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Many of our former teachers, when they married, settled here in town, and were willing to return to the grade school and teach in this emergency. I feel that the town is indebted to these substitute teachers who have most efficiently helped out in what might other- wise have been a most unsatisfactory situation. It does not seem likely that for some years to come there will be an adequate supply of trained teachers with a background of successful experience. To be sure, better salary schedules for teachers here in Braintree have been put into effect, but the same thing has happened in every other community so that relatively Braintree is no better off than she was before. Many individuals may take up the professions of teaching, but even should the number double it will undoubtedly be eight to ten years before we would find there was an adequate supply of teachers.
The total enrollment of the schools now is 3,421. This is not the largest school population that we have had but it is still high. The high school is over-crowded, and enrollments in the kindergarten and first grade indicates that an acute housing shortage will appear in the next few years. I called your attention last year, in my report, to recent birth rates and now we must face the actual facts. The kindergarten enrollment at the end of the first month of the present school year was 314, and the first grade 297. A year ago the kinder- garten was 262, which shows that a repetition of this ratio, and it might well be higher, will give us a first grade next September numbering 355 or more. We have already opened the Colbert School to take care of the increased enrollment of kindergarten and first grade this year, but as these classes advance in school, adequate provision must be made for higher over-all enrollments which are indicated by the increased population of the Town. For fourteen years, Braintree has not provided adequate accommodations for our high school stu- dents, although we are hopeful that the addition to the high school can be completed in the near future to relieve this situation. The town has its second immediate major housing problem with the addition of two new junior high school buildings. There are no outstanding schoolhouse bonds, which fact should persuade the public to take favorable action in providing such increased housing accommodations for the education of pupils who are to be in school.
Of the 39 cities in this state, only 28 had a larger public school enrollment, and only 6 towns had a larger enrollment thus making the school system in the Town of Braintree the 35th in size based on its second enrollment, whereas, based on population, it ranks as 51st.
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Of the forty largest towns in the state, there were but 5 with a lower per pupil cost than ours-$113.62 -- for the school year of 1944- 1945, and there were but two of the 39 cities with a lower per pupil cost.
In addition to the shortage of teachers, we have been considerably concerned with other shortages caused by war conditions. Last year we put our schools on a one-session basis, and as a result used considerably less coal than we had previously with the elementary schools closing at 2:00 instead of 3:30. However, we are now limited to 80% of the amount used last year, which is giving us some con- cern, and has caused us to limit outside evening activities in many of the school buildings.
Difficulties were met this last year also in maintenance work because of material and labor shortages. Several jobs for which orders were placed in July and even earlier did not get done at all and in practically every case where the work was finally finished, it was all the way from two to five months late in being completed.
In connection with text books and supplies, in many instances there were items which could not be secured at all, others on which no time for delivery could be given and although they were ordered last April, some of them are just coming in now. Furthermore, quality was not up to those standards which have universally been considered desirable and yet prices have been way'above those formerly estab- lished for the best grades. It is doubtful if conditions as to supplies, will materially improve this spring. Deliveries will probably improve, but not quantities, grades or prices. We did secure our new art tables and desks for the drawing department in the high school, although it took over six months to get them. New toilet equipment was secured and installed in the Noah Torrey Grammar School building; fire escape at Jonas Perkins School was painted; new bubblers were secured and installed in the Penniman and Jonas Perkins Schools; fire escape was painted at Monatiquot and lighting conditions were improved in class rooms; some water supply pipes which had so filled up with sediment that hardly any water at all could be delivered at bubblers, sinks, etc., were replaced in the Watson and Jonas Perkins Schools; a new boiler and oil burner was secured and installed at the Colbert School which had to be reopened in September on account of increase in school enrollment in that section of the town; a new hot water tank had to be secured and installed in the high school; extensive emergency repairs had to be made on one of the boilers at the Hollis School, and this is probably not the end of trouble here as these boilers are no longer being made, and, therefore, it is impossible to get parts, which may mean that next summer arrangements should be made to secure two new boilers for the Hollis School; extensive improvements on Hollis School grounds were made through a special appropriation, and I am confident that after these school grounds have been in use for a short time it will seem well worth-while to do similar work on other school grounds. I have not mentioned all the maintenance work done in the school department as it would make too lengthy a report. The fore- going with the moving of the maintenance department shop from the basement of the Hollis School, which gave us another classroom there but necessitated regrading the grounds at Pond School, and an ex- tensive painting program are the major accomplishments.
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At the urgent request of many of the parents, the no school signal, which had been temporarily discontinued during the war, was re- adopted. This no school signal will apply only to elementary grades as the State law requires 180 days of high school operation which makes it essential that the high school be in operation every day of the present school calendar.
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A new trophy cabinet was installed in the lobby at the High School, and in it may be seen the trophy from Class B Basketball Tech Tournament. This trophy is now the High School's permanent pos- session. There is in this cabinet a considerable number of trophies, the histories of which would make most interesting reading. The extra curricula activities of our schools are in sound and healthy condition, giving our student body pleasure in recreational activities and train- ing as well, which should prove to be of no small value in the future life of the individual. Few changes were made in our educational practices or accomplishments during the year just passed. There is a change, however, which should take place in the immediate future, and that is the adoption of a new series of readers. Other subjects might well be considered also for there are constantly being published new series of books in practically every subject, and it has been a number of years since any new adoptions have been made.
This fall the Police Department adopted the practice of assigning uniformed patrolmen to our school crossings, a practice which should materially increase the safety of children on their way to and from school since these uniformed policemen can and will secure the atten- tion, respect and response from all drivers of motor vehicles. I am sure this action by the Police Department merits appreciation from the public and I wish to express the appreciation and thanks of the School Department for this action.
In closing this report, which will be my last for the town of Braintree, I wish to say that I honestly feel that we have one of the finest salaried personnel in our school system of 175 persons, and that I have enjoyed every minute working with them. No more capa- ble and efficient group of teachers or supervisors can be found in any school system. I have always felt that a school system is what the teachers make it, and I feel that Braintree can rightfully be proud of the present personnel that is teaching their children.
Respectfully submitted, C. EDWARD FISHER, Superintendent of Schools
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT
Teachers' Salaries (including Principals, Super- visors and 4 Secretaries)
$293,410.16
Superintendent's Salary
5,175.00
Secretaries' Salaries
3,290.00
Supervisor of Attendance
1,150.00
Telephones, Printing, Postage, etc.
1,294.31
Nurse, Physicians and Health Supplies
3,529.50
Janitors' Salaries
27,480.32
Fuel
11,645.36
Light, Water and Miscellaneous Operating
5,027.73
Text Books and Supplies
16,498.91
Athletic Equipment Fund
1,199.94
Transportation
11,421.80
Tuition
3,258.38
Repairs and Improvements
29,053.76
Outlay
1,277.50
Miscellaneous
1,122.95
Retirement Fund
803.48
$416,639.10
RECEIPTS OF THE TOWN ON ACCOUNT OF THE SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
Massachusetts School Fund.
$ 28,680.00
State Reimbursement (on tuition paid)
1,893.02
Tuition (State Ward and others)
1,548.40
Miscellaneous
137.93
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32,259.35
Net Cost to Town for Support of Schools
$384,379.75
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Class of 1945
First ten names are arranged according to rank, with grade average of 90%, or over.
*Perfect record of attendance for four years. +In service.
Ruth Louise Holbrook
Marjorie Snow Nye
Eleanor Lorraine Edwards Mary-Louise Emmons Marjorie Lorena Faulkner
Barbara Louise Dixon
Margaret Rita McNeil
Charles Wright Ferguson
Dorothy Ann Savage
Theresa Elizabeth Foley
Lowell Ross Buckner, Jr.
Francis Rocco Frano Doris Mae Frazier
William Charles Aumen
Phyllis Elizabeth Vinal
Beverly Delores Rubin
George Lawrence Cardarople
+Raymond Joseph Adams Marjorie Arnold Albert Lawrence Baker, Jr. Earle Clayton Batchelder
¡Kennison Nye Gale Anne Ferrier Gillan William Lee Gorman Mary Mackinnon Green Albert Richard Hagen Priscilla Joan Hainsworth
Shirley Elizabeth Batchelder Robert Lester Bates Marcus Bradford Baxter, Jr.
Edward John Hales Catherine Rhea Hall Jeanne Audrey Hall Marjorie Theresa Halpin Marjorie Agnes Hamilton Samuel Priest Hansen Margaret Alice Harcourt
Gladys Elizabeth Becker Harvey Lee Beetle Grace Marjorie Bell Gertrude Amelia Belyea Mariesta Betts
Kathleen Esther Harris Dorothy Mae Hayden Lawrence Anthony Herendeen
Jean Ann Hill
Mae Edythe Bushman
Janet Elizabeth Howland
Richard Frank Carlsen Paul David Cavanagh
Charlotte Louise Hyslop Eleanor Irene Imlay Barbara May Johnson
Jean Marion Joudrey
Rudolph Wentworth Kalns
Joseph Francis Constantino Lorraine June Curran John Thomas Curry
Lois Mildred Kelley Olive Anne Kelly Robert Jenkins Kemp Hope Alice Killam
Paul Albert Kjellander
Doris Louise Konetzky
Elinor Mary LeVangie
Robert Barlow Davis Virginia Colburn Day Frances Ann DeGiso
Robert Malcolm Demarest
John Edward Dignan Richard Joseph Donahue Thomas Donkin Elizabeth Ann Donnelly
Eleanor Phyllis MacKay Harold George Mallon Edith Robertson Marr Olga Alfrida Mattson Lucille Constance McCarthy
+Thomas Francis Drake Mary Elizabeth Drinkwater Jean Frances Drummey
Richard Elliot McCormack Elizabeth Anne McCue Mary Joyce McCue Leonard Dixon McCumber Richard James McLean Evelyn Lorraine McNeil
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Carl Henry Bjorkman, Jr. Harold William Boyd Warren Kenneth Boynton Joan Burpee
Priscilla Jean Hosford
Doris Elizabeth Callaway
Eleanor May Chamberlain Agnes Louise Christie Rose Marie Conti
Louise Anne Cusick Virginia Mary Dalton Madeline Ann Damiano
* Mildred Elizabeth Friedmann
Marie Louise McNeil Elizabeth Ann McSharry * Barbara Lorraine Moore Mary Elizabeth Moran June Mary Mortimer Roger Stearns Moseley Herbert Everett Nash Paul Richard Nason Doris Irene Neal Doris Louise Nichols Barbara Clara Nihan Jean Marie Nordahl
Florence Greenleaf Nott Frank Anthony Novio
+Carl Wilfred Nyberg Eugene Whitney O'Neil Sidney Welles Partridge Joseph James Patts Doris Mae Peck Rita Marie Pelrine Jean Ann Pendoley Jacob Edward Petersen
Albert Minot Piggott Virginia Beatrice Pink Natalie May Power James William Reardon Carol Ripley
Edvy Arthur Rivoire Lloyd Barnard Robbins Ruth Edith Robbins
Norman Arthur Ross
Dorothy Louise Routhier Leontia Marion Sacco Robert Guild Schmitt Marilyn Olive Seavey Anna Mae Sheehan Thelma Annie Simpson Donald Edward Smith Dorothy Ann Smith Stanley Edwin Smith Dorothy Helen Spaulding
+William Arthur Spickard Eleanor Mae Stevens Robert Allen Stevens
¡Robert Charles Stevenson Barbara Jean Stitt June Ellen Street Margaret Louise Sullivan
*Bernard James Talbot Jeanne Elizabeth Thomas Dorothy Mae Trott Mary Margaret Turpel Dawn Vickery Weathersby Lela Jean Welch
* Barbara Grace Weston Alice Edna Westover Priscilla Louise White Edna Mabel Whittaker Marjorie Ingeborg Wiklund
¡John Trudeau Wiseman John Paul Young
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BRAINTREE HIGHLANDS SCHOOL
Shirley May Blomgren
William Kenneth Nelson, Jr.
Marcia Ann Burpee
Patricia J. Oliver
David Walter Cassidy
Robert C. Olson
Mary Elizabeth Comeau
Margaret Alice O'Rourke
Theresa Marie Dennehy
Herbert Steadman Ricketson, Jr.
Angelo Graziano
Jane Elizabeth Roberts
Richard Lawrence Hine
Elizabeth Frances Robinson
Joan Jensen
Gertrude Elaine Rogers
June Claire Koffink
Elizabeth Anne Sullivan
Doris May LeVangie Barbara Jean MacDougall
Joan Claire Thomas
Jane Ann Wiseman
Barry Nelson Moore
Jeane Arlene Young
NOAH TORREY GRAMMAR SCHOOL
Roland W. Allison
Albert Michael Avitable
Vincent Charles Benotti, Jr.
Theresa Virginia Lostrappo
Kathleen Louise Bono Alfred Joseph Bregoli
Anthony John Marsico
Edward Eugene Brown, Jr.
Jean Constance Mathews
Mary Ellen Cesarini
Hammond Leroy Chandler
Roy Franklin Matthews Michael.A. Medico Leonard Melchionno
William Ellis Condon, Jr. Marjorie Lorraine Dernier Annabell Elizabeth Drysdale Jennie Isabell Drysdale Harold M. Dyer Kathryn R. Evans June Madeline Fabiano Gloria A. Felaccio Ann Louise Friedmann
Elizabeth Nancy Migliorini Ernest B. Migliorini
Paul Anthony Frano Willard Theodore Furst
Thomas Richard Gallagher
James William Golden, Jr. Patricia Anne Hall Anne Frances Hannon Bertha Hansen Edward Hutchinson Josephine Madeline Kaukola Gloria Louise Legg
Rita Mae Morgan Lawrence Joseph O'Neil Pauline Pinkham Rose Virginia Puliafico Jean Frances Raymond Dorothy M. Richardi Josephine Mary Saia David Jackson Spera Robert Martin Tantillo
Frederick John Trott Nicholas Patsy Turra
Dominick Vecchione Donald Edward Vitagliano Burnet Vivona Kenneth Marshall Whitman John Angelo Zampine, Jr.
MONATIQUOT SCHOOL
Athena Bessie Anastos Nancy Ayer Walter Arnold Brown Marilyn Louise Burns Robert Corvi James Joseph Crowley Marcia Curtis John William Delaney Grace Elizabeth Eosue James Joseph Fitzsimmons Ann Louise Gogan Geraldine Agnes Hennedy John Patricia Jazowski Jacqueline Priscilla Kerr Joyce Marie Le Vangie Dianne MacDonald
Charles McCarthy Robert Willis Mckean Richard Sherry Mclellan Stephen Haynes Merritt Margaret Rose Pantano
Edmond Joseph Patenaude Barbara Lillian Peckham Robert Walter Preston Leo John Saunders Doris Arlene Street Paul Richard Trapp Richard Kenneth Welch Sally Wentworth James Stewart Whitaker Janice Edythe Whitten Rodney Cushing Wilde
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C. Diane Murray
Anthony Santo Leo. Philapena Grace Leo
Josephine M. Manganello
HOLLIS SCHOOL
Marjorie Edith Alden Priscilla Alden Donald Earl Ankenman John Monroe Brousseau Arthur Monroe Capaccioli Thomas Robert Cleggett
Albert Emil Morse
Marilyn Ann Mundt
Ruby Lorraine Newell
Robert Ellsworth Noyes
Barbara Ann Osthagen
Beatrice Muriel Crossman
George Donald Reardon
Richard Francis Curry
Forrest LeRoy Flanders Regan, Jr.
Richard Harold Diotte
Sylvia Ripley
Virginia Theresa Endres
Arnold Marvin Sackmary
Constance Virginia Gould Evelyn Rita Hartford
Hazel Louise Shedd
Patricia Lucile Heap
Everett William Streeter
Dorothea Jeanne Hillier
Barbara Jane Summers
Marjorie Ann Johnson
Marilyn Lois Tanner
Phyllis Rae Tower
Clayton Joseph Trahan
Nancy Deane Walker
Robert Butler Worthen
PENNIMAN SCHOOL
Alan Roger Carlsen
Charles Francis Carr, Jr.
Richard Warren Davenport
Robert Lincoln Evans
Margaret Rose Fleming
Richard Henry Fraser
Charles Edward Gale
Jeremy Kaye Paulus William Bailey Piner, Jr. Florence Southwick Potter Donald Frederick Powell Rosemary Elizabeth Quinlan Sheila May Ratcliffe Marshall Ames Ries Judith Ann Robinson
Frederic Stephens Gibb
Benjamin Morrill Greely, Jr.
Wendell Howard Rushton
Douglas Malcolm Gregor
Jean Frances Holbrook
William Howe Saunders Mary Louise Shutt
Louise Frances Kormann
Richard Joseph Smith
Shirley Ann Lloyd Margaret Mary Mahar
Paul Michael Sodano
John Francis Gregory Marshall
Virginia Neville Marshall
Eric Arnold Maslen
Kenneth Earl Mason
Mary Louise Thibeault Janet Clarissa Tisdale Jean Marjorie Vines
. Charles Milliken Wade John Gerard Waters Alvan Winford Webber Carol May Wilson Helen Priscilla Wilson
JONAS PERKINS SCHOOL
William Hans Becker Lillian Grace Belcher John Homer Brooks George Warren Cahill Gerald Charles Cody Beverly Mae Crocker Robert William Cunniff Leonard Samuel Cushing Clifford George DeBold John Cheney Drummey James Edward Flynn Nancy Wilmore Giles Carolyn Ruth Hansen Elizabeth Irene Hansen James Russell Hirtle
Natalie Hoyt Derwood Willis Hughes, Jr.
Robert Wallace Patrick Kearney Russell Clinton Kidder
Richard Edward Kiernan
James Francis McDonnell Roland Louis Pinault
Mildred Irene Ridley Richard Ben Robbins Theresa Mary Robinson Norman Roger Routhier Daniel Henry Skinner
Edward George Spellman Paul Thomas Spellman David Franklin Whitten
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Jean Carol McCarty Nancy Morrison Carolyn Ann Moulton Janet Hunter Munroe Dorothy Elsa Nelson
Elizabeth Hannah Sullivan
Walter Hayden Loud Patricia MacDonald James Robert MacGregor Elizabeth Ann Merryman
Barbara Dagmar Power
Beverly Burchstead Scholes
THOMAS A. WATSON SCHOOL
Joan Catherine Belyea David Bennett
Richard Critcherson Murray
Jean Ellen Christina Nelson
Dorothy Jean Birtwell
Beverly Joan Nyberg
Jacqueline Rose Bodley William Norbert Bowie
Marion Louise Oliver Emil Embree Pinkham
Edmont Thomas Callahan, Jr. William Hawkins Coates
Dorothy Joanne Pitts Gladys Margarite Proverb Jack Fields Proverb
Celia Rose Curran
Katherine Joan Finnerty
Carl Berger Sakrison, Jr.
Raymond Joseph Harkin
Jean Flora South
Edna May Keiser
Donald Joseph Latulippe
Mary Antoinette Libertine
Pauline May Thompson Eleanor Claire Walker
Richard Eliott MacCormack William Allan Mills
Frank Chester White
Leon Joseph Almon Whittaker, Jr.
Richard Kenneth Moore
David Smith Wilson
ABRAHAM LINCOLN SCHOOL
Barbara Frances Anderson Marjorie Jean Christie Pauline Mary Correnti Arline May Davies Mary DeStefanis Charles Joseph De Young Joan Ann Rita Dunajski Irene Helene Egan
Joan Patricia Langley Martha Joan Loughry
James Francis Mattie
Robert Emery McKenney
Arthur Theodore Moran, Jr. Charles Robert Peacock Richard William Perrault Barbara Ann Reardon
George Mansell Simpson William Walkins Taber
Louise Helen Thompson
Mary Theresa Woelfel
Selden James Woodbury
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John Lawrence Crowell
Richard Charles Reilly
Albert Russell Jones, Jr.
Donald Benton Sutherland Nancy Keith Swasey
Barbara Helen Morgan
Janet Ferguson Frances Elizabeth Fowler Marion Gertrude George Eleanor Edith Gurney Barbara Marie Hall Fay Elvera King
Report of the Braintree School Fund
In accordance with the advice of the State Auditors, this fund is not treated as a trust fund of the Town, but is administered by the Trustees of Braintree School Fund, an incorporated body; and, fol- lowing a vote of the Town, the income is used for scholarships awarded to graduates of the Braintree High School to be applied toward first year's expenses in pursuing higher education.
PRINCIPAL ACCOUNT
Real Estate (Assessed Value)
$3,650.00
Quincy Savings Bank. 1,022.50
Weymouth Savings Bank
1,000.00
Braintree Savings Bank
2,270.65
Randolph Savings Bank
600.00
$8,543.15
INCOME ACCOUNT
Receipts :
Balance on Hand January 1, 1945
$ 748.86
Rents
300.00
Interest on Bank Deposits
107.90
$1,156.76
Payments-
Fidelity Bond
$ 8.00
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Taxes
107.31
Repairs
138.00
Scholarships
225.00
Scholarship (awarded in 1944)
75.00
553.31
Balance on Hand December 31, 1945
$ 603.45
Scholarships were awarded in 1945 to the following graduates of the Braintree High School:
Dorothy A. Savage Jeanne E. Thomas
Barbara L. Dixon
TRUSTEES OF BRAINTREE SCHOOL FUND
*James E. Folsom
Arthur L. Hale, Pres.
Roger Lakin Morrill R. Allen, Treas ..
*George E. Sampson Ralph B. Woodsum
*George A. Walker, Clerk
*Deceased
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REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES
OF THE
THAYER PUBLIC LIBRARY
OF THE
Town of Braintree
FROM
December 31, 1944, to December 31, 1945
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Report of the Trustees of Thayer Public Library
To the Citizens of the Town of Braintree:
The Annual Report submitted by Miss Miriam Hall, our librarian, speaks for itself. It is an admirable portrayal of the situation in the Thayer Public Library and its branches. I hope my fellow citizens ~ will give careful reading to the part of the report that deals with "Who Gives This Service."
We have added this year to our Library Staff, Miss Ellen Fitch, Assistant Librarian, and Miss Dorothy Dingwell, our Children's Librarian. We have needed on our Library Staff a woman as Assistant Librarian who measures up to the standards required for certification both by the American Library Association and the Massachusetts State Library Association. Miss Fitch is not only a graduate of one of our New England colleges but the Simmons College Library School as well. She has had, as Miss Hall has commented, not only experi- ence in the Waterville Public Library but also four years as Assistant Branch Librarian in various branches of the New York Public Library.
Miss Dorothy Dingwell also greatly strengthens our library per- sonnel. She is a graduate of Wheaton College and has a fine cultural background to prepare her for her library duties.
We also welcome to our staff Mrs. Thomas Talbot of Braintree, who as part-time Assistant in the Main Library, is rendering valuable service. We are glad to retain in our service our Braintree Branch Librarian, Mrs. Gertrude Bates; our East Braintree Branch Li- brarian, Mrs. Arnold Cocroft; and our Braintree Highlands Librarian, Miss Margaret Ellis. They are doing work in their respective branches of a high order of excellence.
We are proud of the work of the Librarian and her staff and look forward in 1946 to a fine year of library accomplishment.
This year we are inserting in the Town Warrant an article to see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to acquire by gift, purchase, or eminent domain, a lot of land on the northwesterly corner of Central Avenue and Washington Street, for the purpose of construct- ing thereon a public library. This is a fine corner lot for our new library. It will be a real contribution to our civic center. We are sure that the voters in our Town Meeting will approve of this appropria- tion.
Even though present building costs are prohibitive, it has unani- mously been felt by the Board of Trustees and the Citizens' Committee appointed by the Moderator that an article relative to the appropria- tion for the construction of a new library should be inserted in the Town Warrant. Just as soon as building materials are procurable and building costs come down to something within reason, the con- struction of a new library should be approved by the voters of the Town.
Respectfully submitted, STACY B. SOUTHWORTH, Chairman, MORRILL R. ALLEN, MABEL S. ROGERS, CLARA G. WETHERBEE, RALPH B. WOODSUM,
Trustees of Thayer Public Library.
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To The Board of Trustees of the Thayer Public Library:
Recently a borrower came to the desk to ask for a book, and the desk assistant discovering that his card had expired, asked if he wished to reregister. He said, "I certainly do wish to. This library has done more for me than you people realize." It is our goal that this should be the attitude of all of our readers. How have we measured up in the year 1945 ?
HOW MUCH SERVICE HAS BEEN GIVEN ?
7548 residents or workers in Braintree are registered borrowers. 345 more than in 1944.
They borrowed 143,866 books
Children borrowed 44,881 books or 31%
Adults borrowed 67,188 stories or 47%
Adults borrowed 31,797 books of factual reading or 22%
These figures represent an increase of 8479 over 1944.
This increase was distributed between children and adult - readers :
Children
6,845
Adult 1,634
The Main Library and the Branches were responsible for the following distribution of the circulation:
Main Library
64,533
North Braintree 30,809
East Braintree 27,785
Highlands 20,739
Each borrower read an average of 19 books.
The Thayer Public Library now owns 40,722 volumes
32,874 adult books 7,848 juvenile books
It added 2,015 volumes to its collection in 1945.
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