ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS
OF THE TOWN OF
Shelburne, N. H.
FOR THE
YEAR ENDING JANUARY 31
1943
1943
Smith & Town, Printers
Berlin, N. H.
Town Officers, 1942-1943
Selectmen
LAWRENCE E. PHILBROOK CUVIER B. EVANS
FRANK N. EDWARDS
Treasurer
CHARLES H. EVANS
Tax Collector
RALPH L PEABODY
Town Clerk
LAWRENCE E. PHILBROOK
Auditors
PERLEY EVANS. JOSEPH TANNER
Trustees of Trust Funds
CHARLES H. EVANS CUVIER B. EVANS
IVA M. PEABODY
Library Trustees
DOROTHY EVANS MAUD A. RIX
HELEN N. PHILBROOK
Road Commissioner
GORDON EVANS
Supervisors of the Cheek List
MAUD A. RIX FRANCES PEABODY
CHARLOTTE WILSON
Constable
RAYMOND HAYES
3SZ, O 7
State of New Hampshire
SEAL
To the inhabitants of the Town of Shelburne, in the
County of Coos, in said State, qualified to vote in Town
affairs :
You are hereby notified to meet at the Town Hall in said
Shelburne on Tuesday, the ninth day of March next, at nine of
the 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 necessarj'^ to de-
ix2.y town charges for the year ensuing and make appropriation
of the same.
3. To hear the report of the budget committee and act
thereon.
4. To hear the reports of Town Officers heretofore chosen
and pass any vote relating thereto.
5. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise
and appropriate for the maintenance of town highways and
bridges.
6. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise
and appropriate for Town Road Construction of highways.
7. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise
and appropriate for the library.
8. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise
and appropriate for the care of cemeteries.
9. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise
and appropriate for relief of town poor.
10. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise
and appropriate for fire prevention.
WARRANT 3
11. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate $81.90,
based on a 1-100 of 1% of the assessed valuation, for the town's
share of cooperative participation in the White Mountains Region
Association.
12. To see if the town will vote to purchase the so-called
Jewell or Savings Bank lot, that portion of which Ijes south of
U. S.-X'. H. Route 2, and between it and the Portland Pipe Line
Company's right of waj^, and raise and appropriate monies for the
same.
13. To see if the town will vote to petition the State Tax
Commission to have an audit made by the Division of Municipal
Accounting, and to make an appropriation to cover the expense
of such audit.
14. To see what sum of mone}- the town will vote to raise and
appropriate for Civilian Defense.
15. To see if the town will authorize the Selectmen to ad-
minister or dispose of any real estate acquired by the town through
tax collector's deeds.
16. To see if the town will authorize the Selectmen to dis-
tribute the inventory blanks when taking inventory.
17. To transact anj- other business that may legally come
before said meeting.
Given under our hands and seal thie twenty-first day of
February in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and forty-
three.
L. E. PHILBROOK,
C. B. EVANS,
, F. N. EDWARDS,
Selectmen of Shelburne.
A true copy of Warrant — Attest :
L. E. PHILBROOK,
C. B. EVANS,
F. N. EDWARDS,
Selectmen of Shelburne.
Inventory of Town Property
Lands and buildings $764,910.00
Electric plants 17,600.00
30 horses 3,675.00
65 cows 4,475.00
3 Neat stock 150.00
275 Fowl 225.00
Wood and lumber 27,200.00
Gasoline pumps and tanks 665.00
Total valuation $818,960.00
Amount exempt to soldiers $ 1,000.00
Taxes Committed to Collector :
Property taxes $ 10,659.45
Poll taxes 218.00
Bank Stock taxes : 56.80
Total commitment $ 10,934.25
Tax rate: $1.30 per $100.00 valuation.
Statement of Appropriations
and Taxes Assessed
Town charges
$ 600 00
Town Hall
400 00
Civilian defense ,
200.00
Fire, including trail clearance ,
100.00
Town road aid
70 24
Town maintenance
2 500 00
Lifbraries
100 00
Town poor ,
200 00
Cemeteries
100 00
County tax
3 906 17
School tax â– .
3,652.68
Regional appropriation
57.00
Total appropriations
$ 11 886.09
Less Estimated Revenue and Credits:
Interest and dividend tax...
Railroad tax
$ . 595.74
125.00
Savings Bank tax
125.00
Motor vehicle permit fees
Account State and National Forest
250.00
250.00
$ 1,345.74
Plus over lav
$ 10,540.35
366.93
Net amount to be raised bv ta.xation
$ 10 907.28
Less — Poll taxes
National Bank Stock tax
$ 204.00
56.80
$ 260.80
.Amount to be raised by property tax. ...
$ 10.646.48
TOWN OF SHELBURNE, N. H.
Balance
ASSETS
Cash:
In hands of treasurer $ 7,544.68
Town clerk 21.00
Uncollected Taxes:
(a) Levy of 1942 578.54
(b) Levy of 1941 15.00
(c) Levy of 1940 47.70
Total Assets $ 8,207.02
Grand Total $ 8,207.02
Net surplus, January 31, 1942 $ 7,293.65
Net surplus, January 31, 1943 7,899.42
Increase of surplus 605.77
BALANCE SHEET
Sheet
LIABILITIES
Accounts Owed by the Town:
Bills outstanding $ 307.60
Total Liabilities $ 307.60
Excess of assets over liabilities $ 7,899.42
Grand Total $ 8,207.02
CERTIFICATE
This is to certify that the information contained in this re-
port was taken from official records and is complete to the best
of our knowledge and belief.
L. E. PHILBROOK,
C. B. EVANS,
F. N. EDWARDS,
Selectmen of Shelburne.
C. H. EVANS,
Treasurer.
January 31, 1943.
TOWN OF SHELBURNE, N. H.
Receipts
From Local Taxes:
Total taxes committed to col-
lector, 1942 $ 10,934.25
Less discounts and abatements,
1942 110.50
Less uncollected, 1942 578.54
1 Property taxes, current year, actually col-
lected $ 10,032.62
2 Poll taxes, current year, actually collected 156.00
3 National Bank Stock taxes 56.80
4 Total of current year's collections $ 10,245.42
5 Property and poll taxes, previous years,
actually collected 733.04
From State:
8 Interest and dividend tax, 2 years 1,187.47
9 Railroad tax, 2 years 255.63
10 Savings Bank tax, 2 years 266.45
From Local Sources, Except Taxes:
21 Interest received on taxes 12.87
22 Interest received on deposits 66.83
27 Registration of motor vehicles, 1942-43
permits 253.39
Total Receipts from All Sources $ 13,021.10
Cash on hand February 1, 1942 $ 5,629.57
Grand Total $ 18,650.67
RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS
Payments
Current Maintenance Expenses:
General Government :
Town officers' salaries $ 2>7S.72i
Town officers' expenses 132.60
Election and registration expenses 47.00
Expenses town hall and other town
buildings 20.25
Protection of Persons and Property:
Fire department, including forest fires and
trails 107.93
Bounties 5.60
Civilian defense 181.60
Highways and Bridges:
Town Maintenance:
Summer $ 800.72
Winter 1,459.86
General expenses of highway dept
Libraries :
Libraries
Public Welfare:
Old age assistance
Town poor
Public Service Enterprises:
Cemeteries, including hearse hire
Regional appropriation
Total Current Maintenance
Outlay for New Construction and Permanent
Improvements :
Highways and Bridges — State Aid con-
struction
Payments to Other Governmental Divisions:
Taxes paid to County i
Payments to School Districts
Total Payments to Other Governmental Di-
visions
Total payments for all purposes
Cash on hand Tanuarv 31, 1943
2,260.58
17.09
84.43
12.50
â– 7.00
96.00
57.00
$ 3,405.30
3,906.17
3,652.68
141.84
7,558.85
$ 11,105.99
7,544.68
Grand Total
$ 18,650.67
Schedule of Town Property
Description Value
Town Hall, lands and buildings $ 1,500.00
Libraries — Furniture and equipment 300.00
Highway Dept. — Equipment and materials 500.00
Schools, lands and buildings 5,000.00
Equipment 250.00
Connor lot 250.00
Total $ 7,800.00
CERTIFICATE
This is to certify that the information contained in this re-
port was taken from official records and is complete to the best
of our knowledge and belief.
L. E. PHILBROOK,
C. B. EVANS,
F. N. EDWARDS,
Selectmen of Shelb.urne.
C. H. EVANS,
Treasurer.
Report of Town Clerk
Jan. 31 Received for motor vehicle fees $ 253.39
AIarch24 Paid to C. H. Evans, treasurer $ 82.25
April 11 Paid to C. H. Evans, treasurer 121.42
May 6 Paid to C. H. Evans treasurer 27.60
Jan. 30 Paid to C. H. Evans, treasurer 22.12
31 Cash on hand 21.00
$ 253.39
Respectfully submitted,
L. E. PHILBROOK,
Town Clerk.
Report of Tax Collector
Taxes committed to collectpr, 1941 property. $ 10,659.45
Taxes committed to collector, 1941 polls 204.00
Taxes committed to collector, 1941 bank 56.80
$ 10,920.25
Taxes collected current year, property $ 10,032.62
Taxes collected current year, polls 156.00
Taxes collected current year, bank 56.80
Uncollected, current year, property 626.83
Uncollected, current year, polls 48.00
$ 10,920.25
Taxes collected current year, property $ 10,032.62
Taxes collected, previous year, property 655.04
Taxes collected, current year, bank stock., 56.80
Taxes collected, current year, polls 156.00
Taxes collected, previous year, polls 78.00
Interest collected 12.87
Total paid to Treasurer $ 10,991.33
I hereby certify that the above is correct to the best of my
knowledge and belief.
Respectfully submitted,
RALPH I. PEABODY,
Collector of Taxes.
Detail Statement of Receipts
March 7 State of N. H., 1941 Savings Bank tax $ 140.36
State of N. H., 1941 Railroad tax 128.86
State of N. H., 1941 interest and dividend tax 588.67
L. E. Philbrook, motor vehicle fees 82.25
L. E. Philbrook, motor vehicle fees 121.42
R. I. Peabody, tax collector 92.66
L. E. Philbrook, motor vehicle fees 27.60
R. I. Peabody, tax collector 112.16
R. I. Peabody, tax collector 863.33
R. I. Peabody, tax collector 5,997.28
R. I. Peabody, tax collector 247.58
Gorham Savings Bank, interest 66.83
R. I. Peabody, tax collector , 437.51
R. I. Peabody, tax collector 2,828.06
L. E. Philbrook, motor vehicle fees 22.12
R. I. Peabody, tax collector 412.75
State of N. H., 1942 Savings Bank tax 126.09
State of N. H., 1942 Railroad tax : 126.77
State of N. H., 1942 interest and dividend tax 598.80
$ 13,021.10
24
April
11
May
6
Aug.
1
22
Sept.
14
Oct.
24
Xov.
1
13
Dec.
7
Jan.
30
Detail Statement of Payments
Town Officers' Salaries
J. P. Tanner, auditor $ 5.00
C. B. Evans, selectman 50.00
F. N. Edwards, selectman 40.00
C. H. Evans, treasurer 50.00
Parley Evans, auditor 5.00
L. E. Philbrook, selectman 75.00
L. E. Philbrook, town clerk 41.75
R. I. Peabodv, tax collector 123.98
Total $ 2>7S.7Z
Town Officers' Expenses
Roy Hamlin, bonds ...$ 30.00
Smith & Town, printing 49.10
Gordon Ryan, officers' badges 6.00
Archie Sweet, Clerks' Association dues 2.00
George & Morse, bond 20.00
Carl Phipps, dues Coos County Selectmen 3.00
Edson Eastman, books 6.10
Association New Hampshire Assessors, dues ... 4.00
N. H. Collectors' Association, dues 2.00
F. N. Edwards, auto mileage 3.40
L. E. Philbrook, postage, mileage, etc 7.00
Total $ 132.60
Election and Registration
Lucy Hayes, ballot clerk $ 6.00
Charlotte Wilson, supervisor 8.00
Frances Peabody, supervisor 9.00
Maud Rix, supervisor 9.00
Ralph Peabody, moderator 15.00
Total $ 47.00
Town Hall
Frank Wheeler, Janitor $ 10.25
DETAIL STATEA'IENT OF PAYMENTS 15
F. J. Wheeler, janitor 10.00
Total $ 20.25
Fire — Including Forest Fires and Trail Clearance
Ralph Peabody, paj^roll, trails $ 22.10
Ralph Peabody, payroll, trails 33.15
Ralph Peabody, payroll, fire 23.48
Ralph Peabody, payroll, trails 29.20
Total $ 107.93
Bounties
L. E. Philbrook, bounties paid $ 2.40
C. B. Evans, bounties paid 2.00
F. N. Edwards, bounties paid 1.20
Total $ 5.60
Civilian Defense
Alfred Adams, labor on observation bldg. $ 54.75
Twin State Gas & Electric Co., bill 10.73
New England Telephone Co., bill 4.53
Morris & Co., lumber 75.27
New England Telephone Co., bill 4.53
Twin State Gas & Electric Co., bill 4.45
Twin State Gas & Electric Co., bill • 19.20
Charlie's Electric Shop, wire, etc. 8.14
Total $ 181.60
Highways — Town Maintenance
Summer
Gordon Evans, payroll ? 14.00
Gordon Evans, payroll 108.00
Gordon Evans, payroll 104.60
State of New Hampshire, cold patch 45.57
Gordon Evans, payroll 70.00
Gordon Evans, payroll • 72.60
Gordon Evans, payroll 171.20
Curtis Hardware, paint and brushes 22.87
Gordon Evans, payroll 59.20
Gordon Evans, payroll 75.00
Morris & Co., lumber and nails 47.68
T.. E. Philbrook, cottage roads 10.00
Total $ 800.72
16 TOWN OF SHELBURNE, N. H.
Winter
Stone Farm Association, snow removal $ 280.44
Gordon Evans, payroll 38.20
Gordon Evans, payroll ^ 58.40
Stone Farm Association, snow removal 145.78
Gordon Evans, payroll 57.60
Stone Farm Association, snow removal 21.90
Gordon Evans, payroll 79.20
State Treasurer, salt 23.25
Gordon Evans, paj'roll 61.80
Gordon Evans, payroll 69.70
Gordon Evans, payroll 83.60
Town of Gorham, snow removal 132.00
Stone Farm Association, snow removal 407.99
Total $ 1.459.86
General Expense
Curtis Hardware, misc $ 3.20
F. N. Edwards, repair tractor plow 10.55
Curtis Hardware, wire 3.34
Total $ 17.09
State Aid Construction — T. R. A.
State Treasurer $ 70.24
Gordon Evans, cement and gravel 11.60
State Highway Garage, culverts 60.00
Total $ 141.84
Libraries
A. C. Adams, lumber $ 13.26
Loring, Short & Harmon, books 46.16
Florence Hamlin, librarian 25.00
Total $ 84.42
Old Age Assistance
State of New Hampshire, Town's share $ 12.50
Town Poor
Elmer Ingalls, housing transient $ 7.00
Cemeteries
Mark S. Rix, labor $ 20.00
Ravmond Haves, labor 10.00
DETAIL STATEMENT OF PAYMENTS 17
Raymond Hayes, labor 24.00
Frank Vincent, survey and maps 42.00
Total $ 96.00
Unclassified
White Mountains Region, appropriation $ 57.00
Payments to Other Governmental Divisions
County Treasurer, county tax $ 3,906.17
School Treasurer, 1942-43 appropriation 3,652.68
Total $ 7,558.85
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State of New Hampshire
To the inhabitants of the School District in the Town of
Shelburne, qualified to vote in district affairs :
You are hereby notified to meet at the Town Hall in said
district on the ninth day of March, 1943, at 10:45 o'clock in the
forenoon to act upon the following subjects :
1. To choose a Moderator for the ensuing 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 agents of the District.
6. To hear the reports of Agents, Auditors, Committees, or
officers heretofore 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 if the District will vote to make any alteration in
the amount of money required to be assessed for the ensuing year
for the support of public schools and the payment of the statutory
obligations of the District, as determined by the School Board in
its annual report.
9. To transact any other business that may be legally
brought before said meeting.
Given under our hands at said Sliclburne this fifteenth day of
February, 1943.
CHARLOTTE WILSON.
MAUDE G. RIX,
School Board.
A true copy of Warrant — Attest ;
CHARLOTTE WH.SON,
MAUDE G. RIX.
School Board.
Financial Report of School Board
Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1942
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. The accounts are kept in accordance with
Public Laws of 1926, Chapter 68 :22, and upon forms prescribed by
the State Tax Commission.
W. S. ADAMS,
Superintendent.
IVA M. PEABODY,
CHARLOTTE WILSON,
MAUDE G. RIX,
School Board.
Report of School Superintendent
Shelburne, N. H., Feb. 1, 1943
To the School Board and Citizens of Shelburne :
Your school opened the present year with an enrollment of
n pupils and a new teacher — Miss Minetta Tibbets of Colebrook,
in charge.
Miss Tibbets is a graduate of Plymouth Teachers' College and
has had considerable teaching experience.
Last June two pupils were graduated from the Eighth Grade
and are now continuing their school work at Gorham High School.
The school has been visited by j^our Superintendent at fre-
quent intervals and the work of pupils carefully inspected and
checked bj^ use of Standardized Tests. On the whole, the accom-
plishments of pupils have been good.
The school year — 1941-1942 — was 36 weeks and the percentage
of attendance for the year was 96.6.
Enrollment by grades for the last complete school A'ear is as
follows :
Grade Boys ' Girls Totals
First 2 4 6
Second 3 1 4 '
Third ;
Fourth 1 1 2
Fifth 1 4 5
Sixth 1 1
Seventh .>. 1 3 4
Eighth 1 2 3
Totals 9 16 25
Respectfully submitted,
WALTON S. ADAMS,
Superintendent.
Receipts and Payments
Year Ending June 30, 1942
Receipts
Cash oh hand June 30. 1941 $ 233.41
Received from Selectmen 3,731.52
$ 3,964.93
Payments
Salaries of District Officers $ 55.00
Superintendent's salary 79.18
Expenses of Administration .66
Teacher's salary 1,000.00
Textbooks 17.99
Scholars' supplies 42.60
Janitor service 280.00
Fuel 312.50
Water, light, janitor supplies 101.45
Minor repairs and expenses 3.33
Health supervision 75".00
Transportation of Elementary pupils 763.01
Transportation of High School pupils 167.16
High School Tuitions 702.89
Per Capita tax 91.00
$ 3,691.77
Balance June 30, 1942 $ 273.16
$ 3,964.93
School Board's Estimate for
1943-1944
SCHOOL DISTRICT OF SHELBURNE, N. H.
School Board's Estimate for 1943-44
Teacher's salary $
Textbooks
Scholars' supplies
Flags and appurtenances
Janitor service
Fuel
Water, light, janitor supplies
Minor repairs and expenses
Health supervision
Transportation of Elementary Pupils
Transportation of High School Pupils
High School tuitions
Salaries of District Officers ,
Superintendent's salary
Per Capita tax
Expenses of Administration
Insurance
,000.00
30.00
30.00
3.50
273.00
165.00
40.00
50.00
80.00
767.70
350.00
950.00
55.00
79.18
74.00
6.00
80.00
$ 4,033.38
Respectfully submitted,
CHARLOTTE WILSON,
MAUDE G. RIX,
School Board.