HomeMy WebLinkAbout2015 Historian March Newsletter historian article Sue ThompsonOdds and Ends of Documents in the Enfield Town Files.
Sue Thompson, Enfield Town Historian
In our town hall, there is a folder called “List of Names of Persons Employed by Town Superintendent”. Among the many documents is a list of employees from 1910: Frank Lanning, Town
Highway Superintendent, hired the following people: Ambrose Babcock, Glen Babcock, Fred Bowers, William Davis, Ben Fish, Edwin Ford, Floyd Havens, A.D. Hollenbeck, Silas Hubbell, Monroe
Lanning, Arthur Loveless, Lewis Loveless, Bert Tucker, Fred Wright, Jesse Wright. They were listed as Teamster or Laborer and were paid starting at 88 cents per hour down to 16 cents
per hour. In 1923, Frank O. Rothermich, Town Highway Superintendent, hired the following people: H. Bullard, W.F. Knapp, Walter Knapp, Nick Lange, C. Leonard, E. Owens, Herbert Palmer,
C. Richards, Bert Truax, M. Truax, Fred Wright. They were listed as Teamster, Laborer, Engineer, Truck Driver. They were paid anywhere starting at 90 cents per hour to 40 cents per
hour. By the 1950’s the town had cut its employment down to 4 or 5 people it varied.On November 25, 1911 the Town Board authorized Hiram Rockwell, Enfield Highway Superintendent, to
build a shed to house town highway equipment. This was built on the “Ferguson lot” recently purchased by the town (across from the current Town Hall). In 1930 another Town Barn to
store highway equipment was built on that same property.In a book called “Oath of Office Register” varying in dates from the 1930’s to 1950’s. Officials of the Town were “dutifully”
sworn in and signed this book for offices in 1930: Town Welfare Commissioner – Charles F. Teeter; Deputy Town Clerk– Elizabeth Bailey; Constable – J.G. Jones. (Note- some of these documents
were “pinned” to the pages of the book – no paper clips here!). 1932 – Attendance Officer – Leslie Hine; Dog Enumerator – Leroy Whitaker;