Annual reports of the Town of Boscawen, New Hampshire

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by  Boscawen (N.H. : Town)

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Town
Boscawen
of
ANNUAL REPORT
1990
EGOUNIS STORE
Asfarbackas 1825therewasastoreontheproperty. BeginninginApril 1871 C. WesleyCarter
and A.H. Brown ran a general grocery store and carried asmall lineofdrv goods. C.W. Carter
bought A.H. Brown's interest for $1250.00 on December 26, 1874. In the spring of 1878 he
removedhismerchandisetotheBrickStoreacrossthestreet. Thebarnwasbuiltin 1875byGeorge
Pillsbury. The Carter family continued to own the property until 1921 when Alia Carter sold to
Austin Langley. He in turnsoldtoAnna and GeorgeBugbeeofManchester in 1928. A front had
beenplacedonthehousepriortoJanuary 1929whenBerniceandFelixEgouniscametoBoscawen
from Rowley, Massachusetts and bought the property. They sold Texaco gasoline until 1958.
In 1937 thestorefront wasreplacedandtheoldonewasmoveddowntheroadandbecamethe
homeofJames Eastman which is now owned by William Tallman.
In 1946 an extension was put on the north side.
In 1954 the Boscawen Post Office was located at the Egounis Store.
RaymondEgounisandhiswife, Loda, leasedthestorein 1954from hisparentsandpurchasedit
in 1961. Theyremodeledit in 1962. Theywerejoinedinthegrocerystorebytheirson. Douglas, in
the earlv 1970's and have continued a fine familv business.
Selectmen's Office Health Officer
17 High Street, Boscawen, NH 03303; Phone: John Dagata; Phone [phone]
796-2426; Office Hours: Monday-Friday 8:00
a.m.-5:00 p.m. Fire Department
Dana W. Smith; Thomas Danko; Douglas Roland "Joe" Bartlett, Chief, 17 High Street,
R. Supry, Chairman; Sherlene B. Fisher, Boscawen, NH 0330—3
Adm. Assist; Jodi Welch, Secretary. Burning Permits Contact: Joe Bartlett,
Selectmen'sMeetingsareheldat17HighSt. 796-2157; Ray Fisher, 796-2498
on 2nd and 4th Wednesday ofeach month at
4:00 p.m. Civil Defense Director
Earl Houston; Phone[phone]
ZoningBoard ofAdjustment
16 High Street, Boscawen, NH 03303 Town Moderator
Kenneth Marshall, Chairman Rick A. Trombly
Robert Knowlton, Zoning Officer; Phone:
796-2105; Office Phone: [phone]; Pam Supervisors of the Checklist
Davis, Secretary; 796-2426 Robert Kenevel, Chairman; William Bevans;
Zoning Board Meetings are held at 16 Carl Glover, Sr.
High St., on 2nd Tuesday of each month at
7:00 p.m. Public Libraries
Main Library: Tuesday, 2:30-5:00 p.m.;
Planning Board Thursday, 3:00-7:00 p.m.
16 High Street, Boscawen, NH 03303 Branch Library: Mondav, 3:00-6:30 p.m.,
Ed Brodeur, Chairman; Phone: [phone], Wednesday, 3:00-7:00 p.m.
7:00p.m.-9:00 p.m.; OfficePhone: 796-2478;
Pam Davis, Secretary; 796-2426. Boscawen Congregational Church
Planning Board Meetings are held at 16 Dawn Berrv, Minister, 12 High Street,
High St. on 2nd Tuesday of each month at Boscawen, NH 03303; Phone: [phone]
7:00 p.m.
Post Office
Treasurer-Bookkeeper 228 KingStreet, Boscawen, NH 03303
Patricia Knight; OfficePhone: 796-2343 Postmasters: Laura Lane
Hours: Monday-Friday, 10:00 a.m.-12:00
Tax Collector Noon& 3:30p.m.-5:30p.m.; Saturday, 11:00
PhvllisHewey, 17HighStreet,Boscawen, NH a.m.-1:00 p.m.
03303; Phone: [phone]; Office Hours: Tues-
day, Wednesday & Thursday8:30a.m.-12:30 Life Safety Code Officer
p.m., 1:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. HaroldHamilton; Phone: [phone] (after5:00
p.m.)
Town Clerk
Barbara Holmes, 17 High Street, Boscawen, Genealogical/Historical Information
NH 03303; Phone: [phone]; Office Hours: Robert Kenevel, 796-2546; Dorothy Sanborn,
Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday 8:30 796-2582(summerresidence)796-2211 (winter
a.m.-12:30 p.m., 1:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. residence); Henrietta Kenney, 796-2164;
VirginiaColby,225-3122; RonaldReed,Presi-
Penacook-Boscawen Water Precinct dent, Boscawen Historical Society-
9 Woodbury Lane, Boscawen, NH 03303; 796-2236
Phone: [phone]; Teddie Hooper, Secretary;
OfficeHours:Wednesday9:00a.m.-1:00p.m. Conservation Commission
CharlesJaworski, Chairman
Public Works Director ConservationCommissionMeetingheld4th
Richard Hollins, 13 Woodbury Lane, Thursday of each month at 16 High St.,
Boscawen, NH 03303; Phone: [phone] Boscawen, NH 03303 at 7:30 p.m.
Boscawen Sanitary Landfill Town Meetings
Corn Hill Road; Hours: Wednesday & Satur- Held2ndTuesdayofMarch, BoscawenTown
day 7:30—a.m.-3:30 p.m. (Dump sticker Hall.
required obtained from Town Clerk)
EMERGENCY TELEPHONE NUMBERS
Police Department —
Mark Pepler, Chief, 19 High Street, Police 796-2277
Boscawen, NH 03303; Norma Houston, Fire/Rescue 1-225-3355
Secretary; Phone: [phone] (Emergency)
Town
of
Boscawen
Annual Report

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Auditor'sReport 26
BoscawenFireDepartment 12
BoscawenPublicWorksDepartment 65
BoscawenOldHomeDay 62
BoscawenPublicLibraryReport 48
Budget 17
BudgetCommitteeReport 21
CentralN.H. RegionalPlanningCommission Report 57
ComparativeStatementofAppropriations andExpenditures 30
ConcordRegional SolidWaste/ResourceRecoveryCooperative 67
Conservation Commission 68
CurrentUseReport 29
DetailedStatementofExpenditures 43
Financial Report 32
Health Officer'sReport 56
HumanServiceOfficer'sReport 52
IndependentAuditor'sReport (WaterPrecinct) 91
LifeSafetyOfficer'sReport 59
Loans inAnticipationofTaxes 37
N.H. MunicipalBondDebt 38
OfficeHoursofTownOfficers InsideFrontCover
&
Parks Recreation Report 56
Penacook-BoscawenWaterPrecinctWarrant 87
ReportoftheTownForestFireWarden andStateForestRanger 55
ReportofFireDepartment andFireDepartmentBudget 54
ReportofPoliceDepartment 63
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ReportofPoliceDepartment 1991 BudgetProposal 64
ReportofConcordRegionalVisitingNurseAssociation 16
ScheduleofTownProperty 27
Selectmen's Report 20
SolidWasteManagement 66
StatementofAppropriations 22
SummaryofInventoryofValuation 28
Tax Collector's Report 39
TaxRate 24
TownClerk'sReport 37
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TownMeeting 1990 69
TownOfficers 8
TownTreasurer'sReport 42
TrusteesofTrustFunds Report 60
Vital Statistics 37
WaterCommissioner'sAnnual Report 89
WarrantofTownMeeting 13
ZoningOfficer'sReport 80

DEDICATION
To the Men and Women
from Boscawen
who are serving our Country
Armed
in the Services.
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CONGRATULATIONS
RUBY WOODBURY
— —
Recipient Boston Post Gold Cane August 25, 1990
Mother of 5 children, 16 grandchildren, 12 great grandchildren
Foster mother of 30 + children
4-H leader for many years
Post president of Boscawen Women's Club
Charter member of E.V.E. Guild
46 year member of Boscawen Congregational Church
Life member of Ezekiel Webster Grange
74 year member of Order of the Eastern Star
TOWNOFBOSCAWEN
TOWN OFFICERS 1990
MODERATOR RickTrombly
SELECTMEN
DouglasR. Supry, Chairman TermExpires 1993
ThomasDanko Term Expires 1992
DanaW. Smith Term Expires 1991
ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT SherleneFisher
SELECTMENSECRETARY JodiWelch
Betsy Keenan*
TOWN CLERK BarbaraHolmes 1990
TREASURER Patricia Knight 1990
COLLECTOROFTAXES PhyllisHewey
OVERSEERS OF CHECKLIST
William R. Bevans Robert G. Keneval Carl S. Glover
POLICE DEPARTMENT
ChiefMarkPepler Special OfficerLeonard O'Keefe
SergeantDavidCroft Special OfficerPeterBrigham
OfficerJohnMurray Special Officer GeorgeCushman
*OfficerPeterShephard Special OfficerRobertBunnell
**OfficerAlanDeMichelis Special OfficerRichardDoucet
Special Officer Tobi Dow
PoliceDepartmentSecretary ElizabethN. Houston
School CrossingGuard Vernon Merchant
*11/90 Military Leave
**Temporary
HEALTH OFFICER JohnDagata
LIFE SAFETYOFFICER Harold Hamilton
LIBRARY TRUSTEES
DorothySanborn Term Expires 1993
AlmaDean Termexpires 1993
LucileCarlson, Chairman Termexpires 1991
ToddWest Termexpires 1991
MaryWeeks Termexpires 1992
FORESTFIRE WARDEN RolandBartlett—Appointed
DEPUTY FIRE WARDENS
Ray Fisher Craig Nixon
Mark Bailey Leonard Miner, Sr.
Robert York Harold Hamilton