52,07 .82 567 ANNUAL REPORT...

Town of Ashland

New Hampshire

NCORPOff^rfO 1868

1967 Dates To Remember

January 1 Fiscal Year Begins

Meeting - Supervisors of Checklist 7:00 - 9:00 P.M. At Town Office March 9 Meeting - Supervisors of Checklist 7:00 - 9:00 P.M. At Town Office March 11 Meeting - Supervisors of Checklist 7:00 - 9:00 P.M. At Town Office March 12 ANNUAL TOWN MEETING & PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY March 31 Motor Vehicle Registration expires April 1 All property both real and personal, assessed to owner this date. April 15 Last day to file inventory to be eligible to make claim to abatement. RSA 77:14 Last day for veterans to file for tax exemptions. Last day for veterans to pay in full real and personal taxes to be eligible for exemptions. May 1 Dog tax due. Licenses available from Town Clerk. Bicycle plates due. Licenses available at Town Office from Chief of Police. July 21 - 27 Centennial 1868 - 1968 September 3 Meeting - Supervisors of Checklist 7:00 - 9:00 P.M. At Town Office September 7 Meeting - Supervisors of Checklist 7:00 - 9:00 P.M. At Town Office

Meeting - Supervisors of Checklist 7:00 - 9:00 P.M. At Town Office September 10 PRIMARY ELECTION October 29 Meeting - Supervisors of Checklist 7:00 - 9:00 P.M. At Town Office November 4 Meeting - Supervisors of Checklist 7:00 - 9:00 P.M. At Town Office November 5 BIENNIAL ELECTION December 1 Unpaid real and personal taxes commence drawing in- terest at 69( after this date. December 31

SELETCTMEN'S MEETING: Tuesday evenings at 7:00 P.M. at Town Office. Annual Report of the Officers

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For the Fiscal Year Ending December 31 1967 /^^T INDEX

Selectmen's Letter 3 Highlights 1967 5 Town Officials and Boards 6 Minutes of 1967 Town Meeting 8 Town Warrant 12 Budget for 1968 15 Where Your Tax Dollar Goes 19 Statement of Appropriations & Taxes Assessed 20 Summary of Inventory 22 Welcome from Ashland Centennial Committee 23 Report of Centennial Committee 24 "Ashland's First Hundred" 26 State Tax Audit 27 Payroll Record 1967 40 Detailed Statement of Appropriations & Expenditures 50 Electric Department 58 Water Department 60 Town Deeds List 61 Tax Collector's Report 62 Town Boundary Lines 76 Permits & Licenses 78 Library Report 79 Report of District Nurses 82 Overseer of Public Welfare 83 Municipal Court 84 Police Department Report 86 Auxiliary Police Report 88 Civil Defense 89 Planning Board 90 Recreation 92 Report of Tree Planting Committee 93 Report of Forest Fire Warden 95 Detailed Inventory 97 Vital Statistics 137 SCHOOL REPORT 143 School District Officers 144 Minutes of School Meeting, 1967 145 School District Warrant 149 School Budget 151 State Audit of School District 154 Report of Superintendent 171 Union #2 Budget 176 Report of Principal 178 Supervisory Union #2 Calendar 180 Enrollment 181 Census Report 182 Teaching Staff 183 High School Graduates, 1967 184 Selectmen's Letter

1967

Dear Citizens of Ashland:

As this is our Centennial Year, we shall call this our "Centennial Report".

In 1868 Ashland, through an act of Legislature, was in- corporated as a township. It was and is the smallest township in Grafton County, consisting of 3853 acres. It was named "Ashland" in honor of the home of Henry Clay. The separa- tion from Holderness included a portion of Little , the Squam and bordered on the westerly by the . A prominent ridge extends north and south across the town and is known as Church Hill.

The town is celebrating the hundredth year of the in- corporation of Ashland as a township, but it is interesting to note the earliest settlement was in 1763 by a William Piper.

The dreams and hopes our forefathers had in the pro- gress and growth of the town were fulfilled until disaster struck in 1934 and the "big fire" took its toll on the pros- perous little town. The loss of the "Etna" hotel was a sorry blow to the economic structure of Ashland and, dealt a death knell that has rung for thirty-odd years. But, where there exists one trend, there must be another and so it is that Ashland, we believe, is on the reverse cycle. With , comes a rising influence. Growth is already evident in the northwest and soon it will extend and reach to all points of the township. For better or for worse, Ashland is being pro- moted by businesses and private individuals in search of ex- pansion areas and country living with accessible city connec- tions. Progress and growth are on the march in Ashland once again.

all Homage is paid : To the first Board of Selectmen and succeeding Boards in the last hundred years

the To . . . the men who recognized the need of owning water works and labored to that successful end.

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succeeded in procur- To . . . the men who endeavored and ing the electric light system for the town.

playground area, now To . . . the men who started the known as the "Beach Booster Association".

through the To . . . our volunteer fire department, who years have faithfully discharged their duty with unstinting devotion.

for maintaining peace and To . . . our police department order to our existence.

AND to the citizens, the unsung patriots, for their staunch support of their town

Ashland is a very small town But breeds men of strong wills

It has a rugged terrain

And lies nestled in the hills.

Your Board of Selectmen:

Norman C. Weden Carl E. Crowley Edward N. Doggett 1967 Highlights

New sidewalk 'Bombardier' tractor purchased $5,091.10

New Graphotype machine (makes the plates for the address- ograph machine)

Ashland War Memorials cleaned and polished - a gift from Mrs. L. W. Glidden

Main Street parking areas outlined and painted

Dead tree removal program continued

Tree planting appropriation in conjunction with local tree committee - $300.00

Fire Station and Town Office/Garage buildings painted

All town boundary posts located, marked and permanent record made for office use

New street lights replacing old models program continued

1966 Town Report received FIRST PLACE honors in Class 111 reports contest

N, H. Public Utilities control over the electric and water departments revoked by act of Legislature 1967

1967 tax rate increased $4.00 per M over previous years

Squam Lake frontage and frontage re-assessed

Final sewerage plans completed and approved by State and Federal Agencies

A town emblem was designed by James Rollins (appears on cover of 1967 report)

Centennial commemorative plate placed on sale in December (appears on back cover) Town Officials and Boards

Selectmen Term Expires

Carl E. Crowley 1968 Norman C. Weden 1969 Edward N. Doggett 1970 Moderator Thomas Pryor (deceased) William Deachman (appointed) 1968 Town Clerk Marion K. Merrill 1968 Town Treasurer Homer N. Young 1968 Tax Collector Marie D. Young 1968 Town Trustees Hiram Gingras 1968 James C. Hinds 1969 Lawson W. Glidden, Sr. 1970 Library Trustees Phyllis W. Small 1968 Margaret P. Whitcomb 1969 Pauline L. Packard 1970 Budget Committee

George A. Ober, Jr. 1968 Thomas Heinz 1968 James E. Sargent 1968 Margaret P. Whitcomb 1968 Donald Knowlton 1969 Raymond Knowlton 1969 Ruth Morrison 1969 Daniel Preece 1969 Kenneth Forbes 1970 John C. Hughes 1970 Willard Hiltz (appointed) 1968 Fire Wards Donald Knowlton 1968 Raymond May, Jr. 1968 James E. Sargent 1968 Supervisors of the Checklist Hiram Gingras 1968 Florence Ackermaii 1970 Marie D. Young 1972

Overseer of the Poor Nancy B. Straw 1968

Chief of Police

Deane C. Bavis 1968

Highway Foreman

Walter J. Boynton 1968

APPOINTED OFFICIALS Municipal Court Judge Hiram Gingras May 1968

Fire Chief Homer N. Young

Superintendent of the Electric Department Elmer L. Marsh

Superintendent of the Water Department Charlie M, Flanders

Planning Board Seven-member board appointed for 5-year term John R. Smith April 1969 James Rollins April 1971 Jesse Bartlett April 1971 Raymond May, Sr. April 1971 Ronald Abear April 1971 Raymond Greene April 1971 Norman C. Weden, Selectman ex-officio Recreation Committee Five-member board appointed for 3-year term Laurent Ruell April 1969 James Sargent April 1969 Neale Bavis April 1969 Harold Baker April 1969 Florence Sanborn April 1969 7 Minutes of Town Meeting

March 14, 1967

The meeting was called to order and the warrant read by the moderator, Thomas Pryor, at 9:00 A.M. The motion was made and seconded that the polls remain open from 9:00 A.M. to 6:00 P.M. and that the articles of the warrant be taken up at 1 :30 P.M. So voted. The total number of ballots counted and approved for this meeting was 832. Total bal- lots cast 426.

Article I

To choose all necessary officers for the ensuing year. - Elected by ballot were : Selectman for Three Years Edward

N. Doggett ; Town Treasurer - Homer N. Young ; Town Clerk - Marion K, Merrill; Budget Committee for Three Years -

Kenneth Forbes and John C. Hughes ; Budget Committee for One Year, George A. Ober, Jr., Library Trustee for Three - Years - Pauline L. Packard ; Town Trustee for Three Years Lawson E. Glidden; Fire Wards for One Year - Donald Knowlton, Raymond May, Jr., James Sargent; Tax Collector - Marie D. Young; Overseer of the Poor - Nancy B. Straw; Road Agent - Walter Boynton; Chief of Police - Deane C. Bavis.

Article II

To see if the Town will approve and adopt the special recommendations of the Budget Committee and vote to raise and appropriate the various sums contained in the re- port and located in the budget.

1. Town Officers Salaries $ 3,800.00 $ 2. Town Officers Expenses 5,475.00 3. Election & Registration Expenses 382.00 4. Municipal & Dist. Court Expenses 500.00 5. Expenses Town Hall & Other Town Bldgs. 3,535.00 6. Employees Retirement & Social Security 1,425.00 7. Police Department 7,925.00 8. Fire Department 8,376.00 9. Moth Exterm., Blister Rust, Care of Trees 600.00 10. Insurance 4,220.00 11. Planning & Zoning 400.00 12. Forest Fires 300.00 13. Damages & Legal Expenses 400.00 14. Civil Defense 400.00 15. Health Dept., Incl. Hospitals 3,727.00 16. all its various phases, and that the Town authorize the Treas- urer, with the approval of the Board of Selectmen, to accept a planning advance from the United States Government un- der the terms of Public Law 560 for the purpose of making said survey for the Town of Ashland, and pass any vote re- lating thereto. (Petitioned by ten or more legal voters.) Moved, seconded and so voted. Article VI

To see if the Town will vote to establish a Centennial committee, said committee members to be appointed by the Moderator, and further, that the committee be authorized to prepare for the 100th anniversary celebration of the Town in 1968. (Petitioned by ten or more legal voters) (Recom- mended by Budget Committee) Moved, seconded and so voted. Article VII

To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $400.00 for the purpose of initial preparation in con- nection with the proposed Centennial celebration referred to in Article 6. (Petitioned by ten or more legal voters.) (Re- commended by Budget Committee.) Moved, seconded and so voted. (Included in the budget)

Article VIII

To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of $603.00 in order that the Town may participate in the Pemi- Baker Home Health Agency. (Petitioned by ten or more legal voters.) It moved, seconded and so voted to table this article.

Article IX

To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum not to exceed $5200.00 for the purpose of purchasing a new Bom- bardier sidewalk tractor and plow, said sum to be withdrawn from the highway Capital Reserve Fund. (Recommended by Budget Committee) Moved, seconded and so voted. (