Annual report Town of Haverhill, New Hampshire

2004·5.9 MB·English

by  Haverhill (N.H. : Town)

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ANNUAL REPORT
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HAVERHILL, HAMPSHIRE
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The 2003 Haverhill Annual report is dedicatedtotwo long-time
Haverhill residents, Paul andthe late Muriel Lamott.
Mrs. Lamottpassed awayonMarch23, 2003.
Theybothhad distinguished careerspriorto theirretirement;
Paulwasalong-time elected legislatorintheNewHampshire
House ofRepresentatives and Muriel servedas the Haverhill
SchoolNurse for30years.
PAUL AND MURIEL LAMOTT
Paulwas agraduate ofWoodsville High School, Class of1934
andworked atthe GraftonCounty Home inNorth Haverhill.
Hejoinedthe US Army inJanuary 1941 and later sawcombat
infive differentWorldWarTwotheatresofoperationincluding,
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Anzio, Sicily, Casablanca, Algiers andNaplesand several other ~^p
warzones. He returnedto Haverhill in 1946. Paul, who is alsoa
licensedplumber, was electedto the legislature in 1970 and served 1
atotal of30years. Hewas knownandrespectedas the "Deanof
The House." Fewhad served longerthanPaul Lamott, who had ^BjijK^
gainedareputationfor good servicetothe residents ofthe mbHF^
Northcountry. He also servedhisTownofHaverhill asthe Civil
Defense Directorandwasa20-yearSupervisorofthe Check List.
Muriel was graduated fromthe Haverhill Academy in 1934 and
beganhernursingtraining at Cottage Hospital in Woodsville. She Dfl
transferredto the Elliott Hospital School ofNursingin Manchester
andwas graduated in 1937. She wasemployedas aRegisteredNurse
atthe Grafton County Home from 1937 until shejoined the US
ArmyNurses Corps in 1945. She returned home and rejoinedthe
County Home Nursing staffuntil 1950, when she was askedto be
the School Nurse in Haverhill. She retired fromthatpostin 1982,
but continued toworkweekend nights atthe County Home forthe
next 10years.
Paul and Muriel were married inNovember 1938. A daughter,
Janice, was bom in October 1946.
Bothofthese goodpeople servedtheircommunity,theirstateand
nation. Paul wasalways ready to assistaconstituentwho neededhelp,
Muriel alwaysreadyto offeradvice andcomfort to the ill.
This2003 townreport isdedicatedto alocal couplewho,
thankfully, are still verymuchwithus. Katharine and Dr. Katharine andDr. Edwin Blaisdell
EdwinBlaisdellhavebeenactivemembersofour
communityformanyyears. Bothare graduatesofCornell
University. Theyranasuccessful animalhospital inNorth
Haverhill andcontinuetoboardanimals fortheTown.
Katharine (Kay) haswrittenseveralverypopularbooks on
thehistoryofthearea. Sheremainsactive inthe Haverhill
Historical Societyandwas achartermemberofthe Heritage
Commissionofthe Town. Kaynowenjoys gardening,
directingthechurchchoirandhernumerous grandchildren
andgreat-grandchildren.
Dr. Blaisdell (Doc, Ed), alegendaryveterinarian, isnow
retiredandenjoys icefishing, huntingandcaringforhis
Christmastree farm. He still attendsmostLion's Club
meetings and fundraisingevents. Heremainsagreat
storytellerandhas entertainedmanyofuswithamusing
recollections ofpracticingveterinarymedicineoverthe
years. Hetellsthe storythatonce, whenrespondingto an
emergency callatthe higalls farm, hewas greetedby Clark
Ingallswith"Whatareyoudoinghere, I calledfora
veterinarian". Edmaintains anextensive collectionofold
farmtools, whichheproudlydisplaysatlocalevents.
EdandKayhave also collectedalarge quantityofold
photographswhichareanexcellentrecordofthehistory
ofthe TownofHaverhill and surroundingarea.
Wehope thatEdandKaywillbewithusformanymore
yearsto come.
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OFFICERS,BOARDS&COMMITTEESOFTHETOWNOFHAVERHILL
Moderator: ArchieH.Steenburgh ZoningBoardofAdjustment: ScottEdwards, Chaimnan JamesGraham
Rev.SteveSeminerio CliffordEnglish
Selectboard: RobertA.Maccini,Chair GaryS. Hatch,SelectboardRepresentative
LynnW.Wheeler,ViceChairman DenysDraper,Clerk
JohnS. Cobb AlanD.Hammond
GaryS.Hatch DeanMemorialAirport JamesFortier,AirportManager Dr.GeraldLyons,Chair
Commission: RobertHuminski,ViceChair
TownManager: GlennEnglish Dennis&MarthaCunningham,Secretaries
JoelGodston HarryHaskins RonFournier WhiteyMitchell
AdministrativeAsst. JoA.Lacaillade HeatherMcDanolds&JoshuaTorrey-StudentReps.
AlanHammond,SelectboardRepresentative
ChiefofPolice: JefferyL.Williams Assoc.Members: DaveWheeler WinstonCurrier
PeterSaladino EverettRowley
RoadAgent: SamuelA.Clough
RecreationCommission: JaniceHatch,Chair MaryDeRosia,ViceChair
TownClerit& BettePollock LeonardWood DianneRappa PeterConrad
DeputyTaxCollector: GaryScruton BartsaraDutile DavidJoslin KurtDavis
JohnS.Cobb,SelectboardRepresentative
TaxCollector& SandraRoy
DeputyTownClerk: HeritageCommission: RuthWellington,Chair LoisHenson, ViceChair
ShirleyCobb WayneMitchell CarolynByrne
Treasurer: RobertF.Miller BruceSimondsSr. ChristinaCronin JaneDarby
MarilynSeminerio
HealttiOfficer & StephenRobbins GaryS.Hatch, SelectboardRepresentative
EmergencyMgmt.Dir.:
CoveredBridgeCommittee: DiannaAsh LeeKryger AnnJoy
LibraryTrustees: MarilynSpooner SusanBrown ShirieyCobb PamMurphy FrankO'Malley
EleanorIngbretson MikeDannehy ReitaJones CamilleWharey
JeanChamberiln
SupervisorsofChecklist: WyllianThompson BarbaraEno KarenGriswold,Co-Chair VelmaIde,Co-Chair
LenoraA.Davidson
HARTSCommittee: FrancesKrauss DavidHeintz CarolLaBarron
CemeteryCommission: Rev.SteveSeminerio,Chairman EleanorIngbretson SusanKinne GeorgeBoveroux
RobertJ. Rutherford,Secretary
StevenLang EverettSawyer ConservationCommission: AnneMarieGodston,Chairman JeanConklin,Secretary
HowardThayer NancyLeitner,ViceChairman MichaelSeverino
AnimalControlOfficers: LindaC.Smith GeorgeCataldo AdvisoryBudget ScottSimano,Chairman MikeConrad DianneIngalls
Committee: HowardHatch RichardFabrizio BruceH.Simonds
TrusteesofTrustFunds: JamesE.Graham ShirleyCobb PamelaEnglish HowardEvans RichardMcDanolds
A.FrankStiegler,III LarryCorey DavidKeith
FireChiefs: BradKennedy-Woodsville LandUseSubcommittee JoelGodston MarkAbrams DonBazzell
DonHammond-No. Haverhill Participants: SusanBrown PeterConrad RonWilloughby
MichaelLavoie,Havertiill MikeGraham RichardGuy RichardFabrizio
HarryHatch MelissaHenson JoanMetzger
PlanningBoard: SusanBrown,Chairman KeithDarby MargaretOhimann RichardMcDanolds
JoelDupuis,ViceChairman MichaelSeverino ScottEdwards JamesGraham
SamRoudebush DougHenson
MargaretOhimann JoelGodston StateRepresentatives: RaymondS.Burton,ExecutiveCouncil
LynnWheeler,SelectboardRepresentative CarlJohnson,StateSenator
Alternates: RobertGiuda,StateRepresentative
PeterConrad,SusanTann,MarkAbrams PaulIngbretson,StateRepresentative
DenysDraper,Clerk
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