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CHARLES E. CARROLL,
MARK A. PUTNAM,
Rutland Board of Health.
59 Report of the Water Department
Due to war restrictions construction and maintenance has been ham- pered to some extent and no doubt will continue for the duration.
In repard to the auxiliary unit for pumping water, we have been unable to receive any consideration from the War Production Board.
The urgent need of such equipment was clearly demonstrated on Decem- ber 31st when some parts of the town was without water, but for the timely repair to power lines which had been broken, due to the ice storm the State Sanatorium and the Veteran's Hospital would have been seriously affected, faced with the possibility of suspension of operations.
We will continue our efforts to secure this much needed equipment.
In our 1942 recommendations for a fence around the Pumping Station, priorities have made this impossible, however we do not feel that this is of too much importance.
FINANCIAL REPORT OF THE WATER DEPARTMENT
Frank Carroll-Salary
$1600.00
Frank Carroll-Express and Telephones
7.90
Gardner Electric Light Co.
2.976.00
Interest
150.00
Rutland Garage
4.78
N. I. Griffin
36.64
E. D. Marsh
42.90
Washburn Garfield Co.
184.63
Frank L. Thayer
25.48
R. W. Wagner
70.50
Brewer & Co.
22.28
Finan's Express
5.70
Perrin Seaman's Co.
2.60
Boston & Maine RR.
5.00
Bigelow Electric Co.
7.99
H. R. Prescott. Sons
39.95
William H. Flaherty
5.88
Builder Iron Foundry
10.17
N. E. Meter Repair Co.
18.71
Wallace & Tiernan Co.
2.58
Walter Morrill
54.00
Harold Fales
45.60
Freeland Dingley
36.00
$5.356.30
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RECEIPTS
State Sanatorium
$3,081.16
U. S. Veterans Hospital
3,192.90
Town June 1, 1942
1,748.58
Town December 1st, 1942
1,634.99
Wachusett Engineering Co.
11.65
SPECIAL APPROPRIATION POMMOGUSSETT ROAD
Washburn Garfield
$153.00
Ralph W. Wagner
70.50
Daniel Connors
40.50
Charles Mostekio
36.00
$300.00
Unexpended
$50.00
Board of Water Commissioners,
JOHN COLLINS,
LLOYD H. CAMPBELL,
FRANK E. MATHEWS.
To the Board of Selectmen
Mr. Charles J. Campbell, Chairman Rutland, Massachusetts
Gentlemen :
I submit herewith my report of an audit of the books and ac- counts of the Town of Rutland for the period from October 7, 1940 to May 31, 1942, made in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 44, General Laws. This is in the form of a report made to me by Mr. Herman B. Dine, Assistant Director of Accounts.
Very truly yours,
THEODORE N. WADDELL, Director of accounts.
Mr. Theodore N. Waddell Director of Accounts Department of Corporations and Taxation State House, Boston, Mass.
Sir : As directed by you, I have made an audit of the books and ac- counts of the Town of Rutland for the period from October 7, 1940, the date of the previous audit, to May 31, 1942, the following report being submitted thereon.
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The records of financial transactions of the several departments receiving or disbursing money for the Town, or committing bills for collection, were examined and checked for the period of the audit.
The accountant's ledger was analyzed, the appropriation ac- counts being checked to the town meeting records of appropriations vo- ted. A balance sheet, showing the financial condition of the town May 31, 1942, was prepared and is appended to this report.
The books and accounts of the town treasurer were examined and checked. The recorded receipts were analyzed and compared with the records of the departments making payments to the treasurer, while the payments by the treasurer were checked with the selectmen's war- rants authorizing the disbursement of town funds.
The payments on account of maturing debt and interest were verified by a comparison with the amounts falling due and with the canceled securities on file.
The savings bank books representing the investment of the trust funds in the custody of the treasurer were examined and listed, the income being verified.
The cash book additions were verified and the treasurer's cash balance on May 31, 1942, was proved by reconciliation of the bank ba- lance with a statement furnished by the bank of deposit and by acttial count of the cash in the office.
The tax title deeds on hand were examined and listed, the amounts transferred from the several tax levies to the tax title account being verified.
The books and accounts of the tax collector were examined and checked in detail. The taxes outstanding at the time of the previous examination, and all subsequent commitments, were audited and re- conciled with the warrants of the assessors committing the taxes for collection.
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 accountants' 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 out- standing accounts, as listed, are correct.
The financial records of the town clerk were examined and checked in detail. The records of licenses granted were compared with the records of licenses issued, and the receipts on account of licenses were checked and proved. The recorded payments to the treasurer
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were verified by a comparison with the treasurer's receipts. The col- lections on account of sporting licenses issued were verified and com- pared with the amounts paid to the Division of Fisheries and Game.
The accounts of the water department were checked. The com- mitments were proved, the abatements were verified, the recorded col- lections were compared with the treasurer's records of receipts, and the outstanding accounts were reconciled.
The surety bonds of the officials required by law to furnish them were examined and found to be in proper form.
It is recommended that the salary and compensation of all elected officers of the town be fixed by vote of the town, as required by Sec- tion 108, Chapter 41, General Laws.
In addition to the departments mentioned, the books and accounts of the sealer of weights and measures, and of the health, public welfare, school and library departments were examined and checked, and the payments to the treasurer verified.
For the cooperation extended by the several town officials du- ring 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 - MAY 31, 1942 GENERAL ACCOUNTS
ASSETS
LIABILITIES AND RESERVES
Cash
$21,986.84
Temporary Loans :
In Anticipation of Revenue 1942
$15,000.00
Tailings
Levy of 1938
$9.00
Levy of 1939
42.97
Levy of 1940
2,676.41
Levy of 1941
6,624.85
Levy of 1942 (Polls)
190.00
9,543.23
County Tax 363.24
Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes:
Levy of 1940
$23.08
Levy of 1941
90.46
Levy of 1942
1,260.53
Federal Grants:
1,374.07
Aid to Dependent Children : Aid Administration
$49.23
Tax Title Possessions
930.93
8.58
Departmental :
Health
$963.78
Temporary Aid
1,132.28
Old Age Assistance
60.00
2,156.06
Reserve Fund-Overlay Surplus
875.48
Water:
Rates (includes Vetr'. Hospital) $5,996.62
State Sanatorium
262.69
Liens added to Taxes, 1940
79.72
6,339.03
Levy of 1940
204.80
Levy of 1941
462.59
Chapter 81
$10,500.00
Chapter 90
864.63
Revenue-Reserved Until Collected :
Motor Vehicle Excise
$1,374.07
Tax Titles
2,225.59
Departmental
2,156.06
Revenue 1942
$86,921.43
Water
6,339.03
Less Estimated Receipts
Aid to Highways
11,796.95
Collected
18,886.88
68,034.55
Surplus Revenue
23,891.70 22,241.19
$123,456.32
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Apropriation Balances
1,664.04 56,842.56
Overlays-Reserved for Abatements:
Levy of 1938 $9.00
Levy of 1939
44.89
Aid to Highways:
State :
721.28
County :
Chapter 90
432.32
11,796.95
$123,456.32
Overestimates 1941 : State Tax State Parks and Reservation Assessment
$165.00
5.20
533.44
Road Machinery Fund
1,425.34
Tax Titles
$1,294.66
2,225.59
Old Age Assistance:
1,260.12
Assistance Administration
346.11
Accounts Receivable : Taxes :
24.29 237.00
Dog Licenses-Due County
DEBT ACCOUNTS
Net Funded or Fixed Debt
$49,800.00
Public Buildings Loan 1937
$10,000.00
Public Buildings Loan 1938
30,000.00
Public Buildings Loan 1939
1,500.00
Public Buildings Equipment Loan 1939
500.00
Highway Equipment Loan 1941
4,800.00
Water Loan 1929
3,000.00
$49,800.00
$49,800.00
TRUST ACCOUNTS
Trust Funds, Cash and Securities
$7,084.76
Charles T. Monroe School Fund
$6,144.94
Horace H. King Library Fund
479.73
David Putnam Library Fund
160.09
Rufus Houghton Rural Cemetary Fund
100.00
Frederick Hunt Rural Cemetary Fund
200.00
$7,084.76
$7,084.76
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ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
OF THE
TOWN OF RUTLAND
MASSACHUSETTS
ADED
FEB. 23, 17/3.
ROTOS PUTNAM
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For the Financial Year Ending
December 31, 1942
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Report of the School Department FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1942
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
F. Eugene Marsh, Chairman
Margaret A. Griffin, Secretary
Lawrence E. Smith
Term Expires 1945 Term Expires 1943 Term Expires 1944
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS James R. Childs -Holden 12 or 209
SCHOOL NURSE Evelyn C. Butler, R. N .- Holden 265 or 444
SCHOOL PHYSICIAN Leroy E. Mayo, M.D .- Holden 89-2 SUPERVISORS
Elizabeth S. Hagar Winifred M. Bond
Music Drawing
ATTENDANCE OFFICER Mark L. Reed-Rutland 22
SCHOOL CALENDAR
High School
Winter Term-8 weeks Spring Term-8 weeks Summer Term-7 weeks
Fall Term-16 weeks Winter Term-8 weeks
Winter Term-7 weeks Spring Term-8 weeks Summer Term-5 weeks Fall Term-16 weeks Winter Term-7 weeks
Jan. 4, 1943 to Feb. 26, 1943 Mar. 8, 1943 to Apr. 30, 1943 May 10, 1943 to June 25, 1943 Sept. 8, 1943 to Dec. 22, 1943 Jan. 3, 1944 to Feb. 25, 1944
Grades
Jan. 4, 1943 to Feb. 19, 1943 Mar. 8, 1943 to Apr. 30, 1943 May 10, 1943 to June 11, 1943 Sept. 8, 1943 to Dec. 22, 1943 Jan. 3, 1944 to Feb. 18, 1944
HOLIDAYS
January 1, February 22, April 19, May 31, 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. means no afternoon session.
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Report of the School Committee
To the Citizens of the town of Rutland:
We herewith submit our annual report for the year ending Decem- ber 31, 1942.
The past year has, as a whole, been a successful one for the schools of Rutland. There was some difficulty in filling the vacancies in the teaching staff. This, of course, was due to the fact that so many men are in the service of the United States. The new teachers have, how- ever, proved most satisfactory.
We are now burning coal instead of oil in the small school. Since the heater has been changed it has not proved satisfactory and a new one will be necessary. This will be installed as soon as possible.
We wish to express our appreciation to the teachers and Superin- tendent for their splendid service and cooperation.
TRANSPORTATION ROUTES
Carl R. Griffin
$17.00
A. C. Wheeler
5.00
Niilo Taipale
4.75
M. H. Wheeler
5.00
FINANCIAL STATEMENT
Town Appropriation
$31,000.00
Expenditures :
General Control
$949.65
Teachers
18,052.81
Health
492.53
Books
257.59
Supplies
534.56
Janitor Supplies
124.26
Repairs
171.45
Transportation
5,634.03
Miscellaneous
155.28
Tuition
104.00
Maintenance
3,856.67
Total
$30,332.83
Unexpended
$667.17
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RECEIPTS TO BE CREDITED TO THE SCHOOL
General School Fund, Part I (Income Tax)
$2,665.00
General School Fund, Part II
5,980.57
Superintendent's Salary
433.96
Tuition State Wards
1,151.56
Town Tuitions
300.00
High School Aid
1,250.00
Total
$11,781.09
Cost of Schools to Town
$18,551.74
Respectfully submitted,
F. EUGENE MARSH, MARGARET A. GRIFFIN, LAWRENCE E. SMITH.
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Report of the Superintendent of Schools
Holden, Mass., December 31, 1942.
To the School Committee of Rutland:
This report is the forty-third in the series since the formation of the present School Union, and the twenty-fifth by the writer.
There have been frequent interruptions of our school program but it has not been neglected, and very special appreciation and thanks are due our teachers for their wholehearted response to the many calls for special services in the general war program. There will be other demands and many sacrifices to be made, but we shall meet them and do our part in the "all-out" for victory without losing sight of our res- ponsibility for training the coming generation in the ways of true de- mocracy and the means of preserving it.
Sugar rationing involved the registration of every family with all its members, and of individuals not in family groups. This was followed by two gasoline or "mileage" registrations, one for an emergency tem- porary program and one for a permanent program. More recently there was fuel oil rationing. In all our work there was splendid support from the local Ration Board. At the annual Teachers' Convention in Worces- ter, Governor Saltonstall said "The work of you teachers in this time of crisis has been tremendous. You have contributed to the war effort and as governor of this State I want to thank you for your work."
Two of our teachers are now in the service, Mr. Cone and Mr. Hempel. Mr. Leo J. Burke and Mrs. Aliene Wilson have been carrying on for them. Miss Sandberg resigned to be married and Miss Betty Calkins was elected to succeed her in the Home Economics Department. We have been fortunate in having no other changes in the teaching force, but Dr. Mayo resigned in October to enter government service. With the fine cooperation of teachers, parents and the School Nurse, we plan to carry on our health program as usual, and the suggestions in the report of the Nurse are recommended for your special conside- ration.
In April the Division of Child Hygiene, with the cooperation of the Rutland Board of Health, held a conference for the health examination of well children of preschool age. No treatment was given but children needing attention were referred to their dentist or school physician.
Enrollment in the Grades was less this fall, there being the greatest change in Grades I and VIII. High School enrollment was larger, but we may expect a drop here as the new draft law goes into effect.
Teachers and pupils are cooperating in the "Schools at War" pro- gram and the Junior Red Cross. The idea of "school as usual" is as
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impossible today as "business as usual." There has been fine response to the calls for collecting rubber, scrap, keys, etc., and for buying War Savings Stamps. It was reported that over 2700 packets of seeds were sold for "V" gardens.
The school property is in good condition. A new floor has been laid in the hallway at the new building and the heating system changed from oil to coal. I would suggest that one of the radiators be taken from Grade III and set up in the library. I believe there should be a definite sum provided each year for purchase of books for the library, for rental of films for the motion picture machine and for film for the small projector. We need especially to consider increases in salaries of teachers, to meet the serious rise in cost of living and the additional taxes that will be imposed. To meet the new requirements of the Office of Defense Transportation the school bus routes will probably need re- vision.
Your attention is asked to the reports which follow, of the High School Principal, the Supervisors, School Nurse and School Physician. I want to extend my special thanks to the Committee and the teachers who have done so much for the welfare of our boys and girls.
Respectfully submitted,
JAMES R. CHILDS, Supt.
REPORT OF THE HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL
To the Superintendent of Schools:
As the weeks passed from January 1, 1942 to December 31, 1942, we are all aware of the many changes in our usual school procedures and activities that have gradually taken place as a result of the war situation. We have experienced a changing personnel in the member- ship of our faculty due to enlistment and scarcity of men teachers. We must take care of our equipment as many school articles are now diffi- cult to buy. Our baseball schedule last spring was reduced to half the usual number of games because transportation was impossible to ob- tain. We have collected scrap metal; we hold air raid drills as well as fire drills at least once a month and buy war stamps every week. Some of our students and all of the teachers residing in Rutland have defi- nite shifts in spotting airplanes. Many of our subjects, especially ma- thematics and physics, are taught with a point of view to help those boys about to enter the armed services of the United States, and as a direct contribution to the war effort a new course in aeronautics was started last September. The importance of this course can readily be understood and without a doubt it will become a permanent part of the curriculum.
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A blackout was an unusual feature during the reception following the graduation exercises last June. The special awards presented at the exercises were as follows:
Washington and Franklin medal for excellence in the study of United States History :
Carl R. Griffin, Jr.
Legion medal for character and all-around ability : Ronald E. Finn
Auxiliary medal for character and all-around ability : Olive M. Prescott
Becker College Key for excellence in the study of commercial subjects :
Olive M. Prescott
On behalf of the school I wish to express our appreciation for the United States flag given by the Rutland Post #310, American Legion, and may I also express my thanks to all those who have helped to make our high school a better school.
Respectfully submitted,
EDMUND D. KELSEY.
REPORT OF THE MUSIC SUPERVISOR
To the Superintendent of Schools:
It is with pleasure I submit the following report of the progress in the Music Department.
In the elementary grades, Music embraces the following: singing, eurhythmics, rhythm bands, sight reading, theory, and appreciation. I should like to make special mention of the two and three part singing done by the boys in the sixth grade, and the notebooks that the eight grade pupils are making in history and appreciation of music.
The New England Festival was postponed last spring because of transportation difficulties so the Girls' Glee Club presented the re- quired numbers at graduation.
The High School Chorus participated in the baccalaureate service and the graduation exercises. At the present time the chorus is some- what handicapped because of lack of books.
Today, more than ever, Music is a necessity. The following is the opinion of one of our Allies:
"The English Government considers music a vital and essential part of war-time emergency measure. Music is recommended for children, as a measure of education and self-expression; for adults it brings en-
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couragement, provides relief from shock and strain and serves as a measure for binding people together in spiritual unity. For all groups music is held vital in giving people something to live for. Music is helping Britain maintain her morale to win the war."
On wings of song let us help to defend and preserve, for ourselves and our posterity, the ideals and practices of our beloved American democracy.
I wish to thank you, the teachers and the School Committee for their assistance and interest, and to express my appreciation to the pupils for their splendid cooperation.
Respectfully submitted,
ELIZABETH S. HAGAR.
REPORT OF THE DRAWING SUPERVISOR
To the Superintendent of Schools:
The work in the Art Department this year has covered the care and use of materials, and the subjects of representation, design, space and tone relation, lettering, construction and handcraft, modeling in clay and art appreciation. Through correlation and efficient coope- ration art work becomes "a helping hand, a kind of connecting link that binds all other subjects to it, and makes every study at school more interesting and valuable because we are building for the future as well as for today." From our foundation program of last year, a working and graded outline has been established. A general library of pictures has been started for the Union. New experiences provide new im- pressions, and knowing that he is to represent them in terms of line, shape and color, the child uses his eyes more intelligently. Memory and the imagination find ideas ready for creative expression when the opportunity presents itself. The arts are developing skills which are essential to any successful enterprise.
By means of Kodachrome slides lessons in art appreciation have been given; appreciation of the things about us in everyday life, for the lower grades, and in upper grades a study of the types of art, draw- ing, painting, color, sculpture, architecture and the crafts.
We have made use of available waste material in our program of "Art Education Alert." Posters in the War Effort have been designed. In the upper grades projects are under way that include the making of maps, charts, models of housing, industrial plants, air bases, and an in- troduction to industrial and military camouflage. Mr. Reynolds, the State Director of Art Education in Massachusetts, addressed all the tea- chers of the Union on "Art in the War Today." He also spoke at a high school assembly. In the high school the program aims to give ex-
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perience in the use of materials and mediums, and is adapting the prin- ciples of art in drawing and applied art to everyday use.
In closing I wish to thank you for your assistance, and the teachers and pupils for their splendid cooperation.
Respectfully submitted,
WINIFRED M. BOND.
REPORT OF THE SCHOOL NURSE
To the Superintendent of Schools:
At the close of the school year the routine clinics and examinations show the following results:
1. Pre-school vaccination and examination clinic-16 attended.
2. Tonsil clinic-8 attended.
3. Dental clinic-86% attended-covers both family and school dental visits.
4. Annual physical examinations-no major defects discovered.
5. Visual and auditory defects-14 cases-12 receiving maximum treatment.
6. Weighing and measuring-three times during the year-2% failing to make normal gains.
7. Home calls and conferences.
8. Transportation to West Boylston for chest X-ray-16.
9. Diptheria Immunization clinic-89 attended.
With the entrance of Dr. Mayo, our School Physician, into the armed forces, we feel it vitally important that the home and school continue to cooperate in the year to come to maintain the health stan- dards achieved during the past year.
Many homes will feel tremendously the existing conditions, and the health of our children must not be neglected.
A few suggestions are offered to the parents.
1. Do not send a sick child to school.
2. Do not send a child to school who has been in pain or nauseated the previous night.
3. Remember watery eyes and nose are often forerunners of a communicable disease.
4. Protect other members of your family by promptly isolating the sick child.
5. Do not hesitate to call your family physician if in doubt.
6. Provide simple, nourishing, well-balanced meals for your child.
7. See that your child is adequately dressed for the weather.
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8. Remember colds are readily checked if prompt treatment is begun. Bed rest, forced liquids, and isolation are important.
9. Transportation of a sick child to his home constitutes a serious problem. Be prepared to do your part.
10. Your child's teacher is interested in the health of her entire classroom. Notify the teacher of your child's absence. The teacher will be watchful of like symptoms in other children.
11. Send an explanatory note to the teacher following absence. De- termination of a child's fitness to participate in a full day's rou- tine can then be made.
12. Secure from your family physician or local Board of Health, the necessary certificate for the child to return to school follow- ing a communicable disease. No child will be admitted without one.
The health of your chld in the school and the community is im- portant. We will do our part. Will you?
To the teachers, the janitor, and all others who have made the health program for the past year pleasant and effective, I wish to ex- press my sincere appreciation.
Respectfully submitted,
EVELYN E. BUTLER, R. N.
REPORT OF THE SCHOOL PHYSICIAN
To the Superintendent of Schools:
The following is my report as School Physician in this Union during the past year.
In the Spring of 1942 the vaccination clinics and the examinations of pre-school children were held in each school throughout the district. At the same time the school buildings were inspected for sanitation. Diphtheria clinics were held in Rutland by the State Board of Health, and in Holden they were conducted by Dr. Crane and myself under the auspices of the local Board of Health. In October the children were examined in each school of the district, and the buildings were again inspected. The children seem to be in unusually good health this Fall, and we have been fortunate in not having any major epidemics of con- tagious diseases.
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