25 00
Clarence M. Gipson, Health Officer
18 25
Clarence M. Gipson, Moderator
12 00
Clarence M. Gipson, auditor
2 00
Fred W. Gould, auditor
2 00
H. G. Emery, ballot inspector
2 00
5
Eugene A. Richardson, ballot in- spector 2 00
Wilfred F. Russell, ballot inspector 2 00
A. G. Warren, election officer 2 00
J. K. Felch, Treasurer, Fire Co. 100 00
628 85
MISCELLANEOUS
Printing Town report, 1915
$ 26 00
Paid D. O. Flynn, boiler tubes and
express on Town Reports 12 79
Mann, sawing wood, town hall
1 25
Trip to Manchester,.F. E. Russell
5 00
E. F. Trufant 5 00
5 00
E. C. Emery
7 60
James Cuddihee, over taxed
Walter Wood, old bill approved by old board
34 56
Edson C. Eastman
7 54
Decoration Day, Chas. E. Frye
25 00
E. F. Trufant, setting posts and signs 5 15
Eugene A. Richardson, special officer
2 00
Paul Florence, repairing town hall
40 23
Eugene A. Richardson, special officer
6 00
Wm. F. Russell, cedar posts
10 00
Frank Magoon, special officer
10 00
E. J. Fletcher, 12 cord wood
2 00
Fairbanks Scale Co., weights
1 47
Clarence Magoon, special officer
7 00
E. C. Emery, railing, painting 36 00
E. P. Holt, work on road 7 35
Geo. A. Reynolds, 20 loads hard pan 5 00
Jack Anderson, cutting bushes
5 00
John Hill, care town hall
17 00
Wilfred F. Russell, painting library roof 3 50
Fred B. Brooks, for Mrs. Donald Brown, 32 loads gravel
2 56
Everett Magoon, sawing wood
1 25
E. C. Emery, lumber and labor on new bridge
20 00
Interest on church note
47 68
washouts,
6
F. B. Atherton, cemetery water and ledger 6 70
Interest on Trust Funds 80 92
Frank E. Russell, hedgehogs 10 40 |
Chas. H. Cragin, blacksmith bill 17 51
Interest on L .. W. Flynn note 35 00
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