ANNUAL REPORTS OF THE. Town of Brentwood. New Hampshire. For the Year Ending. January 31, 1918

ANNUAL REPORTS OF THE Town of Brentwood New Hampshire For the Year Ending January 31, 1918

ANNUAL REPORTS OF THE SELECTMEN, TREASURER Highway Agents AXD Board of Education OF THE TOWN OF Brentwood, N. H. FOR THE YEAR ENDING JANUARY 31, 1918 PRINTED BY JOHN B. CLARKE CO. MANCHESTER K H. 1918

Town and School Officers OFFICERS BIENNIALLY ELECTED Moderator JOHN F. Representative to SWASEY General Court BURTON L. SMITH Supervisors of ('heel List CHARLES BART LETT JOHN BLOCK FRED OSGOOD OFFICERS ANNUALLY ELECTED / own ( 'lerk CHARLES FLANDERS Select in,"ii SAMUEL S. DUDLEY <;. RUSSELL ROWE OMER S. ROWE Town Treasurer FRANK II. WOOD 3

) Board of Education JOHN F. SWASEY GEORGE A. LYFORD SUSIE MORELAND Treasurer of School Board CHARLES B. SNYDER Truant Officer JOHN LAKE Highway Agents DAVID KIRKWOOI JOHN STEVENS JOHN LAKE Collector of Taxes CHAR LES F LANDERS Librarian MABEL G. SNYDER Dog Constable CHARLES FLANDERS Police Officer CHARLES G. PAGE

I L. Town Warrant S.J THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE. To the inhabitants of the Town of Brentwood, in the County of Rockingham, in said State, qualified to' vote in Town Affairs: You are hereby notified to meet at town hall in said Brentwood on Tuesday, the twelfth day of March next, at ten of the clock in the forenoon, to act upon the following subjects: 1. To choose all necessary town officers for the year ensuing. '2. To raise such sums of money as may he necessary to defray town charges for the ensuing year, and make appropriation of the same. 3. To see if the town will vote to apply for state aid. 4. To choose a delegate for the Constitutional Convention to be held at Concord, June.">. 5. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate for the control of the White Pine Blister Rust. Given under our hands and seal, this ninth day of February, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and eighteen. SAM TEL S. DUDLEY, G. RUSSELL ROWE, OMER S. ROWE, Selectmen of Brentwood. A true copv of Warrant Attest: SAMUEL S. DUDLEY, G. RUSSELL ROWE. OMER S. ROWE. Selectmen of Brentwood.

Inventory Inventory of the town of Brentwood, April 1, 1918, exclusive of exemptions: Land and buildings $315,595.00 144 horses 17,500.00 14 oxen 1,500.00 325 cows 18,350.00 93 other stock- 3,785.00 10 sheep 80.00 30 hogs 745.00 280 fowls 280.00 2<> automobiles 7,575.00 2 portable mills 200.00 Wood and lumber 5,000.00 Stock in public funds 2,000,00 Money on hand or on deposit 40.00 Stock in trade 21,800.00 Mills and machinery 12,000.00 145 polls 290.00 Amount exempt to soldiers 5,550.00 Average rate per cent of taxation 2.20 Town Property. Town -rove $2,400.00 1 road machine 125.00 3 road drags 60.00 1 iron beam plow 10.00 Sealers, weights and measures S7.Sfi <;

: : Selectmen's Report Report of the selectmen of the town of Brentwood for the year ending January 31, 1918. Dr. Received from Frank IT. Wood, on note $450.00 E. A. Morse, old bridge plank 1.00 State treasurer Maintenance, trunk line 167.06 Maintenance, state aid 170.13 [nsuranee tax.75 Railroad tax 56.94 Savings hank tax 748.08 Literary fund 79.20 Proportion school fund 245.00 County treasurer: Supplies furnished Charles Purington.. 20.00 G. F. Fellows, lumber 86.72 John Lake, unexpended highway money... 28.60 Estate Mary Ann Jewell.'....' '.... 100.00 Ob. $2,153.48 By cash paid treasurer ' $2,153.48 SAMUEL S. DUDLEY, G. RUSSELL ROWE, OMER S. ROWE. Selectmen of Brentwood.

Treasurer's Report Dr. Balance cash on hand Feb. 15, 1917 $590.48 Received from selectmen 2,153.48 Received from Charles Flanders, dog licenses 1*8.60 Received from Charles Flanders, collector 9,220.55 Received interest on deposit.55 $12,043.66 Ck. Paid County tax $860.29 State tax 824.50 Repairs on roads and bridges 984.63 Support of librarv 75.00 Town officers 247.00 Support of schools 2,962.07 Aid furnished dependent soldiers 30.50 Use of hearse 20.00 Maintenance trunk line 334.18 Maintenance State Aid road 311.13 Repairs on Town hall 266.82 Town grove 2,431.26 Miscellaneous 701.11 Balance cash on hand Jan. 31, 1918 1,995.17 $12,043.66

: Expenditures in Detail Public taxes Paid state tax $824.50 ( lounty tax 860.29 SUPPORT OF SCHOOLS. $1,684.79 Paid Charles Snyder, treasurer $2,962.0? REPAIRS OX POADS AND BRIDGES. John Stevens $310.80 John Lake 321.:>:". David Ivirkwood 317.75 Stillman Bryant, highway agent, 1916. breaking roads 34.55 TRUNK LINK. $984.03 Paid S. S. Dudley, maintenance $334.18 STATE AID ROADS. Paid S. S. Dudley, maintenance $311.13 SUPPORT OP LIBRARY. Paid John IT. Carr, treasurer $50.00 Mabel G-. Snyder, librarian 25.00 9 $75.00

10 TOWN OFFICEES. Paid S. S. Dudley, selectman $50.00 G. Russell Rowe, selectman 40.00 Omer 8. Eowe, selectman 30.00 Prank H. Wood, treasurer 20.00 Charles Flanders, town clerk 16.00 ( lharles Flanders, tax collector 65.00 ( lharles Flanders, dog' constable 5.00 ( iharles Page, police officer 5.00 Nathan B. Abbott, ballot clerk 2.00 John E. Tuck, ballot clerk 4,00 William Rhodes, ballot clerk 2.00 John Lake, ballot clerk 2.00 Albeit Robinson, ballot clerk 2,00 Robert Giblet, ballot, clerk 1,00 $247.00 AID FURNISHED DEPENDENT SOLDIERS. Paid A. W. Mitchell, medical attendance $10.50 Goodwin Bros., supplies furnished Charles Purington 20.00 $30.50 USE OF HEARSE. Paid Mrs. Charles Reid $5.00 <i. Stillman Bryant 5.00 Simeon Burleigh 5.00 E. J. Gordon 5.00 $20.00

11 REPAIRS ON TOWN II ALL. Paid Frank L. Junkins, settees $108.00 H. W. Smith, shingles 11 7.61 G. F. Fellows, hoards 2.01 Charles D. Bartlett, moving settees for repairs 2.0'0 Augustus Young, supplies 19.25 G. Russell Rowe, repairs on settees 9.60 S. S. Dudley, 10 gals, kerosene 1.35 Omer S. Rowe, janitor 5.00 Omer S. Rowe, hauling settees from 1'reight depot 2-00 TOWN GROVE. S2G6.82 Paid Jane E. Robinson, four acres, more or less, land in the rear of Town hall $125.00 Gr. F. Fellows, standing lumber on same.... 2,250.00 Burton L. Smith, hauling lumber and labor 10.52 E. A. Morse, hauling lumber 7.74 Omer S. Rowe. labor 11.00 Charles Flanders, labor 2.00 Charles I). Bartlett, labor 12.00 Nathan B. Abbott, labor 10.00.MISCELLANEOUS.,131.26 Paid John Templeton, printing town reports.... $18.00 John H. Carr, Memorial Day 50.00 Deposited Five-Cent Savings Bank, Jewell fund : 100.00 John W. A. Green, recording deed 1.70 Baker Agency, Trustee's bond 2.00

12 Taid Charles Flanders, recording births and deaths L. (i. James, maintaining public watering place, John A. two vears Howell, overtax S. S. Dudley, postage and envelopes S. S. Dud lev. Portsmouth, tax commissioner Omer Rowc, Portsmouth, tax commissioner Frank II. Wood, note Frank II. AYoocl, interest Frank H. Wood, postage A. W. Mitchell, returning births and deaths W. and L. E. Gkirley, weights and measures James H. Batchelder, supplies $3.30 6.00 2.00 3.19 3.00 3.00 450.00 15.00 1.00 2.50 4.40 6.02 $701.11 ABATEMENTS. Paid Annie Beaulieu, poll tax $2.00 Irving Burtt, poll tax 2.00 ( reorge Buisson, poll tax 2.00 ( 'harles Charleson, poll tax 2,00 Roy Leavitt. poll tax 2.00 George Maynard, poll tax 2.00 Arthur Stevens, poll tax 2.00 FINANCIAL REPORT. $14.00 Assets. Cash in hands of treasurer $1,995.17 Due from county, medical attendance, Charles Purington 10.50 $2,005.6"

13 Liabilities. Amount on hand, Raymond-Plaistow road $583.50 Unexpended balance, south side Trunk line, construction 242.73 Unexpended balance, south side Trunk Hue, maintenance 228.00 Unexpended balance, State aid. maintenance 43.10 Amount dog licenses $78.60 Amount constable service.. o.oo Amount due school district ^!.(J0 Leaving a balance in favor of town... 831.^1 $2,005.6? FEANK H. WOOD, Treasurer, I have this day examined the accounts of the selectmen and treasurer of the town of Brentwood for the year ending January 31, 1918, and find them correct, with proper vouchers, and find a balance in the hands of the treasurer of one thousand nine hundred ninety-five dollars and seventeen cents ($1,995.17). JOHN E. TUCK, Auditor.

: Highway Agents' Report Reports of Highway Agents of the town of Brentwood for the year ending January 31, 1918 JOHN W. STEVENS. Received of town treasurer $310.80 Paid James L. Stevens, labor with team $60.00 William Hallinan, labor with team 40.00 Burton L. Smith, labor with team 50.00 Warren Locke, labor, with team and man 19.00 Edward Stevens, labor 21.00 John W. Stevens, labor 10.88 Nathan B. Abbott, labor 14.00 Charles D. Bartlett, labor 14.00 James Dowd, labor 19.40 Horace Goss, labor 7.00 Harry Marshall, labor 4.00 Walter Prescott, labor 2.00 B. L. Smith, 32 loads of gravel 3.50 Norman B. Smith, labor.90 Gertrude F. Fellows, 934 feet bridge" plank 32.32 $300.00 Breaking roads 10.80 JOHN LAKE. $310.80 Received of town treasurer $321.53 14

15 Paid John Lake John F. Swasey Edward G. Robinson LeRoy M. Lake Charles D. Bartlett James Dowd E. A. Morse Minot Gordon Addison Rowell Clarence Rowe X. B. Abbott Leonard Nixon Frank Bean William Graves Omer Rowe A. L. Averill Jessie Drowns Lloyd Snell Paul Thyng A. Rowell J. Stillman Bryant, 98 loads gravel at 6c $62.26 Unexpended balance paid selectmen Breaking; roads DAVID KIRKWOOD.

16 I 'aid A. L. Moreland $4.00 F. K. Taylor ' 5.50 R. K. Smith 3.00 Edgar E. Gifford 10.00 G. F. Fellows 11.97 David Kirkwood 21.77 Ralph S. Thyng 1 2.50 C. H. Beede 5.00 Amos B. Dearborn 5.00 Charles O. Swain 5.00 Edgar E. Gifford L0.75 B. G. Sanborn 4.26 James Knox 1 8.30 ( ). S. Rowe 28.00 R. K. Smith 6.50 A. L. Moreland 7.00 W. M. Thyng 20.51 David Kirkwood 28.41 W. J. Young 6.98 Walter Lyford 6.00 Sereno Prescott 1.80 $300.00 Breaking roads 17.75 $317.75 Brentwood, N. H.. January 31, 1918. We have this day examined and computed the accounts of the road agents of the town of Brentwood for the vear ending January 31, vouchers. 1918, and find them correct with proper SAMUEL S. DUDLEY, G. RUSSELL ROWE. OMER S. ROWE. Selectmen of Brentwood.

Report of Trustees of Trust Funds SHEPARD CEMETERY FUND. Cash on deposit in Union Five Cents Savings Bank $200.00 Accrued interest on same < 2.66 $272.66 Expended for labor $4.00 Balance on deposit 268.66 EMILY A. ROBINSON FUND. Cash on deposit $100.00 Accrued interest on same 15.61 $115.61 Expended on labor.50 Balance on deposit $115.11 HOOK FUND. Cash on deposit $100.00 Accrued interest on same 6.72 $106.72 Expended for labor.50 Balance on deposit $106.22 MARTHA J. DUDLEY FUND. Cash on deposit $100.00 MARY ANN JEWELL FUND. Cash on deposit $100.00 JOHN F. SWASEY, CHARLES B. SNYDER. DANIEL O. WALDRON. 17

: 18 BUDGET OF THE TOWN OF Estimates of Revenue and Expenditures for the Ensuing Year, Revenue and Expenditures of the Previous Year, From State: Insurance Tax Railroad Tax Savings For Highways SOURCES OF REVENUE. Bank Tax Actual Revenue Previous fear, 1917. (a) For State Aid Maintenance.. (b-) For Trunk Line Maintenance From Local Sources, Except Taxes: Interest Received on Taxes and Deposits From Poll Taxes Revenue Applicable Only to New Construction and Improvements: From State: (a) For State Aid Highway Construction 365.40 Revenue Which Must Be Paid to Other Governmental Divisions 1,060.52

: :. 19 BRENTWOOD, NEW HAMPSHIRE. February 1, 1018, to January 31, 1919, Compared with Actual February 16, 1917, to January 31, 1918. PURPOSES OF EXPENDITURES. Current Maintenance Expenses: General Government: Town Officers' Salaries Town Officers' Expenses Election and Registration Expenses Care and Supplies for Town Hall Protection of Persons and Property: Police Department Health: Vital Statistics Highways and Bridges: State Aid Maintenance: State's Contribution Town's Contribution Trunk Line Maintenance: State's Contribution Town's Contribution Town Maintenance General Expenses of Highway Department Education: Libraries Patriotic Purposes: Memorial Day and Other Celebrations Soldiers' Aid and G. A. R. Halls.. Recreation: Parks and Playgrounds Interest On Temporary Loans Outlay lor New Construction and Permanent Improvements Highways and Bridges: State Aid Construction: State's Contribution Town's Contribution Payments to Other Governmental Di- Actual Estimated Expenditures Expenditures Previous Ensuing Year, 1917. Year, 1918. $226.00 22.61 visions : State Taxes County Taxes Payments to Precincts Payments to School Districts

Library Report Treasurer's report of the Brentwood Town Library for the year ending January 31, 1918: Dr. Cash on hand $0.07 Fines.70 Received from town 50.00 Cr. $50.77 Paid for books 49.87 Paid for express and postage.80 Balance cash on hand.10 $50.77 JOHN H. CARR, Treasurer. 20

School Report The number of pupils enumerated by the truant officer between the ages of five and sixteen is ninety-one. The schools have been under the same teachers throughout the year, a unique record for our town. This has added greatly to the efficiency of our schools. We hope to make only one change for the coming year. We feel that much better work can be done if a constant change of teachers can be avoided. We have had a visit from the state superintendent of public instruction during the past year. He informs us that our school buildings are not in accordance with modern ideas of light, ventilation and sanitation and suggests that enough money be appropriated each year to put one schoolhouse in an up-to-date state of repair. This to be repeated until the buildings in the four school districts in town are put in modern condition. ROLL OF HONOR. Pupils not absent or tardy for three terms : Harry Haigh, Dorothy Haigh, Grace Haigh, Dorothy Swasey, Muriel Swasey, Elizabeth Flanders, Valeda Proulx, Jewel Smith. Pupils not absent or tardy for two terms : Edgar Parker, Elsie Smith, Thomas Fortier, Olga Collins, Hazel Collins, Leila James, Ephraim Proulx, John Knight, Maurice Metevier, Elizabeth Rand, Dana Moreland. Pupils not absent or tardy for one term: Minnie Haigh, Eleanor Gove, Louise Pike, Jesse Stilson, John Hook, Helena Swasey, Elizabeth Rucker, Philip Marcotte, Bernice Rowe, Edward Fitzpatrick, Walter Lyford, Jr., Gladys Block, Alec Proulx. Wilfred Proulx. 21

...... RECOMMENDATIONS FOR 1918. Money required by law $727.50 Text books and supplies 150.00 Tuition 900.00 Flags and fixtures 10.00 Salary of officers 80.00 In accordance with an amendment of Public Statutes by the last General Court our next school year will end August 31, 1919, rather than February 16. Therefore it will be necessary to add \ or $933.75 to the above recommendations. STATISTICAL TABLE OF SCHOOLS. 'I'e \i ii ERS. 3alary per non ih. Marshall's Corner School: Lucy J. Jacobs Lucy J. Jacobs Lucy J. Jacobs South Road School: Pauline Robinson. Pauline Robinson. Pauline Robinson..., Crawley's Falls School: *Pauline Ellis *Pauline Ellis *Pauline Ellis North Road School:. Alt-hen Lyford.' *Althea Lyford *Althen Lyford

. 23 Paid Pauline Robinson, teaching 32 weeks at $10 $320.00 Pauline Ellis, teaching 4 weeks at $12... IS. 00 Pauline Ellis, teaching 28 weeks at $14... 392.00 Sanborn Seminary, tuition 316.00 Robinson Seminary, tuition 2.75 Exeter High, tuition 51.00 Colby Academy, tuition 53.00 Epping High, tuition 03.00 Helena Swasey, janitress 10.00 Daniel Page, janitor 10.00 Dorothy Haigh, janitress 10.00 Peter Fortier, janitor 10.00 F. Swasey, salary 20.00 J. G. A. Lyford, salary 20.00 Susie Moreland, salary 20.00 C. B. Snyder, salary and postage 12.09 John Lake, truant officer 10.00 J. J. F. Swasey. postage, freight, express and use of telephone 4.62 F. Swasey, wood and fitting 49.00 Gertrude Fellows, lumber 25.83 Sidney Taylor, repairing clock 1.50 A. L. Moreland, wood and fitting 30.40 Irving Burtt, wood 6.00 T. F. Burtt, wood 9.00 Walter E. Burtt, wood 3.00 Norah Rowell. cleaning schoolhouse 3.75 Mrs. W. A. Haigh. cleaning schoolhouse.. 3.00 William Haigh, fitting wood.80 John J. Knights, wood and fitting 14.50 D. E. Hallinan, wood 3.00 H. F. Rowell, kindling 3.40 Peter Fortier, fitting wood 1.50 Harry Haigh, fitting wood -3.40 E. E. Gifford, fitting wood 2.00 G. A. Lyford, wood 2.00 Susie Moreland, supplies 4.75

24 Paid J. F. Swasey supplies $2.30 G. E. Lyford, supplies 2.67 Haven Norris, use of well 3.00 W. E. Babb & Co., books and supplies.... 43.89 American Book Co 10.76 Ginn & Co 1.40 Silver, Burdette & Co., drawing maps... 4.49 C. D. Bartlett, repairs 4.00 J. F. Swasey, repairs 9.70 A. L. Moreland, repairs 9.50 G. A. Lyford, repairs 15.45 Hilliard & Kimball, repairs 3.55 Warren Thyng, repairs 3.00 J. F. Brown & Son, repairs 4.25 Edson C. Eastman, order books 1.20 $2,727.70 REPORT OF TREASURER OF SCHOOL DISTRICT. For the year ending January 31, 1918. Dr. Cash on hand $213.07 Reecived from town treasurer 2,962.07 Cr. $3,175.14 Paid orders from school board $2,727.70 Balance cash on hand, January 31, 1918 447.44 CHARLES B. SNYDER, 5,175.14 Treasurer

Brentwood, N. H., January 31, 1918. I have this day examined the accounts of the school treasurer of the town of Brentwood and find them correct, with proper vouchers and a balance in the treasury of four hundred and forty-seven 44100 dollars ($447.44). JOHN LAKE. Auditor.

.. School Warrant THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE. To the inhabitants of the school district in the town of Brentwood, qualified to vote in district affairs: You are hereby notified to meet at the town hall in said district, on the ninth day of March, 1918, at two o'clock in the afternoon, to act upon the following subjects: 1 To choose a moderator for the coming year. 2. To choose a clerk for the ensuing year. 3. To choose a member of the school board for the ensuing three years. 4. To choose a treasurer for the ensuing year. 5. To hear the reports of agents, auditors, committees, or officers chosen, and pass any vote relating thereto. 6. To choose agents, auditors and committees in relation to any subject embraced in this warrant. 7. To see how much money the district will raise and appropriate for the support of the schools. 8. To see how much money the district will raise and appropriate for repairs on school property. 9. To see if the school district will adopt Chapter 82 of the Laws of 101:1, relating to the medical inspection of schools. 10. To see if the district will vote to authorize the school board to unite with one or more town districts or special districts to form a supervisory district for the purpose of employing a superintendent of the public schools therein, under the provisions of Chapter 77 of the Session Laws of New Hampshire, 1899, and raise money to carrv such vote into effect. 1 1 To transact any business that may legally come before said meeting. 2fi

: Given under our hands at said Brentwood this tenth day of February. L918. A true copy of warrant. Attest JOHN F. SWASEY, GEO. A. LYFORD. SUSIE N. M( >RELAND, School Board. JOHN F. SWASEY, GEO. A. LYFORD. SUSIE X. MORELAND. School Board.

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