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During the year 1923 the staff held regularly monthly meetings and sev- eral special meetings, at which matters pertaining to the good of the hos- pital were taken up, discussed and acted upon. Many recommendations were then made to the Board of Managers.
Fatal cases and others of an unusual or interesting character were pre- sented at these meetings, and such cases were analyzed and reviewed by staff members.
The staff has adopted the rules as set forth by the American College of Surgeons for approved hospitals with respect particularly to fee splitting and the keeping of records.
WILLIAM R. HURLEY, M.D., Secretary.
REPORT OF THE X-RAY DEPARTMENT
The amount of work done in the X-ray Department has steadily in- creased during the last year, and it is gratifying to note that in spite of a marked diminution in the number of patients received from industrial plants which were busy during the war, this loss has been made up by an increase in the private cases referred to the hospital.
The X-ray plant, while adequate to do the fracture work, which com- prised the bulk of the cases in the past, is not satisfactory in caring for the type of patient that is now being referred to us. An analysis of the statis- tics of the department would show that during the last year, under the present administration, the department has been called upon more and more to do gastro-intestinal examinations and to study cases in which there is question about the kidneys or gall bladder. Because of this change in the type of work done, the need is urgent for increasing the space and the number of rooms devoted to the X-ray Department. To give reason- ably efficient service there should be a separate room available where the films of patients could be viewed without interfering with the function of the dark room. (At present, our dark room is the only place where this study can be made.) Under present conditions, the only room that can be used for fluoroscopy is also used for other types of X-ray examinations, and is the passageway to the dark room. As a result of this arrangement, the fluoroscopic examinations are continually interrupted by the frequent passage of nurses and doctors to the dark room.
The present apparatus is of good quality and design, and has been kept in good condition. This should furnish the nucleus of an enlarged plant. We are greatly handicapped in many examinations, and some cases have to be turned away from the hospital because of the lack of a Bucky Di- aphragm, which assists in getting reasonably clear photographs of heavy patients. In the study of the stomach, it is, many times, essential that the patient be standing up, and for this purpose a vertical fluoroscope should be provided. A small portable apparatus for making photographs at the patient's bedside would prove of great help in certain cases of fracture, the moving of which to the X-ray Department is sometimes unsafe. This unit would also prove most useful in the diagnosis of diseases of the heart and lungs, in which conditions the patients are often too ill to risk a journey to the X-ray room. The hospital is without means to do stereorönt- genography. This is a method by which the simultaneous observation of two films gives a sense of perspective which is of extreme value, especially in fractures about the hip joint.
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This brief résumé of the requirements of the X-ray Department reveals the handicap under which work is done and indicates the possibilities for improvement in the X-ray service with proper arrangement and equip- ment. I therefore recommend that there be allotted to the X-ray Depart- ment as soon as practicable :
1. A sufficient area so that quarters may be arranged to house con- veniently new apparatus.
2. An appropriation of $1,500 for the purchase of additional apparatus.
In the foregoing discussion of requirements, I have not mentioned the possibilities in the line of X-ray therapy. I believe, in a short time, a hos- pital will not be considered up-to-date unless it has a Department of Radiotherapy, and in the allotting of new space to the present department sufficient room should be allowed for expansion along this line.
Cases for 1923
House patients
408
Out-patients
752
Total
1,160
Films
1,921
Films, dental
461
Fluoroscopics
95
Gastro-intestinal tract
54
Genito-urinary tract
20
Gall bladder
25
Upper extremities
302
Lower extremities
288
Head
102
Chest
103
Hi
17
Pelvis
4
Shoulder
25
Teeth
32
Treatments (pertussis)
12
FRANK E. WHEATLEY, M.D., Röntgenologist.
OFFICERS OF QUINCY HOSPITAL AID ASSOCIATION
President
Mrs. CHARLES L. HOMER
First Vice-President
Mrs. PAUL R. BLACKMUR
Second Vice-President
Miss M. GERTRUDE SAMPSON
Secretary
Mrs. CARLE R. HAYWARD
Treasurer
Mrs. J. BROOKS KEYES
REPORT OF HOSPITAL AID ASSOCIATION
The Quincy Hospital Aid Association endeavors to render such service to the hospital as lies within its power.
This group of women meets once a month during the greater part of the year, and sews or makes dressings for the hospital. The dues of $1 a year do not accumulate into a large fund, but with the money on hand we have added equipment to the Training School, offered a scholarship in public health nursing, carried Christmas cheer to the patients in the hospital at that time, subscribed to three magazines for the pleasure of the nurses, given to the superintendent a small fund for their recreation, and at gradu- ation have presented to the senior nurses their Quincy Hospital pins.
In reviewing the past year, a most encouraging feature is the decided
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increase in civic interest in our hospital.' The Teachers' Association gave a performance of "Pinafore," raising $250 for us, and our Italian friends have similarly shown their interest.
A branch of this association has been successfully launched in Wollaston. We are proud of this, our offspring, and wish it long life. Faithful friends in various other organizations have sewed for us, and we have subscribed to the work of our City Visiting Nurses.
We thank all our friends for their co-operation, and cordially invite all women of Quincy to join our group.
MARY G. C. HOMER, President.
Report of the Wollaston Branch
The Wollaston Branch of the Hospital Aid Association, organized in April, 1923, has held meetings the first Thursday of each month, in the beginning in the Wollaston Branch Library, then in a vacant store in the Norris Block, and later, when this was rented, in the store at 331 Newport Avenue.
The splendid spirit of co-operation shown by Wollaston people whenever appealed to has been very gratifying. Mr. A. E. Walker has provided a meeting place; the necessary furniture was loaned by the Quincy Branch of the Red Cross; a stove given by Mr. H. H. Ralph was set up by Mr. A. E. Stephenson; and Christmas candy was cheerfully donated by the four druggists and the Wollaston Candy Kitchen.
One member of the organization has visited the hospital each month, usually accompanied by a friend who has invariably formed the opinion that the work of the Hospital Aid Association is well worth while.
A contribution has been made to a fund to be used as an incentive to greater effort in the Training School for Nurses, and a technical magazine has been provided for their use.
The association was privileged to help make Christmas Day in the hos- pital as happy as possible by decorating a tree in each ward, on which was hung a bag of candy and a Christmas card for every patient.
Besides the sewing - 1,084 articles having been finished - books and magazines have been added to the library, and flowering plants placed in the wards at Thanksgiving and evergreen baskets at Christmas.
The association has the interest of the hospital at heart, and will be ever ready to assist in any way.
EDWINNA M. ROBB, President.
SYNOPSIS OF THE COURSE OF INSTRUCTION
The theoretical and practical courses of instruction conform closely to the standard curriculum prepared by the educational committee of the National League of Nursing Education. The time allotted to the subjects will be divided between lectures, demonstrations, classes, quizzes and laboratory work.
The course includes:
First Year
Nursing principles and demonstrations.
Anatomy and physiology. Bacteriology.
History of nursing.
Applied chemistry. Personal hygiene. Drugs and solutions. Elementary cooking. Bandaging.
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Second Year
Materia medica and therapeutics. Massage.
Operating room technic.
Nursing in medical and surgical diseases.
Nursing in diseases of infants and children.
Orthopedic nursing.
Third Year
Obstetric nursing.
Special lectures:
Eye, ear, nose and throat. Mental and nervous diseases.
Anæsthesia. Hygiene and sanitation.
Occupational, venereal and skin diseases.
Contagious nursing :
A course of three months is given at the Boston City Hospital.
Visiting nursing:
Experience in visiting nursing is given under the supervision of the Quincy Visiting Nurse Association. If qualified, the pupil also has an opportunity to act as head nurse and assist in housekeeping, which will give her some executive experience.
Medical nursing:
A course of two months will be given at the Massachusetts General Hospital.
Students entering the preliminary term must come provided with the following:
Three dresses.
Ten aprons.
Six collars.
Four sets of plain underclothing, including two colored petticoats of wash material.
Two pairs of comfortable black shoes with broad soles and rubber heels. (Suede, cloth and patent leather not allowed.)
Rain coat and rubbers.
Kimona and slippers.
One napkin ring with owner's name.
Watch with second hand (lady's size Ingersoll is inexpensive and preferable to a gold watch for duty).
Fountain pen.
Laundry bag.
Directions for uniforms, etc., will be sent with the acceptance slip.
OUTLINE OF DEMONSTRATIONS GIVEN PROBATIONERS
Identification and use of ward linen, care and economy of hospital supplies and utensils.
Methods of preparing surgical dressings, gauze sponges, abdominal and perineal pads, cotton-balls, etc., for sterilization.
Methods of making and stripping beds, closed and open.
Ambulance bed-receiving and caring for patient admitted from ambulance.
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Ether bed - methods of warming, reception and after-care of surgical patient. Gynecological position.
Occupied bed - turning and lifting of helpless patient, changing or turning of mattress with patient in bed.
Sitting patient up in bed, use of back rest, Fowler's position, pillow slings, placing of small pillows for comfort of patient.
Care of convalescent patient. Getting patient out of bed for the first time. Sitting in chair, arrangement of pillows, blankets, foot-rest, etc.
Admission of new patients, first bath, inspection for pediculosis and treat- ment. Care of clothing and valuables.
Discharge of patient; instruction in general rules to be observed by the nurse who discharges the patient.
General morning and evening care, special care of back, hair and teeth. Methods of insuring comfort.
Care of bed and bedding of normal patient.
Bathing - bed and tub, cleansing bath, cool sponge for reducing tempera- ture, alcohol rub.
Other therapeutic treatments - cold pack, hot pack, wet and dry, cold and hot applications, irrigations, fomentations.
Fracture bed - preparation of appliances, methods of moving patient; cause, detection, and prevention and treatment of pressure sores.
Special precautions used in care of infectious cases, pneumonia, typhoid fever and meningitis; bathing, diet, special care of mouth and back.
Care of bed and bedding of patient with infectious disease; cleansing and sterilization after discharge of patient.
Treatments for medical and surgical patients; enemata, cleansing, purga- tive, carminative and nutritive. Enteroclysis, douches, catheterization, bladder irrigation. Collecting of specimen for laboratory.
Methods of preparing and applying counterirritants, poultices, stoups and fomentations.
Serving of trays, feeding helpless patients.
Theory and practice of asepsis and anti-sepsis; asepsis and disinfection of nurses' hands.
Preparation of patient for operation - local and general care; care after operation.
Emergency care in cases of shock, collapse or hemorrhage. Use of shock- blocks, shock enema - stimulation.
Surgical dressings, sterilization and care of instruments, etc. Care of perineal stitches. Bandaging - fundamental bandages, special applica- tion of binders and slings.
Temperature, pulse and respiration; methods of ascertaining and record- ing. Care of thermometers.
Charting - daily, four-hourly - notes.
Medicines - methods of preparing and administering, by mouth, hypo- dermic, inhalation, proctoclysis.
Care of dying patient; attitude towards friends, special care after death. Care of clothing and valuables.
Demonstration of equipment and procedure of paracentesis of chest and abdomen; lumbar puncture, subpectoral and intravenous infusions, gavage and lavage.
LIST OF GRADUATES OF THE TRAINING SCHOOL
NAME
Year
Occupation
Residence
Miss Ella White
1892
Private nurse
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.
.
N. Attleborough, Mass.
Miss Elsie White
1892
Mrs. E. W. Harrington
39 Irving St., Malden, Mass.
Miss Nellie Coolidge
1893
Mrs. George A. Merchant
.
.
.
Miss Anna O'Brien
1893
Private nurse
Miss Anna Kimball
1894
Public health nurse
Miss Priscilla McMartin
1894
Miss B. E. Clarity .
1894
Miss Martha Anderson
1895
Miss Lucy Hernan
1895
Miss Margaret Ross
1895
Mrs. Walter Loud
211 Hollis Ave., Braintree, Mass. Scotland.
Mrs. Mary Wood
1895
Miss Marion J. Jackson
1896
Miss D. Viola Harrington .
1897
At home
Miss Annie Manning
1897
Miss Emma Lewis
1897
Mrs. E. I. Goddard
Boston, Mass. Philadelphia, Pa. .
Miss Anna L. Stewart
·
.
.
.
1898
Mrs. Sheehan
.
New York, N. Y. 342 W. 71st St., New York, N. Y.
Miss Catherine Carter
1899
Private nurse
.
.
.
.
.
·
·
1
.
1899
Miss Estelle Robinson
1900
Private nurse
Weymouth, Mass.
Mrs. Marietta Hatch
1900
At home
.
.
.
.
.
.
-
:
California.
1
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
1897
Private nurse
S. Boston, Mass.
Miss Mary F. O'Brien
1898
Private nurse
·
.
.
Miss Helen Thompson
1899
Mrs. Duvinge
Brooklyn, N. Y.
Miss Ida A. Simpson
1899
Stillman Infirmary .
Cambridge, Mass. .
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62 Everett St., Springfield, Mass. 704 Duke St., Norfolk, Va.
Springfield, Mass. Springfield, Mass.
.
1
.
1
School nurse
Quincy, Mass. 147 Washington St., Canton, Mass.
.
Miss Winifred Hernan
E. Friendship, Me.
.
Farley, Mass.
·
.
.
.
1
Miss Edith Wiley
Miss Margaret Walker Miss Mary Kinney
1901
1901
Mrs. Barbara Patterson
1901
Private nurse
.
Miss Nellie Bulyea
.
.
Miss Anna Walker
.
1903
Miss Bessie Worrell .
1903
Mrs. Carroll A. Cleverly .
Miss Jean Allen
·
Miss Eva Blair 1904 .
Miss Helen E. Powers
1905
Mrs. Harry C. Simmons
.
Miss Annabel Orr
1905
Private nurse
.
Miss Blanche H. Fairweather
1905
Private nurse
Miss Maud McNeil 1906
Miss Lottie Stumbles .
1906
Mrs. W. L. Hadley
Mrs. Rossing .
Mrs. Samuel Smart
·
Miss Maude Le Vatte
1907
Mrs. Harley
Private nurse
Mrs. J. P. Steele
Miss Susan Marshall
1908
Private nurse
Miss Anna Blair
1908
Private nurse
.
Miss Jeanette Falconer
1908
Private nurse
Miss Adeline Woodin
.
1909
Mrs. Ainley T. Croft
4 Albert St., Dartmouth, N. S. 180 Brittain St., St. John, N. B.
Miss Mary L. Lindsay
1910
Private nurse
Miss Margaret Carey
1910
Mrs. T. A. Keohane
234 Lakeview Ave., Cambridge, Mass.
Miss Bertha Morrill .
1910
Mrs. Winnie
Miss Mary Bruce
·
1910
Married
Miss Edith L. Burkett
·
1910
Private nurse
.
1
1
Boston, Mass. Boston, Mass. Gagetown, N. B., Can. .
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Hull, Mass. St. Stephen, N. B. Boston, Mass. .
6 Second St., St. John, N. B. Boston, Mass. 6935 Sylvan Way, Seattle, Wash.
,
·
.
1907
Miss Helen Young
1907
·
.
.
1908
Miss Mary E. Stearns Miss Lillian Hart
1908
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Deceased. 54 Beacon St., Somerville, Mass.
Quincy, Mass. Seattle, Wash. Seattle, Wash.
13 Lewis St., Medford, Mass. Marlborough, Mass. 291 S. Marengo Ave., Pasadena, Cal. Quincy, Mass. New York, N. Y.
218 S. Curry St., Phoebus, Va. San Francisco, Cal. 229 Beal St., Wollaston, Mass.
.
.
291
Private nurse
1902
Mrs. Wightman
1904
Psychopathic Hospital
Miss Mary Ellison ·
List of Graduates of the Training School -Continued
NAME
Year
Occupation
Residence
Miss Barbara Le Vatte
1910
Mrs. Albert Jones
.
.
.
Miss Florence Mason
1910
Mrs. C. E. Cushman
.
.
.
1911
Mrs. Edward Dunn
.
Miss Etta Y. Meyer
1911
Private nurse
.
Miss Alma B. Reed
1912
Mrs. D. E. Mann
.
Calgary, Alberta, Can.
Miss Grace M. Wilson
1912
Private nurse
.
Miss Olive Marcille .
1912
Private nurse
New York, N. Y.
Miss Sara M. McIntosh
1912
Private nurse
New York, N. Y.
Miss Mary Walsh
1912
Private nurse
New York, N. Y.
Miss Linda Hill
1912
Mrs. Hayes ·
.
20 Woodstock Ave., Rutland, Vt.
Miss Marion Mills
1912
Mrs. Bossa
.
Malden, Mass.
Miss Catherine Black
1912
Mrs. John B. Munn
.
Dorchester, Mass.
Miss Florence Hanscom
1914
Mrs. Gay
Miss Victoria Ljungquist
1914
Private nurse
Boston, Mass.
Miss Alice McGiue .
1914
Private nurse
Roxbury, Mass.
Miss Hansnore Neilson
1914
Mrs. Benges .
.
1
Miss Martha Morrill
1915
Mrs. Howard A. Smith Mrs. H. White
.
.
21 Tremont St., Weymouth, Mass.
Miss Christina M. Shand .
1915
Miss Leona M. Carder
1915
Mrs. John W. Anderson
Miss Sigrid Swanson
1915
Private nurse
.
.
.
.
.
.
1916
Mrs. Phillip Hussey
.
.
Milton, Mass.
Miss Gertrude Flaherty
·
·
1916
Deceased.
Miss Barbara Cameron
1916
Married
.
Winchester, Mass.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
1913
Private nurse
.
Jonesboro, Me.
.
.
.
.
.
Roxbury, Mass.
Fort Shafter, Honolulu, Hawaii.
·
.
·
6 Westbourne St., E. Milton, Mass. Seattle, Wash.
Miss Irene E. Corbett
.
Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.
Delray, Fla. 23 Chestnut St., Quincy, Mass. Quincy, Mass. Cambridge, Mass.
Miss Jennie E. Russell
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CITY OF QUINCY
292
.
.
St. Louis, Mo.
Miss Ruth Banard
Miss Margaret Twohig Miss Estelle Babcock
.
1916
1916
Miss Viola Robertson
·
Miss Alice M. Billings .
1917
Miss Ruth Pinel
.
Miss Valeria J. Vaszkis .
1917
Miss Clara B. McCully
.
Miss Sarah A. Cassell
1917
Miss Maggie Gray .
.
Miss Ruth F. Hinton .
1918
Miss Evelyn E. Moriarty .
1918
Miss Gertrude T. Russell
1918
Private nurse
.
Miss Helen M. Seiders .
1918
Miss Nettiedean Coombs .
1918
Mrs. Alexander
.
Miss Agnes T. Black
·
.
Miss Elizabeth E. Connors 1919
Miss Nettie H. Denton .
1919
Child welfare nurse
Miss Hazel Gordon .
1919
Miss Agnes L. Richard
1919
At home
Miss Sadie Amos
1920
Miss Sara Ross .
1920
Tuberculosis nurse .
Miss Lucy A. Williams
.
1920
Mrs. Arnold H. Lyon
Miss Bertie B. Baxter .
1920
Miss Alice C. Taylor
1920
Miss Frances Collins ·
1920
Private nurse .
.
Miss Katherine M. MacKay
1920
Weymouth Hospital ·
.
Mrs. Helen M. Quimby .
1920
Private nurse
.
California.
Winchester, Mass. Chelsea, Mass.
. 10 Boscobel St., S. Braintree, Mass. Chelsea, Mass. 165 Winchester St., Brookline, Mass. Ethete, Wyoming. . 165 Winchester St., Brookline, Mass. Philadelphia, Pa. .
New Bedford, Mass.
136 President's Lane, Quincy, Mass. Melrose, Mass. 143 Billings St., Atlantic, Mass. Providence, R. I. .
Quincy, Mass.
Miss Lillian A. Read
1919
District nurse
.
U. S. Naval Hospital
Chelsea, Mass. Quincy, Mass. New Perth, P. E. I.
Providence, R. I.
REPORT OF CITY HOSPITAL
Deceased. Quincy, Mass. Bay St., Nantasket, Mass. Amherst, N. S. Braintree, Mass. 51 Irving Pl., Quincy, Mass. S. Weymouth, Mass. S. Braintree, Mass.
293
·
1916
Private nurse Private nurse U. S. Marine Hospital Mrs. James E. Bewley U. S. Marine Hospital
Private nurse
St. Michael's Mission
1918
Private nurse Mrs. Foy
·
Mrs. F. Holt ·
.
.
.
Private nurse
1919
Child Welfare nurse
Mrs. Charles McQuarrie .
.
.
.
.
Mrs. B. B. Barker, Supt., Highland View Hospital Mrs. Joseph Barber
.
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.
.
1917
1917
.
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List of Graduates of the Training School - Concluded
NAME
Year
Occupation
Residence
Miss Helen Smith
·
.
.
1920
Private nurse
·
.
Miss Rose Bussing ·
1921
Mrs. Rose Macleod, private nurse
.
.
.
.
Miss Pauletta Kristofferson
1921
Weymouth Hospital
.
Miss Pearl V. Buick .
1921
Mrs. Pearl B. Nichols
Miss Louise Cameron
1921
Private nurse
Miss Margaret F. Main
1921
Quincy City Hospital
Miss Ellen L. Duggan
1921
Public health nurse
Hull, Mass.
Miss Gladys I. Irwin
1921
Mrs. Walter Imray, Quincy City Hospital
.
Quincy, Mass. White Plains, N. Y.
Miss Bernice A. Hobson
1921
Miss Frances H. Sampson
1921
Miss Muriel Cameron
1922
Miss Agnes M. Gustafson .
1922
Mrs. Agnes G. Nutting
Boston, Mass. 144 Glendale Rd., Quincy, Mass. Brockton, Mass.
Miss Agnes C. Johnson
1922
Private nurse
Quincy, Mass.
New York, N. Y.
Miss Edna D. Tubman ·
1922
Private nurse
585 Adams St., E. Milton, Mass. .
Miss Madeline F. Roberts Miss Katherine Krasinski .
1922
Private nurse
15 Crescent St., Quincy, Mass. .
.
.
1923
Night Supervisor, Quincy City Hospital
Quincy, Mass. Quincy, Mass.
Miss Grace W. Newcomb .
1923
At home
.
.
1923
Quincy City Hospital
Quincy, Mass. Providence, R. I.
Miss Joanna A. MacHardy
1923
Providence City Hospital
Miss Mary E. Keeley
.
.
1923
Quincy City Hospital
Quincy, Mass.
.
.
.
.
.
.
Plymouth, Mass.
.
.
.
·
.
.
Miss Lillian T. Coleman
1922
Tuberculosis Division, Health Department Mt. Sinai Hospital
.
.
Miss Jessie M. Nicholson .
.
1922
.
.
.
Private nurse
Private nurse
.
.
.
.
District nurse
.
Chelmsford Center, Mass. Atlantic, Mass.
S. Weymouth, Mass. 23 Middlesex St., Squantum, Mass. 169 Arlington St., Wollaston, Mass. Quincy, Mass.
CITY OF QUINCY
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Miss Ann M. Thompson .
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REPORT OF TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC LIBRARY
ANNUAL REPORT OF TRUSTEES OF THE THOMAS CRANE PUBLIC LIBRARY
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1923
TRUSTEES
Col. GEORGE E. ADAMS, Chairman.
GEORGIANA C. LANE, Secretary.
CHARLES J. MCGILVRAY, Treasurer. ELSIE B. BOWLES.
LUGENE J. HAYFORD.
EDWIN F. LIVINGSTON.
LIBRARIAN TRUMAN R. TEMPLE.
STAFF
ISABELLE KING, First Assistant.
ELEANOR AIKIN,1 General Assistant.
MABEL S. BAXTER, Baxter Branch.
CHARLOTTE BARSTOW,1 General Assistant.
GERTRUDE CALLAHAN, Parkway Branch.
SADIE FILES, Children's Librarian.
JOSEPHINE GHIGLI, Magazines and Mending Room. ALICE MCCARRON, Parker Branch.
EDITH HYLAND PAYSON, Cataloger.
CATHERINE SAVILLE, Wollaston Branch.
LOUISE WARREN, Quincy Point Branch.
RUTH WILMORE, Atlantic Branch.
ELIZABETH WURTS, 2 Reference Librarian.
Janitor EDMUND C. ROACH.3
REPORT OF TRUSTEES
To His Honor the Mayor of the City of Quincy.
The Trustees of the Thomas Crane Public Library beg leave to submit their fifty-third annual report.
The year 1923 has added its measure of growth and far-reaching help- fulness of our library. The constantly increasing demands made upon it by our ever-growing city show how greatly the library is needed and ap- preciated. With eight branches in addition to the central building we are now able to place our books within convenient reach of all our citizens.
1 Appointed in September.
2 Resigned in September. 3 Deceased.
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The last branch building opened to the public was that at Wollaston on Beale Street, the land for which was paid for by popular subscription through the efforts of the Wollaston Women's Club. This attractive building was dedicated on the evening of Friday, March 2. The reading room was large enough to accommodate the goodly number of people who came from all parts of the city. Friends and well-wishers, including the Wollaston Glee Club, the Wollaston Grammar School, the Massachusetts Fields School, Wollaston Society of the Daughters of the Revolution, Wollaston Improvement Society and Wollaston Women's Club, had con- tributed beautiful flowers and potted plants. The Grammar School Or- chestra furnished music.
Mrs. Thomas, president of the Wollaston Women's Club, opened the meeting and spoke of the friendly interest and co-operation of the Wollas- ton people with the Trustees in making this branch a possibility.
The chairman of our Board spoke of the value of the library to the com- munity, and gave credit to the members of the former Board for their efforts in its behalf.
Mrs. Bowles, a former president of the Wollaston Women's Club, and now a member of our Board, spoke of the evolution of this branch from the beginning - when a hamper of books was sent from the central library twice a week, during the period when a corner of a provision store was used as the exchange - to the present time, when a beautiful building with its large sunny reading room is open to all.
Mr. Temple, the librarian, added his word of interest, together with the assurance that everything possible would be done for the convenience and pleasure of those using the Wollaston Branch. He quoted statistics rela- tive to the circulation of the books of the library which indicated the dif- ficulties under which it labors.
At the May meeting of the Trustees, Mrs. Bowles brought a gift of $75 from the Wollaston Women's Club. This money has been expended on books for the Wollaston Branch.
During the year Miss Mabel S. Baxter completed thirty-five consecutive years of activity in the library. In recognition of this long period of faith- ful service the Trustees voted to name in her honor the South Quincy Branch of which she has charge. On the evening of October 30 it was formally dedicated in her name.
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