'V\\\ •m. •^'% i »t .'^ OS Si CO Vi ^ S 0) ?^ O . : TOWN OFFICES CALENDAR OFFICE TEL # OFFICE HOURS BOOKKEEPING 679-5441 8:00a.m. -4 00p.m. Mon - Fri : BUDGET 679-5441 CEMETERY TR. 679-5441 CODE ENFORCEMENT 679-1224 7 :30a.m. -3:30p.m. Mon - Fri CONSERVATION COMM 679-5441 FAX 679-3302 FIRE DEPARTMENT 679-5446 8:00a.m. -4 :00p.m. Mon - Fri FIRE WARDS 679-5446 HEALTH OFFICER 679-1224 7 : 30a.m. -4 OOp.m. Mon - Fri HIST. DIST. COMM. 679-5441 HUMAN SERVICES 679-5441 8 00a.m. -4 :00p.m. Mon - Fri : IND. DEV. COMM. 679-5441 LIBRARY 679-5944 I : OOp.m. -5 : OOp. m . Mon - Fri 7 : OOp.m. -9 :00p.m. Wed & Thurs Story Hour 10 00a m. -noon Friday : . LIBRARY TRUSTEES 679-5441 PLANNING BOARD 679-1202 8:00 - 4:00p.m. Mon - Fri POLICE DEPARTMENT 679-5122 8:00a.m. -4 :00p.m. Mon - Fri RECREATION 679-3301 2 :00p.m. -4 :00p.m. Tues - Fri SELECTMEN 679-5441 8 00a.m. -4 OOp.m. Mon - Fri : : SOLID WASTE 679-5441 3 : OOp. m . -Dusk Wednesdays 10:00a.m.-4:00p.m. Sat. & Sun TOWN CLERK 679-8288 8:00a. m.-3:00p.m. Mon - Fri 9 00a.m. -Noon Saturday : TRUST FUND 679-5441 WASTE TREATMENT 679-5171 7 :00a.m. -2 30p.m. Mon - Fri : WATER & SEWER 679-2769 1 :00p.m. -4 :00p.m. Mon - Fri ZONING BD. ADJ. 679-5441 TRIBUTE TO LIONEL FECTEAU Lionel was born in Epping to Tom and Yvonne Fecteau in 1926 and was married to Mary Silveria for forty years. A busy man, he was always working at something. At twenty-three, he was the youngest N.H. State Representative serving from 1953 to 1955. He was an active member of Richard A. Mitchell Post #51, Sampson World War II Veterans and Knights of Columbus in Exeter. Starting at the age of ten, he worked in his father's store; Fecteau s market, for seventeen years. He continued his contacts ' with people in his capacity as a rural carrier for the U.S. Post Office in Epping for twenty-five years, retiring in 1989. He was always an active and diligent participant at Annual Town Meetings. He had the courage of his convictions and had the unique ability to display this without rancor or incurring animos- ity. He will be missed at these Meetings. It vv-as not an unfamiliar sight to see Lionel and his family sweeping the downtown streets and sidewalks. His friends, family and co-workers could always count on Lionel's mischievous humor to lighten the air with his funny stories and amusing impressions. A source of comfort to his wife, Mary, was the thoughtful reflection made by a friend that "not only was Lionel a gentle man, he was also a gentleman". We concur with that appropriate and fitting tribute to this man of Epping. We bid vou fond "adieu" Lionel I Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2009 with funding from Boston Library Consortium IVIember Libraries http://www.archive.org/details/annualreportofto1990eppi ANNUAL REPORTS of THE TOWN OF EPPING NEW HAMPSHIRE For the Fiscal Year Ended DECEMBER 31, 1990 TABLE OF CONTENTS Dedication 1 What s in the Name 7 ' Town Officers 9 Resiime of 199 Town Meeting 13 Selectmen' s Report 32 Schedule of Town Owned Property 33 Summary Inventory of Valuation 34 Source of Revenue 35 Statement of Appropriations 36 Detailed Statement of Payments 38 Report of the Trust Funds 44 250th Anniversary Calendar of Events 48 Report of the Budget Committee 49 Report of the Police Department 50 Report of the Code Enforcement Officer 51 Report of the Planning Board 52 Report of the Highway Supervisor 53 Report of the Historic District Commission 55 Report of the Community Services/Recreation Dept 56 Report of the Water & Sewer Department 57 Report of the Harvey-Mitchell Library 58 Report of the Energy Plant & Commerce Park Project .... 60 Report of the Industrial Development Committee 61 Vital Statistics 63 i Report of Epping School District 81 Report of the Superintendent of Schools 83 Report of the School Administration 85 Report of the Elementary School 86 Minutes of the March 17th School District Meeting 87 Minutes of the October 25th School District Meeting .... 91 Town & School Warrant & Budgets Insert LaPIERRE & SONS H.K. General Contractors 679-8313 RESIDENTIAL - COMMERCIAL -INDUSTRIAL 35yearsofexperienceInservingtheconstructionneedsof residentialandcommercialowners. Epping,NH LSDDV 5-GiU/^R€ ^ 133 P1AJN 5TR^^T- 4'?9- 2Z44 •farWi!^ heaWv care Pei>lA-TRlC AND ADULT P^GOICIM^ Witliey press • Complete Printing Services • Design and Layout • Typesetting • Full Service Bindery 248 Lafayette Road Seabrook, NH 474-5591 WHAT'S IN THE NAME - EPPING? The Town of Epping was originally part of Exeter. We had ex- tensive trade with the West Indies and exchanged timber for native products. In 1741, the population decided to become incorporated to become incorporated as a separate parish. January 14, 1741, a petition was presented by the fifty-six inhabitants of this north- westerly part of Exeter to the General Court. The House of Repre- sentatives approved the petition. The petitioners and delegates from Exeter appeared before the General Court on February 2, 1741. The petition was granted and the boundaries set. The monument boundary markers can be seen surrounding our town. This action was sanctioned by Provincial Governor; Benning Wentworth on February 3, 1741. As the first Governor of New Hampshire, Governor Wentworth had the privilege of naming towns.He frequently named them after the towns he loved back in England. We have two versions of the name of "Epping". One - many of the early settlers of Epping came from Epping England and convinced the governor to name our town. Two - the Governor had special fond memories of Epping, England and named our town. By 1773, there were 1,648 residents in Epping making it the fourth largest town in the County. Exeter - 1,741, Londonderry - 2,399 and Portsmouth - 4,466. By 1930, Epping was the sixth largest town in the County with 1,672. Newmarket - 2,511, Salem -2,751, Exeter - 4,872, Derry - 5,131 and Portsmouth - 14,495. Epping sent 150 men to join the Union forces in the Civil War. Only returned. In 1892, Epping opened it's first free public library in one room of the Town Hall where the Selectmen's Office is today. When the Town was incorporated in 1741, the parish and town were the same and all legal business of religion was transacted in Town Meetings. One of the votes passed at the first Town Meeting, was to choose a committee to agree on a new minister. The following, though an incomplete list, are some of the residents of Epping who held prominent positions in the State: Governor of the State - William Plumer, from 1812 to 1813 and from 1816 to 1819; David L. Morrill, from 1824 to 1827; Benjamin F. Prescott, from 1877 to 1879. United States Senators - William Plumer, from 1802 to 1807, David Morrill, from 1817 to 1823; John Chandler, from, 1820 to 1829. THE EPPINGS OF THE WORLD ENGLAND - Epping, Essex(Cty), Epping Forest(Cty). UNITED STATES - Epping, N.H., Epping N.D. AUSTRALIA - Epping, New So. Wales, Epping, Victoria, Epping Forest, Queensland, Epping Forest, Tasmania. 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