Town annual report of Rutland 1924-32, Part 22

Author: Rutland, Mass.
Publication date: 1924
Publisher: The Town
Number of Pages: 1234


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F. A. Smith & Son, Insurance Rebate. .


14 51


Check Cancelled, Returned to Account 04


G. H. Willis, Sale Scraper Parts


10 00


Victor Boquist, Sale Tool Shed 10 00


Earl C. Griffin, Glass. 2 50


Earl C. Griffin, Table Paper


1 60


Earl C. Griffin, Use of Telephone . .


10


Travelers' Insurance Co., Traffic Light Damage 63 00


946 72


Total Receipts


$152342 00


Cash on hand Jan. 1, 1929. .


3589 57


$155931 57


EXPENDITURES


Selectmen's Orders


$142773 18


63


Comm. of Mass. Auditing Accounts .. . 119 81


Comm. of Mass. State Tax .. 1870 00


Comm. of Mass. State Highway Repairs 918 90


Comm. of Mass. Snow Removal ... . ... 457 92


Comm. of Mass. Penalty, Poor Dept ... 1 00


County Tax


2189 00


Total Expenditures


$148329 81


Cash on hand Dec. 31, 1929.


7601 76


$155931 57


TRUST FUNDS HELD BY TREASURER


Horace King Fund, Rutland Public Library .... . $305 00


David Putnam Fund, Rutland Public Library .... $100 00


Rufus Houghton Fund, Rural Cemetery Corp ..... $100 00


Respectfully submitted,


FRANK J. BROOKS, Treasurer.


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Report of the Tax Collector


1926 TAXES


Cash on hand Jan. 1, 1929


$411 60


Paid Treasurer


411 60


1927 TAXES


Uncollected Jan. 1, 1929


$9020 91


Cash on hand .


0 10


Interest Collected


916 86


$9937 87


Paid Treasurer


$9079 40


Abatements


270 14


Tax Title


58 71


Cash on hand


529 62


$9937 87


1928 TAXES


Uncollected Jan. 1, 1929


$20,065 74


Cash on hand


. 471 94


Interest Collected


426 68


--- $20,964 36


Paid Treasurer $12,052 88


Abatements


7 62


Cash on hand


72 45


Tax Title


49 48


Uncollected


8781 93


$20,964 36


66


WATER ACCOUNT


1926


Amount uncollected, Jan. 1, 1929


$61 70


Collected 00 00


Uncollected $61 70


1927


Uncollected Jan. 1, 1929


$420 38


Interest collected 37 19


$457 57


Paid Treasurer


$306 19


Cash on hand


70 20


Uncollected


81 18°


$457 57


1928


Uncollected Jan. 1, 1929


$2095 72


Cash on hand Jan. 1, 1929


95 60


Interest collected 48 31


$2239 63


Paid Treasurer


$1219 37.


Abated


75 08


Cash on hand


632 88


Uncollected


312 30


$2239 63


Respectfully submitted,


CHARLES J. CAMPBELL,


Collector.


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1929 TAXES


Total Commitment $39,661 36


Overpayment


28 16


$39,689 52


Paid Treasurer $24,755 25


Uncollected


14,934 27


$39,689 52


1929 Excise Tax


Total Commitment


$9075 23


Payments made before abatement


49 34


$9124 57


Overpayment


246 53


$9371 10


Paid Treasurer


$5102 61


Abatements


503 15


Uncollected


3765 34


$9371 10


1929 INTEREST


Paid to Treasurer


$58 81


Collected


38 16


Overpayment


$20 65


1929 WATER


Water Commitment


$3851 74


Interest collected


1 21


$3852 95


68


Paid to Treasurer


$643 75


Balance on hand


211 13


Abated


7 44


Outstanding


2990 63


$3852 95.


Respectfully submitted


CLARENCE L. OLIVER,


Collector.


69


Report of the Librarian


On hand Jan. 1, 1929


$6 90


Received from fines and cards


33 38


Received for magazines


33 00


$73 28


Circulation


6,262


Books added


135


Books bought


10€


Books given


35


Books have been given by the Division of Public. Librari ies, Miss Sarah Bartlett, Mrs. Mary Converse and Mrs. Warren P. Bates.


Magazines have been given by the Division of Public Libraries and the American Humane Society.


Money for magazines was given by the Home Relief Society, the Fire Department, the Eastern Star, the Woman's Union and the Grange.


BOOKS ADDED DURING 1929


David Strange


White


May Dust


Hauck


Grey Mask


Wentworth


Sentinel of the Desert


Gregory


My Dear


Edington


The Dimmest Dream


1 Culver


70


Joy Ride The Crippled Lady of Perilonka Early Days in Ohio Mambas Daughters Chrysalis


The Village Doctor


Miss Nobody from Nowhere


The Flight of the Southern Cross Country Auction


Around the world


Wings of Destiny


A Maid and her money


A Challenge of the Bush


Mystery of the Spanish Hacienda


Help yourself to happiness


Red Silence


Mystery Reef


White oaks of Jalna


Roper's Row


Splendor of God


The Happy Parrott


Flower Songs


Fool Errant


Rodeo


The Shores of Adventure


Flame of the Desert


Accident


The Buffer


The Secret of Sea Dream House


The Treasure house of Martin Hews A lantern in her hand


Romances of Matilda Jim the Conqueror


The Ladder of folly Cradle of the deep Blair's Attic


Ruck Curwood Emerson Heyward Humphrey Smith Jordon Kingford & Smith Rawson Weston Weston Fletcher


Cooper Gregory Adams Norris Bindloss De La Roche Deeping Morrow Chambers Willis Wentworth Bower McNeil Ames Bennett Rice Terhune Oppenheim Aldrich Beal Kyne Hine Lowell Lincoln


71


The Listening Post Young Mrs. Greeley Fish preferred Gramma Godden Ginger & Speed


Left in trust


Storm House


The Frontiersman


Salad Days


Sleeping Dogs


The Tapestry Room Murder


The Seven Dials Mystery The Swallowforks Bulls


Anyone can bake.


Silver ribbons


The Black Camel


Dynasty


Parmenter Biggers Kelland


Vital records of Taunton, vol. II.


Plymouth Colony


The Beloved Prodigal


Joan Kennedy


Tune in the tree


Brigham Dorrance Channon White


Duskin


Hill


America Triumphant


Gold Star Record


The Raider


The Fifth Latchkey


Wings of Healing


The Tiger of Cullum River


This Strange Adventure


The Devil and Deep Sea


Dark Hester


Once Again


Gold and the Mounted


Maree-Maria


With Malice toward none


Richmond Rath Wodehouse Smith Hueston Tompkins Norris Bindloss Benson Wells Wells Christie Bower


Cheatham Putnam Seltzer Lincoln Martin Hood Rinehart Jordan Sedgwick Rath Hendryx Kerr Morrow


72


The Philippine Islands, vol I The Philippine Islands, vol. II


The Dagger


The Secret of Mohawk Pond


Redwood and Gold


The Crouching Beast


The Masked Rider


The Skys the Limit


Kangaroo Land


From Bangkok to Bombay


Vital records of Brookline.


Vital records of Georgetown.


Vital records of Taunton, vol. I


Rhinestones


Galatea


The Woman who couldn't die


Texas Man


Partners in Crime


The Bladed Barrier


The Mating of Doris Dinsmore


Sky High


The Wagon and the star


The Singing Gold


A Wild Bird


The Fourth Finger


Young Blood


Wynne Lincoln Gregory Williams Birney Rath Harris


Carpenter


Widdemer Larimine Stringer Raine Christie Ames Bennett Hodgin Larrimore Cottrell Diver Wynne Lynde


JUVENILE BOOKS


The Farm Twins


The Search for the lost Mail Plane


Game Legs


Strangeland bird life


American boy adventure stories


The Pancake Brownies


The Magic House


Forbes


Forbes


Perkins Theiss Bartlett Snell


Ellis Byington Buttler


73


Doll Land stories


Meredith's Ann


The Flag of our Hearts


Byinton Gray Major Shinn


Easy drawing primer


Busy little birds


Denton


The Party Twins


Smith


King of the Golden River


Ruskin


Real Nature Stories


Denton


Alice's Adventures in Wonderland


Carroll


Inspiring lives of sixty famous men


Ahlers


Siberian Gold


The Strange Inventor


Harper Hyde Lustig


Roses of the Winds


Playtime around the world


Funk


A Girl of the Forest


Hardy


The jolly little clown


Pease


Story Manor


Eliot


Marty Lu


Donahey


The Wonderful Locomotive


Meigs


Three boy scouts in Africa


Patri


Noisy Nora


Lofting


Hunt holds the centre


Barbour


The Icicle melts


Waite


Dorothy Dainty's Holiday


Brooks


Dorothy Dainty


Brooks


Drake's Lad


Holland


The Luck of Glenlom


Price


The Rigor of the Game


Pier


Bob Bartlett, Master Mariner


Green


The Crooked Appletree


Meigs


The Boy's Book of Coast Guards


Crump


John Martin's Big Book


Martin


In the Swiss Mountains


Spyri


A Yankee Girl at Wilderness


Curtis


Marise


Hauck


Little Maid of New Hampshire


Curtis


74


Prince of the Pale Mountains


The Lively Adventures of Johnny Ping Wing Myself when young a boy in Persia Mr. Hermit Crab Rhys Siebe


Kasperle's Adventures


My Whirligig Fair Book


Kyle Phillips Mirza


Stores from the bible De La Mare Morgan


75


Report of the Water Commissioners


We have made twelve new house connections during the past year, also renewed five, making a total of 173 con- nections.


There is an ever increasing number of the older con- nections to be renewed each year.


In accordance with a vote of the town a new stand- pipe has been constructed, doubling the storage capacity. A six-inch pipe has been laid in the west part of the town to the top of Barrack Hill with three hydrants. Also an extension on Phillips Road.


Financial report of the Department for the year end- ing December 31, is as follows :


Bills rendered State Sanatorium $3890 36


Bills rendered Veterans' Hospital 2678 75


Bills rendered Collector, June, 1929. 1849 81


Bills rendered Collector, Dec., 1929 ..


2001 93


$10420 85


EXPENDITURES


Frank E. Mathews, Supt.


$355 32


Frank E. Mathews, labor


21 00


Frank E. Mathews, gasoline


17 00


Frank E. Mathews, postage


1 00


Frank Carroll, Supt.


1243 74


Frank Carroll, postage and telephone ..


3 55


Gardner Electric Light Co.


2824 00


George Caldwell, supplies


94 68


76


Nellie I. Griffin, supplies 69 43


J. E. Cutter, lumber


12 11


M. Nihin


102 85


E. D. Marsh, coal


60 20


Tripp Press


6 00


T. Doyle


1 50


Central Machine Co.


6 55


Builders Iron Foundry


34 82


Coughlin Electric Co.


3 66


Warren & Bigelow Co. 8 75


Central Supply Co.


21 95


B. & M., freight


1 81


B. & M., pipe privilege


5 00


R. H. White Co.


95 05


Neptune Meter Co.


92 43


H. J. Stone, tapping main


86 16


R. D. Wood Co.


76 00


Eddy Valve Co.


20 88


Duncan Goodell Co.


2 70


Rutland Garage


7 50


Lincoln's Express


M. Mattson 18 00


Ludlow Valve Co.


6 52


Washburn Garfield Co.


107 75


J. Hubbard. labor


3 50


Union Water Meter Co.


86 91


Interest on Water Loans


670 00


$6181 02


SPECIAL STAND PIPE AND MEMORIAL STREET EXTENSION


Pittsburg Des Moines Steel Co. $6950 00


R. H. White Co.


4724 33


R. D. Wood Co. 2441 66


Eddy Valve Co. 336 35


12 20


77


Builders Iron Foundry 87 66


Lincoln's Express


1 25


Finan's Express


9 30


D. Frank Harrington


5 00


B. & M. R. R., freight


128 00


Washburn Garfield Co.


24 19


Union Water Meter Co.


26 89


E. D. Marsh, telephone


4 60


Rutland Garage


16 00


Elwood Adams


42 25


Thayer, Smith & Gaskell


15 00


$14812 48


PHILLIPS ROAD EXTENSION


M. Nihin, labor


$20 00


W. Winslow, labor 2 00


F. Smith, labor 20 00


M. Lloyd, labor


20 00


J. Hubbard, labor


12 00


M. Mattson, labor


2 00


A. Willis, labor


2 00


Rutland Garage, trucking


6 00


E. Marsh, trucking


6 00


E. C. Viner, sand


1 60


Eddy Valve Co.


31 39


H. J. Stone


25 43


Lincoln's Express


4 00


A. F. Wales, team


3 75


Washburn Garfield Co.


76 81


$232 98


Respectfuly submitted,


E. D. MARSH. E. C. VINER. JOHN COLLINS.


78


Report of the Park Commissioners TOWN OF RUTLAND, MASS. FOR THE YEAR OF 1929


During the year there has been expended thirty-five dollars for the erection of a sign at the entrance to the park, and forty- four dollars, sixty-three cents for cutting under-brush.


If sufficient funds are available it is proposed, during the coming year, to extend the road through the park.


Respectfully submitted,


FRANKLIN T. WOOD, R. M. LOUGHMAN, MARK A. PUTNAM, Park Commissioners.


79


Report of the Work Done on Rutland Roads Work Began January 1, 1929


1. East County Road :


Scraped, dragged, brush cut, gravel patched and oiled. 173 yds. of gravel and 3000 gals. of oil used. The con- struction work under Chapter 90 was continued this year, 3275 lin. ft. stone fill being built.


2. Pomagussett Road :


Scraped, dragged, brush cut, gravel patched and oiled, 316 yds. of gravel and 800 gals. of oil used.


3. Wachusett Road :


Scraped and dragged. Laid 370 ft. stone fill, 18 ft. wide and 8 in. deep, covered with 3 in. gravel. 61 yds. of gravel used.


4. Maple Avenue :


Scraped, dragged, brush cut and oiled. Graveled a strip of road 370 ft. long, 15 ft. wide and 6 in. in depth. 71 yds. of gravel and 2500 gals. of oil used.


5. Muschapauge Road :


Scraped and dragged.


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6. Central Tree Road :


Scraped, graveled, patched and oiled. 14 yds. of gravel and 1500 gals. of oil used.


7. Brintnal Drive :


Scraped, dragged, brush cut and gravel patched. 14 yds. of gravel used.


8. Glenwood Road :


Scraped, dragged, brush cut and oiled. Graveled a strip of road 630 ft. long, 12 ft. wide and 6 in. in depth. 93 yds. of gravel and 500 gals. of oil used.


9. Campbell Street :


Scraped, dragged, brush cut and gravel patched. 44 yds. of gravel used.


10. Busby Lane :


Scraped.


11. Halfrey Road :


Scraped.


12 Sassawana Road:


Scraped, dragged, brush cut and gravel patched. 43 vds. of gravel used.


13. Upper Intervale Road :


Scraped, dragged and gravel patched. 52 yds. of gravel used.


14. Middle Intervale Road :


Scraped, dragged, brush cut and gravel patched. 71 vds. gravel used.


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15. Overlook Street :


Scraped and gravel patched. Laid 1-12 in. Corr. iron pipe 24 ft. long and 1-14 in. Corr. iron pipe 26 ft. long. 30 yds. of gravel used.


16. Ridge Road :


Scraped and dragged.


17. Prescott Road :


Scraped, dragged, brush cut and gravel patched. 33 yds. of gravel used.


18. Hillside Road :


Scraped and brush cut. Laid 1-12 in. Corr. iron pipe 14 ft. long and 1-14 in. Corr. iron pipe 14 ft. long. Graveled 3 sections of road, one 315 ft. long, one 269 ft. long, and one 264 ft. long. Each section 10 ft. wide and 6 in. in depth. 153 yds. of gravel used.


19. Miles Street :


Scraped, gravel patched and oiled. 700 gals. of oil used.


20. Cloverdale Road :


Scraped.


21. Charnock Road:


Scraped, dragged and brush cut. Graveled a strip of road 630 ft. long, 12 ft. wide and 6 in. in depth. 170 yds. of gravel used.


22. Municipal Road :


Gravel patched and oiled. 11 yds. of gravel and 1000 gals. of oil used.


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23. Long Meadow Road :


Dragged and brush cut.


24. White Hall Road :


Scraped and brush cut. Extended 1-24 in. Corr. Iron pipe 10 ft. long.


25. Lake Avenue :


Scraped.


26. Pine Plain Road :


Scraped.


27. Lower Intervale Road :


Scraped, dragged and brush cut.


28. Bigelow Road :


Scraped and brush cut.


29. Overlook Court :


Scraped.


30. Princeton Road :


Scraped and brush cut.


31. Glenwood Place : Scraped.


32. Millbrook Road :


Scraped and gravel patched. 3 yds. of gravel used.


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33. Corp. Farm Place : Scraped.


34 Moulton Mill Road : Scraped. Brush cut.


35. Pomagussett Court : Scraped.


36. Campbell Court : Scraped.


37. Harris Lane :


Scraped.


38. Kenwood Drive :


Scraped and dragged. Laid 792 ft. stone fill, 16 ft. wide and 6 in. in depth covered with 4 in. gravel. 162 yds. of gravel used.


39. Walnut Street :


Scraped and dragged. Laid 528 ft. stone fill 14 ft. wide and 6 in. in depth, covered with 4 in. gravel. 137 yds. of gravel used.


40. Emerald Road :


Scraped, dragged and brush cut.


41. Irish Lane :


Scraped.


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42. Kenwood Place :


Scraped.


43. Ware Road :


Scraped. Graveled a strip of road 315 ft. long, 10 ft. wide and 6 in. in depth. 35 yds. of gravel used.


44. Turkey Hill Road :


Scraped, dragged and gravel patched. 21 yds. of gravel used.


45. Drury Lane :


Scraped.


46. Prospect Street :


Scraped and dragged. Laid 630 ft. of stone fill 16 ft. wide and 6 in. in depth, covered with 2 in. of gravel. 37 yds. of gravel used.


47. Barrack Hill Road :


Scraped. Laid 1-12 in. Corr. Iron pipe 26 ft. long.


48. Morris Watts Road :


Scraped.


49. Pleasant Dale Rd. No. 1: Scraped, dragged, brush cut and gravel patched. Laid 1-16-in. corr. iron pipe 241in. long. 62 yards of gravel used.


50. Pleasant Dale Rd. No. 2: Scraped and dragged. Gravelled two sections of road each 264 feet long, 12 feet wide and 6 inches in depth. 222 yds. of grovel used.


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51. Crawford Road: Scraped.


52. Causeway Road : Scraped.


53. East Hill Road : Scraped and dragged.


54. Oak Hill Avenue : Scraped and dragged.


55 Ruben Walker Road: Scraped and dragged.


56. Old Wood Road : Scraped.


57. Brigham Road: Scraped.


58. Edson Road: Scraped and gravel patched. 15 yards of gravel used.


59. Davis Street : Scraped.


SUMMARY


2005 yds. of gravel used. 10000 gals. of oil used.


64 ft. of 12-inch Corr. pipe laid.


40 ft. of 14-inch Corr. pipe laid.


24 ft. of 16-inch Corr. pipe laid.


10 ft. of 24-inch Corr. pipe laid.


2 Town Line Signs and posts set. Culverts, drains and waterways cleaned.


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TOOLS ON HAND IN TOWN OF RUTLAND December 1, 1929


Name


No.


Axes, Grub


5


Brooms, Push


1


Bars 1


Forks


5


Hammers, Car Stone


9


Handles, Pick


14


Hoes, Street


1


Lanterns


8


Russell Road Plow No. 2


1


Picks


10


Syracuse Rooter Plow


1


Rakes, Iron


6


Chap. 81 Drag


2


Champion Iron Drag


1


New Eng. Road Machine


1


Road Machines, Lit. Western


1


Road Machines, Austin Grader


1


Screens, Sand


2


Scythes, Brush


10


Snathes


6


Shovels, Short Rd.


16


Pruners No. 2


1


Shovels, L. H.


1


Compressor Drills


24


Striking Hammer


1


Pitch Forks


1


Respectfully submitted,


R. A. VESPER, Senior Civil Engineer, Chapter 81 Assistant.


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Report of the Board of Public Welfare For the Year Ending December 31, 1929.


APPROPRIATION


Public Welfare


$1500 00


Mothers' Aid


2650 00


$4150 00


EXPENDITURES


Charlton Home Farm Association.


$331 80


State Infirmary 365 00


Boston City Hospital


39 22


Medical Attendance


12 00


Walter Ware, board


169 76


Transportation of Inmate at Farm . 11 00


Miscellaneous 9 70


$938 48


State Case, Temporary Aid, Groceries


$155 00 $155 00


City of Boston Case, cash paid.


$1040 00 $1040 00


Mothers' Aid, Rutland Cases


$2686 50 $2686 50


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Due from State One-Third Mothers' Aid


$884 00


State Temporary Aid


155 00


$1039 00


City of Boston $1040 00


$1040 00


Respectfully submitted, .


MATTHEW J. CULLEN HAROLD J. JUDKINS LOUIS M. HANFF


Board of Public Welfare.


Rutland, Mass., January 1, 1930.


89


Report of the Sealer of Weights and Measures


I have tested and sealed the following equipment dur- ing 1929:


Gasolene Pumps 30


Kerosene Pumps


1


Oil Pumps .. 16


Liquid Measures 3


Glass Graduates


16


SCALES


Platform over 5000 pounds


1


Platform under 5000 pounds.


2


Beam 2


Counter


1


Computing


3


Prescription


1


Spring


2


Personal Weighing


2


The sum of $24.37 for fees and adjusting charges was collected and paid over to the Treasurer.


Respectfully submitted,


FRANK J. BROOKS,


Sealer.


90


Report of the Fire Engineers


The Fire Department answered sixteen calls for building fires during the past year, two of which resulted in total losses. These two were the Newton Sargent place and Maple Lodge. At the Sargent fire we had practically no water to use and at the Maple Lodge we had only a small main to draw from until a line could be laid to the Veterans' Hos- pital Pond. This together with the fact that there was a very strong wind blowing embers on surrounding property made it next to impossible to save the Lodge.


We feel that this is a very good record for a Volunteer Fire Department and also that our New Pumper and Siren have demonstrated their value to the Town.


The department is very much in need of a ladder truck of some sort and we hope to be able to acquire one before a serious fire occurs. At the present time we have twelve hundred feet of double-jacketed hose and plan to add a few hundred feet yearly until we can be sure of having a change of dry hose after each fire.


EXPENDITURES


E. D. Marsh, coal $154 03


Gardner Electric Light Co.


16 70


Nellie I. Griffin, supplies 22 25


Rutland Garage, gas, oil and repairs ..


52 25


Earl C. Griffin, janitor 72 35


Fred A. Kehoe, janitor


21 00


Wm. White, janitor


3 00


91


New England Tel. & Tel. Co., telephone 33 55


D. M. Lincoln, express


2 30


American Express Co., express


1 46


Cheney Grain Co., cement


80


B. & M. R. R., freight


1 31


F. E. Carroll, labor filling extinguishers


4 50


F. Matthews, labor filling extinguishers


8 00


H. G. Calkins, labor and lighting fixtures 25 46


P. L. Ryder Co., badges


9 00


Geo. F. Blake, Jr., Co., supplies


1 53


Central Supply Co., supplies


13 88


W. S. Darling Co., pump cans


22 35


Robert Dea, pump cans


10 00


Brewer & Co., soda .


4 48


Henry K. Barnes Co., hose


308 00


$788 20


Respectfully submitted,


FRANK E. MATTHEWS, Chief


MARK L. READ, Asst. Chief FRANK J. BROOKS, Clerk


FRANK E. CARROLL


LOUIS M. HANFF


PATRICK D. MURPHY


92


Auditor's Report


January 24, 1930.


I hereby certify that I have examined the accounts of the departments contained in this report and have found them to be correct.


ALBERT J. THOMAS,


Auditor.


Worcester, ss.


Sworn to before me this 25th day of January, 1930.


LOUIS M. HANFF, Justice of the Peace.


ANNUAL REPORTS


OF THE


SCHOOL DEPARTMENT


OF THE


TOWN OF RUTLAND MASSACHUSETTTS


UNDED FEB. 23, 17/3


F


1713*ST


HOME OF RUFUS PUTNAM . 1781-1788


FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR ENDING


DECEMBER 31, 1929


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SCHOOL COMMITTEE


George N. Lapham, M. D. Chairman Term Expires 1932 James F. O'Herron, Secretary Term expires 1931 Elizabeth H. Maynard Term expires 1930


SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS James R. Childs Tel. Holden 209


SCHOOL PHYSICIAN


A. M. Kimberly, M. D. Tel. Park 3400-W


SCHOOL NURSE Mildred Givan, R. N. Tel. Park 4040


ATTENDANCE OFFICER Mark L. Reed


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Report of the Superintendent of Schools


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Holden, Mass., Jan. 1, 1930


To the School Committee of Rutland :


It is my privilege to present herewith my twelfth report and the thirtieth in the series since the formation of the present school union.


The same housing situation referred to in last year's report is still before us and no satisfactory solution seems probable until we know the situation as we shall find it after the completion of the Metropolitan Water System project. We are spending too much for transportation in proportion to our other items of the budjet, but we cannot apparently do otherwise under present conditions. There is a serious loss from the standpoint of educational efficiency in having the upper grades located as they are, the high school so crowded for room, and the lower grades and the high school in such close proximity. · We all hope for a great improve- ment in general school conditiions as well as a solution of the financial problem when the tunnel is completeed and we have Rutland children only to consider. Much of what was said in last year's report applies to the situation now.


We have had a few changes in the teaching force. Miss Sintseler left in June and Miss Marian Giles took her place. Miss Eleanor B. Hyde was elected to have charge of the work in Household Arts and to assist in teaching science. Miss


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Emeline Amidon succeeded Mrs. Kelsey in Grade VII. Miss Spofford and Miss Potter returned and have continued the excellent work done last year in Music and Drawing. I am glad to refer you to their reports which follow, as well as to those of the School Nurse and Physician and the High School Principal. We have been very fortunate in keeping so many of our teachers and the work being done in the schools is of high quality.


Graduation exercises for the Grammar School were held in Grange Hall and 21 received certificates. Sixteen en- tered High School in the fall. This is an excellent record and is evidence of real interest on the part of pupils and teachers. There were eight in the graduating class of the High School. Several of the suggestions made last year have been carried out, including the purchase of more lockers, the starting of a Course in Household Arts, grading of the playground. I want to commend the work being done in the High School by Mr. Kelsey and his Assistants and to refer to his report. I believe that some Manual Training for the boys could be added to our present offerings with very little expense. Our greatest need of course, is suitable quarters for the High School. Next to this is the need of another classroom so that Grades V and VI may be divided.


Another Spelling Bee was conducted in May under the direction of the Telegram-Gazette, and the four towns of this union together with Hubbardston,, sent representatives to this contest. Rutland was represented by James and Gerald Connor, Bruce Winot, Lillian Mattson and Anna Morosky.


Extension Clubs were conducted by Mrs. Kelsey at West Rutland, and by Miss Hoyle for the girls and by Mr. French for the boys at the Center.


There was a Teachers' Institute held in Holden under the direction of the State Department of Education and all our


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teachers attended. We hope to have another this spring, it being the general feeling that they are of more value to us than the Convention in Worcester.


In May a Musicale was held in the new High School auditorium in Holden in observance of National Music Week. This was directed by Miss Spofford and we had over two hundred children from all the schools of the union taking part.


Rutland again entered the Interscholastic Prize Speaking Contest held in Holden and was represented by Coral Bird and Milton Lloyd, Carol Bird winning second prize for girls.


In the Poster Contest conducted by the American Humane Society we were well represented. Alfred Krzinowek won the blue medal ribbon or first prize, Rena Alinovi, Ruth Jame- son and Anna Morasky won red ribbon medals, second prizes, and Betty Calkins, Michael Hartman, Owen McGann, Daniel Martelli, Alku Oby and Ruth Santimaw received honorable mention which includes a year's subscription to the official magazine.


Our sincere thanks are extended to the Parent-Teacher Association for their continued interest in school welfare, for their response to our needs, and in particular for carrying on the Dental Clinic. We are trying to emphasize the highest standards of care necessary for the mental and physical wel- fare of our children. We are striving too, for the develop- ment of character, of good manners and disposition, for habits of truthfulness, consideration for others, and loyalty to school, the family, our town of Rutland and our country. If we are to succeed we must have the support of the taxpayers, the real owners of this business of education. It is the most im- portant single business interest conducted by this or any other town. It involves the largest investment and the biggest Payroll. It gives to the community and to the world a


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product of incomparable value. With trained teachers and modern educational processes our schools today are more in- teresting and more valuable than ever before. As good citizens we want every child to have an equal chance with the other children of the nation. Good schools and a fair chance for every child are inseparable. When we consider that in Massachusetts alone we spend six times as much for automo- biles and four times as much for ice cream, candy, tobacco and movies as we spend for public education, we certainly are not spending too much for our schools.




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