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Miss Etta W. Toothaker, for thirty-six years a most able and efficient teacher in our schools, retired at the end of the school year in June. Her years of service were loyal and sincere, always with a true love for those whom she taught and called "her children."
During the year there have been the following changes in our teach- ing staff: Withdrawals: Theodore H. Benttinen, Bates School; Phyllis R. Powell, Union Street School; Etta W. Toothaker, West Side School; June Hall, Flora M. Clark School. Appointments: Louis J. Rando, Bates School; Mary Anacki, Bates School; Erma S. Keniston, Bates School;
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Elsie L. McCarthy, Union Street School; Margaret A. Begley, West, Side School; Frances A. Starck, Flora M. Clark School.
Our Program for the Physical Plant
Our Program for the Physical Plant is one of long-range planning and each year the School Committee makes a personal inspection of all buildings and, with the help of the Town Manager, allocate funds for major repairs to those buildings most in need.
During the past year, the Plymouth Street School and the Rock School have been painted both inside and out. New fluorescent lights were installed in the Rock and South Middleboro Schools and in two of the spaces now used on the third floor in the Bates School.
At Memorial High School, the entire heating system was inspected and new traps and valves were placed on all units. An oil burner and added radiation were installed in the Bates School and the building is now heated with much more uniformity and efficiency.
The east wall of Memorial High School was waterproofed and the cupola repaired and repainted. Broken or missing slate shingles were replaced on all buildings with slate roofs.
Forty units of used classroom furniture were purchased from the towns of Rochester and Carver to allow seating for children in the already overloaded Bates School. These units were sanded and refinished making satisfactory temporary seating. The desk tops in many classrooms were reconditioned and many new blackboard surfaces replaced with new to help alleviate some of the eyestrain caused by the old surfaces.
The following major repairs are needed, must be carefully con- sidered as to priority and urgency, and as many accomplished this year as financially possible. The order of listing does not indicate the order of importance.
(a) Painting, Memorial High School, all outside trim and some class- rooms.
(b) Painting, Union Street School, all outside trim and playroom walls.
(c) Painting, Flora M. Clark School, outside only.
(d) Connect Union Street School with South Main Street sewer to help relieve water condition.
(e) Some surface improvement on Bates School playground. All surface water from new parking space now drains over play- ground causing mud, water pools, and ruts.
(f) New toilet facilities at Bates School replacing. now antiquated, inefficient, troublesome, unpleasant conditions.
(g) Possible replacement of flag pole at Memorial High School as a safety measure.
(h) Two classrooms of furniture to replace broken units at Memorial High School. Some of the units there were many years old before they were moved from the old building, some were in the original high school here in the Town Hall.
(i) A supply and book closet should be built at the Memorial High School. Paper stock is now often piled in space used for cafeteria.
(j) One and probably two complete classrooms to accommodate approximately 70 children, to be ready for occupancy Septem- ber 1, 1948.
(k) Our four suburban schools should first, have constant heat units; second, have water in sinks and bubblers; third, have modern flush toilet facilities.
It is the recommendation of your Superintendent that this be set up in detail and inserted as a separate article in the warrant requesting a separate appropriation for this item. This item should have priority over all others.
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The cost of all labor and materials necessary to maintain our build- ings has mounted tremendously. Floor oils, waxes, cleaners, brushes, window glass, etc., now cost nearly double the pre-war price. The labor cost of minor repairs such as mending a leak or fixing a toilet shows a decided advance.
If the buildings are to be used, they must be maintained in a re- spectable condition. With the enlarged enrollment and larger classes, there is naturally more wear and tear and greater maintenance. The valua- tion of school property has been set at $465,550 by the Assessors. This property is used by approximately. 1,800 persons each school day. No individual or private corporation would expect or could afford to main- tain nearly one-half a million dollars worth of property for less than one-half of one percent. The amount appropriated last year for all repairs and all maintenance was less than two percent with costs at nearly their highest level.
FINANCIAL REPORT - December 31, 1947
Receipts
Tuition, State and City Wards
$ 3,117.10
Tuition, Outside Towns
5,599.52
General School Fund, Chap. 70 Part I
16,549.70
Transportation Reimbursement, Chap. 71 Sec. 7a
9,352.00
George Deen Fund
2,820.00
Smith Hughes Fund 423.98
Other Receipts
7.25
Total Receipts
$ 37,869.55
Disbursements
Salaries
$194,482.71
Textbooks and Supplies
8,015.36
Transportation
18,957.43
Fuel, Light and Water
8,389.83
Maintenance, Buildings and Grounds
3,415.27
Telephone -
484.56
Tuition
430.68
Printing, Stationery, and Postage Physical Education Program
1,000.00
Other Expenses
975.87
George Deen Fund
3,599.25
Smith Hughes Fund
374.07 ,
Repair of Buildings
6,344.86
Total Disbursements
$246,931.36
Net Cost of Schools (disbursements less receipts)
$209,061.81
461.47
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STATISTICS FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR 1946-1947
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School
Number of .
Teachers
Number of
Pupils
Enrolled
Non-Resident
Pupils
Enrolled
Average
Daily
Attendance
Average
Membership
Percent of
Attendance
Memorial High
27
531
64
476.9
498.1
95.7
Grade XII
104
Grade XI.
118
Grade X
155
Grade IX
151
Post Graduates.
3
Bates
13
38,5
10
353.8
366.6
96.6
Grade VIII
115
Grade VII
123
Grade VI
133
Special Class.
14
School Street.
9
296
0
273.7
288.7
94.6
Grade V
41
Grade V.
40
Grade V.
41
Grade IV
35
Grade IV
35
Grade IV
35
Grade III
35
Grade III
34
Union Street
9
263
0
233.1
250.2
92.2
Grade III
28
Grade III
28
Grade II
32
Grade II
31
Grade II
33
Grade I.
28
Grade I.
28
Grade I.
28
Grade I.
27
West Side
4
1
82.0
89.9
91.2
Grade V.
16
Grade IV
26
Grade III
18
Grade II
17
Grade I
18
Flora M. Clark
2
50
0
42.7
46.5
91.9
Grade II
25
Grade I.
25
Pleasant Street.
1
24
0
21.4
22.2
96.5
Grade VI (10)
V (7) IV (7)
Plymouth Street.
1
44
0
36.6
39.6
92.6
Grade III (19)
II (13) I (12)
1
22
0
20.4
20.9
97.3
Grade VIII (10) VII (12)
Rock
1
32
4
23.4
25.9
90.2
Grade II (15) I (17)
1
31
1
24.6
26.5
92.9
Grade V (5)
IV (15) III (11) Totals.
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1773
80
1588.6
1675.1
93.8
Daily
Yearly
South Middleboro
Pratt Free
95
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LIST OF TEACHERS, December 31, 1947
High School
*Lindsay J. March, 17 Barrows Street, Principal
* Ernest E. Thomas, 38 Peirce Street, Assistant Principal
* Henry E. Battis, 66 School Street, Head of Physical Education Dept.
*Edward W. Whitmore, 40 Barden Hill Road, Head of Science Dept.
* Walter G. Hicks, Highland Road, Lakeville, Head of Commercial Dept. William H. Tufts, 108 Canton Street, North Easton, Head of Vocational Agriculture Dept.
* Alfred E. Farley, 172 Centre Street, Abington, Physical Education Dept.
*Herbert L. Wilber, Wareham Street, Latin, History Elliot R. Allen, 10 Barden Hill Road, Social Studies Samuel Deich, 67 Pearl Street, Mathematics, Science Joseph C. Kunces, 12 Washburn Street, Science
Stanley C. Reed, 365 Wareham Street, Vocational Agriculture
* Anna C. Erickson, 61 Wood Street, Mathematics
* Mary Brier, 63 Pearl Street, French
*Margaret H. Ryder, Main Street, Lakeville, English I
*Lillian M. O'Neil, 21 Pearl Street, Commercial
*Evelyn F. Whitty, 11 Everett Street, Mathematics, Science
*Virginia Lewis, 9 Benton Street, English IV
* Dorothy L. Wetherell, 82 Pearl Street, English II Teresa M. Kelly, 20 Rice Street, Director of Guidance, Social Studies Esther L. Moore, East Grove Street, Commercial Rachel Alden, 82 Pearl Street, English III Rita A. Madden, 39 Oak Street, Social Studies
Virginia Bartlett, 39 Oak Street, Physical Education
Margaret A. Dodge, 28 School Street, Librarian
Bates School
* Henry B. Burkland, 50 School Street, Principal, Social Studies, Music
* Norman W. Lindsay, 327 Wareham Street, Assistant Principal, Science Louis J. Rando, 298 North Warren Avenue, Brockton, Health Education Gardner P. Sherman, RFD No. 3, North Street, Manual Arts · George Borges, 6 Pleasant Street, Dighton, Grade VI
* Martinia K. Donahue, 2 Reland Street, English, Music
*Faye H. Deane, 63 Oak Street, Social Studies, English
* Hattie M. Jones, 56 Everett Street, Social Studies, Visual Education
* Abby Rugg Field, 182 North Main Street, English, Household Arts
*Frieda H. Churchill, 71 School Street, Mathematics Doris M. Wright, 10 Courtland Street, Social Studies Helen A. Pardey, Box 57, Segreganset, English Mary Anacki, 4 Maple Avenue, Art
Erma S. Keniston, 63 Pearl Street, Special Class, Guidance
School. Street School
* Edward W. Sawicki, 551 Center Street, Principal, Grade V
* Edith Frost, Wood Street, Grade V
* M. Alice Jones, 12 Court End Avenue, Grade V
*Esther M. Spooner, 12 Court End Avenue, Grade IV
* Rose Maley, 71/2 Rock Street, Grade IV
* Leah M. Boutin, 60 Everett Street, Grade IV
* Elsie A. Cahoon, 71/2 Rock Street, Grade III Anne Lee Washburn, County Street, East Taunton, Grade III
*Mildred K. Bowman, 44 School Street, Morning Session
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Union Street School
* Alice R. Begley, 7 Benton Street, Principal, Grade II
*Bessie B. Bailey, 15 Forest Street, Grade III
*Eleanor H. Thomas, Wareham Street, Grade II
*Marjorie M. Hanson, 110 South Main Street, Grade II
*R. Naomi Simon, 39 Oak Street, Grade I
* Amelia L. Boutin, 60 Everett Street, Grade I Louise C. Matheson, Benson Street, Grade I Elsie L. McCarthy, 514 Center Street, Grade I Mildred Hopkins, 18 Benton Street, Grade III
* Mildred K. Bowman, 44 School Street, Afternoon Session
West Side School
*Mary R. Hammond, 70 Barden Hill Road, Principal, Grade V
* Margaret E. Peck, Main Street, Lakeville, Grade IV-III Margaret A. Begley, Bedford Street, Lakeville, Grade II
*Sara E. Matheson, 66 Everett Street, Grade I
Flora M. Clark School
*Raye F. Guidoboni, 14 Southwick, Principal, Grade II Frances A. Starck, 39 Oak Street, Grade I
Suburban Schools
* Maude DeMaranville, Lakeville, Pleasant Street School
*Elsie LeBlanc, 107 North Street, South Middleboro School Marjorie C. Huntley, Plymouth Street, Plymouth Street School E. Fen Carpenter, Bay Road, North Falmouth, Rock School
Supervisors
*Luther Churchill, 59 Cottage Street, Elmwood, Music
*Sylvia G. Matheson, 91 Oak Street, Art.
* Indicates teachers on tenure.
Clerical Assistants
Constance M. Souza, Secretary to Superintendent of Schools, Town Hall Bessie M. Veazie, Secretary to Principal of Memorial High School Carol A. Cushing, Secretary to Principal of Bates School
Elizabeth F. Kraus, Part-Time Assistant at Memorial High School
Janitors CENTRAL SCHOOLS
Charles H. Goodwin, Memorial High School Norman L. Flood, Assistant, Memorial High School Warren Jefferson, Bates School
Ernest S. Maxwell, School Street School
Louis J. Tessier, Union Street School
Preston Southworth, West Side School Frank M. Gibbs, Flora M. Clark School
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SCHOOL CENSUS 1947
(From the report of Albert C. Libby, Census Enumerator) Chap. 72, Sec. 2, General Laws, requires that the school committee of each town shall ascertain and record the names, ages and such further information as may be required by the Department of Education of all minors residing within the town.
MALES
5 and 6 years
136
7 to 15 years
648
1
784
FEMALES
5 and 6 years
134
7 to 15 years
628
762
Total - 1,546
MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL STATISTICS
TABLE A .
Total Enrollment - December 31, 1947 Lakeville Halifax Boys
Girls
Total
Post Graduates
1
1
1
Seniors
16
48
56
104
Juniors
16
1
66
63
129
Sophomores
21
73
70
143
Freshmen
22
63
76
139
Totals
76
1
250
266
516
TABLE B
Class
No. in
No. going
No. in other Schools
Total continuing
of
Class
to College
Study
%
1943
101
10
9
19
18.8%
1944
80
15
12
27
33.7%
1945
92
16
14
30
32.6%
1946
105
23
13
36
34.2%
1947
101
17
18
35
34.6%
TABLE C Colleges Entered by Graduates of Class of 1947
Boys
Girls
Associated Colleges of Upper New York
2
..
Bridgewater State Teachers' College
1
3
Brown University
1
....
Colby College
1
College of Our Lady of the Elms
1
Mt. St. Mary's College
1
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
1
Syracuse University
1
United States Coast Guard Academy
1
....
University of Massachusetts
2
University of New Hampshire
1
Westbrook Junior College 4
1
Totals
8
9
17
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TABLE D
Other Schools Entered by Graduates of Class of 1947
Boys 1
Girls
Bentley School of Accounting
...
Boston City Hospital
1
Bryant and Stratton Business College 1
1
Franklin Technical Institute 1
...
Memorial High School (Post Graduate)
1
Morton Hospital
1
New England Deaconess Hospital
1
New England Hospital for Women and Children.
1
Oak Grove School
1
Baroness Rose Posse School of Physical Education
1
Robert B. Brigham School of Attendant Nursing.
1
Stockbridge Agricultural School 3
1
Williams School
1
Totals
8 10 18
*Eight members of the Class of 1947 enlisted in government service.
TABLE E
Colleges which Graduates of Earlier Classes Entered in 1947 Associated Colleges of Upper New York
Boys
Girls
Bates College
1
....
Boston College
2
....
Boston University
2
....
Bridgewater State Teachers' College
1
....
Brown University
2
....
Fordham University
1
....
Michigan State College
1
...
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
1
Rhode Island School of Design
1 ....
Rhode Island State College
1 ....
Rochester Institute of Technology
1
St. John's College
1
....
Suffolk University
1
....
Tufts College
L
....
United States Naval Academy
1
....
University of Maine
1
....
University of Vermont
1
....
Totals
21
0
LIST OF HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES Class of 1947
*Agnes Ethel Alger
Daniel Wesley Anacki Margaret Jean Anderson Celesta Isabell Athanasiou Beatrice Mae Austin Phyllis Ann Austin
*Charles Edward Jurgelewicz Carlon Emery Leland Gerome Ashley Leonard Jean Shirley Mallett William Lincoln Mann
*Ralph Wilbur Baker, Jr. Olive Louise Beal
*Ovell Thomas Bennett Flora Belle Bernier Shirley Frances Bessey
* Barbara Alice Martin James Camillo Martins Mae Therese McBane Everett Richard McDonald Ian McLure
Louis Alfred Mello
1
....
...
Swain School of Art
1
New Bedford Vocational School
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Hugh Ashley Bigelow
* Beatrice Cecelia Brooks Robert Warren Bump James Warren Cadorette Walter-Douglas Campbell, Jr. ¿Alma Betty Canova Carol Ann Chaplain Patricia Marion Charbonneau Dorothy Louise Charron
* Helen Joy Cobb Elizabeth Marie Colvin
*Clifton Irvin Cordeiro Norma Marian Dahlin Robert James Dann Marjorie Claire Devlin Jean Dewhurst
* Alan Peter Dodge
Theresa Amanda Duphily
Bernice Rita Farley
Beverly Ann Farley
Ida Marion Furlan
Joanne St. Amand Shirley Louise Sault
Nelson Wallace Sherman, Jr.
Mae Woo Shing
David Smarsh
§Evelyn Jewell Snow
Russell Farnum Snowden
Beverly Elaine Sturgis
Richard Loring Taylor
Harold Joseph Travis
Frederick Clifton Harris
Florence Louise Varney
Kenneth Allen Hopkins
William Joseph Vassar
Paul Robert Horsman, Jr.
Pauline Howard
Charles Mansfield Whitney
Donald Stetson Hurd
Phyllis Anne Wilbur
Almon Bates Jacob
Dolores Louise Wilmot
Frederick Charles Johnson
Donald Alton Wood
George Edward Wood
*William Leroy Johnson Alvina Joncas
*Shirley Keith Wright
§ Valedictorian Salutatorian
* Pro Merito ¡ Work incomplete
FORMER PUPILS GRADUATING AS OF THEIR RESPECTIVE CLASSES
Class
Class
Ralph Joseph Chartier 1941
John Francis Mello 1942
Robert Gordon Dyke 1946
Ralph Chestney Morse 1942
Norman Bradford Mackenzie 1942
Edward Douglas Powell 1945
Anders Martenson, Jr. 1940 John Arthur Shaw 1944
George William Washburn .1928
ANNUAL REPORT OF MIDDLEBORO PUBLIC LIBRARY
January 15, 1948
To the President and Board of Trustees, Middleborough Public Library:
One of the most rewarding and satisfying moments in the library
Carl Coleman Metzler Richard Robert Milette Stanley Robert Mills, Jr. Carmella Doris Morrone Edna Frances Murdoch Alice Lillian Murdock
* John Theodore Nichols, Jr. Charles Lee Norton, Jr. Alice Jean Nourse James Alfred O'Brien
Claire Natalie O'Melia
George Bangs Perry, 2nd
Joseph Albert Picone, Jr.
Marjorie Grace Pike
Rosemarie Catherine Quigley
Claire Jean Rice Bertha Frances Richmond
Elaine Evelyn Rogers
¡Barbara Ann Ronan
Dorothy Jeannette Gamache Virginia Gladys Gates George Phillip Gaudette, Jr.
* Alfred Robert Gauthier Leo Joseph Gerrior
* Anna Ersilia Gola Jean Audrey Graham James Campbell Hargraves Ruth Elaine Harris
Nancy Elizabeth Tripp
William Bartlett Washburn
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profession comes when the librarian knows she has helped to bring the right book to the right person at' the right time. In the past few years there has been a noticeable change in the type of book readers consider the right one, with a definite increase in the preference for non-fiction. Fully as much attention is now given to the list of non-fiction best sellers as to fiction, whereas only a few years ago it was thought not worth while to publish a list of best-selling non-fiction. At the same time there is a decided shying away from war books, interest having been transferred to such books as John Gunther's "Inside the U.S.A.," and books on the inter- national and political situation. In this particular library, books of non- fiction most popular during the past year were those falling in the category of Fine Arts, which includes besides the study of art, books on gardening, interior decorating, antiques, photography, music and sports.
There have been 460 new readers added to those availing themselves of the many services offered by the library, and for their use 1,581 new volumes have been added to the book collection. During 1947, borrowers have carried home 71,864 books and magazines.
ACQUISITION OF BOOKS
In these days of high cost of living, the price of books presents a problem and the book budget has to be made to stretch just as does one's personal budget. In the past few months the price of books has advanced more than 30%. Because of this steadily increasing cost of books, for the first time in library history, town funds were appropriated for books. In the very early days of the library, funds were provided by private subscrip- tion, then the dog tax was made available for library use, from time to time small Trust Funds were left for the benefit of the library, and at the turn of the century Mr. Thomas S. Peirce made his splendid gift to the town which included money the interest of which was to be used for books for the library. For many years these investments provided a gen- erous sum for book purchases, but of late the yield has been less, which, coupled with the mounting.cost of books, resulted in, a serious decrease in the number of new books the library was able to purchase. This year's appropriation by the voters permitted the acquisition of new books which otherwise would have been impossible.
One of these purchases is of special local interest, a book entitled "A Record of Deaths in Middleboro," published by the General Society of Mayflower Descendants and giving a list of early Middleboro residents with dates of death. This list was compiled by Deacon Alfred Wood, a member of the First Congregational Church at the Green, who was born in Middleboro in 1802. These records provide important material which will greatly aid in answering the many genealogical inquiries which the library receives from all parts of the country.
HOSPITAL SERVICE
With the conclusion of the first year of hospital service there is abundant proof that these weekly visits to St. Luke's fill a real need. Each Wednesday morning the librarian or a staff member, bearing a collection of new books to supplement the permanent collection kept at the hospital, visits each patient. The gratitude expressed as the book- truck is rolled up to the bedside is convincing proof that this service, made possible by the friends of Miss Jane Bennett as a tribute to her memory, is indeed appreciated. During this first year of hospital visits, 1,130 volumes have been distributed to staff and patients. Material avail- able has been greatly augmented by friends of the library and hospital who, after reading their own magazines, pass them on for use at the hospital.
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WORK WITH SCHOOLS
Collections of library books have been placed in almost all school classrooms, including the rural schools. Many of these are books included on the State Reading list. Certificates for reading the required number of books on this list have been awarded to pupils in all grades from four to eight; 565 certificates for having read five books and 47 Honor certificates for having read twenty books.
Classes of eighth grade pupils have received instruction in the use of the library and other classes have come as a group to be taken on a conducted tour of the building that they might become better acquainted with the various departments of the library. Girl Scout troops with their leaders have also come for these "Get Acquainted with Your Library" tours.
For many years it has been an annual custom for the librarian to speak before assembly at Bates Junior High School early in September on the subject, "What the Library Can Do for You and What You Can Do for the Library." These talks are a mutual benefit. The librarian participates each year in one program of the Bates Parent Teacher Asso- ciation and this year is serving as chairman of the Literature Committee of that organization.
ACTIVITIES
During 1947 the library had the privilege of displaying on various occasions the work of local artists. Early in the year Mr. T. H. Bentinen, then a teacher at Bates Junior High School, exhibited a collection of his paintings which included portraits and landscapes. Mr. Frederick S. Atwood generously allowed us to display another group of his paintings. During Book Week in November an exhibit of unusual interest and talent was arranged by several young artists of the town. In the group whose work was represented were Nathalie Burnett, Jean Hulley, Mildred Swan- son Hurley, John Callan, Gordon Nichols, Charles Goodwin and Robert Schofield. In connection with the exhibit Mrs. Belle Tourigny displayed a collection of hand-wrought jewelry, her own work.
An innovation introduced in Middleboro during the past year is what is known as the "Welcome Wagon," a greeting extended to new- comers by various merchants of the town. In the basket of commodities which is presented each new resident, is included a letter from the public library, extending an invitation to visit the library and to become a borrower. The response has been gratifying, the letter having brought new friends and new patrons to the library.
THE BUILDING
Now that the coal furnace has been replaced by a new and efficient oil burner, less money has to be spent in keeping this equipment in repair, thus making more available for building repairs. No redecorating of the interior of the building has been done for some years, and it is hoped a planned program may be carried out until the building is again in good physical repair. During the year just concluded, the ceiling and wood- work in the adult reading room has been painted as well as the ceiling in the children's room. The entrance to the new Cranberry Room has been improved and storm windows installed in the bays of the stack room which has made working conditions there much more comfortable.
A slight change has been made in library hours. Since the stores have adopted Saturday night closing, business at the library on Saturday evenings has been noticeably less. In June it was voted to close on Saturday nights at eight instead of nine o'clock, making the closing hour uniform throughout the week. This arrangement has proven very satisfactory.
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THE STAFF
Other libraries may be troubled by problems of staff replacement, but this is one problem the Middleborough Public Library has been spared. Every member of the staff has served the library at least for twenty years. This continuous service has contributed much to smoothness of operation and efficiency of service.
Members of the staff have participated in several local programs and the librarian has addressed many organizations. Recently she has com- pleted a two-year term as secretary of the Old Colony Library Club and is currently a member of the Personal Services Committee of the Massa- chusetts Library Association.
IN MEMORIAM
On August 8, 1947, the library suffered the loss of a most faithful friend and trustee, Mr. Walter L. Beals. Mr. Beals inherited his interest in the library, his father, Mr. Joseph E. Beals, having served for many years as a member of the Board of Trustees. Our present fine institution is due in a large measure to Mr. Joseph Beals's sincere concern and untiring efforts in the interests of the library. The father's splendid work was continued by the son, who was elected a member of the Board of Trustees in 1917 and continued to serve until his death, at which time he was Vice-President of the Board of Trustees.
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