Town annual report of Rutland 1900-13, Part 41

Author: Rutland, Mass.
Publication date: 1900
Publisher: The Town
Number of Pages: 970


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George N. Jenkins


189 00


Weston R. Uphamn


241 50


Mrs. Julia Davis


173 80


George H. Rice


116 00


Deller Laton


51 00


$1595 65


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SUPERVISION


Charles L. Randall, Superintendent


$414 52


Louis M. Hanff, School Committee 22 00


William C. Temple, School Committee


10 00


George S. Putnam, School Census and Truant Officer 20 00


$466 52


BOOKS AND SUPPLIES


J. L. Hammett & Co.


145 45


E. E. Babb & Co.


129 29


Knott Apparatus Co.


33 78


Ginn & Co.


31 12


American Book Co.


15 80


D. C. Heath & Co.


19 28


Rand, McNalley Co.


4 40


$359 12


FUEL


Center Building fuel and two-thirds Public


Building Sundries


$415 90


North Rutland, Julia Davis, wood


13 75


North Rutland, A. E. Codding, wood


4 75


West Rutland, Joseph E. Ware


18 00


$452 40


JANITORS


George H. Miles, Center Schools


$226 66


Francis Ware, West Rutland


16 50


Mrs. Julia Davis, North Rutland


16 50


$259 66


REPAIRS


American Seating Co., castings and chairs, etc. $13 00


Howard Davis, labor on desks and chairs 5 50


Clarence Prescott, labor on desks and chairs


2 85


$21 35


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SUNDRIES


E. H. Tripp, printing reports, etc $10 00


Edward E. Frank, clock 5 00


Charles L. Randall, office supplies, postage, etc. 11 48


L. M. Hanff, postage, express, expense to Hlolden 6 50


William C. Temple, expense to Holden 3 00


Rutland Grocery Co., supplies W. R. school 45


Julia Davis, cleaning, setting glass and broom, North Rutland 1 95


Henry W. Calkins, cartage from depot 1 26


Freight and express on supplies 1 72


J. S. Spaulding, cleaning clock 35


$71 41


STATE SCHOOL FUND


Received from State Treasurer $1057 10


Transferred to general account for school bills 1057 10


SCHOOL CENSUS


Mr. George S. Putnam was appointed enumerator, and reported as follows :


Number of boys between the ages of 5 and 15 86


Number of girls between the ages of 5 and 15 68


154


Number of boys between the ages of 7 and 14 66


Number of girls between the ages of 7 and 14 52


118


CALENDAR-1912-13


SPRING TFRM-April to 1 to June 21, inclusive. High School to


June 28, inclusive, 12 and 13 weeks.


FALL TERM-Sept. 3 to Nov. 22, 12 weeks.


WINTER TERM-Dec. 2 to Dec 20, 3 weeks. Dec. 30 to Feb. 14, inclusive for grades, 7 weeks, and to March 22 inclu- sive for High School. Making 40 weeks for High School and 34 for grades.


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The addition to the public building was completed and an addi- tional teacher procured commencing with the Fall Term. While the expense of maintenance will be some more than in the past, good results are already evident.


The reducing of the number of scholars in the other rooms has added to the efficiency of all the teachers, and we are sure that the investment in a new room will prove of great benefit to our schools.


Respectfully submitted,


WILLIAM C. TEMPLE, - GEORGE N. LAPHAM, School LOUIS M. HANFF, Co mmitte


Rutland, March 1, 1912.


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REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS


Holden, Mass., March 11, 1912


TO THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE OF RUTLAND,


GENTLEMEN :


The past year has been one of progress in a very important matter in your schools, I refer to the change in the school building of which I will speak later. Your schools now throughout the town are in ex- cellent condition, your teachers are without exception, doing well.


There are however, some steps yet to be taken, though none so important as the one accomplished this year.


The length of the common school year should be increased to thirty-six weeks instead of thirty-four. There are but few towns in the State which have less than thirty-six weeks. Not only would the lengthening of the school year bring more benefit to your chil - dren, but it would serve as a promotion to the teachers, since it would increase their yearly salary, thus giving a better opportunity to retain worthy teachers, a thing which is most important to do.


The additional expense of this action would be $64 per week for teachers' salaries, there would also be the transportation charges, a small sum could be deducted from this amount as there are several tuition pupils in town who would of course pay tuition for the additional time.


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The other matter is the teaching of music in the public schools. The town of Paxton this year employed a music teacher with great profit to the children. Rutlaud pupils should have opportunity to secure that which each of her neighbors now consider an important part of a child's education. Don't you wish your children to learn music ? They cannot at the present time do so except at school. I could arrange to have very satisfactory work done here for $2.50 per week. Can you invest $85 per year to better advantage. I would estimate the expense of music books as $30 for the first year.


NEW ROOM. The change in the school building previously alluded to has enabled us to open an extra school, thereby relieving the strain on the teachers caused by overwork and the care of too many pupils. Several teachers have failed in the grammar room during the past three years simply because the burden was too great for their health. For several years an assistant has been secured, thus making the same number of teachers that we have to-day, but not being able to work to advantage the desired results were not obtained and the town did not receive adequate return for its money. Since moving into the new room in November you have had all your schools in excellent condi- tion with pupils and teachers doing creditable work. The venture has proved a marked success.


LABORATORY. You will remember by glancing at last year's report, pages 49 and 53, that a small part of the plans for better school ac- commodation last year included fitting up a section of the basement for a laboratory for high school classes.


A corner of the basement of the new part, is well lighted, with a good concrete floor, a table could be placed there, the water pipes extended but a few feet, shelves placed on the wall to hold the chemical supplies, and the effliency of the teacher of physics and chemistry would be increased 50%. I think the necessary work could be done for twenty-five dollars. I recommend that some such plan as I have outlined be carried into effect during the spring vacation.


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NINTH GRADE. For years there has been no pupils of the ninth grade at the West Rutland school, the parents of their own accord sending such pupils as had completed the eighth grade to the center to enter the ninth grade, or high school preparatory class, with the other pupils of the town. This plan of the parents has been a wise one, the pupils are better prepared to enter the high school after a year spent with a large class, and furthermore no teacher should be obliged to teach more than the eight grades.


I advise that the maintaining of the ninth grade in the two districts be abolished and that all ninth grade pupils from these districts be brought to the center. I would allow a small transportation fee per day to each of such pupils.


POTATO CLUB. In May of last year under the direction of Prof. Hart of the State College, I formed a Boys' and Girls' Potato Club. Sixty-six children took part in this contest and showed great interest in the planting and culture of their potatoes as well as in the exhibit which was held under the auspices of the local grange.


I would like to see this work of the pupils in home gardening pros- per, and believe that it is worthy of encouragement from every patron and lover of husbandry.


BLACKBOARDS. The blackboards at both of the district schools are in very poor condition. I think it would be advisable to place new slate boards in the front of the rooms at both buildings, the best slate costs twenty cents per square foot.


STATISTICS. I notice from the table of statistics that the per cent. of attendance is a little higher than last year. Parents should make every effort to have the children in school all the time when their health will permit. There are almost no cases of truancy, but there have been several cases in which we have had to ask the assistance of the truant officer to oblige parents to keep their children in school.


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RECOMMENDATION. I advise and recommend the fittings up of a laboratory for the high school at once, the purchase of one slate board for each district school, during the summer, the lengthening of the school year one or two weeks and the securing of a teacher of music. The two latter recommendations to go into effect whenever the town sees the wisdom of them and makes the necessary appropriation.


VACCINATION. Let me again call the attention of parents and guardians to the vaccination law. No children should be sent to school who have not been vaccinated.


In closing I wish to call your attention to the report of the high school principal which follows.


I wish also to express my appreciation for the loyal co-operation of the teachers and the support you have always given me.


Respectfully submitted,


CHARLES L. RANDALL, Superintendent


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REPORT OF HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL


TO THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS,


DEAR SIR :


In this my third annual report I find myself obliged to repeat much of what I have said before. While the school as a whole has continued to maintain the studious and ambitious atmos- phere there is room for improvement in one or two cases.


The class which graduated last June fully equalled the pro- phecies which had been made for it, and the members who sought admission to higher institutions succeeded without ex- ception in their efforts. Their success was a credit to them and to the school and showed that the Rutland High School has reached a higher standard.


The second year of the uniform course of study has shown the advantages of this course from the start. Because of it we were able to take up the work last fall knowing just what we were each to do and thereby the loss of time was eliminated. The classes which had been in school the preceeding year had signified their intentions of taking certain courses this year, and this with the fact that there was no change of teachers made it possible for us to make this year a continuation of last year. The school was in such good running order that the


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change of assistants early in January made little if any change in the progress. All the classes continued as before the change fully appreciating the good qualities of their new teacher and doing what they could to help her get acquainted with her duties.


During the first few weeks of the fall we were somewhat hadicapped by the work on the new addition to the building, but with its completion and the increased accommodations our pre- vious inconvenience was forgotten, although the original plans included a science laboratory in the basement that has not yet been completed. However as we all realize the necessity of such an addition to the equipment we hope that the near future will see it accomplished.


Once more I find myself compelled to repeat that not a parent of a high school pupil, other than school officials, has visited the school. This can no doubt be explained in various and good ways, but I am sure it is not through lack of interest. If the parents however realized that an occasional visit would be a stimulus to the efforts of their children I am certain they would make an effort to see what they are doing. By my monthly reports of serious deficiencies I have attempted to keep the pa- rents informed, but even these can not take the place of a first hand knowledge.


It is a source of satisfaction that the tone of the school con- tinues to be so good. Each class has taken a step forward and shows an earnest desire and ambition to equal if not excel the accomplishments of its predecessor. The new pupils have fallen readily into the routine of the school and have on the whole shown an earnestness which points to future success.


The attendance in the high school as well as in the grades has not been as good as it should be especially during this winter term, but this no doubt can be explained in a large measure by


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the weather conditions. The averages for the school have been greatly decreased also by the failure of some of the parents to send notice that their children had left. This has made it necessary for them to be marked absent for a number of days before their names were definitely removed from the register.


Our successes of last year in athletics have been repeated and excelled this year though with a measure of misfortune. The chief aim of high school athletics however, namely to teach a spirit of true sportmanship, has been realized and even the un- fortunate experiences which we have had have taught a lesson by showing clearly what should not be. The spring will we hope furnish an opportunity for renewed efforts both in track athletics and baseball. The small number of boys however makes it difficult to organize a baseball team without drawing on the grades, in which case it would of course not be a high school team.


The school has then completed another successful year and there is every reason to believe the present progress will con- tinue. We hope that we may continue to have the support and co-operation of the parents and we urge that with the coming of better weather many parents may find it possible to visit the school in session and thus see what progress their children are making when compared with other members of the school.


Respectfully submitted,


EDWARD H. LEONARD, Principal


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ROLL OF HONOR


THREE TERMS


Bertha Davis, Dorice Moulton


Two TERMS


Ruth Forbush. Frederic Holbrook, Frank Maynard, Bernice Put- nam, George Putnam, Hazel Taylor, Inez Taylor, Arthur Hammond, Albina Celle, James Scott, Ruth Adamson, Leonard Cullen, Helen Welch, Bernard Jenkins, Lloyd Viner, Joseph Deangelis, Walter Dame, Oliver Davis, Veronica Deangelis, George Campbell, Eva Hatstat, Ruth Davis, Joseph Bowen.


ONE TERM


Fannie Miles, Avery Putnam, Clara Robinson, Ethel Dickson, Mildred Prouty, Ruth Swanson, Frank Brooks, Margaret Cullen, Marian Welch, Clifford Gray, Albert Cullen, Raymond Gleason, Rufus Putnam, James Scott, Elizabeth Wheeler, Mary Lyons, Joseph Scott, Margaret Welch, Ruth Lyman, James Martin, Walter Putnam, Chamberlain Williams, Joseph Powe, Freeland Dingly, Bertha Eccleston, Tynne Saiple, Douglas Viner, Florence Wheeler, John Deangelis, Walter Burke, Mark Burke, Evelyn Ware, Pearl Booth, Raymond Dame, Lila Strong, Genevieve Davis, Mary Bacon, Willie Griffin, Albert Hill, Ruth Allen, Alice Hatstat, Charles Hatstat, Edith Handy, Warren Hatstat.


TABLE OF STATISTICS


SCHOOL


TEACHER


PREPARATION


Number of weeks


service in year


Total


Enrollment


Present .


Enrollment


Average


Membership


Average


Attendance


Per cent. of


Attendance


Number of Pupils


7 to 14


HIGH


Edward H. Leonard Mary L. Harwood Lillian Symonds


Dartmouth* Smith* Wellesley*


40


40 | 36 38.8 37.7 97.1


31


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GRAMMAR


Marguerite Coydevant| Boston University*


34 | 27 | 26 |26.2 |24.1 | 92. | 16


SUB GRAMMAR


Eva S. Allen


Cushing Academy*


34


27


27


26


25.


96.


25


INTERMEDIATE | Helen G. Moran


Worcester Normal*


23


| 37 |35 |36 |32.4 | 90. |37


PRIMARY


Bessie H. Bartlett


Wheelock Kindergarten*


34


38 | 33 | 35 | 31


87.


20


WEST


Helen G. Moran


Worcester Normal*


11


21


17


17.5 16.5 92.3


16


NORTH


| Katharine S. McGrath | Worcester Normal*


34 | 34 | 26 |28.4 |25.8 | 91


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NOTES.


*Indicates Graduates.


Figures based on Records since September.


.


High


Grammar


Sub Grammar


Intermediate


Primary


West


North


Number of Boys


16


16


17


18


18


15


15


Number of Girls


24


II


. 10


19


20


16


19


1


Agnes Gilway .


Worcester Normal*


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REPORTS


OF THE


OFFICERS


OF THE TOWN OF


RUTLAND


FOR THE


Year Ending March 1, 1913


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ANNUAL REPORTS


OF THE


TOWN OFFICERS


OF THE


TOWN OF RUTLAND


FOR THE


Year Ending March 1, 1913


IDED FEB. 23, 17/3


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WORCESTER :


PRINTED BY EDWARD H. TRIPP 377 MAIN STREET


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TOWN OFFICERS


For the Year Ending March 1, 1913


LOUIS N. HANFF


WILLIAM C. TEMPLE J. WARREN MOULTON THOMAS P. O'HERRON


Term expires 1915


DENNIS A. SMITH JOSEPH E. WARE GEORGE H. MILES


Term expires 1914 Term expires 1913 Term expires 1915


OVERSEERS OF POOR


Term expires 1913 Term expires 1915 Term expires 1914


TREASURER, H. EDWARD WHEELER COLLECTOR, CHARLES J. CAMPBELL


WATER COMMISSIONERS


EDWARD VINER GEORGE H. MIIES D. J. FITZGERALD


Te.Im expires 1915 Term expires 1913 Term expires 1914


GEORGE N. LAPHAM LOUIS M. HANFF WILLIAM C. TEMPLE


Term expires 1914 Term expires 1913 Term expires 1915


BOARD OF HEALTH


WILLIAM E. CHAMBERLAIN JOSEPH W. O'CONNOR WALTER A. WHEELER


Term expires 1913 Term expires 1914 Term expires 4915


LIBRARY TRUSTEES


WILLIAM C. TEMPLE


MRS. MARY E. CONVERSE


MRS. SADIE P. MORRIS


Term expires 1913 Term expires 1914 Term expires 1915


HIGHWAY SURVEYOR, FRANK D. FORBUSH AUDITOR, CLIFFORD J. GRAY TREE WARDEN, FRANK D. FORBUSH


CONSTABLES EDWARD C. ALLEN* MATTHEW J. CULLEN HOWARD S. DAVIS HOMER P. LOVERIN MICHAEL H. SCOTT *Did not qualify


TOWN CLERK


Term expires 1913


SELECTMEN


Term expires 1914 Term expires 1913


ASSESSORS


JOHN W. MUNROE JOSEPH E. WARE LOUIS M. HANFF


SCHOOL COMMITTEE


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OFFICERS APPOINTED BY THE SELECTMEN


MEASURERS OF WOOD AND BARK AND SURVEYORS OF LUMBER


JOSEPH E. WARE


MILES E. GRIFFIN ARTHUR E. CODDING


FIELD DRIVERS


JOSEPH E. WARE


HOMER B. LOVERIN HORACE E. SMITH


POUND KEEPER JOHN H. GRIFFIN


CATTLE INSPECTOR, CLINTON B. SCOTT


MEAT AND PROVISION INSPECTOR, CLINTON B. SCOTT


SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES, LOUIS M. HANFF


FENCE VIEWERS GEORGE M. TAYLOR


WESTON R. UPTON MATTHEW DELHANTY


SOLDIERS' BURIAL AGENT, ROLAND C. PRESCOTT


DOG OFFICER, DENNIS A. SMITH


MOTH INSPECTOR, H. EDWARD WHEELER


SPECIAL POLICE


GEORGE H. MILES WALTER C. BROWN GEORGE C. ERSKINE


DENNIS A. SMITH JOHN W. McGANN FRED J. TUCKER


WILLARD J. TURNER


PUBLIC WEIGHERS


WALTER C. BROWN JOHN W. McGANN


DEXTER MARSH


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WARRANT


FOR


Town Meeting, March 31, 1913


COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS


To EITHER of the Constables of the Town of Rutland in the County of Worcester.


Worcester, ss.


Greeting :


In the uame of the Commonwealth of Massachu- setts, you are directed to notify the inhabitants of the town of Rutland, qualified to vote in elections and in town affairs, to meet in the town hall in said Rutland, on the thirty-first day of March inst., at nine o'clock in the forenoon, then and there to act on the following articles :


ARTICLE 1 To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting.


ART. 2 To hear the annual reports of the town officers, and act thereon.


ART. 3 To bring in and deposit their ballots for a Town Clerk, for three years, for one Selectman for three years, for one Assessor for three years, for one Overseer of Poor for three years, for a Treasurer for one year, for a Collector of Taxes for one year, for one Water Commissioner for three years, for one Water Commissioner for two years, tofill vacancy, for one


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School Committee for three years, for one member of Board of Health for three years, for one member of Board of Health for one year, to fill vacancy, for one Library Trustee for three years, for Highway Sur- veyor for one year, for Auditor for one year, for a Tree Warden for one year, for five Constables for one year, and to vote " Yes" or "No" on the question " Shall license be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this town ?"


All the above to be voted for on one ballot, each to specify the person to be voted for by placing a cross (X) after his name.


The polls will be open at ten o'clock A. M., and may close at two o'clock P. M.


ART. 4 To choose all necessary town officers and committees.


ART. 5 To see what interest shall be paid on taxes not paid in a specified time.


ART. 6 To see if the town will authorize the Treasurer to borrow money for the use of the town, in anticipation of taxes, under the approval of the Selectmen.


ART. 7 To see what sums of money the town will raise and appropriate for the support of the public schools, for repairs on highways and bridges, for sup- port of poor, for salaries of town officers, for use on


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Memorial Day, for contingent expenses, for paying debts, and interest, for employment of school physician, for use of public library, for the enforcement of the liquor laws, for Soldier's relief.


ART. 8 To see if the town will vote to make an appropriation to the water department on account of hydrant service, and for replacing of water mains.


ART. 9 To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate money for maintenance of street lights.


ART. 10 To see if the town will vote to appro- priate money to pay the corporate surety on the bonds of its bonded officials, as provided by Acts of 1897, or act anything thereon.


ART. 11 To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate money for repairs on the public buildings.


ART. 12 To determine the compensation of the Collector of Taxes and Treasurer.


ART. 13 To see if the town will vote to appro- priate money to pay for expenses at fires and forest fires.


ART. 14 To see if the town will vote to appro- priate any unexpended balances of appropriations there may be, the coming year, also any unappropriated money received by the treasurer.


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ART. 15 To see if the town will vote to appro- priate money to pay for work done in exterminating the gypsy and brown tail moths.


ART. 16 To see if the town will vote to bear the whole expense of destroying the gypsy and brown tail moths on private property.


ART. 17 To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to pay for poles and wire for electric lights from West Rutland school house to the railroad station at West Rutland.


ART. 18 To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to build a sidewalk from West Rutland Village to West Rutland railroad station.


ART. 19 To see if the town will vote to purchase town scales, and raise and appropriate money for the ame.


ART. 20 To see if the town will vote to appro- priate money for a drain to the watering tubs.


ART. 21 To see if the town will vote to authorize the Water Commissioners to extend the cast iron water mains through Edson Avenue, and make an appropria- tion therefor.


ART. 22 To see if the town will vote to authorize the Water Commissioners to put in a hydrant on Maple Avenue near the residence of William White.


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ART. 23 To see if the town will vote to appro- priate a sum of money to be expended on the old burying ground.


ART. 24 To see if the town will vote to raise the amount appropriated at a previous meeting, for the improvement of the road through the center of the town.


ART. 25 To see if the town will authorize the Selectmen to make a contract with the State Highway Commissioners for the construction or improvement of the road through the center of the town.


ART. 26 To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to light its streets with electricity, or take any action thereto.


ART. 27 To see what action the town will take relative to the payment of certain bills presented to the Board of Health for the board and care of certain patients in the State Sanatoriums, and raise and appro- priate a sum of money therefor.


ART. 28 To see if the town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to defend the town in any suits that may be brought against the town.


ART. 29 To see if the town will raise and appro- prtate the sum of $400 to extend the present sidewalk on Maple Avenue northward to the junction of Main Street and southward to Prescott Avenue.


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ART. 30 To see if the town will vote to appropriate a sum of money to pay a portion of the expense of install- ing an Asbestos Curtain in the town hall.


ART. 31 To see if the town will vote to continue the Electric Road Committe, or take any action thereon.


ART. 32 To see if the town will vote raise and appropriate the sum of $500, or any part thereof, to be used in paying the expense of celebrating the two hun- dredth anniversary of the founding the town.


ART. 33 To see if the town will make an appro- priation to fix the gutters on Main Street, so as to prevent the surface water flowing onto the premises of George H. Miles, or take any action thereon.


And you are directed to serve this warrant, by posting up attested copies thereof agreeable to vote of the town. One at each post-office, one at store at North Rutland and one at the public building in said town, seven days at least before the time of holding said meeting.


Hereof, fail not and make due return of this war- rant, with your doings thereou to the Town Clerk at the time and place of meeting aforesaid.


Given under our hands this ninth day of March, in the year of our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and thirteen.


WILLIAM C. TEMPLE, Selectmen


J. WARREN MOULTON, of


THOMAS P. O'HERRON,


Rutland.


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TOWN CLERK'S REPORT


BIRTHS


The following Births, Marriages and Deaths were recorded for the year 1912:


NAMES


PARENTS DATE


1912


Julia


Stephen and Anna (Mickalak) Rusek


June 5


Lena Louise Howard and Effie (Hodges) George


June 17


In Natick


Charles F. Timothy J. and Julia A. (Ronan) Dennehy Aug. 3 In Worcester Aug. 5


Flora Maria Frank B. and Elizabeth M. (Shaughessy) Bacon


In Worcester


George Randolph George C. and Iva L. (McArdle) Erskine


Nov. 11 In Boston




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