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Town Clerk's Report
ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS
OF THE
TOWN of RUTLAND
MASSACHUSETTS
DED FEB. 23. 9: 1713
RUTUS PUTNAM -81-1738
FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR ENDING
DECEMBER 31, 1945
THE CARON PRESS, INC. WORCESTER, MASS.
ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS
OF THE
TOWN of RUTLAND
MASSACHUSETTS
NDED FEB. 23, 17/3.
MOMS RUFUS PUTNAM 1701-1780
1686+
FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1945
THE CARON PRESS, INC. WORCESTER, MASS.
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TOWN OFFICERS
MODERATOR Charles E. Carroll
Francis P. Hanff
Term Expires 1946
SELECTMEN
Term Expires 1946
Term Expires 1947 Term Expires 1948
ASSESSORS
Term Expires 1946
Term Expires 1947 Term Expires 1948
TREASURER Albert J. Thomas
TOWN COLLECTOR G. Edgar Fay
WATER AND SEWER COMMISSIONERS
Frank E. Matthews Carl E. Boquist Herbert K. Bigelow
Term Expires 1946 Term Expires 1947 Term Expires 1948
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Margaret A. Griffin Lawrence E. Smith F. Eugene Marsh, Resigned Frank S. Bracebridge, Appointed
Term Expires 1946
Term Expires 1947
Term Expires 1946
BOARD OF HEALTH
Edmund D. Kelsey Charles E. Carroll Mark A. Putnam
Term Expires 1946
Term Expires 1947 Term Expires 1948
BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE
David M. Darrah Clarence L. Bigelow John J. Canney
Term Expires 1946 Term Expires 1947 Term Expires 1948
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Edward F. Aber George E. Smith Burton H. Fiske
TOWN CLERK
Frank J. Brooks Lloyd H. Campbell Van Buren Herrick, Jr.
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PARK COMMISSIONERS
Harold I. Judkins, Jr. Mark A. Putnam Mark L. Read
Term Expires 1946
Term Expires 1947 Term Expires 1948
LIBRARY TRUSTEES
Hattie S. Griffin
Term Expires 1946
Bernice F. Putnam
Term Expires 1946
Helen Campbell
Term Expires 1947
Edmund D. Kelsey
Term Expires 1947
Francis P. Hanff
Margaret E. Thomas
Term Expires 1948
TREE WARDEN H. Gordon Calkins
John Collins
CONSTABLES G. Edgar Fay
Russell Erickson
Burton H. Fiske
Carl E. Boquist
OFFICERS APPOINTED BY THE SELECTMEN Measurers of Wood and Bark and Surveyors of Lumber Merrill H. Wheeler Herbert K. Bigelow Clarence L. Bigelow
F. Selby Paddock
FIELD DRIVERS Fred H. Rice Merrill H. Wheeler
CATTLE INSPECTOR Charles M. Fiske
INSPECTORS OF SLAUGHTERING
Charles M. Fiske
Joseph A. Carroll
(Appointed by Board of Health)
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES William H. Griffin
Merrill H. Wheeler
FENCE VIEWERS Fred H. Rice Matthew J. Delehanty
SOLDIERS' BURIAL AGENT G. Frank Fay
SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS George R. Willis
Term Expires 1948
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DOG OFFICER Hilding Johnson
MOTH SUPERINTENDENT H. Gordon Calkins
FOREST WARDEN Russell Erickson
FIRE ENGINEERS Russell Erickson, Chief
Maurice Gordon, Asst. Chief John Collins, Clerk Donald M. Lincoln
G. Edgar Fay
POLICE John Collins, Chief
Russell Erickson Carl E. Boquist Earl C. Storrs
G. Edgar Fay Burton H. Fiske William Springer
Robert A. Wray
SPECIAL POLICE John Boyle Orville T. Tibbets
Byron W. Hagerman
E. Dexter Marsh
PUBLIC WEIGHERS Joseph A. Carroll Edward E. Stockman
Lloyd H. Campbell
G. Frank Fay
MEMORIAL DAY COMMITTEE Earle Simonds Carl R. Griffin
Fred A. Kehoe Mabel Cote
TOWN COUNSEL Miles Mooney
TOWN ACCOUNTANT
Roger L. Culver
Term Expires 1946
Daniel J. Fitzgerald Matthew J. Delehanty Carl R. Griffin, Jr.
BOARD OF REGISTRARS
Term Expires 1946
Term Expires 1947 Term Expires 1948
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Town Warrant
for
Town Meeting, February 4, 1946 COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
To EITHER of the Constables of the Town of Rutland, in the County of Worcester:
Worcester, ss.
Greeting:
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are directed to notify the inhabitants of the Town of Rutland, qualified to vote in elections and in Town affairs, to meet at the Community Hall in said Rutland, on the fourth day of February next, at 11:45 o'clock in the fore- noon, then and there to act on the following articles:
ARTICLE 1. To bring in and deposit their ballots for a Moderator for one year; for a Town Clerk for three years; for one Selectman for three years; for one Assessor for three years; for a Treasurer for three years; for a Town Collector for three years; for one Water and Sewer Commissioner for three years; for one member of the School Committee for three years; for one member of the School Committee for two years; for one member of the Board of Public Welfare for three years; for one member of the Board of Health for three years; for one Park Com- missioner for three years; for two Library Trustees for three years; for a Tree Warden for one year; for five Constables for one year. Each to specify the person voted for by placing a cross (X) against the name. The polls will be opened at 12 o'clock noon and may be closed at 4 o'clock P. M.
ARTICLE 2. To hear the Annual Reports of the Town Officers and Committees and act thereon.
ARTICLE 3. To choose all necessary Town Officers and Committees and act thereon.
ARTICLE 4. To see what action the Town will take to fix the Salaries or Compensation of the elected Town Officers for the ensuing year.
ARTICLE 5. To determine how much money the Town will raise and appropriate for defraying the expenses of the several Town Departments for the ensuing year.
ARTICLE 6. To see if the town will authorize the Town Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1946, and to issue a note or notes therefore payable within one year, and to renew any note or notes as may be given for a period of less than one year, in accordance with Section 17, Chapter 44 of the General Laws.
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ARTICLE 7. To see if the Town will vote to contract with the State for Highway Purposes as provided under Chapter 81 and to raise and appropriate or transfer from unappropriated available funds in the Treasury, a sum of money for Chapter 81 Highway Maintenance, or act thereon.
ARTICLE 8. To see if the Town will vote to contract with the State and County for Highway Purposes as provided under Chapter 90 and to raise and Appropriate or transfer from unappropriated available funds in the Treasury, a sum of money for Chapter 90 Maintenance, or act thereon.
ARTICLE 9. To see if the Town will vote to contract with the State and County for Highway Purposes as provided under Chapter 90 and to raise and appropriate or transfer from unappropriated available funds in the Treasury, a sum of money for Chapter 90 Construction on Pleasant- dale Road, or act thereon.
ARTICLE 10. To see if the Town will vote to allow the free use of the Town Hall and Community Hall to organizations within the Town, or act thereon.
ARTICLE 11. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate an additional sum of money for the extension of water mains on Ken- wood Drive, or act thereon.
ARTICLE 12. To see if the Town will vote to accept the provisions of Chapter 723 of the Acts of 1945, being an act to authorize the establish- ment and maintenance of municipal departments and of districts for furnishing information, advice and assistance to veterans of World War II or other veterans.
ARTICLE 13. To see if the Town will vote to accept Sections 120 and 120A of Chapter 94, General Laws relating to fees for carrying on the business of slaughtering, or act thereon.
ARTICLE 14. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to celebrate the return of the men and women of Rut- land who served in the armed forces of the United States in World War II, or act thereon.
ARTICLE 15. To see if the Town will vote to appoint a Committee of three persons to study the question of securing a new site for the town dump, or act thereon.
ARTICLE 16. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to purchase a new truck and snow plow for the High- way Department, or act thereon.
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ARTICLE 17. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for renewing the water mains on Central Tree Road, or act thereon.
ARTICLE 18. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Assessors to use a sum of money from Available Funds to reduce the tax rate of the current year.
All business contained in this Warrant with the exception of Article 1 will be considered at an adjourned meeting to be held Monday eve- ning, February 4th, at 8 o'clock in accordance with the By-Laws adopted by the Town.
And you are directed to serve this Warrant, by posting up attested copies thereof agreeable to vote of the Town. One at each of the five public places in said Town, seven days at least before the time of hold- ing said meeting.
Hereof, fail not and make due return of this Warrant, with your doings thereon to the Town Clerk at the time and place of meeting aforesaid.
Given under our hands this sixteenth day of January, in the year of Our Lord one thousand nine hundred and forty-six.
FRANK J. BROOKS, LLOYD H. CAMPBELL, VAN BUREN HERRICK, JR. Selectmen of Rutland.
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1946 Budget Recommended By The Finance Committee
GENERAL GOVERNMENT
Expended 1945
Recommend Raise and Appropriate 1946
Moderator
$ 10.00
$ 10.00
Selectmen's Salaries
350.00
350.00
Selectmen's Expense
90.72
150.00
Town Accountant's Salary
400.00
400.00
Town Accountant's Expense
9.81
10.00
Treasurer's Salary
350.00
350.00
Treasurer's Expense
98.37
150.00
Collector's Salary
500.00
700.00
Collector's Expense
243.62
600.00
Assessors' Salaries
668.24
800.00
Assessors' Expenses
282.12
350.00
Town Clerk's Salary
100.00
100.00
Legal Dept.
60.00
100.00
Elections and Registration
241.45
300.00
Community Hall Repairs
368.27
500.00
Community Hall Maintenance
1,596.36
2,000.00
$ 5,393.27
$ 6,930.00
PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY
Police Department
$ 104.22
$ 300.00
Forest Warden
50.00
50.00
Forest Fires
65.90
200.00
Fire Department
896.66
700.00
Wild Cat Bounty
10.00
Moth Department
66.60
300.00
Dog Officer
45.00
50.00
Sealer of Weights and Measures
Salary
50.00
50.00
Expense
2.15
40.00
Tree Warden
49.35
50.00
Workmen's Compensation Insurance
300.93
350.00
$ 1,640.81 $ 2,090.00
Town Clerk's Expense
24.31
60.00
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Expended 1945
Recommend Raise and Appropriate 1946
HEALTH AND SANITATION
Board of Health:
Salaries
$ 75.00
$ 75.00
Expense
550.54
800.00
Cattle Inspector
3.52
50.00
Vital Statistics
229.00
275.00
$ 858.06
$ 1,200.00
HIGHWAYS
Chapter 90 Construction
$
2,000.00
Chapter 90 Construction
$
$ 2,000.00
Chapter 81 Highways
*11,221.51
4,500.00
Chapter 90 Maintenance
*7,399.75
1,300.00
Snow and Ice Removal
6,503.40
3,500.00
Sidewalk Repairs
100.00
100.00
Street Lights
1,725.02
1,750.00
Road Machinery Maintenance
2,548.65
$ 1,179.32
Sanding Machine
300.00
General Highways
200.00
Snow Fence
150.00
200.00
Highway Dept. Truck
1,992.66
Edson Avenue Construction
(2000-1944 Bal.)
$31,640.99
$13,850.00
$1 1,179.32
*Include State and County Allotments.
CHARITIES AND SOLDIERS' BENEFITS
Public Welfare:
Salaries
$ 100.00
$ 100.00
Expense
1,324.32
2,000.00
Old Age Assistance
8,537.98
8,000.00
Aid to Dependent Children
573.90
1,000.00
Soldiers' Benefits
337.00
1,000.00
$10,873.20
$12,100.00
EDUCATION
School Committee Salaries
$ 75.00
$ 75.00
School Committee Expense
35,406.78
35,700.00
Trade Schools
519.72
800.00
Library
580.90
200.00
Painting and Repairs to School Bldgs.
1,377.95
1,200.00
Dog Tax Refund from County
$ 362.45
$37,960.35
$37,975.00 $ 362.45
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Expended 1945
Recommend Raise and Appropriate 1946
RECREATION AND UNCLASSIFIED
Memorial Day
$ 158.07
$ 150.00
Printing Town Reports
208.00
200.00
Parks
2.25
150.00
Town Dump Maintenance
174.20
250.00
Care of Town Clock
30.00
30.00
Damages to persons and property
100.00
Old Cemeteries
50.00
Tax Title Foreclosures
100.00
Veteran's Rehabilitation
Advisory Committee
3.23
25.00
Reserve Fund
1,369.06
2,000.00
Ration Board Expense
93.00
Improvement to Playground
Rear of School (1000-Bal. 1944)
$ 2,037.81 $ 3,055.00
INTEREST AND MATURING DEPARTMENT
Interest
$ 641.69
$ 550.00
Maturing Debt
5,200.00
4,000.00
Road Machinery Rental Fund
$ 1,000.00
$ 5,841.69
$ 4,550.00
$ 1,000.00
PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISES
Water Department:
Salaries
$ 80.00
$ 80.00
Maintenance of Works
5,513.97
6,000.00
Water Line Kenwood Drive (743.58 Bal. from 1944)
182.06
900.00
Auxiliary Pumping Station
Equipment (3,000 Bal. from 1944)
2,859.61
$ 8,635.64
$ 6,980.00
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Expended 1945
Recommend Raise and Appropriate 1946
RECAPITULATION
General Government
$ 5,393.27
$ 6,930.00
Protection of Persons and Property
1,640.71
2,090.00
Health and Sanitation
888.06
1,200.00
Highways
31,640.99
13,850.00
$ 1,179.32
Charities and Soldiers' Benefits
10,873.20
12,100.00
Education
37,960.35
37,975.00
362.45
Recreation and Unclassified
2,037.81
3,055.00
Interest and Maturing Debt
5,841.69
4,550.00
$ 1,000.00
Public Service Enterprises
8,635.64
6,980.00
$104,911.72
$88,730.00
$ 2,541.77
The Finance Committee recommends the passage of Article No. 14 in Town Warrant
Respectfully submitted,
CLARENCE E. PRESCOTT, Chairman
ROGER CULVER
LEMONT S. FAIRCHILD, Clerk
E. DEXTER MARSH
HOWARD S. DAVIS
THOMAS F. WELCH
DAVID M. HANFF
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Report of Town Clerk
The Following Births, Marriages and Deaths were recorded in Rutland During the year 1945.
Births
Date 1945 Name Name of Parents Place of Birth
January 3 Lois Ann Rasku Holden, Mass.
Arthur W. and Mary I. (Gedenberg) Rasku
11 Walter Williams Worcester, Mass.
William and Mary L. (Brown) Williams February
9 Janet Ruth Bigelow
Holden, Mass.
Clarence L. and Ruth M. (Wheeler) Bigelow
10 Patricia Elizabeth Allen Roy J. and Mildred S. (Williams) Allen
Holden, Mass.
Worcester, Mass.
11 Sally May Arlin Karl W. and Tyyne M. (Puhakka) Arlin
14 Robert Peter Martelli Holden, Mass.
Anthony and Anna (Caloiaro) Martelli
23 Thomas Joseph Linnane
Worcester, Mass.
John J. and Eileen (Quain) Linnane March
3 David Albert Donaldson Holden, Mass.
Robert S. and Helen L. (Wales) Donaldson
7 David Kehler Cresswell Howard K. and Alice (Burt) Cresswell
9 Paul Thomas Mattson
Thomas U. and Irene I. (Wiitala) Mattson
Holden, Mass.
31 Ronald Charles Marsh Charles D. and Eileen M. (Cowperthwaite) Marsh April 1 Roslyn Arisberg Morton and Florence (Winthrop) Arisberg
Worcester, Mass.
Holden, Mass.
5 Donald Carl Conlon Thomas J. and Marguerite (Irons) Conlon 9 Joanne Hilma Bjork Carl O. and Mildred (Knowlton) Bjork
9 Helen Marie Willis George R. and Margaret R. (Mosher) Willis
15 Corine Mae Smith Arthur E. and Lois E. (Doolittle) Smith
Worcester, Mass.
Worcester, Mass.
Worcester, Mass.
Worcester, Mass.
Worcester, Mass.
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BIRTHS (continued)
Date 1945 Name Name of Parents Place of Birth
May
18 Jessica Christine Keyman Harry G. and Stella G. (Keyman)
Worcester, Mass.
June
8 James Michael McGann John O. and Marilyn R. (Brooks) McGann
Worcester, Mass.
July
6 Gloria Jean Savoy Holden, Mass.
Wilfred M. and Mildred E. (Whiting) Savoy
16 Ronald Wallace Papierski Vincent V. and Eva M. (Wallace) Papierski
Holden, Mass.
23 Male stillborn Rutland, Mass. Worcester, Mass.
28 Sharon Lee Krikorian
John J. and Dorothy J. (Davis) Krikorian
August
7 Larry Gordon Benedict
Worcester, Mass.
Julius T. C. and Evelyn L. (Waite) Benedict
Holden, Mass.
September
8 Alan Richmond Lloyd
Holden, Mass.
Harold C. and Maryanna W, (Coffin) Lloyd
10 Carter Edward Kline Raymond C. and Jane K. (Upham) Kline
17 Philip Carl Zaramba Philip G. and Doris M. (Carlson) Zaramba
25 Gordon Sherwood McCormick Holden, Mass.
Sherwood D. and Isabel (Carbel) McCormick
October 21 Thomas More Turner James H. and Anna H. (Hohmann) Turner
Holden, Mass.
November
1 Sandra May Reed Holden, Mass.
Edwin H. and Mildred H. (Brunelle) Reed
2 Peter Michael Heaney Holden, Mass.
James E. and Gunhilde W. (Helle) Heaney
10 Lawrence Leigh Giventer Worcester, Mass.
Max and Evelyn (Reichard) Giventer 11 Annette Claire Prunier George N. and Theresa P. (St. Germain) Prunier December 1 William Lee Mefford Arthur W. and Mary A. (Prescott) Mefford
Worcester, Mass.
Holden, Mass.
15 Shirley Mae Abbott Ralph E. and Hazel E. (Bowers) Abbott
Worcester, Mass.
Worcester, Mass.
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Marriages
January
Date 1945 Name
20 Arnold B. Glidden Selma E. Gordon
February
28 Ralph E. Elgh Eleanor E. Massey
Rutland, Mass. East Templeton, Mass. Worcester, Mass.
April
25 John W. Newman Mary C. McManus
30 Archie L. Harmon Nina E. Alexandrov
Rutland, Mass. Worcester, Mass.
Worcester, Mass.
Rutland, Mass. Rutland, Mass.
Rutland, Mass.
May
5 John J. Manning Catherine Hardiman
22 Ilmari Liimatainen Julia M. Kasbaska
26 Philip W. Delehanty Lillian M. Brown
Holden, Mass.
Rutland, Mass.
Rutland, Mass.
Rutland, Mass.
Hardwick, Mass.
Gilbertville, Mass.
Rutland, Mass. Bristol, N. H.
New Hampton, N. H.
June
4 John E. Gorman Alice M. Noel
16 Omar P. Bedell Nettie A. Hesselton
18 Kauno P. Ketela Doris Allaire 25 Charles Elias Martha (Twist) Morin
Rutland, Mass.
Rutland, Mass.
Rutland, Mass.
Rutland, Mass.
Braintree, Mass.
So. Braintree, Mass.
Rutland, Mass.
Holden, Mass.
Holden, Mass.
Rutland, Mass.
Rutland, Mass.
August
18 Frederick H. Locke Elizabeth D. Fielding
19 Harrison P. T. Wyman Dorothy E. Maynard
Rutland, Mass.
Barre, Mass.
Barre, Mass.
Worcester, Mass.
Rutland, Mass.
Rutland, Mass.
November
5 Victor Schnare Dorothy Beyea
11 Aaron C. Breau Margaret M. Frye 22 Robert L. Newman Rita E. Dube
Worcester, Mass. Rutland, Mass. Rutland, Mass. Rutland, Mass. Rutland, Mass.
Roxbury, Mass.
Rutland, Mass.
Hyde Park, Mass.
Hyde Park, Mass.
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Residence Place of Marriage
Rutland, Mass West Boylston, Mass. West Boylston, Mass.
Worcester, Mass.
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MARRIAGES (continued)
Date 1945 Name
Residence Place of Marriage
November
23 Cornelius E. Fitzpatrick Helen (Herrick) Yale
Rutland, Mass.
Somerville, Mass.
Somerville, Mass.
December
23 Leslie C. Westfall Eleanor D. Upham
Boston, Mass.
Rutland, Mass
Boston, Mass.
Worcester, Mass.
Rutland, Mass.
Rutland, Mass.
Deaths
Residents of Rutland
Date 1945 Name Cause of Death
Y
M
D
Place of Death
January 3 Anthony Holbrook Uremia, Nephritis
89
1
4
Rutland, Mass.
28 Walter John Bell Syncope-Leukemia
68
1
26
Rutland, Mass.
February
10 Melvin Lewis Park Heart Disease
52
5
26
Rutland, Mass.
10 John C. Fiske Cerebral hemorrhage
78
10
9
Worcester, Mass.
March
11 William C. Maroney Myocarditis
69
Worcester, Mass.
April 12 Patrick J. Fitzpatrick Heart Disease
67
9
26
Rutland, Mass.
May
22 Franklin T. Wood Carcinoma
67
7
13
Rutland, Mass.
10 Arthur Luukko Chr. Arthritis
52
10
14
Boston, Mass.
26 Amedee L. Denechaud Congestive heart failure
87
2
4
Rutland, Mass.
June
15 Donald M. Ducharme Coronary occlusion
58
-
-
Worcester, Mass.
16 Richard A. Casey Pulmonary tuberculosis
47
10
6
Rutland, Mass.
29 Joseph F. Biegay, Jr. Mary Drenzk
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DEATHS (continued)
Date 1945 Name Cause of Death
Y
M
D
Place of Death
July
23 Stillborn
Rutland, Mass.
9 Justins E. (Ray) Field
78
6
29
Holden, Mass.
Heart Disease
August
6 Mary A. (Demond) Viner Cerebral hemorrhage
74
3 23
Rutland, Mass.
September
6 Alice L. Putnam Heart Disease
86
1
8
Rutland, Mass.
13 Leon J. Allaire Heart Disease
49
2
19
Rutland, Mass.
17 Chester W. Borden Tuberculosis, Nephritis
49
11
7 -
Rutland, Mass.
22 John J. O'Connell Heart Disease
66
10
8
Rutland, Mass.
28 Rudolph H. Cote
50
3
20
Rutland, Mass.
Accidental burns
66
Worcester, Mass.
21 Ida M. Wilber Broncho Pneumonia
86
Worcester, Mass.
October
3 Ellen F. Nihin
68
1
4
Holden, Mass.
Heart Disease
24 James N. Dunton Heart Disease
76
1
24
Rutland, Mass.
27 George H. Rice Carcinoma
76
4
10
Rutland, Mass.
November
5 Martha M. (Kujanpaa) Luukko Carcinoma
50
3
9
Holden, Mass.
13 Abbie J. (Demary) L'Heureux Cerebral hemorrhage
44
6
8
Rutland, Mass.
20 Gertrude E. (Hodges) Felton Natural causes
79
7
21
Rutland, Mass.
December
4 Thomas More Turner - - 22 Rutland, Mass. Congenital Heart Disease In addition, the names of 173 non-residents were recorded in 1945.
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18 Sidney I. Dean Coronary occlusion
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LICENSES ISSUED DURING THE YEAR 1945
126 Male Dogs @ $2.00
$252.00
20 Female Dogs @ $5.00
100.00
40 Sp. Female Dogs @ $2.00 80.00
3 Kennel Licenses @ $10.00
30.00
14 Military and Naval Licenses (free)
1 Transfer
$462.00
189 Fees @ $0.20
37.80
$424.20
Paid Town Treasurer
$424.20
No. 1 Resident Citizen's Fishing Licenses
71
No. 2 Resident Citizen's Hunting Licenses
53
No. 3 Resident Citizen's Sporting Licenses
61
No. 4 Resident Women's and Minor's Fishing Licenses
44
No. 7 Special Non-Resident Fishing Licenses
3
No. 12 Duplicate Licenses
2
No. 15 Resident Citizen Sporting Licenses (free)
8
No. 16
Resident Cit. Military or Naval Licenses (free)
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Total 276
Licenses to sell gasoline were granted to William R. Temple, Fay W. Oughtred, John J. Canney and Harry Longwell.
JURY LIST AS REVISED BY THE SELECTMEN, 1945
Edward F. Aber
William R. Temple
Arthur E. Smith
Newman R. Bacon
Albert J. Thomas Emery J. Dupont
Ralph E. Elgh
Harding L. White Louis Martelli
Lemont S. Fairchild
Roger L. Culver
William E. Springer
Carl R. Griffin Walter C. Putnam
Herbert G. Calkins
Raymond H. Kimball
Alfred Myska Edward N. Prescott
Raymond C. Kline
Frank E. Matthews
Thomas U. Mattson
Thomas Londergan
Howard S. Davis
DRAWN DURING THE YEAR
L. Raymond Bigelow
Albert J. Thomas Roger L. Culver
Respectfully submitted, FRANCES P. HANFF,
Town Clerk.
19 Report of the Selectmen
To the Citizens of Rutland:
The Board organized February 5, 1945 with Frank J. Brooks as Chair- man, Lloyd H. Campbell as Clerk and Van Buren Herrick, Jr., the third member.
The system of sanitary sewers constructed by the Metropolitan District Water Supply Commission has been accepted for the Town by the Board of Selectmen.
The system will be under the jurisdiction of the Board of Water and Sewer Commissioners and permits must be obtained from that Board before sewer connections can be made.
SELECTMEN'S FINANCIAL REPORT-1945
TOWN MODERATOR
Salary:
Appropriation:
$ 10.00
Expended:
Charles E. Carroll
10.00
10.00
SELECTMEN'S DEPARTMENT
Salaries:
Appropriation:
$350.00
Expended:
Frank J. Brooks
$125.00
Lloyd H. Campbell
125.00
Van Buren Herrick
100.00
$350.00
DEPARTMENT EXPENSE
Appropriation:
$75.00
Refund from advertising
5.00
Transferred from Reserve Fund
10.72
Total amount available
$90.72
Expended:
Lloyd H. Campbell, postage
$ 3.25
Narcus Brothers, Inc., folders and frames
7.84
U. S. Treasurer, office equipment
38.72
N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co., telephones
6.91
Selectmen's Assn. of Worcester County,
membership fees
9.00
Worcester Telegram Publishing Co., advertising
5.00
Roger L. Culver, clerical and typing
20.00
$90.72
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TOWN ACCOUNTANT'S DEPARTMENT
Salary:
Appropriation:
Expended:
Roger L. Culver
400.00
$400.00
DEPARTMENT EXPENSE
Appropriation:
$10.00
Expended:
Prouty Printing Company, stationery
$7.94
Roger L. Culver, postage
1.87
$9.81
Unexpended:
.19
TREASURER'S DEPARTMENT
Salary:
Appropriation:
$350.00
Expended: Albert J. Thomas 1
350.00
$350.00
DEPARTMENT EXPENSES:
Appropriation:
$150.00
Expended:
Hobbs & Warren, Inc., forms 2.37
Albert J. Thomas, postage 51.25
Albert J. Thomas, Treasurer's bond 31.50
Comm. of Mass. Director of Accounts,
certification of notes 4.00
Mass. Collectors & Treasurer's Assn.,
Annual dues 1.00
Narcus Brothers Inc., Supplies
8.25
$98.37
Unexpended:
$51.63
COLLECTOR'S DEPARTMENT
Salary:
Appropriation:
$500.00
Expended: G. Edgar Fay
500.00
$500.00
DEPARTMENT EXPENSES:
Appropriation: $300.00
Expended:
G. Edgar Fay, postage
$87.90
G. Edgar Fay, typewriter ribbon .65
$400.00
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G. Edgar Fay, expense collector's meetings 4.66
Robinson Seal Co. Inc .- cash books 10.14
Albert J. Thomas, collector's bonds and burglary insurance
75.25
Barre Gazette, printing and supplies
62.12
Narcus Brothers, supplies
1.90
Mass. Collectors & Treas. Assn., dues
1.00
243.62
Unexpended: $56.38
ASSESSORS DEPARTMENT
Salaries:
Appropriation:
$800.00
Expended:
George E. Smith
$233.25
Edward F. Aber
319.11
Berton H. Fiske
115.88
$668.24
Unexpended: $131.76
DEPARTMENT EXPENSES:
Appropriation:
$250.00
Transferred from Reserve Fund
32.12
Total amount available
$282.12
Expended:
Robinson Seal Co., supplies and forms
$ 28.35
Stoneham Independent, excise tax tables 1.00
George E. Smith, postage 7.00
George E. Smith, mileage expense
5.00
Association of Mass. Assessors, dues
6.00
Narcus Brothers, office supplies
4.41
Worcester County Abstract Co.,
Dead Abstracts, etc.
76.68
Rutland Training Center, printing
1.00
Chester R. Clark, rent of typewriter
4.00
Barre Gazette, printing, stationery
8.00
Harrigan Press, printing valuation books
136.75
Hobbs & Warren Inc., book
3.93
$282.12
TOWN CLERK'S DEPARTMENT
Salary:
Appropriation:
$100.00
Expended:
Frances P. Hanff
100.00
$100.00
22
DEPARTMENT EXPENSES:
Appropriation:
$60.00
Expended:
Prouty Printing Co., envelopes $6.71
Albert J. Thomas, bond 5.00
Frances P. Hanff, telephone and postage 8.60
Frances P. Hanff, dues Town Clerk Assn.
4.00
$24.31
Unexpended
$35.69
LEGAL DEPARTMENT
Appropriation:
$100.00
Expended:
Miles Mooney, town counsel
$60.00
$60.00
Unexpended
$40.00
ELECTIONS AND REGISTRATIONS
Appropriation:
$200.00
Transferred from Reserve Fund
41.45
Total Amount Available
$241.45
Expended:
Daniel J. Fitzgerald, Registrar
$33.60
Matthew J. Delehanty, Registrar
83.40
Frances P. Hanff, Registrar
10.20
Frances P. Hanff, copying, tabulating
street lists
15.00
Frances P. Hanff, administering oaths
14.00
Daniel J. Fitzgerald, travel
6.00
Matthew J. Delehanty, travel
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