Reports of town officers of the town of Attleborough 1937, Part 12

Author: Attleboro (Mass.)
Publication date: 1937
Publisher: The City
Number of Pages: 250


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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.


149


ANNUAL REPORT


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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ANNUAL REPORT


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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