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The records of licenses and permits issued by the select- men, the town clerk, and the health department were examined and checked, and the payments to the State and the town were verified.
The surety bonds of the officials required by law to fur- nish them were examined and found to be in proper form.
In addition to the departments mentioned, the books and accounts of the sealer of weights and measures, the wire in- spector, and of the public welfare, veterans' services, school, library, water and sewer departments were examined and checked, the payments to the treasurer being verified.
Appended to this report, in addition to the balance sheet, are tables showing a reconciliation of the treasurer's cash, summaries of the tax, excise, tax title, and departmental accounts as well as schedules showing the condition and transactions of the trust funds .
For the cooperation extended by the several town offi- cials while engaged in making the audit, I wish, on behalf of my assistants and for myself, to express appreciation.
Respectfully submitted,
WS : EMH
WILLIAM SCHWARTZ Assistant Director of Accounts
TOWN OF RUTLAND - BALANCE SHEET
AUGUST 31, 1954
GENERAL ACCOUNTS
ASSETS
LIABILITIES AND RESERVES
Cash
$188, 497. 20
Temporary Loans: In Anticipation of Reimbursement
$ 20,000. 00
Accounts Receivable:
Taxes:
Levy of 1950:
Poll
2. 00
Real Estate
5.94
Levy of 1951:
. 40
Employees' Payroll Deductions:
Real Estate
3. 96
Federal Taxes
654. 39
Levy of 1952:
County Retirement System
126. 57
780. 96
Personal Property
7. 80
Real Estate
4. 17
Overpayments - to be Refunded: Personal Property Taxes 1950
13. 12
Poll
4.00
Personal Property
390. 94
Dog Licenses for County
233. 40
Real Estate
3,916. 06
Levy of 1954:
Donations:
Poll
62.00
Shade Tree
100.00
Personal Property
15,415. 63
Playground
1,076.85
1,176.85
Real Estate
74,001.45
93,814. 35
Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise:
Federal Grants:
Disability Assistance:
Administration
310. 60
Assistance
43. 10
Aid to Dependent Children:
161.85
Tax Titles
1,873.69
Tax Possessions
242. 50
2,116. 19
Old Age Assistance:
Administration
1,335. 79
Assistance
2,130. 75
5,339. 22
Sewer
420. 22
General Relief
494. 41
Revolving Funds:
Disability Assistance
26. 86
School Lunch
613. 95
Veterans' Services
416. 62
1,358.11
School Athletics
. 17
614. 12
Water:
Rates
3,223.07
State Sanatorium
234.15
General
90,496. 13
U. S. Veterans' Hospital
500. 99
3,958.21
Water:
Maintenance and Operation
5,187. 27
Aid to Highways:
Construction and Extension
1,830.53
State:
Non-Revenue:
Chapter 81
16,500. 00
School
133,070. 29
230, 584. 22
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Levy of 1952
92. 56
Levy of 1953
89. 57
Levy of 1954
1,907.80
2,089.93
Tax Titles and Tax Possessions:
Administration Aid
1,357. 13
Levy of 1953:
State Audit of Municipal Accounts County Tax
144.71
4,659. 47
5,291.92
Personal Property
State and County Assessment 1954: State Parks and Reservations $ 487. 74
Appropriation Balances: Revenue:
Departmental:
Chapter 90 - Highway Maintenance
2,600.00
-399. 92 c 5,600. 00 b
7,800.08
7,800.01
. 07
Chapter 90 - Highway Construction: 1953 Account
-1,478.40 c
3,371.37 b
1,892.97
1,891.42
1.55
1954 Account
3,500.00
200.51
14, 200. 51
10, 941. 72
3,258.79 **
Street Lighting
2,442. 00
2,442.00
2,425. 31
16. 69
Highway Machinery Maintenance
8.00 e
168.64 h
5,500.00 j
5,676.64
5,637.07
39.57
Town Garage Maintenance
500.00
385.00
885.00
885.00
Sidewalks
300.00
300.00
299. 84
. 16
Snow Fence
200.00
200.00
192. 50
7. 50
Snow Removal
6,000.00
417. 94
6,417. 94
6,417. 94
Highways - Vacation Pay
652.00
652.00
652.00
Sand Spreader
1,500.00 j
1,500.00
1,500.00
Land Damage
400.00 c
400.00
150.00
250.00 **
Hurricane Damage
3,459. 04 p
3,459.04
3,459.04
Tornado Fire Hazard
3,333. 10 p
3,333. 10
3,333. 10
Public Welfare Department:
200.00
200.00
200.00
Agent's Salary
2,352.00
2,352.00
1,356.00
996.00
Expense
5,000.00
-1,000.00 k
4,096.60
2,349.92
1,746.68
Disability Assistance
3,500.00
-686. 10 k
3. 10 e
2,817.00
2,482.08
334.92
148. 52 c
508. 81 d
69. 25 e
188. 10 k
914.68
744.68
170.00 **
Disability Assistance - Fed. Grants - Adm.
31. 37 c
374. 18
51.18
323.00 **
Aid to Dependent Children
2,000.00
2,000.00
583.50
1,416.50
Aid to Dependent Children - Federal Grant
1,472. 77 c
701.61 d
10.40 e
2,184.78
727. 70
1,457.08 **
Aid to Dependent Children - Fed. Grant - Adm.
50.60 c
298. 21 d
348. 81
158.19
190.62 **
Old Age Assistance
16,600.00
493. 35 e
1,000.00 k
18,093. 35
18, 066. 73
26.62
Old Age Assistance - Federal Grant
2,676. 26 c
10,370. 68 d
29.65 e
13,076.59
12, 159. 31
917. 28 **
Old Age Assistance - Federal Grant - Adm.
222. 86 c
1,643. 18 d
1,866.04
1,025.23
840.81 **
Veterans' Benefits
3,000.00
319. 11
3,319. 11
3,319. 11
School Committee Salaries
275.00
275.00
275.00
School Department Expense
82, 110.00
82,110.00
82,026. 12
83. 88
School Equipment
300.00
300.00
141.87
158. 13
Repairs to School Building
1,175.00
1,175.00
1,149.46
25. 54
Painting School - Main Building
2,200.00
2,200.00
2,200.00
School Lunch Program
384. 28 c 1,583.52 h
1,967.80
1,256.07
711.73 **
50
342. 81 d
Salaries of Board
96.60 e
Disability Assistance - Federal Grants
10,500.00 b
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REPORT OF THE TOWN TREASURER
FINANCIAL STATEMENT
For the Year 1954
Balance January 1, 1954 Receipts
$ 64,352.13 517,673.28
$582,025.41
Payments per Warrants
$477,086.30
Balance December 31, 1954
104,939.11
$582,025.41
Outstanding Debt
Public Bldgs. Const. Loan 1938
$ 4,000.00
Water Mains Loan, 1947
4,500.00
Municipal Garage Loan, 1951
9,000.00
Water Dept. Equipment Loan, 1952
1,500.00
Water Mains Loan, 1953
13,000.00
School Remodeling Loan, 1954
8,000.00
School Loan - Bond Issue, 1954
190,000.00
$230,000.00
Temporary Loan
#344 - Anticipation of Reimbursement
Loan
$ 20,000.00
Maturing Debt - Due 1955
Loan
Interest
#241-242 Public Blogs. Const. Loan,
1938
$ 2,000.00
# 90.00
286-287 Water Mains Loan, 1947
1,500.00
56.27
306-307 Municipal Garage Loan, 1951
2,000.00
135.00
318 Water Dept. Equipment Loan, 1952
1,000.00
18.75
323-324 Water Mains Loan, 1953
2,000.00
270.00
336
School Remodeling Loan, 1954
1,000.00
150.00
1
School Loan - Bond, 1954
10,000.00
4,255.00
$19,500.00
$ 4,975.02
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Trust Funds
Jan. 1, 1954 Interest
Dec. 31, 1954
Charles T. Monroe School Fund
$ 8,060.74
$ 284.37
8,345.11
Horace H. King Library Fund
621.81
38.74
659.95
David F. Putnam Library Fund
207.48
12.70
220.18
Sarah E. Bartlett Library Fund
5,440.19
263.69
5,703.88
Frederick Hunt Cemetery
200.00
200.00
Rufus Houghton Cemetery
100.00
*
100.00
$14,630.22
$ 598.90
$ 15,229.12
* Permanent Dividends to Rural Cemetery of Rutland, Inc.
Respectfully submitted
Marion H. Fay
Treasurer
53 REPORT OF THE TOWN COLLECTOR
I hereby submit my report as Town Collector for the Year 1954.
REAL ESTATE, PERSONAL, POLLS 1952
Outstanding January 1, 1954 $1 1,844.12
Payments & Abatements Refunded
80.88
Tax Titles Disclaimed
146.07
$ 2,071.07
Cash to Treasurer
1,794.35
Abatements
105.30
Tax Titles Taken
167.52
Outstanding December 31, 1954
3.90
2,071.07
1953 POLL TAXES
Outstanding January 1, 1954
8.00
$ 8.00
Cash to Treasurer
4.00
Abatements
4.00
8.00
PERSONAL PROPERTY TAXES
Outstanding January 1, 1954
$ 1,483.02
$ 1,483.02
Cash to Treasurer
1,310.98
Abatements
167.64
Outstanding December 31, 1954
4.40
$ 1,483.02
5L
REAL ESTATE TAXES
Outstanding January 1, 1954 $ 9,556.44 $
Payments & Abatements Refunded
26.30
9,582.74
Cash to Treasurer
5,571.36
Abatements
824.00
Added to Tax Titles
24.20
Outstanding December 31, 1954
3,163.18
$ 9,582. 74
1954 POLL TAXES
Commitments
$ 1,360.00
Cash to Treasurer
1,172.00
Abatements
180.00
Outstanding December 31, 1954
8.00
$ 1,360.00
1954 PERSONAL PROPERTY TAXES
Commitments
16,687.91
Payments & Abatements Refunded
117.30
$ 16,805.21
Cash to Treasurer
15,111.81
Abatements
218.54
Outstanding December 31, 1954
1,474.86
$ 16,805.21
1954 REAL ESTATE
Commitments
93,960.58
$
Payments & Abatements Refunded
827.27
$ 94,787.85
Cash to Treasurer
79,997.48
Abatements
3,241.53
Added to Tax Titles
188.46
Outstanding December 31, 1954
11,360. 38
$ 94,787.85
MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE TAX
1952
Outstanding January 1, 1954
177.34 $ 177.34
55
Cash to Treasurer Abatements
34.47 142.93
$ 177.34
1953
Outstanding January 1, 1954
2,705.86
Commitments
3,020.79
Payments & Abatements Refunded
169.27
5,895.92
Cash to Treasurer
3,170,15
Abatements
2,114.80
Abatements not reported in 1953
610.97
$ 5,895.92
1954
Commitments
22,741.34
Payments & Abatements Refunded
633.86
$ 23,375.20
Cash to Treasurer
16,975.83
Abatements
1,119.70
Outstanding December 31, 1954
5,279.67
# 23,375.20
WATER RATES (Exclusive of U.S. & State Hospitals)
Outstanding January 1, 1954
4,584.98
Commitments
6,207.14
Payments & Abatements Refunded
5.00
$ 10,797.12
Cash to Treasurer
5,769.74
Abatements
5.00
Outstanding December 31, 1954
5,022.38
$ 10,797.12
SEWER RENTALS
Outstanding January 1, 1954
699.43
Commitments
944.98
Refund
7.50
$ 1,651.91
Cash to Treasurer
904.06
Abatements
12.00
Outstanding December 31, 1954
735.85
$ 1,651.91
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INTEREST AND CHARGES
Cash to Treasurer for 1952 Taxes
$ 94.54
Cash to Treasurer for 1953 Taxes
175.57
Cash to Treasurer for 1954 Taxes
35.93
Cash to Treasurer for Water Rates
18.65
Cash to Treasurer for Sewer Rentals
6.05
$ 330.74
Respectfully submitted,
G. Edgar Fay, Collector
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ASSESSORS RECAPITULATION OF 1954 TAX RATE
Appropriation to be raised by
Taxation
Appropriation from Available Funds
$223,559.87 21,020.01
$244,579 .: F
State Parks and Reservations 487.74
State Parks and Reservations - 1953 Underestimate State Audit of Municipal Accounts
108.51
County Tax
4,659.47
Tuberculosis Hospital Assessment
4,848.92
Tuberculosis Hospital Assessment - 1953 Underestimate 26.84
Overlay Current Year
2,646.69
$ 12,922.88
Gross Amount to be raised
$257,502.76
ESTIMATED RECEIPTS AND AVAILABLE FUNDS
Income Tax
$ 24,800.60 6,238.49
Corporation Tax
Reimbursement on account of Publicly Owned Land 1,951.25
Old Age Meals Tax
635.48
Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise
18,149.83 1,761.50
Fines 397.50
Snow Removal and Sale of Material
60.00
General Government
348.62
Protection of Persons and Property
85.50
Health and Sanitation
91.00
Aid to Dependent Children (Other than Federal Grants) 1,483.90
Charities (Other than Federal Grants)
3,732.31
Old Age Assistance (Other than Federal Grants) 12,744.55
Veterans' Services
1,293.00
Schools (Funds from Income Tax Not Included)
13,670.77
Libraries
29.76
Disability Assistance ( Other than
Federal Grants) 1,591.63
Licenses
144.71
58
Public Service Enterprizes
$12,257.53
Water & Sewer Rentals 632.29
Interest on Taxes and Assessments 380.14
M. D. C. In Lieu of Taxes
2,800.00
M. D. C. Loss of Taxes
8,146.16
Disability Assistance Recoveries 332.66
Reimbursement for School Supt. Salary
762.92
Total Estimated Receipts
$114,377.39
Overestimate - County Tax
Amount taken from Available Funds
214.17 10,000.00 21,020.01
Amount appropriated from Available Funds
Total Estimated Receipts and Available Funds $145,611.57
Net Amount to be raised by Taxation
$111,891.19
$257,502.76
Number of Polls - 680 @ $2.00 $1,360.00
Valuation Personal
Property $326,909.00 16,672.36
Valuation Real Estate 1,840,347.00
93,858.83
$111,891.19
Tax Rate
$51.00
F. Selby Paddock George E. Smith Edward F. Aber
Board of Assessors
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REPORT OF THE TOWN CLERK
BIRTHS
Date January 6 Name Name of Parents Place of Birth
Donald Richard Congdon Holden, Mass.
Chester A. and Grace E. ( Judkins) Congdon
14 Sharlene Bernadette Papierski Worcester, Mass. Donald V. and Claire L. (Gonyer) Papierski
17 Patricia Glory Imatong Holden, Mass. Graciano P. and Theresa (Doyon) Imatong
25 Warren Emerson White, Jr. Holden, Mass.
Warren E. and Edna R. (Benson) White
February 4 Jack Gay McGann Holden, Mass. William P. and Joyce M. (Nelson) McGann
6 Robert William Spindler, Jr. Holden, Mass. Robert W. and Rosalie I. (Weller) Spindler
7 Kris Everett Poyhonen Gardner, Mass. Walter T. and Frances H. (Boulia) Poyhonen
16 Cynthis Mae Locke Holden, Mass. Robert A. and Frances E. (Hatstat) Locke
60
Date February 23
Name Name of Parents Place of Birth
Richard Norris Seelig, 2nd Richard N. and Jane A. (Pengilly) Seelig
Holden, Mass.
March 2 Christine Margaret McGann Worcester, Mass. James J. and Alice M. (Quinn) McGann
6 Lawrence Bernard Lantiegne Holden, Mass. Lawrence J. and Elvie K. (Mantyla) Lantiegne
6 Kathy Ann Love Holden, Mass.
Robert B. and Lois M.
(Griffin) Love
7 Frank James DeLuca Holden, Mass. Frank and Renee (Lee) DeLuca
24 David William Kerr Worcester, Mass. William and Hilda J. (Barbauti) Kerr
31
Raymond Albert Hatstat Holden, Mass. Raymond J. and Elizabeth (LaBombard) Hatstat
April 9 Michael James Wood Holden, Mass. Harold W. and Florence Do (Adams) Wood
20
Teresa Isabella Martella Worcester, Mass. Joseph and Isabella (Bozza) Martella
61
Name Name of Parents Place of Birth
Date April 21 Darrell Jay Griffin Holden, Mass. Ernest D. Jr. and Priscilla L. (Darrah) Griffin
21 Frederick William Salminen Holden, Mass. William F. and Frances M. (Bechan) Salminen
27 Floyd Everett Bowles Holden, Mass. Frederick F. and Dorothy O. (Anderson) Bowles
May 4 John Patrick Honan Holden, Mass. Patrick J. and Anne (Bredican) Honan
18 Linda Denise Sweeney Holden, Mass.
Kenneth J. and Alyce S.
(Mosteiko) Sweeney
June 8 Lou Anne Story Holden, Mass. Edward H. Jr. and Betty L. (Davis) Story
12 Frances Grace Cianciolo Gloucester, Mass. Alfred D. and Grace A. (Giacalone) Cianciolo
July 4 James Curtis Leesha Holden, Mass. James F. and Alice A. (Peabody) Leesha
August 13 Jayne Neuman Haney Holden, Mass. Thomas N. and Mathilda A. (Martelli) Haney
62
Name Name of Parents Place of Birth
Date August 14 Donald Vincent Dolan Worcester, Mass. Donald V. and Sarah J. (Linton) Dolan
14 Dennis Raymond MacCallum Holden, Mass. James W. and Marjorie A. (Bigelow) MacCallum
September 18 Maureen Alison Osborne Worcester, Mass. Morris A. and Elsie I. (Graham) Osborne
26 Stephen John Duszlak Holden, Mass. John J. and Jennie M. (Modliszewski) Duszlak
27 Barbara Townsend Petter Worcester, Mass. John B. and Elizabeth (Geiler) Petter
October 8 Joseph Richard Strong Holden, Mass. Clarence E. and Eunice M. (Handy) Strong
12 Alan Kennen Briggs Holden, Mass. Oliver G. and Edith E. (Kennen) Briggs
12 Cheryl Anne Smith Holden, Mass.
Dayton H. and Mary R. (McClay) Smith
Kenneth Holopainen Worcester, Mass. Vaino J. and Franciska M. (Handy) Holopainen
18
63
Date October 26
Name Name of Parents Place of Birth
Brian Joseph Grogan Greenfield, Mass. Joseph E. Jr. and Elizabeth (Wondoloski) Grogan
November 17 Kevin Robert MacDonnell Worcester, Mass. Julian E. and May M. (LaPoer) MacDonnell
19 Rocco Wilfred Lacanfora Worcester, Mass. Francis R. and Irene A. (Lavallee) Lacanfora
22 Raymond Robert Brunelle, Jr. Holden, Mass. Raymond R. and Lillian M. ( Ortman) Brunelle
23 Kathleen Gertrude Currier Holden, Mass. Harold P. J. and Phyllis C. (Wales) Currier
27 Paula Rae Kline Worcester, Mass. Raymond C. and Betty L. (Brown) Kline
30 Sandra Bigelow Holden, Mass. Herbert K. and Elsie V. (Hopps) Bigelow
December 2 Priscilla Ann Huggard Holden, Mass. Ralph A. and Maria I. (Vigeant) Huggard
9 Gail Virginia Arlin Worcester, Mass.
Karl W. and Tyyne (Puhaka) Arlin 14
Dorothy Louise Harmon Holden, Mass. Roscoe L. and Mary A. (Armstrong) Harmon
64
Date December 14
Name Name of Parents Place of Birth
Worcester, Mass.
19
Robert Edward Doolittle Holden, Mass. Raymond C. and Lorraine L. (Derosier) Doolittle
19 Joseph Raymond Warrington Worcester, Mass. Lester and Doris E. (Benoit) Warrington
MARRIAGES
Date January 2
Name
Place of Marriage
Residence
Leslie H. Williams
Putland, Mass.
Mary Lou Harmon
28
James F. Leesha
Holden, Mass.
Alice A. Peabody
Rutland, Mass. Rutland, Mass. Rutland, Mass. Holden, Mass.
February 13 Harvey E. Eldredge
Spencer, Mass.
Alice E. Parker
Spencer, Mass.
April 10 Malcolm C. Longwell
Rutland, Mass.
Ruth Juanita Stevens
Worcester, Mass. Rutland, Mass.
17
James Powers Norwood, Mass.
Rutland, Mass. Norwood, Mass.
Antoinette M. Frucci
May 1
John S. Poole
Rutland, Mass.
Worcester, Mass. Sadie C. Gilroy
Jamaica Plain, Mass.
John Sherwood Luukko Eero A. and Shirley (Hunt) Luukko
Rutland, Mass.
65
Date Name Place of Marriage
Residence
May 8 George R. Griffin Rutland, Mass.
New Bedford, Mass.
Dorene Kelly
New Bedford, Mass.
Raymond R. White Worcester, Mass. Virginia H. Johnson Worcester, Mass.
Robert W. LaRoche Worcester, Mass.
Holden, Mass.
Asenath M. Lavallee
Rutland, Mass.
June 19 Franklin S. Paddock, Jr.
Rutland, Mass.
Auburn, Mass.
Nancy Colton
26
Robert F. Mattson
Rutland, Mass.
Anita M. Ketela
Auburn, Mass. Rutland, Mass. Rutland, Mass.
July 10 Robert J. Griffin
Rutland, Mass.
Virginia Herrick 17
Percy Beyea
Holden, Mass.
Marie Osborne
31
Frederick J. Curtis
Rutland, Mass.
Joanne M. Rogers
August 7 Robert E. Wood
Rutland, Mass.
Spencer, Mass.
Jean M. Davis
Spencer, Mass.
Rutland, Mass. Rutland, Mass. Rutland, Mass. Holden, Mass. Rutland, Mass. Rutland, Mass.
15 29
Rutland, Mass.
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Date August 14
Name
Place of Marriage
Residence
Robert E. Halfrey Hubbardston, Mass. Rutland, Mass.
Janice L. Handy Rutland, Mass.
28 Ronald E. Finn
Rutland, Mass.
Middleboro, Mass.
Claire N. O'Melia Middleboro, Mass.
28 John W. Mulhern Rutland, Mass.
Worcester, Mass.
Marie N. Rice
Worcester, Mass.
September 10 Arthur J. Benkert
Rutland, Mass.
Susie J. Alvine
Rutland, Mass.
11 Arthur F. Davey
Dedham, Mass.
Karolyn Parker
Rutland, Mass.
26 Earl F. Brown
Rutland, Mass.
Worcester, Mass.
Olive T. Daniel Worcester, Mass.
30
Charles A. Bashaw, Jr. Rutland, Mass.
Auburn, Mass.
Barbara J. Wagner Holden, Mass.
October 8 Leroy M. Johnson
Rutland, Mass.
Holden, Mass.
Astrid M. Dodge Jackson Heights, N.Y.
23
Ronald H. Mann Rutland, Mass.
Worcester, Mass.
Sylvia M. Luukko Rutland, Mass.
Worcester, Mass.
Rutland, Mass.
67
Date October 23 Anthony A. Shank
Name Place of Marriage
Residence
Rutland, Mass.
Barre, Mass.
Beverly J. Shepardson
Barre, Mass.
30
Robert R. Crawford
Rutland, Mass.
Rutland, Mass.
Priscilla A. Heyes
South Barre, Mass.
November 1 James M. Brown
Arlington, Masso
Rutland, Mass.
Juliet Giles
Arlington, Mass.
13
George A. Gove
Holden, Mass.
Grace E. Hatstat
Rutland, Mass.
December 4
Donald S. Chisholm
Worcester, Mass.
Eunice C. Johnson
Rutland, Mass.
25
William H. Norris
Fitchburg, Mass.
Sheila Walsh
Rutland, Mass.
DEATHS
Date
Name
Y
Age M D
January 20
Nellie R. Godfrey
83 0
22
Rutland, Mass.
22
Victor J. Rogers
54 8 24
Rutland, Mass.
February 4
Werener Liimatainen 65 2 24
Holden, Mass.
Rutland, Mass.
Rutland, Mass.
Rutland, Mass.
Place of Death
68
Date
Name
Age YMD
Place of Death
February 11
John J. Welch
91 5 14
Rutland, Mass.
March 20
Mary J. Taylor
89 9 0
Worcester, Mass.
April
1
Raymond A. Hatstat
1
Holden, Mass.
July 17
Margaret Boquist
82
10 11
Rutland, Mass.
September 3
Mary L. Calkins
92 7 2
Rutland, Mass.
23
George F. Keith
64
4 23
Holden, Mass.
23
George M. Davis
92 0 26
Worcester, Mass.
October 26
Kenneth Holopainen
7
Worcester, Mass.
29
William F. Finn 58 2 26Rutland Heights, Mass.
November
13
Wilfred T. Bashaw
84
9 14
Worcester, Mass.
21
Jennie E. Forbush
83 4 16
Rutland, Mass.
28
Peter M. DeLuca
55
Rutland, Mass.
December 20
Wayne J. Gradowski
2 8 8
Worcester, Mass.
24
Eleanor Culver
59 6 19
Holden, Mass.
69
LICENSES ISSUED DURING THE YEAR 1954
DOG LICENSES
215 Male
@ $ 2.00
$ 430.00
Lılı Female
5.00
220.00
80 Spayed
2.00
160.00
8 Kennel
10.00
80.00
890.00
Less 347 fees @ $0.20
69.40
Paid to Town Treasurer
$ 820.60
OTHER LICENSES AND CERTIFICATES :
1 Junk Dealer's License
@ $ 5.00
$ 5.00
1 Oleo
0.50
0.50
3 Gas Registration
1.00
3.00
3 Business Certificates
1.00
3.00
Paid to Town Treasurer
11.50
SPORTING LICENSES
134 Resident Fishing 77 Resident Hunting
125 Resident Sporting
29 Resident Minor Fishing
52 Resident Female Fishing
10 Resident Sporting (Free)
5 Resident Military Sporting (Free)
1 Resident Old Age Sporting (Free)
5 Non-Resident Special Fishing
1 Non-Resident Military Sporting
3 Resident Alien Fishing
70
JURY LIST -- JULY 1, 1954
James A. Bell Gerard Cormier
Burton H. Fiske
David A. Darrah Harold I. Judkins
John O. McGann
Anthony Martelli
Eino M. Mattson
Albert J. Thomas
James L. Wood
Phillip Zaramba
Walter C. Putnam
Nelson M. Calkins, Jr.
Robert Spindler
Newell Felton
Frank Calkins
Osgood Darrah
William H. Griffin
Marion M. Bigelow
Vivian Dudley
Eleanor K. Dennehy
Clerk Housewife Librarian
Ethel Jones
Secretary
Harriet Myska
Housewife
Albina Murphy Mary E. Webber
Housewife Housewife
DRAWN DURING 1954
James L. Wood Albina B. Murphy John O. McGann Eino M. Mattson
Respectfully submitted
Linda A. Hanff Town Clerk
Painter Machinist Custodian
Foreman Janitor Garage Proprietor Contractor
Laundry Foreman Office Manager
Inspector Steward Truck Driver Engineer
Electrician Truck Driver Shop Worker Electrician Mechanic
71
REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS
CHAPTER 90 CONSTRUCTION
MAPLE AVENUE
1400 ft. roadway built.
2200 cu. yds. excavation.
1100 ft. trench excavation.
1100 ft. corrugated iron pipe used.
6 manholes built.
3 catch basins built.
2 drop inlets built.
600 ft. of ditch dug for Water Dept., and refilled.
CHAPTER 90 MAINTENANCE
25500 ft. roadway treated with tar and asphalt.
5175 ft. roadway honed.
5250 gal. asphalt used.
5900 gal. tar used.
800 ft. drainage pipe installed.
2 catch basins built.
CHAPTER 81
On Chapter 81, the usual maintenance of scraping and drainage was done. 26000 ft. of roadway was treated with tar and asphalt. 19000 gal. of tar and asphalt was used. 6 new culverts were installed. 2000 ft. of roadway was widened with bulldozer.
72
LIST OF TOOLS
Axes
6
Bars Stone Forks
8
6
Stone Hammers
4
Torches
12
Mattocks
2
Picks
8
Rakes
4
Scraper Blades
6
Snow Plow Blades
14
Sand Screen
1
Scyths
5
Shovels-Short
8
Shovels-Long
3
Shovels-Spoon
3
Brush Hook
1
Pitch Forks
2
Tool Box
1
Rooter Plow
1
Landside Plow
1
Concrete Mixer
1
Brooms
6
Sand Spreader
2
Scythe Snaths
5
Grindstone
1
Arc Welder
1
Power Grader
1
Snow Plows
9
Trucks
3
Tractor
1
Grease Gun
1
Chain Saw
1
Respectfully submitted
George R. Willis Superintendent of Streets
Emery Grinder
Acetylene Welder
73
REPORT OF THE PARK COMMISSIONERS
Appropriation
Transferred from Reserve Fund
$1,530.00 40.56
$1,570.56
Expended :
Payroll
817.63
Life Guard
411.42
Swimming Pool Supplies
95.55
Machinery repairs and Supplies
57.37
Electricity
166.40
Bathhouse Repairs
22.19
$1,570.56
Respectfully submitted,
Raymond K. Putnam, Chairman
Mark L. Read, Clerk George E. Smith Park Commissioners
74
REPORT OF THE WATER AND SEWER DEPARTMENT
Water Department Appropriation:
Maintenance
$9,000.00
Superintendent's Salary
3,900.00
Commissioners' Salaries
275.00
$ 13,175.00
Expended - Maintenance:
Outside Labor
417.86
Truck Maintenance
671.42
Equipment-Supplies
694.04
Pipes-Fittings
1,360.94
Fuel-Lights-Power
3,797.09
Repairs
470.01
Supplies
260.89
Printing, Stationery, Postage
26.68
All Other
168.56
Labor
15.00
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Sewer Billings
676.87
Total Maintenance Expenditures Unexpended Balance
$ 8,559.36 440.64
Superintendent's Salary Expended
3,900.00
Commissioners' Salaries Expended
275.00
Total Maintenance & Salaries Expenditures # 13,175.00
RELAYING AND EXTENDING WATER MAIN ON MAPLE AVENUE
Balance from 1953 Appropriated 1954 Total
$1,056.42 2,700.00 3,756.42
Expended 1954 Balance to 1955
3,751.79
$ 4.63
75
RENEWAL AND EXTENSION OF WATER MAIN ON POMMOGUSSETT ROAD
Appropriated Expended 1954 Balance to 1955
$2,245.00 2,221.11
23.89
SURVEY FOR SEWER LINE ON HIGHLAND PARK ROAD
Appropriated Expended Balance to 1955
$
500.00
000.00
$
500.00
WATER AND SEWER DEPARTMENT BILLINGS
Water Billings State Sanatorium
$2,512.62
Water Billings U.S. Veterans Hospital
5,651.88
Water Billings Town Residents 6,207.14
Total Billings Water
$ 14,371.64
Sewer Billings Town Residents
944.98
Total Billings Water and Sewer
$ 15,316.62
Respectfully submitted,
Richard H. Jones William R. Temple Robert B. Love Board of Water and Sewer Commissioners
76 REPORT OF THE FIRE ENGINEERS
During the year 1954 nine alarms for fires were answered:
2 Buildings 5 Chimney 2 Automobile
Respectfully submitted,
Russell Erickson, Chief Robert Love, Clerk Donald Lincoln John Collins G. Edgar Fay
REPORT OF THE FOREST WARDEN
During the year 1954, thirty-four alarms for grass and brush fires were answered. A total of twenty-seven acres were burned over.
FOREST FIRES
Appropriation: $ 300.00
Expended :
Labor
$ 253.75
Unexpended
46.25 $ 300.00
Appropriation:
Salary-Forest Warden Expended
$ 50.00 50.00
Respectfully submitted,
Russell Erickson Forest Warden
77
FINANCIAL REPORT OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT
Maintenance Account
Appropriation:
$2,171.00
Transferred from Reserve Fund
1.88
$2,172.88
Expended :
William White
96.00
New England Tel. & Tel. Co.
99.70
Worcester County Electric Co.
84.10
E. D. Marsh
212.93
N. E. Ass'n of Fire Chiefs-Dues
3.00
Rutland Garage
39.05
Bills' Garage
24.50
Erwin Reed
1.68
The Drummond Press Inc.
8.00
Robert Dea
374.51
Albert Thomas
116.08
Justin A. McCarthy Co.
525.00
Rutland Training Center
9.00
Nellie J. Griffin
52.69
Holden Fire Protection Co.
20.40
South Worcester Sheet Metal Works
21.60
Sterling Fire Alarm Co. Inc.
5.41
Harold L. Dower
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