Town annual report of Rutland 1958-64, Part 10

Author: Rutland, Mass.
Publication date: 1958
Publisher: The Town
Number of Pages: 1030


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All Other 1052.74


Total


$ 4,870.17


Metropolitan District Commission Sewer Billings $ 511.19


Total Appropriation Expended


$12,454.27


106


Total Appropriation: $13,435.00 Total Appropriation Expended : $12,454.27


$


980.73


Unexpended Balance


Water and Sewer Billings :


Water Billings State Sanatorium $ 2,539.77


Water Billings U.S. Vet.


Hospital 4,387.91


Water Billings Town


Residents 8,482.78


Total Water Billings Sewer Billings Town Residents


$15,410.46 1,401.52


Total Water & Sewer Billings


$16,811.98


Truck :


Appropriated 1959


Expended 1959


$ 1,644.50 1,644.00


Balance .50


Water Investigating Committee:


Balance from 1958 $ 319.63


Expended in 1959 000.00


Balance to 1960 319.63


Respectfully submitted , ROBERT LOVE, Chairman RICHARD JONES, Clerk ANTHONY MARTELLI, Member


107


REPORT OF THE BUILDING INSPECTOR


Recapitulation


Total Number Dwelling Units


13 Estimated Cost


$113,600.00


Total Number Commercial Units 8 Estimated Cost 9,750.00


Total Number Private Garages 5 Estimated Cost 1,900.00


Total Number Addition & Repairs


21 Estimated Cost


16,739.00


Total Number House Trailers


2 Estimated Cost


40.00


Total Number Units Demolished


2 Estimated Cost


Total Number Permits


51 Total Fees Col. 147.00


Total Estimated Construction Cost for 1959


142,176.00


Inspections


Building


35


Plumbing 13


Electrical


27


There were thirty-two miscellaneous electrical inspections not connected with these permits.


Respectfully submitted,


Attilio C. Alinovi Building Inspector


REPORT OF THE BOARD OF APPEALS


This board had no requests for hearings in 1959 and gave no decisions. No funds were expended.


Respectfully submitted,


Timothy C. Murphy, Chairman Robert H. Cannon, Clerk Nelson M. Calkins, Jr.


108


REPORT OF THE WIRE INSPECTORS DEPARTMENT January 1, 1959 to December 31, 1959


To the Board of Selectmen of the Town of Rutland:


There were 26 miscellaneous wire inspections for the year 1959.


There were 27 inspections covered by building permits, of which 14 were for new homes.


Respectfully submitted,


Herbert G. Calkins Wire Inspector


REPORT OF THE DOG OFFICER


Dog Bitės 12


Dogs Destroyed


25


Dog Complaints


11


Claims


None


Respectfully submitted,


A. W. Brown, Jr. Dog Officer


109


REPORT OF THE LIBRARIAN OF THE FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY


To the Citizens of the Town of Rutland &


I hereby submit my report for the year 1959 .


Circulation Adult


Fiction


849


Non-fiction 851 Juvenile


Fiction 1727


Non-fiction


333


Cash received :


Sale of cards and fines


$33.73


Donation for reading tables


5.00


Paid to Town Treasurer $38.73


The Rutland Grange gave five dollars toward magazines for the reading tables.


Magazines for the tables were donated by the American Legion, the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, Mrs. Frank Calkins, Mrs. Frank Dana, Mrs. Franklin T. Wood, Mrs. Frances P. Hanff, and Miss Emma Hawes .


Fifty-seven new adult and twenty-five new juvenile books were purchased this year.


Books were donated by Mrs. Franklin T. Wood, Miss Rosalind Buswell, and Mr. John B. Hitchins.


The new desk which was purchased this year is greatly ap- preciated and very useful.


Respectfully submitted,


Linda A. Hanff, Librarian


110


REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARY


January 1, 1959, through December 31, 1959


To the Citizens of the Town of Rutland:


The Library Trustees held four meetings during the year for the administration of library matters. A total of seventy-two books were purchased for the library, twenty-seven of which were for juvenile readers and forty-seven for adult readers. There were sixteen renewals of subscriptions for magazines and period- icals. A donation of five dollars was received inthe name of the Rutland Grange.


Mrs. Donna Vigneau, a valued member of the Trustees, resign| during the year due to removal of resi ence to the state of Ver- mont. Mrs. Joanne Alinovi was designated to serve until the nex annual Town Meeting, or until her successor was chosen, as pro- vided by General Laws, Chapter 41, Section 11.


FINANCIAL STATEMENT


Receipts :


Appropriation


$367.78


County Dog Tax Refund


632.22


Donation Received


5.00


$1005.00


Disbursements :


Librarian's Salary


$600.00


Books


227.06


Periodicals


87.70


Desk and Freight Charge


66.00


Printing, Binding, and Postage


22.70


All Other


1.50


1004.96


Unexpended Balance


Hazel H. Wood Bernice F. Putnam Edmund D. Kelsey


Respectfully submitted, Florence E. Wheeler Joanne Alinovi Timothy C. Murphy


Trustees


111 REPORT OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT


CRIMES AGAINST PROPERTY


Female


Larceny


Using motor vehicles without auth-


ority


2


CRIMES AGAINST PUBLIC ORDER


Driving while intoxicated


2


Drunkenness


4


Incest


2


Liquor law violations


2


Non-support


2


Traffic rules violated Total arrests


17


2


Runaways


3


Accidents


27


Injured


17


1


Killed


Complaints investigated


169


Summons served for other depts.


24


Returned to State Hospital


2


2


Stolen cars


2


Stolen cars redovered


3


Licenses suspended


43


Respectfully submitted ,


John Collins Chief of Police


10


Male 2


112


REPORT OF THE FOREST WARDEN


During the year there were twenty-five calls answered for grass and brush fires; four calls were answered for fires at the dump, one false alarm, one out-of-town call to Holden. A total of thirty-five acres were burned.


FINANCIAL REPORT


Appropriations :


Salary, Fire Warden


50.00


Department Expense


400.00


$450.00


Transferred from Fire De-


partment


275.00


Transferred from Reserve Fund


21.60


Balance


$746.60


Expenditures:


Salary, Fire Warden


$ 50.00


Fighting Fires, Payroll


696.60 $746.60


Respectfully submitted,


Russell Erickson Fire Warden


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113


REPORT OF THE FIRE ENGINEERS


During the year there were nine calls answered; three building fires, four chimney fires, one oil burner, and one rescue call.


FINANCIAL REPORT OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT


Appropriations and Expenditures :


FIRE ALARM SYSTEM


Appropriation


$1500.00


Expended :


N.E. Tel. & Tel. Co.


$363.60


William Griffin


360.00


Lois Love


240.00


Myrtle Erickson


240.00


Charlotte Judkins


240.00


1443.60


Unexpended Balance


56.40


MAINTENANCE


Appropriation


$2000.00


Transferred to Forest Fire Account


275.00


Balance


1725.00


Expended :


N.E. Tel. & Tel. Co.


$110.45


Worcester Cty. Electric Coo


133.80


E. D. Marsh Oil Co.


226.73


W. C. Moore


119.65


Bill's Garage


54.00


Palley Office Supply


11.40


Brierly Lombard Coo


2.97


Worcester Industrial Supply Co.


15.88


Giard Electric Co.


44.50


Rutland Construction Co.


6.00


N.E. Assn. pf Fire Chiefs


3.00


Worcester Communications Co.


22.50


Mid-State Mutual Aid


5.00


John Collins


11.47


114


Artists' Center


$ .75


Robert Dea


453.96


P. L. Rider Co.


3.70


Worcester Oxyacetylene Co.


2.85


A. J. Thomas


152.31


Jenkins & Robinson


24.79


Washburn & Garfield


21.20


Ambrose Auto Service


1.50


Green Electric Corporation


17.28


Payroll


226.35


Town of Rutland - gas


49.92


$1721.96


Unexpended Balance


3.04


HOSE AND EQUIPMENT


Appropriation


$1100.00


Expended :


W. C. Moore


$883.00


Police Radio Lab - O. C.


206.00


1089.00


Unexpended Balance


11.00


BUILDING MAINTENANCE & REPAIRS


Appropriation


$200.00


Expended :


Nelson Calkins


54.03


Unexpended Balance


145.97


Respectfully submitted,


Board of Fire Engineers Russell Erickson, Chief Robert Love, Ass't. Chief Arthur Smith, Clerk Russell Gordon John Collins


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Morrison


113


REPORT OF THE FIRE ENGINEERS


During the year there were nine calls answered; three building fires, four chimney fires, one oil burner, and one rescue call.


FINANCIAL REPORT OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT


Appropriations and Expenditures :


FIRE ALARM SYSTEM


Appropriation


$1500.00


Expended :


N.E. Tel. & Tel. Co.


$363.60


William Griffin


360.00


Lois Love


240.00


Myrtle Erickson


240.00


Charlotte Judkins


240.00


1443.60


Unexpended Balance


56.40


MAINTENANCE


Appropriation


$2000.00


Transferred to Forest Fire Account


275.00


Balance


1725.00


Expended :


N.E. Tel. & Tel. Co.


$110.45


Worcester Cty. Electric Co.


133.80


E. D. Marsh Oil Co.


226.73


W. C. Moore


119.65


Bill's Garage


54.00


Palley Office Supply


11.40


Brierly Lombard Co.


2.97


Worcester Industrial Supply Co.


15.88


Giard Electric Co.


44.50


Rutland Construction Co.


6.00


N.E. Assn. pf Fire Chiefs


3.00


Worcester Communications Co.


22.50


Mid-State Mutual Aid


5.00


John Collins


11.47


...


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Artists' Center


$ .75


Robert Dea


453996


P. L. Rider Co.


3.70


Worcester Oxyacetylene Co.


2.85


A. J. Thomas


152.31


Jenkins & Robinson


24.79


Washburn & Garfield


21.20


Ambrose Auto Service


1.50


Green Electric Corporation


17.28


Payroll


226.35


Town of Rutland - gas


49.92


$1721.96


Unexpended Balance


3.04


HOSE AND EQUIPMENT


Appropriation


$1100.00


Expended :


W. C. Moore


$883.00


Morrison


206.00


1089.00


Unexpended Balance


11.00


BUILDING MAINTENANCE & REPAIRS


Appropriation


$200.00


Expended :


Nelson Calkins


54.03


Unexpended Balance


145.97


Respectfully submitted,


Board of Fire Engineers Russell Erickson, Chief Robert Love, Ass't. Chief Arthur Smith, Clerk Russell Gordon John Collins


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Police Radio Lab - O. C.


115


REPORT OF THE TREE WARDEN AND THE MOTH SUPERINTENDENT


To the Board of Selectmen of the Town of Rutland, Mass.


$500.00 was appropriated for the year 1959 for the Tree Warden Department.


$500.00 was expended in 1959 for trimming and removal of dead trees and hazardous limbs along the highways of the town in general.


Respectfully submitted ,


Herbert G. Calkins Tree Warden


REPORT OF THE MOTH DEPARTMENT Insect Pest Control


To the Board of Selectmen of the Town of Rutland, Mass.


$250.00 was appropriated in 1959 for Insect Pest Control. $250.00 was expended in 1959 for the following:


Scouting for Gypsy Moth and other insect pests; also, spraying of elm trees along the highways of the town for the elm leaf and elm bark beetle.


There was no increase of the Gypsy Moth or tent caterpillars, and there was a decrease of the Fall Web Wormo


Respectfully submitted ,


Herbert G. Calkins Local Superintendent


116


REPORT OF THE MOTH DEPARTMENT Dutch Elm Disease


To the Board of Selectmen of the Town of Rutland, Mass.


$800.00 was appropriated for Dutch Elm Disease for the year 1959 .


$800.00 was expended in 1959 for the location, removal, and disposal of all diseased elm located in Rutland in 1959.


There were sixteen single diseased elm trees located in Rut- land in 1959, ranging from 3 inches in diameter to 72 inches in diameter. The 72 inch tree was at Jordan's Farm on the roadside and was removed by the State Department of Natural Resources, at a cost on $312.50; in addition to this cost, we had assistance of one day at $75.00, making the total assistance $387.50. There were also nine groups of elms in size as follows :


1 - Group of three trees - 20", 40", 18" -- 70 feet high


1 - Group of two trees 4", 2" 20 feet high 1 - Group of four trees 8", 8", 8"1, 7" = 30 feet high 1 - Group of four trees 8", 8", 6", 4'' 50 feet high


1 - Group of three trees 6" , 12", 15" - 30 feet high


1 - Group of three trees 20" , 20" 60 feet high


1 - Group of two trees 18", 24" 70 feet high 1 - Group of four trees 6" , 10", 10" 9 12"5 0 feet high


1 - Group of two trees 10", 12" 60 feet high


Total number of trees in groups - twenty-seven trees Total number of single trees - sixteen trees


Total number of trees removed = forty-three trees


Respectfully submitted ,


Herbert G. Calkins Local Superintendent


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REPORT OF CIVIL DEFENSE DIRECTOR


To: Honorable Board of Selectmen!


Gentlemen :


My report as Civil Defense Director for the town of Rutland, year ending December 31, 1959, is as follows :


At the annual Town Meeting of 1959, money was appro- priated for Civil Defense equipment under government match- ing funds. Town shares totaled $795.00. There was $200.00 appropriated for maintenance; $200.00 was appropriated for installing generators, plus $33.85 taken from surplus funds approved by the Finance Board.


One new radio costing $20.00 was purchased from Govern- ment surplus at Taunton, Massachusetts. Also, a 1951 Chev- rolet pick-up truck was purchased from Westover Field Air- base ®


Fourteen 38 special Smith & Wesson revolvers were pur- chased under Government surplus at Natick for the Police Department in 1958. No mention was made of this in last year's report.


I have recommended that the sum of $300.00 be appro- priated under maintenance for the year 1960.


Respectfully submitted,


Cecil W. Blair Civil Defense Director


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REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH


The board adopted new regulations for the installation of sewage disposal systems, including provisions that percolation tests must be made and the disposal system design be approved before the issuance of a permit to build. These provisions do not apply to buildings to be connected to the public sewer.


After many years of service Mrs. C. Hope Bracebridge re- signed from the board, having moved from Rutland. Mrs. Cath- erine Prescott was appointed to fill the vacancy.


APPOINTMENTS MADE FOR 1959


Miss Linda A. Hanff


Charles M. Fiske


Dr. Emil J. Koenig


Everett L. Maynard


Board of Health Agent Inspector of Slaughtering Physician Sanitary Engineer


Respectfully submitted,


P. E. Dow, Chairman Edith Jones, Clerk Catherine Prescott


ANNUAL REPORT OF THE


SCHOOL DEPARTMENT


OF THE


TOWN OF RUTLAND


MASSACHUSETTS


NDED FEB. 23.


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17/7


RUFUS PUTNAM . 1781-1788


FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1959


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ORGANIZATION


SCHOOL COMMITTEE


Rollin M. Wheeler, Chairman Leonard F. Janes, Secretary


Nelson M. Calkins, Jr.


Term Expires 1962 Term Expires 1961 Term Expires 1960


ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF


Dr. Charles L. Bowlby


Mrs. Lois P. Drawbridge


Mrs. Thelma Coffin


Mrs. Hazel A. Pillsbury


Superintendent of Schools Secretary, School Union #24 Secretary, School Union #24 Secretary, School Union #24


INSTRUCTIONAL STAFF


Raymond Bogosian Russell C. Palmer


Principal


Asst. Prin. & Grades VII & VIII


Grades VII & VIII


Charles G. Varjian


Grades VII & VIII


Mrs. Margaret L. Young


Grades VII & VIII


Edmund J. Butkiewicz


Grade VI


Grade VI


Grade V


Mrs. Margaret H. Griffith


Grade V


Miss Betty May Dean


Grade IV


Mrs. Catherine N. Griffin


Grade IV


Mrs. Nancy H. Hemlin


Grade III


Mrs. Norma G. Kallio Miss Louise Such


Grade II


Mrs. Margaret Follansbee Mrs. M. Helen Campbell


Grade I


Mrs. Martina C. Wentworth


Grade I


James J. Underwood


Miss Claire F. Slack Robert G. Lister, Jr.


Special Class


Household Arts


Industrial Arts


Mrs. Freda T. Kelsey


Armen Manuelian Miss Helen I. Dillon


Grade III


Grade II


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SUPERVISORS


George N. Morris Miss Ruth S. Innes Richard H. Bowden Rinehart Handwriting System Mrs. Agnes S. Coppin


Art Music Music Penmanship French


HEALTH


Emil J. Keonig, M.D. Mrs. Helen P. Olmstead Mrs. Brenda T. Sullivan


School Physician Health Supervisor School Nurse


ATTENDANCE OFFICER


Mark L. Read


CUSTODIANS


F. Eugene Marsh Ralph J. Latowne


SCHOOL LUNCH MANAGER


Mrs. Helen Ericson


TRANSPORTATION


Carl R. Griffin


SCHOOL CALENDAR


Fall Term Winter Term Spring Term Summer Term


September 9, 1959 through December 23, 1959 January 4, 1960 through February 19, 196( February 29, 1960 11 April 14, 1960


April 25, 1960 = June 24, 1960


SCHOOL HOLIDAYS


October 12, 1959 November 6, 1959 November 11, 1959 November 26, 27, 1959 April 15, 1960 May 30, 1960


Columbus Day Teachers' Convention Veterans Day Thanksgiving Recess Good Friday Memorial Day


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REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE


The Budget appropriation for 1959 was Receipts from P.L. 874 (for school use only)


$133,096.00 9,744.53


Total funds available for operation of Rutland School, Grades I - VIII, for 1959 $142,840.53


Reimbursements from State and Federal Departments


36,824.56


General School Fund, Chapter 70 Superintendent's Salary Transportation Vocational Tuition and Transportation (Boys' and Girls' Trade State Wards Special Education


19,744.18 901.63


3,214.75


Public Law 874 (Based on report of pupils whose parents are employed by the Veterans Administration)


7,792.00


$ 68,477.12


138,788.51 68,477.12


Total Expenditures for the year 1959 Reimbursements for 1959 NET expenditures from funds raised by local taxation 70,301.39


PROPOSED BUDGET FOR 1960


5,474.00


General Control Expense of Instruction


101,605.00 15,350.00 3,000.00


Operation of School Plant Maintenance Auxiliary Agencies


28,905.00


Outlay


2,660.00 $156,994.00


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SCHOOL ENROLLMENT SEPTEMBER 1959 REPORT OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE


Elementary


419


Wachusett Regional High School 135


CENSUS October 1959*


AGE


PRE-SCHOOL


ELEMENTARY


HIGH SO00


Less than 1 yr.


37


53


2


45


3


52


4


53


5


57


3


6


42


7


55


8


54


9


58


10


48


11


58


12


52


13


26


14


23


15


4


37


*Birth to 16 yrs.of age


ENROLLMENT


December 1959


438 plus 135 at Wachusett Regional High


December 1958


419 plus 130 at Wachusett Regional High


December 1957 412 plus 117 at Wachusett Regional High


December 1956


395 plus 98 at Wachusett Regional High


December 1955


368 plus 90 at Wachusett Regional High


December 1954


343 plus 80 at Wachusett Regional High 378 including High School


December 1953


December 1952


344 =


11 =


December 1951


333


=


December 1950


328


11


11 11


28 6


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ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GRADUATES - 1959


Patricia Allen Raymond Allen Sally Arlin Forest Armentrout Diane Beaumont Janet Bigelow Geraldine Charette David Cresswell David Donaldson Samuel Faulkner Michael Griffin Harrison Griffith Peter Heaney Sandra Hume William Johnson Jessica Keyman Ronald Lambert Alan Lloyd Michael Maloney


Ronald Marsh Paul Mattson Mary McGann James McGann Michael McGann


Richard Merchant Susan Prescott Lois Rasku Sandra Reed


Henry Ruchala


Corrine Smith


Darlene Smith


Marjorie Szaban Victoria Tarbell Meredith van Leeuwan Walter Williams


Helen Willis Philip Zaramba


WACHUSETT REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES - 1959


Phyllis Darrah Ruth Davis Evelyn Ford Mary Holopainen Carolyn Narva Joanne Prescott Joy Soderlund Josephine Stevens Bette Strong Marcia Thormahlen Barbara Wood Virginia Wood


Gerald Alisio Leslie Allen Donald Baril


Kenneth Bigelow


William Congdon


Paul Ericson Ernest Fales


Philip Helle Richard McAllister John McGann William Maloney Stephen Ruchala Peter Tarbell Ronald Wood


RUTLAND SCHOOL COMMITTEE


Rollin M. Wheeler Leonard F. Janes Nelson M. Calkins, Jr. Dr. Charles L. Bowlby, Superintendent of Schools


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REPORT OF THE SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT


The calendar year just completed found the Rutland School sys- tem operated under two school superintendents. Mr. William Buker carried the responsibility until July 1, 1959 after which the administration shifted to the present superintendent. After only six months in the post, I am in no position to point to any major improvements nor to make any drastic recommendations for change .


School committees and superintendents today are faced most frequently with two basic and often chronic, conditions. The first of these is the almost continuous need to provide physical facilities for a rapidly increasing school population. A steady growth in numbers of pupils again brings Rutland to the need to study this situation. To this end, a school study committee will be asked for at the Annual Meeting. It is hoped that this com- mittee will undertake a long-range study of the local school needs both on an elementary and high school basis.


The second persistent problem is that related to the program of instruction. A constantly changing society places demands upon the school system unknown in the past. The need of a literate, informed citizenry is more important today for the protection of our Democracy, than in the past; because Democracy faces chal- lenges never met before.


The emphasis must change in the teaching of elementary science, from awareness of facts to the development of interest and curiosity in science which will lead to a desire on the part of capable pupils, to make science a life career. This then, means up to date science textbooks, equipment, materials and teaching know-how.


Again, most people recognize that competence in foreign lan- guages is not just a convenience as in the past, but is a nec- cesity for educated Americans. Health education and physical fit- ness, leading to the development of a healthy body, is of increas- ing significance.


Just as the businessman must determine his success by good accounting methods, so the schools must measure success by means of a continuous, modern system of standardized tests. Such a program has been introduced, along with a pupil guidance folder, to better counsel the individual pupil and assure him of an ed- ucational program suited to his abilities and needs.


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Standing still in public education today leads only to losing ground. Constant effort, re-evaluation and change, is necessary to keep our school adequate for today's demands.


Sincerely,


Charles L. Bowlby Superintendent of Schools


The School Committee has found deterioration in the old school building that has required immediate attention. It is apparent that other faults exist in the building. Now is the time to think of a new school building. With this in mind the voters will be asked to establish a school study committee at the next town meeting.


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REPORT OF THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PRINCIPAL


To the Superintendent of Schools:


The enrollment as of September 1959 was 420 pupils. This showed a slight increase over the previous year. However, there has been a steady increase bringing the total to 438 pupils at the end of the year. This increase in school population has been an added burden to already over taxed facilities. It should be point- ed out at this time that next year one classroom will be located in the school auditorium. Long range plans should be considered for the purpose of solving the problem of housing the increasing student enrollment.


Major repairs made during 1959:


1. Fire doors were installed between the basement and the first floor landing on the east and west stairwells of the old building.


2. Both the boys and the girls basements were repainted in the old building.


3 . A new flushing system was installed in the boys basement of the old building. .


4. Sections of the roof on the old building were treated with water proof material thus eliminating the necessity of re- painting these areas from year to year.


5. Several changes were made in the electrical system of the old building thus eliminating potential fire hazards.


6. The installation of an additional catch basin and an as- phalt curbing along sections of the driveway should elim- inate excess erosion of the playground area.


7 . In order to comply with state health requirements concern- ing the temperature of the hot water in school cafeterias it was necessary to replace the hot water booster with a new gas heated booster. This new system meets all require- ments of the state.


8 . A hood was obtained to protect the air circulator in the school cafeteria.


9 . The roof flashing on the old section of the new building was checked and repaired.


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New equipment purchased during the year included:


1. A piano for the new building.


2. A metal desk for the principal's office.


3. A sewing machine for the Home Economics Department.


4. A metal locker for paint storage.


Serious thought should be given to replacing the chairs in the school auditorium. The chairs in present use are old and in de- plorable condition and constitute a hazard to the children and the general public.


The following textbook changes have been made:


1. A new music book series was purchased for grades I - VIII.


2 . A new health book series was purchased for grades I - VIII. This new health series is one step in strengthening our gen- eral health education program.


School Savings :


At the close of the year, Rutland pupils had in savings $13,719.09 with 334 open accounts. This is an excellent showing.


A new program in foreign languages was inaugrated in Sept- ember under the direction of the Superintendent. The pupils in grade IV are now being instructed in Conversational French. Since the results of this program have been excellent it will be expanded next year to include Grade V.


The Stanford Achievement Tests were administered in February to Grades III - VI.


Grade


Grade Placement


Grade Median


III


3.6


3.8


IV


4.7


5.3


V


5.6


6.0


VI


6.6


7.0


Grades VII and VIII were administered the Cooperative Test in English, Mathematics, Science, and Social Studies. The Stand- ard mean was not provided for in Social Studies, however, they are available in the other areas for comparison with the Rutland mean.


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Standard Mean


Rutland Mean


Grade VII- Mathematics


41.8


49.9


Grade VII- English


34.4


47.8


Grade VII- Science


44.8


54.8


Grade VII- Social Studies


52.5


Grade VIII-Mathematics 47.1 54.2


Grade VIII- English 39.0


47.4


Grade VIII- Science


50.2


57.8


Grade VIII- Social Studies


52.2


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The Science Research Associates Mental Ability Tests were administered to grades I, III, V, and VII. These were given late in the year and results are not yet available.


Participation in the School Lunch Program has continued to be excellent. Approximately 85% of the students take part in the program.


The new officers of the Rutland Teachers Association are:


Presidento 0 000000. . 0


Armen Manuelian


Vice-President. . 00 . . . o


Charles G. Varjian


Secretary. .


0 0 . . Freda T. Kelsey


Catherine N. Griffin Treasurer. . 0 0


The Rutland Teachers have joined the Wachusett Regional Elementary Teachers Association. This new organization includes all elementary teachers in School Union 24. The directors re- presenting Rutland are Margaret L. Young who is secretary of the organization and Charles G. Varjian who is vice-president of the organization.




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