NHamp 352.07 G66 1974 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MUNICIPAL OFFICES OF THE TOWN OF GORHAM, N. H FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST 1974 ^ COURIER PRINTING COMPANY. INC. LITTLETON, N. H. Calendar of Municipal Dates Election of Town and School Officials: Tuesday, March 4, 1975—9:00 A.M. to 6:00 P.M. Gorham Town Hall. Annual Town Business Meeting: Tuesday, March 4, 1975—7:30 P.M. Gorham Town Hall Annual School District Business Meeting: Wednesday, March 5, 1975—7:30 P.M. Gorham Town Hall Selectmen's Meeting: Every Tuesday at 7:00 P.M. at Town Office, except holidays Gorham School Board Meeting: First Tuesday of each month at 7:00 P.M. at Gorham High School Library Water Commission Meetings: Every Monday at 7:00 P.M. at Town Office, except holidays Recreation Commission Meetings: First Monday of January, March, May, July, September and November; first Thursday of February, April, June, August, October and December at 7:00 P.M. at Recreation Center District Nurse Association Meetings: Yearly in June. Other meetings as needed. Fire Department: Fire Wards: As called by Chief Fire Ward, Laurent Nault Gorham Fire Company: first Tuesday of each month at 7:30 P.M. at Gorham Fire Station Cascade Fire Company: first Monday of each month as 7:00 P.M. at Cascade Fire Station Budget Committee: As published during the month of January Supervisors of Check-Lists: As published preceding each election from 7:00 to 9:00 P.M. at Municipal BuUding Gorham District Court: Every Tuesday at 9:30 A.M. at Court Room, Town Building Library Trustees Meeting, Planning Board and Conservation Com- mission: As called by their respective chau-men ^jHcu^i: 352,07 rxf.:-^ INDEX List of Town Offfficers 2-4 Copy of Town Warrants 5-13 Copy of Town Budget 14-17 Summary of Budget 18-19 Details of Budget 20-28 Report of Budget Committee 29-30 Town Equipment Inventory 31 Copy of School Budget 32-34 Statement of Appropriations and Taxes Assessed for 1974 35-37 Summary Inventory of Valuation for 1974 38 Selectmen's Certificate 38 Schedules and Reconciliation of Long Term Indebtedness 39 Balance Sheet (Assets and Liabilities) 40-41 Receipts and Payments for 1974 42-47 Schedule of Town Property 48 Statement of Bonded Debt 49 Comparative Statement of Appropriations and Expenditures for 1974 50-52 Details of Receipts 53-57 Details of Payments: Town Officers' Salaries, Town Officers' Expenses 58 Election, Town Building Expenses, District Court Exp 59 Retirement and Soc. Sec, Con. Fund, Police Dept 60 Fire Dept., Insurance 61 Dog Damage, Civil Defense, Vitals, Health 62 Ambulance, Dump & Garbage, Summer Roads 63 Winter Roads, Street Lights, TRA 64 Town Poor, Old Age Ass't., Bicentennial, Patriotic, Rec. Dept. 65 Skating Rinks 66 Parks, Cemeteries, Adv., Reg. Ass'n, Auto Permits, Int 67 Pay. on Notes & Bonds, Dredge, New Dump, Mun. Garage . 68 Tax Map, Tennis Courts, New Trucks, Jimtown Bridge, Sewer Study 69 Total Expenditures for 1974 (Accounts Payable) 70-77 Report of Tourist Information Booth 79-81 Police—Dog Constable 82 Report of District Court Clerk 83-84 Report of Public Library 85 Report of Librarian 86-87 Report of Gorham District Nursing Association 88-89 Report of Gorham District Nurse 90 Report of Recreation Commission 91-96 Report of Treasurer 97 Report of Town Clerk, incl. Resume of Vital Statistics 98 Report of Water and Sewer Commission 99-101 Report of Tax Collector 102-104 Report of Town Audit 105-113 Trustees of Trust Funds Report 114-128 University of New Hampshire Library Town Officers, 1974-1975 Selectmen: Term expires, March, 1975 Chairman, Oscar Dupont Term expires, March, 1976 David W. Murphy Term expires, March, 1977 Albert R. Wilson Treasurer: Term expires, March, 1975 Jennie Chambers Town Clerk: Term expires, March, 1975 Albert R. Wilson Tax Collector: (Appointed) Violet S. Toth Deputy Tax Collectors: (Appointed) Helen J. Hinkley (Appointed) Marjorie E. Jodrie Library Trustess: Term expires, March, 1975 Chairman, Patricia Landry Term expires, March, 1976 Gregory Prentiss Term expires, March, 1977 Barbara A. Brynes Librarian: Doris Farrer Assistant Librarian: Madeline Berry Policemen: Chief George T. Webb Deputy Chief Robert L. Bagley Patrolmen: Albert W. Leeman, David Dupont, John LaPierre, Gerald Marcou, Jr., and Ronald Vachon Fire Wards: Chief, Laurent Nault Corson Lary Edward Vigue Fire Department: Gorham Company Cascade Company Chief Julien Croteau Chief Gerald P. Marcou Asst. Chief Chester Bissett Asst. Chief John Donate Asst. Chief Arthur Tanguay Capt. Warren Johnson Capt. P. William Holmes Lt. Ronald Riendeau Lt. Wally Martin Clerk Howard Schmidt Clerk Lincoln Burbank Auditors: Alton V. Joudrey Frank L. Crockett Civil Defense: Director David T. Penney Auxiliary Police Chief Robert L. Bagley Deputy Auxiliary Police Chief Bradley Ray Supervisors of Check Lists: Term expires, November, 1976 Marie L. Andrews Term expires, November, 1978 Jean B. Lary Term expires, November, 1980 Mary Fappiano : : Moderator: George H. Keough District Court: Justice James J. Burns Clerk Linnis K. Joudrey Water and Sewer Commissioners: Term expires, March, 1975 David W. Murphy Term expires, March, 1977 Chester Bissett Water Superintendent: Corson S. Lary Water Clerk: Violet S. Toth Trustees of Trust Funds Term expires, March, 1975 Carl M. Fiske Term expires, March, 1976 Edward J. Reichert Term expires, March, 1977 Helen J. Hinkley Information Booth attendants Eleanor Robertson Mildred Young Gorham District Nurse Association: Chairman, Herbert F. Oliver Vice-Chairman, Mary Bedard Sec.-Treas. Charlotte Korbet Dr. David S. Broughton Oscar Dupont Dr. William Toms Jane Fiske P. William Holmes Lois Leavitt Cindy Manuel Angus Morrison Farrell O'Connor Recreation Commission: Term expires, March, 1975 Frank Bruni Term expires, March, 1976 Chairman, Edward Drew Term expires, March, 1976 Joanne Fiske Term expires, March, 1976 Farrell O'Connor Term expires, March, 1977 Maurice Boisselle Term expires, March, 1977 Robert Jodrie Recreation Director: David French Budget Committee: Term expires, March, 1975 Robert Jodrie Term Expires, March, 1975 Warren Tucker Appointed to March, 1975 Robert Marois Term expires, March, 1976 Robert L. Bagley Term expires, March, 1976 Virginia Bowie Term expires, March, 1976 Robert Murphy Term expires, March, 1977 Chester Bissett Term expires, March, 1977 Lee F. Carroll Term expires, March, 1977 Roger Holmes Member from Board of Selectmen Oscar Dupont Member from School Board Robert Strachan Planning Board: Term expires, March, 1975 Ernest Demers Term expires, March, 1976 Raymond Chandler* Term expires, March, 1977 Willard Baker Term expires, March, 1978 Chairman, Joel White Term expires, March, 1979 Kathleen Reid Term expires, March, 1980 Ronald Coury Representative of Selectmen, term expires, March, 1975 Oscar Dupont *Resigned 2/3/75 Conservation Commission: Term expures, March, 1975 Paul Hewitt Term expires, March, 1976 Rosaire Brault Term expires, March, 1976 Philip K. Ross Term expires, March, 1977 Chairman, Paul Doherty Term expires, March, 1977 Richard Goodrich Emergency telephone answering service: Rotating schedule Joseph Bernier Rotating schedule Anthony R. Dooan Rotating schedule Corson Lary During Office Hours , Office Clerks Office Clerks: Violet S. Toth Marjorie Jodrie Helen J. Hinkley Public Works Foreman: Frederick Libby Ambulance District Committee Representatives: Operation Chairman, M. Boisselle Oscar Dupont, Selectman Alton V. Joudrey Town Manager Position Vacant RETIREMENTS After years of faithful service the following men retired from their service to the Town of Gorham. We wish to express our thanks and appreciation for all the services they have performed on behalf of the Town and its inhabitants. JULY 1, 1974 REGINALD LIBBY Served in the Highway Department from March, 1934 until he was appointed Water Superintendent in the spruig of 1946. He continued to serve the Town as Water Superintendent to the date of his retire- ment. AUGUST 1, 1974 ANTHONY R. DOOAN Served as a police officer from March 19, 1949 until his appointment as Chief of Police m 1954, in which position he served until his retirement. Our best wishes for a long and happy retirement. Town of Gorham STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE To the inhabitants of the Town of Gk)rham in the County of Coos, in said State, qualified to vote in town affairs: You are hereby notified to meet in the Municipal Hall on Tues- day, the fourth day of March next, at nine of the clock in the fore- noon to act upon the following subjects by written ballots: ARTICLE 1. To elect one selectman for three years and choose all other necessary town officers for the ensuing year(s). ARTICLE 2. To see what action the town will take on the fol- lowing question; "Do you favor the continuation of the town man- ager plan as now in force in this town?" (By petition.) ARTICLE 3. To see if the Town will vote to adopt a Zoning Ordinance as prepared by the Planning Board. (Printed or posted posted herewith.) ARTICLE 4. To see if the Tov/n will vote to adopt the Building Code Ordinance as proposed by the Planning Board. (Printed or pjosted herewith. The polls shall be open at nine of the clock in the forenoon and shall close not earlier than six of the clock in the afternoon. Given under our hands and seals this twelfth day of February in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and seventy-five. OSCAR DUPONT, Chairman DAVID W. MURPHY ALBERT WILSOiN Selectmen of Gorham, N.H. A true copy of Warrant—Attest: OSCAR DUPONT, Chairman DAVID W. MURPHY ALBERT WILSON Selectmen of Gorham, N.H. September 16, 1974 September 20, 1974 Revised November 5, 1974 Defeated January 24, 1975 Revised Proposed Zoning Ordinance Town of Gorham Article I—Title This Ordinance shall be known and be cited as the "Zoning Ordi- nance for Betterment of the Town of Gorham, New Hampshire." Article II—^Preamble In pursuance of authority conferred by Chapter 31, Sections 60-89, N.H.