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Respectfully submitted,
LEROY E. MAYO, M.D.
ORGANIZATION 1941-1942
School
Teacher
Training
Began Here
High
Edmund D. Kelsey
Mass. State College
Sept. 1927
Leon W. Cone, Jr.
Mass. State College
Sept. 1940
G. Hartley Curtis
Bates
Feb. 1942
Margaret F. Sears
Salem STC
Sept. 1931
Ruth J. Hasseltine
Univ. Vermont
Sept. 1940
Martha A. Sandberg
Simmons
Sept. 1938
VIII
Carl H. Hempel
Hyannis STC
Sept. 1933
VIII
Aliene B. Wilson
Worcester STC
Mar. 1942
VII
Beatrice M. Thibeau
Washington NS
Sept. 1933
VI
Margaret G. Harding
Keene NS
Sept. 1941
V
Marthajane Mitchell
Worcester STC
Sept. 1940
IV
Catherine N. Griffin
Fitchburg NS
Sept. 1924
III
Lillian M. Stone
Worcester STC
Apr. 1929
II
Grace E. Wheeler
Worcester STC
Sept. 1936
I
Olive Moulson
Keene NS
Sept. 1941
12
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ENROLLMENT-FALL TERM, 1942
Grades
I
II
III
IV
V
VI
VII
VIII
IX
X
XI
XII
Totals
Boys
7
11
13
13
13
14
13
15
13
11
9
6
138
Girls
14
13
9
11
9
6
11
9
16
6
1
6
111
Totals 21
24
22
24
22
20
24
24
29
17
10
12
249
SUMMARY OF REGISTERS-1941-1942
School
Total Mem.
Ave. Mem.
Ave. Atten.
% of Atten.
High
64
59
57
97
VIII
33
31
30
96
VI
30
24
23
96
VI
28
24
23
96
V
23
22
20
94
IV
26
23
21
92
III
28
23
22
93
II
31
26
23
90
I
34
27
24
90
Totals
297
259
243
94
REGISTRATION OF MINORS
October 1, 1942
Number of Children in Rutland
Boys
Girls
Totals
Between 5 and 7 years of age
21
26
47
Between 7 and 16 years of age
117
102
219
Totals
138
128
266
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HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES
June, 1942
Ellen Ann Abbott
Ernest Dewey Griffin, Jr.
Virginia Louise Alba
Avery Rita Grime
*Julius Tozer Benedict
Paul Louis Martelli
Priscilla Louise Darrah
Roland Clement Mixter
*Ronald Edmund Finn Augustina Neatrice Narcisi
Robert Eugene Fisher
Irene Ethel Gilbert
*Carl Raymond Griffin, Jr.
*Evelyn Louise Waite
*Pro Merito Society
GRAMMAR SCHOOL GRADUATES
June, 1942
Carl E. Boquist, Jr.
Dorothy Beyea
Gilman Connor
Ruth Beyea
Peter DeLuca
Marjory Calkins
William Dempsey
Patricia M. Callahan
Van Buren Herrick
Doris Gilbert
Laurence Kangas
Theresa Handy
Derwin Kennedy
Elsie Hopps
Francis McGann
Frances Hourahan
Elton E. McGowan
Grace Johnson
William McNamara
Dorothy Lincoln
William Oliver
Marjory Mason
Franklin Paddock
Marjorie Matta
David Prouty
Sylvia Niemi
Frank Ranta
Greta Wales
George Ranta
Rosalie Weller
Herbert Seger
Jacqueline Belisle
Olavi Jaki
ROLL OF HONOR
PERFECT ATTENDANCE FOR FOUR YEARS Irma Finne Paul Finne
PERFECT ATTENDANCE FOR THREE YEARS Virginia Alba Robert Davis
PERFECT ATTENDANCE FOR TWO YEARS Robert Fisher
PERFECT ATTENDANCE FOR ONE YEAR
Aldina Alinovi
Dorothy Lincoln
Marion Davis
Augustina Narcisi
Maurice Gordon
Norma Narcisi
Ernest Griffin
William Narcisi
Elsie Hopps
Sylvia Niemi
Laurence Kangas
Phyllis Paddock
*Olive Mary Prescott Esther Grace Smith
Index
Board of Health Report
57
Board of Public Welfare Report
53
Charlton Home Farm Association Report
54
Finance Committee's Report
7
Fire Engineers' Report
57
Highways, Report of Road Work
47
List of Jurors
13
Public Library Trustees' Report
43
Report of Park Commissioners
56
Report of Police Department
56
Sealer of Weights and Measures, Report of
55
Selectmen's Report
14
School Department Report
1
Graduates
14
Honor Roll
14
Organization, 1941-1942
12
Report of High School Principal
7
Report of Superintendent of Schools
6
Report of Supervisor of Music
8
Report of Supervisor of Art
9
Report of School Nurse
10
Report of School Physician
11
School Committee's Report
4
School Department Personnel and Calendar
3
School Statistics
13
State Auditor's Report
60
Tax Collector's Report
41
Town Accountant's Report
27
Balance Sheet
38
Table of Accounts
38A
Town Clerk's Report
10
Town Officers
2
Town Warrant
5
Treasurer's Report
40
Water Department Report
59
ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS
OF THE
TOWN of RUTLAND
MASSACHUSETTS
DED FEB. . 23
17/3
ROTOS PUTNAM . 1781-1789
FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR ENDING
DECEMBER 31, 1943
The Harrigan Press, Worcester, Mass.
ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS
OF THE
TOWN of RUTLAND
MASSACHUSETTS
NDED FEB.
23.
713
HOHE RUFUS PUTNAM 1781-1788
G 168
FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR ENDING
DECEMBER 31, 1943
The Harrigan Press, Worcester, Mass.
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TOWN OFFICERS
MODERATOR Charles J. Campbell
Frances P. Hanff
Term Expires 1946
Charles J. Campbell Charles E. Taylor Frank J. Brooks
SELECTMEN
Term Expires 1944
Term Expires 1945 Term Expires 1946
ASSESSORS
Burton H. Fiske-appointed
George E. Smith
James A. Bell-in armed force
Frank E. Matthews
Term Expires 1944 Term Expires 1945 Term Expires 1946
TREASURER Edith M. Brooks
COLLECTOR OF TAXES G. Edgar Fay
WATER COMMISSIONERS
Frank E. Matthews John Collins Lloyd H. Campbell
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Lawrence E. Smith F. Eugene Marsh Margaret A. Griffin
Term Expires 1944 Term Expires 1945 Term Expires 1946
Charles E. Carroll Mark A. Putnam Edmund Kelsey
Term Expires 1944 Term Expires 1945 Term Expires 1946
BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE
Clarence L. Bigelow George M. Campbell David Darrah
Term Expires 1944 Term Expires 1945 Term Expires 1946
BOARD OF HEALTH
Term Expires 1944 Term Expires 1945 Term Expires 1946
TOWN CLERK
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PARK COMMISSIONERS
Mark A. Putnam Mark L. Read Harold I. Judkins, Jr.
Term Expires 1944 Term Expires 1945 Term Expires 1946
LIBRARY TRUSTEES
Helen Campbell Edmund D. Kelsey
Frances P. Hanff
Term Expires 1945
Term Expires 1945
Term Expires 1946
Term Expires 1946
TREE WARDEN H. Gordon Calkins
Burton H. Fiske
Russell E. Erickson
CONSTABLES John Collins G. Edgar Fay Oliver Davis
OFFICERS APPOINTED BY THE SELECTMEN MEASURES OF WOOD AND BARK AND SURVEYORS OF LUMBER H. K. Bigelow Clarence L. Bigelow
Merrill H. Wheeler
FIELD DRIVERS Fred H. Rice Merrill H. Wheeler
CATTLE INSPECTOR A. Clifford Wheeler
MEAT AND PROVISIONS INSPECTOR Paul Dufault, M.D. (Appointed by Board of Health)
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES AND INSPECTORS OF PETROLEUM William H. Griffin
Merrill H. Wheeler
FENCE VIEWERS Fred H. Rice Matthew J. Delehanty
SOLDIER'S BURIAL AGENT G. Frank Fay
SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS George R. Willis
Margaret E. Thomas
Hattie S. Griffin
Bernice F. Putnam
Term Expires 1944
Term Expires 1944
F. Selby Paddock
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DOG OFFICER Hilding Johnson
MOTH SUPERINTENDENT H. Gordon Calkins
E. Dexter Marsh
PUBLIC WEIGHERS Joseph A. Carroll William R. White
F. Eugene Marsh Osmer Calairio
FIRE ENGINEERS Russell Erickson, Chief
Maurice M. Gordon, Asst. Chief John Collins, Clerk Fred Mueller G. Edgar Fay
FOREST WARDEN Russell Erickson
POLICE John Collins, Chief
Carl E. Boquist Earl C. Storrs Russell E. Erickson
William Springer G. Edgar Fay Oliver Davis
Burton H. Fiske
SPECIAL POLICE
Paul J. Clark Robert Wray Fritz Bauer John Boyle
Fred A. Kehoe
MEMORIAL DAY COMMITTEE Charles E. Carroll Harold I. Judkins, Jr.
George Higginbotham William J. Prescott
TOWN COUNSEL Miles Mooney
TOWN ACCOUNTANT
Albert J. Thomas
Term Expires 1946
BOARD OF REGISTRARS
Matthew J. Delehanty Rufus D. Putnam Daniel J. Fitzgerald
Term Expires 1944 Term Expires 1945 Term Expires 1946
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TOWN WARRANT
for
Town Meeting, Monday, February 7, 1944
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 7th day of February next, at 12 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 Assessor for two years; for a Treasurer for one year; for a Collector of Taxes for one year; for one Water 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 Com- missioner for three years; for two (2) Library Trustees for three years; for a Tree Warden for one year; for five (5) 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 Report of the Town Officers and act thereon.
ARTICLE 3. To choose all necessary Town Officers and Committees and act thereon.
ARTICLE 4. To determine how much money the Town will raise and appropriate for (1) General Government (2) Protection of Persons and Property (3) Health and Sanitation: (4) Highways: (5) Public Welfare and Soldiers Benefits: (6) Education: (7) Recreation and Unclassified: (8) Interest and Maturing Debt: (9) Public Service Enter- prises.
ARTICLE 5. To see if the Town will authorize the Town Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money from time to time
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in Anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1944, and to issue a note or notes therefor 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, Chap. 44 of the General Laws.
ARTICLE 6. To see if the Town will authorize the Assessors to use any unappropriated money and free cash in the Treasury on December 31, 1943, for the purpose of reducing the Tax Rate, or take any action thereon.
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 take any action 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 Highway Maintenance, or take any action thereon.
ARTICLE 9. To see if the Town will authorize the Collector of Taxes to use all means of collecting taxes which a Town Treasurer may use when appointed a Collector of Taxes, or take any action thereon.
ARTICLE 10. To see if the Town will vote to allow the free use of the Town Hall and Community Hall to all organizations within the Town, or take action thereon.
ARTICLE 11. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum of money from the Machinery Rental fund for the purchase of a sanding machine for the Highway Department, or take any action thereon.
ARTICLE 12. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of $1,200, from Overlay Surplus to the Reserve Fund.
ARTICLE 13. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to reconstruct Edson Avenue, or take any action thereon.
ARTICLE 14. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the purpose of extending its Water line on Kenwood Drive, or take any action thereon.
ARTICLE 15. To see if the Town will accept the sum of $4,402.38, it being the residue of the Estate of the late Sarah E. Bartlett left by will to the Rutland Public Library, or take any action thereon.
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ARTICLE 16. To see what action the Town will take to fix the Salaries or Compensation of its elected Town Officers for the ensuing year.
All business contained in this Warrant with the exception of Article 1 will be considered at an adjourned meeting to be held Monday evening February 7th 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 holding 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 18th day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and forty-four.
CHARLES J. CAMPBELL, FRANK J. BROOKS, CHARLES E. TAYLOR,
Selectmen of Rutland.
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1944 Budget Recommended By The Finance Committee GENERAL GOVERNMENT
Expended 1943
Recommend Raise and Appropriate Approp. 1944 1944
Moderator
$10.00
$10.00
Selectmen :
Salaries
350.00
350.00
Expenses
49.67
75.00
Accountant :
Salary
350.00
350.00
Expenses
4.15
10.00
Treasurer :
Salary
300.00
300.00
Expenses
121.41
150.00
Collector :
Salary
500.00
500.00
Expenses
265.68
300.00
Assessors :
Salaries
610.88
600.00
Expenses
265.56
250.00
Town Clerk:
Salary
100.00
100.00
Expenses
44.37
35.00
Elections and Registration
148.85
450.00
Public Buildings Maintenance
1,955.78
2,000.00
Public Buildings Repairs
655.26
1,000.00
Legal
30.00
100.00
$5,761.61 $6,580.00
PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY
Police Department
$119.16
$300.00
Fire Department
672.69
900.00
Forest Fires
90.00
200.00
Forest Warden
50.00
50.00
Tree Warden
99.90
50.00
Moth Department
245.40
300.00
Dog Officer
20.08
50.00
Sealer of Weights and Measures:
Salary
50.00
Expenses
34.40
10.00
$1,331.63
$1,910.00
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Recommend
Expended
Raise and Appropriate
1943
Approp. 1944 1944
HEALTH AND SANITATION
Board of Health:
Salaries
$75.00
$75.00
Expenses
677.17
800.00
Cattle Inspector
25.00
50.00
Vital Statistics
282.50
275.00
$1,059.67
$1,200.00
HIGHWAYS
Bridges
$207.10
$150.00
Chapter 81 Maintenance
2,917.19
2,917.00
Chapter 90 Maintenance
1,500.12
1,500.00 2/100.
Snow and Ice Removal
3,846.70
2,500.00
Sidekalk Repairs
100.00
Street Lights
1,684.86
1,750.00
Road Machinery Maintenance
2,177.96
$1,200.00*
$12,333.93
$8,917.00
$1,200.00
*From Machinery Rental Fund
10 8 17,00
CHARITIES AND SOLDIERS' BENEFITS
Public Welfare:
Salaries
$100.00
$100.00
Expenses
1,634.92
2,000.00
Aid to Dependent Children
987.85
1,500.00
Old Age Assistance
7,356.19
8,000.00
Soldiers' Benefits
258.00
500.00
$10,336.96
$12,100.00
EDUCATION
School Committee Salaries
$ 75.00
$ 75.00
School Department Expenses
30,978.56
31,750.00
Trade Schools
933.66
900.00
Library
552.17
150.00
$423.49*
$32,539.39
$32,875.00
$423.49
*Dog Tax Refund from County.
RECREATION AND UNCLASSIFIED
Memorial Day
$153.54
$150.00
Printing Town Reports
200.00
200.00
Parks
131.05
100.00
Town Dump Maintenance
50.00
Care of Town Clock
30.00
30.00
Old Cemeteries
10.80
50.00
Damages to Persons and Property
2.50
100.00
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Recommend
Raise and Appropriate
Expended 1943
Approp. 1944
1944
Reserve Fund
929.00
300.00
$1,200.00*
County Aid to Agriculture
25.00
Tax Title Foreclosures
41.32
100.00
Civilian Defense
152.10
50.00
Ration Board Expense
100.00
*From Overlay Surplus
INTEREST AND MATURING DEBT
Interest
Maturing Debt
$853.75 $7,200.00
$850.00 $5,500.00
$1,200.00*
*From Machinery Rental Fund.
PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISES
Water Department:
Salaries of Commissioners
$ 80.00
$ 80.00
Maintenance of Works
5,029.76
$6,000.00
$5,109.76
$6,080.00
RECAPITULATION
General Government
$5,761.61
$6,580.00
Protection of Persons and Property
1,331.63
1,910.00
Health and Sanitation
1,059.67
1,200.00
Highways
12,333.93
8,917.00
$1,200.00
Charities and Soldiers' Benefits
10,336.96
12,100.00
Education
32,539.39
32,875.00
423.49
Recreation and Unclassified
1,650.31
1,255.00
1,200.00
Interest and Maturing Debt
8,053.75
6,350.00
1,200.00
Public Service Enterprises
5,109.76
6,080.00
$78,177.01 $77,267.00 $4,023.49
Respectfully submitted,
In addition to the foregoing budget we also recommend favorable attention on the appropriation of $135.10 from Machinery Rentals to the Purchase of Highway Sanding Machine.
CLARENCE E. PRESCOTT, Chairman EDWARD C. ABER, Clerk
ALBERT J. THOMAS E. DEXTER MARSH THOMAS F. WELCH
HOWARD S. DAVIS DAVID M. HANFF
$1,650.31
$1,255.00
$1,200.00
$8,053.75
$6,350.00
$1,200.00
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Report of Town Clerk
The Following Births, Marriages and Deaths were recorded in Rutland, during the year 1943
Births
Date, 1943 Name Name of Parents Place of Birth
Jan. 1 Barbara Louise Takala
Holden, Mass.
Jan. 5 Thomas Edgar Haney
Holden, Mass.
Jan. 7 George Francis Sheckleton, Jr.
George F. and Hilma M. (Halttunen) Sheckleton Holden, Mass.
Jan. 26 Ruth Elaine Baron
George A. and Ruth L. (Alba) Baron
Jan. 27 Karl Eric Ericson
Holden, Mass.
Stanley P. and Jennie A. (Armstrong) Ericson Holden, Mass. Feb. 9 Alan Walter Wood
Herald W. and Florence M. (Adams) Wood
Feb. 18 Earleen Linda Granland
Worcester, Mass.
Earl and Femme (Biedela) Granland
Mar. 20
Warren Daniel Nurmi
Worcester, Mass.
Eino W. and Madelyn M. (Connor) Nurmi
Mar. 20 Carol Evelyn White
Austin and Alice F. (Buss) White
Mar. 27 Jean Louise Wood
Elmer R. and Bernice M. (Bolivar) Wood
Apr. 9 Georgia Ellen Campbell
Worcester, Mass.
George M. and Mercie H. (Wheeler) Campbell
May 17 Michael George McGann Holden, Mass.
John D. and Harriett A. (Pratt) McGann
June 4 Loretta Marie Celle
Holden, Mass.
June 24
Joseph S. and Loretta B. (Crump) Celle Ruth Karen FitzGerald
Worcester, Mass.
July 3 Adrien Leo Prunier
Worcester, Mass.
July 6 Barbara Claire Fiske
Worcester, Mass.
Burton H. and Pauline H. (Quackenbush) Fiske
July 13 Charles Williams
Holden, Mass.
July
20
William and Mary L. (Brown) Williams James Francis Brodin
Holden, Mass.
July 28 Edward Lee Bracebridge Holden, Mass.
Frank S. and Charlotte H. (Snow) Bracebridge
Aug. 3 John Alfred Dod, Jr. Worcester, Mass.
John A. and Rita A. (Grime) Dod
Holden, Mass.
Aug. 14 James Edward Harmon Holden, Mass.
John F. and Gertrude L. (Miller) Harmon
Aug. 16 Diana Deane Gilman Holden, Mass.
Raymond P. and Lena M. (Melanson) Gilman
Holden, Mass.
Holden, Mass.
Daniel J. and Alma C. (Cleary) FitzGerald
Omer E. and Olive C. (Gemme) Prunier
Maurice T. and Edna M. (Sullivan) Brodin
Aug. 7 Barbara Jean Fagone
Sebastiano J. and Rose F. (Calioaro) Fagone
John R. H. and Gertrude A. Takala
Thomas N. and Matilda A. (Martelli) Haney Worcester, Mass.
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BIRTHS (continued)
Aug. 18 Sharon Ann Lloyd Holden, Mass.
Harold C. and Maryanna W. (Coffin) Lloyd
Aug. 22 John Wilton Currier Worcester, Mass.
Harold P. J. and Phyllis C. A. (Wales) Currier
Aug. 24 Scott Elwin Springer Worcester, Mass.
William E. and Veronica H. (Heywood) Springer Worcester, Mass.
Aug. 29 Helena Eva Ruchala
Henry and Vera E. (Mosteiko) Ruchala
Aug. 30 Sally Anne Fairchild Lemont S. and Gladys F. (Manville) Fairchild
Leon Paul Beaulieu Holden, Mass.
Sept 10 Robert Warren Donaldson Holden, Mass.
Robert S. and Helen L. (Wales) Donaldson
Sept 23 Mary Elizabeth Bashaw Holden, Mass.
Sept. 29
Charles A. and Lollie A. (Buff) Bashaw Kathleen Mary Scott
Holden, Mass.
Oct. 16
Willard H. and Helen E. (Jameson) Scott George Normand Prunier Worcester, Mass. George N. and Theresa P. (St. Germain) Prunier Johnson Holden, Mass.
Oct. 26 Mark F. and Leora B. (Young) Johnson
Nov. 25
Catherine Veronica McVarish Holden, Mass.
Patrick W. and Nellie (O'Connor) McVarish
Dec. 11 William Leon Johnson Holden, Mass. Harry C. and Olive J. (Hasselstrom) Johnson
Marriages
Date
Names
Place of Marriage
Residence
Rutland, Mass.
Rutland, Mass.
Rutland, Mass. Rutland, Mass. Worcester, Mass.
February
20 Manuel Rocha Pearl Handy
22 Carl Herman Hempel Betty Jean Calkins
March
6 Eino M. Taipale Marjorie L. White
11 Eino W. Nurmi Madeline M. Connor
April
19 Ronald R. Corbin Gertrude E. Hathorn
May 11 Leo H. Grenier Gladys M. Clark
Rutland, Mass.
Rutland, Mass.
Taunton, Mass. Rutland, Mass. Long Branch, N. J. Rutland, Mass.
Rutland, Mass. Rutland, Mass. Rutland, Mass. Worcester, Mass. Hubbardston, Mass. Rutland, Mass.
Rutland, Mass. Rutland, Mass. White River Junction, Vt.
Worcester, Mass. Rutland, Mass. Worcester, Mass.
January 6 Harry E. Dow Alice Watson
30 Bernard L. McGann Shirley A. Girard
Worcester, Mass.
Worcester, Mass.
Sept. 12 Charles E. and Pauline R. (Goodwin) Beaulieu
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MARRIAGES (continued)
June
11 John A. Fiske Evelyn R. Talbot
July
20 Minas Minasian Barbara L. Evans
Worcester, Mass.
Rutland, Mass.
Rutland, Mass.
August
7 Bieagio F. Caloiaro Augustina B. Narcisi
Rutland, Mass.
Rutland, Mass.
Rutland, Mass.
28 Philippe Thibault Elsie M. Walker
Rutland, Mass.
Rutland, Mass.
Rutland, Mass.
September
25 Kenneth J. Sweeney Alyce S. Mosteiko
Rutland, Mass
Fitchburg, Mass. Rutland, Mass.
October
4 Rudolph H. Cote Mabel (Garland) Vaine
Rutland, Mass.
Gardner, Maine
Rutland, Mass.
24 Frederick W. Rosenquist, Jr. Virginia L. Alba
Rutland, Mass.
Leicester, Mass.
Rutland, Mass.
26 Rufus Uttly Pratt Susan C. Stelmokas
Rutland, Mass.
Rutland, Mass.
Rutland, Mass.
November
4 Paul W. Prescott Janice E. Wedge
Boston, Mass.
Rutland, Mass. Greenfield, Mass.
Deaths
Residents of Rutland
Date
Name Disease
Y. M. D.
Place of Death
1943
January 29 Kathryn J. Fitzpatrick Carcinoma of stomach
62
8
19
Holden, Mass.
February
2 Edgar Smith Heart disease
75
Holden, Mass.
March
10 Grace L. Smith Papillary Carcinoma
50
10
Holden, Mass.
April
2 Matthew P. Dowd
44
11
3
Rutland, Mass.
Cerebral hemorrhage
80
7
18
Holden, Mass.
21 William A. Curtis Uremia
73
Holden, Mass.
June 11 Katherine E. Willis Myocardial degeneration
73 8 £ 1
Rutland, Mass.
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5
23 Peter Stanwick Sublingual abscess
Worcester, Mass.
Rutland, Mass. Worcester, Mass.
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DEATHS (continued)
26 Nancy M. Connor Chronic myocarditis
74
9 17
Holden, Mass.
July 7 George M. Taylor Cerebral hemorrhage
81
7
2
Rutland, Mass.
August
4 George H. Willis Cerebral hemorrhage
77
9
24
Rutland, Mass.
5 N. Della Wheeler Carcinoma
80
0
6
Rutland, Mass.
October
26 Johnson
Holden, Mass.
Stillborn
November
1 Harry U. Wendell
67
10
20
Stoneham, Mass.
Ventricular fibrillation
2 Lescadie Marengo
86
2
18
Rutland, Mass.
Heart disease
3 Joseph Siro Celle
37
10
24
Holden, Mass.
Carcinoma of pancreas
21 Kathleen A. Bell
39
2
19
Boylston, Mass.
Pulmonary tuberculosis
Also 230 non-residents died at the various hospitals and sanatoria dur- ing the year 1943.
Licenses Issued During the Year
142 Male Dogs @ $2.00
$284.00
26 Female Dogs @ $5.00
130.00
54 Spayed Female Dogs @ $2.00
108.00
222 Fees @ $0.25
Balance
Paid Town Treasurer
$477.60 477.60
Licenses Issued During the Year 1943
No. 1 Resident Citizens' Fishing Licenses 69
No.
2 Resident Citizens' Hunting Licenses
52
No.
3 Resident Citizens' Sporting Licenses
52
No. 4 Resident Women's and Minor's Licenses
46
No. 7 Resident Citizens' Sporting Licenses, Free
9
No.
8 Special Non-Resident Fishing Licenses
1
No. 13 Duplicate Licenses
2
No. 16 Resident Military or Naval Service Sporting Licenses, Free 9
Total
240
Licenses to sell gasoline granted to Mrs. Annie F. Hopps.
1
$552.00 44.40
15
Jury List as Revised by the Selectmen, 1943
Frank J. Blodgett
Hilding A. Johnson
Niilo J. Taipale
Nelson M. Calkins
Harold I. Judkins, Jr.
Arnold C. Weller
George M. Campbell
Robert D. Leary
Merrill H. Wheeler
Lloyd H. Campbell
Matti W. Luukko
Russell E. Erickson
David A. Darrah
Elton D. McGowan
Carl R. Griffin
Albert M. Donaldson
Walter F. Morrill
Waino Ketonen
Willie H. Griffin
Melvin L. Park
John J. Linnane
Maurice M. Gordon
Edward N. Prescott
William H. Royal
David M. Hanff
Mark L. Reed
Lemont Fairchild
Charles A. Hatstat
George E. Smith
CHARLES J. CAMPBELL FRANK J. BROOKS CHARLES E. TAYLOR
Selectmen.
Drawn During the Year 1943:
Walter J. Bell William H. Royal
Albert M. Donaldson
Respectfully submitted,
FRANCES P. HANFF,
Town Clerk.
16
Report of the Selectmen
To the Citizens of Rutland :
In submitting our Report for the year ending December 31, 1943, we wish to take this opportunity to again express our appreciation to the various town departments for their cooperation in keeping their expenditures within their appropriation voted by the town, thus enabling us to close the year with a substantial surplus which can be held in reserve for postwar projects when we again return to normal times. The financial report of the selectmen follows:
TOWN MODERATOR
Salary :
Appropriation :
$10.00
Expended.
Charles J. Campbell
$10.00
10.00
.
SELECTMEN'S DEPARTMENT
Salaries:
Appropriation :
$350.00
Expended :
Charles J. Campbell
125.00
Frank J. Brooks
125.00
Charles E. Taylor
100.00
350.00
DEPARTMENT EXPENSE
Appropriation : Expended :
$75.00
Worc. County Selectmen's Assoc. Dues
$9.00
Prouty Printing Co. Envelopes and Warrants
9.95
Agnes J. Martin, Typing 3.00
1.35
Comm. of Public Safety, Firearms Book
.75
Charles J. Campbell, perambulating Town lines, Tel. & travel 12.02
Charles E. Taylor, perambulating Town lines and travel
7.10
Frank J. Brooks, postage & tel.
3.50
Worc. County, Petition Worc. County
3.00
Unexpended
$49.67 25.33
Narcus Bros. Inc., Record Book
17
TOWN ACCOUNTANT'S DEPARTMENT
Salary :
Appropriation :
Expended :
Albert J. Thomas
$350.00
350.00
DEPARTMENT EXPENSE
Appropriation :
$10.00
Expended :
Albert J. Thomas, Postage and supplies
$4.15
4.15
Unexpended
$5.85
TREASURER'S DEPARTMENT
Salary :
Appropriation :
$300.00
Expended :
Edith M. Brooks
$300.00
300.00
DEPARTMENT EXPENSE
$150.00
Appropriation Expended :
Narcus Bros., Binder pages and index
$6.55
Northboro Nat. Bank, checks
16.80
Albert J. Thomas, Treasurer's Bond
31.00
Robinson Seal Co., Inc., forms for Victory Tax
6.61
Edith M. Brooks, postage and travel
51.90
Prouty Printing Co., supplies
8.55
Unexpended
28.59
COLLECTOR'S DEPARTMENT
Salary :
Appropriation :
$500.00
Expended :
G. Edgar Fay
$500.00
$500.00
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