Annual Reports Town of the of Bradford New Hampshire For the Year Ending December 1998 31, Front Cover On East Washington Road is the foundation ofthe lovely old Bradford Springs Hotel. Built in 1840 and enlarged to seventy five rooms, hundreds ofvisitors came to take the cure ofthe mineral waters. All summer, from both Hillsborough and from Bradford, the stage coaches made the train connections with their loads ofvisitors and luggage. The shallow Lake Lovewell covered over seven acres forthe rowing ' pleasure ofthe visitors There were lawn games, a bowling alley ' , shooting gallery, livery stable and "other amusements". The sixty acres included adairy farm. Meals could be sent to rooms for 25certts added to the room charge offrom $6.00 to $12.00 weekly. The Hotel closed in 1916 and the buildings torn down. Today, the cellar hole is cleaned out, and on site are a bulletin board, a picnic table and a plaque thanking the Keating Family for theirdonation to the Town ofBradford forthis historic site. Annual Reports ofthe & Selectmen Other Officers ofthe Town of Bradford New Hampshire for the year ending December 31, 1998 & Vital Statistics for the year 1998 Dedicated In Memory Stanley M. Brown (1916-1998) Stanley was born in Derry, New Hampshire in 1916 and grew up in Bradford. He received his BachelorofArts degree from Dartmouth College in 1939 and his Juris Doctorate from Cornell University in 1942. He was admitted to practice in New Hampshire in 1942 and in New York in 1945. Following a stint as a Naval Aviatorduring World WarII, Stanley entered private practice. He was a founding memberofthe firm, Abramson, Reis, Brown and Dugan. Stanley served as President ofthe New Hampshire Bar Association in 1969-70 and held many high ranking positions in the American Bar Association. Aside from his legal work, he was active in business and politics. He was a developer who built and managed the Loch Lyndon Country Club in Bradford, served as a Boy Scout leader and Little League coach. Throughout his life, he was active in the Republican Party, a state senator from 1951 to 1953, a delegate to the 1952 Republican National Convention, Bradford planning board memberforten years and selectman in the 1980's. He is survived by his wife of56 years, ThaliaMay Ryder Brown, his son Kenneth C. Brown ofManchester, fourgrandchildren, a sister and many nieces and nephews. 981 Table of Contents Directory ofOfficials 3-6 Report ofthe Board ofSelectmen 7-8 Minutes of 1998 Town Meeting 9-1 Report ofthe Trust Funds 1 Report ofthe Treasurer 20-21 Report ofthe Tax Collector 22 Report ofthe Town Clerk 23-24 Financial Statement 25 Detailed Statement ofPayments 26-36 Summary Inventory Valuation 37 Current Use Report 38 Schedule ofTown Property 39 Warrant ofthe Town ofBradford 1999 41-45 Department ofRevenue MS-7 46-50 Comparative Appropriations and Expenditures 51-52 Planning Board 53 Zoning Board ofAdjustment 54 Building Inspector & Code Enforcement 55 Bradford Economic Opportunity Committee 56-58 Bradford Community Corp 59 Bradford Business Association 60 Parade Committee 61 Revolving Loan Committee 62 Road Committee 63-64 Bradford Police Department 65-67 Bradford Fire Department 68-69 Bradford Rescue Squad 70-7 Town ForestFire Warden 72 Bradford Conservation Commission 73 Bradford Cemetery Trustees 74 Bradford Historical Society 75 Bradford Parks and Recreation Committee 76 Brown Memorial Library 77-79 Friends ofthe Brown Memorial Library 80-81 Moon Mountain Arts 82 Bradford Women's Club 83 Bradford-Newbury Youth Sports 84-85 Lake Sunapee Visiting Nurses 86 Community Action Program 87-88 Central New Hampshire Regional Planning Commission 89-90 Marriage 91 Births and Deaths 92 Notes 93 This octagon Spring House was once part ofa largerbath house with tubs ofhot and cold water which were piped up from the spring. Used by the area Indians in the 1700's, the "restorative" waters ofmagnesia, lime, potassium, sulphur and other minerals were popularboth for bathing and drinking until the early part ofthis century. The Conservation Commission plans to build a board walk to the site and restore the octagon spring house. 1 1998 Directory of Officials Elected Moderator Brackett L. Scheffy Term expires 2000 Mildred I. Kittredge, Pro tern Selectmen Joseph P. Conway, Jr. Term expires 1999 Richard (Dick) Vitale Term expires 2000 Marvin Rich Term expires 2001 Town Clerk/Tax Collector Susan Pehrson Term expires 2000 Town Treasurer Carolyn Grindle Term expires 2000 Supervisor ofthe Checklist Carolyn Grindle Term expires 2004 Deborah Lamach Term expires 2000 Ann D. Hibbard Term expires 2002 Trustees ofthe Trust Funds H. Bliss Dayton Term expires 2000 Everett Kittredge Term expires 2001 Jane Dumais Term expires 1999 Trustees ofBrown Memorial Library Margaret Fearnley Term expires 2001 Martin Bunis Term expires 1999 ElinorRobie Term expires 1999 G. Richard Keller Term expires 2000 Roderick Jones Term expires 2000 Sue Bunis Term expires 1999 Jane Lucas Term expires 1999 Carol Conforti-Adams Resigned Budget Committee George Morse Term expires 200 Dian Darrah Term expires 1999 1 Peter Fenton Term expires 1999 Robert Stewart Term expires 2000 H. Bliss Dayton Term expires 2000 Jeffrey Russell Term expires 2001 Scholarship Committee Judith Marshall Term expires 1999 Cindy Fitton Term expires 2000 Beth Rodd Term expires 2001 Planning Board Edythe Craig Term expires 1999 Jonathan Perry Teele Term expires 2000 Thomas Riley Term expires 2000 Dick Vitale Selectmen's Rep George Morse, Jr. Alternate Roger Herman Alternate Gary Wall Term expires 1999 Scott Kent Term expires 2001 Marcia Keller Term expires 2001 Zoning Board ofAdjustment Jim Monahan Term expires 2001 Erin DiBello Term expires 1999 Lynn Tracy Alternate Everett Kittredge Term expires 2000 Mildred I. Kittredge Term expires 2000 Lester Gordon Term expires 200 Cemetery Commission Mildred Kittredge Term expires 2001 Hazel Morse Term expires 1999 Doris Tremblay Term expires 2000 APPOINTED BY SELECTMEN Road Agent Arnold Anderson Administrative Assistant Cheryl Behr Deputy Town Clerk/Tax Collector Marilyn Gordon Deputy Treasurer Yvonne McCormick Overseer ofPublic Welfare Elizabeth Bouley Health Officer Dr. Carey Rodd Police Department Full time officers Part time officers John E. Sims, Jr.-Chief Shawn Spooner - Sr. Patrolman Robert Varley-Sr. Patrolman Norman Hobbs - resigned — Kristopher Dupuis resigned John Roberts - part time Christopher Lemay - resigned Greg Martakos - part time Bertrand Spooner - part time Secretary French's Park Pennie Spooner Judy Magee Debbie Blaisdell -resigned Crossing Guard LesterGordon Animal Control Officer Cindy Fitton- resigned Transfer Station Ken Anderson, Manager Harold Heselton, Asst. Civil Defense Coordinator Alan McCartney Inspectors ofthe Checklist Amy Blitzer-resigned Sandra Wadlington Sophie Burke MatildaWheeler-resigned Perley Strout John Robie Michelle Meany John Blitzer-resigned Conservation Commission Ann Eldridge, Co-Chair J.Perry Teele Charlie Betz, Co-chair Matilda Wheeler-honorary member Richard Whall, Treasurer Eugene Schmidt-honorary member Mary Hopwood -associate Phyllis Whall-associate Jane Lucas-associate John Robie Doris Tremblay-associate Brooks McCandlish Amy Blitzer Meg Fearnly Brown Memorial Library Appointed by the Library Trustees Margaret Ainslie, Librarian ElsaWeir, Assistant Librarian Francis Page, Library Page Barbara McCartney, Sub Librarian Jean Kennedy, Sub Librarian Custodian ofthe Town Hall Richard Moore Kathleen Whitcher Forest Fire Warden Building Code Administrator Steve Hansen Charles I. Meany III Fire Department Officers elected within the Department Mark Goldberg, Chief Ralph Carroll, First Dep Chief Robert Raymond, Sec. Dep Chief Alan Brown, Captain James Raymond, Lieutenant Steven Hanson, Lieutenant Preston Starr, Lieutenant Christopher Frey, Treasurer Political Committee Bernard Lamach, Republican John Robie and James Monahan Democrat Revolving Loan Committee Deb Lamach- Secretary Diane Gadoury - Chair George Morse Lester Gordon