ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE TOWN OF PEMBROKE NEW HAMPSHIRE
For the Yeor Ending
DECEMBER 31
NINETEEN FORTY-EIGHT
Annual Report
OF THE SELECTMEN AND TREASURER
OF THE Town of Pembroke
together with the reports of the
Roads Agents and Other Officers
of the Town
FOR THE
Fiscal Year Ending December 31, 1948
ALSO
VITAL STATISTICS
FOR THE
Year Ending December 31, 1948
Printed by L'AVENIR NATIONAL PUB. CO. Manchester, N. H. 1949 M4-6
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Assets 17
Auditor's Report 52
Budget 12
Financial Report 17
Forest Fire 47
Liabilities 18
Library Reports 46
Police Report 44
Payments 22
Summary of Inventory of Valuation 14
Statement of Appropriations and Taxes Assessed 15
School Report 54
Town Clerk's Report 21
Tax Collector's Report 31
Town Treasurer's Report 19
Town Officers 3
Town Warrant 5
Trustees of Trust Funds Report 49
Vital Statistics 83 TOWN OFFICERS
Moderator
GEDEON N. PETIT Jr.
Town Clerk ALBERT RITCHOTTE
Town Treasurer
ERNEST A. CHAPDELAINE
Selectmen
GEORGE R. LEA GEDEON PETIT WALTER BERGEVIN
Tax Collector
K. DONALD WOODBURY
Library Trustees
LUCILE HILLMAN ALICE B. JACOB MARGUERITE FRENCH
Auditors JOHN D. WELCH ERNEST MARTEL
Water Commissioners WARREN FOSS PHILIP BRASLEY HASCALL T. STIMSON ALFRED METIVIER RUFUS B. ROBINSON Representatives
GEORGE R. LEA EDGAR BELLEROSE
Trustees of Trust Funds
JOSEPH H. ROBINSON HARRY K. ROGERS
ALONZO J. BATES
Chief of Police
WILLIAM R. LeCLAIR
. Fire Chief
CHESTER T. ROBINSON
Checklist Supervisors
JOHN D. WELCH ALFRED METIVIER SYLVIO DUBE
School Board
EVA O. MONTY JOHN SATURELY GRACE CHASE
Highway Surveyor MARCELLUS H. ROWE
Librarian VIRGINIA BATCHELDER
Relief Administrator GRACE LABONTEE
Custodians of Cemeteries
MARY CHESEBORO GEORGE P. COFRAN JOHN H. ROBINSON STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
To the Inhabitants of the Town of Pembroke in the County of Merrimack in said State, qualified to vote in the Town Affairs: (L. S.)
You are hereby notified to meet at the Community House in said Pembroke, on Tuesday, the ninth day of March next, at nine o'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 be necessary to defray town charges for the ensuing year and make appropriations of the same.
3. To hear and act upon the report of the Town Ways and Means Committee.
4. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to borrow money in anticipation of taxes.
5. To see if the Town will vote to change twenty
(.20) cents on and after September 1, 1949, on all unpaid 1949 Poll Taxes.
6. To see if the Town will vote to authorize its Selectmen to sell any real estate which the Town may have acquired by deed as a result of non-payment of taxes; and to authorize the Selectmen to give a deed in the name of the Town to the purchaser of such land. 7. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of Six Hundred Thirteen Dollars and Eigh- ty-one Cents ($613.81) for the maintenance, construction or reconstruction of Class V highways, thereby to receive State aid therefore.
8. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate an additional One Hundred Eighty-six ($186.00) Dollars (approximately) yearly to the present street light- ing expense, in order to have the present business section
lights changed to the new "White Way plan such as is now in use in Allenstown and Manchester.
9. To see if the Town will vote to rescind articles 8 and 9 in the 1948 warrant. Said articles being as follows:
"8. To see if the Town will authorize the Board of Water Commissioners to make certain improve- ments to the Pembroke Water System for the cons- truction, repairing, laying, relaying, enlarging or ex- tending the present pipe line; repairing or extending the present auxiliary supply at the "Old Reservoir" so called, in Allenstown; acquiring such additional real estate, rights in real estate, water rights, ease- ments, and other rights and property, as the board may consider desirable or necessary, and in general to make such other repairs or improvements as the Board may deem wise and proper for a more suitable, efficient and adequate water system."
"9. To see if the Town will authorize the Select- men to borrow a sum of money not exceeding Two Hundred Thousand Dollars ($200,000) on the credit of the Town from time to time as the same may be deemed necessary and expedient for the purpose of defraying the expense of purchasing real estate, rights in real estate, water rights, easements, and other rights and property, and for the construction, repairing, ex- tending and enlarging said water works as stated in
Article 8, and to issue from time to time the serial notes or coupon bonds of said Town. If coupon bonds are issued they shall be in the denomination of either Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) or One Thou- sand Dollars ($1,000.00) each, or both, payable to bearer, bearing interest at a rate not exceeding 2}/^% per annum, payable semi-annually. Said serial notes or bonds and coupons to be in the form prescribed by the Municipal Bond Statute, Chapter 72 of the Revised Laws and all amendments thereto; said serial notes or bonds to be signed by a majority of the Selectmen of said Town and countersigned by the Treasurer of said Town in accordance with said law. If coupon bonds are issued, they shall be sold by competitive bidding. The first series of said bonds, in the amount of Ten Thousand Dollars shall become due and payable within two years from date of issuance; thereafter, bonds in the sum of Ten Thou- sand Dollars shall be due and payable each year until the balance of all the bonds issued shall have been paid. All of said serial notes or bonds issued shall be exempt from taxation when held by the inhabitants of any town in which said Water Works may extend."
10. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Water Commissioners to change the present source of supply of the Pembroke Water system from Pleasant Pond to some source within or near the Town, if as a result of adequate preliminary tests and surveys,
made by competent engineers, it is determined by the Board to be expedient and to the best interests of the com- munity to make such change; and to authorize said Board to acquire such additional real estate, rights in real estate, water rights and such other rights and property and to undertake such new construction and repairs, including the laying and relaying, enlarging or extending of the present pipe line, as to the Board shall seem necessary or desirable B to accomplish this change in source of supply; and to authorize said Board to make any other repairs or improve- ments as shall be necessary for a more suitable, efficient and adequate water supply.
11. To see if the Town will authorize its Selectmen to borrow a sum of money not exceeding Four Hundred Fifty Thousand ($450,000) Dollars, on the credit of the Town by the issue of bonds, as provided in Chapter 72 of the Revised Laws, as amended, from time to time as the same shall be deemed necessary for the purposes specified in Article 10. Provided, however, that no sum shall be borrowed in excess of the statutory debt limit for this purpose, unless and until the Legislature shall have passed an enabling act raising such debt limit; and to authorize the Selectmn to determine the time and place of payment and form of said bonds, and the rate of interest thereon, and to provide for the sale thereof, to an extent not in- consistent with Chapter 72, Revised Laws. Chapter 306 of the Laws of 1913, and the enabling act above referred to,
if it shall be passed.
12. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the disposal of such of the property of the Pembroke Water Works, both real and personal, as shall no longer be necessary for the efficient operation of the water system, as a result of the change of source of supply referred to in article 10 on such terms and conditions and at such time as the Board of Water Commissioners shall determine to be to the best interests of said Water Works; and to authorize the Selectmen to give a deed or bill of sale in the name of the Town to the purchaser of such property.
13. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to provide for the removal of rubbish weekly, to put the job of removal up for bids, to make neces-ary contracts, and to supervise the removal of same. 14. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of Twelve Hundred Fifty ($1,250.00) Dollars for use by the Concord Hospital, together with appropriations from other towns using the hospital, to help meet operating deficits.
15. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of Fifteen Hundred ($1500.00) Dollars for the purpose of purchasing a tractor together with attach- ments for highway mowing and plowing.
16. To see if the Town will vote to install and maintain a street light at the foot of Turnpike Street, on the west side of the street.
17. (By Petition) To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Five Hundred ($500.00) Dollars to be set aside as an accumulative Library Fund for Building purposes.
18. (By Petition) To see if the Town will vote to rescind article 7 and 8 in the 1946 warrant and return the money raised and appropriated to the general funds of the Town. Said article being as follows:
"7. To see if the Town will authorize the Select- men to purchase of Clarence E. Loso and Jessica Loso for highway purposes, a strip of land fifty feet in width extending from the northerly end of High Street to land of Alice Holt and also a strip of land
running westerly from Broadway to where it will intersect the proposed High Street Extension, said strip of land to be fifty feet in width, the exact location of the same to be agreed upon between the Selectmen and the said Clarence E. Loso and Jessica Loso; to see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Six Hundred ($600.00) Dollars to pay for the said land." "8. To see if the Town will authorize the Select- men to make a survey of the proposed streets referred to in Article 7."
19. (By Petition) To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Two Hundred ($200.00) Dollars for a series of Band Concerts.
20. (By Petition) To see if the Town will vote to direct the Board of Water Commissioners to lay a water pipe from the present connection on Elm Street on Pem- broke Hill Road to the homes of Cecil McKay and Henry Cote.
21. (By Petition) To see if the Town will vote to accept and maintain as Town Streets two streets in the Leon Girard Subdivision, as these streets are now laid out and used; one running parallel with the Daniel Webster Highway and known as Skyview Terrace, and the other running from the Daniel Webster Highway to Skyview Terrace and known as Hilltop Avenue.
22. To hear the reports of auditors, agents and com- mittees or officers heretofore chosen, and pass any vote relating thereto.
23. To transact any other business that may legally come before said meeting.
The polls will be open until six o'clock in the after- noon. 11
Given under our hands and seal, this eighteenth day of February, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and forty-nine.
GEORGE R. LEA GEDEON PETIT WALTER BERGEVIN Selectmen of Pembroke
A true copy of Warrant — Attest:
GEORGE R. LEA GEDEON PETIT WALTER BERGEVIN Selectmen of Pembroke :
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BUDGET OF THE TOWN OF
Estimates of Revenue and Expenditures for the Ensuing
Year, January 1, 1949 to December 31, 1949. Compared with
Estimated Actual Estimated Sources of Revenue revenue revenue revenue previous previous ensuing ye*ar 1948 year 1948 year 1949 FROM STATE: Interest and Dividends Tax $ 2,933.24 $ 3,002.44 $ 3,000.00 Railroad Tax 49.40 54.34 50.00 Savings Bank Tax 1,200.00 1,077.43 1,000.00 For Fighting Forest Fires 69.96 FROM LOCAL, SOURCES EXCEPT TAXES Business Licenses and Permits .... 50.00 55.00 50.00 Fines and Forfeits. (Municipal Court 10U.00 158.50 150.00 Interest Received on Taxes and Deposits 150.00 319.29 150.00 Motor Vehicle Permit Fees 3,100.00 5,143.43 5.000.00 Refunds and Miscellaneous 552. T6 FROM LOCAL TAXES OTHER THAN PROPERTY TAXES: (a) Poll Taxes — Regular @ $2 2,760.00 2,130.00 2,612.00 (b) National Bank Stock faxes 27.00 27*00 TOTAL REVENUES FROM ALL SOURCES EXCEPT PROPERTY TAXES $10,369.64 $12,563.15 $12,039.00 .
13 PEMBROKE, NEW HAMPSHIRE
Estimated and Actual Revenue, Appropriations and Expenditures of the Previous Year January 1, 1948 to December 31, 1948
Appropria- Actual Estimated tions expenditures expenditures Purposes of Expenditures previous previous ensuing year 1948 year 1948 year 1949 CURRENT MAINTENANCE EXPENSES: General Government: Town Officers' Salaries $ 1,140.00 $ 1,140.00 $ 1,140.00 Town Officers' Expenses 1,100.00 1,282.82 1,500.00 Election and Registration Expenses 350.00 610.30 200.00 Municipal Court Expenses 200.00 200.00 200.00 Expenses Town Hall and Other Town Buildings 300.00. 361.09 800.00 Protection of Persons and Property: Police Department 3,200.00 3,204.70 3,500.00 Fire Department 4,600.00 4,313.51 4,300.00 Moth Extermination — Blister Rust 400.00 400.00 400.00 Health: Health Depart, including hospitals 100.00 100.00 100.00 Vital Statistics 100.00 102.50 100.00 Sewer Maintenance 1,450.00 1,775.29 Highways and Bridges: Rubbish 2,000.00 2,538.50 2,000.00 Town Maintenance: Summer 7,500.00 7,302.77 7,000.00 Town Maintenance: Winter 7,000.00 6,648.98 5,000.00 Street Lighting 3,238.50 3,229.04 3,500.00 General Expenses of Highway Dept. 400.00 207.54 200.00 Town Road Aid 633.60 633.60 633.60 Oiling Streets 2,400.00 2,942.38 2,500.00 Libraries 1,270.00 1,270.00 1,400.00 Public Welfare: Town Poor 1,500.00 1,991.00 2,000.00 Old Age Assistance 2,800.00 3,285.97 3,500.00 Patriotic Purposes: Memorial Day and Veterans' Assn. 7,500 75.00 75.00
Aid to Soldiers and their families . 600.00 1,051.99 1,200.00 Recreation: Parks and Playgrounds, inch band concerts 250.00 200.00 200.00 Public Service Enterprises: Cemeteries 600.00 600.00 750.00 Honor Roll 100.00 16.50 5<>.00 Bounties 1.00 TJnclcLS s \f\ g d * Damages and Legal Exjpenses 100.00 150.00 100.00 On Temporary Loans 300.00 243.26 300 00 On Long Term Notes 98.43 105.55 100.00 OUTLAY FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION AND PERM. IMPROV. HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGE'S: Town Construction — Bridges . 200.00 New Equipment 1,270.00 585.00 INDEBTEDNESS: Payment on Principal of Debt: b(b) Long Term Notes 1,595.00 1,595.00 1,075.00 (e) Deficit of Previous Year 5,076.54 PAYMENTS TO OTHER GOVERN- MENTAL DIVISIONS: •State of New Hampshire 354.89
County Taxes . 6,657.77 6,657.77 7,000.00 School Taxes 33,467.00 28,166.00 55,048.00 TOTAL EXPENDITURES 14
INVENTORY, APRIL 1, 1948
Lands and buildings $1,675,490.00 Growing wood and timber 20,145.00 2 Electric Plants 53,204.00 31 Horses 4,700.00
1 Ox 125.00 339 Cows 47,275.00 25 Other Neat Stock 1,115.00 269 Hogs 6,715.00 1945 Fowls 2,095.00 189 Fur-bearing Animals 5,390.00
1 Portable Mill 200.00 Gasoline Pumps and Tanks 2,630.00 Stock in Trade 122,137.00 Mills and Machinery 206,600.03
$2,147,821.00 Soldier's Exemptions 112,015.00
$2,035,806.00 1380 Poll Tax $ 2.760.00 15
TOTAL AMOUNT RAISED BY TAXATION
General Government: Town Officers' Salaries $ 1,140.00 Town Officers' Expenses 1,100.00 Election and registration 350.00 Municipal Court 200.00 Town Hall and buildings 300.00
Protection of Persons and Property: Police Department 3,200.00 Fire Department 4,600.00 Moth extermination 400.00
Health: Health Department 100.00 Vital Statistics 100.00
Town Maintenance: Summer 7,500.00 Winter 7,000.00 Rubbish 2,000.00 Town Road Aid 633.60 Bridges 200.00 Street Lighting 3,238.50 General Expenses Highway Department 400.00
Libraries: General Expense 770.00 Building Fund 500.00
Public Welfare: Old Age Assistance 2,800.00 Town Poor 1,500.00 16
Patriotic: Memorial Day 75.00 Soldiers' Aid 600.00 Honor Roll 100.00
Recreation: Band Concerts, Parks & Playgrounds 250.00
Cemeteries: Cemeteries 600.00
Unclassified: Damages and legal expenses 100.00
Interest: Interest on temporary loans 300.00 Interest on long term loans 98.43
Indebtedness Payments: Payment on principal of debt 1,595.00
Payments to other Governmental Divisions: County Tax 6,657.77 School Tax 33,467.00
New Construction: Street off Upper Broadway 400.00 Street North of Pembroke Hill Road 2,000.00 Sewer Construction Elm Street 450.00 Pembroke Hill Road 1,000.00
Deficit of Previous Year: Deficit 5,076.54 Total town and school appropriations 90.801.84 Amount to be raised by property taxes
on which rate is figured 82,653.72 Tax rate per $100.00 of valuation 4.06 17
FINANCIAL REPORT
Balance Sheet
Assets
Cash in hands of treasurer $12,258.13 Unredeemed taxes bought by town 69.01 Uncollected Taxes: 1948 Levy $ 6,130.20 1947 Levy 106.00 1946 Levy 113.00
$18,676.34 Excess of Liabilities over Assets 1,200.66
$19,877.00 18
Liabilities
Accounts owed by Town to:
Pembroke School District $11,467.00 The Suncook Bank: Sheep Davis Road Notes: Dated December 31, 1947, due December 31,
1949, @ \y2 % 1,075.00 Dated December 31, 1947, due December 31,
1950, @ \]/2 % 1,075.00 Dated December 31, 1947, due December 31,
1951, @ \y2 % 1,075.00 Dated December 31, 1947, due December 31,
1952, @ \y2 % 1,075.00 Unexpended Appropriations: For extension of High Street, 1946 600.00 Glass Street, sidewalk, 1947 1,700.00 No. Main Street, sidewalk, 1947 1,200.00 Balance of V-Plow and Wing Appropriation 1947 610.00
$19,877.00 19
TREASURER'S REPORT
Cash on hand, December 31, 1947 $ 46230
By amount received from K. Donald Wood- bury, Tax Collector 86,282.72
By amount received from Selectmen and from the following parties:
The Suncook Bank, money borrowed 40,000.00 Judge George P. Cofran, Municipal Court Fees 158.50 Orders refunded, and reimbursement for aid rendered 341.87 Town of Allenstown, N. H., Fire Alarm Box 15.00 Town of Allenstown, N. H., reimbursement for aid rendered 45.00 Boston & Maine Railroad, reimbursement for broken pipes 101.45
Socony-Vacuum Oil, refund on surplus oil .... 165.00
For Licenses:
Donat Bonenfant $ 40.00 Abraham Golad 5.00 Ned Levine 5.00 Capitol Tax 5.00 55.00
Albert Ritchotte, Town Clerk : 1948 Auto Permits $ 5,143.43 1948 Dog Tax 325.00
1948 Primary Filing Fees .... 11.00 5,480.43
State Treasurer:
Savings Bank Tax 1,077.43 Railroad Tax 54.34 20
Distribution of Tax on Interest and Dividends 3,002.44 Share of Forest Fires 69.96 For Telephone Service 28.44 Comptroller for Athletic Commission 10.00
Merrimack County Commissioners: Aid rendered poor away from farm 5,660.71 Soldiers' Aid 179.00 Welfare 242.00
Total Receipts $143,431.59 Total Expenses 131,173.46
Cash Balance $ 12,258.13
ERNEST A. CHAPDELAINE. Treasurer 21
FINANCIAL REPORT
Town Clerk's Report for Year 1948
Received from 1032 Auto Permits, 1948 $ 5,143.43 Received from 137 Dog Licenses, 1948 326.00 Received from Sept. Primary filing, 1948 11.00
Total $ 5,480.43
Respectfully submitted,
ALBERT RITCHOTTE,
Town Clerk. 22
DETAILED STATEMENT OF PAYMENTS
Town Officer's Salaries
George R. Lea, selectman $ 300.00 Walter Bergevin, selectman 150.00 Gedeon Petit, selectman 150.00 Ernest Chapdelaine, treasurer 150.00 Albert Ritchotte, town clerk 50.00 K. Donald Woodbury, tax collector 250.00 K. Donald Woodbury, tax collector 50.00 Extra salary for collecting back taxes: John D. Welch, auditor 20.00 Ernest Martel, auditor 20.00
$ 1,140.00
Town Officers' Expenses
Alonzo Bates, rent for vault $ 3.60 Pembroke Press, letterheads 7.50 D. L. Garrison, subscription to "The Guide" 4.50 Walter Bergevin, stamps 11.45 Brown & Saltmarsh, supplies 29.81
Vira Holmes, list of estates 1.10 Pembroke Press, exemption notices 6.80 Katherine Crowley, conveyances 47.71 N. H. Assessor's Assn., assessments 2.00 Kenneth Woodbury, bond 7.50 Suncook Postmaster, stamps 60.00 Wheeler & Clark, dog tags 6.62 Menard & Stokes, scotch tape 2.32 Sargent Bros., tax bills and envelopes 35.10 Edson Eastman Co., Treas, receipt book 1.34 Brown & Saltmarsh, supplies 16.90 Kenneth Woodbury, bond 65.00 23
K. Donald Woodbury, supplies 40.62 Harry K. Rogers, bond 25.00 Brown & Saltmarsh, supplies .56
Harry K. Rogers, bond P 25.00 Wheeler & Clark, dog tags 6.62 Brown & Saltmarsh, tally sheets 5.00 K. Donald Woodbury, supplies 1.25 Albert Ritchotte, town clerk expenses 565.73 Ernest Chapdelaine, supplies 6.79
L'Avenir National Pub. Co., Town Reports .... 297.00
$ 1,282.82
Election and Registration
Pembroke Press, checklists and rubber stamp .. $ 41.00 Georgi's Market, dinners and suppers 25.20 Roland Young, ballot clerk 15.00 Erwin Chase, ballot clerk 15.00 Ovide Joyal, preparation for voting 8.00 Thomas Legge, ballot clerk 5.00 Edson Eastman, tally sheets 3.60 Pembroke Press, ballots 38.62
Sylvio Dube, supervisor check list 20.00 Andre Martel, ballot clerk 5.00 Pembroke Press, checklists 2.50 L'Avenir National Pub. Co., checklists 69.25 John D. Welch, supervisor of checklists 67.90 George F. Georgi, lunches 15.45 Bailey Lumber, supplies 2.35 Alonzo Bates, ballot clerk 10.00
Gedeon Petit, Jr., moderator 25.00 Fred Little, ballot clerk 5.00 Sylvio Dube, supervisor checklist 52.00 Lionel Lamontagne 52.00 Georgi's, lunches 20.80 Laurent Parenteau, ballot clerk 5.00 24
Louis Blazon, booths 106.63
$ 610.30
Municipal Court
George P. Cofran, judge $ 200.00 Damages and Legal Expenses George P. Cofran, legal counsel and drafting town warrant $ 50.00 Kenneth Woodbury, legal counsel 100.00
$ 150.00
Town Hall and Other Buildings
Alcide Martin, janitor service $ 120.00 New England Tel. & Tel 92.35 Petit Plumbing Co., plumbing 8.74 Albert Ritchotte, insurance 90.00 William Demers, winding clock 50.00
361.09
Moth Extermination
T. A. Bartlett, spraying trees $ 400.00
Bounties
Donald Gagne, bounty .50 Dan Murphy, bounty .50
$ 1.00
Health Department
Harry Chase, health officer $ 50.00 Charles Fleury, use of dump 50.00
$ 100.00 25
Vital Statistics
Albert Ritchotte, recordings $ 102.50
Street Lighting
Public Service Company $ 3,229.04
Public Welfare
State of N. H., old age assistance $ 3,285.97
Town Poor
Town Poor and Relief $ 1,991.00 Refund from Merrimack County 220.00
$ 1,771.00
County Poor
Poor off farm $ 5,586.75
Patriotic
J. J. Maguire Post $ 75.00 Laurence Bates, repairs to Soldiers' Memorial 16.50
$ 91.50
Soldiers' Aid
Town $ 1,051.99 County 179.00
$ 1,230.99
Recreation
Octave Bellerose, band $ 200.00 26
Summer Maintenance
Truck and Labor $ 7,308.44 Suncook Auto Body, repairs 7.50 Concord Foundry & Mach. Co., base and grate 17.50 Manchester Sand & Gravel, gravel 98.74 Bailey Lumber, material 112.49 Prison Industries, pipe 18.50 Wilfred Audette, mowing 150.00 State of N. H., signs 11.84 State of N. H., T.R.A. share 633.60 R. C. Hazelton, repairs 24.62 Plourde Sand & Gravel, gravel 410.50 Socony Oil Co., asphalt 1,832.33 L. Walter Cass, tools 50.19 State of N. H., oiling 180.00
$10,878.75 Less oiling 2,942.38
$ 7,936.37
Oiling
Labor and truck $ 519.55 State of N. H., oiling 180.00 Socony Oil Co., asphalt 1,832.33 Plourde Sand & Gravel 410.50
$ 2,942.38
Winter Maintenance
Truck & Labor $ 5,863.00 Suncook Auto Body Co., repairs 19.00 Victor Girard, tractor and labor 228.00 R. C. Hazelton, parts and labor 265.98 International Salt Co 273.00
$ 6,648.98 27
Rubbish Collection
Truck and labor $ 2,538.50
General Expenses
B. L. Freeman, services 15.00 Emmett Boulet, wiring 40.66
Frank Petit, plumbing ! 9.88 Suncook Auto Body, welding 10.00 Catherine Simpson, rent of garage 132.00
$ 207.54
Sewer Maintenance
B. & M. R. R., freight on pipe $ 219.34 John B. Varick, pipe 479.28 Marcellous Rowe, labor 100.90 Marcellous Rowe, labor 203.21 Marcellous Rowe, labor 137.20
Victor Girard, labor and material '..... 48.00 Concord Foundry, grates and manholes 111.00 Concord Lumber, pipe 161.52 R.R. Hartford, shovel and dozer rental 314.84
$ 1,775.29
Less B. & M. reimbursement for broken pipe .... 101.45
$ 1,673.84
Library
Lucille Hillman, treasurer $ 770.00 Pembroke Library Trustee, building fund 500.00
$ 1,270.00 28
Pembroke School District
Pembroke School District $27,840.00 Pembroke School District, dog tax 236.00
$28,166.00
Indebtedness Payments
To Suncook Bank, temporary loans $40,000.00 To Suncook Bank, Long term fire truck note 1941 500.00 Sheep Davis note 1947 1,095.00
$41,595.00
Interest
Short term notes $ 243.26 Long term notes 105.55
$ 348.81
Public Service Enterprises
Cemetery Trustees $ 600.00
Taxes Bought by Town
K. Donald Woodbury, tax collector 181.17
Abatements
K. Donald Woodbury, tax collector 1,884.59
New Equipment
R. C. Hazelton Co., snow plow 585.00
Payments to Other Governmental Divisions
Treasurer of Merrimack County, County tax $ 6,657.77 State Tax Commission, auditing books 180.65 29
State of N. H., special poll taxes 174.24
$ 7,012.66
Police Department
William LeClair, Chief, salary $ 2,599.92 Leo Plourde, duty 252.12 Robert Fowler, duty 1.24 Thomas Legge, duty 172.59 Alcide Martin, duty 19.84 Joseph Crevier, duty 2.00 New England Tel. & Tel 68.30 Peter Bousquet, electrical work 10.39 Special Calls 6.00 Putting dogs away 4.00 Trip to Berlin 7.00 Supplies 9.90 Directing traffic for tarring 5.00 Memorial Day duty 5.00 Snowshoe Convention duty 5.00 Halloween duty 4.00 Investigating Break 5.00 Trips to County farm 22.40 Public Service Co 5.00
$ 3,204.70
Fire Department
Pembroke Water Works $ 1,668.00 Public Service Co. of N. H 116.03
Harry J. Lovell Co., hose 219.00 Albert Ritchotte, insurance 20.60 Arthur W. Cochran, fuel 192.30 L. Y. Hatch, water tank 100.00 Harry K. Rogers, insurance 73.89 Fire Protection Co., supplies 2.00 30
Alfred Metivier, fuel 95.43 Rene Lavallee, fuel 210.38 Merrimac Oil Co., fuel 39.00 Suncook Valley Railroad, freight 2.78 Farrar Co., supplies 4.02 New England Tel. & Tel. Co 53.55
Edward Coll, Sec'y-» salaries and expenses .. 564.90 Maurice Bergevin, Sec'y-. salaries and expenses 863.03
$ 4,224.91
Forest Fires
Cost $ 88.60 Less Credit from State of N. H 69.96
$ 18.76 31
TAX COLLECTOR'S REPORT
SUMMARY OF WARRANT
Levy of 1948
Taxes Committed to Collector:
Property taxes $82,442.72 Poll Taxes 2,760.00
National Bank Stock Tax .... 11.00
Total Warrant $85,213.72
Added Taxes:
Property Taxes $ 186.76 Poll Taxes 102.00 National Bank Stock Tax 16.00 304.76 Interest Collected 7.85
Total Debits $85,526.33
Remittances to Treasurer:
Property Taxes $76,335.50 Poll Taxes 2,163.00
National Bank Stock Tax .... 27.00 Interest Collected 7.85 $78,533.35
Abatements:
Property Tax $ 648.78 Poll Taxes 214.00 862.78 32
Uncollected as per Collector's List:
Property Tax $ 5,645.20 Poll Taxes 485.00 6,130.20
Total Credits $85,526.33
Property Tax Abatements — 1948 Levy
Blanchard, Joseph C, taxed twice $ 8.12
Colonial Beacon Oil Co., error in assessment .... 4.26 Cushing, John, error in assessment 48.72 Demers, Willie, error in assessment 40.60 Kimball, Chester, error in assessment 14.21 LaPierre, Ernest, taxed in error 48.72 Larcher, Antoinette, taxed in error 89.32 Lombard, Everett, error in assessment 24.36 Lord, Edward, taxed in error 4.06 MacDonnell, Frances, for good cause 101.50 Monty, Eva, error in assessment 12.18 Noyes, Carl, taxed in error 4.06 Perron, Willie, taxed in error 93.38 Sabean, Evelyn, taxed in error 89.32 Scannell, Gabriel, error in assessment 20.30 Scott, Lena, estate, taxed in error 14.21 Townsend, Geraldine, taxed in error 10.15 Harris & York, error in assessment 21.31
$ 648.78
Poll Tax Abatements — 1948 Levy
Acmen, George, unknown $ 2.00 Atwood, Sybil, left town 2.00 Auger, Victor, left town 2.00 Berger, Hester S., left town 2.00 Berger, Robert, left Town 2.00
Bernier, Gerald J., veteran 2.00 33
Boisvert, Roland L., veteran 2.00 Brasley, Jeanne, paid in Penacook 2.00 Breton, Antoinette, paid in Hooksett 2.00 Breton, Maurice, paid in Hooksett 2.00 Cloutier, Joseph, unknown 2.00 Colby, Marion, unknown 2.00 Cormier, Oliva, taxed twice 2.00 Coulombe, Merle, left town 2.00 Coulombe, Rose, paid in Allenstown 2.00 Curtiss, Fred A., unknown 2.00 Deale, Daniel, veteran 2.00 Descoteaux, Mrs. Leo, under 21 2.00 Diehl, Richard, paid in Lempster 2.00 Diehl, Mrs. Richard, paid in Lempster 2.00 Dole, Sumner, veteran 2.00 Drew Douglas, veteran 2.00 Duguay, Edward, paid in Allenstown 2.00 Duguay, Irene, paid in Allenstown 2.00 Duhaime, Albert, unknown 2.00 Faford, Agnes, left town 2.00 Faford, Guilford, veteran 2.00 Faford, Leo, veteran 2.00 Fontaine, Ora, taxed twice 2.00 Foster, Marlyn, under 21 2.00 Fournier, Margaret, left town 2.00 Fournier, Theodore, left town 2.00 French, Mrs. Compton, under 21 2.00 Gagne, Raoul, veteran 2.00 Gendron, Yvette, taxed twice 2.00 Gordon, George, veteran 2.00 Grant, Marie, unknown 2.00 Hagman, Martha, left town 2.00 Hanson, Earl, paid in Concord 2.00 Hanson, Edward, left town 2.00 Harris, Wilbur, veteran 2.00 Huggins, Edward, paid in Allenstown 2.00 Johnson, Clifford, unknown 2.00 Huggins, Edward, paid in Allenstown 2.00 34
Heyes, Bessie 2.00 Lamy, Dorothy, paid in Allenstown 2.00 Lamy, Paul, paid in Allenstown 2.00 Lanigan, George B., veteran 2.00 Lapierre, Clara, paid in Concord 2.00 LaPlante, Emilia, taxed twice 2.00 Laroche, Roger, veteran 2.00 Lewis, Arnold, under 21 2.00 Lucia, Frank, left town 2.00 Lucia, Margaret, left town 2.00 Maiquesettes, Etta, unknown 2.00 Martel, Edward O., veteran 2.00 Martel, Oscar, veteran 2.00 Nowicki, Mary, taxed twice 2.00 Noyes, Albert, veteran 2.00
Pelessier, Leo J., veteran 2.00 Pellissier, Rita, taxed twice 2.00 Preston, John, unknown 2.00 Proulx, Arthur, veteran 2.00 Proulx, Ernest, left town 2.00 Richard, Ruth, left town 2.00 Robinson, Flora F., paid in Concord 2.00 Robinson, Helen F., unknown 2.00
Saturley, Mrs. Howard, left town 2.00 Savarie, Zelia, veteran's widow 2.00
Scott, Evart, paid in Concord 2.00
Shives, Virginia, paid in Indiana 2.00
Stone, Bertha L., left town 2.00
St. Laurent, Lionel, veteran 2.00
Sullivan, Russ, paid in Concord 2.00
Thompson, Harold, paid in Epsom 2.00
Townsend, Julia, left town 2.00
Townsend, Geraldine, left town 2.00
Vezina, Lionel, left town 2.00 Whittemore, Elizabeth, veteran 2.00 35
8 Polls, deceased 16.00 21 Polls over 70 42.00
$ 214.00
Levy of 1947
Uncollected Taxes as of January 1, 1948
Property Taxes $ 4,664.75 Poll Taxes 506.00 $5,170.75
Taxes added during year:
Property Taxes $ 2.86 Poll Taxes 68.00 70.86 Interest Collected During Year 214.14
Total Debits $ 5,455.75
Remittances to Treasurer During Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 1948:
Property Taxes $ 4,650.80 Poll Taxes 372.00 Interest collected during year 214.14 $ 5,236.94
Abatements made during year:
Property Taxes $ 16.81 Poll Taxes 96.00 112.81 Uncollected Polls as per collectors List 106.00
Total Credits $ 5,455.75
Property Tax Abatements — Levy of 1947
Nolin, Albert, taxed in error $ 5.35 36
Townsend, Jeraldine, taxed in error 11.46
$ 16.81
Poll Tax Abatements — Levy of 1947
Allaire, Rose, paid in Allenstown $ 2.00 Auger, Victor, left town 2.00 Batchelder, Horace R., veteran 2.00 Brasley, Jeanne, paid in Penacook 2.00 Bruten, John, veteran 2.00 Clark, Rachel, left town 2.00 Clark, Frances, left town 2.00 Cloutier, Agnes, taxed twice 2.00 Cloutier, Joseph, unknown 2.00 Cloutier, Lucille M., taxed twice 2.00 Colby, Marion, unknown 2.00 Curtis, Fred A., unknown 2.00 Deane, Catherine, left town 2.00 Dearborn, Edith, paid in Allenstown 2.00 Diehl, Richard, paid in Lempster 2.00 Diehl, Mrs. Richard, paid in Lempster 2.00 Douillette, David 2.00 Douillette, Mrs. David 2.00 Duhaime, Albert, unknown 2.00 Gagne, Florian, unknown 2.00 Grandmaison, Armand, left town 2.00 Grant, Marie, unknown 2.00 Hanson, Earl, paid in Concord 2.00 Houdi, unknown 2.00 Huggins, Edward, paid in Allenstown 2.00 Hurd, Lawrence, veteran 2.00 Johnson, Clifford, unknown 2.00 Johnson, Fred 2.00 Johnson, Odelia 2.00
Labontee, Raymond, Jr., under 21 2.00 Lamy, Paul, paid in Allenstown 2.00 Larochelle, Jean, taxed twice 2.00 37
Lucia, Frank, left town 2.00 Lucia, Margaret, left town 2.00 Mahair, Oliver, left town 2.00 Maiquerettes, Etta, unknown 2.00 Nowicki, Mary, taxed twice 2.00 Preston, John, unknown 2.00 Raymond, Elsie, unknown 2.00 Stone, Bertha, left town 2.00 Thompson, Harold, paid in Epsom 2.00 Townsend, Julia, paid in Concord 2.00 Wood, Alice M., left town 2.00 2 Polls deceased 4.00 3 Polls over 70 6.00
$ 96.00
Levy of 1946
Uncollected Taxes as of January 1, 1948
Poll Taxes $ 262.00 Interest Collected During Year 6.53
Total Debits $ 268.53
Remittance to Treasurer During Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 1948:
Poll Taxes $ 55.00 Interest Collected During Year 6.35 $ 61.53 Abatements made during year 94.00
Uncollected as per collectors list 113.00
Total Credits $ 268.53
Poll Tax Abatements — Levy of 1946
Allaire, Rose, paid in Allenstown $ 2.00 Andrews, Mrs. Leslie, taxed twice 2.00 38
Batchelder, Horace R., veteran 2.00 Boisvert, Jean, under 21 2.00 Clark, Rachel, left town 2.00 Clark, Frances, left town 2.00 Chourinard, Jeanne, paid in Allenstown 2.00 Cloutier, Agnes, taxed twice 2.00 Cloutier, Joseph, unknown 2.00 Cloutier, Lucille M., taxed twice 2.00 Deane, Catherine, left town 2.00 Deane, William, left town 2.00 Desrosiers, Simone, paid in Allenstown 2.00 Diehl, Richard, paid in Lempster 2.00 Diehl, Mrs. Richard, paid in Lempster 2.00 Douillette, David 2.00 Douillette, Mrs. David 2.00 Duhaime, Albert, unknown 2.00 Duhaime, Yvonne, taxed twice 2.00 Duguay, Edward, paid in Allenstown 2.00 Duguay, Irene, paid in Allenstown 200 Gagne, Florian, unknown 2.00 Grandmaison, Armand, left town 2.00 Grant, Marie, unknown 2.00 Hanson, Earl, paid in Concord 2.00 Huggins, Edward, paid in Concord 2.00 Johnson, Clifford, unknown 2.00 Johnson, Fred 2.00
Johnson, Odela ... 2.00 Lascelle, Blanche 2.00 Lascelle, Herve 2.00 Lucia, Frank, left town 2.00 Lucia, Margaret, left town 2.00 Maiquerettes, Etta, unknown 2.00 McWhirk, Mary A., left town 2.00 Mahair, Oliver, left town 2.00 Miller, Ethel, left town 2.00 2.00 Miller, Herbert J., left town ~ Nowicki, Mary, taxed twice 2.00 Pelletier, Rita, taxed twice 2.00 39
Raymond, Elsie, unknown 2.00 Stone, Bertha L., left town 2.00 Thompson, Harold, paid in Epsom 2.00 Townsend, Julia, paid in Concord 2.00 Curtiss, Fred A., unknown 2.00
1 Poll deceased 2.00
1 Poll over 70 2.00
$ 94.00
Levy of 1945
Uncollected Taxes as of January 1, 1948:
Regular Polls $ 200.00 Special Polls 309.00 $ 509.00 Interest Collected During Year 28.27
Total Debits $ 537.27
Remittances to Treasurer During Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 1948:
Regular Polls $ 44.00 Special Polls 75.00 Interest Collected During Year 28.27 $ 147.27
Abatements Made During Year:
Regular Polls $ 156.00 Special Polls 234.00 $ 390.00
Total Credits 537.27
Levy of 1944
Uncollected Taxes as of January 1, 1948:
Regular Polls $ 162.00 40
Special Polls 258.00 $ 420.00 Interest Collected During Year 33.16
Total Debits $ 453.16
Remittances to Treasurer During Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 1948:
Regular Polls $ 40.00 Special Polls 63.00 Interest Collected During Year 33.16 $ 136.16
Abatements Made During Year:
Regular Polls $ 122.00 Special Polls 195.00 $ 317.00
Total Credits $ 453.16
Levy of 1943
Uncollected Poll Taxes — January I, 1948 .... $ 138.00 Interest Collected During Year 15.43
Total Debits $ 153.43
Remittances to Treasurer During Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 1948:
Poll Taxes $ 30.00 Interest 15.43 S 45.43 Abatements Made During Year 108.00
Total Credits S 153.43
K. DONALD WOODBURY, Tax Collector 1 * 11 •
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UNREDEEMED TAXES FROM TAX SALES
On Account of Levies of: 1947 1946
Ashbrook, Philip $ 19.65 Hubert Coal Co 11.84 $ 11.06 Morgan, Russell & Jean 7.67 Williamson, Charles 18.79
$ 57.95 $ 11.06
K. DONALD WOODBURY
Tax Collector 43
REPORT OF PEMBROKE FIRE DEPARTMENT
Appropriation $ 4,600.00 Expenditures 4,224.91
Decrease under appropriation $ 375.09
Number of calls answered 32
The total fires involved property of the value of approximately $16,350.00, upon which fire loses of $1,545,- 00 were paid. This shows approximately 9% fire loss on all fires.
Respectfully submitted,
CHESTER T. ROBINSON,
Fire Chief 3
44
POLICE REPORT
For the Year Ending December 31, 1948
Assault 5
Allowing unproper Person to Operate 1 Drunk 10 Disorderly Conduct 7 Driving under influence 5
Failing to keep right 1
Operating without license 1 Operating after suspended license 2
Operating non registered vehicle 1 Operating vehicle not inspected 2 Operating so as to endanger 2
Reckless driving 1
Speeding 1 Doors found unlocked 36 Gas pumps found unlocked 16 Lodgerr> 7 Notifying Public Service Co. of N. H 66
WILLIAM R. LeCLAIR,
Chief of Police 45
CUSTODIAN OF CEMETERIES
1948
Receipts:
Cash on hand, December 31, 1947 $ 15.87 Town of Pembroke, 1948, appro- priation 600.00 Trustees of Trust Fund, interest, 1948 355.00 r $ 970.87
Payments:
Chester T. Robinson, labor $ 4.00 George A. Robinson, labor 450.48 James McCormack, labor 386.63 Leo Plourde, labor 61.20 Marcellous Rowe, loam 21.00 Walter S. Edmunds, grinding mowers 13.25 Walter Batchelder, labor 21.63 958.19
Balance on hand, December 31, 1948 $ 12.68 46
REPORT OF TREASURER OF PEMBROKE LIBRARY
For the Year Ending December 31, 1948
Pembroke Library Building Fund $ 2,332.79 Separate Building Fund started in 1916 959.87
Receipts:
Cash on hand, January 1, 1948 $ 214.79 Received from Foss Fund for 1947 (Interest) 50.15 Received from Foss Fund for 1948 (Interest) 50.62 Received from Selectmen 770.00
$ 1 ,085.56
Expenditures
Librarian $ 150.00 Rent 420.00 Cataloging 5.00 Insurance 32.35 Lights 26.32 Books 165.86 Magazines 12.00 Library supplies 13.00 Cash on hand 261.03
$ 1,085.56
LUCILLE HILLMAN MARGUERITE FRENCH ALICE JACOBS Library Trustees 47
REPORT OF THE FOREST FIRE WARDEN
Your local organization to prevent and extinguish brush and woods fires is glad to report a good year of forest protection in 1948. In spite of danger conditions nearly equalling at times those of 1947 when great losses were suffered in New Hampshire and New England, fire damage and loss this year have been gratifyingly low.
With the continuing cooperation of all the people, we can hope to have another successful year in 1949. Let us remember that in any year, over 90% of all fires are caused by carelessness and that all of these mancaused fires are preventable.
Today, we have more slash and uncut grassland than for many years in the past. Smokers, campers and tour- ists who use our outdoors are also more numerous than ever before. We must therefore be ready for fires which might occur but, above all, prevention by everyone is the greatest need.
A few simple precautions taken by every citizen will help, as follows:
( 1 ) Always get a written permit from the warden before kindling a fire outdoors when the ground
is not covered with snow.
(2) If you smoke, always extinquish matches and tobacco before dropping or throwing them down. In automobiles, always use the ash trays.
(3) Report fires and smokes to the warden without delay.
The observance of these and other simple rules will go far to insure safety from fire damage and your coo- peration in this way is earnestly solicited. 48
1948 Fire Record
Number of Fires 3 Acreage Burned 2 Number of Fire Permits Issued 14
Respectfully submitted,
THOS. J. KING
District Fire Chief
MARCELLOUS ROWE
Forest Fire Warden 49
REPORT OF TRUST FUNDS
Town of Pembroke, N. H.
For Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 1948
CERTIFICATE
This is to certify that the information contained in this report is complete and correct, to the best of our knowledge and belief.
JOSEPH H. ROBINSON
ALONZO J. BATES HARRY K. ROGERS Trustees
We have examined the accounts of the Trustees of the Trust Funds and find them the same correctly cast and properly vouched and correct balances in the Bank in all cases.
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JOHN D. WELCH ERNEST MARTEL Auditors 53 ANNUAL HEALTH REPORT FOR PEMBROKE Number of pupils examined 207 Corrected or Defects Improved Vision 12 11 Heart 2 — Skin 1 Orthopedic 4 4 Posture 17 Teeth 197 151 Tonsils 14 7 Glands 4 Communicable Diseases Measles 53 Whooping Cough 33 Pediculosis 6 Skin diseases 5 Special Activities Clinics T.B. Patch Test 91 X-Ray 6 Vision 4 Fluorine Treatment 105 Dental 157 Orthopedic 4 Vaccination 4 ADONIA A. DOUILLETTE, R. N. 54 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OF PEMBROKE, N. H. For the School Year Ending June 30, 1948 Officers of the School District (February 1, 1949) Moderator ALBERT O. CALL District Clerk BEATRICE MICHAUD School Board GRACE C. CHASE Term expires 1949 EVA O. MONTY Term expires 1950 JOHN L. SATURLEY Term expires 1951 District Treasurer Frances McDonnell Auditor GEORGE P. COFRAN Superintendent of Schools MURRAY H. WATSON South Deerfield, N. H. 55 SCHOOL DISTRICT OF PEMBROKE, N. H. Annual Report of District Treasurer Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1948 Cash on hand, June 30, 1948 $ 3,227.09 Received from Selectmen: Appropriations for Current Year $27,554.00 Balance of previous Appropriation 200.00 Dog Tax 282.50 Received from State Treasurer .... 14,183.09 Federal Aid for School Lunch Program 500.31 Received from all other sources .. 190.48 $42,960.38 Total Amount available for Fiscal Year (Balance and Receipts) $46,187.47 Less School Board Orders Paid 41,928.00 Balance on hand, June 30. 1948 $ 4,259.47 Frances McDonnell District Treasurer 56 AUDITOR'S CERTIFICATE This is to certify that I have examined the books, vouchers, bank statements and other financial records of the treasurer of the school district of Pembroke, of which the above is a true summary for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1948 and find them correct in all respects. GEORGE P. COFRAN Auditor 57 FINANCIAL REPORT For the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1948 Receipts State and Federal Aid: Federal Aid for School Lunch Program $ 550.31 George-Deen Federal Aid for Vocational Education 1,352.13 State Aid, equalization and general : 12,830.96 $14,733.40 Income from Local Taxation: Assessment required to School Board's March 1947 Budget .. 27,554.00 Balance of previous appropria- tions 200.00 Dog licenses 282.50 Elementary school tuitions 150.00 Telephone refunds and merchan- dise sold 40.48 $28,226.98 Total Receipts from all Sources $42,960.38 Cash on hand at beginning of year, July 1, 1947 $ 3,227.09 Grand Total $46,187.47 Payments Administration: Salaries of district officers $ 367.00 Superintendent's salary — local share 514.71 Tax for state wide supervision .... 546.00 Expenses of administration 566.33 $ 1,994.04 58 Instruction: Principal's and teachers' salaries $15,451.33 Textbooks 342.52 Scholars' supplies 568.21 Other expenses of instruction .... 297.93 $16,559.99 Operation of School Plant: Janitor's salaries $ 1,160.00 Fuel or heat 725.37 Water, light, janitor's supplies .... 382.64 Repairs and replacements 1,131.36 $ 3,399.37 Auxiliary Activities: Health Supervision $ 792.94 Transportation 5,034.65 Tuition — Elementary and Secondary 10,852.86 Other Activities 441.88 $17,122.33 Fixed Charges: Insurance $ 135.77 State retirement and other 269.50 $ 405.27 Capital Outlay: Lands and New Buildings $ 1,004.64 Improvements to buildings 390.35 New Equipment 952.01 $ 2,347.00 Total Payments for All Purposes $41,928.00 Total cash on hand, June 30, 1948 — School and Special Accounts $ 4,25^.47 Grand Total $46,187.47 59 Balance Sheet — June 30, 1948 Assets: Cash on hand $ 4,259.47 Liabilities: Accounts owed by district — for plans and specifications to Federal Government $ 3,275.00 Amounts reserved for special purposes 2,375.00 $ 5,650.00 Net Debt (Excess of Liabilities over Assets) $ 1,390.00 This is to certify that the information contained in this report was taken from official records and is complete and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief. The accounts are kept in accordance with Section 24 of Chapter 82 of the Revised Law of New Hampshire 1942, and upon forms prescribed by the State Tax Commission. GRACE C. CHASE EVA O. MONTY JOHN L. SATURLEY School Board MURRAY H. WATSON Superintendent of Schools June 30, 1948. 60 SCHOOL BOARD'S ESTIMATE FOR YEAR BEGINNING JULY 1, 1949 School Board's Statement of amounts required to support schools and meet other statutory obligations of the district for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1949. Support of the Elementary Schools: Principal's and Teachers' Salaries .. $15,000.00 Books and other instructional aids .. 800.00 Scholars' supplies 800.00 Other expenses of instruction 310.00 Janitor Service 1,190.00 Fuel or heat 900.00 Water, light, janitor's supplies and expenses 500.00 Repairs and replacements 500.00 Health supervision 1,075.00 Transportation of Pupils 5,300.00 Elementary School tuitions 9,600.00 Other special activities 450.00 $36,425.00 Other Statutory Obligations: Salaries of District Officers $ 300.00 Truant Officer and Census 150.00 High School or Academy tuitions 15,000.00 Superintendent's salary—local share 600.00 Tax for State Wide Supervision .... 628.00 Retirement—District's share 745.00 Supplies and other expenses (Administration) 450.00 Insurance, Treasurer's Bonds and expenses 500.00 New Equipment 400.00 $18,773.00 61 Total Amount Required to meet School Board's , Budget $55,198.00 ESTIMATED INCOME OF THE DISTRICT Dog Tax estimated for the year .... $ 150.00 Deduct estimated Income $ 150.00 Total Amount required to be raised and appro- priated to Balance School Board's Budget for 1949-1950 $55,048.00 GRACE C. CHASE EVA O. MONTY JOHN L. SATURLEY School Board Pembroke, New Hampshire January 25, 1949. 62 GRAMMAR SCHOOL GRADUATES June 1948 Inez Georgina Bowler Gerard Peter Boulet Richard Stevens Chase Charles Gilman Crafts Miriam Helen Foss Nancy Emerson Gault Donald Gerald Joseph Girard Philip Charles Good Joan Pearle Grimes Marilyn Ann Harris Marrion Lucille Harris Gwendolyn Constance Knoch George LeClair Irving Sidney Robinson Thomas Frank Robinson Ronald Leon Roy Joan Eileen St. Jean Levone Shields Myrtle May Stevens Clifton Eldrich Thompson, Jr. Bert Robinson Whittemore ROLL OF PERFECT ATTENDANCE Barbara Chase Dorothy M. Crane Nancy E. Gault Bert R. Whittemore 63 SCHOOL CALENDAR January to June 1949 Schools Open Monday, January 3 Schools Close Friday, February 18 Schools Open Monday, February 28 Schools Close Friday, April 22 Schools Open Monday, May 2 Schools Close in June 1949 .... At completion of 180 days Holidays April 15 Good Friday May 13 Friday, Institute Day May 30 Monday, Memorial Day September to December 1949 (Tentative) Schools Open Wednesday, September 7 Schools Close Wednesday, November 23 Schools Open Monday, November 28 Schools Close Friday, December 23 Holidays October 12 Wednesday, Columbus Day October 20 and 21 Thursday and Friday, Teachers' Convention November 11 Friday, Armistice Day November 24 and 25 - Thursday and Friday Thanksgiving 64 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS OF PEMBROKE NEW HAMPSHIRE To the School Board of Pembroke: It is with pleasure that I present to you my second annual report of your school organization and educational activities. Such recommendations as are herein suggested are made because of the increasing scarcity of teachers, the continued growth of pupil enrollment, and the steady rise in the costs of books, supplies, equipment, labor, trans- portation, tuition, and fuel. May I express my thanks and appreciation to the School Board, Selectmen, Janitors, Teachers, Pupils and all other individuals and organizations that have helped in any way to improve the challenge of modern education in the schools of Pembroke. The enrollment has increased to such an extent that it has been necessary to engage teachers for both Grades 3 and 4 and close the Pembroke Street School while at the same time move Grade 6 to the grammar school. By changing the kitchen to the first floor, placing Grade 4 in the homemaking room, and permitting the young ladies who take Homemaking to use the kitchen, the hall, and the girls' basement for classes, the pressure was removed temporarily. Mrs. Pearl Grimes of Pembroke came into the system as the homemaking teacher to replace Mrs. Hayden. Mrs. Douillette moved to the Grammar School to teach the chil- dren in Grade 4. Mrs. Helen H. Desmarais of Concord was elected to teach Grades 7 and 8 to replace Mrs. Huckins. 65 Miss Mary J. Donovan of Concord became the teacher in Grade 2 to replace Mrs. Gooden and Mr. Joseph Fontaine, Sr. of Pembroke replaced Mr. Joyal as the janitor just at the opening of school. Mrs. Lillian Naramore has been en- gaged as lunch room director and her experience with quantity cooking and serving in various camps and rooming houses extends to the school system of the town the benefits not received in many systems. Therefore, with the begin- ning of school in September, the following staff was ready for business. Mr. Donald L. Chase Principal & Grades 7 8 8 Mrs. Helen H. Desmarais Grades 7 & 8 Mrs. Anne W. Gladysz Grades 5 6 6 Mrs. Beulah R. Douillette Grade 4 Mrs. Gertrude E. Chase Grade 3 Miss Mary J. Donovan Grade 2 Mrs. Bertha M. Hickey Grade 1 Mrs. Pearl Grimes Homemaking Mrs. Mabel E. Reed Music Mrs. Lillian Naramore Lunch director Mr. Joseph Fontaine, Sr. Janitor With the new set-up in enumerating the children of the town, it was necessary to list all youngsters up to and including 15 years of age. This extension of the census will be of value in determining the probable school growth for the next five years. It does not provide, however, for the fluctuation of the general population. This census has also been carried out over the entire country with the result that enrollment forecasts and future needs may be determined and provided for in many phases of education. The following tables show the Census for the Town of Pembroke and the United States as a whole. 66 TABLE I — School Census for Pembroke as of September 1. 1948 • School Private Public Ages u Parochial o .a Attending Attending S School O & Less than 1 year 52 Less than 1 year 67 Less than 2 years 39 Less than 3 years 47 Less than 4 years 44 Less than 5 years 49 1 8 15 Less than 6 years 46 1-2 24 21 Less than 7 years 40 2-3 28 12 Less than 8 years 51 3-4 35 16 Less than 9 years 29 4-5 14 15 Less than 10 years 40 5-6 16 23 Less than 1 1 years 37 6-7 21 16 Less than 12 years 34 7-8 18 16 Less than 13 years 39 8-9 24 15 Less than 14 years 27 9-10 19 8 Less than 15 years *34 10-11 21 7 Totals 675 228 164 Completed elementary school — 6 pupils. » i pa 03 o> S-l N t~ H ~G 'a 2 « O W •* OV M O N O oo OCOCOHMOCON ' N C5 CO CO OWT)f*(3iOH HON CO l-H tH G to 4-J tH UO CM rf C/2 O»a»N'*(MOHH0000'*tOHMMOlOJH HON CO H G 03 CM CO O «© O CO o o © CM 00 OO lO G T^ co !fi H U0 * 05 O N HON CO i-t G > G O CO O CO tH CNJ CM (J OtO^NoJCOlOHNOCMlfl (U tOH MCOCOC i-HOCM G CO rH tH G«h G O '— * O* CM C5 O O **< S O£ -rj- omoNino'cocHNtoMO 50HNNMt-H H O -"^i ^ G CO tH S-t CO 03 03 T3 *G 03 02 fn GCU Eh "3 75 WOOOtO^NCOHNHt-NOH «£5 1-5 ^*< i*" ^ ITS lO t- OO OS CNi CO CO ^ 73 -^ ° c 5 fcJD o O M ^ Enffi o dcococococotdtocdtdt-h-'t-oo co w d> -T3 COM o cm * J3 73 o *-> * 3 C. o * * tsJ go s ,4 ~~J to o t-t^COlOCPCOCOt»t^C<)0)HNM O M '"H l-i H H H H H H H H ri H CM* CM* CM u Mh wC. 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CM* CM CM* CM* CO CO* CO* CO* CO CO* CO CO* CO CO 69 In studying Table II, it is interesting to note that ( 1 from 1947 to I960, with the peak enrollment in 1958, there is a gain of nearly 10 millions in the schools of the country — 24,500,000 to 34,200,000; (2) peak enrollments begin in Grade 1 in 1954 and 1955 and continue for each succeed- ing year until 1960 when the peak comes in Grades 6, 7, and 8; (3) the relative growth in Grade 1 is higher during the 10-year period than the High School growth; (4) the peak of the elementary school enrollment is reached in 1957 while that of the Grand Total comes in 1958 and the high school in 1960; (5) the high school growth holds quite steady from 1947 to nearly 1958 and even in one or two years is retarded. However, there is no question of the great increase in the growth of the schools in the next ten years and taxpayers must face that fact and provide accordingly; costs of instruction, current costs, building needs, total costs, and costs within the schools themselves brought about by curriculum changes, methods of teaching, equipment needs, and general school trends. The lunch program continues to function at top speed and more and more children are availing themselves of a hot meal at noon. This is surely an important factor in the education of the youth of the school and more than a passing fancy in the lives of the citizens. Achievements tests have again been administered to all the children of the school together with mental ability tests. Data is in the files which is proving very valuable to the teachers in their study of individuals and remedial work. Enough connot be said concerning the staff in its attempt to improve the standing of every individual. If the budget permits, tests should be given in the spring to all youngsters. A serious problem of housing confronts the School Board and citizens of the town immediately. Enrollments are increasing and unless something is done very soon the education of the children of the town will be greatly im- 70 paired. During this past year it was necessary to elect a teacher for each of the third and fourth grades. This crystallized the need for the changes made in the home- making room and the kitchen. It was only temporary relief, however. There are nearly 50 youngsters in the room housing Grades 5 and 6 and between 40 and 50 in Grade 3. This means without any argument that Grade 4, for next year, must be divided into two divisions and Grades 5 and 6 must be housed separately. The result will require two more teachers. And to add to the confu- sion, provision must be made for the two new units for which the new teachers are being hired. This is the most important problem the district must face for next year. And if you will but study and believe the census tables you will find that this problem must be faced for the next five to eight years. You have one of the best teaching staff in the Union and the State. This staff under the guidance of a very capable principal has done more to raise the standards of your school than any other factor. The problems you have to face include the problem of teachers salaries this year as well as last year and will continue to be an important part of the education of the youth of the town for some time to come. Salaries in Pembroke have kept pace with salaries in the state and if you want to retain your best teachers you must continue to go along with other towns. In a recent survey conducted by the State Department of Education the data shows that teachers' salaries will av- erage for the towns the size of Pembroke for next year between $2,000 and $2,500 not including principals. The following table shows a number of towns of the same equalized valuation and the salaries of their teachers for the past year, 1948-49. 71 TABLE III — Towns with the same Equalized Valua- tion or nearly so and the Teachers' Salaries for the Year 1948- 1949. Salaries Towns Low Medium High Allenstown $ 2,000.00 $ 2,000.00 $ 2,500.00 Alton 2,000.00 2,100.00 2,100.00 Ashland 2,100.00 2,100.00 2.200.00 Bedford 2,200.00 2,300.00 2,300.00 Bow 2,000.00 2,100.00 2,300.00 Dublin 2,100;00 2,100.00 2,500.00 Durham 2,000.00 2,300.00 3,500.00 Gilford 2,300.00 2,300.00 2,800.00 Woodsville 2,000.00 2,000.00 2,300.00 Holderness 2,100.00 2,100.00 2,100.00 Northumberland .. 1,900.00 2,150.00 2,750.00 PEMBROKE 1,900.00 2,000.00 2,100.00 Hooksett 1,800.00 2,000.00 2,400.00 Hopkinton 2,200.00 2,300.00 2,700.00 North Hampton .... 2,000.00 2,000.00 2,200.00 Pittsburg 2,000.00 2,100.00 2,200.00 Pittsfield 2,100.00 2,250.00 2,400.00 Sunapee 2,100.00 2.175.00 2,200.00 Swanzy 2,000.00 2,000.00 2,250.00 Whitefield 1,900.00 1,900.00 2,950.00 Wilton 2,000.00 2,050.00 2,300.00 Winchester 2,000.00 2,000.00 2,100.00 There are many other items in the budget which need the attention of the School Board as well as the citizens of the town if your schools are to be kept up to standard and on a par with other schools of the state. Books and Sup- plies are necessary factors in any school system at any time, but especially under present increasing costs of paper, materials, and labor. Your fuel bill is not shrinking in any way unless we continue to have open winters. The adequate supervision of the health of your children is vitally 72 important as was shown during last year in the dental clinic and the foresight of the Woman's Club in purchasing and presenting to the school the new machine for testing the hearing of the youngsters. Tuition rates are advancing as has already been shown over the past three years in the estimated amount of $168.00 for 1949-50 per pupil for High Schools. And I might add that there is no law curtailing what can be charged for elementary school tuition. I speak of this because during 1948-49 Concord School District charged $150.00 tuition for boys and girls in Grades 1 to 8 inclusive. The per capita tax will increase with the increased enrollments regardless of the desires of the taxpayer and the law requires each district to pay into the Teachers' Retirement System 5 percent of the salaries paid to its teachers. Every year every school building needs a certain amount of money set aside for repairs and replacements. Surely this is another item that cannot be overlooked along with the necessary new equipment. Probably along with the housing problem for special attention is the matter of State Aid for schools. During the past two years Pembroke has received approximately $13,500 for State Aid. This was Pembroke's share of the money raised in the $2,000,000 State Aid Bill passed during the last legislature and figured on the new formula including equalization and general aid to schools. It is most urgently brought to your attention that the present governor of the State recommends a return to the old formula of general aid only, which means that Pem- broke will not receive this aid for 1949-50 unless the present General Court passes a new State Aid Education Bill for $2,000,000. Before 1947 under general aid, Pem- broke received no State Aid. Board members and tax- payers who fail to make adequate arrangements for such 73 a contingency must face the parents of the town with a retrenchment program and take its chances with the budget. In discussing the above items in the budget and the problems which must be met by the men and women who pay the bills, I am trying to place before you in a frank and earnest manner the most important factors which not only confront this town, but every town in the state and nation. Educa- tion is the greatest problem in the United States today and the only people who can solve it are you and I and many more American citizens like us. I most urgently evoke your study and help in this most important problem. Again may I express my appreciation for your con- fidence in my endeavors to make the Schools of Pembroke a living factor for a better life in the community. Respectfully submitted, MURRAY H. WATSON 74 REPORT OF THE HEADMASTER OF PEMBROKE ACADEMY TO THE TRUSTEES AND SUPER- INTENDENT OF SCHOOLS FOR 1948 Teaching Staff and Enrollment School opened at Pembroke Academy on Wednesday, September 8, 1948, with seven regular and two part time teachers and 157 pupils. Eight new pupils entered during the fall, while twelve pupils left school, making the present enrollment, February 1, 1949, 153. The present teaching staff is as follows: Mr. Jarvis T. Beal, Headmaster, Administration, Science. Mr. Edward H. Currier, Mathematics and Physics. Miss Mabel E. Hayes, English, Social Studies, Latin. Miss Rosamond Batchelder, Commerce. Miss Geneva Moore, Home Economics. Miss Jacqueline Paquette, English, French, History. Mr. John B. Burkhardt, Industrial Arts. Mrs. Elizabeth C. Morrill, Prize Speaking and Dramatics. Mrs. Mabel Reed, Music. Because our enrollment dropped from 178 to 143 last year, it was necessary to try and get along with one less teacher this year. Consequently, the courses of Vernon Lewis were divided among several of the other teachers. Mr. John Burkhardt replaced Mr. Ernest Proulx in the shop, as Mr. Proulx decided to attend the University of Pennsylvania. Miss Ann McCushing was succeeded by Miss Jacqueline Paquette of North Stratford, New Hamp- shire, a graduate of Keene Teachers' College with teaching experience at Andover New Hampshire High School. 75 The 165 pupils are distributed as follows: Distribution of Pupils by Classes 1948-49 Boys Girls Totals Seniors 17 22 39 Juniors 14 23 37 Sophomores 17 25 42 Freshman 22 25 47 70 95 165 Distribution of Pupils by Towns 1948-49 Seniors Juniors Sophomores Freshman Boys-Girls Boys-Girls Boys-Girls Boys-Girls Allenstown 7 6 2 5 4 2 3 6 Chichester 1 Deerfield 1 Epsom 5 3 2 5 6 3 6 6 Hooksett 1 3 1 4 1 Pembroke 4 13 10 10 6 15 13 12 Total 17 22 14 23 17 25 22 25 Class Totals 39 37 42 47 The graduating class of 1948 had 24 members. These are occupied at present as follows: Graduates of 1948 and Their Occupations Abbott, Barbara Jean Concord School of Nursing Abbott, William Edward New York Belleview Hospital, Male Nurse Adams, Natt Gushing U. S. Armed Forces Bartlett, Robert Edward Merrimack Farmers Exchange, Epsom : 76 Beal, Shirley Jane Bates College Bowman, Ford William Jr. University of New Hampshire Child, Edwin Lee Massachusetts Institute of Technology Crafts, Mansfield Seth Jr. New England College Freeman, Allan Garrett Tufts College Johnson, Melvin Arthur University of New Hampshire Lappas, Margaret Josephine Receptionist United Utility Manchester Letendre, Gerard Roland John Varicks, Manchester McNamara, Thomas Ralph New England College Mosher, Shirley Mae Secretary, Farm Bureau Munroe, Edna Geneva Mrs. Charles Irving Piche, Edna Blanche At home Plourde, June Marie Telephone Operator, Suncook Sanderson, Judson Alfred Jr. University of New Hampshire Townsend, Elizabeth Anna Telephone Operator, Concord Warren, Hugh Tallent Floor Layer, Better Bilt Floors Company, Boston Whittemore, Fredrick Brewster Kimball Union Academy Yeaton, Elizabeth Jane Secretary, French Brothers Beef Company Yeaton, Samuel Dana Manchester Trade School Yeaton, Patricia University of New Hampshire In September, after Mr. Beal had appointed the various Class Advisors, the classes met and organized as follows Class Organizations — 1948-49 Seniors: Class Advisor, Mr. Edward Currier President, Robert Courtemanche Vice-President, Constance Thibeault Secretary, Marilyn Hillman Treasurer, Janice Wright 77 juniors: Class Advisor, Mr. John Burkhardt President, Maurice Gagnon Vice President, Barbara Mosher Secretary, Geneva Richard Treasurer, Charles Connor Sophomores: Class Advisor, Miss Rosamond Batchelder President, David Poisson Vice President, John French Secretary, Jacqueline Monty Treasurer, Roland Witham Freshmen: Class Advisor, Miss Geneva Moore President, Leo Girard Vice President, Donald Girard Secretary, Miriam Foss Treasurer, Joanne Grimes 78 TUITION PUPILS — TOWN OF PEMBROKE, N. H. Attending Pembroke Academy October 1, 1948 Bergevin. Roger Grade 2 Blackmar, Robert Grade Brooks, Lucille 2 Bussiere, Ann Brown, Patricia 2 Caswell, Barbara Cofran, Anna 2 Chandler, Joseph Farnum, John 2 Cossette, Gloria Gile, Charles 2 Crafts, William Hanson, Eugenia 2 Diehl, Emily Hillman, Marilyn 2 Fausher, Robert Hyland, Frances 2 Gagne, Henry Johnson, Phyllis 2 Gagnon, Maurice Kimball, Christine 2 Laberge, Lorraine Lewis, George Clinton 2 Letendre, Carmen Mitchell, Norma 2 Mozier, Everett Plante. Pauline 2 Pfefferle, Rita Rondeau. Dorothy 2 Pries, Charlotte Wright, Janice 2 Richard, Geneva Robinson, William Adams, Nancy Grade Stevens, Robert Allaire, Irene Thibeault, Joan Bachelder, Walter Young, Roland Bergevin, Theresa Boulet, Pauline Allaire, Louise Grade 9 Brooks, Robert Barker, Glenda 9 Chaput, Ellen Bergevin, Donald 9 Chaput, Georgette Boulet, Anita 9 Dion, Germaine Brasley, Anita 9 Farnum, Carolyn Chase, Richard 9 French, John Crafts, Charles 9 Hillman, Joan Foss, Miriam 9 Lemaire, Colette Gault, Nancy 9 Monty. Jacqueline Girard. Donald G. 9 79 Lewis, Faye 10 Good, Philip 9 Murphy, Daniel 10 Grimes, Joan 9 Pelletier, Barbara 10 Martin, Irene 9 Plante, Constance 10 Molan, Francis 9 Sheetz, Elwood 10 Robinson, Irving 9 Townsend, Eleanor 10 Robinson, Thomas 9 Roy, Ronald 9 St. Jean, Joan 9 Thompson, Clifton 9 Whittemore, Bert 9 Harris, Marilyn 9 Harris, Marion 9 Attending Concord Elementary Schools Nancy Brown Grade 3 Albert Croft Grade 7 80 EXTRA CURRICULA ACTIVITIES Extra-Curricula activities and responsibilities are divided among the teachers according to their teacher load, as well as their individual training. Mr. Currier has had charge of boys' basketball and baseball, and has been ably assisted by Mr. Burkhardt who has helped with the J. V.'s and the Freshmen boys. Miss Paquette has coached the girls in basketball and other sports. Miss Hayes has helped with guidance and testing, and has supervised the student librarians. She has organized and planned the yearbook. Miss Batchelder has charge of the financial accounts and the student activity association, as well as the school newspaper. Miss Moore has supervised the noon lunch program, and taken charge of skiing and the winter carnival. Prize Speaking and Dramatics: Under the able guidance of Mrs. Morrill, the Austin Memory Prize Speak- ing Contest was held on Thursday, December 16. The winners were Robert Blackmar, first; Lucille Brooks, second; Faye Lewis, third; and Maurice Philbrick, fourth. The pupils in the three upper classes have been working on their original essays, and the Original Prize Speaking Con- test is planned for some time in March or April. On Fri- day, November 5, the Senior class presented its play en- titled, "The Darling Brats," coached by Mrs. Morrill who was assisted by Miss Paquette. This three act comedy was very well attended, and aided materially to the financial assets of the Senior class. Mrs. Morrill also directed the pageant which was given at Christmas time. Music: Under the direction of Mrs. Mabel Reed there have been regular mixed chorus and girls' Glee Club rehearsals regularly during the year. The mixed chorus participated at graduation and the other special groups have rendered numbers at the prize speaking contests. In the spring of '48, the operetta "Jeanie" was cast with both the chorus and the soloists giving a very creditable performance. 81 Noon Lunches: Our classes in Home Economics and Shop, as well as our noon lunch program, are all federally aided. This means, also that the requirements in these courses are more strict than they are in others as to the amount of time, home projects, etc. For the school year 1947-1948, we were indebted to Mrs. Basil Cutting who acted as cook. Since September 1948, this work has been taken over by Mrs. Valerie Bernier. The meal is a well balanced ration which includes milk and costs in the neigh- borhood of twenty cents, and we feel that more pupils should be taking advantage of this splendid offering. The average number we are feeding, at present, is about forty. Much of the food being used was canned by the various Home Economic classes in the fall. Miscellaneous: Just before the Christmas vacation, the Senior class met and selected Miss Marilyn Hillman as Best D.A.R. Citizen. This selection is made each year through the efforts of Buntin chapter of the local D.A.R. organization. This selection is based on honor, service, courage, leadership, and scholarship. A dinner meeting of the Alumni Association was held in the Academy auditorium on Saturday, November 20. This meeting was the best attended in recent years with 360 people sitting down to dinner. A program of singing and speaking was arranged and the following officers were elected to govern the Association for the coming year: Howard Saturley, President; Ivory Kimball, Vice Pres- ident; Everett Farnum, 2nd. Vice President; Esther Holt, Secretary; Burt Robinson, Treasurer. Conclusion On Saturday, January 8, the winter meeting of the New Hampshire speech association was held at Pembroke Academy under the supervision of Mabel E. Hayes. There was a business meeting in the afternoon followed by a chicken dinner, cooked and served by girls in the Foods 82 classes. After-dinner speakers were Mr. John E. Baird, U. N. H.; Mr. Ray Keesey, Dartmouth College; and Mr. Edmund Cortez, U. N. H., toastmaster. The usual major activities were carried out again this year — the basketball and baseball games, the class dances, Senior Play, school operetta, and the two prize speaking contests. It has been difficult working out the same sche- dule as the previous year with practically no curtailment of courses, but with only seven teachers. In conclusion, I want to mention the untimely passing of Mr. Hall Bailey, member of the Trustees. Pupils and faculty mourned with the community his passing. He was a loyal and interested friend of the school anxious to help at all times. At this time, I want to thank the teachers, members of the Trustees, and Superintendent Watson for their interest and co-operation during the year. Respectfully submitted, JARVIS T. BEAL 2nd Headmaster Vital Statistics i ' 8 ft) u a 0) cox: •—> +-> Si s C . o — c'- u u o a o gjH c a 3 fa o O s^uaaBd jo aouapisan 3>IO^aW3d T3 « £-a be a M o 3 V 03 >» CO C3 T3 (A QJ "CD r" vw a a 2^ ft) VI as W >. 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