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1958
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1958
Transcript Printing Company — Peterborough, N. H. .67 INDEX
List of Town Officers 3
Town Warrant 5
Basis for 1959 Tax Rate 7
Comparison of Appropriations and Tax Rates 1953-1957 8
Comparison of Actual Expenditures 1953-1957 10 Budget 12
Summary of Inventory 15
Statement of Appropriations, Taxes Assessed and Tax Rate 16
Comparative Statement of Appropriations and Expenditures 18
Balance Sheet (Statement of Assets and Liabilities) 20
Statement of Bonded Debt-Showing Annual Maturities 25
Schedule of Town Property 24
Town Clerk's Report (Includes Motor Vehicle Permits and Dog Licenses) 25
Tax Collector's Report (Includes Summaries of Tax Warrants and Tax Sale Accounts) 26
Town Treasurer's Report 32
Summary of Receipts 33
Summary of Payments 35
Detailed Statement of Receipts 33
Detailed Statement of Payments 35
Report of Trustees of Trust Funds 44
Report of Auditors 46
Report of Library Trustees and Officers 46
Report of Water Department 47
Report of Fire Wardens 48
Town Hall Report 52 Memorial Day Report 53
Report of School District 54
Vital Statistics 64 TOWN OFFICERS MODERATOR John P. Weston Term expires March 1960 SELECTMEN Frederick S. Sheldon Term expires March 1959 Charles E. Lindsay Term expires March 1960 Erving A. LeCain Term expires March 1961 TOWN CLERK Donald A. Powers Term expires March 1959 TOWN TREASURER Arthur F. Bell Term expires March 1959 ROAD AGENT Herbert A. Curtis Term expires March 1959 TAX COLLECTOR Edward French Term expires March 1959 LIBRARY TRUSTEES Ruth A. Cody Term expires March 1959 Philip E. Knowles Term expires March 1960 Mary D. Shea Term expires March 1961 COMMISSIONERS OF WATER WORKS John D. Armstrong Term expires March 1959 Edward French Term expires March 1960 Albert Cuddemi Term expires March 1961 FIRE WARDENS Paul G. Traxler, Chief Term expires March 1959 Fred Hugron Term expires March 1959 Ivon W. Clough Term expires March 1959 FOREST FIRE WARDENS
Herbert A. Curtis Term expires Jan. 1, 1962 DEPUTY WARDENS
Pearl J. Warren Term expires Jan. 1, 1962 Lawrence Newhall Term expires Jan. 1, 1962 Edward French Term expires Jan. 1, 1962 Charles Lindsay Term expires Jan. 1, 1962 BUDGET COMMITTEE Appointed by Moderator for One Year William Aldrich George Weston Edward French Clifford Smith Theodore Aucella SUPERVISORS OF CHECK LIST Edward French Term expires March 1960 Philip E. Knowles Term expires March 1960 Paul G. Traxler Term expires March 1960 TRUSTEES OF TRUST FUNDS Frederick S. Sheldon Term expires March 1959 Philip E. Knowles Term expires March 1960 John P. Weston Term expires March 1961 OVERSEER OF POOR Alfred S. Chase Term expires March 1959 JANITOR, TOWN HALL Paul G. Traxler Term expires March 1959 SEXTON Fred Hugron Term expires March 1959 CONSTABLE Frank Chiesa Term expires March 1959 CHIEF OF POLICE Olen E. Newhall Term expires March 1959 SPECIAL POLICE Frederick E. Hugron Term expires March 1959 Eileen Newhall Term expires March 1959 CEMETERY TRUSTEES Georgietta Bryer and Selectmen SURVEYORS OF WOOD AND LUMBER Open for appointment SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES Open for appointment DOG CONSTABLE Fred Hugron 4 TOWN WARRANT
THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE in the County To the Inhabitants of the Town of Bennington to vote in Town Affairs: of Hillsborough in said State, qualified Ben- You are hereby notified to meet at The Town Hall in said nington on Tuesday, the 10th day of March Next at ten of the clock in the forenoon, to act upon the following subjects: Officers for the year ensuing. 1. To choose all necessary Town raise and appropriate 2. To see what sum of money the Town will for highway and bridges. Aid for Class V 3. To see if the Town will vote to accept State roads and raise and appropriate money for the same. The Town must raise $246.67 and the state will contribute $1,644,50. a not ex- 4. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate sum ceeding $9,400.00 for the purpose of making improvements to the following Class V roads within the Town: Kimball Hill Road or North Bennington Road, such sum to be raised through the issu- provi- ance of bonds or notes under and in compliance with the sions of chapter 83, Laws of 1951 as amended by chapter 31, Laws of 1953, and to authorize the Selectmen to determine the date and place of payment of such bonds or notes and to determine the rate of interest thereon, and to take such other steps as may be necessary to negotiate such bonds or notes as shall be to the best interests of the Town of Bennington. to 5. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen borrow such sums of money as may be necessary in anticipation of taxes.
6. To see what action the Town will take in regard to real estate taken over by the Town for non-payment of taxes. of 7. To see of the Town will raise and appropriate the sum $1,500.00 for tarring.
8. To see what action the Town will take in regard to Old Home Day and raise and appropriate money for the same.
9. To see what action the Town will take in regard to Memorial Day and raise and appropriate money for the same.
10. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $146.00 (1/1 00th of 1% of Town Valuation) to the Monad- nock Region Association of Southwestern N. H. for issuance and distribution of printed matter, newspaper and magazine advertis- ing, and by other means calling attention to the resources and natural advantages of the Town in cooperation with the other thirty-seven towns of the Region.
5 11. To hear the report of the committee as to the purchase of a new Town Truck. Take whatever action the voters deem necessary and raise and appropriate money for the same.
12. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate enough money to buy 200 ft. of 2 1/2 inch nre hose.
13. The garage building owned by the late Harry Claflin has been offered for sale for the sum of $3,500.00. The Selectmen re- commend that they be authorized to negotiate the purchase of this property for a sum not to exceed $2,000.00 and raise and appropri- ate money for the same.
14. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to repair broken chairs in the Town Hall, also include enough to repair or build new cellar window casings.
15. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to lay a 6" water main and put in a hydrant approx- imately 900 feet from the present main along the Greenfield Road to the property of Gaery Pomroy.
16. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate money to re- locate radiators in the Engine Hall and install circulating pump, if necessary, to insure adequate heat.
17. To see whether the Town will vote to adopt the following: That the expenditures of all Town departments be subject to prior approval of the Board of Selectmen and those responsible for each department will consult with the Board prior to obligating the Town on any major expenditure.
18. To see what sum of money the Town will raise and appro- priate for Statutory requirements and to carry the articles and appropriations of the School District ino effect.
19. To transact any other business that may legally come before this meeting.
Given under our hands and seal, this 19th day of February, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and fifty-nine.
Frederick S. Sheldon Charles E. Lindsay Erving A. Le Cain Selectmen of Bennington
A true copy of Warrant—Attest: Frederick S. Sheldon Charles E. Lindsay Erving A. Le Cain Selectmen of Bennington BASIS FOR 1959 TAX RATE
The Selectmen feel that to assist the voters in their considera- tion of the regular budget and special warrants they should have this information to show the basis for computation of the 1959 property tax rate.
Total appropriations, town budget $36,430 92 Total appropriations, school budget 36,816 61 $73,247 53 Less—Estimated revenue $11,681 28 Less—Estimated Poll Taxes 436 00 $12,117 28
$61,130 25 Plus—Estimated overlay 1,065 47
Total to be raised by property taxes $62,195 72
1958 Property Valuation $1,460,775 00
1959 Property Valuation Estimate $1,450,000 00
Estimated tax rate on Budget Items Only $42 90
Increase in rate per every thousand dollars
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Appropriations Actual Estimated Purposes of Expenditures Previous Expenditures Expenditures Year Previous Ensuing 1958 Year 1958 Year 1959 Current Maintenance Expenses: General Government: Town Officers' Salaries $1,500 00 $1,435 00 $1,435 00 Town Officers' Expenses 700 00 755 05 750 00 Election & Registration Expenses 350 00 311 50 125 00 Expenses Town Hall & Other bldgs. 1,300 00 1,585 46 1,300 00 Protection of Persons and Property: Police Department 600 00 449 50 600 00 Fire Department 1,500 00 1,879 00 1,350 00 Insurance 1,850 00 1,983 16 1,900 00 Health: Health Dept., Inch hospitals 50 00 50 80 50 00 Vital Statistics 15 00 28 00 28 00 Town Dump & Garbage Removal 500 00 442 25 500 00 Highways and Bridges: Town Maintenance—Summer 3,000 00 3,042 45 3,000 00 Town Maintenance—Winter 3,500 00 3,691 25 3,500 00 Street Lighting 1,600 00 1,577 88 1,600 00 General Expenses of Highway Dept. 950 00 805 85 600 00 Town Road Aid 247 86 247 86 246 67 Library 200 00 200 00 200 00 Public Welfare: Town Poor 1,200 00 895 59 1,000 00 Old Age Assistance 2,200 00 2,053 50 2,200 00 Recreation: Parks & Playground, Inc. Band Concerts 1,200 00 1,170 35 1,200 00 Public Service Enterprises: Municipally Owned Water and Electric Utilities Cemeteries BUDGET OF THE TOWN OF BENNINGTON, N. H. Appropriations Actual Estimated Purposes of Expenditures Previous Expenditures Expenditures Year Previous Ensuing 1958 Year 1958 Year 1959 Interest: On Temporary Loans 300 00 542 84 900 00 On Long Term Notes & Bonds 250 00 261 25 160 00 Highways and Bridges: Town Construction, Town Truck 1,200 00 1,371 93 1,200 00 Payment on Principal of Debt: (b) Long Term Notes 3,500 00 4,250 00 3,000 00 County Taxes 6,334 75 6,240 25 6,240 25 School* Taxes 34,828 56 34,828 56 36,816 61 Total Expenditures $72,776 17 $73,317 51 $73,247 53 14 TAX YEAR 1958 SUMMARY INVENTORY OF VALUATION OF THE TOWN OF BENNINGTON IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY Description of Property Valuation Lands and Buildings $698,600 Mill Buildings, Land and Machinery 550,000 Electric Plants 59,700 Stock in Trade 175,800 Horses 3 250 Cows 23 2,300 Sheep and Goats 10 100 Fowls 6147 2,975 Gasoline Pumps and Tanks 6 900 Wood, Lumber, etc. 150 Total gross valuation before exemptions allowed 1,490,775 Less: Veterans' exemptions & exemptions to blind 30,000 Net valuation on which tax rate is computed 1,460,775 Public Service of N. H., electric plant 59,700 Amount of property valuation exempted to veterans 30,000 Amount of property valuation exempted to blind None Number of inventories distributed 284 Number of inventories returned 168 Number of veterans who received property exemption 30 Number of veterans exempted from poll tax 69 This is to certify that the information contained in this report was taken from official records and is complete to the best of our knowledge and belief. Application is hereby made under RSA 76:11 for an extension of time in which to commit the property tax warrant to the Tax Collector. An extension of 30 days after the tax rate is approved is hereby requested. Frederick S. Sheldon Charles E. Lindsay Erving Le Cain Date July 30, 1958 Selectmen of Bennington 15 STATEMENT OF APPROPRIATIONS AND TAXES ASSESSED FOR THE TAX YEAR 1958 OF THE TOWN OF BENNINGTON IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY Certificate This is to certify that the information contained in this report was taken from official records and is correct to the best of our knowledge and belief. Frederick S. Sheldon Charles E. Lindsay Erving A. LeCain Date July 30, 1958 Selectmen of Bennington Appropriations, 1958 Town Officers' Salaries $1,500 Town Officers' Expenses Election & Registration Expenses Town Hall & Buildings Maintenance Police Department Spec. Town Hall Fire Department Honor Roll Painting Town Hall Insurance Health Department Vital Statistics Dump Town Road Aid Town Maintenance, summer $3,000 Town maintenance, winter 3,500 Street Lighting General Expenses of Highway Dept. Libraries Old Age Assistance Public Relief Town Poor Memorial Day, Old Home Day Parks & playgrounds inc. band concerts Water & Electric Utilities Cemeteries Tarring Damages & Legal Expenses Advertising & Regional Associations Town Truck New Construction Roads New Equipment, Fire Dept. Payment on Debt Principal $3,500 16 Interest 550 Ii I I I noHioiooiot-o io w Tf co co * ^ io o co co tjho ai h a as ^^fOrf eiooocooo -hh i—I i—I CO lo CM CM CO w lOOtDOiOOtCCOOOOOt-OCROiOCOOCO OlOOBOO NOOOt-COOHiOCOOO-^iOiOOCOtDtDO) 10 10H10CS05 OlOOt-COiflOMOlC-aOtOMLOOOOOWH H co m i-H oo Tt< t- Tfc-J^coooooait^MOioiocjLot-'^C'it- i— >* t- co >o -hh oo ^ (M C- 00 lO Cft CD iO -"* 01 CO O 00 01 r-i <* CO CO i— t-T i—I CoTt—I <—I i-H i—I i—l CM t-H i—I Z d CM W5 ' z rt 75 H C o w if fi < o H w > HI— o F?Hf?HW^CHfxH QH>HE>HOrT! )OH^Ph 18 rH FINANCIAL REPORT OF THE TOWN OF BENNINGTON IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY for the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 1958 Certificate This is to certify that the information contained in this report was taken from official records and is complete to the best of our knowledge and belief. Date January 31, 1959. Frederick S. Sheldon Charles E. Lindsay Erving A. LeCain Selectmen Outstanding Temporary Loans in Anticipation of Taxes: First National Bank, Hillsboro 10,000 00 First National Bank, Hillsboro 10,000 00 Long Term Notes Outstanding Fire Truck notes Chlorinator T.R.A. Total Liabilities Excess of assets over liabilities (Surplus) Grand Total Income from municipal water 2,950 03 Registration of motor vehicles, 1957 permits 17 72 Registration of motor vehicles, 1958 permits 2,694 26 Total from Local Sources, Except Taxes $7,031 09 Receipts Other than Current Revenue: Temporary loans in anticipation of taxes during year « Highways and Bridges: Town truck 1,371 93 Town maintenance, summer $3,042 45 Town maintenance, winter 3,691 25 6,733 70 Street lighting 1,577 General Expenses of Highway Dept. 805 85 Culvert repairs $356 47 Tarring 1,692 56 2,049 03 Libraries 200 00 Public Welfare: Old age assistance 2,053 50 Town poor 895 59 Patriotic Purposes: Memorial Day & Vet. As. 250 00 Memorial plaque 500 00 Recreation: Parks & playgrounds, inc. band concerts 1,170 35 Christmas lights 70 50 Public Service Enterprises: Municipal water & electric depts. 2,448 63 Cemeteries 625 60 Unclassified: Advertising & Regional As. 144 00 Taxes bought by town 529 53 Discounts, abatements & refunds 34 63 $708 16 Total Current Maintenance Exp.— $32,640 44 Interest: Paid on temporary loans in anticipation of taxes 542 81 Paid on long term notes 261 28 Total Interest Payments $804 09 Indebtedness: Payments on temporary loans in anticipation of taxes 27,000 00 Payments on long term notes 4,250 00 Total Indebtedness Payments $31,250 00 23 : Payments to Other Gov. Divs. : State Head Taxes paid State Treas. 1958 Taxes $652 00 Prior Years 922 50 1,574 50 Taxes paid to County 6,242 21 Payments to School Dists. 1957 Tax $18,462 52 1958 Tax 18,500 00 — 36,962 52 Total Payments to Other Gov. Divs. $44,779 23 Total Payments for all purposes $109,473 76 Cash on hand Dec. 31, 1958 9,238 92 Grand Total $118,712 68 SCHEDULE OF TOWN PROPERTY Description STATEMENT OF BONDED DEBT Town of Bennington—December 31, 1958 Annual Maturities of Outstanding Bonds and Long Term Notes 1959 1960 1961 TAX COLLECTOR'S REPORT Property, Poll and Yield Tax Warrant Levy of 1958 Debit Total Property, Poll & National Bank stock taxes committed $65,352 41 Yield Taxes Committed 11 79 Interest Collected 5 05 Total Debits $65,369 25 Credits Total Remittances to Treasurer $24,470 83 Discount allowed 405 44 Abatements allowed 97 gg Uncollected taxes per Collector's List 40,395 30 Total Credits $65,369 25 Levy of 1957 Debits Uncollected Taxes, as of Jan. 1, 1958 $35,646 87 Interest Collected 1,313 84 Total $36,960 71 Credits Remittances to Treasurer $36,958 71 Abatements 2 00 $36,960 71 Levy of 1956 Debits Uncollected Taxes, as of Jan. 1, 1958 $38 60 Credits Abatement $38 60 26 State Head Tax SUMMARY OF TAX SALE ACCOUNTS AS OF DECEMBER 31, 1958 Tax Sale on Account of Levy of: 1957 1956 1955 Taxes Sold to Town During Unpaid Property Taxes as of January 1, 1959 Howard Ayers $88 80 Herbert Bemis 11 10 Robert & Eunice Blanchard 295 26 Patrick Cashion Est. 79 92 Evelyn Sudsbury 44 40 Patrick Cashion 88 80 Donald Powers 71 04 George Edes 24 42 Mary Edes 2 22 Ruth Eldrid 79 92 Herbert Flanders 26 64 Bessie Giddings, Paid 1/13/59 44 40 James Griswold 133 20 Horton Glynn 2 22 William Haag, Jr. 113 12 Robert Handy 13 32 Fred Hugron HI 00 Sydney Huntington 77 70 Melvin & Ruth Loomis 53 28 Dan Mclnnis 4 44 Warren Perkins 79 92 Maurice Paige 124 32 Carrie Smith 35 52 Clifford & Lyla Smith 88 80 Ralph & Jean Smith 102 12 Philip Traxler 22 20 L. S. Tacy Est. 44 40 Herbert Wilson 75 48 Monadnock Paper Mills 37,673 40 Claude & Catherine Butts 88 80 John Delay 44 40 John Giddings, Paid 1/6/59 4 44 William & Carrie Larkin HI 00 John Robertson 6 66 Roxbury Neighborhood 444 00 Albert & Mary Ratcliffe 4 44 Lewis & Irene Kramer, Paid 1/13/59 22 20 Total $40,337 30 Unpaid Poll Taxes Robert Blanchard Eunice Blanchard Robert Brown Irwin Chase 29 Lois Chase Elizabeth Chamberlain Isabelle Cook Daniel Cole Leona Ellingwood Hill Evelyn Griswold Robert Handy Isabelle Handy Ruth Loomis Richard Lyons Ardelle Lyons Marie Magoon Edna Mercier Pauline McClure Verna Paige Warren Perkins Marilyn Ryder Grace Sargent Lyla Smith Jean Smith Lawrence Southwick Sylvia Southwick Elsie Traxler Leo Tacy Hazel White 29 Poll Taxes at $2.00 $58 00 Unpaid Head Taxes, 1958 Mildred Atkinson Howard Ayers Helena Ayers Robert Blanchard Eunice Blanchard Robert Brown Irwin Chase Lois Chase Isabelle Cook Charles Cook Leona Ellingwood Hill Chester Frederick George Gray Greta Gray James Griswold Evelyn Griswold Robert Handy Isabelle Handy Ruth Loomis Melvin Loomis 30 Richard Lyons Ardelle Lyons Roger Magoon Marie Magoon Edna Mercier Pauline McClure Maurice Paige Verna Paige Warren Perkins Marilyn Ryder George Ryder, Jr. Grace Sargent Lyla Smith Clifford Smith Jean Smith Ralph Smith Winifred Tacy Elsie Traxler Philip Traxler Hazel White Lawrence Southwick Sylvia Southwick Leo Tacy Daniel Cole 44 Head Taxes at $5.00 $220 00 I hereby certify that the above list showing the name and amount due from each delinquent taxpayer, as of December 31, 1958, on account of the tax levies of 1956, 1957, 1958, is correct to the best of my knowledge and belief. Edward French Tax Collector 31 TOWN TREASURER'S REPORT Cr Cash on hand Dec. 31, 1957 $7 219 84 Total Receipts thru Dec. 31, 1958 111,492 84 Grand Total $118,712 68 Dr. Total orders paid thru Dec. 31, 1958 $109 473 76 Cash on hand, Dec. 31, 1958 9^238 92 Total $118,712 68 Arthur F. Bell Treasurer 32 : GENERAL GOVERNMENT DETAILED STATEMENT OF RECEIPTS 1. Current year property taxes: Edward French 2. Current year poll taxes: Edward French 3. Previous year property & poll taxes Edward French 4. Tax Sales redeemed Edward French 5. Interest on taxes: Edward French 6. Current year head taxes: Edward French 7. Previous year head taxes: Edward French 8. Current year yield taxes: Edward French Total Taxes 9. Received from State: Railroad & Savings Bank Taxes T.R.A. Interest & Dividend Tax 10. Dog Licenses Donald Powers 11. Business Licenses & Permits: Beano 12. Fines and Forfeits Hillsborough Municipal Court 13. Rent of Town Property: Paul Traxler 14. Registration of Motor Vehicles: Donald Powers 15. Town Truck: Herbert Curtis 16. Temporary Loans: First National Bank of Hillsborough 33 17. Water Department: John Armstrong 2,950 03 18. Trust Funds: Trustees of Trust Funds 1 ; 007 73 19. Miscellaneous: Cemetery Lots, Mrs. John Bryer $20 00 Civilian Defense Radio, Cheshire County 100 50 Fire Dept. Tel., Paul Traxler 76 31 Memorial Day Fund, Richard Pihl 46 35 Tarring, Herbert Curtis 415 83 Filing Fees, Donald Powers 23 00 Insurance Claims, Clark Agency 102 00 Telephone, Fred Hugron 1 io Cemetery, Delmar Newhall 1 00 $786 09 Total Receipts $111,492 84 34 DETAILED STATEMENT OF PAYMENTS 1. Town Officers' Salaries: Donald Powers $100 00 Erving LeCain Fred Sheldon Charles Lindsay Edward French Ivon Clough Fred Hugron Arthur Bell Alfred Chase Paul Traxler Walter Geary Erving LeCain $1,435 00 2. Town Officers' Expenses: Edward French, expense, tax sale N. H. Assessors, dues Hillsboro Lumber Co. Ernest Hutchinson, billboard Anne Lindsay, postage Register of Deeds Brown & Saltmarsh, forms Selectmen, tax meeting Peterborough Transcript, town reports Branham Publishing Co. Diamond & Smith, forms Sims Press, forms Town Clerks' Association, dues Messenger Publishing, forms Edson C. Eastman, forms Tax Collectors' Association, dues Tax Commission, forms Sargent Bros., tax bills Arthur Bell, expenses Donald Powers Philip Woodbury, flowers Philip Knowles, trust fund expenses $755 05 3. Election & Registration Expenses: Bennington Women's Club, dinnersi $105 Transcript Printing Co. Delmar Newhall, ballot inspector Herbert Curtis, ballot inspector Wilfred Levegue, ballot inspector J. P. Weston, moderator Edward French, supervisor Paul Traxler, supervisor Philip Knowles, supervisor $311 50 4. Expenses Town Hall & Other Buildings: David Traxler, labor Paul Traxler, janitor Public Service Philip Traxler, labor Bennington Garage, plowing Telephone A. F. Edmunds, supplies Arthur Sawyer, labor Donald Glynn, labor Farmers Feed & Supply, coal Ralph Smith, labor Robert Handy, labor Maurice Paige, labor Alfred Perry, roof repairs John MacNutt, supplies Edmunds Dept. Store, supplies H. M. Chase, piano Theodore Aucella, labor Richard Burrows, labor Arthur Koskela, repairs Antrim Building Supply, repairs Hillsboro Lumber Co. Edwin Sawyer, labor Philip Knowles, town clock Paul Murray, truck $1,585 46 See Detailed Receipts Section: (Beano Licenses & Permits $20 (Rent of Town Hall 117 (Telephone, Fred Hugron 1 5. Police Department: Fred Hugron Olen Newhall Kenry & McAdams, supplies Raymond Sheldon 36 Brown & Saltmarsh, forms 15 35 Eileen Newhall 5 00 $449 50 See Detailed Cash Receipts: (Fines and Forfeits—$65.25) 6. Christmas Tree Lights (From Trust Funds) $70 50 7. Fire Department: 10. Vital Statistics: Donald A. Powers $28 00 11. Town Dump: Herbert Curtis, payroll Edward French, payroll fire dept. 20. Parks and Playgrounds: Harry Sawyer $504 00 Herbert Curtis, payroll National Mower Co., repairs Bennington Garage, repairs James Trow, labor Richard Burrows, labor Thomas Flanders, labor Donald Glynn, labor John Davy, labor C. S. Wood, supplies Robert Parker, labor Monadnock Tree Service, spraying^ Peterborough Hardware Co., supplies J. Russell & Co., Inc., rope George Whittemore, labor Newhall Garage Steve Yakovakis Telephone Delmar Newhall, labor Donald Cashion 21. Municipal Water Department: New England Chemical supplies Joseph Thompson Bennington Garage, repairs Paul Traxler George E. Trudell Co., supplies H. R. Prescott & Sons, supplies Merrimac Farmers, supplies Greenland Corp., supplies Hillsboro Lumber Co., supplies Southwestern N. H. Trans. Herbert Curtis, payroll R. C. Hazelton Co., supplies Curtis Rowe, labor Waterworks Association, dues Helco Supply Inc. John Armstrong, Supt.'s salary John Armstrong, labor Public Service Co. of N. H. See Detailed Cash Receipts: (Income—Water Dept—$2,950.03) 39 $239 75 32. Town Truck: Bennington Garage $1,291 13 See Detailed Cash Receipts: (Rental of Town Truck, $1,611.50) 33. School District. Mary K. 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Walter Cleary Robert Knight Auditors REPORT OF THE TREASURER OF THE G. E. P. DODGE LIBRARY January 1, 1958 to December 31, 1958 Receipts Cash on hand January 1, 1958 $408 94 Received from Trustees of Trust Funds Town Appropriation Sale of old books Total Receipts Expenditures Mary K. Wilson, librarian Steve Yakovakis, janitor Hafeli Fuel & Ice Co., 1682 gal. Orvel B. Peirce, furnace repair Public Service Co. of N. H., lights Hines & Knapton, Insurance Thames Book Co., books MacMillan Co., books Doubleday & Co., books Readers Digest, books Magazines and newspapers Mrs. Talmadge, postage on town history data Theodore Aucella. painting Robert Wilson, waxing floors Edmunds Store, supplies Peterborough Hardware Co., supplies Bank service charge Total Expenditures Cash on hand Dec. 31, 1958 Total $1,951 53 Respectfully submitted, Philip E. Knowles, Treas. Ruth A. Cody Mary D. Shea Library Trustees Walter D. Cleary Robert L. Knight Auditors 46 REPORT OF THE LIBRARIAN OF THE G. E. P. DODGE LIBRARY Days open—Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday. Hours—Afternoon—2 :30-4 :30. Evening—6 :30-8 :30. Books purchased in 1958 148 Books by gift in 1958 39 Peterborough Transcript (weekly) Magazines by subscription 12 Books numbered for circulation 3,740 Magazines by subscription: Reader's Digest, Outdoor Life, Popular Science, Life, Newsweek, American Girl, National Geographic, Popular Mechanics, The Saturday Evening Post, Ladies' Home Journal, Seventeen, Jack and Jill. "Open House" was held in the Library on March 22, with new books on display, and an outstanding exhibit of books printed on paper made in the Monadnock Paper Mills. An exhibit of the process of making a book was arranged by a representative from the mill office. Prize winning drawings from our school, in the State Federa- tion of Woman's Clubs' Contest were also on display, with essays by the children. Mary K. Wilson Librarian WATER DEPARTMENT REPORT, 1958 Total number gallons pumped 3,142,000. Number of hours pumped 364. Chlorine used 14 lbs. Cost of heat, light and power $476.87 Chlorinator Report: Number of gallons treated 24,512,700 gallons. Chlorine used 140 gallons. Report of Collections: Total rental collected $2,664 02 Old accounts collected 232 50 Supplies sold 53 51 Turned in to Treasurer $2,950 03 Discounts $277 43 Uncollected $484 13 47 Report of uncollected rents, January 1, 1959. Howard Ayers Engine No. 3 1-750 gallon pumper with 600 gallon booster tank 150 ft. 1 inch booster hose 1 extension ladder (aluminum) 1 roof ladder (aluminum) 1 attic ladder (folding) 1 dry powder extinguisher 1 first aid kit 1 smoke mask 1 smoke mask (donated by William Haag) 1 mobile radio Other Equipment: 2 long ladders 1 portable pump 1 trailer 4 battery chargers 1 body drag 5 electric lanterns 1 Emerson resuscitator 12 Rain coats 12 Fire hats 12 Half high rubber boots Forest Fire Equipment H5 16 Indian pumps 6 grub hoes 6 rakes 6 axes with grub hoes 4 axes 1 water canteen 4 pails 6 lanterns Report of Calls: 5 Chimney fires 1 Grass fires 7 House fires 2 Dump fires Fire Alarm Boxes are Located: One at Town Hall One at Don Powers' Store 49 To Operate: Open Door, pull down hook once Then let go and stay at box until firemen arrive. 6 Blasts for fire 3 Blasts all out signal 2 Blasts, No School, 8:00 o'clock A. M. 1 Long Blast, short of water 1 Long Blast, 1st Monday in month 1 :45 P. M. 1 Blast between noon and 1 o'clock for Test on Saturday. To be reached by telephone—Ivon Clough 116-5—Paul Traxler 116-31—Don Powers' Store 14-12 by day. The Firewards want to advise that our radio system is in operation. The Firewards recommend buying 200 ft. of 2^ inch hose. Signed Ivon W. Clough, Fire Chief P. M. Traxler, 1st Asst. Fred Hugron, 2nd Asst. REPORT OF MUTUAL AID SYSTEM As one of the directors of the Southwestern Mutual Aid System of which Bennington Fire Department is a member, I would like to submit this report to the taxpayers of the town of Bennington. At present this system is the largest of its kind in the state and the second largest in New England. Our membership was thirty-nine towns, until Francestown asked to join and was accepted making a total of forty towns extending Westerly to the Vermont line, Southerly to East Jaffrey, Easterly to Fran- cestown and Greenfield, and Northerly to Antrim. It was felt at the time the system was formed that the smaller towns might feel that they could get along with less fire appara- tus and get the protection from the larger towns and cities. It has proved to work just the opposite, for the smaller towns are buying bigger and better equipment to be able to compete with the larger towns and cities. It might be interesting to know that out of the forty towns thirty-nine have radio equipment such as ours. Our base station is located at the Keene fire station which is on the air twenty-four hours a day. The cost of the biggest share of the operation is made possible 50 by the Commissioners of Cheshire County. Our thanks to the Cheshire County Commissioners. This last year has not been a bad year for fires with us. At one of our fires we had we asked for standby equipment at our station. I believe Hancock responded. We attended one fire in Antrim with our large pumper and Peterborough was called into town with their pumper to stand by for us. Recently we formed the Federation of Mutual Aid Systems of New Hampshire. The exact membership is not available at this time. I was one of the delegates to represent the Southwestern Mutual Aid System at their first meeting in Concord. This I believe will work to an advantage and give us a bigger voice when it comes to legislation in Concord. There were several resolutions adopted one of which was to get cheaper insurance rates. As you probably know, our insurance rates are governed a lot by the fire equipment, hydrants, and hose—especially 2 3/2 in. such as we have in our town. It was surprising to learn that small tank trucks haven't much bearing on insurance rates. Incidentally, that is one of the things the federation will be working on—to get insurance companies to recognize small tank trucks. Engines that do not govern the insurance rates are like our Ford with a 750 gal. pump and carrying 23^ in. hose. Another resolution dealt with our fire marshall's office in Concord, which has been neglected by the legislature in the past years. There were several more that I will not go into at this time. The annual dues will be a dollar a year for each department member, or a total of six dollars a year including our member- ship in the Southwestern Mutual Aid System. Respectfully submitted, Paul Traxler Assistant Clerk Bennington Fire Department You Can Help Prevent Forest Fires Twenty-five percent of all forest fires in New Hampshire are caused from careless debris burning—brush, paper, leaves, etc. Most of them are started without the required permit from the local forest fire warden. The cost of extinguishing these fires annually runs into large sums of money. According to law, responsible parties must pay the cost of 51 putting them out. In addition, violators may be subject to court prosectution with fines running as high as ($200) two hundred dollars. In the interest of fire prevention why not eliminate burning at home? Use your town dump. It has been set up for your personal convenience. It provides a suitable place for the dis- posal of dangerous inflammable waste material and other use- less items which accumulate around the home and local stores, brush, etc., cut on your property. Eliminate the hazard of burning yourself. It will be easier for you, personally and financially. If, however, you do burn on your premises: 1. Secure a permit from your local forest fire warden—the law requires it. 2. Be sure to properly supervise your burning. Don't leave it. 3. Make certain your fire is DEAD OUT before leaving it. Save yourself much possible difficulty. Use your town dump. Number of local fires Number of acres burned Number of permits issued 32 WlNTHROP HANNAFORD Herbert A. Curtis District Fire Chief Forest Fire Warden MEMORIAL DAY Cash $250 00 Expenditures: C. S. Woods (flags) $23 95 Bektash Temple Drum Corps 100 00 Richard White, refreshments 16 50 Ladies Auxiliary, lunch & wreaths 43 00 A. F. Edmunds, ice cream 14 40 Lester Hill, Bugle 5 00 Theodore Randall $10.00 (voided wouldn't accept). Less eight checks Balance SCHOOL REPORT BENNINGTON SCHOOL DISTRICT ORGANIZATION Moderator SCHOOL WARRANT THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE To the Inhabitants of the School District in the Town of Bennington qualified to vote in district affairs: You are hereby notified to meet at the Town Hall in said district on the 6th day of March, 1959, at eight 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 determine and appoint the salaries of the School Board and Truant Officer, and fix the compensation of any other officers or agent of the district. 6. To hear the reports of Agents, Auditors, Committees, or Officers chosen, and pass any vote relating thereto. 7. To choose Agents, Auditors and Committees in relation to any subject embraced in this warrant. 8. To see what sum of money the district will raise and appro- priate for the support of schools, for the salaries of school dis- trict officials and agents, and for the payment of statutory obligations of the district, and to authorize the application against said appropriation of such sums as are estimated to be received from the state foundation aid fund together with other income; the school board to certify to the selectmen the balance between the estimated revenue and the appropriation, which balance is to be raised by taxes by the town. 9. To transact any other business which may legally come before said meeting. Given under our hands at said Bennington this 14th day of February, 1959. Philip Knowles Christina A. Anderson Charles E. Lindsay School Board A true copy of Warrant—Attest: Philip Knowles Christina A. Anderson Charles E. Lindsay School Board 55 FINANCIAL REPORT OF THE BENNINGTON, N. H. SCHOOL DISTRICT For the Fiscal Year July 1, 1957 to June 30, 1958 School Boards' Certificate 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 71 of the Revised Statutes Annotated, and upon forms prescribed by the State Tax Commission. Norman R. Hartfiel Superintendent Philip Knowles Christina A. Anderson Charles E. Lindsay July 18, 1958 School Board REPORT OF SCHOOL DISTRICT TREASURER For the Fiscal Year July 1, 1957 to June 30, 1958 Cash on hand July 1, 1957 $1,278 18 Received from Selectmen: Current appropriation 35,962 52 Previous appropriation 538 90 Received from State Treasurer: Special milk fund 79 98 Received from all other sources 81 00 Total amount available for fiscal year $37,940 58 Less School Board orders paid 32,740 76 Balance on hand June 30, 1958 $5,199 82 Mary K. Wilson July 15, 1958 District Treasurer AUDITORS' CERTIFICATE This is to certify that we have examined the books, vouchers, bank statements and other financial records of the treasurer of the school district of Bennington of which the above is a true summary for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1958 and find them correct in all respects. Walter D. Cleary Vincena M. Powers July 15, 1958 Auditors 56 BENNINGTON PROPOSED BUDGET 1959-60 AND FINANCIAL REPORT 1957-58 Proposed Expenditures Budget Budget Expenditures 1957-58 1958-59 1959-60 ADMINISTRATION: 1. Salaries of District Officers !493 18 2. Supt.'s Salary (local share) 3. Tax for State Wide Supervision 4. Salaries of Other Admin. Personnel 5. Supplies and Expenses INSTRUCTION: 6. Teachers' Salaries E 7. Books & Other Instruct. Aids E 8. Scholars' Supplies E 10. Supplies and Other Expenses E OPERATION OF SCHOOL PLANT: 11. Salaries of Custodians E 12. Fuel or Heat E 13. Water, Light, Supplies & Expenses E MAINTENANCE OF SCHOOL PLANT: 14. Repairs and Replacements E AUXILIARY ACTIVITIES: 15. Health Supervision E 16. Transportation E 17. Tuition H 18a. School Lunch (Fed. & Dist. Funds) FIXED CHARGES: 19. Retirement E 20. Insurance, Treas. Bonds and Expenses E Total Net Current Expenses CAPITAL OUTLAY: 23. New Equipment SCHOOL DISTRICT OF BENNINGTON DETAIL STATEMENT OF PAYMENTS July 1, 1957—June 30, 1958 Administration Detail No. 1—Salaries of District Officers: Charles E. Lindsay, School Board ($125.00) $119 Philip E. Knowles, School Board ($100.00) Christina Anderson, School Board ($100.00) Mary K. Wilson, treasurer ($115.00) John P. Weston, moderator ($5.00) Dorine Bullock, clerk ($5.00) Vincena Powers, auditor Walter Cleary, auditor Edward French, truant officer Addie French, census Blue Cross OASI Detail No. 2. Superintendent's Salary: Norman Hartfiel Detail No. 3. State Per Cap.Tax: State Treasurer $228 00 Detail No. 4. Salaries of other administrative personnel $289 46 Detail No. 5. Expenses of other admin, personnel $334 79 Detail No. 7. Books & other Instructional Aids $664 74 Detail No. 8. Scholars' Supplies $279 66 Detail No. 9. Supplies & other Expenses $8 00 Operation of School Plant Detail No. 10. Janitor's Salary Frank Chiesa $1,564 08 OASI $26 93 Detail No. 11. Fuel Hafeli Fuel & Ice Co. $571 75 Detail No. 12. Water, light, supplies, expenses $269 61 Maintenance of School Plant Detail No. 13. Repairs and replacements $435 09 Auxiliary Activities Detail No. 14. Health supervision: Martha Parker, salary $299 85 Martha Parker, supplies 50 00 Blue Cross 115 80 OAS] 22 81 Detail No. 15. Transportation, Arthur Sawyer $1,530 00 Detail No. 16. Tuition: Peterborough School District $7,204 50 Hillsborough School District 1,776 20 Antrim School District 1,120 14 Detail No. 17. Special Activities, Milk fund, etc. Fixed Charges Detail No. 18. Teachers' retirement (Dist. share) Detail No. 19. Insurance and Bonds Capital Outlay Detail No. 20. New equipment $54 25 59 : SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT To The School Board and Citizens of Bennington It is a pleasure for me to present my fifth annual report for your consideration. It was with regret that the school board found it necessary in August to accept the resignation of Miss Annie McMinn as teacher of the first and second grades. However, we were ex- tremely fortunate in being able to secure the services of Mrs. May Brown, who is doing an excellent job in that all-important primary unit. Mrs. Ruth Cody, Mrs. Vincena Powers and Miss Virginia Walsh continue in their respective grades. The effectiveness of their work is being demonstrated by the excellent grades being obtained by the members of the freshman class from Bennington in the Hillsboro and Antrim High schools. In September there were five tuition pupils enrolled in Antrim High School, thirteen at Peterborough High School, and nine at the Hillsboro-Deering High School. Registration at the Pierce School is as follows: Grade 1—13 Grade 5—10 Grade 2 10 Grade 6—10 Grade 3 12 Grade 7—5 Grade 4- -13 Grade 8— 11 Total—84 Since the four classrooms of the Pierce School are in constant use now, it may be that the citizens of Bennington would like to study the possibility of providing a multipurpose activity area that could be used for music, group activities, play space, cafeteria and public assemblies. If there is an interest in such a project, I suggest that a committee be appointed at the District Meeting to investigate the feasibility of an addition. It has been a continued pleasure to work with the School Board, teachers, pupils and citizens of Bennington and I wish to express my deep appreciation for their fine cooperation. Respectfully submitted, Norman R. Hartfiel Superintendent of Schools 60 Salary of Superintendent of Schools Supervisory Union No. 24 1957—1958 A. State's Share $4,000 00 B. Share Paid By: 1. Antrim $812 2. Bennington 3. Hillsboro-Deering 4. Stoddard 5. Washington 6. Windsor Total $7,500 00 REPORT OF THE FIVE TOWN COOPERATIVE SCHOOL STUDY COMMITTEE Your committee has devoted the past year to a further study and review of all of the cost factors relating to the Crotched Mountain Cooperative School for the five towns in the area participating in the study. It has also arranged with your representatives to initiate legislation at this current sitting of the legislature to provide for a more flexible basis for distribu- tion of operation and debt service costs among the five towns to arrive at a more equitable distribution. Assuming that this legislation is enacted, your committee feels that the five towns would be in a good position to form a school district and operate a cooperative school. The committee feels that a cooperative school could offer facilities and curriculum equal to the educational facilities now available to the majority of the towns within the group on a tuition basis. Under the present circumstances, your study committee feels that the added cost to the participating towns to establish and operate such a school, particularly during the early years when the construction cost would have to be amort- ized, would not be warranted at this time. Therefore, despite the advantages of ownership and representation, the committee does not recommend that the five towns take action at this time. If in the future the towns now taking students from this area on a tuition basis are unable or unwilling to continue that prac- tice, your committee would strongly recommend the formation of a cooperative school district to solve the problem. It is also felt that the study and preparatory work which has been done by this committee would be of great value under such circum- stances and would recommend that the towns authorize the continuance of this committee so that prompt action could be taken in the event that conditions change from those now existing. This committee would continue to meet during the year and would report again at the annual meeting date. Respectfully submitted, Five-Town Cooperative School Study Committee 62 VITAL STATISTICS o p h CJ CD CJJ3 (5 Par B Pea Pea Par Ken Pierre H. 1. I. B. J. B. St. jterborough pterborough Thomas David eterborough David ennington Philip Sidney Sidney enniker anooek Leo ntrim ntrm ...... •7 * >ffi >0Q >ffi ^C OS OS OS QJ o E