Town annual report of Rutland 1941-50, Part 20

Author: Rutland, Mass.
Publication date: 1941
Publisher: The Town
Number of Pages: 1006


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The collector's cash books were footed, the payments to the treasurer by the collector were checked to the treasurer's and the accountant's books, the abatements were compared with the assessor's records of abatements granted, and the outstanding accounts were listed and reconciled with the accountant's ledger accounts.


The outstanding taxes were verified by sending notices to a number of persons whose names appeared on the books as owing money to the town, and from the replies received it appears that the accounts, as listed, are correct.


The records of licenses and permits issued by the selectmen, town clerk, and the health department were examined and checked, and the payments to the State and the town were verified.


It is recommended that the sealer of weights and measures and the health department make monthly payments to the town treasurer of all money collected.


The tax title deeds on hand were listed and the amounts trans- ferred to the tax title account were verified. Verification of the tax titles as listed was made by comparison with the records in the Registry of Deeds.


The surety bonds of the officials required to furnish them were examined and found to be in proper form.


In addition to the departments mentioned, the books and accounts of the public welfare, library and water departments were examined and checked, and the payments to the treasurer were verified.


Appended to this report, in addition to the balance sheet, are tables showing a reconciliation of the treasurer's and tax collector's cash, summaries of the tax and departmental accounts, as well as tables showing the condition and transactions of the trust funds.


For the cooperation extended by the several town officials during the process of the audit, I wish, on behalf of my assistants and for myself, to express appreciation.


Respectfully submitted,


HERMAN B. DINE,


Assistant Director of Accounts.


TOWN OF RUTLAND BALANCE SHEET - JUNE 16, 1945 GENERAL ACCOUNTS


ASSETS


LIABILITIES AND RESERVES


Cash


$41,340.93


State Tax and Assessment:


Accounts Receivable:


State Tax,


$1,564.00


Taxes:


Levy of 1942,


$49.61


Levy of 1943,


1,070.71


State Audit of Municipal


Levy of 1944,


4,607.71


Levy of 1945,


39,446.92


$1,874.18


$45,174.95


County Tax,


$2,633.34


Tax Titles,


$985.77


Dog Licenses-Due County,


$30.60


Tax Possessions,


$1,408.04


Loans Authorized-Not Issued,


$1,400.00


Departmental:


Tailings,


$25.04


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Health,


$379.71


Road Machinery Fund,


$440.72


Temporary Aid,


1,166.93


Federal Grants:


Old Age Assistance,


502.69


Aid to Dependent Children:


State Aid,


170.00


Administration,


$9.04


Military Aid,


119.00


Aid,


$79.15


Water:


Rates,


$3,099.13


Assistance,


268.57


State Sanatorium,


146.23


Liens Added to Taxes 1940,


6.31


Appropriation Balances,


$3,251.67


Aid to Highways:


State:


Chapter 81,


$7,500.00


Levy of 1943, 296.90


$767.27 $69,186.14


Reserve Fund-Overlay Surplus, Overlays Reserved for Abatements: Levy of 1942, $77.56


$998.69


$2,338.33


Old Age Assistance:


Administration,


410.51


State Parks and Reservations Assessment, 74.43


Accounts Assessment, 235.75


Chapter 90,


1,800.00


Levy of 1944,


120.35


Levy of 1945, 328.29


$823.10


Revenue Reserved Until Collected:


Tax Title and Tax Possession,


$2,393.81


Departmental, 2,338.33


Water,


3,251.67


Aid to Highways,


11,100.00


$19,083.81


Surplus Revenue:


Current Year,


$2.19


Prior Year's,


34,621.01


$34,623.20


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$131,886.09


$131,886.09


DEBT ACCOUNTS


$29,200.00


Public Buildings Loan 1937


$4,000.00


Public Buildings Loan 1938,


24,000.00


Highway Equipment Loan 1941, 1,200.00


$29,200.00


$29,200.00


County:


Chapter 90, 1,800.00


$11,100.00


Loans Authorized, $1,400.00


Estimated Receipts to be Collected, $24,886.40


.Net Funded or Fixed Debt,


TRUST ACCOUNTS


Trust Funds, Cash and Securities, $11,952.29


Charles T. Monroe School Fund,


$6,437.71


Sarah E. Bartlett Library Fund, 4,525.29


Horace H. King Library Fund, 516.81


David Putnam Library Fund,


172.48


Rufus Houghton Rural Cemetery Fund,


100.00


Frederick Hunt Rural Cemetery Fund,


200.00


$11,952.29


$11,952.29


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ANNUAL REPORT


OF THE


SCHOOL COMMITTEE


OF THE


TOWN of RUTLAND


MASSACHUSETTS


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FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1945


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Report of the School Department FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1945


SCHOOL COMMITTEE


F. Eugene Marsh, Chairman


Resigned


Lawrence E. Smith, Chairman


Term Expires 1947


Margaret A. Griffin, Secretary


Term Expires 1946


Frank S. Bracebridge.


Term Expires 1946


SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS


James R. Childs


Holden 12 or 209


SCHOOL NURSE


Esther E. Gonyer, R. N.


Holden 265 or 7


SCHOOL PHYSICIAN


Leroy E. Mayo, M. D.


Arthur E. Kimberly, M. D.


MUSIC SUPERVISOR


Winona A. Weed Holden


Mark L. Reed


Rutland 22


SCHOOL CALENDAR


Winter Term-8 weeks


Spring Term-8 weeks


Summer Term-7 weeks


Fall Term-16 weeks


Winter Term-8 weeks


January 2, 1946 to 'February 21, 1946 March 4, 1946, to April 26, 1946 May 6, 1946 to June 21, 1946 (Grades close June 14) September 4, 1946 to December 20, 1946 December 30, 1946 to February 21,1947


HOLIDAYS


January 1, February 22, April 19, May 30, Labor Day, October 12, November 11, Thanksgiving Day and the day following.


NO SCHOOL SIGNAL


1-1-1 Three blasts on the siren at 7:30 A. M. means no school for the day. Three blasts at 11 A. M. no school in the afternoon. Also listen for WTAG and WAAB announcements between 7:15 and 7:45 A. M. and at 1:00 P. M.


On military leave Worcester


ATTENDANCE OFFICER


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Report of the School Committee


To the Citizens of the Town of Rutland:


The School Committee organized February 15, 1945 with Mr. Marsh as chairman, Mrs. Griffin as clerk, and Mr. Smith the third member.


In April, the committee made plans to have the grounds in back of the school drained and graded for a ball field and more suitable play- grounds. There is one thousand dollars available for this purpose and though little progress has been made, we plan to complete this work during the summer vacation.


The committee has approved a thirty-eight week year for the grade schools.


In August Mr. Marsh resigned from the committee because he was leaving town. We have missed his pleasant association and keen in- terest in the schools. The School Committee and Selectmen appointed Mr. Frank Bracebridge to fill Mr. Marsh's unexpired term.


The full control of the school building has been accepted by the School Committee this past year and many improvements and necessary alterations have been made.


Again this year there were many changes in the teaching staff. Miss Moulson, Mrs. Giventer, Miss Thibeau, and Miss Duffy resigned and the following teachers were appointed to fill the vacancies: Mrs. Pearson, Miss Arline Judge, Miss Venice Withstandly, and Mrs. Caroline Martin.


We are thankful for the continued support of our teachers and Superintendent and wish to express our appreciation to them.


FINANCIAL STATEMENT


Town Appropriation


$35,700.00


Expenditures:


General Control


$ 1,012.44


Teachers


22,129.98


Supplies


597.73


Books


272.40


Repairs


389.87


Janitor


1,369.76


Fuel


1,768.09


Insurance


203.72


Health


589.07


82


Janitor Supplies


409.11


Transportation


5,816.00


Miscellaneous


151.63


New Equipment


415.75


2/3 Maintenance to Feb. 3


281.23


Total


$35,406.78


Unexpended


$293.22


REIMBURSEMENTS


Reimbursements from the State:


State School Fund Part I (Income Tax)


$2502.00


State School Fund Part II


5971.22


High School Grant


1250.00


Reimbursement, Supt's. salary


435.00


Tuition: State Wards


640.60


Tuition: Princeton


384.00


Total


$11,182.82


TRANSPORTATION ROUTES


Carl R. Griffin


$17.00


A. C. Wheeler


5.00


Niilo Taipale


5.25


M. H. Wheeler


5.00


SCHOOLS


The following bills have been charged against the special Repairs and Painting appropriation for 1945.


Baker Lumber Co. (lumber and supplies):


1.91


129.08


34.55


49.21


19.79


52.50


10.86


$297.90


George E. Smith-carpentry:


65.01


71:25


89.38


83


91.25


33.75


270.00


$620.64


Arthur E. Smith-carpentry:


30.00


15.00


15.00


60.00


67.50


18.75


$206.25


Burton Fiske-labor:


22.50


30.45


$52.95


H. G. Calkins-electric wiring


$39.52


Holden Lumber, plastic


7.00


Rutland Training Center, mill work


1.00


Peter De Luca, labor


1.20


Moses Sarkisian, labor


1.20


Joe Cifre, fixture


7.50


Cheney Grain Co., cement


1.60


George H. Phelps, roof repairs


141.19


$1377.95


Appropriations:


$1400.00


Expenditures


$1377.95


Balance


$22.05


Respectfully submitted,


MARGARET A. GRIFFIN, LAWRENCE E. SMITH, FRANK BRACEBRIDGE.


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Report of the Superintendent of Schools


Holden Mass, December 31, 1945.


To the School Committee of Rutland:


This report is the forty-sixth in the series since the formation of the present School Union, and the twenty-eighth by the writer.


We are still faced with the problems of teacher-shortage and of securing supplies and equipment, but the year just closed has been one of loyal effort on the part of all connected with the schools. We have not yet been able to secure an Art Supervisor. We were very fortunate in having Dr. Kimberly undertake the examination of pupils this fall, Dr. Mayo still being on military leave. Mrs. Butler resigned as School Nurse after long and faithful service in our schools. Mrs. Esther E.


Gonyer was appointed her successor and began her work in September. We were fortunate not to have many changes in teachers. Miss Venise Withstandley was appointed to Grade VII after the resignation of Miss Thibeau who had been with us for a long period of loyal service. Miss Mary E. Judge was named to succeed Mrs. Giventer in Grade VI, and Mrs. Ruth T. Pearson followed Miss Moulson in Grade II. Both the en- rollment and resignation of minors show a slight increase over last year, and the per cent of attendance was 94.


Repairs and alterations to the buildings have been carried out during the year, especially to conform to present building laws. It is hoped that plans for grading the playground and athletic field may be started this coming spring. The low water pressure in the main building indicates that the main line should be opened to determine the cause. We need an outside gong for the front of the building and several new lighting outlets. I would also recommend changing key switches to toggle or push button type.


By vote of the Committee the school year was lengthened from 36 to 38 weeks in the Grades, thus conforming to general practice. It was also voted to close the daily session in grades I to VI at 3 P. M., thus shortening the waiting time for buses between high and grade school closing hours. The program for grades VII and VIII is integrated to a limited extent with the high school schedule, and we hope to develop this plan further so as to achieve a definite Senior-Junior High School organization. There is now an opportunity for girls of grades VII and VIII to take Home Economics. We need very much to have manual train- ing for the boys of these grades as well as for the high school group.


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"Release time" has been voted by the Committee for pupils whose parents request that they be allowed to attend the week-day religious training classes at the churches. To make this work more effective there should be attendance and work reports sent to the school.


With the money earned by the sale of garden seeds we were able to purchase additional books for the classroom libraries, and rent films for showing at assembly. We should add to these classroom libraries each year. We are grateful to the town librarian for her fine cooperation. We are exchanging our present reading material in the lower grades for the new editions as fast as they are available. The history texts now in use are about worn out, and as there are no reprints or revisions avail- able, we should change to another text.


Sales of war savings stamps and bonds during the year 1945 amount- ed to $2463.75. While the incentive does not seem as appealing now, it is evident that the need still exists, and the habit of regular saving is well worth cultivating.


The reports that follow merit your careful consideration. May I again thank the Committee, the Principals and teachers, and the parents for their fine cooperation in all our efforts to maintain good schools.


Respectfully submitted,


JAMES R. CHILDS, Supt.


REPORT OF THE HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL


To the Superintendent of Schools:


The work in the high school continued very much the same as it has during the past few years, the predominating feautres being an effort to carry out some of the important items in the pre-induction training pro- gram, the sale of stamps and bonds, and a curtailment to some extent in the athletic program.


The end of the war in 1945 brought a sense of great relief and a hope for a not too long adjustment period and a satisfactory solution for the post-war problems. As far as the high schools are concerned, General Miles ordered the end of the pre-induction training program and the state department of education has designated certain centers throughout the state where the returning veteran may complete his high school edu- cation. Whether any of the Rutland boys intend to take advantage of this opportunity remains to be seen. There are two or three boys, how- ever, who are endeavoring to obtain their high school diploma through the United States Armed Forces Institute.


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The special awards presented at the graduating exercises last June were as follows:


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Washington and Franklin medal for excellence in the study of United States History, Frances Myska; American Legion medal, John Griffin; Legion Auxiliary medal, Aldina Alinovi; D. A. R. Good Citizen certificate, Pauline Bigelow. Pro Merito pins were awarded to Zelda LeClair, Ruth Beyea, Van Buren Herrick, Elsie Hopps, and Dorothy Lincoln.


Respectfully submitted, EDMUND D. KELSEY, Principal.


REPORT OF THE MUSIC SUPERVISOR


To the Superintendent of Schools:


In response to your request, I hereby submit my report as Music Supervisor.


The regular music program has continued as usual. In the grades the emphasis is placed on singing, with listening, part singing, theory, and general information about the composers, their characteristics and contributions to the art of music, rounding out the experience. Each phase is carefully graded and introduced at the proper level through the eight grades. That each child take with him through his life ex- periences, a deep and lasting urge to sing, is the fundemental aim of the whole program.


During the year there have been several assemblies of the first six grades to celebrate special days. Each class sings several songs which they have learned in the classroom as well as songs sung by the whole assembly. Memorial Day, Thanksgiving and Christmas have all been observed in this manner.


During the year, in the High School, a Girl's Glee Club and Mixed Glee Club have rehearsed regularly. The Girl's Glee Club sang in Worcester over WAAB last May and won honorable mention for their singing by vote of the listeners. The Mixed Glee Club under the direction of a student conductor, Inez Boquist, sang for graduation. This fall both clubs have been reorganized and plans for an operetta are underway.


It has been a pleasure to work with both the students and the teachers and I wish to express my appreciation of their cooperation.


Respectfully submitted,


WINONA A. WEED.


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REPORT OF THE SCHOOL NURSE


To the Superintendent of Schools:


This is a report as requested by you covering September through December.


We were fortunate this year to have the health program begin with a physical examination of each child by Dr. Arthur M. Kimberly, pedia- tician. Details noted by him were checked and a record of any defects sent to the parents. Poor posture is a common condition that will need careful attention at home as well as in the school. Good posture pro- ceeds with normal growth. Those in the greatest need posturally can be improved by physical exercises. Twelve percent of the children had teeth in poor condition. Nine defect slips were sent out regarding tonsils.


The health work included:


1. Thirty-one field visits.


2. Weekly sanitation inspections of both buildings.


3. Weekly inspections of children in grades.


4. All children weighed and measured.


5. Visual and auditory tests.


6. First aid.


7. Assisted Dr. Kimberly with examinations.


8. Health talks.


9. Consultations with teachers and parents.


10. Visits with State Consultants.


I would like to thank the teachers and janitors for their kind help with the program.


Respectfully submitted,


ESTHER E. GONYER, R. N.


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ORGANIZATION: 1944-1945


School


Teacher


Training


Began Here


High Edmund D. Kelsey, Prin.


Mass State


Sept. 1927


Margaret F. Sears


Salem STC


Sept. 1931


Catherine V. Mauriello


Framingham STC


Feb. 1943


Agatha Powers


Framingham STC


Nov. 1944


Rita Duffy Julia O'Donnell


Emmanuel and B. U. Emmanuel


Sept. 1944


VIII


Freda T. Kelsey


Fitchburg NS


Sept. 1944


VII


Beatrice M. Thibeau


Washington, Me. NS


Sept. 1933


VI


Evelyn Giventer


Plattsburg STC


Sept. 1944


V Margaret G. Harding


Keene NS


Sept. 1941


IV Catherine N. Griffin


Fitchburg NS


Sept. 1924


III Lillian M. Stone


Worcester NS


April 1929


II Grace E. Wheeler


Worcester STC


Sept. 1936


Olive Moulson


Keene STC


Sept. 1941


I Ruth E. Butterfield


Worcester STC


Jan. 1945


ENROLLMENT: FALL TERM 1945


Grades


I


II


III


IV


V


VI


VII VIII


IX


X


XI


XII


Total


Boys


15


12


9


10


11


10


14


15


12


6


5


6 125


Girls


13


9


14


11


16


8


17


6


8


11


8


11


132


-


-


-


-


-


Totals


28


21


23


21


27


18


31


21


20


17


13


17


257


SUMMARY OF REGISTERS: 1944-1945


School


Total Memb.


Ave. Memb.


Ave. Attend.


% of Attend.


High


72


63


59


94


VIII


24


22


21


96


VII


25


24


22


93


VI


30


28


26


92


V


18


18


17


93


IV


25


24


23


93


III


23


23


21


94


II


24


22


21


96


I


23


23


21


92


264


247


231


94


Sept. 1944


89


REGISTRATION OF MINORS October 1, 1945


Number of children in Rutland


Boys


Girls


Total


26


19


45


5 to 7 years of age 7 to 16 years of age


115


111


226


141


130


271


HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES June 1945


*Aldina Lydia Alinovi Pauline May Bigelow


Paul Milliken Haines


*Zelda Elizabeth LeClair


*Frances Adelle Myska


*John Henry Griffin Lois Marion Griffin Ruth Elizabeth Griffin


§Robert Schyler Prouty


Moses Sarkis Sarkisian


§Chester Alvin Hatstat


*Pro Merito Society


*Eleanor Sawyer Trosterud §In the Armed Services


ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GRADUATES June 1945


Carroll Arnold


William Narcisi


Raymond Brunelle


Marion Alexandrov


Anthony DeLuca


Shirley Bashaw


Paul 'Gagnon


Marjorie Bigelow


Kenneth Gilbert


Eleanor Buck


Russell Gordon Earle Griffin


Ann McNamara


Richard Herrick


Beatrice Mixter


Ronald 'Herrick


Joan Wilson


Everett Martin


ATTENDANCE ROLL OF HONOR (Neither absent or tardy)


TWO YEARS


Helen Alba


Robert Turnquist Richard Whiton


James Sarkisian


ONE YEAR


Alfred Cianciolo Marion Davis


Doris Ducharme Lea Ducharme Leo Ducharme John Griffin Robert Harding


Jeanne Martin John Webber


Jeanne Gagnon


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Index


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Town Officers


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Town Warrant


1946 Budget Recommended by the Finance Committee


Report of the Town Clerk


Report of the Selectmen


Report of the Town Accountant


Balance Sheet


Table of Accounts


Report of the Town Treasurer


Report of the Town Collector


Report of the Water Department


Report of the Trustees of the Public Library


Report of the Librarian


Report of the Superintendent of Streets


Report of the Board of Public Welfare


Report of the Charlton Home Farm Association


Report of the Board of Health


Report of the Park Commissioners


Report of the Fire Engineers


Report of the Police Department


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Report of State Audit, 1945


73


Report of the School Committee


79 80


School Department Personnel and Calendar


School Committee's Report .


81


Report of Superintendent of School


84 85


Report of High School Principal


86


Report of School Nurse


School Statistics


87 88 88


Organization, 1944-1945


Graduates


89


Honor Roll


89


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13 19 33 43 46 50 51 53 54 55


58 66 68 69 70 71 72


Report of the Sealer of Weights and Measures


Report of Supervisor, of Music


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ANNUAL REPORT


TOWN OFFICERS


MODERATOR Charles E. Carroll TOWN CLERK


Frances P. Hanff


Term Expires 1949


SELECTMEN


Lloyd H. Campbell


Van Buren Herrick, Jr.


Term Expires 1948


Term Expires 1949


ASSESSORS


George E. Smith


Term Expires 1947


Burton H. Fiske


Term Expires 1948


Edward F. Aber


Term Expires 1949


TREASURER


Albert J. Thomas Term Expires 1949


TOWN COLLECTOR


G. Edgar Fay Term Expires 1949


WATER AND SEWER COMMISSIONERS


Carl E. Boquist


Term Expires 1947


Herbert K. Bigelow


Term Expires 1948


Frank E. Matthews


Term Expires 1949


SCHOOL COMMITTEE


Lawrence E. Smith


Term Expires 1947


Frank S. Bracebridge


Term Expires 1948


Margaret A. Griffin


Term Expires 1949


BOARD OF HEALTH


Charles E. Carroll Mark A. Putnam Edmund D. Kelsey


Term Expires 1947


Term Expires 1948 Term Expires 1949


Frank J. Brooks


Term Expires 1947


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TOWN OF RUTLAND


BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE


Clarence L. Bigelow


Term Expires 1947


John J. Canney


Term Expires 1948


David M. Darrah


Term Expires 1949


PARK COMMISSIONERS


Mark A. Putnam


Term Expires 1947


Mark L. Read


George E. Smith


Term Expires 1948 Term Expires 1949


LIBRARY TRUSTEES


M. Helen Campbell


Term Expires 1947


Edmund D. Kelsey


Term Expires 1947


Francis P. Hanff


Term Expires 1948


Margaret E. Thomas


Term Expires 1948


Hattie S. Griffin


Term Expires 1949


Bernice F. Putnam


Term Expires 1949


TREE WARDEN H. Gordon Calkins CONSTABLES


john Collins G. Edgar Fay


Russell Erickson


Hilding A. Johnson 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 FIELD DRIVERS


F. Selby Paddock 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 FENCE VIEWERS


Merrill H. Wheeler Fred H. Rice Matthew J. Delehanty SOLDIERS' BURIAL AGENT G. Frank Fay


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ANNUAL REPORT


SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS George R. Willis DOG OFFICER No Appointment Made MOTH SUPERINTENDENT H. Gordon Calkins FOREST WARDEN Russell Erickson FIRE ENGINEERS Russell Erickson, Chief


Donald M. Lincoln, Asst. Chief Raymond Kimball, Clerk John Collins


G. Edgar Fay


POLICE John Collins, Chief


Russell Erickson G. Edgar Fay Carl E. Boquist Earl C. Storrs Hilding A. Johnson William Springer


SPECIAL POLICE


Robert A. Wray John Boyle Byron W. Hagerman


Ernest Niemi Frank Rosvall Orville T. Tibbets William Alaoren PUBLIC WEIGHERS Joseph A. Carroll Lloyd H. Campbell Edward E. Stockman


E. Dexter Marsh


MEMORIAL DAY COMMITTEE


G. Frank Fay Osgood Darrah Carl R. Griffin


Fred A. Kehoe


James A. Bell Catherine Allaire


Clarence Pond TOWN COUNSEL Miles Mooney TOWN ACCOUNTANT


Roger L. Culver Term Expires 1949


BOARD OF REGISTRARS


Matthew J. Delehanty


Term Expires 1947


Carl R. Griffin, Jr. (Resigned) Raymond C. Ruddy (Appointed) Daniel J. Fitzgerald


Term Expires 1948 Term Expires 1949


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TOWN OF RUTLAND


Town Warrant


for


Town Meeting, March 3, 1947 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 Rut- land, qualified to vote in elections and in Town affairs, to meet at the Community Hall in said Rutland, on the third day of March next, at twelve o'clock 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 one Selectman for three years; for One Assessor 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 Board of Public Welfare for three years; for one member of the Board of Health for three years; for one Park Commissioner for three years; for two Library Trustees for three years; for a Tree Warden for one year ; for one member of Planning Board for five years; for one member of Planning Board for four years; for one member of Planning Board for three years; for one member of Planning Board for two years; for one member of Planning Board of one year; for two 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 or take any action thereon.


ARTICLE 3. To choose all necessary Town Officers and Committees.


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 vote to raise and appropriate for defraying the expenses of the several Town Departments for the ensuing year.


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ARTICLE 6. To see if the Town will authorize the Town Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen, to bor- row money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1947, and to issue a note or notes therefor payable within one year, and to re- new 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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