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1
2 3 4
5
6
7 Total
VOTE CAST
G. Edward Bradley John M. Lynch
5696 6269 5758 7133 6528 5325 6024 42733 2414 3382 2622 2797 2467 2155 2552 18389 3150 2711 2918 4129 3811 2951 3205 22875 132 176
Blanks
217 207
250 216 265 1463
All Others
6
ALDERMAN AT LARGE
1 2 3 4
5
6
7 Total
Peter Paul Bellini
1637 2012 2519 2603 2559 1515 1928 14773
Edward T. Brady
2648 3910 2534 2697 2581 1834 2220
18424
Thomas J. Burke
2126 2597 2399 2437 2630 2321 3056 17566
John W. DiCecca
2477 2172 1433 2357 1993 1159 1684
13275
John F. Foster, Jr.
1593 1297 1583 2149 2112 2797 2626
14157
Paul I. McCarthy
2698 2352 2090 3295 2896 1898 2161
17390
Charles G. Pickett Walter W. Whitney Blank
2395 2295 2571 3379 2871 2641 2839 5980 7402 6142 7685 6861 4985 5326 44381
WARD ALDERMEN
WARD ONE
PRECINCT
1
2
3
4
5
Total
VOTE CAST
1236 1100
1020
1146 1194
5696
Elvin E. Mackenzie
489
587
428
467
369
2340
Frederick J. Ryan
684
455
502
593
781
3015
Blank
63
58
90
86
44
341
WARD TWO
PRECINCT
1
2
3
4
5
6
Total
VOTE CAST
1144 1035
831
1143 1117
999
6269
Michael A. Donovan
501
554
320
410
569
559
2913
James F. Hall
508
453
461
688
478
401
2989
Blank
135
28
50
45
70
39
367
WARD THREE WARD ALDERMEN
WARD THREE
PRECINCT
1
2
3
4
5
Total
VOTE CAST
1220
1091
1225
1189
1033
5758
Edward J. Butler
536
545
666
822
683
3252
Joseph J. Murphy
576
455
454
288
271
2044
Blank
108
91
105
79
79
462
1230
1039 1761 1930 1609 2150 2256
11975
18991
350
ANNUAL REPORTS
WARD FOUR
PRECINCT
1
2
3
4
5
6
Total
VOTE CAST
1376
960 1240 1380 1312
7133
Walter B. MacDonald
651
252
678
830
480
223
3144
Leonard E. Radochia
628
658
496
442
809
616
3649
Blank
97
50
66
108
23
26
370
WARD FIVE
PRECINCT
1
2
3
4
5 6
Total
VOTE CAST
990 1143
1105 1108
1024
1058
6528
Andrew Capuano
423
747
722
529
563
654
3638
John F. Kennedy
522
367
339
523
423
456
2630
Blank
45
29
44
56
38
48
260
WARD SIX
1
2
3
4
5
Total
PRECINCT
VOTE CAST
1142 1139
933
1010 1001
5325
Raymond I. Reynolds
468
439
387
667
402
2363
Walter E. Steeves
622
640
508
425
558
2753
Blank
52
60
38
18
41
209
WARD SEVEN
PRECINCT
1
2
3
4
5
Total
VOTE CAST
1208
1188
6024
James R. Doncaster
662
753
642
770
658
3485
Leo B. Mallard
516
389
561
446
461
2373
Blank
30
46
31
22
37
166
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
WARD ONE
PRECINCT
1
2
3
4
5
Total
VOTE CAST
1236 1100 1020 1146 1194
5696
Margaret T. Keane
464
466
508
556
401
2395
Joseph F. Leahy
661
536
409
506
715
2827
Blank
111
98
103
84
78
474
WARD TWO
PRECINCT
1
2
3
4
5
6
Total
VOTE CAST
1144 1035
831
1143
1117
999
6269
Francis H. Brown
493
528
505
598
514
494
3132
Edward J. Harrington
425
427
250
415
459
403
2379
Blank
226
80
76
130
144
102
758
WARD THREE
PRECINCT
1
2
3
4
5
Total
VOTE CAST
1220
1091
1225 1189
1033
5758
Eleanor S. Coyne
608
541
533
609
586
2877
Joseph T. Maguire
487
485
611
496
382
2461
Blank
125
65
81
84
65
420
1234 1238
1156
865
351
ELECTION COMMISSIONERS
WARD FOUR
PRECINCT
1
2
3
4
5
6
Total
VOTES CAST
1376
960 1240 1380 1312
7133
Sarah M. Mclaughlin
515
369
697
792
586
550
3509
Gertrude I. Parker
728
447
422
459
575
233
2864
Blank
133
144
121
129
151
82
760
WARD FIVE
PRECINCT
1
2
3
4
5 1024
6
Total
VOTE CAST
990 1143
1105
1108
1158
6528
Frank Dardeno
405
618
519
443
435
552
2970
William J. Shea
488
463
524
562
469
539
3045
Blank
97
62
62
103
120
67
513
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
WARD SIX
PRECINCT
1
2
3
4
5
Total
VOTE CAST
1142
1139
933
1110
1001
5325
V. Theresa Morrissey
817
780
651
810
722
3780
Blank
325
359
382
300
279
1544
WARD SEVEN
PRECINCT
1 2
3
4 5
Total
VOTE CAST
1208 1188 1234 1238 1156
6024
A. Anthony Bellamacini 492
400
518
461
438
2309
John F. Fitzgerald
635
725
619
677
634
3290
Blank
81
63
97
100
84
425
ASSESSOR
1
2 3
4
5
6
7
Total
Maurice F. Ahearn
1922 2383 2240 2424 2279 2010 2390
15639
William B. Bailey
2508 2091 2451 3342 2738 2750 2900
18783
Charles R. Brunelle
1869
1733 1893 2849 2277 2151 2372
15089
John B. Carr
1849
2425 1972 2255 2085 2194 2336
15063
Timothy J. Cronin
2028
3404 2285 2071 2233 1742 2330
16096
Gordon Faulkner
2363
1937 2133 2845 3193 2577 2923
18031
Thomas F. Mackey
1497
1579 2180 2174 2211 2035 2176
13839
William J. Moran
2456
2368 1817 2318 2356 1636 2066
15072
Michael J. Simonelli
2357
1612
1188 2480 1850
982 1368 11806
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8222 9798 8527 10736 9402 6847 7305 60812
INITIATIVE PETITION
Initiative Petition
"Shall the city of Somerville adopt the form of Government defined as Plan E. and consisting of a government by a City Council to be elected at large by proportional representation, 1 member of which shall be the Mayor and having a City Man-
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ager, with elections to be held biennially in every off num- bered year, According to Chapter 43 of the General Laws, re- lating to City Charters"
WARD
1
2 3
5
6
7 Total
4150 4249 4549 5654 5240 4581 5155 33578
Yes No Blank
831 1053 967
656 553
728 751 4
674 614
406 338
475 394
4823
715
4332
A True Copy Attest:
BOARD OF ELECTION COMMISSIONERS OF SOMERVILLE
353
LICENSING COMMISSION
REPORT OF THE LICENSING COMMISSION
To the Honorable, the Mayor and the Board of Aldermen of the City of Somerville
Gentlemen:
The following factual information is respectfully sub- mitted as the Annual Report of the Licensing Commission for the year ending December 31, 1949.
Daniel J. Coughlin was elected as Chairman of the Li- censing Commission for the year 1949.
The following Board of Health Inspectors were assigned to the Licensing Commission during 1949 on a rotating bas- is :-
Thomas J. Hagerty Anthony J. Scolles, Jr. Anthony Palmer James M. O'Meara Edward N. Gravelese
The following Police Inspectors were assigned to the Li- censing Commision for 1949 :-
Captain Thomas M. Sharry Inspector Frederick Landry Inspector James Sousa Inspector Garnet Reid
The following table will show the number of licenses per- missable by law as compared with the number of licenses that have been granted and are now in effect :-
All Forms Pkg.
All Forms Resta.
Beer & Wine Resta. & Pkg.
Club Druggist
Allowed by Law .....
22
84
22
14 unlimited
Issued by Commission
22
69
16
6
Balance to issue
0
15
6
11 3 unlimited
354
ANNUAL REPORTS
During the year the Commission received the following applications :-
For a 1949 License:
2-Applications for a Common Victualler's License and an All Forms Alcoholic Beverages, To Be Drunk On The Premises 7-Day License. One applicant withdrew application. On the other application the Somerville Commission voted "LEAVE TO WITHDRAW" on the liquor part of the application and "GRANTED" on the Common Vic- tualler's section of the application. This applicant appealed to the Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission which Commmission voted to sustain action taken by the Somerville Board.
1-Application for a Beer and Wine Restaurant, To Be Drunk On The Premises, 7-Day License. The
Somerville Commission voted "GRANTED" on the liquor part of the application and on the Common Victualler's section they took no action as applicant had a Common Victualler's License. The Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission. after holding a hearing, per request of Voters, voted "DISAPPROVED" on the liquor part of the application.
1-Application for an All Forms Alcoholic Club, To Be Drunk On The. Premises, License. Applicant withdrew application before the hearing.
7-Applications for Beer and Wine Package Goods Store, Not To BE Drunk On The Premises, License. The Somerville Commission voted "LEAVE TO WITHDRAW" on these seven applications. Four of the applicants appealed to the Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission and said Commission voted to sustain action taken by the Somerville Board. On an application for a Beer and Wine Package Goods Store, Not To Be Drunk On The Premises, License for 1949 filed with the Somerville Commission in 1948 and on which they voted "LEAVE TO WITHDRAW", the Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission held a hearing, per request of applicant, and on February 4, 1949 said Commission notified the Somerville Board that they voted "GRANTED" on this application. Therefore, one Beer and Wine Package Goods, Not To Be Drunk On The Premises, License was issued in 1949. On an application for a Section 30-A License, All Forms Alcoholic Druggist License, for 1949 which was filed with the Somerville Commission in 1948 and on which they voted "LEAVE TO WITH- DRAW", the Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission held a hearing, per request of applicant, and on February 4, 1949 said Commission notified the Somerville Board that they had voted to sustain their action.
For a 1950 License:
1-Application for A Common Victualler's License and an All Forms. Alcoholic Beverages, To Be Drunk On The Premises, 7-Day License The Somerville Commission voted "GRANTED" on the Common Victualler's part of the application and "LEAVE TO WITHDRAW" on the liquor section of the application.
1-Application for a Beer and Wine Restaurant, To Be Drunk On The Premises, 7-Day License. The Somerville Commission voted "LEAVE TO WITHDRAW" on the Liquor part of the application and on the Common Victualler's section they took no action as applicant had:
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a Common Victualler's License. Applicant appealed to the Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission and said Commission voted to sus- tain action taken by the Somerville Board.
1-Application for an All Forms Alcoholic Club, To Be Drunk On The Premises, License. The Somerville Commission voted "LEAVE TO WITHDRAW" on this application. The applicant appealed to the Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission and said Commission voted to sustain action taken by the Somerville Board.
7-Applications for Beer and Wine Package Goods Store, Not To Be Drunk On The Premises, License. The Somerville Commission voted "GRANTED" on three of these applications. The Alcoholic Bev- erages Control Commission "APPROVED" one which license is not to be issued until January 1, 1950, and on the other two they took no action in 1949. The Somerville Commission voted "LEAVE TO WITHDRAW" on the other four applications. Three of these applicants appealed to the Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission. At the close of the year the Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission had held no hearings on these appeals.
The Somerville Commission received one application for a transfer of license, from an individual to a corporation, which they "GRANTED" and the Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission "APPROVED".
The Somerville Commission received three applications for transfer of location. They voted "GRANTED" on two of these applications and same were "APPROVED" by the Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission. On the other application the Somerville Commission voted "LEAVE TO WITHDRAW". Ap- plicant appealed to the Alcoholic Beverages Control Commis- sion but withdrew appeal before hearing on same. The Som- erville Commission received three applications for additional premises. They "GRANTED" these applications and same were "APPROVED" by the Alcoholic Beverages Control Com- mission.
The Somerville Commission received fourteen applications for change of managers during 1949. Same were "AP- PROVED" by the Somerville Board and the Alcoholic Bever- ages Control Commission.
Five licenses who had been granted on 6-Day All Forms Alcoholic Beverages, To Be Drunk On The Premises, License for 1949 requested the Commission to reconsider their 1949 renewal application for a 7-Day All Forms Alcoholic Bever- ages, To Be Drunk On The Premises, License. The Somerville Commission after checking each establishment voted to "GRANT" these licenses a 7-Day All Forms Alcoholic Bever-
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ages, To Be Drunk On The Premises, License and the Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission "APPROVED" same.
The established policy of the Licensing Commission rela- tive to routine matters of office procedure has not materially changed. The Somerville Licensing Commission after inspec- tion and consideration decided to continue their policy of restricting so called entertainment in all restaurants. Only the radio and music box was allowed for the year with two ex- ceptions :- Coyne's Sportsmen's Grill Inc .- d-b-a-"Memory Lane" and P. J.'s Grill, Inc., 1949 which were issued a full entertainment and dance license for 1949.
A general inspection of all restaurants brought out the fact that all establishments are now equipped with adequate toilet and washing facilities.
In regard to 1950 renewal applications for liquor licenses, one 7-Day All Forms Alcoholic Beverages, To Be Drunk On The Premises, License filed for a 6-Day All Forms Alcoholic Beverages, To Be Drunk On The Premises, License. The Som- erville Commission voted "GRANTED" on this application and all Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission "APPROVED" same. There were no other changes in renewal of liquor li- censes for 1950.
We acknowledge the splendid co-operation and whole- hearted support given our Commission by the Board of Health Inspectors and Police Inspectors assigned to our Board during 1949. We also wish to acknowledge the efficient and faithful service of our clerk, Mary I. Kenney.
An itemized report of fees received during the year, end- ing December 31, 1949 is as follows :-
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REPORT OF THE LICENSING COMMISSION FOR THE YEAR 1949
Licenses Granted and Fees Received:
67 Renewals-(1950)-All Forms Res- taurant License 7-Day
$1,000.00
$67,000.00
1 Renewal-(1950)-All forms Restau- rant License 6-Day
800.00
800.00
5 Change-(1949)-All Forms Restau- rant License 7-Day
200.00
1,000.00*
3 Renewals-(1950)-Beer & Wine Res- staurant License 7-Day
400.00
1,200.00
11 Renewals-(1950)-All Forms Club Restaurant License 7-Day
150.00
1,650.00
22 Renewals-(1950)-All Forms Pkg.
Goods License
900.00
19,800.00
New License-(1949)-Beer & Wine Pkg. Goods License
300.00
300.00
13 Renewals-(1950)-Beer & Wine Pkg. Goods License
300.00
3,900.00
1 New License-(1950)-Beer & Wine Pkg. Goods License
300.00
300.00
6 Renewals-(1950)-Druggist - All Forms Section 30-A
300.00
1,800.00
70 Renewals-(1950)-Entertainment Li- cense
5.00
350.00
1 Renewal-(1950)-Entertainment cense
Li-
1.00
1.00
1 Renewal-(1950)-Dance License
5.00
5.00
35 Special Alcoholic License
5.00
175.00
212 Common Victualler's License
5.00
1,060.00
243 Lord's Day License
5.00
1,215.00
1 Renewal-(1949)-Inn Holder's Li-
5.00
5.00
1 Renewal-(1950)-Inn Holder's Li-
5.00
5.00
2 Garage License
2.00
4.00
TOTAL RECEIPTS
$100,570.00
EXPENSES
5,523.87
NET TOTAL REVENUE of the De- partment-1949
$95,046.13
These five licenses had paid $800.00 in December 1948 for a 6-Day license for 1949 and during 1949 their license was changed to a 7-Day license, there- fore $200 due as fee for a 7-Day license is $1,000.00.
Respectfully submitted, LICENSING COMMISSION
RALPH B. JONES,Chairman DANIEL J. COUGHLIN, Commr. HUGH T. TURNER, Commr.
Attest MARY I. KENNEY, Clerk
cense
cense
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ANNUAL REPORTS
REPORT OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT
June 26, 1950.
To the Honorable Mayor and Board of Aldermen:
Gentlemen:
In compliance with the Revised Ordinances of the City of Somerville, I have the Honor of submitting for your informa- tion the Annual Report of the Fire Department for the year ending December 31, 1949.
ALARMS AND LOSSES
Number of First Alarms
732
Number of Second Alarms
9
Number of Third Alarms
2
Number of A.D.T. Alarms
14
Number of Still Alarms
1846
Total
2603
Number of Alarms for the year 1949
2603
Number of Alarms for the year 1948
2018
Increase in the number of alarms during the year 1949
585
Value of Buildings at risk
$2,474,300.00
Insurance on building at risk
2,609,792.00
Insurance damage on buildings
157,755.97
Value of Contents at risk
3,633,831.46
Insurance on Contents at risk
3,864,250.00
Insurance damage on Contents
136,565.35
Total value at risk
6,108,131.46
Total insurance damage
294,321.32
Approximate Per Capita Loss
$2.77
MANUAL FORCE
Manual Force consists of Two Hundred and Twenty men.
1 Chief Engineer
5 Deputy Chiefs
3 District Chiefs
1 Master Mechanic
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8 Captains
32 Lieutenants
147 Privates 3rd Grade
14 Privates 2nd Grade
8 Privates 1st Grade
220
Total
RECOMMENDATIONS
During the past many years I have served as Chief Engi- neer of the Somerville Fire Department many improvements have taken place. Four major pieces of fire apparatus have been replaced, and at this writing an appropriation of $35,- 000.00 has been approved for the purchase of two 1,000 G. P. M. Pumpers to replace Engine 3 and Engine 4 pumpers, which are obsolete and not dependable.
On June 28, 1949 the ambulance service was transferred from the Police Department to the Fire Department. On this date a new Cadillac Superior Ambulance was placed in service. From June 28 to December 31st there were 637 ambulance calls. In the organization of the fire department under our City Charter and Ordinances ambulance service is not a func- tion of the fire department. It is recommended that suitable legislation be provided in our Municipal Ordinances for the protection of our firemen in the operation of the ambulance so as to properly protect them as firemen in cases of sickness, injuries and pensions.
In 1949 the department adopted and now carries a mini- mum of three demand-type compressed air masks on each piece of fire-fighting apparatus. Each station will be equipped with a modern electric hose dryer in the year 1950. Bids have been accepted for the last two stations to be equipped in July 1950.
A standardized training program of modern fire depart- ment fire-fighting techniques has been adopted and carried out for the improved efficiency in the department. It is essential that such a program be further carried on.
Fire prevention has become a necessary adjunct to the fire departments of today. It is a specialist's work and requires trained men to properly perform this work for the best interests of business, and safety of the people and property. Our Fire Prevention Bureau has had an enviable record. I recommend that more convenient quarters for this branch of the depart- ment be provided for the public.
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ANNUAL REPORTS
During the years of World War II we had for the first time in the history of the Somerville Fire Department an Auxiliary Fire Department organized under the United States Civilian Defense. We trained 300 volunteers to combat incendiary fires that could be caused by the enemy. The Federal Civilian Defense furnished the City of Somerville with seven (7) trailer and six (6) skid pumps of 500 G. P. M. capacity each, fire hose and equipment. The training of this Auxiliary Force was given by the Officers and members of the Somerville Fire Department. I recommend that the people lend their support to this patriotic and worthy group of men who gave their time and effort in time of emergency so that they may be banded together as a nucleous for any other emergency that may arise.
The hours on duty have been reduced from eighty-four (84) hours per week to seventy (70) hours per week under the two-platoon system. On July 20, 1947 the fifty-six hour week or three-platoon system was put into effect. Salaries have been increased from $5.85 per day in 1933 to $8.77 per day in 1949. While all this is not equal to some of our neigh- boring cities, it has been a large factor in keeping up our firemen's morale, which is essential for an efficient depart- ment.
To the officers and men of the fire department, through my years of service I am deeply appreciative of their integrity and loyalty to the fire service. This is the prime factor in making the Somerville Fire Department one of the best fire- fighting units in the country.
I sincerely thank all the Mayors and Boards of Aldermen of the past many years for their cooperation in providing the necessary equipment, apparatus, men, improved working con- ditions, Ordinances on Public Safety and for their many other courtesies extended to me and the fire department. Without the granting of these the Somerville Fire Department could not be one of the best.
The people of Somerville may justly feel proud of their fire department and their elected officials who, by their prudence and wisdom have provided the means for better protection against fire.
Respectfully submitted,
J. C. McNALLY, Chief Engineer.
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PUBLIC LIBRARY
REPORT OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARY
December 31, 1949
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Term Expires
Mr. John J. Griffin, President
January 1, 1950
Mr. William J. Donovan, Vice-President
11
1952
Mrs. J. Helen Clough
11
1950
Rev. Anthony J. Flaherty
11
1950
Mr. William H. McKenna
11
11
1952
Mrs. Mabel J. Wedlock
Dr. Thomas E. Leonard (Deceased January 23, 1949)
COMMITTEE ON ADMINISTRATION
Mrs. Mabel J. Wedlock, Chairman
Mr. William H. McKenna
Mrs. J. Helen Clough
The President, Mr. John J. Griffin, ex-officio
The Vice-President, Mr. William J. Donovan, ex-officio
COMMITTEE ON BOOKS AND CATALOGING
Mr. Walter Avery, Chairman
Mr. George K. Coyne
Rev. Anthony J. Flaherty
Mrs. Josephine J. Hurley
The President, Mr. John J. Griffin, ex-officio
COMMITTEE ON BUILDINGS AND PROPERTY The President and the Vice-President
SECRETARY OF THE BOARD Mr. John D. Kelley, Librarian
ORGANIZATION OF LIBRARY AND STAFF PERSONNEL December 31, 1949 JOHN D. KELLEY, Librarian
1
11
1951
Mr. Walter Avery
11 1952
Mr. George K. Coyne
1951
Mrs. Josephine J. Hurley
1951
362
ANNUAL REPORTS
PROFESSIONAL GRADED SERVICE
Assistant Librarian
Vivian J. Morse
Executive Assistant
Ruth Holmes
Reference Librarian
Anna E. Cullen
Chief Cataloger
Rita D. Adams
.Supervisor of Schools and Deposits
John T. Mackey
Assistant to Librarian
Elsie K. Wells
Branch Librarian
Kathryn Kenny
Branch Librarian
Barbara C. Niles
Branch Librarian
Myrtle K. Nicholson
Desk Chief
Katharine J. White
Supervisor of Periodicals and Binding
Emma Merlini
Station Executive
Mary M. Noonan
Station Executive
Margaret B. Scanlan
First Assistant
Elizabeth W. Hennigan
First Assistant
Mary E. Cullinane
First Assistant
Ruth D. Warner
First Assistant First Assistant
Lillian G. Casey
Children's Librarian
Children's Librarian
Children's Librarian
E. Lillian Clifford
Senior Assistant
Mary F. Warren
Senior Assistant
Ann F. Dennis
Senior Assistant
Irene M. Westhoff Senior Assistant
Mary A. Heneghan Senior Assistant
Gloria F. Graham Senior Assistant
Barbara T. O'Neill Senior Assistant
Mary J. O'Brien
Senior Assistant
Lois E. MacDonald
Senior Assistant Junior Assistant
I. Marguerite Sawin
Rita F. Brunet Junior Assistant
Agnes J. Kelley
Junior Assistant
Helen M. O'Neil Junior Assistant
Joan E. Brunet Junior Assistant
Beatrice H. Williamson Junior Assistant
NON-PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
Anne J. Durkin Constance R. McGrath
Marion E. Griffin Marilyn F. Legere
Catherine M. O'Malley
UNGRADED SERVICE - Part Time Attendants
Patricia C. Bellini
William P. O'Hara
Francis A. Cruise
Clara L. Osgood
George F. Hickey, Jr.
Ronayne M. Powers
Carol Ann Jones
Marion M. Reppucci
Joseph C. Kelley Anna I. Marchesani
Faith A. Small
Dorothea Matsos
Evelyn Thompson
Ethel Mullaney
Patricia A. Turner Mary A. Willwerth
Barbara Murphy
Mary L. Ross
Katherine V. Nolan
Station Executive
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RESIGNED DURING YEAR
Alice P. Burkhart
Part Time Attendant
Ann E. Capodanno
Part Time Attendant
Kathleen M. Cullinane
Non-Professional, Summer
Salvatore Fidaleo
David Kerr
Part Time Attendant Part Time Attendant
Dorothy M. Lally Non-Professional, Summer
Mary E. Leydon Part Time Attendant
M. Christine McQuade Non-Professional, Summer
Teresa Stellato
Part Time Attendant
Helen M. Walsh Junior Assistant
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ANNUAL REPORTS
REPORT OF THE LIBRARY TRUSTEES
To the Honorable, the Mayor and the Board of Aldermen of the City of Somerville
Gentlemen:
Our communication accompanying the Annual Report of the Librarian last year proposed positive recommendations which have remained largely unattended. Accordingly, we respectfully suggest that its contents be thoughtfully reviewed. For the record, we reaffirm here the convictions therein ex- pressed.
Unfortunately, the so-called "Municipal Report of the City of Somerville" published last year was limited to a successive series of statistics wholly shorn of the informational back- ground requisite to make the Departmental Reports intelligible. Moreover, the traditional custom of having Department Re- ports reprinted for general distribution was abrogated without notice. Consequently, the interpretive material which con- stituted the most valuable portion of the Library's Report was relegated to oblivion unusually early.
In order to provide the proper background for our present observations, we would like to recall that in our statement last year we directed attention among others to the following specific conditions and recommendations:
1. "Deterioration to an alarming degree has overtaken our public li- brary buildings";
2. "The lighting conditions at the Central Library - constitute a very real hazard to the visual health of both school students and adult patrons, as well as a threat to the safety of personnel and the preservation of public property";
3. "The general state of disrepair which marks the Central Library building";
4. "The conspicuous inadequacies of the Branch Libraries and Stations";
5. "The school children and adults in the Union Square district suffered a severe setback in the closure of the Branch Library on Bow Street. The small store on Somerville Avenue is totally devoid of reading space, is negligibly equipped, and unsatisfactory in every way";
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