Annual report, Town of Croydon (New Hampshire)

76 Pages·1996·2.7 MB·English

by  Croydon (N.H. : Town)

145th
Annual Report
ofthe
Town and School OflGcers
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CROYDON
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December 31, 1995

Annual Report
ofthe Selectmen^ Treasurer^ Road
Agent^ Police Chiefand Trustees of
the TrustFunds
andother Officers and Committees
ofthe
Town of Croydon
New Hampshire
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for the Fiscal Year Ending
December 31^ 1995
with the
Vital Statistics for the Year
1995
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Contents
Memories 5
TownHallHistory 6
TownOfBcers 11
TownWarrant 12
TownBudget 15
SourceofRevenue 16
StatementofAppropriation 17
TaxRateCalculations 19
SummaryofInventory 20
TownProperty 20
TownClerkReport 21
TaxCollector'sReport 22
Treasurer's Report 24
TownEmployees 26
SummaryofReceipts 27
SummaryofPayments 28
Fire Department 29
LadiesAuxiliary 32
ForestFire 33
Planning/Zoning 34
RoadAgent 35
NewportAmbulance 35
SullivanNutrition 36
LakeSunapeeVisitingNurseAssociation 37
Southwestern CommunityServices 38
SullivanCountyHospice 39
TrustFunds 40
SummaryofTownMeeting 42
AuditorsFindings 44
Village SchoolHistory 45
AnnualSchoolMeeting 56
SchoolWarrant 57
SchoolDistrictBudget 59
SAU#43Budget 62
TreasurersReport 62
SuperintendentReport 63
SpecialEducationDirector'sReport 64
TuitionList 65
RecordofSchoolMeeting 68
Vital Statistics 70
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MEMORY
IN
GRAYCEB. (Baker)WEBB-
bomJune 12,1917 . Her 77 year life
touched many. Forty years or so in
Croydon.
" Graycewas themostgenerous,
helpfulfriendtoallsheknew. Hersense
ofhumorandtalentsentertainedmany
people all her life. We'll all miss her
dearly."
AudreyChamberlain,
CroydonFlat
BEATRICE A. (Putnam)
BLACKINGTON-bornJune30,1918.
LivedinCroydonFlatall76yearsoflife.
"Madeleine and I were playmates and
friendswithBea(t)for72years. Shenever
saidabadwordaboutanyoneandwasso
genuiaelygratefulfor even the smallest
things. We'llrememberhergigglingand
manyyearsoffondmemorieslivinginthe
Flat.
AudreyChamberlain,CroydonFlat
AGNES C. (Girvan)
MACKENZIE-bornAug. 17, 1912.
Lived in Croydon 31 years. "Agnes
served in capacity of supervisor ofthe
checklistformanyyears,memberofGood
Neighbor Club, School Board, Ladies
H
Auxiliary, taxcollector,and4— leader
aswellasbeingawonderfulfriendtoall
sheknew."
RitaGross,Croydon
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CROYDON
TOWN HALL
fflSTORY
1774-1995
TheMeetingHouse,wasjustwhatthenameimplies-aplaceforeveryone
intowntomeet,whetherforreligiousorsocialgatherings.
1774-ThefirstMeetingHousewasbuiltonthePinnacle.(Asmallmountain
inthegeographicalcenterofCroydon.)Cooper'shistory.
1794-AsecondMeetingHousewasbuiltondiesamelocadonbutneverquite
completed.Itwastorndownin 1828... and..
1828 -Thelumberwas used to construct the tovm-house atEastVillage
(presenttownhall.)Intheearlyrecords,paintingandrepairstothehallwere
usually"passedover"orrefusedattownmeetingsbecausethehallwasnotbuilt
ontownproperty.
1926 -Thehallwas onprivateproperty(98years) untilHenryR. Stone,
AdministratorfortheestateofAlmaH.Stone,gavethelandtothetovmin
1926.
1929-ThetownraisedS500forpaintingandrepairs.Committeeforsamewas
GeorgeT. Blanchard, Charles S. Walker and Cyrus W. Thompson. The
repairsweremadein 1931 and 1932(seeTownReports.)
1936 - FirstAddition to the Hall - S800 was raisedforimprovements, to
connectanadditiontotherearofthehall,notlessthan 16by40feet.
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1939-Electricityinstalledreplacingkerosenelamps.
1940 - Second andThirdAdditions- Selectmen's office on the right and
Libraryontheleft.Theyraisedmoneyonserialnotesofthetown;S500the
firstyear,S500thenext,andtheremainderthethirdyear.
1950- Hard-woodfloor. Raised$100 andtheremainingtobepaidfrom
surplus.
1956-Newroof,raised$600-Paintinside,raised$425.
1961-GiftoflandinbackofthetownhallbyDr.IvorMuzzey.
1964-Waterinthehall,raised$500.
1965-Oilheatfurnaceinstalledtoreplacewood...usedfundsfromdiesale
ofdieHarkemaLot;$1,255.
1972-FourthAddition-Raised$3,715fortoiletstobeinstalledwherethe
Selectmen hold office. AnewSelectmen's oflice and astorageroomtobe
addedtotherearofthehall.TheTownReportof1973reads,"diemoneyis
inthebank".Thesepticsystemandbuildingstartedin 1974.
1985-TownReport,Page37."Aftersixmondisofmeetingsandtwopublic
hearings,dieCommitteerecommendsdiatanewbuildingbeconstructedto
houseallmunicipaloffices."
1987 - The Town Qerk's office is moved from a private home into the
Selectmen'sofficeinMarchof1987.(Allusingdiesameofficeandequipment.)
1990-TheSelectmen/sTownQerk/TaxCollectorusingonesmalloffice
wasnotpractical.Atacostofapproximately$4,369,thestorageroomwas
remodeled and this enlarged the Selectmen/Tovm Clerk/Tax Collector's
officewhichisstillinadequate.TownReport,P.31.
1991-ThereIsNoLongerAnyStorageArea-Croydonisgrowing: Census
of1990was627.Censusof1970was312.
1992-Theoverheadbeams aredisintegratingandthehalldoesnotmeet
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nationalrequirementsforapublicbuilding.
1992-Mar 10,AnnualMeeting. RepairstructuralintegrityofTownHall;
votedtoraiseandappropriatethesumofS20,000.
1993-Article5...toraiseandappropriateS99,500torenovateHall...(see1992
report)...moneywouldberaisedbybonding. Ballotvote,notpassed. Com-
mitteeformedtoresearchandbringplantoSelectmenonwaystoupgrade
municipalfacilities.
1994-Mar8,AnnualMeeting: Articles12tiirough17,alternativeplansand
coststorenovate,demolishorconstruct anewTownHall. Alldefeated.
SpecialTownMeetingon Sept. 13, 1994autiiorizedtheSelectmen to sell
TownownedpropertiestakenbyTaxCollector'sDeed.
1995-Mar 14,AnnualMeeting. Article 10. ...autiiorizetiieSelectmento
spenduptoS100,000ofmoniesreceived fromsaleofTownproperties(from
CroninandQuinnproperty)torenovateTownHallandmakeithandicap
accessible. Passed. May/June-Selectmensoughtbidsforrenovationwork,
awardedcontracttoHamesShopJoineryofAndover,NH. Amountspent
$100,818.70. Buildingnowyearrounduse,withhandicapentrance,bath-
roomandkitchenup-grade,addedstorage.
ASPECIALTHANKYOU
..
fromtheTowntoWilliam"Bill"Greeleyfordonatingaflag inthepast,and
mostrecentlytheflag
tiiatnowfliesfromthe
TownHallpole.This
flag'shistoryisthatit
was flown over the
Capitol in Washing-
ton,D.C. atthetime
of Croydon's bicen-
tennial celebration.
ThelatejamesCleve-
land, Congressman,
didtiiisfor"Bifl"in1966. "BiU"hashaddieflaguntilafewweeksago,(January)
andraisedithimselfonthepolewherehesaysitshouldbe.
1774-1992InfocompiledbyRitaGross,withupdateto1995byJaneDeardm
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