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A detailed statement of receipts and expenditures for the entire year of this Department is attached:
All of which is respectfully submitted.
Alfred H. Patterson
John B. Stenberg
SCHEDULE "A"
Case load Wednesday to Wednesday for the years 1933 to date:
1933
1934
1935
1936
1937
1938
323
337
280
244
293
327
352
295
262
330
363
294
251
320
373
294
252
319
368
298
250
February
319
380
303
249
331
391
301
257
343
396
311
354
345
303
March
343
400
302
248
337
402
296
238
328
410
290
232
328
392
300
230
April
337
378
300
231
340
364
297
235
332
349
283
224
326
329
273
217
January.
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1933
1934
1935
1936
1937
1938
May
330
323
273
210
329
317
270
205
344
313
278
198
347
294
287
192
341
295
June.
331
286
285
185
315
294
284
191
308
297
270
188
303
292
257
184
July
303
280
255
191
307
278
259
194
312
264
267
195
316
263
272
August
322
270
278
192
448
314
287
258
200
489
317
284
255
201
382
303
286
246
204
365
295
284
238
195
362
288
283
232
192
362
283
268
222
191
326
277
261
216
187
326
262
258
196
186
325
260
259
186
187
328
267
257
187
192
340
270
254
186
323
269
249
182
202
331
279
252
186
207
381
286
252
186
212
419
293
259
195
219
361
299
247
194
227
382
309
254
190
256
340
317
260
202
272
354
327
273
227
289
SCHEDULE "B"
Months
Federal
State
City
Total
January.
$ 3,753.63
$ 2,544.76
$ 1,272.37
$ 7,570.76
February
3,941.72
2,696.80
1,347.40
7,985.92
March
4,028.62
2,763.76
1,381.87
8,174.25
April
4,306.75
3,107.68
1,553.86
8,968.28
May
4,492.37
3,244.84
1,622.41
9,359.62
June
4,549.37
3,318.08
1,659.04
9,526.49
July
4,662.25
3,208.54
1,754.28
9,625.07
August
4,758.50
3,308.82
1,654.43
9,721.75
September
4,871.70
3 365.15
1,682.55
9,919.40
October
4,918.18
3,523.48
1,761.74
10,203.40
November
4,978.25
3,611.60
1,805.82
10,395.67
December
5,132.15
3,641.58
1,820.80
10,594.53
TOTAL
54,393.49
38,335.09
19,316.57
112,045.15
. 485
.342
.172
322
276
262
199
437
208
September
October
November
December
The above represents the expenditures month by month of the Old Age Assistance Bureau.
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Months
Federal
State
City
Total
January
$
262.05
$ 363.38
$ 465.71
$ 1,091.14
February
261.83
351.17
440.50
1,053.50
March.
273.50
484.37
699.57
1,457.40
April
317.67
588.41
859.47
1,765.65
May
400.83
742.63
1,086.44
2,229.90
June.
453.37
872.17
1,291.00
2,616.54
July
448.83
838.17
1,227.50
2,514.50
August
484.72
889.16
1,293.61
2,667.49
September
519.33
902.43
1,285.54
2,707.30
October
519.67
853.17
1,186.66
2,559.50
November
577.00
896.75
1,216.50
2,690.25
December
549.00
1,017.50
1,486.00
3,052.50
TOTAL
5,067.80
8,799.27
12,538.60
26,405.67
.19
.33
.47
The above represents the expenditures month by month of the Aid to Depend- ent Children.
FINANCIAL REPORT
Salaries-Almoner, 3 Clerks, 2 Visitors
$ 7,284.00
Administration-Other Expenses.
2,925.00
City Infirmary .
9,196.14
Aid to Dependent Children.
21,687.00
Outside Relief
87,781.74
Old Age Assistance
61,658.91
Total Appropriations
$190,532.79
Total Expenditures.
190,068.63
Urexpended Balance
$ 464.16
DETAIL OF APPROPRIATIONS Administration-Salaries
Almoner
$ 1,800.00
Chief Clerk.
1,300. 00
2nd Clerk .
942.00
3rd Clerk
900.00
Visitor-1st .
1,400.00
Visitor-2nd.
942.00
.
Total Appropriation
$ 7,284.00
Total Expenditures
7,278.00
Balance.
$ 6.00
Administration-Other Expenses
Appropriation.
$ 2,925.00
Expenditures .
2,924.93
Balance.
$ .07
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City Infirmary
Appropriation .
$ 5,495.00
Transferred from O. Relief Account Sept. 21, 1937 2,000.00 301.14
Refunds
Total Appropriation
7,796.14
Total Expenditures
7,605.01
Balance
$ 191.13
City Infirmary-Salaries
Superintendent
$ 900.00
Laborer
500.00
Total Appropriation.
1,400.00
Total Expenditures.
1,400.00
Balance
$ .00
Aid to Dependent Children
Appropriation .
$ 13,000.00
Transferred from Outside Relief Account, July 6, 1937. 10,000.00
Refunds
57.00
23,057.00
Transferred to Outside Relief Account, Dec. 21, 1937 . .
1,370.00
Total Appropriation
21,687.00
Total Expenditures.
21,503.52
Balance
$ 183.48
Old Age Assistance
Appropriation
$ 45,000.00
Additional Appropriation August 3, 1937
10,000.00
Additional Appropriation October 5, 1937.
9,000.00
Refunds.
1,175.95
65,175.95
Transferred to Outside Relief
3,517.04
Total Appropriation.
61,658.91
Total Expenditures.
61,628.71
Balance
$ 30.20
Outside Relief
Appropriation
$ 80,000.00
Additional Appropriation Nov. 2, 1937.
10,000.00
Additional Appropriation Nov. 2, 1937.
231.73
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Transferred from Aid to Dependent Children Account Dec. 21, 1937. 1,370.00
Transferred from Old Age Assistance Account Dec. 21, 1937.
3,517.04
Additional Appropriation, Dec. 21, 1937
3,500.00
Refunds.
1,162.97
Transferred to Aid to Dependent Children Account, July 6, 1937.
10,000.00
89,781.74
Transferred to City Infirmary Account, Sept. 21, 1937.
2,000.00
Total Appropriation.
87,781.74
Total Expenditures.
87,728.46
Balance $ 53.28
DETAIL OF EXPENDITURES Administration-Other Expenses
Rent.
210.00
Light.
12.98
Telephone 29.15
Office Supplies.
358.77
Auto Allowance (Almoner and Visitor)
480.00
Transportation (Mother's Aid)
.35
Transportation (Outside Relief)
1,833.68
Total Expended $ 2,924. 93
Federal Old Age Assistance Administration
Balance December 31, 1926 $ 286.50
Amount received in 1937
1,717.29
Total.
2,003.79
Amount Expended
1,985.54
Balance $ 18.25
Federal Old Age Assistance Itemized
Cash.
$ 68.00
Office Supplies.
1,166.96
Transportation
469.28
Rent. .
210.00
Telephone
58.75
Light.
12.55
.
Total $ 1,985.54
99,781.74
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City Infirmary
Medical
$ 406.28
Food Supplies
4,874.00
Clothing
622.51
Fuel
550.73
Light.
169.43
Telephone
45.79
Other House Maint and Operation.
874.47
Outbuildings Maintenance and Operation
52.80
Transportation.
9.00
Total Expended
$ 7,605.01
Aid to Dependent Children
Cash
$ 21,157.93
Supplies
230.12
Medical
21.47
Rent.
94.00
Total Expended.
$ 21,503.52
Federal Aid to Dependent Children Grant
Balance December 31, 1936
$ 282.75
Amount received in 1937
5,405.76
Total.
5,688.51
Total amount of payrolls for 1937.
5,679.00
Balance
$ 9.51
Outside Relief
Weekly Cash .
$ 5,011.29
Clothing .
3,935.94
Fuel.
7,161.42
Rent, Board and Care
56,516.06
Medical.
10,474.80
Towns, Cities and Institutions.
3,725.95
Burials
903.00
Total Expended . $ 87,728.46
Old Age Assistance
Cash.
$ 59,898.55
Medical.
46.03
Burials.
478.57
Towns, Cities and Institutions
1,205.56
Total Expended
$ 61,628.71
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Federal Old Age Assistance Grant
Balance December 31, 1936. $ 2,818.04
Amount received in 1937 51,520.75
Total
54,338.79
Amount of payrolls for 1937
52,474.55
Balance
$
1,864.24
Detail of 1936 Bills Paid out of 1937 Appropriation
Outside Relief Account $ 858.10
Administration Account .. 7.25
Old Age Assistance Account
30.00
City Infirmary Account
Total
Bills Receivable
Committed 1937
Cities and Towns .
$ 6,051.93
State
46,757.64
Total
$ 52,809.57
Collected from
Cities and Towns
$ 3,082.06
State.
39,452.06
Total. $ 42,534.12
Additional Receipts from State and Cities and Towns for Bills Committed in Previous Years .. $ 4,561.46
Total Number of Cases in 1937. . : 756 Individuals 1855
CAUSES OF DEPENDENCY
Unemployment. 210
Insufficient Income 70
Desertion, Non-Support.
10
Widows. 38
Old Age 370
Cripples
7
Chronic Illness. 51
756
44.07 $ 939.42
ANNUAL REPORT
SEPTEMBER-1937
Cities
Old Age Assistance
Aid to Dependent Children
General Relief No. of Persons
No. of Cases
Total Payments
Average per Case
No. of Families Children of
Total Payment
Average per Family
No. of Persons Families Represented Single No. of
Total Payment
Milton-18
130
$3,350.00
$25.77
8
18
$563.00
$70.38
13
53
4
$452.00
Westfield-18.
215
5,815.00
27.05
24
65
1,455.00
60.65
102
511
26
2,588.00
Woburn-19.
265
7,301.00
27.55
39
111
2,153.00
55.21
193
1,000
17
8,906.00
Gardner-20
213
5,909.00
27.74
19
42
1,097.00
57.75
48
219
14
1,925.00
Leominster-21 .
405
10,723.00
26.48
32
94
1,986.00
62.06
241
1,255
46
5,704.00
Weymouth-21
482
14,169.00
29.40
44
132
2,778.00
63.13
238
629
70
11,096.00
Methuen-21.
317
7,847.00
24.75
34
92
1,837.00
54.03
242
1,050
45
6,110.00
Attleboro-21.
360
9,922.00
27.56
44
113
2,707.00
61.53
171
785
79
5,739.00
No. Adams-22
415
12,174.00
29.34
26
69
1,605.00
61.73
158
769
51
4,715.00
Peabody-22.
259
7,219.00
25.23
5
9
295.00
59.00
21
93
13
940.00
Framingham-22
348
10,294.00
29.58
32
96
2,335.00
72.97
146
638
134
5,271.00
Gloucester -.
466
11,745.00
25.20
32
87
1,689.00
52.80
212
967
62
5,692.00
Northampton
298
7,383.00
24.78
30
82
1,413.00
47.10
223
1,057
72
4,707.00
Belmont-24.
90
1,995.00
22.17
9
19
498.00
55.33
51
194
27
2,411.00
Melrose-24 ..
304
8,202.00
26.98
27
61
1,584.00
58.68
59
235
59
3,389.00
Beverley-25.
288
7,970.00
27.67
50
134
3,502.00
70.05
286
1,340
98
8,157.00
Figures after the Cities represent the population in thousands.
TOTAL EXPENDITURES THROUGHOUT THE STATE FOR THE MONTHS OF JULY, AUGUST, SEPTEMBER, 1937
July . . .
. 60,031
1,622,940.00
27.07
6,397
16,799
374,125.00
58.48 39,302 169,402
15,108
1,410,815.00
August. .
60,729
1,646,518.00
27.11
6,583
17,162
404,265.00
61.41
40,630
175,43)
15,476
1,468,771.00
September.
. . 61,521
1,676,199.00
27.25
6,731
17,492
386,518.00
57.42
41,870
182,006
15,507
1,561,355.00
.
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Report of Attleboro Public Library
January 26, 1938.
To the Honorable Mayor and Council of the City of Attleboro,
Gentlemen :
A statement of operations for the year 1937 is enclosed herewith giving you statistical and financial figures on the work of the Public Library for the year.
The library more and more is becoming to be not only a recreational outlet for our citizens but a great informational source as well. Business as well as students are using the library to a greater extent than ever before for source material and have found ar ever willing and intelligent staff to help them in their research work. This has of necessity demanded the replenishing of technical books as well as the acquisition of new material, which is expensive, but which we feel is necessary if the library is to serve the community as it should be served. While we have naturally had to sacrifice the recreational reading in order to build up our technical branch and which has of course subjected us to criticism for not having more of the new books, we are hopeful that the coming year may provide funds enough so that we may more nearly please all our reading public.
We have been most furtunate in our staff workers. The turnover has been very slight. This year deprived us of two of our staff through marriage, but through an understudy system the routine work was able to function satisfactorily. We deeply regret losing the services of Mrs. Holt and Mrs. Dwinnells who have served the library not only efficiently but interestingly.
Many repairs were made in the past year which were expensive and ate into our income. After patching and patching on the roof we had to finally come to putting on a new one entirely which owing to the construction of the building was most expensive. The new heating system required adjustment and painting and other normal repairs seemed to pile in.
We are looking into 1938 with high hopes and ambitious plans. The Attle- boro Public Library Joseph L. Sweet Memorial must go forward and uphold the traditions of its founders and be an institution which the citizens of Attleboro calling it their own, may well be proud.
Respectfully yours, Ethel H. Barden Secretary Trustees of Attleboro Public Library, Joseph L. Sweet Memorial.
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STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS 1937 Attleboro Public Library, Joseph L. Sweet Memorial Attleboro, Massachusetts
To the Board of Trustees of the Attleboro Public Library,
Joseph L. Sweet Memorial:
In the animal kingdom those forms of life which exist for brief periods only, mature rapidly, while those which have a greater life span, develop at a much slower rate. A similar condition is noticed in institutions. Those which are most closly allied to the cultured development of a community, grow very slowly, and the processes of development are frequently marked by periods which are erratic. Business and political conditions, the public temper, sensitivity to creative forces, may in either positive or negative forms, result in set-backs or in expansion.
The life span of a Public library can not be computed, but when it has been housed in one building for thirty years, it can safely be said to have passed the adolescent stage.
It was on November 11, 1907, that the Attleboro Public Library opened its doors and book stock to the public. The construction and finish and equipment were planned for beauty and long-time service. That a generation of library users has been accommodated with but few major changes, is a testimony to the vision of those who dreamed of and worked for such a building.
The end of 1937 finds all available shelving space on the main floor in use, and the necessity for constant contriving to accommodate the periodicals and newspapers and miscellaneous material which must be conserved for reference use. Work-room space is at such a premium that work tables have had to be installed in a corner of the basement stack floor and in the drafty and poorly lighted space intended as unpacking and supply quarters. The main desk is no longer suitable to handle the registrations of the increasing number of borrow- ers, and the growing circulation of books, magazines, pamphlets and pictures, while the card catalog files are so overcrowded that many hours of the cataloger's time must be spent in making continual adjustments to accommodate new cards.
The book collection, due to frequent emergency financial matters which have prevented replacement of worn out volumes and sufficient duplication of new titles, has now reached a state of extreme shabbiness. The branches at Dodgeville, Hebronville, South Attleboro, and Washington School are forced to wait some- times a year before newly published titl's are available, while reserve lists of popular titles at the central library often run from six to nine months. The book collection, as a whole, is distressingly insufficient to meet the needs of a community which within a year reads the equivalent of nearly three times the total book stock.
But overcrowded, inconvenient, and inadequate for present day needs as the building is, the Attleboro Library has tried wholeheartedly to provide recreation and information and inspiration of a standard that would interpret the ideals of those whose belief in the joy ard value to be found in books made the Attleboro Public Library possible. During the years, the boards of trustees, the librarians, and the members of the staff have constantly worked for a public library which
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would represent, not a charitable institution to be supported from a sense of philanthropy, but a vital force, increasingly necessary to the cultural develop- ment of the city. Whatever accomplishments have been made toward this goal, have been made possible by the understanding of problems by city ap-
propriating bodies and the generosity of friends whose contributions, both tangible and intangible, have been a factor in building up that morale without which nothing can be accomplished.
Each yearly summary of needs and hopes, of short-comings and accomplish- ments, changes in details, but each year finds the library serving a greater portion of the city's population, and in a wider range of subjects; each year increases the amount of reference use made of the library's resources, and each year makes increasing demands upon the personnel.
During the past ten years, there has been but slight turnover in the staff membership, and the plan of understudy appointments has provided for con- tinuity of trained workers. The resignations were regretfully received of Mrs. Segrid Lindbeck Holt, Senior Assistant in charge of the art and technical section, and Mrs. Evelyn Hoecke Dwinnells, Junior Assistant, who has supervised the mending and repair of books. Miss Grace C. Freese has been appointed to succeed Mrs. Holt and Miss Virginia Cate, an apprentice worker, will begin the new year as Junior Assistant.
The changes in personnel have made necessary a realignment of work sched- ules, but as versatility is a prime requisite in the appointment to staff membership, the redistribution of tasks has been accomplished with surprisingly little dis- turbance of the work of the library.
The work of the library is to supply books and information. What the Attleboro Library accomplished in 1937, and what the costs were, so far as can be listed statistically, will be found in the appended tables.
A generation has passed since the opening of the present building; the foundations have been laid. May the year 1938 mark the beginning of a maturing, but ever alert, development of the Public Library as an indispensable force in the development of the city.
Respectfully submitted,
Elizabeth Lucile Palmer, Librarian.
THE ATTLEBORO PUBLIC LIBRARY-JOSEPH L. SWEET MEMORIAL
1937
Maintains 1 Central Library
Books Circulated-1937
4 Branches
Biography
2,477
Dodgeville
History and Travel. 5,104
Hebronville
Political science and economics .
1,415
South Attleboro
Natural science and useful arts
5,131
Washington Street School
Philosophy and religion.
975
Service and/or Deposits at
Fine arts. .
3,378
Sturdy Memorial Hospital
Literature, language, fairy tales
7,723
Books in foreign language.
466
Fiction .
90,777
Periodicals and general works.
8,102
Pamphlets .
622
Inter-library Loan
98
Total.
126,256
Pictures.
2,414
Talking Books for the blind.
157
Sheet music. 665
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Seven schools
Two health camps
.
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ATTLEBORO PUBLIC LIBRARY Joseph L. Sweet Memorial Attleboro. Mass.
The Book Collection consist of 42,646 volumes.
Additions for 1937 comprised :
Adult . .
. . 1544
Juvenile.
813
Books purchased . 2270
Books received as gifts.
87
Magazines and newspapers added by binding . 14
Replacements and duplicates:
Adult . 337
New Readers Registered:
Juvenile.
528
Adult.
552
Books worn out and withdrawn
956
Juvenile.
244
Books repaired at Library January-July
.5453
Total. 796
Fines on overdue books. .$604.67
Non-resident cards issued. 15 Fines on books damaged or lost 10.12
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FINANCIAL REPORT
City of Attleboro Receipts Salaries (incl. Janitor)
.$12,867.00
Other Expenses .
6,550.00
Trust Funds Receipts Balance, January 1, 1937. . . . Checking Accounts Att. Trust Co. 212.62
First National Bank. 443.08
Income from investments
Total.
5,803.66
Disbursements Salaries (incl Janitor) . . $12,866.94
Other Expenses
Books
.3,070.08
Fuel.
502.87
Light.
.1,190.25
Phone.
53.15
Building.
86.66
Filing Equip ..
458.95
Bindery.
505.17
So. Attleboro
354.68
Dodgeville.
14.35
Interest paid.
18.82
Hebronville
67.15
So. Attleboro
199.91
Washington.
79.81
Payroll.
522.75
Printing.
72.16
Postage
56.63
Insurance
Trucking
27.89
Carfares. .
12.93
Incidentals.
610.48
(Supplies, Equipment)
6,549.49
Unexpended Balance
19,416.43 . 57
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Treasurer's bond .
25.00
Investment council .
50.00
Total. 5,090.28
655.70 5,147.96
Disbursements
Books
957.55
Bindery .
176.01
Office Supplies
78.68
Building
2,086.52
Fuel.
126.00
Light .
112.00
.
.
22.00
Safe Deposit box. Audit
101.32
.
713.38
$19,417.00
Edwin F. Leach, President Mrs. Winthrop Barden, Secretary Raymond F. Horton, Treasurer Miss Edith Claflin Mrs. Arthur Conro
THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Mrs. Charles Holden Dr. Frederick V. Murphy John R. Stevenson Hayward H. Sweet
THE MEMBERS OF THE STAFF
Elizabeth Lucile Palmer, Librarian Dorothy I. Hannaford, Senior Assistant (*Mrs.) Segrid L. Holt, Senior Assistant Grace C. Freese, Senior Assistant
Bertha C. Bigney, Part-time Assistant Virginia J. Cate, Part-time Assistant (Mrs.) Jennie L. Sturdy, Part-time Assistant *Resigned
Angela D. Bowen, Junior Assistant (Mrs.) Muriel W. Whittemore, Junior Assistant (*Mrs.) Evelyn H. Dwinnells, Junior Assistant Alice M. Ingerson, Junior Assistant Kathleen M. Shaw, Children's Librarian
Richard Holbrook, Page Raymond Peach, Page William P. Barrett, Janitor
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Report of Park Commissioners
January 31, 1938
Honorable Winslow H. Brown, City Hall, Attleboro, Mass.
Dear Mayor:
Enclosed find report of our Superintendent as well as the Playground Supervisors for the year 1937. The reports speak for themselves and wish to thank you and the Council for the cooperation given us.
Yours very truly, Park Commission, S. M. Stone, Chairman.
To the Board of Park Commissioners, Attleboro, Mass.
Gentlemen:
I hereby submit my thirteenth Annual Report as Superintendent of Parks for the year ending December 31st, 1937.
In my estimation, 1937 was the banner year in Capron Park for accomplish ments and permanent improvements.
The Harford A. Capron Zoo building was completed, and accepted by the Board of Park Commissioners early in 1937, and an estimated 30,000 persons have walked through the building in the ten months it has been open to the Public.
A new bath house of permanent construction, including lockers, toilets and showers, was erected with a W. P. A. Federal grant for Labor, and all the Material for this new Building was paid for by Mrs. Harold E. Sweet, in memory of her parents, Albert K. and Mary H. Hunton.
The new Memorial Entrance from County Street of Westerly Red Granite, and Iron Arch was given to the Park by Mrs. Mabel Carpenter Mason, and Edith Capron Mooers Estate, and Harford A. Capron fund, in memory of the donors of the 44 acres of land donated to the town of Attleboro for a Park in 1901. Mr. Everett Capron, Mrs. Eliza Capron Carpenter, and Harford A. Capron.
There was 560 square yards of macadam and tar roadway put in by the Deveney Company, and they gave us a much better job than the agreement called for, and for which the Park Board should be grateful to Mr. Deveney. The money for this roadway was appropriated by the Mayor and Municipal Council. I recommend that something be done to improve all of the roads in the Park in the near future.
A new building was erected for housing the Bear, Lynx and Raccoons with four rooms and four yards all inclosed with new diamond mesh wire, also a new fence of the same construction from the Bath House to a corner in rear of Zoo, and then at right angles 120 feet north towards center drive of Park.
There were two stone retaining walls, 100 feet in length, flanking the drive- way to the basement in Zoo Building, which had to be built on account of the
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grade around the new building. Another retaining wall was erected on the South side of the building, which was built of Connecticut flat stone, and two sets of steps in the rear of the Zoo building, one set of 7 steps which was 9 feet wide, and another set of 5 steps, which was 6 feet wide. These were all made of slate stone and will last forever, and a 12 foot granolithic walk in front of the Zoo building, and a 9 foot walk on the South side and rear of the Building.
About 5700 yards of filling, sand, gravel, subsoil and loam was handled around the building, and to fill in the hollow where the old Zoo Building formerly stood. In order to fill in as much as we had to, it was necessary to build wells around each tree in order to save them, and about 200 trees were trimmed and expert cavity done on 17 trees.
Water pipes were laid to the Deer yard, and to the new bath house, also in the Spring when we turned on the water to the Shelter house, the pipes gave way in the partitions, and instead of connecting with the old pipeline that was laid 27 years ago, we laid new pipe from the main line to the Shelter house. The old 1 1-2 inch line that was put in 27 years ago, now only furnishes water for 3 hose connections and the 2 Bubblers, and that because that old line was laid 7 feet deep, and is therefore the coldest water supply we have in the Park.
A new Seat was donated by the Pierian Club, and this was placed in the Pierian Grove, and the Park Board is grateful to the Pierian Club members for this gift.
The Swimming Pool and Playground were well patronized and appreciated by the children, also the nine weeks of supervision, and if the tax payers of Attle- boro, would come down to the Park and stay awhile, and watch the children, and see for themselves just how the children are partaking of health and happiness, they would feel better about their taxes.
I want to express my thanks to the Board of Park Commissioners for their help and cooperation at all times, the Chief of Police and his men for the splendid way they handled parking and traffic on all occasions when their help was needed at the Park, also the playground Supervisors for their untiring efforts ir promoting the health and happiness of the children of Attleboro.
Very truly yours, J. E. Anderson, Park Superintendent.
CAPRON PLAYGROUND REPORT-1937
Mr. S. M. Stone:
Several years ago at a Recreation Congress one of the speakers predicted a situation which at that time of nation-wide prosperity seemed utterly incredible, namely that providing for leisure time activities would become a very vital problem in every community. Time has shown him to be a true prophet. Attle- boro, through the generosity of some of her citizens, and the foresight of her officials, has been well prepared to solve this problem in the many facilities pro- vided at Capron Park for a varied recreation program. Foremost among the gifts for an activity schedule is, of course, the Hunton Pool. The new bathhouse has entirely solved many of the problems confronting the workers in past years. The old handicaps which have been eliminated in the new structure include in- adequate protective partitions, lack of toilet and shower bath facilities, and poor ventilation among other things. The new building, after a season's tryout, has proved to be very satisfactory, and I wish to publicly thank Mrs. H. E. Sweet, the donor, on behalf of the children, for this magnificant structure. Incidentally.
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