Annual Reports. Town of Derry, New Hampshire for the Fiscal Year
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5sa.on CD T)i3 % ANNUAL REPORTS Town Of Dcrry, New Hampshire For The Fiscal Year Endins December 31,1 966 A recent portrait of the poet by Lotte Jacobi. Courtesy Lotte Jacobi (2) -AMERICAN POET LAUREATE- ROBERT FROST Derry Resident 1900-1911 Robert Lee Frost was born on March 26, 1875, in 'San Francis- co, California. At the age of ten, he journeyed to New England where he encountered a new way of life. In 1892 Robert graduated from Law- rence High School as senior class poet and valedictorian. Three years later he married Elinor M. White, a classmate at Lawijgnce High. Working at a spinning mill and seeking an education at Hax-vard, Robert felt stifled. It was at this time, due to ill health, that he sought refuge in Derry, New Hampshire. He settled near historic West Running Brook on a homestead which his grandfather provided. Farming was a peaceful change for Robert and it enabled him to be near nature. He developed a keen sense of interpreting the scenes and sounds around him. It was during this time, that he wrote the majority of the poems later published in A Boy's Will and North of Boston and several of those Mountain Interval. While not participating often in formal social gatherings, Frost was well liked by the villagers. His devoted wife and four children, a field of flowers, and a sheet of scratch paper afforded him plea- sure. Because of his very shy and diffident manner. Frost's work was unknown in Derry until after he had read some of his poems at the Derry Village Men's Club. The reading of his "A Tuft of Flowers" finally led to a position on the faculty of Pinkerton Academy. Even though he possessed no official degrees. Frost taught at Pinkerton for five years, from 1906 to 1911. During this time, he mainly taught English but also history, Latin,, and geometry. For the first two years Frost taught only part-time, but after he moved to Derry Vil- lage, he started his work as a full-time teacher. Unconventional Frost refused to give assignments. He preferred to encourage the students to write down their own ideas; he stressed the importance of "what was common to experience but uncommon to expression." Frost saw the duties of an English teacher in the fol- lowing order: 1. self 2. books 3. students. While at Pinkerton, Frost demonstrated the need for ejqpression beyond the three "R's." He directed Shakespearean plays, encour- aged nature walks, and participated in sports. The Academy was enriched by Frost's stay and was sorry when he moved to Plymouth. When Frost declined the principalship, the people of Derry could only recognize the man's individual spirit and admire him for it. From 1911 to 1912, Robert Frost taught at the Plymouth Normal School. Following this short stay, he moved to a quiet life in England where he set down his famous poems which reflect so beautifully the New Hampshire life. Robert Frost, the man, died January 29, 1963. However, Robert Frost, the poet, lives each time a line of his work is read or recall- ed. Seldom does an artist's work become so universal and yet retain its local color as do the poems of Robert Lee Frost. Pinkerton Academy students ^^J^MoS Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2009 with funding from Boston Library Consortium IVIember Libraries http://www.archive.org/details/annualreportsoft1966derr Table of Contents TOWN REPORT Selectmen's Foreword 6 Town Officers 8 Town Warrant lO Budget 14 Sources of Revenue 25 Sewer Fund Report 27 Inventory of Taxable Porperty 28 Budget of Budget Committee 30 Tax Collector's Report 32 District Court Report 37 Town Clerk's Report 38 Derry Water Works 42 Recreation Department 50 Derry, East Derry Libraries 53 Derry Fire District 63 East Derry Fire District 64 SCHOOL REPORT School District Officers 105 School Warrant 1"7 Budget 109 School Bd. Chairman's Report 113 Superintendent's Report 118 Grinnell School Report 123 Floyd School Report 124 Hood Jr. High Report 126 Derry Village Report 127 Reading Program 128 Speech Therapist 129 Nurse-Teacher Report 129 Pinkerton Academy 145 Supervisory Llnion No, 10 Budget 146 (5) Selectmen's Foreword And Report Another year has passed and this brings us to a period of analyzing last years progress and requests from the Selectmen to continue long range planning for our roads, water, and sewerage systems. 1966 saw the completion of all projects authorized by the Town Meeting of 1965 under Article # 9. Most of these projects were started in 1965 and are now completed, namely: The bridges over Beaver Brook in Derry Village, Birch Street and Highland Avenue bridge, and the bridge on West Broadway over Home Brook. The following projects have also been completed: The highway from the traffic lights to the library was resurfaced. The extension of the sewer system from Franklin and Folsom Road to Route 28 across from the Chanticleer Restaurant. The paving of Birch Street from the traffic lights to Shute's Corner done under TRA "B" funds. The Ross Pond sewer spur, so-called, from an intersection of the Franklin St. sewer to Route 28 near the property of Dr. Giblin has been completed at this writing. In 1966, under Article # 16, the town authorized the expenditure of $6,000.00 for exploration of water for the Mjnicipal Water System. The work is completed and a full detailed report is printed in this Town Report. A new addition to the town sheds was also done in 1966. There is a line item in the budget for the completion of this project. Looking forward to 1967, the Selectmen have inserted several articles in this years warrant which we feel are necessary for the continued improvement of our town..Although these articled call for a considerable expenditure of money, the following projects can be paid out of monies now in the hands of the Trustee of Trust Fjinds; 1. The paving of the parking lot on Manning Street. (6) 2. The purchase of a sectional rodder for sewer maintenance. 3. The completion of the town sheds can be paid out of surplus allowed by the New Hampshire Tax Commission. This would not affect the tax rate. The Selectmen feel that the reconstruction of Crystal Avenue from Broadway to Ross' Corner is of paramount importance to the town. We have an article in the warrant for this purpose which will be explained in detail at the town meeting. Also, there is an article in the warrant to build a supplemental water system in conjunction with our water exploration report. These last two articles will call for a Bond Issue over a ten year period to insure completion of the work. The Board of Selectmen feel they have presented a comprehensive and accurate budget for your consideration. Respectfully submitted, Donald Bentley Emile J. Bienvenue Harold E. DiPietro (7) Town Officers BOARD OF SELECTMEN Donald Bentley, Chairman Emile J. Bienvenue Harold E. DiPietro OVERSEER OF THE PUBLIC WELFARE Donald Bentley CIVIL DEFENSE DIRECTOR . Robert A. Ross TOWN COUNSEL George H. Grinnell TAX ASSESSOR David A. Buffum TAX COLLECTOR Dorothy O. Buffum TOWN CLERK . , Cecile R. Hoisingtoa TREASURER Frederick H. Maiming DERRY DISTRICT COURT George H. Grinnell, Judge Walter A. Pillsbury, Clerk CHIEF OF POUCE Robert J. Berube SUPERVISOR OF TRAFFIC Donald Bentley HEALTH OFFICER David A. Buffum AUDITORS Frank DiMarzio Paul A. Gibbons Raymon S. Webster MODERATOR Joseph V. Stancik BUDGET COMMITTEE 1964-1967 1965-1968 1966-1969 Rolfe G. Banister Grant G. Benson, Jr. Margaret DiMarzio J. Sidney Barlow Armand P. Cote A. C. Gorham William Howard Richard Low Barbara Jacobson Joseph V. Stancik Elaine Rendo Robert J. McConnell FOREST HILL CEMETERY Alfred T. Hepworth 1966 Bertrand Peabody 1968 Roland M, Willey 1967 (8) BUlLDrNG INSPECTOR David A. Buffum 3/14/67 PLANNING BOARD Wallace L. Kimball 6/1/67 Edward Bureau-Legal Advisor Indef. Ten. Howards. Dearth 6/11/71 Harold E. DiPietro March 1969 Arthur F. Hobsch 6/11/70 Winston Mccarty 6/1/67 Wilbur H. Palmer 6/1/68 John I. Schurman 6/11/68 RECREATION COMMISSION Gerald Cox - Recreation Director Franklin Allgeyer 4/15/68 Marilyn Ball 4/15/68 William Boyce 4/15/69 Joan LeMahieu 4/15/67 Harold Moynihan 4/15/67 SUPERVISORS OF CHECKLIST Janice Dearth 1972 Leona DesRosiers 1970 Barbara Schurman 1968 TAYLOR LIBRARY Paul Brickett 1967 Janice Dearth 1968 Alan B. Shepard 1969 Ruth Wheeler 1966 TOWN LIBRARY Rath Bartlett 1967 Barbara Blunt 1969 Frances Mannarini 1970 Walter A. Pillsbury 1968 TRUSTEES OF TRUST FUNDS George Saville Robert J. Gorham Emil Kumin WATER COMMISSIONERS Clarence Bartlett 1/1/68 . .Donald Bentley 1/1/69 Clive C. Small 1/1/70 WATER DEPARTMENT SUPERINTENDENT Harold H. Bean ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS Leander Burdick 6/1/70 Frederick Caton 6/1/69 Leona DesRosiers 6/1/71 Roy Feinauer 6/1/67 Walter Liff 6/1/68 (9) - TOWN WARRANT - the; state of new HAMPSmRE To the Inhabitants of the Town of Deny qualified to vote in town affkirs: You are hereby instructed to meet at Veterans Mtmorial Building in said Town on the second Tuesday of March next, at ten o'clock in the forenoon, to act upon the following subjects: By vote of the Selectmen, the polls for this meeting will remain open from ten o'clock in the forenoon until seven-thirty o'clock in the after- noon, and as much longer thereafter as the Town, at the opening of the meeting, may vote. 1.