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Annual Report
of the
Town
of Enfield
New
Hampshire
Year Ending December
1998
Digitized by the Internet Archive
in 2009 with funding from
Boston Library Consortium IVIember Libraries
http://www.archive.org/details/annualreportofto1998enfi
Memory
In of
Mazie Barker Muriel Salman
6/30/1895 - 7/31/1998 7/24/1900-11/26/1998
By bestowingthe honor ofthe Boston Post Cane on Mazie Barker and
Muriel Salman, these women were recognized bythe Town ofEnfield as being
the oldest residents ofthe town in 1996 and 1998, respectively. Enfield's Boston
Post Cane is one of700 gold-headed canes given toNew England towns in the
1920s bythe The Boston Post owner, editorand publisher, Edwin Atkins
Grozier. The Boston Post Cane has passed from hand to hand, down the years, in
compliance with the inscribed directions on the gold head. Award ofthe Boston
Post Cane began as an advertising scheme, but has become aNew England
salute to its Senior Citizens.
Mazie was bom on Wells Street in 1895. She was the fourth member of
her family to be awarded the Boston Post Cane. Mazie Barker received the cane
on June 3, 1996, less than one month before her 101st birthday.
Muriel was bom in Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1900 and summered in
Enfield with her family from the time she was an infant. In 1962, Muriel and
herhusband retired to Mascoma Lake. Muriel Salman served on the "Save the
Covered Bridge" Committee and was a memberofthe Union Church in Enfield
Center.
Cover Story: Enfield Railroad Depot
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The Enfield Railroad Depot was built in 1907 bythe Boston Maine
Railroad to accommodate passengers on itsNorthern Line. The station remained
in service until the mid-fifties. Overthe years, the building has seen service as a
facility for Cattabriga Oil Co. and a general storage building. With increasing
demands on emergency medical training, the Enfield FAST Squad petitioned the
Town in 1994 to purchase the building as atraining facility and in return the
Squad would take on the restoration ofthe building as a project. The article was
approved atthe Town Meeting and the Squad started to return the buildingto its
original condition. As much ofthe original woodwork as possible has been
replaced. All ofthe replacementwood, chairrail, window moldings, V board
etc. was shaped and installed by Squad members. In September 1997 an open
house was held to celebrate the twenty years ofSquad service to the Town.
The building presently houses the ambulance. It is used to conductthe
monthlytraining meetings, the annual town-wide CPR course, monthly Squad
business meetings, this past fall an area-wide fourmonth EMT course and other
training exercises as needed. The Squad would like tothankthe residents of
Enfield fortheir support with this project.
Note to Enfield Citizens
Because ofthe time constraints placed on the Town underNew
Hampshire RSA 40:13 (SB 2) and citizen requests for earlier availability, the
Town Reporthas been formated somewhat differentlythan in previous years.
The 1999 Warrant, Budget (MS-7), Proposed Operating Budget, Supplemental
Schedule-MBA, and Budget Committee narrative have been printed separately
as an addendum to this Report.
Any 1998 financial orvital records received bythe Town ofEnfield
afterthe publishing deadline in early January 1999 should be available atthe
Town Office by the voting date, March 9, 1999, and will be included in the 1999
Town Report. This may include, but is not limited to, the 1998 Balance Sheet,
marriages, births and deaths.
Table of Contents
Application forAppointment: 115
Financial Reports:
1999 Municipal Employee Grade Allocation to Pay Schedule 25
1999 Municipal Employee Pay Schedule 26
1999 Proposed Operating Budget 24
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Appropriations Expenditures, Comparative Statement 31
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Appropriations, Taxes Assessed Tax Rate Statement 30
Balance Sheet 33
Budget (MS-7) 24
Capital Reserve Funds, Summary Statement 64
Conservation Fund 43
IndependentAuditor's Report 28
Inventory ofValuation, Summary Statement 29
Library Trustees - Treasurer's Report 62
Long-Term Indebtedness Schedule/Reconciliation 34
Municipal Water & SewerDepartment Collections Report 40
Payments, Detailed Statement 49
Payments, Summary Statement 45
Receipts, Detailed Statement 47
Receipts, Summary Statement 44
ShakerRecreation Park Fund 43
MBA
Supplemental Schedule- 24
Tax Collector's Report 37
Tax Lien Accounts, Summary Statement 39
Town Clerk's Report 36
Town Clock Project Fund 43
Town Real Property Schedule 35
Treasurer's Report 42
Trustee ofTrust Funds Report 63
Narrative Reports:
Bridge Committee 65
Budget Committee 12
Building Inspector/Health Officer 66
Cemetery Trustees 68
Conservation Commission 69
Enfield Center Town Hall Study Committee 71
F.A.S.T. Squad 72
Fire Department 73
Library 74
Planning Board 75
Police Department 76
Selectmen's Reportto Citizens ofEnfield 9
ShakerRecreation Park Development Committee 78
Town Manager's Report 10
Trustees ofTrust Funds 79
Zoning Board ofAdjustment 80
Narrative Reports - Regional Organizations:
Advance Transit, Inc 81
Enfield ShakerMuseum 86
Executive CouncilorRaymond Burton,
Reportto Towns & Cities in District One 84
Grafton County Board ofCommissioners 86
Grafton County Senior Citizens Council 88
Town Forest Fire Warden & State ForestRanger's Report 89
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Cooperative Extension - Grafton County 91
Upper Valley Lake Sunapee Regional Plarming Commission 93
VisitingNurse Alliance ofVermont & New Hampshire 95
WISE 96
Town Meeting Minutes 1998: 97
Town Officers: 16
Town Offices & Board Hours: 13
Town Warrant: 21
Vital Statistics:
Births 107
Deaths Ill
Marriages 103
