City Officers and the Annual Reports to the City Council of Newburyport 1960-1961, Part 6

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Publication date: 1960
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The Annual meeting of the Friends of the Library was held the evening of June 15 in the Reading Room of the library. Mr. and Mrs. Donald J. Marion, West Newbury, gave a most interesting illustrated talk on "Life in Land's End - Spain" where they lived for some months in the city of El Serrol.


In March, the librarian spoke to the D.A.R. on library services to the community and reviewed several books. In April, the librarian was present as a member of the Council for the Aged, at a meeting at the High School of the local Golden Age group and spike briefly to the assembled members and guests. She has attended meetings as a member of the Executive Board of the Merrimack Valley Library Associ - ation.


1960 saw the completion of another part of the long-range plans for Library renovation. The painting of the main corridor was completed the woodwork of the main stairway was refinished and part of the stair way walls washed and the two public wash-rooms were painted. The Read- ing Room was painted green, from floor to ceiling and new Venetian blinds installed in place of the old shutters. The "new look" is much appreciated by our library patrons. New florescent fixtures upstairs in the rear balcony alcoves and Reference section, as well as a few in the alcoves at the front of the building are a vast improvement over the former insufficient lighting. We hope that new lights can be in- stalled soon in the remaining alcoves to improve on the existing con- citions.


The Librarian is most grateful to each member of the Library Staff to Mr. John Szymura, Library custodian, and to each substitute for the fine spirit of cooperation shown during the very busy year just passed.


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The total book stock of the library increased from 100,525 volumes at the end of 1959 to 101,499 at the end of 1960. Books added in 1960 numbered 1,971; 997 books were withdrawn during the same period. The net gain in book stock was 974 volumes. Of these additions to book stock, 1,325 were purchased from the income of trust funds, 491 were purchased from appropriated funds, and the remainder received as gifts. As in the past several years, a determined effort has been made to withdraw worn out books and obsolete titles in order to help alleviate crowded book shelves. "Stack storage" for less-used but needed titles is of increasing urgency.


The Children's Rooms both at the Main library and at the Andrews Branch library, as indicated by the net gain of 2,646 in juvenil. book circulation in 1960, are humming with activity. Both Miss Clancy at the main children's room and Mrs. Brennan at the Andrews branch report much greater use of reference books and supplementary materials made available from the adult department. All this increased activity very evidently derives from the stepped up school curricula.


In the fall, Miss Clancy gave instruction in the use of basic reference books and the library catalogue to six fifth-grade classes in the public schools. All classes, with the exception of those at the Belleville school, came to the library accompanied by their teachers. In the case of the Belleville classes, Miss Clancy went to the school to give the library instruction.


Nine school deposits (collections of thirty or more juvenile books) were lent to teachers in 1960 for use in their classrooms. One State Reading Certificate was issued.


Some 207 children signed up for the 1960 Summer Reading Club, planned on the theme of Indians. Eighty-eight children completed the required reading and were intertained in the Children's room in Sep- tember at two Pow-wows at which authentic Indian games were played. Each child who completed the reading decorated a gay Indian headband as part of the club activity and prizes were awarded for the best Indian designes. The designs were judged by Miss Elizabeth DeMarr, art supervisor for the elementary grades; Mrs. Mildred Hartson, Newbury- port Art Association; Mr. William Hill, local artist; Sister Mary Josephine, art supervisor at the Immaculate Conception School; and Mrs. Aida Tedford, local artist and art teacher.


Book Week, November 14 to 19, was observed in the Children's Room by attractive exhibits of new books and three special story hours - all well attended. Miss Clancy reviewed some of the new Children's books for the Women of the Moose and was presented with a book for the Children's Room. Regular weekly story hours during the school year were conducted by Miss Clancy on Saturdays throughout the school year.


The reference questions asked by telephone, by letter or in person were numerous and varied in 1960. There were heavy demands for book, magazine and pamphlet material on a great variety of topics. The trend toward scientific and medical subjects as topics for term papers and special reports continued to be strong. Books on Roman history, Ameri- can government and books by and about American writers of this century were called for almost daily during the school year. Adults requested material for club papers on such topics as: famous jewels; solar energy, various islands of the world, and automation.


1960 brought the usual quota of requests for genealogical or his- torical data from such distant places as Texas, California, Canal Zone, Maryland and Florida. We were privileged to furnish some information


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Andrews Branch Adult Juvenile


4,444


4,440 5,756


32 loss


Total


10,232


10,196


36 loss


Main and Branch


Adult


66,621


71,217


4,596 gain


Juvenile


26,553


29,199


2,646 gain


Total


93,174


100,416


7,242 gain


A second chart shows the monthly comparisons of total adult and juvenile circulation for the years 1959 and 1960.


CIRCULATION BY MONTHS


1959


1960


Adult Juvenile Total


Adult


Juvenile


Total


gain/loss


January


6455


1567


8022


6654


2034


86 88


866 gain


February


5097


1760


6857


6245


2596


8841


1984 gain


March


6069


1937


8006


6572


2883


9455


1449 gain


April


6398


2224


8622


6387


2899


9286


664 gain


May


5308


2218


7526


56 05


22 92


7897


371 gain


June


56 06


3033


8639


5552


2700


8252


387 loss


July


5151


2449


7600


5491


2478


7969


369 gain


August


5057


2313


7370


5484


2514


7998


628 gain


September


4981


2000


6981


6264


1991


8255


1274 gain


October


6302


2717


9019


5544


2408


7952


1067 loss


November


5618


2462


8080


5731


2640


8371


291 gain


December


4579


1873


6452


5688


1764


7452


1000 gain


Totals 66,621


26,553 93,174


71,217


29,199


100,416 7,242 gn.


Circulation of books from the children's room of the main library totalled 23,443 in 1960 as compared to 20,765 in 1959. This is an in- crease of 2,678. Total adult book circulation was 71,217 in 1960 as compared to 66,621 the previous year - a gain of 4,596. Adult non- fiction circulated in 1960 was 41% of the total adult circulation - up 1% from the previous year. Juvenile non-fiction circulation, which rose from 29 to 32% of the total juvenile circulation in 1959, returned to 30% in 1960. This decrease in percentage of non-fiction circulated to children does not indicate any falling of in reading of non-fiction books (8822 juvenile non-fiction circulated in 1960 as compared to 8,499 in 1959). The explanation lies rather in the greatly increased use of reference material in the children's room of the library and the fre- quent use of adult books, magazines and pamphlets on loan to the child- ren's room, for the duration of special school assignments, such as changing the legal age of voting to eighteen, the driving license age from sixteen to eighteen, and the abolishment of capital punishment as examples of the type of reference assignments which require the use of books from the adult department.


To repeat the point made above, students of all ages are using the library in increasing numbers. Adults were keenly interested in reading books on new developments in science, background of world affairs, edu- cational opportunities and the views of the various political candidates - to mention only a few of the subjects in considerable demand during 1960.


Registered card holders numbered 13,679 at the end of 1960 - a gain of 513 despite the withdrawal of 1,185 expired numbers. The number of adult card-holders increased by 132 in 1960, while the juvenile gain was 381. Newbury card-holders of whom 256 were juvenile, numbered 803 at the close of 1960 as compared to 671 in the previous year.


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4 loss


5,788


It would be impossible to close without an expression of warm gratitude to each of the Library Directors for their individual care and wise planning in bringing to reality some of the long-range im- provements to the Library. We must also say a special word of thanks to the Mayor and City Councillors who have appropriated the necessary funds for these needed repairs.


We hope that 1961, with its great challenges, will see even broader opportunities for service to the community.


Respectfully submitted,


KATHERINE M. KUECHLE Librarian


STATISTICS For the year ending December 31, 1960


Population served


14,004 (est.1960 cen+)


Assessed valuation


$28,225,155


(sus )


Number of days open during the year


300


Hours open each week for lending


63


Hours open each week for reading


63


Hours open each week at Andrews Branch


8


BORROWERS


Adult 9,109


Juvenilo


Total


January 1, 1960 Added during 1960


1,064


634


1,698


Totals


10,173


4,691


14,864


Withdrawn during 1960


932


253


1,185


Totals


9,241


4,438


13,679


Nowbury registrations


(Included in totals)


547


256


803


CIRCULATION


Adult


Juvenile


Total


Non-Fic


Fiction


Non-Fic


Fiction Non-Fic& Fiction


Main Library


27,710 1,660


39,067 2,780


1,704


4,052


90,220 10,196


Total


29,370


41,847


8,822


20,377


100,416


BOOK STOCK


Adult


Juvenile


Total


Number of volumes January 1, 1960


93,071


7,454


100,525


Number of volumes added during 1960


1,703


268


1,971


Total


94,774


7,722


102,496


Number of volumes with-


drawn during 1960


530


467


997


Total as of


December 31, 1960


94,244


7,255


101,499


7,118


16,325


Andrews Branch


4,057


13,166


101


BOOKS PURCHASED FROM INCOME OF FUNDS


Andrews, Emma L


19


Bradbury, John M.


8


Bradstreet, Charles W.


12


Coffin, Winthrop 0.


117


Colby, Lucy G.B.


45


Cushing, Caleb


10


Cushing, John N. (N.H.S. Prize Books)


4


Dodge, Nathan D


18


Dodge, William H.P.


35


Foster, Daniel


10


Frothingham, Joseph A.


23


Green, Sarah Ann


15


Haskell, George


8


Marston, Stephen W,


9


Moseley, William O.


68


Moulton, Alice C.


29


Noyes, Harlan


3


Parton, Ethel


39


Pathe', Paul


14


Peabody, George C.


81


Pettengill, Grace


8


Pettingell, George B.


14


Sawyer, Matthias P.


18


Spring, John Rand


250


Stickney, Elizabeth H.


77


Stone, Eben F.


75


Sweetser, Benjamin G.


86


Todd, William C.


29


Wightman, Annie S.


101


Williams, Abraham


15


Special 56


547


1,872


DONORS TO THE LIBRARY IN 1960


Abbe, Mrs Roy


First Church Christ Scientist


Foundation for Foreign Affairs


Adams, Rev. Raymond M.D. (Estate)


Fowler, Albert E.


American Petroleum Institute


Fowler, Ronald


Arling Emanie Atherton, Mrs. John B.


Hayward, Mrs. Dorothy


Bates, William H. (Congressman)


Holman, Sidney


Belliveau, Alfred


Hoyt, Mrs. Vivian


Brown, Mrs. Percy


Investment Assoc. of New York


Burns, Mrs. Bernadette


John Day Company, Inc


Coffin, John J. C.


Kelley, Mrs. Sarah C.


Collins, Mrs. Vera


Kinsman, Mrs. William A.


Cousins, Robert Cummings, Mrs. Orrin R. DoMaranville, Herbert B. Dietal, Mrs Mary


Kosmon Press Leary, Dr. and Mrs. Daniel L


Lederer Foundation


Division of Library Extension Dodge, Laurence P.


Little, Miss Agnes Liveright Publishing Corporation Lunt, Miss Sylvia


Edison Electric Institute


Montgomery, Robert H.


Family of Mrs. Emma B. Fogg Fillmore, Earl F.


Morrill, Mrs. Muriel Musicians' Protective Assoc. Local #378


102


15


Healy, Dr. T. Raymond


70


Moody, Grace C.


1,325


General 491


Achilles, Helen M.


Green, Mrs. Anne L.


National Assoc of Travel Organizations Newburyport Garden Club Norris, Mrs. Russell Noyes, H. Greenleaf Osgood, Mrs. Frank S. Pendill, Claudius P. Phister, Lispenard P. Lorillard Company Pottle, Mrs Herbert Reynolds, Kenneth A. Rosenblatt, Bernard A. Sargent, J. Clyde


Senter, Mrs. Vera


Spink, Mrs. Elizabeth Thomson, Bruce M.


Volpone Motor Company Wallace, David Ward, Joseph D. (Sec. of State) Welch, Thomas W. Welch, Richard E. Jr. Women's Alliance, Unitarian


Women of the Moose, Chapter 307 Woodall Publishing Company Zimmern, Mrs. Hans


EXHIBITIONS OF HOBBIES


Alaskan Arts


lent by Mr. and Mrs. Frank Landford


Christmas Village


lent by Mr. George Strout


Foreign Dolls


Japanese paper folding


Navajo Art Pharmacy of Yesteryear


lent by Miss Olive Brock lent by Haydn's Family Pharmacy


lent by Mr. Frank Landford


Pipes Valentines


lent by Miss Helen Wilbur lent by Mr. Thad Warchol


lent by Miss Helen Atkinson


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March 1, 1961


To His Honor the Mayor and the City Council City of Newburyport, Mass.


Gentlemen:


The Sixty-Fifth Annual Report of the Board of Water Commissioners is respectfully submitted herewith.


Board of Water Commissioners


Richard is Johnson


Chairman, Richard W. Johnson


Vice-Chairman, William P. Sanders


I. Joseph mannix T. Joseph Mahnix


Jeremiah 2p. doyle-


Jeremiah W. Doyle 1117 Donald C. Granelle


Donald C. Gravelle


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Annual Report - 1960


CASH RECEIPTS


Balance December 31, 1959


$57,078.73


RECEIPTS


WATER: Fixture Rates


125,371.90


Less Abatements


1,534.62


Less Refunds


179.49


Total Fixture Receipts


123,657.79


WATER: Meter Rates


46,925.26


Less Abatemants


186.54


Total Meter Receipts


46,738.72


WATER: Service Pipe Construction


5,455.64


Service Pipe Miscellaneous 7,965.00


13,420.64


Less Abatements


137.59


Total S.P. Cons. & Misc.


13,283.05


183,679.56


Demands


491.60


TOTAL Receipts


184,171.16


Less Cash Payments


177,026.77


Balance December 31, 1960


$64,223.12


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CASH PAYMENTS - 1960


MAINTENANCE :


Artichoke River


285.60


Artichoke Station


11,026.28


Filter


4,199.67


Gate


General


10,896.44


General Distribution


6,087.47


Hydrant


1,172.87


Mains


2,036.70


Meters


1,599.94


Pumping Station


35,898.39


Auto


480.00


Chlorine


414.00


Electric


592.75


Fuel


14,715.41


Gravel Packed Well #1


1,633.72


Gravel Packed Well #2


2,851.47


011


599.66


Pumps & Engines


1,356.04


Repair & Parts


2,986.55


Insurance


2,757.32


Telephone


175.61


Truck


382.51


Service Pipe


10,858.30


Standpipe


102.00


Trucks (New)


1,907.30


Trucks


1,161.98


Equipment


62.87


CONSTRUCTION:


Gate


Hydrant


405.96


Mains


7,734.27


Meter


383.54


Service Pipe


6,651.67


Refunds


179.49


Henry Cote Case


6,965.49


City of Newburyport


3,500.00


Retirement


6,821.85


Workmen's Compensation


1,279.59


Bonds


23,000.00


Interest


3,065.00


Gravel Packed Well Bond


799.06


Total Payments


177,026.77


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Annual Report for 1960


NEWBURY RECEIPTS


Water Rates for:


Meter


Fixture


S.P.Cons.


S.P.Misc.


Total


Demands


Total


January


610.74


561.35


694.00


1,896.09


10.50


1,906.59


February


261.70


49.15


2.00


315.85


7.80


323.65


March


57.30


97.53


72.08


4.00


230.91


2.00


232.91


April


713.99


41.67


30.85


6.00


792.51


792.51


May


298.58


3,080.40


4.00


3,382.98


3.00


3,385.98


June


60.79


1,715.45


26.77


6.00


1,809.01


1.00


1,810.01


July


801.26


1,032.00


4.00


1,837.26


6.00


1,843.26


August


211.46


32.08


266.58


4.00


514.12


.50


514.62


September


118.41


52.52


27.92


6.00


204.85


1.50


206.35


October


836.23


22.08


35.00


6.00


899.31


899.31


November


294.78


3,154.30


6.00


3,455.08


2.00


3,457.08


December


7.59


938.45


72.80


739.20


1,758.04


1,758.04


Totals


4,305.83


10,776.98


532.00


1,481.20


17,096.01


34.30


17,130.31


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WATER INDEBTEDNESS:


December 31, 1960


BONDS


1961


1962


1963


1964


1965


1966


1967


1968


$60,000 P.Sta.'57 @3.130%


10,000.00 10,000.00


-


-


20,000.00


$45,000 G.P.Well '57@2.85%


5,000.00 5,000.00 5,000.00 5,000.00 5,000.00 5,000.00


30,000.00


$60,000 Water Mains'53 @22%


4,000.00 4,000.00 4,000.00 4,000.00 4,000.00 4,000.00 4,000.00 4,000.00


32,000.00


$60,000 Water Mains & G.P.Well '50 @13%


4,000.00 1,000.00 4,000.00 4,000.00 4,000.00


20,000.00


23,000.00 23,000.00 13,000.00 13,000.00 13,000.00 9,000.00 4,000.00 4,000.00


102,000.00


INTEREST


$60,000 P. Sta. 1957


330.00


165.00


990.00


330.00


165.00


$45,000 G.P.Well 1957


420.00


350.00


280.00


210.00


140.00


70.00


2,940.00


420.00


350.00


280.00


210.00


140.00


70.00


$60,000 Water Mains 1953


360.00


315.00


270.00


225.00


180.00


135.00


90.00


45.00


2,880.00


315.00


270.00


225.00


180.00


135.00


90.00


45.00


$60,000 Water Mains & G.P.Well 1950


150.00


120.00


90.00


60.00


30.00


-


-


750.00


120.00


90.00


60.00


30.00


.


2,445.00


1,825.00 1,205.00


915.00


625.00


365.00


135.00


45.00


7,560.00


-


-


-


1


-


Principal Clerk


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Annual Report for 1960


CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE * 1960


SERVICES:


Fifty-nine (59) New Services were installed requiring:


2,390 Ft. - 1" of 3/4" Copper Pipe 790 Ft. of 1" Copper Pipe 1,103 Ft. - 6" of 1 1/4" Copper Pipe 27 Ft. of 1 1/2" Copper Pipe


Thirty-two Services Renewed:


550 Ft. - 2" of 3/4" Copper 102 Ft. - 6" of 1" Copper


Forty Leaks were repaired:


232 Ft. 1 of 3/4", Copper


10 Ft. - 6" of 1" Copper


Three Services Repaired:


Twenty-one (21) Leaks Inside


METERS:


Nine (9) New Meters Installed


Twenty-two (22) Removed


Seventeen (17) Meters put back In Repaired: Lowell, Webster Renewed: Kemtron, Riverside, Radio Sta., Abrams, Rolfe, Vangile


HYDRANTS:


Five (5) Hydrants Repaired: High & Forrester St., High &' Green St. Bromfield at Chestnut St., High & Green St. High & Tyng St.


Four (4) Hydrants Broken: Carter & Monroe St., Tyng & High St., High & Fruit, Low & Atkinson St.


One (1) Hydrant Relocated: Lawton Drive


Two (2) New Hydrants Installed: Russell Ter. Ext., Barton St. at Alter Court


One (1) Hydrant Post Replaced: Storey Ave.


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MAINS: New:


103 Ft. 6" Pipe Rawson Ave.


160 Ft. 6" Pipe Lois St.


403 Ft. 6" Pipe Violet Road (Briggs Road)


16 Ft. 6" Pipe Rose Road


128 Ft. 6" Pipe Cutting Drive


528 Ft. 6" Pipe Russell Terrace Ext.


300 Ft. 6" Pipe Spruce Road (Hart Road)


858 Ft. 6" Pipe Barton St.


132 Ft. - 3" 2" Pipe Barton Court


2,928 Ft. - 3"


Repaired:


4" Main on Pond St.


6" Main on Fair St.


2" Main on Independent & Water Sts.


14" Main on Merrimac St. (near Whitefield Laundry)


6" Main on High Road, Newbury


6" Main on Pipe near Route 95


NEW BOX TOPS:


14 New Box tops


9 Box Tops raised


1 Box Top relocated


4 Box Tops repaired


MISCELLANEOUS:


Installed (2) Gate Boxes


Dug and Renewed (2) Gate Boxes


Packed Gate Box


Cut in New 2" Gate


Painted Compressor, Pump, and other Equipment


Read all monthly and quarterly Meters


1 - 2" Tap


1 - 6" Tap


WATER SYSTEM STATISTICS


Newburyport


Newbury


Miles of Mains


55+


5+


Total Number of Services


4753


310


Total Number of Meters


465


64


Total Number of Hydrants


315


27


Private Hydrants


13


Raymond Payno


Water/System Foreman


Raymond Rayno


----


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PUMPING STATION STATISTICS - 1960


Main Station


Gallons Pumped to Service


709,884,700


Daily Average


1,944,890


Gallons Pumped by Booster


110,645,900


Daily Average


303,140


Gallons Pumped from Well No. 1


83,043,000


Daily Average


227,510


Gallons Pumped from Well No. 2


75,351,900


Daily Average


206,440


Gallons Pumped by Diesel


3,552,600


Gallons Pumped using Coal (Service & Booster)


248,918,000


Coal Used for Pumping - Lbs.


651,545 382


Gallons Pumped using Gas (Service & Booster)


492,708,130


Gas Used for Pumping - Cu. Ft.


16,758,780


Gallons Pumped per Cu. Ft. of Gas


29.4


Kilowatt Hours Generated


4,453


Coal Used for Generating - Lbs.


4,755


Gas. Used for Generating * Cu. Ft.


114,720


Coal Used for Heating - Lbs.


27,700


Gas Used for Heating - Cu. Ft.


22,000


Artichoke Station


Total Gallons Pumped


440,443,200


Daily Average


1,206,690


Gallons Pumped by Motor


434,970,000


Kilowatt Hours Used


362,475


Gallons Pumped per Kilowatt Hour


1,200


Gallons Pumped by Diesel


5,473,200


Diesel Fuel Oil Used - Gallons


468


Gallons Pumped per Gallon of Fuel Oil


11,695


Pumping Records


Total Gallons Pumped


1,344,016,800


Daily Average


3,682,240


Greatest Amount Pumped to Service in One Day - June 27


3,055,500


Greatest Amount Pumped to Service in One Week - June 22-28


18,282,700


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Gallons Pumped per Lh. of Coal


MONTHLY PUMPAGE - 1960


Service


Booster


Artichoke


Well No. 1


Well No. 2


Daily Avr. Service


Per Capita Gallons


January


59,074,400


8,918,000


37,854,000


7,236,000


5,066,400


1,905,620


136


February


54,883,600


10,388,300


33,049,200


5,625,000


5,423,400


1,892,530


134


March


59,016,100


11,077,400


35,856,000


5.337.000


6,745,700


1,903,750


136


April


54,306,700


12,432,000


32,400,000


4,455,000


5,019,700


1,810,220


129


May


57,731,400


12,573,300


33,966,000


5,625,000


5,567,100


1,862,300


133


June


68,256,800


9,859,300


36,126,000


11,394,000


10,877,500


2,275,220


162


July


64,573,900


9,163,500


38,394,000


10,098,000


6,918,400


2,085,030


149


August


66,166,800


7,123,700


38,826,000


10,602,000


9,615,100


2,134, 410


152


September


60,867,700


7,837,100


37,278,000


8,532,000


7,220,600


2,028,920


145


October


55,643,000


6,280,700


39,258,000


5,094,000


5,010,300


1,794,930


128


November


52,816,400


7,150,000


38,340,000


3,564,000


3,762,400


1,760,550


125


December


56,547,900


7,845,600


39,096,000


5,481,000


4,125,300


1,824,130


130


709,884,700


110,648,900


440,443,200


83,043,000


75,351,900


1,944,890


138


112


PRECIPITATION


January


3.01^


February


5.09"


March


3.34ª


April


3.76^


May


4.54 n.


June


1.08"


July


5.05"


August


1.56m


September


5.53ª


October


2.39"


November


3.03"


December


3.77"


12.15"


Elackt.Lunt


Chief Pumping Station Engineer Clark T. Lunt


Retirement Board


Report of Retirement Board


Honorable Albert H. Zabriskie


Newburyport, Massachusetts


Dear Mayor Zabriskie:


We present herewith the report for the year ending December 31, 1960 Number of members at close of year


193


Active Inactive


17


Pensioners


38


248


Transfers to Other Systems Deaths


3


Withdrawals


11


Balance Sheet


ASSETS


Cash & Securities


Savings Banks


$ 99,539.17


Stocks & Bonds


192,349.25


Cooperative Bank Shares


1,800.00


Cash


24,290.55


Accrued Interest


1,635.98


Due from Military Service Credit


207.79


$319,822.74


LIABILITIES


Annuity Savings


$224,823.36


Annuity Reserve


55,482.07


Expense Fund


337.06


Military Service Fund


3,193.42


Pension Fund


35,986.83


$319,822.74


1


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Retirement Board


The funds of the Retirement System on December 31, 1960 were invested as follows:


1960


Investments


Due


Amount


Income


Merchants National Bank, Newburyport Institution for Savings, Newburyport


Demand 48,539.17$1,698.86


Five Cent Savings Bank, Newburyport


Demand 51,000.00 1,912.49


265 Shares First National Bank of Boston


Demand 19,080.00


889.05


50 Shares National Shawmut Bank of Boston


Demand 2,700.00


120.00


52 Shares Merchants National Bank of Boston


Demand


2,496.00


47.50


50 Shares State Street Bank and Trust Co.,


Demand


3,500.00 37.50


Braintree Cooperative Bank


Demand


1,000.00


35.00


Lawrence Cooperative Bank


Demand


800.00


27.04


Southern California Edison-47/8%


Sept. 1982


5,049.79


243.75


American Telephone- 4 3/8%


April 1985


4,871.91


218.75


Public Service & Gas- 4 7/8%


Sept. 1987


5,048.20


243.75


Louisville Gas & Electric- 4 7/8%


Sept. 1987


5,055.70


243.75


Puget Sound Power & Light- 4 1/8%


May 1988


5,069.72


206.25


Ohio Edison Company- 4 1/2%


April 1989


5,055.83


225.00


Ohio Power Company- 4 5/8%


April 1989


5,123.37


231.25


Pacific Telephone & Telegraph- 4 5/8%


Nov.


1990


5,126.79


231.25


New York Telephone- 41/2%


May 1991


4,934.54


225.00


New England Telephone- 4%


April 1993


5,184.75


200.00


Illinois Bell Telephone Company- 4 3/8% March 1994 The Cleveland Elec. Illuminating Co. - 4 3/8% April 1994


April 1960


125.00


United States Defense Bonds Series G.


Dec. 1961


7,000.00


175.00


United States Defense Bonds Series G.


May 1962 15,000.00


375.00


United States Defense Bonds Series G.


June 1963


5,000.00


125.00


United States Defense Bonds Series G.


Feb. 1963 5,000.00


125.00


United States Defense Bonds Series G.


March 1963 7,000.00


175.00


United States Defense Bonds Series G.


April 1964


5,000.00


125.00


United States Defense Bonds Series K.


March 1967 10,000.00


276.00


United States Defense Bonds Series K.


April 1967


5,000.00


138.00


United States Defense Bonds Series K.


March 1968 10,000.00


276.00


United States of America Treasury Note


May 1964 15,000.00


625.68


United States of America Treasury Note


May 1964 15,000.00


712.50


United States of America Treasury Note


August 1968 5,000.00


76.34


$ 317, 978.97$10,803.21


Respectfully submitted John Flutters norbert a farey Tom less


Chairman


4,978.01


218.75


5,074.64


218.75


United States Defense Bonds Series G.


Demand$24,290.55


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PLANNING BOARD


February 21, 1961


To His Honor the Mayor and the City Council City of Newburyport, Mass.


Gentlemen:


The annual report of the Newburyport Planning Board is transmitted herewith.


Respectfully submitted, Kenneth E. MacWilliams Chairman


THE ANNUAL REPORT OF THE PLANNING BOARD NEWBURYPORT, MASSACHUSETTS


Membership, 1960-1961


Kenneth E. MacWilliams, Chairman


Edwin B. Cox, Secretary Morris A. Kalman Edward D. Twomey Albert E. Zabriskie


Burton Checkoway, Vice-Chairman Bruce C. Scarborough Dr. X. P. Walton Charles Baker


This annual report of the Planning Board is presented in compliance with Chapter 41, Section 81-C of the General Laws of Massachusetts:


It (the Planning Board) shall report annually to the City council or to the annual town meeting, giving information regarding the condition of the city or town and any plans or proposals for its development and es- timates of the cost thereof, and shall at the same time furnish a copy of its report to the division of planning of the department of commerce. (Section 81-C)


INTRODUCTION


The Planning Board of the City of Newburyport is the advisory agency charged under Massachusetts law with the over-all supervision and coordination of matters related to planning. The Board is responsible for gathering information and pursuing special studies pertaining to current conditions and development needs in Newburyport, initiating recommendations and reviewing proposals of other public agencies directed at planning matters, and, when asked by the Mayor or City Council, presenting its opinion on particular city planning problems.




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