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There have been 21 elevators inspected and certificates issued. 53 certificates of Occupancy were issued. To- gether with issuing all of the permits and certificates mentioned above, I was confronted with a great number of zoning problems and with a number of signs not conform- ing to the Zoning By-Laws. The signs have been removed and two zoning cases are pending.
I have attended each meeting of the Zoning Board of Appeals and of the Building Code Committee.
A complete new filing system and records will go into effect this next year in hopes of being of more assis- tance to all departments of the Town. During the coming year, a great deal of work in connection with the in- spection of elevators, of which there are 60 in Andover, and fire code work will have to go into effect.
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A breakdown of the permits issued by the month appears below.
Respectfully submitted,
Ernest N. Hall Building Inspector
BREAKDOWN BY THE MONTH
Month New Bldgs. No.of permits
Value Add. & Alters.
No. of permit
Jan. $ 50,000.
3
$ 84,259.
13
Feb.
175,600.
4
--
--
Mar.
881,180.
15
39,150.
7
April
471,100.
28
27,250.
13
May
1,383,600.
23
9,000.
8
June
135,600.
10
11,075.
11
July
233,250.
15
26,020.
20
Aug.
369,500.
24
12,600.
8
Sept.
390,400.
16
42,000.
20
Oct.
616,125.
17
150,922.
9
Nov.
218,600.
12
40,850.
4
Dec.
115,100.
11
168,587.
7
$5,040,055.
178
$611,713.
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Sealer of Weights and Measures
Town Manager
Andover, Massachusetts
Dear Sir:
The Department of Weights & Measures hereby submit a its annual report for the year ending December 31, '59.
A
S NS C 2
Scales, 100 to 5,000 lbs.
9 26
1
Pharmacist Prescription Balance
4
Scales under 100 1bs.
25 95
2
Weights, Avoirdupois
45
Weights, Apothecary
31
4
Weights, Metric
70
Vehicle Tank Compartments
207
Gasoline pump meters
11 61
Tank truck meters
2
A-Adjusted S-Sealed NS-Not Sealed C-Condemned
TRIAL WEIGHINGS & MEASUREMENTS OF COMMODITIES SOLD OR OFFERED FOR SALE
Item
Total Correct Under Over
Bread
150
81
60
Butter
238
196
15
27
Confectionary
48
8
9
31
Flour
18
18
Fruits & Vegetables
360
50
208
102
Liquid Commoditéos
326
10
32
284
Meats & Provisions
4 86
401
65
20
Potatoes
147
32
101
14
Vicuna Wool
19
16
3
Fow 1
143
56
75
12
Cheese
84
47
16
21
The Sealing Fees which amounted to $286.60 were turned over to the Town Treasurer whose receipt I hold.
Respectfully submitted, Newton A. Jones Sealer of Weights and Measures
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January 19, 1960
Scales, over 10,000 lbs.
Report of Civil Defense Agency
To the Town Manager
Andover, Massachusetts
Following is a report of the Civil Defense Agency for the Town of Andover for the year 1959.
Balance of funds 1958
$ 89.49
1959 Budget
3,850.00
Total for year 1959 $3,939.49
Civil Defense is becoming more important each day and Andover may be proud of the high rating it holds in the State.
The Town of Andover now has an adequate warning system ready for immediate use, if necessary. Auxiliary power is available for the Police Department, Fire Department, and communications enabling them to operate in the event of a power failure. This auxiliary power has already been used in recent months.
Various town departments have benefitted from securing a variety of equipment and materials as Government Surplus Materials through the Civil Defense Agency. These items have been purchased at very little cost to the town.
The Civil Defense Agency has recently secured a Rescue Truck for light and heavy rescue work, at no cost to the Town, other than equipment, which is met with matching funds from the Federal Government. This vehicle is manned with a crew of twelve trained men divided into three squads of four men each. Andover is one of the very few communities in this area so equipped. The Town of Andover is indeed fortunate to have received so much equipment for so little.
Respectfully submitted,
Lee E. Noyes, Director Civil Defense
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Town of Andover - Jury List
JUNE 1959
Abbott, Richard W.
Ackerman, Emery W.
Adams, Helen W.
Housewife
30 Pasho Street
Alden, John M.
Traffic Super.
57 Walnut Avenue
Anderson, John A.
Retired
Self-employed Retired
106 Ballardvale Rd 27 Alden Road Porter Road
Bailey, Ralph A.
Barnard, Elizabeth F.D. Housewife
Barnes, Norman M.
Asst. Mgr.
Cert.Pub.Acct.
Barss, Helen W.
Housewife
Batchelder, Harry A.
Gas Stat.Att.
Housewife
Housewife
Food Broker
Housewife
Boutwell, Everett S.
Warehouse Wkr.
N.E.Tel.&Tel.
Housewife
Burke, Garrett J.
Fun. Director
Bush, John C. Butler, Anna O.
Salesman Housewife
Callahan, Daniel E.
Bus Driver
12 Theodore Ave.
Capen, Bernard H.
Chem. Engr.
15 Virginia Road
Carey, Edna B.
Housewife
Caswell, Helen E.
Housewife
Chadwick, Alan G.
Asst. Supt.
Merchant Guard
Inspector
Clotworthy, Frances D.
Housewife
159 Holt Road
Colby, Herrick E.
Mach. Oper.
117 Shawsheen Road 18 Washington Ave.
Connolly, Helen
Wirer
15 Avon Street 123 Main Street 79 Cheever Circle
Cronin, Timothy F.
Gen. Contractor
Shipfitter
Marketing Dir.
30 Cutler Road
12 Morton Street
Custodian
93 Abbot Street 21 Florence Street
Desrocher, Edward C.
Attendant
Insurance
15 Chestnut Street
Dowd, Louise M.
Mathematician
40 Chestnut Street
Engineer
Realtor
11 Lincoln Circle 97 Lovejoy Road
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17 High Street 5 Stratford Road 14 Riverina Road 408 High Plain Rd. 30 Appletree Lane 242 Andover St., BV 390 No. Main St. 63 Osgood Street 194 Summer Street
33 Balmoral St. 5 Dumbarton St. 178 Holt Road 10 Lockway Road
Christie, Gregory P.
Clark, Wilbur T. Clinton, Joseph A.
6 Liberty Street 407 So. Main St.
Collins, William F.
Taxi Driver
Cookson, Francis R.
Photographer
99 Shawsheen Road
Cutler, Granville K.
Danielson, Paul A. Jr. Darby, James J. Denoncourt, Roland
Salesman
Doherty, William A.
Draper, Ralph L. Duffy, Elizabeth I.
Machinist
Shipper
25 Upland Road 30 Center St.,B.V.
187 Chestnut St. 6 Carisbrooke St. 8 Punchard Ave. Hidden Field Foster Pond Road 109 Chestnut St.
Baxter, Margaret E.
Benaroth, Norma H.
Blake, Winston A. Bolia, Margery E.
Bramley, Edwin L.
Brown, Mildred H.
Barraclough, Norman
Axelrod, Harry
Dunbar, Mary C. Dunn, Ruth L. Erhardt, Frederick A.
Ferrier, Robert L.
Flather, Frederick Jr. Francis, Charles H.
Friel, John A. Frye, Winthrop B.
Gaunt, Charles S.
Goodman, Rudolph
Gordon, Katherine M.
Gordon, Walter N.
Haartz, Bessie C.
Hale, Luzie J.
Hardisty, Lillian A.
Hart, William J.
Haselton, Mabel M.
Hayes, Ruth Y.
Hill, Marion E. Howe, Douglas N. Jagger, George A. Jenkins, Henry K.
Housewife
Purch. Agent
Insurance
Clerk
Self-employed
Retired
Retired
Salesman
Mech. Engr.
Housewife Junk Dealer
Laborer
Plant Manager
Auto Dealer
Pres. & Treas.
Contractor
Painter Retired
Salesman
Head Teller
Expediter
Exec. Secretary R. R. Employee Dressmaker
Asst. Treas.
Manufacturer Housewife
Retired Tel.Co.Tester Realtor Serv.Station
At Home
At Home Housewife
Insurance
9 Holt Road 9 Sutherland St. 66 Park Street 431 Andover St., BV 45 Abbot Street 14 Beech Circle 89 Chestnut St. 150 Chestnut St. 6 Beech Circle 7 Mary Lou Lane 78 Main Street 78 Main Street 60 High Plain Road
32 Westwind Road 9 Dartmouth Road 6 Henderson Ave.
11 Cheever Circle 10 Shipman Road 93 Central Street 2 Kenilworth Street 14 Hall Ave., B.V. 45 Ballardvale Road 182A Main Street 80 Center St., B.V. 44 Holt Road
55 Summer Street 1 Stratford Road 33 Florence Street 65 Red Spring Road 10 George Street
11 George Street 44 William Street 5 Windsor Street 40 High Street 1 Upland Road 119 Shawsheen Road 12 Clark Road, BV 53 Whittier Street 74 Morton Street 9 Marland St., BV 17 Lowell Street 17 Lowell Street 37 Canterbury St. 210 Main Street
Monan, Joseph L. Mowat, Raymond G. Murray, John M. Noyes, May L.
O'Connor, Charlotte Ortstein, Grace B. Otis, Herbert H.
Housewife Housewife Salesman Electrician
Man.Consultant Overseer Ins. Salesman Retired
Asst. Comp. Merchant Housewife
Maint. Dept.
Teacher Housewife Housewife Packer Housewife
Jones, Arthur W.
Juhlmann, Laura B.
Kelly, Francis T.
Kempton, Albert E. Knipe, Edith E. Krinsky, Morris
Leahy, William F.
Lebach, Gerry A.
Leoff, Irving M.
Leone, Frank J.
Locke, Sherman S.
Lundergan, Charles J. MacDonald, David
MacLeish, Russell C.
Mattheson, Wendell A.
McAllister, John B. McCarthy, Irene H. McLay, Hugh Jr. Miller, Frances S. Miller, Norman L. Milliken, Ralph N. Minard, Dorothy L. Mitchell, Ormiston C.
47 Lowell Street 13 Maple Avenue 104 Pine Street 27 Summer Street 115 Lovejoy Road 3 Westwind Road 26 Vine Street 27 Westwind Road
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Partridge, Walter H. Patterson, Helen S. Petrie, David R.
Chief Engineer Housewife
17 High Plain Road
Sales Repr.
86 Poor Street
Operative
82 Pine Street
Piper, Gladys M.
Housewife
29 Canterbury St.
Insurance
52 Chestnut Street 5 Juniper Road 75 Pine Street
Rafton, Helen G.
Chem. &Housewife 5 Alden Road
Read, Arthur E.
Sales Manager
2 Rolling Ridge Rd.
Reading, Arthur H.
Elec. Distr.Engr.161 Andover St.BV Clerk 8 Morton Street
Roundy, Virginia A.
Housewife
Robbins, Ralph I.
Mech. Engr.
Schirner, Dorothy
Housewife
Sears, Allyn B.
Supervisor
Sherman, Arthur F.
Plant Manager
Shiebler, Leo J.
Sales Repr.
Shorten, Mildred R.
Clerk
Sjostrom, Ivar L.
Music Director
28 Chestnut Street
Souter, John B. Jr.
Watch Repair
Stedman, Herbert D.
Florist
Steinert, Arthur E.
Contractor Retired
Stevens, Carl H. Stevenson, Frank B. Stewart, Angus S.
Marine Engr.
Supervisor
Stewart, Catherine A.
Self-employed
Sullivan, Augustine P.
Accountant
34 Essex Street 64 Central Street 4 Beech Circle 7 Dartmouth Road
Teichert, Elsie M.
Housewife
12 West Knoll Road
Teichert, Frederick E.Sr.Retired
12 West Knoll Road
Thompson, Lester M.
Salesman
19 Chandler Circle 15 Chandler Circle
Toro, Joseph A.
Tech. Asst.
16 McKenney Circle 17 Stratford Road
Vaughan, Grace W.
Housewife
168 Lowell Street 102 Summer Street 2 Brechin Terrace
Webster, Olive E.
Housewife
73 Maple Avenue
32 Maple Avenue
Weeks, Roland Weimar, Helen M. Wetterberg, Glennie P. Weymouth, Robert D.
Bookkeeper Clerk
51 Summer Street
Hardware Sales. 51 Center St.,B.V.
Whitley, Walter R.
Drafting Checker 6 Shipman Road
Wightman, Gladys K.
Secretary
14 Morton Street
Wilkinson, Marcia A. Young, Eleanor C.
Housewife
Foster Pond Road 70 Elm Street
Housewife
28 Wolcott Avenue 55 Red Spring Road 7 Lincoln Circle 92 Lowell Street 17 Lincoln Circle 29A Maple Avenue 53 Abbot Street
Stanley, Charles A.
Loan Serv. Repr.
32 Washington Ave. 23 Pasho Street
81 Lowell Street 1 Union Street 329 Lowell Street 31 Chandler Circle 37 Westwind Road 104 Salem Street
Sweeney, Mildred L.
Housewife
Symonds, Eva M.
Housewife
Tangney, Joseph J.
Salesman
Titcomb, Jessie M.
Housewife
Valz, Erma T.
Housewife
Wallace, Thomas R.
Supervisor
Ward, Roswell E.
Grinder
Mechanic
21 High Plain Road
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Pike, Walter N.
Polgreen, John A. Pollard, Sydney W. Puma, Antonio
Supervisor
Clothing Mfg.
Rice, Mary A.
50 Walnut Avenue
Trustees and Staff of Memorial Hall Library
ELINORE L. WASHBURN ALAN R. BLACKMER* CORNELIA H. FITTS LEO F. DALEY
EDWARD I. ERICKSON WILLIAM N. PERRY ARTHUR W. REYNOLDS JOSEPH SERIO
Chairman ARTHUR W. REYNOLDS
Secretary ,WILLIAM N. PERRY
Treasurer LEO F. DALEY
Librarian MIRIAM PUTNAM
MARGARET D. MANNING, Assistant Librarian, in charge of Readers' Services
MARGARET LANE, in charge, Work with Children
Memorial Hall Library and Elementary School Libraries ALICE L. CARLTON, Elementary School Librarian HELEN HILTON, Elementary School Librarian
JEANNE C. WHITE*, Catalog and Reference Librarian MARGARET S. BERRY, Children's and School Librarian
CONSTANCE R. SMYTH ** * Professional Assistant
ELEANORE G. BLISS ** Library Assistant II GERTRUDE B. HART, Library Assistant II
ELEANORE S. PLUMMER, Library Assistant II ETHEL M. WILSON, Library Assistant II SHIRLEY ACKERMAN *** , Library Assistant I PAULINE D. DOWNES *** , Library Assistant I
Building Custodian EVERETT T. WARD
Present Part-Time RUTH BERTHOLD MARJORIE L. JOHNSON
BARBARA H. SULLIVAN
Resigned * Retired Regular Part-Time
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THE LIBRARY BUILDS
The exciting event of the library year 1959 was the vote by the annual town meeting of the necessary funds to undertake the west extension to the library building - the first step in the library's total expansion program.
At first, six months seemed an excessively long time in which to develop plans, but as we worked to get as much building and as efficient a one as possible within our allotted funds, we were happy that it had not been any shorter.
As this report is written, the ground has been
broken. Barring some unforeseen circumstance, the addi- tion should be ready for use by mid-September.
We think that it will be attractive. It provides a two-story addition, conventional in character, and a one story addition, more modern in treatment, which will help give an atmosphere of light, air and informality to the children's room. The second floor of the two story addi- tion will house a librarian's office and a much needed staff workroom.
More work remains to be done in the careful day to day supervision of the developing structure and the se- lection of furnishings and equipment, of good design and quality, which will help to add distinction to the finished building.
We shall not introduce another building article at the 1960 town meeting. However, overcrowding of our adult department and the yearly increased growth in all library use means that it will not be too long before we must seek further means of expanding our building.
We already have plans for this further extension which we have long believed would result in an attractive, efficient plant but about which some Andover citizens have a difference of opinion. Without prejudice to our final decision, we hope to study alternative plans to see if any other method will prove as practicable.
In the meantime, we are trying to "make-do" and even to find space where none exists: through a program of Judicious weeding; fitting new book shelves into every nook and cranny; and rearrangement of subject collections when, by so doing, better use can be made of existing space.
More shelving space will probably have to be found before too long. It may be that we shall have to
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add ranges of book stacks to the open alcoves on the main floor. This would cut seating capacity somewhat. What- ever we do, we must keep readers, staff and books in close proximity to one another since this ensures maximum use of resources and results in more efficient and economical service.
A better located book service is badly needed to handle more efficiently the rising volume of book circu- lation. A partition can be taken down and the service center moved to the front of the building where it belongs. This would permit use of the main reading room for its proper functions of book browsing, reading, reference and quiet study. It is an expensive alteration and we shall not recommend its undertaking immediately, particularly if the second stage in our building program can be initiated fairly soon.
Our present, informal charging system, attractive as it is, has broken down under the load of business; service has been slowed, and errors are too frequently the result. We have recommended that the library under- take a six month's experiment with "Brodac", a system of mechanical charging, and have asked for funds in our 1960 budget to do this. Whatever the outcome, we must install some kind of card system almost at once.
Gain in library use continues, with something more than 7,000 more books and other items borrowed from our main library. Almost all the gain in adult use was in the use of adult non-fiction, a trend which has been ap- parent for some time and which is quite universal through- out the country. A little more than half the gain was in the Children's Room which presages a much larger volume of use when our expanded quarters become available.
Our electric counter chalked up a total of 97,977 individuals who used our adult department during the year, a gain of 8,396 over 1958. Even allowing for a reasonable margin of error in the results of our "electric eye", this is still an impressive number of people.
A changing community forces the library to re- examine its book selection policy. Twenty years ago this area was largely textile; today there are many of the so- called growth industries and diversity has become its main characteristic. Should this library reflect the new eco- nomic situation in its book collection? Has it a responsi- bility to meet some of the needs of technical specialists in its midst? The answer to the first question should be "yes"; to the second a perhaps qualified "no." The library collection must meet the needs of young people and laymen
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for introductory and less highly technical materials which describe these new fields. Some day we should like to dis- cuss this whole area thoroughly with some of our community experts so that we can be sure of meeting our responsi- bilities without going overboard.
Some larger public libraries have developed schemes with industry whereby certain costly services of wide-spread usefulness are purchased cooperatively and located in the public library. This idea merits some ex- ploration for Andover since local industries may find it helpful to find reference materials easily available in the community which may not warrant inclusion in their own more specialized plant libraries.
We hope to build up, too, a carefully selected collection of books and other materials on municipal govern- ment for use by town departments and interested citizens. We shall seek the interest and assistance of the Town Manager in this project.
Some of our business users have suggested that we prepare and distribute a brochure describing the kinds of business services, books and magazines already avail- able to business men in the Memorial Hall Library. This we should like to do. Recently the weekly bulletin of the Greater Lawrence Chamber of Commerce listed a selection of this type of material to be found in this library.
Wide use of the library by high school boys and girls continues. We face a problem of keeping a proper balance between adult and student use. A better building would help very much. In the meantime, we must serve young people's needs to the utmost and yet not impinge on the rights of our adult readers to the point where they feel crowded out. Some public libraries have prohibited the studying of school texts in the library in an attempt to cope with this problem. We feel that we can find ways less stringent than this to meet the situation.
A national study of student library needs and use is soon to be undertaken for which it is hoped that a foundation grant can be found. It suggests the universal nature of the problem. Public libraries reasonably should share in the benefits of the National Defense Education Act since they, as well as the school libraries, are feeling the effects of the stepped-up school program. It would, of course, take an amendment to the bill to make this possible.
This year full adult privileges have been granted to young people finishing the eighth grade - yet another
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indication of their need for adult materials.
The substantial gain in the circulation of books in the Children's Room has already been mentioned. All the usual activities again were carried on in 1959. The weekly story hours were successful beyond our expectations, with an average attendance between thirty and forty-five. We now use films much less in our children's story hour programs since we know how frequently children are exposed to them elsewhere and that they no longer serve as a bait to entice boys and girls to the library.
Our pre-school story hours proved to be almost too successful, with an attendance this past fall so large that it was next to impossible to maintain the intimate, informal atmosphere so essential to their success. We feel that there are ways in which we can control attendance and still not deprive children of an activity which is so much enjoyed.
The year saw a marked rise in reference work with children in grades five and six. They, too, need adult materials which means that more adult books must be in- cluded in the children's room book collection.
The puppet program, a summer activity for a num- ber of years, took a slightly different turn this past year, with the responsibility for puppet making and play production largely in the hands of older young people.
The substantial gain in circulation of books in our elementary school libraries, something over 8,000, was due in part to the increased service which we have been able to offer the elementary school libraries. The school librarians report greater and more serious all-around use of the school libraries, more library visiting, more time for story telling and book talks, and greater integration of the libraries into the total school program. All this indicates the value placed upon the libraries by teachers and children alike.
In a year of increased activity in almost every library department, we were faced with several staff changes which, although we have met them quite successfully, have meant several readjustments.
Eleanore Bliss was lost to the staff because of mandatory retirement. During her almost thirty years with the library, many had come to rely on her informed book recommendations. Since she was at the desk so much, we know that for some people she was "the library." A tea in her honor in April gave her many friends a chance to show
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their appreciation.
In October, Jeanne White, our Catalog and Refer- ence Librarian, resigned to accept a position as librarian of a special library. She had been with us less than a year.
We know that the staff situation is not suddenly or quickly going to stabilize and that change will be the normal order for some time to come.
We know that we must offer salaries to our top professional people which are competitive with those offered in other libraries throughout the country. We feel that these salaries should be comparable to those in Andover's salary schedule for its teachers. All up and down the line, we realize that good salaries are essential if we are to secure attractive, intelligent and competent people for all levels of position. Our staff organization, too, must be flexible enough to allow some opportunity for advancement within the library system.
Changes in classification and compensation have been recommended which, if adopted, will help us to do this. However, no plan, no matter how good, can by itself guarantee complete success in staff building.
In the years that Alan Blackmer was a member of the Board of Trustees, we came to depend upon his thought- ful approach to library considerations. We shall miss him. However, we are happy that the association with Phillips Academy continues with the appointment of Mrs. Dudley Fitts to the Board.
Our adult activities and programs differed little from those in 1958. Our Great Books group now in its eighth year owes its staying power to its leadership and to the interest of its participants; color slide evenings again proved popular; Open House in November continued to be the usual friendly, informal occasion, this time with a stimulating talk by Emily Flint of the Atlantic Monthly on "The Excitement of Publishing."
On request, we organized a "Great Decisions" 1959 group, a program under the sponsorship of the Foreign Policy Association.
The second celebration of National Library Week was successfully observed under the chairmanship of Daniel Frishman. A book fair along Main Street, one lovely, warm April day, was the principal feature in the celebration. About sixty people participated in the planning and exe-
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cution of this event. The newspapers, particularly the Townsman, provided splendid publicity; there were especial- ly prepared reading lists; there was an evening meeting at the library at which Raymond E. Holden, author of "The Merrimack", spoke delightfully about the archeology and history of our region.
As usual, special exhibits have been planned around local, national and international happenings. Es- pecially interesting among displays by outside people were these of: Tyer Rubber products, lovely imported creche figures, tinware, decoupage and local Indian relics.
Once more the members of the Andover Garden Club arranged flower displays for many of our activities. We hope that they will continue to share these talents with us.
Staff members participated in professional affairs, attended library meetings, served on committees, gave talks. A young man, about to graduate from library school, visited us one day in the spring to see a small library in action preparatory to assuming the librarian- ship of a small library himself.
Our 1958 report listed a number of ways in which the library might expand its usefulness. Some progress can be reported in 1959: the first step in the library building program; a beginning in providing books to older people through the small book collection deposited in the recreation room of the new housing project; a preliminary examination of our responsibility for meeting technical and scientific book needs; the recommendation for an ex- periment with mechanical charging. On the state level, a newly introduced library state aid bill, will, if passed, make possible the establishment of regional library centers, another of our recommendations.
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