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18 R. E. Doble, 5 hrs. work on culvert and carting dirt.
3.34
19 Harry Rowell, 9 hrs. carting gravel. 6.00
20 Jerome Jackman, 18 hrs. labor on highway 5.00
21 B. H. Cook, 18 hrs. labor on high- ways.
5.00
22 R. E. Doble, 18 hrs. carting gravel 15 hrs. man and team smoothing roads.
27.00
9 23 John R. Rice, patrol work .
17.33
14
24 John R. Rice, patrol work. 9.60
16
25 Frank Laflare, labor on highway. .
1.50
26 John R. Rice, patrol work.
6.93
20 27 John R. Rice, patrol work.
41.06
27 28 R. E. Doble, 45 hrs. with horse, 18 hrs. with team, labor on high- way.
31.75
9 29 R. E. Doble, 27 hrs. labor on high- way. 19.50
30 B. H. Cook, 18 hrs. labor on high- way. 5.00
31 B. H. Cook, 9 hrs. labor on hgih- way ..
2.50
32 W. W. Chamberlin, 27 hrs. labor on highway 7.50
33 W. W. Chamberlin, 63 hrs. labor on highway. 17.50
34 George Chase, 27 hrs. labor on highway with team 18.00
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35 George Chase, 9 hrs. labor on high- way with team. 6.00
June 1 36 George Chase, 6} hrs. carting gra- vel and filling holes 4.34
37 J. R. Chase, 6} hrs. labor on highway. . 1.82
38 George Chase, 13} hrs. carting gravel and filling holes 9.00
39 J. R. Chase, 13} hrs. labor on high- way. 3.78
40 George Porter, 24 hrs. labor turn- ing water. 6.72
41 Mrs. Hosmer Martin, 22 loads of gravel.
2.20
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42 R. E. Doble 72 hrs. labor on high- way with team, 9 hrs. self man and team. 61.00
43 George Chase, 81 hrs. labor on highway with team 54.00
44 W. W. Chamberlin, 81 hrs. labor on highway . 27.00
45 B. H. Cook, 81 hrs. labor on high- way. 22.50
46 John R. Rice, patrol work.
32.26
47 John R. Rice, patrol work. 8.93
48 W. H. Bragg, smoothing roads ..
7.80
16 49 John R. Rice, patrol work.
30.66
2 50 George Chase, carting gravel and filling holes. 12.00
51 W. W. Chamberlin, 2 days labor. .
6.00
52 B. H. Cook 9 hrs. labor on high- way.
2.50
53 R. E. Doble, carting gravel and filling holes. 6.50
54 R. E. Doble, 37 hrs. self, man and team, 45 hrs. team, labor on high- way. 69.50
55 George Chase, 71 hrs .. team, labor on highway 47.34
56.W. W. Chamberlin, 71 hrs. labor on highway. 23.68
56 W. W. Chamberlin 71 hrs. labor on highway 23.68
57 B. H. Cook, 46 hrs. labor on high- way. 21.20
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58 John R. Rice, patrol work. 42.06
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59 W. H. Aldrich, 4 days labor on hi
28 59 . W. H. Aldrich, 4 days labor on highway 12.00
60 A. J. Robinson, 4 days labor on highway with team. 21.60
July 3 61
W. H. Bragg, smoothing roads. . . .
10.50
62 Arthur Smith, fixing Pero road, putting in culvert, lumber for same 33.50
8 63 R. E. Doble, 70 hrs. self, man and team, labor on highway 70.00
64 George Chase, 65 hrs. labor on highway with team. 42.00
65 W. W. Chamberlin, 70 hrs. labor on highway 23.33
66 B. H. Cook, 70 hrs. labor on high- way 17.50
67 Perley Moulton, 3 hrs. labor on highway with Ox team. 1.50
68 R. E. Doble, 27 hrs,. self, man and team, labor on highway . .
27.00
69 W. W. Chamberlin, 27 hrs. labor on highway. 9.00
70 Fred Turner, 4 hrs. labor on high- way with Ox team.
2.40
26 71 John R. Rice, patrol work .
17.75
Aug. 5 72
W. H. Bragg, smoothing roads.
2.40
28 73 R. E. Doble, 53 hrs. self, man and team labor on highway 53.00
74 W. W. Chamberlin, 44 hrs. labor on highway.
14.75
75 B. H. Cook, 9 hrs. labor on high- way. . 2.50
76 A. A. Waterman, 23 hrs. labor on highway with team 15.00
77 Fred Waterman, 18 hrs. labor on highway. 4.00
78 M. A. Smith, 23 hrs. labor on high- way 6.25
79 Arthur Smith, 9 hrs. labor on Bar- ker Hill. 2.50
80 Frank Hatch, 9 hrs. self, man and team 8.50
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81 R. E. Doble 10 hrs. self man and team. 10.00
82 C. E. Bacon 10 hrs. labor on high- with team. 6.67
H. A. Palmer 10 hrs. labor on high- way with team 6.67
84 W. W. Chamberlin 10 hrs. labor on highway. 3.34
85 Ernest Bacon 10 hrs. labor on highway . 2.78
86 A. A. Waterman 18 hrs. labor or highway with team 12.00
Sept. 5 87 W. H. Bragg smoothing roads
5.40
12 88 James Hartson labor on highway with team.
18.32
89 George Porter. 262 hrs. labor on highway. 7.42
17 90 R. E. Doble 104 hrs. labor on high- way with team extra man part time. 88.35
100 Wm. Bond 78 hrs. labor on high- € way with team. 52.01
101 A. A. Waterman 71 hrs. labor on highway with team .47.34
102 Fred Waterman 36 hrs. labor on highway 8.00
103 W. W. Chamberlin 129 hrs. labor on highway 43.00
104 M. A. Smith 82 hrs. labor on high- way. 22.86
105 L. W. Roberts 5 hrs. labor on highway with team. 2.50
106 F. E. Hatch 3 days self man and team labor on highway . 25.50
107 F. E. Hatch 8 days self man and team labor on Patato Hill road. . 68.00
Oct. 8 108 R. E. Doble 61 hrs. labor on high- way with team. 40.00
109 W. W. Chamberlin 51 hrs. labor on highway . 17.01
110 R. E. Doble 45 hrs. labor on high- way Patato Hill team. 30.00
111 Wm Bond 45 hrs. labor on high- way Patato Hill team 30.00
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112 W. W. Chamberlin 45 hrs. labor on highway Patato Hill. 15.00
113 Lawrence Bond 27 hrs. labor on highway Patato Hill. 7.50
114 M. A. Smith 27 hrs. labor on high- way Patato Hill. 7.50
115 A. E. Smith labor and help on Sawnee Bean. 75.90
116 Perry Clark 3 hrs. labor on high- way carting dirt. 2.00
117 A. B. Clark 17 loads gravel. 1.70
118 W. E. Tucker 180 ft. plank . 4.50
119 C. A. Burt 340 ft. Hemlock logs for culvert. 6.80
14 120 W. A. Higgins turning water etc from April to September 6.30
121 Wm. Bond 1 day carting dirt and filling holes. . 6.00
28 122 R. E. Doble 40 hrs. labor on high- way with team
26.63
123
W. W. Chamberlin 18 hrs. labor on on highway.
6.00
124 W. H. Bragg smoothing roads ...
7.20
125 George Porter 1 day fixing culvert
2.50
126
R. E. Doble 17 hrs. carting dirt on Barker hill. 12.00
127 W. W. Chamberlin 1 day fixing
127 W. W. Chamberlin 1 day fixing
culvert on Patato hill 2 days labor on Barker hill 9.00
Nov. 4 128
W. H. Bragg carting gravel and filling holes.
13.50
1 129 E. R. Doble 54 hrs. labor on high- way with team. 36.00
130 W. W. Chamberlin 54 hrs. labor on highway with team 18.00
131 Chas. Kibby logs for culvert on Sawnee Bean
1.50
132 R. E. Doble 18 hrs. labor on high- way with team 12.00
133 W. W. Chamberlin 18 hrs. labor on highway with team. 6.00
134 A. A. Waterman 18 hrs. labor on highway with team 12.00
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135 Fred Waterman 18 hrs. labor on highway with team 4.00
136 R. E. Doble repairs on road ma- chine and other small bills. 7.50
27 137 R. E. Doble 8 days labor on high- way with team. 48.00
138 W. W. Chamberlin 8 days labor on highway with team 24.00
139 Myron Smith 4 hrs. carting gravel 2 hrs. turning water 2.50
140 H. C. Sanborn 100 ft. plank for culvert
3.00
141 L. M. Caldwell 130 fet. plank for culvert 3.90
142 W. H. Bragg smoothing roads and carting gravel. 14.80
Total
$2,200.39
RALPH E. DOBLE
Road Commissioner.
REPORT OF THE ROAD COMMISSIONER
Resurfacing State road 1918.
Aug. 1 1 R. E. Doble carting gravel 63 hrs. $ 42.00
2 C. E. Bacon carting gravel 48 hrs. 32.00
3 H. A. Palmer carting gravel 63 hrs.
42.00
4 Frank Hatch carting gravel 49 hrs.
34.00
5 N. H. Porter carting gravel 27 hrs.
18.00
6 Chas. Jenkins carting gravel 18 hrs
12.00
7 Alden Trescott carting gravel 27 hrs. 18.00
8 Fred Hartson carting gravel 6 hrs. 4.00
9 W. W. Chamberlin labor on high- way 63 hrs.
21.00
10 Ernest Bacon labor on highway 18 hrs. . 5.00
11 L. H. Dobley labor on highway 45 hrs. 15.00
13 Earl Jenkins labor on highway 18 hrs .. 5.00
14 Hial Colton 169 loads of gravel. . 16.90
Total
$277.40 RALPH E. DOBLE Road Commissioner.
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OVERSEER of POOR'S ACCOUNT. for 1918.
Order
No.
1 To Glen Fifield for board Olive Sawyer. $16.00
2 To S. W. Kinney partial support. . . 12.00
3 To G. A. Fifield goods for Cross family 16.30
4 To D. M. Bond clothes for Clara Goulet. . .
9.82
5 To B. W. Clark. 10 cords wood for S. W. Kinney. 40.00
6 To David Laflare keeping tramps. 1.50
7 To Glen Fifield board Olive Sawyer 16.00
9
To S. W. Kinney partial support. 12.00
9
To G. A. Fifield goods for Cross family $14.54 goods for H. Rowell $9.40 23.94
10
To W. H. Orr goods for Crooss family
29.80
11 To S. W. Kinney partial support. 12.00
12 To A. W. Jaquith board and care of A. Will- is Austin for 5 weeks 20.00
13 To Glen Fifield board Olive Sawyer
16.00
14
To G. A. Fifield goods for Cross family and posatage to April 1 1918 10.69
15 To L. B. Allen medical aid A. B. Ladd.
10.00
16
To Glen Fifield board Clive Sawyer 20.00
17
To S. W. Kinney partial support.
12.00
18 To D. M. Bond goods Olive Sawyer.
4.08
19 To Vermont School for Feeble Minded clothes for Clara Goulet
3.47
20 To G. A. Fifield goods for Cross family .
6.91
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To O. Bradbury 3 bu. potatoes for Cross family ..
3.00
22 To W. H. Orr goods Cross family to May 1 1918. 24.24
23 To Glen Fifield board Olive Sawyer for 5 weeks 20.00
24 To S. W. Kinney partial support 12.00
25 To Glen Fifield board Olive Sawyer
16.00
26 To S. W. Kinney partial support.
12.00
27 To G. A. Fifield goods for Olive Sawyer and cash paid out. 2.20
28 To S. W. Kinney partial support.
12.00
29 To C. S. Wilmot 2 caskets for Ethel and Nellie Rowell. 75.00
30 To Dr. Stetson medical aid Mabel Felch. 10.00
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31 To Glen Fifield board Olive Sawyer for 5 weeks. 20.00
32 To S. W. Kinney partial support. 12.00
33 To G. W. Weymouth medical aid A. B. Saw- yer 1917 2.00
34 To Glen Fifield board Olive Sawyer.
16.00
35 To Massachusetts School for Feeble minded clothes for Clafra Goulet. .
5.38
36 To D. M. Bond clothes Olive Sawyer $5.00 clothes Clara Goulet $10.35
15.35
37 To Glen Fifield board Olive Sawyer
20.00
38 To S. W. Kinney partial support
12.00
39 To Glen Fifield board Olive Sawyer
20.00
40 To John Morris shoes Olive Sawyer.
3.50
41 To A. W. Jaquith board Willis Austin
29.00
42 To S. W. Kinney partial support
12.00
43 To G. A. Fifield order book and cash paid out as per bill. 8.40
44 To S. W. Kinney partial support.
12.00
45 To Glen Fifield board Olive Sawyer 25.00
46
To G. A. Fifield cash for Cross family and postage 30.09
47 To A. W. Jaquith board and care Willis Austin.
20.00
48 To B. W. Clark 10 cords wood S. W. Kinney 50.00
49 To S. W. Kinney partial support. 12.00
50 To Glen Fifield board and clothes Olive Sawyer 21.43
51 To A. W. Jaquith board and care Willis Austin. 20.00
52 To Dr. L. B. Allen medical aid town poor .. .
3.00
53 To R. H. Hatch goods for town poor to Jan 1.1919
5.53
54 To Geo. B. Colby keeping tramps.
3.00
Total $856.63
Credit :
Sale of Sawyer goods. $22.11
Cash received from Harry Rowell
to apply on caskets. 40.00
$62.11
62.11
$794.52
G. A. FIFIELD
Overseer of the Poor.
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SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT.
To the School Directors and Citizens of Thetford:
Agreeably to the provisions of law, I submit herewith my ninth annual report as superintendent of schools, this report embracing the period from July 1, 1917 to July 1, 1918.
Eleven schools have been maintained for 34 weeks each, the attendance for the spring term being as follows: North Thetford, 16; East Thetford, 15; Stevens, 15; Hill, 11; Center, 21; Post Mills, 15; Potato Hill, 12; Swanee Bean, 9; Union Village, 19; Rice's Mills, 15; Judd, 11; Total, 158.
The aggregate total days' attendance was 21,866. The actual attendance was 91.6 per cent of the possible attendance had there been no absences. The school at East Thetford ranked highest in attendance, having a percentage of 96.6, the others following in the order named: North Thetford, 95.1; Stevens, 94.7; Rice's Mills, 94.4: Post Mills, 93.6; Center, 93.4; Judd, 91.5; Swanee Bean, 90.1; Hill, 86; Union Village, 83.6; Potato Hill, 83.2.
Ninety-two visits have been made by the superintendent.
The following pupils have attended the full year without absence: Cora M. Sargent and Miriam S. Sanborn, East Thetford; Elwood C. Bacon, Thetford Hill; Haven E. Southworth, Post Mills.
Free tuition certificates were granted: Mable E. Coon and Cora B. Wilmot, Union Village; Mary E. Houston and Marion Vaughan, Thetford Center; Lucile M. Emerson, Stevens; William H. Kibbey, Thetford Hill; Robert T. Allen, Post Mills; Austin M. Prescott, Judd. There have been reported by teachers, 48 cases of truancy.
Conveyance has been furnished 3 pupils a part of one term, 1 pupil two terms and 12 pupils the full year, the total cost being $514, quite a large portion of which will be rebated by the state.
It seems to me there is an ever increasing desire on the part of some parents to hurry their children on through the elementary school without due regard for their preparation or mental development. It is indeed pathetic to watch a child trying to learn something which is beyond his ability to grasp when perhaps a year or two later the same thing can be learned with comparative ease simply because of added maturity and a thorough understanding of previous work. It would seem sometimes that this is the spirit of the
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age and encouraged by many who are in a position to realize what the result must be. Unmerited advancement tends to make a superficial, radical, and unbalanced people.
I would again impress upon all who have children in school the importance of regularity of attendance. The instruction lost by a few days of absence may seriously detract from the child's progress from that time on. It is of course injustice to hold back the rest of the class to allow a pupil to catch up. Allow me to suggest that if it is nec- essary for a pupil to be absent that an effort be made to have the work done at home or made up directly after the return to school. Promotion is rendered very doubtful by irregular attendance.
The schools have been provided during the year with a little weekly paper, entitled "Current Events." This is intended to furnish a concise, accurate and conservative account of what is happening all over the world being far more reliable than many of the dailies published at this time. After being used in the school it has been suggested that they be carried home by the pupils. It is hoped that they have been a source of pleasure and benefit in many homes. I recommend that they be provided for the ensuing year.
There have been no radical changes made in our policies and it might be hard to prove that our schools are better or poorer than a year ago. I believe the best work in a well organized system of schools is done without noise, friction, or display. It is largely determined by the spirit which enables a teacher to do the best work of which she is capable, inspiring pupils to their best effort and winning parents to wise co-operation. It would be a satisfaction to all school officials if more parents would regularly visit the schools their children are attending. I am of the opinion that no one is justified in criticising the instruction of a teacher who has not at least observed the work she is doing.
In conclusion I wish to express to the teachers, directors and community at large my appreciation for the hearty co-operation that has been given in all matters pertaining to school work.
Respectfully submitted, CHAS. P. McKNIGHT.
South Strafford, Vt., July 9, 1918.
ADDENDUM.
On September, 18, I received a communication from the State Board of Education offering me the superintendency of 1919
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the Washington South District with headquarters at North- field. On account of the larger opportunities that it seems to offer I feel I can hardly afford not to accept the position. It is certainly with a feeling of sadness that I conclude my services in this district. An association of nearly ten consecutive years among the people of this section has tended to form acquaintances not soon to be forgotten and friendships I hope will never be dissolved. I wish once more to express my heartfelt appreciation for the multitude of kindnesses that have been shown me by teachers, pupils, parents and friends and for the co-operation that has always been given by the school board of Thetford. I bespeak for my successor your most cordial and loyal support.
South Strafford, No. 15 1918.
TOWN OF THETFORD FOR HEALTH OFFICER'S BILL for 1918.
Feb. 25 To Qtr. and plk. F. Bacon, East Thet-
ford for German Measles. $2.50
Mar. 3 To Qtr. Robert Vaughn's, Thetford Cenfor German Measles. 1.7
13 To Qtr. John McClary's, Thetford Cen- ter for Mumps 1.75
13 Harry Pero's, Swanee Bean for Ger- man Measles . 1.75
April 8 To posting notice at East Thetford. 2.50
8 Qtr. H. H. Johnson's, Union Village for Whooping cough. 2.50
8 Qtr. Mrs. Chamberlin, Union Village for Whooping cough . 2.50
8 Qtr. Harry Rowell, Union Village for Whooping cough . 2.50
May 22 Qtr. Harry Cook's, Judd District for Measles . 3.50
June 3 Qtr. Chas. Robinson's, Patato Hill for Measles.
1.50
16 Qtr. Mr. Prescott's, Judd District for Measles . 3.50
17 Arthur Sloan, Thetford Center for Mumps . 2.00
20 Collecting water from river and express on same .. 2.00
July 10 Collecting water from Kenney Place and express. . 2.00
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25 Qtr. L. Vaughn's Thetford Hill for Whooping cough . 2.25
29 Investing typhoid suspect at E. H. C Cumming's. 2.75
Oct. 29 Placarding T. Aldrich)s, Post Mills for Influenza . 1.50
30 Plk. Miss Prentice, Post Mills for Influenza . 1.50
Dec. 19 Qtr. Walter Higgins, Post Mills for Mumps. 1.50
$41.75
CEMETERY TRUSTEE'S REPORT.
Received Feb. 5 1918 from T. W. D. Worthen as a trust fund for the care of three lots in Post Mills cemetery $100.00. The J. H. Worthen, Thomas Worthen and the B. D. Wilcox lots. The income of said $100 to be spent agreeable to the laws of Vermont made and provided for such trust funds given to a town.
Money spent on C. F. Guild lot $1.25
Money spent on Worthern lots
3.00
Money spent on B. D. Wilcox lot
1.00
Paid by Selectmen's order No. 157.
No other cemetery lots owing to scarcity of help, were cared for by the Selectmen.
E. N. HEATON, Town Treasurer and Cemetery Trustee.
SCHOOL REPORT.
Paid out for teachers
$4,217.00
Paid out for repairs.
163.54
Paid out for truant officer
22.00
Paid out for cleaning 15.25
Paid out for janitor work
106.25
Paid out for supplies.
256.91
Paid out for fuel
360.02
Paid out for incidentals, etc.
31.90
Paid out for tuition
935.00
Paid out for transportation.
381.00
Paid out for directors services, (1917-18)
70.00
Balance Feb. 1, 1918
$6,588.87 $ 949.15
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Income. 6,281.67
Paid out
6,558.37
Balance Jan. 10, 1919
$
641.45
CHARLES S. WILMOT, HAROLD E. HEATON, JOHN JUDD, School Committee.
DOG ACCOUNT.
N. H. Porter, Town Clerk.
DEBIT.
By licensing 112 dogs at $1.00
$112.00
By licensing 4 dogs at 3.00
12.00
By licensing 2 dogs at 6.00.
1200
$136.00
CREDIT.
To license fees, 118 dogs at 15 cents.
$17.70
To transfer from dog fund to town fund.
118.30
$136.00
INVENTORY OF TOWN PROPERTY.
Two road machines.
$200.00
One dump cart.
70.00
Two snow rollers
200.00
One pair trucks
15.00
One stone drag
8.00
Two plows.
25.00
Sixteen stone drills
4.00
Two striking hammers.
1.00
One sledge hammer
.75
Two forks
1.00
Three bush snaths and scythes.
3.00
Five stone bars
2.50
Twelve shovels.
12.00
Four square pointed shovels.
2.00
Four picks.
4.00
Six pin tags for picking stone
3.00
Two drag hones.
20.00
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$7,230.82
One wheel scraper
25.00
One hand scraper.
3.00
Town farm
2,800.00
$3,299.35
GUIDE BOARD REPORT.
There has been no repairs on guide boards the past year. We have guide boards located as follows:
2 at North Thetford, 2 at Lord's Corners, 1 at W. L. Murphy's, 2 at East Thetford, 1 at C. H. Sayre's, 1 near school house, district No. 3, 2 at Sam Strong's Corner, 2 near H. M. Hartson's, 1 at Knowle's place, 2 at Union Village, 2 at Buzzell Bridge, 2 near P. T. Clark's, 1 at Rice's Mills Cor- ner, 1 at Campbell Corner, 5 at Kilbourn Corner, 1 near Cook Bridge, 2 near Lucas place, 2 near N. H. Porter's 1 at A. M. French's Corner, 1 at W. A. Wiloughby's Corner, 1 at Barker Corner, 1 near Fish Rod Factory, 2 near Post Mill's Bridge, 2 at Coburn Corner, 1 near Post Mill's Church, 1 near Lake House, 3 at M. E. Davis's Corner, 2 at Thetford Hill, 2 near C. S. Wilmot's.
W. E. TUCKER, C. A. ADAMS, C. C. EMERSON, Selectmen of Thetford.
Thetford Vt. Jan. 31 1919.
STATEMENT OF TOWN FINANCES.
UNPAID ORDERS AND INTEREST TO FEBRUARY 1, 1919. Selectmen's Old Orders.
E. M. Fullington's Estate. $ 390.97
Emily Parker
393.84
Ada L. Parker
682.99
Sarah L. Johnson
848.50
H. W. Hewins.
732.34
Ellen Rogers. 387.55
Order No. 58, Dartmouth National Bank.
2,000.00
Order No. 1, Dartmouth National Bank. 2,000.00
Interest on Orders 58 and 1. 131.89
Estimated amount due teachers to February 1, 1919 560.00
$ 7,128.08 .
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Assets.
Vaughan and Thompson, cement $ 16.00 O. S. Seymour. 28.00
Cement on hand 17.60
Amount due from state
1 958.06
Cash on hand.
1 679.10
Uncollected taxes :
1915
13.72
1916
43.34
1917
64.14
1918
564.39 $4,384.35
Town indebtedness
$2,743.35
We have examined the accounts of the Town Officers as herein stated and find them to be correct.
H. H. SOUTHWORTH, E. E. WHITCOMB, C. W. SAYRE,
Auditors.
February 1, 1919.
MARRIAGES FOR THE YEAR 1918.
Jan.
1
Perry T. Clark and S. Mary Gilbert.
Mar 18 Ralph A. Lanphere and Martha J. Emerson.
June 27 Leonard B. Emerson and Jennie Sayre.
Aug 17 Max F. Hill and Carrie L. Cook.
Aug 29 Edward L. Clark and Eleanor F. Fowle.
Oct 3 Frank King and Ida E. Cook.
Oct 13 Walter F. Clark and Vilvian S. Clark.
Nov 9 Harry N. Bragg and Mary B. W. Bragg.
VITAL STATISTICS - BIRTH WITH DATES AND NAMES.
· Feb 7 Gordon Milford Clogston.
Feb 18 Berna Corrol Hartson.
Mar 10 Maud Eleanor Sanborn.
Apr 8 Barbara Alice Fifield.
Apr 11 Eunice Alice Peston.
May 6 Yvonne Evaline Bragg.
May 9 Elwin Palmer Hill.
June 13 Edith Isabel Robinson.
June 27 Phillip Wallace Barrows.
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July 3 Dorothy Harriot Higgins.
July 8 Doris Carolyn French.
July 14 Margaret Elizabeth Morris.
July 25 Mildred Elizabeth Clayton. Clay.
Aug 1
Aug 14 Beverly Esther Johnson.
Aug 14 Gret chen Jean Campbell.
Aug 20 Foster Arthur Johnson.
Aug 30 Mildred Edith Barker.
Sept 13 George Albert Fifield.
Oct
12 Joyce Carrie Dailey.
DEATHS WITH DATES, NAMES AND AGES
Yrs.
Mos.
Das.
Jan
3 Laura C. Doble.
70
3
23
Jan
12
Eugene P. Pushee
65
4 28
Jan
15 Orrin T. Pressey .
63
3
16
Feb 8 Jessie M. (Cook) Bond
.34
8
10
Feb 13
David F. Tallman
77
8
21
Feb 20 Susie C. Pennock
59
6
26
Feb 26 Willie E. Waterman
60
7 0
4
Mar
2 Hiram B. Mayo
66
25
Mar 3 Clarissa C. Pero
71
5
9
Apr 4
Harriet S. Putnam
67
8
21
Apr
17 Elizabeth Smith
73
4
26
May 11
Frances E. Bacon.
58
8
2
May 14 Valire A. Gill. .
73
5
15
May 22
Laurance N. Rowell
0
11
7
July 14
Harold E. Noyes
18
11
19
July 21
Ethel E. Rowell.
14
4
22
July
21
Nellie M. Rowell
12
7
6 0
Aug
1
Clay
0
0
0
Oct
5 Frank A. Bacon.
38
7
25
Oct
18
John T. Quimby.
84
3
0
Dec
1 Samuel G. Saville.
89
0
2
Dec
26 Anna L. B. Jaquith
71
3
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A Few Items Connected with the Early History of Thetford, Written for the Young People of the Town
The town was chartered by Benning Wentworth, Gover- nor of N. H. Aug. 12, A. D. 1761 to John Phelps and 61 others from Hebron, Conn. and contained 68 shares and 23,200 acres. On Sept. 16, 1761 at a meeting of the proprietors held in Hebron a committee consisting of Jacob Root 1919
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and seven others were chosen to visit the township, with a surveyor and lay out a road across it, northwardly and southwardly eight rods wide, and one 50 acre lot to each proprietor, said lots to be 50 rods wide, and one end bounded on the above road. The committee reached the township Oct. 8, 1761 and beginning on the south line 292 rods from the river laid out a road northerly to the Fairlee line near the lake shore and, the lots 66 in number. At a meeting in Hebron, Dec. 16, 1761 these lots were drawn one for each proprietor. The first settlement was made in May, 1764 by John Chamberlin from Hebron. He received his deed "of a certain right of land" from Alexander Phelps (one. of the original proprietors) April 9, 1764. The following May he came on and made his "pitch," cleared some land and built his log cabin near the river on the farm now occupied by C. N. Sayre in the southeast part of the town. Samuel his son was the first white child born in town. Chamberlin by perseverence and industry rose to a kind of independence among his neighbors who dubbed him "Quail John" which adhered to him through life. One of his neighbors com- posed the following verse.
"Old Quail John, was the first that came on as poor as a calf in Spring. But now he is rich as Gov. Fitch and lives like a lord or a King."
Here he remained alone until the Spring of 1765 when he was joined by Abner Howard, Benj Baldwin, Joseph Hosford and Joseph Downer, all from Hebron. Most of the early settlers were poor, but a right of land of 300 or 400 acres could be obtained for $10. By hard work most " of them gained a supply of the necessities of life, but had to endure great hardship and many privations. There were no roads, only foot paths, all their goods had to be brought up the river from Charlestown No. 4 in New Hamp- shire either in canoes or on the ice in winter. The nearest mills for grinding their corn were at Charlestown. The first houses were built of logs, covered with bark. The land when cleared was very productive, yielding 30 to 40 bushels of wheat and from 50 to 70 bushels of corn to the acre. For some years the cattle (what few they had) were marked a run in the woods in summer, but few sheep were kept on account of the bears and wolves. The bears were very destructive to fields of corn, which they would break down and destroy in the night. Joel Strong in 1768 killed three in his corn patch in one night. Moose and deer were plenty 34
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