Town of Gilmanton - New Hampshire - Annual Report
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TOWN OF GILMANTON - NEW HAMPSHIRE - ANNUAL REPORT Gilmanton Iron Works For The Year Ending December 31, 1996 1996 HAROLD V. JORDAN 1896- 1984 Harold came to Gilmanton Iron Works in I936 for his health. He was a farmer, teacher and artist. He worked in various art media including wood and stone sculpture, oil painting, pastels and ceramics but is best knmm for his pen and ink sketches depicting local scenes. Inspiration for "High Street Before The Fire" grew from research of the Town history and was drawn from pictures and descriptions of the Iron Works before the disaster. Harold moved from his farm on Guinea Ridge in I952 to a house in the Village on High Street. This house is now occupied by one of his grandsons and his family. Trivia: Can you find the artist 's inscription in the front cover sketch? H. P. Jordan is known for camouflaging his name within his art work. 1996 Annual Report of the Town Officers for The Fiscal Year Ending December 31, 1996 and of the School District for the Year Ending June 30, 1996 1996 1996 DEDICATION Evelyn Forsyth has been Treasurer for the Town of Gilmanton for more than 12 years. You will find her in the Town Hall a couple of days each week faithfully balancing her ledgers, bank statements and taking care of payments and receipts. This is only one of the various duties "Evy" has performed in this town in the more than 60 years she has lived among us. This busy woman has done nearly everything you can find to do in a small town at one time or another. Evelyn first carne to Gilmanton as a child and attended more than one of the one-room school houses. Later she and Harry Forsyth married and settled down on White Oaks Road, where she raised her family of three sons, Ralph, George and Michael. This is where you had seen her every spring, summer and fall crouched in her garden picking vegetables and weeding. During the early years, she could have also been found taking care of farm animals and selling blocks of ice, harvested from Crystal Lake. These were cut on the lake, transported home, and stored under sawdust in the ice house until homeowners purchased them to keep food cool in summer. You would also be apt to see Evy anywhere along the many miles of Gilmanton roads in a truck or on a tractor. When Harry was Road Agent, she was always right there, working along with everyone. Before the days of modem equipment Evy used to tow an old grader with a home-built tractor. If there was any repair work going on with the trucks, tractors or sanders, Evy was never far away. Often she was right in the middle of it with her hand in a spot too small for anyone else's. If everything was in running order then you might find her transporting her sons back and forth from Laconia High School, or running errands and dispatching for the Gilmanton Iron Works Fire Department. Before the days of mutual aid and centralized dispatching, Evy manned a "red phone" in her house and kept a log of every bit of activity. She was also active in the Women's Auxiliary the Plectrons, who brought food and drink to fire fighters at a fire and conducted fund raising to help the fire fighters purchase tools. Evy will carry on as Town Treasurer so her friendly face and helping hands will continue to be a part of Gilmanton as we know it. 1996 IN MEMORIAM EDWARD H. BUDROE (1929 - 1996) Eddie Budroe served as the Gilmanton Road Agent from 1989 to 1993. He performed his duties in an efficient and productive manner, and was well liked and respected by all. Eddie was a resident of Gilmanton from 1983 to 1994. 1996 TABLE OF CONTENTS Financial Reports: . I 03 Budget & Expense Reports . 111 Employee Summary Report .. 143 Revenue Report. 142 Vend or History Report. 122 Audit Report. 32 Balance Sheet 1995 & 1996. 34 1996 Elections. 16 Presidential Primary . 16 Results ofT own Balloting . 19 State Primary Election . 20 State General Election . 24 Bonded Debt Statement . 41 Cemetery Associations: Beech Grove Report . 71 Buzzell Report . 73 Pine Grove Report . 72 Smith Meeting House Report . 74 Trustee's Report . 70 Christmas Open House . 4 7 Concord Regional Solid Waste/Resource Recovery Coop . 59 Conservation Commission's Report . 63 Dates to Remember . 148 Economic Development Council, Inc. Report . 75 Employees of Gilmanton . 5 Fire Department Report . 48 Forest Fire Warden Report. 53 Gilmanton Iron Works Fire Photos . 8 Highway Department Report . 56 Historic District Commission Report . 61 Inventory ofthe Town. 31 Laconia Democrat's Gilmanton Iron Works Fire Article . 7 Lakes Region Planning Commission Report . 64 Legislative Reports . 76 Libraries: Comer Library Report. ..... 67 Iron Works Library Report . 66 Lower Gilmanton Library Report . 68 New Beginnings Report . 78 Old Home Day Association Report . 58 1996 Parks and Recreation Report . 69 Planning Board Report . 60 Police Department Report . 54 Reclamation Trust Fund . 40 Schedule of Town Property . 26 School District: Annual Report . 79 Auditor's Report . 84 Budget .. 100 Enrollment . 99 Financial Report . 86 Gilford Middle High Attendance . 95 Graduates of Gilmanton & Gilford Schools . 98 Letter from the School Board . 88 Letter from Gilmanton School Staff. 90 Lunch Program . 92 Scholarships & Funds: Class of 1986 Fund . 94 Al & Annie Gilman Memorial Scholarship . 93 Howard & Mary Osler Scholarship . 93 Jean Nelson Partridge Scholarship . 94 The Amy J. Sellin Memorial Fund . 93 School District Meeting - 1996 . 81 Teachers' Salaries . 91 Selectmen's Report . 46 Special Funds Report . 36 Tax Collector's Report . 38 Town Clerk's Report ..... 37 Town Meeting - 1996 . 9 Town Officials . Town Warrant- 1997 . ..