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145th Annual Report ofthe Town and School OflGcers of CROYDON NEWHAMPSHIRE /^'•" '-ZOX " 1W*1\ ' ' A1/*1 1T03 forthe YearEnding 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 " 1*1 1*1 ' * ' A/ \^\ *^03 for the Fiscal Year Ending December 31^ 1995 with the Vital Statistics for the Year 1995 PRODUCTION&DESIGNby JADEdesign&marketing,JaneDearden,DebraFoster-principals THEBARRETTPRESS Newport,NH Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2009 with funding from Boston Library Consortium IVIember Libraries http://www.archive.org/details/annualreporttown1995croy 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 Page3 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 Page5 . 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. Page6 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 Page 7 . 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 Pages