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Annual Reports of the Town Officers and Inventory of Polls and Ratable Property of Fitzwilliam, N.H. for the Year Ending Januar Annual Reports of the Town Officers and Inventory of Polls and Ratable Property of FITZWILLIAM NEW HAMPSHIRE for the year ending JANUARY 31 1940 SENTINEL PRINTING COMPANY KBENB, N. H. 1940 ANNUAL REPORTS OF THE Town Officers AND Inventory of Polls and Ratable Property OF FITZWILLIAM, N. H. FOR THE YEAR ENDING JANUARY 31, 1940 SENTINEL PRINTING COMPANY KEENE, N. H. 1940 J5^2 , or FSCr / 9 4(9 TOWN OFFICERS Moderator HORACE B. FIRMIN Supervisors LEROY E. BLAKE ARTHUR E. STONE WILLIAM H. DAVIS Representative GEORGE F. MILLER Town Clerk FRANCES F. CHASE Treasurer HORACE B. FIRJVIIN Selectmen and Assessors WALTER M. STONE LOUIS M. WEBB GEORGE F. MILLER Tax Collector LOLIE R. PIERCE Trustees of Trust Funds GEORGE S. EMERSON, M. D. WALTER M. STONE HORACE B. FIRMIN EHre- Wards CLARENCE M. DAMON HARRY E. FLAGG OSCAR G. YON Board of Health GEORGE S. EMERSON. M. D. WALTER M. STONE LOUIS M. WEBB GEORGE F. MILLER Highway Agent HARRY E. FLAGG Supervisors of the Library RODMAN SCHAFF FRANCIS R. PARKER EDITH W. WEST Librarian MAYE B. SAUNDERS Sexton and Superintendent of Cemeteries GEORGE A. BALDWIN SCHOOL DISTRICT OFFICERS Moderator ARTHUR E. STONE Clerk BESSIE B. BYAM Treasurer FRANCES P. CHASE School Board GEORGE S. EMERSON FANNIE B. SPICER LUCY B. PLANTB Superintendent FREDERICK T. JOHNSON INVENTORY OF RATABLE PROPERTY IN THE TOWN OF FITZWILLIAM, N. H., APRIL 1, 1939 Name Name Name Name Name Name 10 Name 11 Name 12 Name 13 Name 14 Name Valu- Total Name Valu- Total and Description ation Tax and Description ation Tax Kendall & Whitte- more 100a 200 81.40 Whipple, Bertha K. White land 500 18.50 Whipple, Ernest Home place 75a 800 1 cow 50 31.45 Whipple, Juliette Home place 18a 1750 (Exempt $1,000) 750 27.75 Whipple, W. H. S. Gilson land 100a 300 MeiTill land 10a 75 Coolidge lot 2a 10 Coolidge lot 2a 125 Whipple land 12a 50 2 horses 75 8 cows 280 Fowls 70 36.45 Whipple, John 1 cow 40 (Exempt) Whitcomb, Alice L. Est. Home place 65a 400 Whitcomb, Chas. E, 2 cows Whitcomb. Delia Farm 40a Whitcomb, Marshall P. Home place 80a Bailey place P. Whitcomb farm 67a Handy pasture 35a White & Gage land 35a Part of Cum- mings farm 65a 2 horses 2 oxen 5 cows 6 sheep White, Edith Home place 20a 15 INVENTORY OF THE NON-RESIDENT TAXABLE PROP- ERTY IN THE TOWN OF FITZWILLIAM, N. H. AS TAKEN APRIL 1, 1939 Name 16 Name 17 Name 18 Name 19 Name 20 Name 1 21 Name Valu- Total Name Valu- Total and Description ation Tax and Description ation Tax and Henry A. & Light Co. Gale lot and Water rights 100 3.70 cottage 1500 55.50 Tuttle, Margaret Sullivan, Anna J. FuUam place 2000 74.00 Cottage at lake 800 29.60 United Lumber Co. Socony Vacuum Whitney farm 75a 250 9.25 Oil Co. Ward, Frank E. Gasoline pumps Cottage and and tanks 225 8.32 land at lake 1100 40.70 Sullivan, Mary E. Wehner, Frank W. Summer house 1400 51.80 Wood lot 25a 1251 4.63 Streeter, Harold A. Wallace, John S. Streeter 1-3-4-5- and Russell S. 12-13 150 Summer place 50001 200 12.95 East lot 3 1/2 a 500 Wilder lot 38a 1 Taylor, John and West lot la 501 Eleanor S. Bissell lot 4a 250 Summer home 130a 2000 74.00 Wilkins lot 7a 250] 223.85 Wheeler, Alice M. Timlow, Josephine I Summer home %a 700 25.90 Land on West hill lOOi 3.70 Whitney, William H. Teeter, John H. I Cottage at lake 3000 111."00 Quarry land la 100| Townsend, Inez Howe lot 40a 150| Cottage at lake 1000 37.00 Holman lot 200a 5001 27.75 Treat, Roger E. Whitcomb, E. J. and Carlton E. Part Putney Home place 2a 2500 place 26a 12001 44.40 Forristall farm 150a 500 Windheim, Mrs. Chas. Whipple land 2a 300 122.10 Cottage at lake Troy Blanket Mills lots 16-17-19 14001 51.80 Reservoir 500 18.50 Woodward, Herman I Turner Falls Power Starkey lot lOOi 3.70 THE FOLLOWING NAMED PERSONS HAVE BEEN ASSESSED A POLL TAX FOR THE YEAR 1939 Anderson, Henry 22 Bemis, Addie F. 23 Emerson, Walter E. Hendrickson, Arvo Parinoli, Alma Hendrickson, Christina Farinoli, Mary Hendrickson, Henry Farrington, George Hesimaki, John Parrington, Marion Hesimaki, Lizzie Favreau, Ethel Hill, Aarno Favreau, Joseph Hill, Atle Firmin, Horace B. Hill, Eino E. Pirmin, Letitia A. Hill, Reino Fisher, Edith Hill, Hilda Fisher, Galen E. Hill, Oiva S. Fisher, Jennie L. Hanninen, Lizzie Plagg, Doris Hill, Arthur A. Plagg, Hazel E. Hill, Tyyne Flagg, Warren A. Hind, Birdie Francis, Delia M. Hind, Charlotte Pi'ancis, William H. Hind, James Foster, Jesse Hind, Llewellyn A. Forstrom, Emile Holman, Annie M. Forstrom, Hilma Holman, Bertice P. Forstrom, Edward Holman, Clifford C. Gallagher, Mrs. R. M. Holman, Gertrude Gannett, Bessie E. Holman, Gladye Gilson, Leroy E. Holman, Jennie Gilson, Clara B. Holman, Harry E. Grant, Edward E. Holman, Howard C. Grant, Hattie Holman, Harold C. Grant, Warren N. Holman, Marion W. Grasmuck, William T. Holman, Ralph J. Grasmuck, Ethel Holman, Walter E. Green, Emma Hongisto, Amelia Grier, Amalia Hongisto, Eino Grier, John Hongisto, Gertrude Grier, John, Jr. Houvinen, Fannie Goddard, Laura Houvinen, John Gordon, Jasper Howe, Carl E. Gordon, Mary W. Howe, Lena Gordon, Sallie Huston, Frank T. Haapali, Alia Huston, Lena D. Hadley, Grace Jacobson, Ano Hanninen, John Jr. Jacobson, Hilma Hanninen, Mary Jacobson, Vina Haskell, Leonie Jamsa, Victor Hayden, Carrie Jarvi, Gus Hayden, Charles G. Jarvi, John Hayden, Fred D. Jarvi, William T. Hayden, Herbert H. Jenczyk, Frank Hayden, Nathan B. Jones, A. Marshall Hebert, Clifford Jones, Faith F. Hebert, Nellie Jones, Grace Hendrickson, Anna Judd, Leon 24 Judd, Elga Mattson, Osmo Korpi, Emma Mattson, Vina Korpi, George Meattey, Blanch Kapff, Helen T. Meattey, Clifford Kendall, Mildred Meattey, Ernest J. Kimball, Walter Meattey, Herbert Komi, Katri Meattey, Herman Komi, Toivo M. Meattey, Maynard Komi, Sylvia Meattey, Mary Kononen, Annie Meattey, Mildred Kononen, Gudrum Meattey, Dora Kononen, Ray Meattey, Ruth Kouvinen, William Meattey, Tynne S. Kouvinen, Ina Meattey, Wilfred T. Kovanen, Woitti May, Clarence Knight, Mabel May, Alice Knight, Arthur J. Miller, George F. Lake, Sulo A. Michelson, Martha Lake, Mrs. William Michelson, Minna Lammela, Amos Michelson, Laimo Lammela, John Michelson, John Lammela, John Jr. Michelson, Selma Lammela, Jennie Michelson, Walter Lammela, Lois M. Montgomery, Mary L. Lammela, Sandra Morrison, Annie E. Laplante, Cheapher McQueston, Ida B. Lassila, Mary Murray, DeWitt T. Lassila, Mary L. Murray, Florence Levela, Hilma Murray, Rose D. Lindall, Hannah Murray, Everett L. Lindall, Victor S. Nunn, Robert A. Loupa, Ellen Nunn, Mrs. Robert Loupa, William Nutting, Etta Loupa, Annie Palmer, Ethel Lynch, William E. Palmer, Edward E. Mackey, Walter J. Palmer, Mary Magnani, Norma Parker, Elizabeth Magnani, Rose Parker, Francis R. Magnani, Victor Parker, John M. Maki, August Parker, Richard K. Maki, Mary Patria, Bessie Mattson, Aarne Patria, Edward Mattson, Arthur Patria, Elmer Mattson, Freda Patria, Alice Mattson, Harmah Patria, Harland Mattson, Helen Patria, Roger Mattson, Ida Patria, Eleanor Mattson, Neilo Patterson, Frank B. Mattson, Emily Patterson, Francis Mattson, John Patterson, Ellen Mattson, Oscar Patterson, Rena 25 Pelto, Arvo Shea, John Pelto, Aame Shea, Nellie Pelto, Atle Sherman, Jane W. Pelto, Armas Simpanen, Amelia Pelto, Hilda Smith, Anna Pelto, Isaac Smith, John Pierce, Edson I. Son, Levi Pierce, Henry J. Son, Lydia Pierce, Lolie R. Spicer, Fannie B. Pierce, Myrtle Spicer, George W. Pierce, Winnifred Starkey, Hattie W. Plante, Arthur J. Smith, Mildred M. Plante, Emile J. Stone, Arthur E. Plante, Jennie Stone, Elinor W. Plante, Lucille Stone, Helen J. Plante, John Stone, Margaret E. Plante, Lucy B. Stone, Roger L. Pollary, Ida Sturtevant, Chas. H. Pollary, Laimo Sturtevant, Eva Popple, Herbert W. Sturtevant, Mabel Popple, Nellie W. Sykes, Annie K. Popple, Raymond Steinka, Henry. Poholeck, Paul Steinka, Gwendolyn Poholeck, Rose Taino, Antti Puskala, Emile Taino, Hilda Puskala, Hilma Tenney, Ralph L. Properzio, Lois Thompson, Elizabeth D. Properzio, William J. Thompson, Catherine Raitto, Hazel Thompson, Hosmer Rawding, Elva M. Tommila, Elsie Rawding, Otis G. TommUa, Oscar Rosenblad, Ben Tommila, Felix Rosenblad, Susanna Tommila, Walter Rugg, Cleron Tommila, George Rugg, Irving G. Tonunila, Helmi Rugg, Nellie Turner, Alice Russell, Angeline Taylor, Lorna B. Russell, Celia Ujanen, John Russell, Daniel J. Wear, Florence E. RusseU, Edmund D. Wear, Herbert S. Russell, Leah Webb, Louis M. Russell, Ruth M. West, Edith W. Russell, Treffle J. West, Howard M. Saari, John W, Wheeler, Anne Saari, Lizzie Wheeler, Robert G. Saunders, Maye B. Wheelock, Dorothy C. Saunders, William B. Wheelock, John H. Saari, Tanno Whipple, Annie M. Sanders, Clara M. Whipple, Ernest Schaff, Elise C. Whipple, Katherine Shea, Gladys D. Whipple, Minnie 26 Whipple, William H. S. 27 LIST OF DOGS REGISTERED IN FITZWILLIAM FOR 1939 E. Haring Dickinson William Anderson Frances F. Chase Henry Anderson 1 Mabel Sturtevant John Hanninen, Jr 1 Birdie Hind Lorna B. Taylor Kennel Licence Clara B. Gilson Reginald Patria 1 George A. Baldwin Carleton E. Boyce 2 Marguerite E. Davis Allenne E. Crittsinger 1 Gladys D. Shea John Smith 1 Francis Kimball Frank T. Angier 1 Mrs. William Grasmuck Wallace Angier 1 Rollin L. Angier Otis G. Rawding 1 Woitto Kovanen George W. Montgomery 1 George S. Emerson George D. Chase 1 John H. Wheelock Guy C. Williams 1 Ricci S. Yon R. W. Stone 1 Henry Whipple Howard C. Holman 1 A. E. Foster Henry W. Bemis Robert B. Wilson Nathan B. Hayden Franklyn Gannett William Koivinen Emile J. Plante, Jr. June Hayden Mr.s. Fred R. Boyce Charles G. Hayden Abe P. Yon Oscar Tommila State Line School Roger L.
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