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13
423
2
393.5
418.0
94.0
Grade I
121
Grade II
144
Grade III
126
Grade IV
32
West Side School
4
103
3
94.9
99.9
95.0
Grade I
28
Grade II
23
Grade III
17
Grade JV
17
Grade V
18
Flora M. Clark School
2
48
0
45.3
47.2
95.8
Grade I
24
Grade II
24
Plymouth Street School
1
37
0
33.5
36.8
91.2
Grade I
16
Grade II
14
Grade III
7
Pleasant Street School
1
40
0
38.4
40.0
96.0
Grade IV
15
Grade V
14
Grade VI
11
Pratt Free School
1
15
0
15.5
16.0
96.8
Grade VII
7
Grada VITI
8
Rock School
2
46
5
37.0
39.3
94.2
Grade I
24
Grade II
22
South Middleboro School
1
30
5
31.4
32.9
95.5
Grade IIT
12
Grade IV
8
Grade V
10
Totals
74
1915
103
1783.8
1872.1
95.1
Pupils
Non-Resident
99
ANNUAL REPORT
Teaching Staff, December 31, 1950
Memorial High School
*Lindsay J. March, 62 School Street, Principal
*Ernest E. Thomas, 38 Peirce Street, Assistant Principal
*Henry E. Battis, 66 School Street, Head of Physical Education De- partment
*Edward W. Whitmore, 40 Barden Hill Road, Head of Science Depart- ment
*Walter G. Hicks, Highland Road, Lakeville, Head of Commercial De- partment
*William H. Tufts, 108 Canton Street, North Easton, Head of Agricul- tural Department
*Samuel Deich, 67 Pearl Street, Director of Guidance, Mathematics, Social Studies
*Helen A. Pardey, Box 57, Segreganset, Dean of Girls, Latin, English
* Alfred E. Farley, Mitchell Street, Physical Education
*Elliot R. Allen, 93 Pearl Street, Social Studies
*Joseph C. Kunces, 12 Washburn Street, Science Harold E. Card, 13 West Grove Street, Mathematics, Science
Laureat J. Bernard, Archer Court, Social Studies Alban Richey, III, Stetson Street, Lakeville, English Leonard J. Anderson, 82 Pearl Street, Art
* Anna C. Erickson, 61 Wood Street, Mathematics
*Mary Brier, 63 Pearl Street, French
*Lillian M. O'Neil, 21 Pearl Street, Commercial
*Evelyn F. Whitty, 11 Everett Street, Mathematics, Science
*Virginia Lewis, Benton Street, English
*Rachel Alden, 7 Coombs Street, English
* Dorothy L. Wetherell, 7 Coombs Street, English
*Rita A. Madden, 39 Oak Street, Social Studies
*Virginia Bartlett, 39 Oak Street, Physical Education
*Esther L. Moore, East Grove Street (leave of absence)
Margaret H. Ryder, Main Street, Lakeville, Librarian
Bates School
*Henry B. Burkland, Principal, Social Studies, Music
*Norman W. Lindsay, 327 Wareham Street, Assistant Principal, Science
*Louis J. Rando, 298 North Warren Avenue, Brockton, Health, Guidance, Social Studies
*Gardner P. Sherman, 131 North Street, Industrial Arts
*George Borges, 6 Pleasant Street, Dighton, Mathematics
*Faye H. Deane, 63 Oak Street, Social Studies, English
* Martinia K. Donahue, 2 Reland Street, English
* Abby Rugg Field, 182 North Main Street, Household Arts, English *Frieda H. Churchill, 71 School Street, Mathematics
*Mary Anacki, 4 Maple Avenue, Social Studies Wilrene F. Card, 13 West Grove Street, English Elizabeth A. Speight, Bourne Street, English Nancy M. Kendall, 81 Peirce Street, Art
Margaret E. Richey, Stetson Street, Lakeville, Music, Mathematics Robert W. Gross, 2 Park Street, Social Studies
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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
*Leah M. Boutin, 60 Everett Street, Grade IV Mary M. Durkin, 98 South Main Street, Grade IV
*Rose Maley, 71/2 Rock Street, Grade III
*Elsie A. Cahoon, 71/2 Rock Street, Grade III
* Anne Lee Washburn, County Street, East Taunton, Grade III
*Ruth A. Cushing, East Grove Street, Grade III
*Mildred K. Bowman, 44 School Street, Part-time
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
*R. Naomi Simon, 39 Oak Street, Grade II
*Marjorie M. Hanson, Lane Street, Grade II
* Amelia L. Boutin, 60 Everett Street, Grade I
*Mildred Hopkins, 25 Webster Street, Grade I
*Louise C. Matheson, Benson Street, Grade I
*Elsie L. McCarthy, 514 Center Street, Grade I
*Mildred K. Bowman, 44 School Street, Part-time
West Side School
*Mary R. Hammond, 70 Barden Hill Road, Principal, Grades IV, V *Margaret E. Peck, Main Street, Lakeville, Grade III Lillian R. Rudolph, 2041 South Street, Bridgewater, Grade II
*Sara E. Matheson, 66 Everett Street, Grade I
Flora M. Clark School
*Raye F. Guidoboni, 14 Southwick Street, Principal, Grade II
*Frances A. Starck, 39 Oak Street, Grade I
Suburban Schools
* Maude DeMaranville, R.F.D. #1, Pleasant Street School, Grades V, VI * Marjorie C. Huntley, Plymouth Street, Plymouth Street School, Grades I, II
Mary E. Doyle, State Farm, Bridgewater, Plymouth Street School, Grades III, IV
*Elsie LeBlanc, 107 North Street, South Middleboro School, Grades III, IV *E. Fen Carpenter, Bay Road, North Falmouth, Rock School, Grade II Mabel I. Fornaciari, 32 North Street, Rock School, Grade I
Supervisors
*Luther Churchill, 59 Cottage Street, Elmwood, Music *Sylvia G. Matheson, 91 Oak Street, Art
*Indicates teachers on tenure.
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Clerical Assistants
Constance M. Souza, Secretary to Superintendent of Schools, Town Hall Bessie M. Veazie, Secretary to Principal of Memorial High School Rose C. Martin, Secretary to Principal of Bates School
Elizabeth F. Kraus, Part-time Assistant at Memorial High School
Janitors - Central Schools
Norman L. Flood, Memorial High School
George Rogers, Assistant, Memorial High School
Warren Jefferson, Bates School
Ernest S. Maxwell, School Street School
Louis J. Tessier, Union Street School
Howard G. Jollimore, West Side School
Archer S. Phillips, Flora M. Clark School
TABLE A
Distribution of Memorial High School Enrollment
Tuition Pupils Enrolled
Boys
Girls
Total
Lakeville
Plympton
Post Graduates
2
2
4
1
Seniors
56
57
113
15
1
Juniors
48
77
125
15
Sophomores
65
64
129
123
Freshmen
76
83
159
21
-
Total
247
283
530
1
TABLE B Graduating Classes 1946 - 1950
Class
Boys
Girls
Total
1946
42
63
105
1947
48
53
101
1948
47
53
100
1949
55
51
106
1950
56
50
106
TABLE C
Class
No. in
No. going to College
No. in other Schools
Study
%
1946
105
23
13
36
34.2
1947
101
17
18
35
34.6
1948
100
19
8
27
27.0
1949
106
28
23
51
48.1
1950
106
40
8
48
45.2
TABLE D
Schools entered by graduates of Class of 1950
Colleges
Boys
Girls
Total
Bacone University
1
Bates College
Becker Junior College
1
Total continuing
of
Class
102
ANNUAL REPORT
Bob Jones University
1
Boston University
1
Boston University Junior College
1
Bridgewater Teachers College
1
Brown University
1
Colby College
1
Cornell University
1
Curtis Institute of Music
1
Dartmouth College
1
Endicott Junior College
2
Framingham Teachers College
1
Gordon College
1
Jackson Junior College (Michigan)
1
Lasell Junior College
1
Monson Academy
2
Northeastern University
2
College of Our Lady of the Elms
2
2
University of Massachusetts
4
4
University of New Hampshire
-
38
Other Schools
Boston City Hospital
1
Brockton City Hospital
1
New Bedford Textile School
1
2
Rhode Island School of Design
2
St. Luke's Hospital (New Bedford)
1
Sturdy Memorial Hospital
1
Post Graduates
2
1
3
Total
52
High School Graduates
Class of 1950
*CAROLYN CUSHING ALGER
Donald Paun MacNeill
*JASON ISRAEL ANDREWS
*JOHN ADRAIAN MALTAIS Nicholas Martin, Jr.
* Barbara Jane Armstrong John Joseph Arnold
+BRUCE MATHESON Jeanne Leland Matthews
David Sullivan Becker
*Walter Clifton McCrillis, 2nd
David Eugene Blanchard
*Eleanor Louise Mekelones
Robert Arthur Boutin
* Anita White Mendall Nancy Eleanor Mercer
* Ann Bradford Lester Warren Briggs, Jr. Claire Caldwell
Timothy James Montgomery Donald Alfred Moquin
1
Harvard University
1
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
1
Springfield College
University of Connecticut
1
Quincy City Hospital
1
Stockbridge School of Agriculture
-
11
-
1
*Joanne Harriet Baker
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Paul Richard Callan Richard Leslie Clark Robert Joseph Corti *Laurance Sheldon Cowan John Danielson, Jr. Alfred Robert DeArruda
*PATRICIA ANNE DODGE Daniel Richard Ducey, Jr. Joan Elaine Dupre Lorraine Delores Dutra William Douglas Edwards Betty Ann Thew Erwin
*Ronald Crispi Falconeiri Shirley Mabel Fuller Donald Willis Garbitt Elinor Mae Gates
*MURIEL VINCENT GLOVER
*James Edward Gotham, Jr. Frederick Barry Gove
*Frances Ethel Greene Elizabeth Ann Guidoboni Hazel May Guidoboni §Melvin Reed Hanson George Edward Hartley *John Justin Hartley Daisy Pocahontas Haynes Richard Henry Holt Richard Houlihan *ELIZABETH ANN HOWARD
* Mafalda Louise Iampietro
*Charles Roy Johnson
*STUART RICHMOND JOHNSON
#FRANCES LOUISE JONES William Joseph Kennedy
*Marilyn Ruth Kuechler Ann Blessington Kuppers Richard William Kyrouz Natalie Ann Lang Wilbert Alfred Larson Barbara Lauretta Leary
* Alan Robertson Lindsay Evelyn Esther Little Richard Louis MacNeil
John Franklin Morgan, Jr. Allen Howard Norris Noreen O'Melia
James Warren Orrall Anthony Pawlak
*William Fredric Penniman® Irene Claire Picard Richard James Picone Kathleen Marie Powers
'George Freeman Provonche Kathleen Anne Quagan Richard Allan Ray Nancy Isabelle Rice Joseph Robert Riley Paul Roberts
*Ruth Standish Sampson Janet Emily Santin
*Pauline Saunders Jean Shaw Viola May Showers Anthony Silvia Barbara Joan Smith
*MARJORIE KATHERINE SMITH
*Sophia Sowyrda Frederick Gurney Staples Morgan DeSpain Stets
*Faith Cushing Stetson Katherine Eileen Sylvia Richard Joseph Tanguay Robert Carl Teceno Priscilla Barbara Tinkham Lillian Patricia Tornari Dolores Mae Veronesi
Lois Mabel Washburn Margaret Anne Westgate
Duane Elmer Wheeler Helen Jane Whitehead *Mary Ann Whitmore *FRANK COOLE WHITNEY
§Robert Kenneth Wilson Raymond Harry Wood, Jr. George Yarushites Joan Dorothy Zilonis
*Pro Merito /Salutatorian #Valedictorian §Work Incomplete
Names in Capitals rank in upper tenth of Class.
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ANNUAL REPORT
REPORT OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARY
To the President and Board of Trustees, Middleborough Public Library:
Throughout the land librarians are writing annual reports and it is a safe prophecy that in almost every report will be some mention of tele- vision, for libraries are definitely feeling the effects of television upon their reading public. At the moment, it appears that television is proving a greater distraction from reading than motion pictures or the radio. Required book reports, certificate reading and other stipulated reading requirements assure some reading of books as long as young people are in school, but what of the years after school, and what of adults ? Too many are cancelling magazine and book club subscriptions in favor of television and abandoning their life long habit of borrowing books from their public libraries.
Moving pictures and the radio became standard educational equip- ment and in the future no doubt television will take its place beside these in the educational field. Just as libraries have broadened their scope to include such cultural aids as films and records, so must we embrace this new method of education with its great educational potentialities. . In the 1890's the cry arose that invention of the bicycle spelled ruin for the novel. The cry was repeated when first motion pictures and then radio appeared as competitors, but still libraries and books prevail. We cannot believe classics which have endured for hundreds of years are now going into oblivion. We prefer to believe that always there will be the invincible love of reading and an appreciation of the public library, one of the blessings of a free world, one of the great differentials between a free world and totalitarianism.
Library Activties
To give better service in reference work, a desk was set up in the combined reading and reference room with an assistant present at all busy periods to handle the reference work exclusively. The new arrange- ment proved a three-fold advantage: better reference service, better serv- ice at the circulation desk because of no interruptions to answer questions, and better supervision of the reading room.
Many interesting exhibits and meetings have been held in the up- stairs rooms of the library. The Art Department of the Cabot Club sponsored an exhibit of painted trays and tinware done by members of their painting class. The Literature and Drama Committee of the Cabot Club has met regularly to discuss books and plays.
The librarian gave a course in book binding and book mending to a group of Girl Scouts who were earning their merit badge for this work. Groups of Girl Scouts and many of the lower school grades have visited the library to enjoy conducted tours and an explanation of the work of various departments.
On November 10th the library served as host to the Old Colony Library Club. A most interesting program was presented with luncheon at Linden Lodge in Lakeville, the afternoon meeting taking place there.
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The Summer Reading Contest this year adopted the circus as its theme. A large and colorful circus tent was erected under which were displayed circus animals and circus books. Clowns were also there, each clown bearing the name of a contestant on the sole of his left shoe. Colored dots were applied to each clown suit for every book read. First and second prizes were awarded with small remembrances for seven contestants who read twenty books.
During Book Week in November story hours were held for every school grade in town, including the rural schools. Teachers were notified that stories for certain grades would be given on specified days. Appoint- ments were made by the teachers and stories were told to over one thou- sand children. At these story hours prizes were presented to the win- ners of the summer reading contest. Throughout Book Week, both the adult and juvenile departments had extensive exhibits of new books, using the theme, "Make Friends With Books Around the Year."
For the twenty-eighth year the annual course on "How to Use the Library" was given to the eighth grade of Bates Junior High School. Certificate reading is still widely used in grades four to eight. During the school year there were awarded 821 small certificates to pupils having read five books and 63 honor certificates to those having read twenty books.
Members of the Library Staff have been in attendance at all meet- ings of the Old Colony Library Club, the Massachusetts Library Asso- ciation and the Round Table of Librarians for Young Adults. During the summer months the librarian gave a series of radio book talks, "Speaking of Books," over Station WPEP, Taunton.
We regret removal from town has deprived us of the valuable serv- ices of Mrs. LeRoy Sweeney, librarian of the South Middleboro Branch. During ten years of voluntary service, by her enthusiasm and devotion to her duties as librarian Mrs. Sweeney built up the South Middleboro Branch into an unusually active and thriving part of the library system. Mrs. Perley Warren of South Middleboro has very generously volun- teered to take Mrs. Sweeney's place and is successfully maintaining efficient service at the Branch.
Among library improvements are included new lighting fixtures for the Lecture Room and Historical Room, a fresh coat of paint on the walls of the art gallery and main stairway. New equipment includes an adding machine, two metal cabinets for storing exhibits and mending supplies and an electric plate for the staff room.
In Gratitude
Citizens of Middleboro have been unusually generous in presenting books and magazines to the library, many of them designating magazines for use in our weekly service to the hospital. We are especially grateful to Miss Nellie M. Bennett, Mrs. Henry W. Sears, Mrs. Maude B. Skillings, Stephen D. Kelley and John L. Porter and others who supplied the library with flowers throughout the summer months. The following presented books and magazines:
Mrs. Alice Alger Marion N. Atwood
Mrs. Elsa L. Penniman Mrs. Maude B. Skillings
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Nellie M. Bennett
Frank M. Surrey
L. Mendall Boehme
Stewart A. Washburn
Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Bowen
Gail Whitcomb
Frederick J. Carey
Helen E. Whitcomb
Chrystal M. Chase
Mrs. Joseph C. Whitcomb
Edward W. Fessenden
Cabot Club
Mrs. Paul Green
Cabot Club, Art Department
Mrs. Mary C. Gustafson
First Church of Christ, Scientist
Franklin G. Harlow
Jehovah's Witnesses
Sumner H. Hinds
Kiwanis Club
William Kirkland
Lloyd Perkins & Son Maxim Motor Company
I submit this seventy-sixth annual report of the Middleborough Public Library with sincere gratitude to the library staff for their fine spirit of loyalty and cooperation and to the Board of Trustees for their never failing cooperation and support.
Respectfully submitted, MERTIE E. WITBECK,
Librarian.
Middleboro Public Library Statistics
Circulation of Books:
Central Library Adult
Fiction
29,108
Non-fiction
16,890
Rental Books
1,295
47,293
Juvenile circulation
Fiction
10,886
Non-fiction
8,657
19,543
Branches and Deposits
South Middleboro Branch
1,942
Hospital
1,216
Montgomery Home
105
Shaw Home
115
High School
429
Pleasant Street School
447
Plymouth Street School
409
Pratt Free School
52
Rounsville School
670
West Side School
368
5,753
Total circulation 1949
79,958
Total circulation 1950
72,589
Decrease in circulation 1950
7,369
Number of volumes owned January 1, 1950
55,612
Rose W. Pasztor
108
ANNUAL REPORT
Number of volumes added by purchase
1,348
Number of volumes added by gift 84
Number of volumes added by binding: magazines
12
newspapers 2
Number of volumes transferred from Rental Collection 103
Number of volumes lost and discarded
57,161 483
Number of volumes owned December 31, 1950
56,678
Magazines currently received
112
Newspapers currently received
9
Money received from fines on books
$617.50
Money received for 61 non-residential cards
$45.50
Money received from Rental Collection
414
New borrowers registered 1950 Adult Juvenile 172
242
Under 5 year registration period,
382
Total number of active borrowers
3,748
Report of Library Treasurer for the Year 1950
Receipts
Payments
Balance January 1, 1950
$2,505.43
Peirce Fund
3,402.53
$2,982.33
Enoch Pratt Fund
270.86
277.16
Hullahan Fund
. 90.00
80.47
Copeland Fund
138.25
81.27
Book Sales
267.13
267.13
Rental Books
126.09
89.58
Harriot O. Peirce Fund
10.00
10.00
Harriet Beals Fund
20.00
20.00
General
254.80
131.56
Balance December 31, 1950
3,145.59
$7,085.09
$7,085.09
THOMAS H. KELLY,
Treasurer.
REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES Under the Will of Thomas S. Peirce
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen
Town of Middleborough, Massachusetts
Gentlemen:
The report of the Trustees under the will of Thomas S. Peirce is herewith respectfully submitted for the past fiscal year, which ended December 31, 1950.
$126.09
Borrowers re-registered, 1950
109
ANNUAL REPORT
This report outlines the present status of the two funds under our charge - the first for the use and benefit of the Town of Middle- borough, and the other for the benefit of the Public Library of Middle- borough.
A schedule of the various items of receipts and disbursements of both funds is made a part of this report.
Fund Held in Trust for Use and Benefit of Town of Middleborough
Stocks - Inventory value or cost
$119,021.30
Bonds - Inventory value or cost
65,000.00
Mortgages and Notes
132,526.83
Real Estate
107,195.72
Real Estate under Foreclosure
884.23
Cabinet at Library
100.00
Office Equipment
155.50
Savings Bank Deposits
12,400.00
Cash in Checking Account'
7,519.57
$444,803.15
INCOME ACCOUNT Receipts
Rentals
$10,708.33
Dividends
10,123.79
Coupons
200.00
Interest
5,391.80
Sundries
355.44
Disbursements
Salaries, Trustees and Clerk
$3,159.92
Janitor
2,080.00
Insurance
1,407.41
Repairs
1,893.57
Light and Heat
1,445.93
Water
236.04
Taxes
6,167.41
Sundries
827.94
$17,218.22
Net Income for the Year
$9,561.14
Balance on Hand, January 1, 1950
$5,593.53
$15,154.67
Paid for the Use and Benefit of the Town:
Bates School - Manual Training
$2,629.33
High School - Commercial Dept.
498.25
Library
122.95
Honor Roll - Typing
58.10
Playground - Painting, repairs and supplies
522.50
Playground and Swimming Pool Attendants
1,798.70
$5,629.83
Balance on Hand, January 1, 1951
$9,524.84
$26,779.36
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ANNUAL REPORT
Fund Held in Trust for the Middleboro Public Library
Bonds - Inventory value or cost
Stocks - Inventory value or cost
$14,850.00 25,219.51 11,212.54
Savings Bank Deposits
$51,282.05
Total Income for the Year: Dividends
Coupons
$2,802.53 600.00
$3,402.53
Paid to the Treasurer of the Middleborough Public Library
$3,402.53
Respectfully submitted, ARTHUR D. BENSON FREDERICK S. WESTON FLETCHER CLARK, JR.
Trustees under the will of Thomas S. Peirce.
RAINFALL AND TEMPERATURE RECORD 1950
Precipitation in Inches
Month
Highest
Lowest
Mean
Rain and Melted Snow
Snowfalı
January
63
1
41.55
4.16
2.5
February
51
-5
26.39
4.07
12.
March
70
-1
32.
3.82
7.7
April
75
18
43.75
3.08
May
78
29
53.72
2.78
June
89
38
64.46
2.84
July
90
45
69.48
1.59
August
85
41
67.24
4.12
September
84
26
57.98
2.85
October
85
20
52.64
1.58
November
82
16
44.16
6.60
.2
December
64
-12
31.59
3.71
3.2
Totals
41.20
25.6
Mean for the Year
48.88
- Below Zero.
RALPH SAMPSON, Official Observer.
OPERATIONS OF EAST GROVE STREET PUMPING STATION 1950 GALLONS PUMPED FILTER SUPPLY Main Pumps Total KWH Total Time Pumping Elec. Used Elec.
Elec.
Gas
Total
Electric Gasoline
Gas.
Pump
Elec.
Gas.
Gas.
Total
Month
Hrs.
Min.
Hrs.
Min.
Hrs.
Min.
Hrs.
Min.
Hrs.
Min.
Hrs.
Min.
January
30 15
45
31
1,763,000
29,000
1,792,000
2,446
34 50
20
35 10
370
February
29
1 15
30 15
1,655,000
59,000
1,714,000
2,330
30 35
10
30 45
320
March
33 10
2 15
25
1,875,000
110,000
1,985,000
2,658
38
5
50
38 55
410
April
35 50
2 30
38 20
2,053,000
119,000
2,172,000
2,876
46 15
50
47
5
450
May
49
5
2
51
5
2,812,000
92,000
2,904,000
3,936
51 50
30
52 20
580
June
49 25
1 10
50 35
2,810,000
49,000
2,859,000
3,942
51 25
45
52 10
640
July
116 20
30
116 50
6,678,000
25,000
6,703,000
9,348
129 10
20
129 30
1,380
August
90 30
1
91 30
4,597,000
44,000
4,641,000
6,458
95 5
30
95 35
1,000
September
26 10
20
26 30
1,464,000
13,000
1,477,000
2,088
28 55
25
29 20
300
October
29 35
30
30
5
1,681,000
20,000
1,701,000
2,378
36 10
30
36 40
380
November
30 30
3 50
34 20
1,704,000
197,000
1,901,000
2,404
35 35
2 20
37 55
360
December
21 10
15
21 25
1,188,000
11,000
1,199,000
1,696
22 2
10
22 30
240
Totals
541
16 20
557 20
30,280,000
768,000
31,048,000
42,560
600 15 7 40
607 55
6,430
RALPH SAMPSON, Engineer.
LLL
ANNUAL REPORT
KWH
&
Main
&
Used
OPERATIONS OF ROCK PUMPING STATIONS 1950
NO. 1 STATION
NO. 2 STATION SUMMARY NO. 1 & NO. 2 STATIONS
Month
Time Pumping Hrs. Min.
Gallons Pumped
Time Pumping Hrs. Min.
Gallons Pumped
Time Pumping Hrs. Min.
Total Gallons Pumped
KWH Used Both Pumps Primary Metered
January
360
5,085,000
384
5,421,000
744
10,506,000
16,560
February
383 30
5,845,000
288 30
4,322,000
672
10,167,000
15,540
March
359 20
5,670,000
384 30
6,046,000
743 50
11,716,000
17,100
April
336
5,312,000
383
6,073,000
719
11,385,000
15,600
May
384
6,066,000
360
5,709,000
744
11,775,000
15,810
June
384
6,016,000
334
5,241,000
718
11,257,000
For 12 Days 4,230
July
432
6,722,000
358-50
5,579,000
790 50
12,301,000
August
359
5,587,000
386
5,972,000
745
11,559,000
September
353 55
5,473,000
353 50
5,319,000
707 45
10,792,000
54,500 KWH estimated while meter is out of service 109 days
October
388
5,797,000
360 50
5,120,000
748 50
10,917,000
15,060
(Not registered,
(Gas 1:45)
21,000 by gas)
November
308
4,523,000
375 40
5,201,000
683 40
9,745,000
15,000
December
408
5,989,000
335 50
4,724,000
743 50
10,713,000
16,416
(Gas 2:15)
(27,000)
Totals 4,455 45
68,085,000
4,305
64,748,000
8,760 45
132,833,000
185,816
RALPH SAMPSON, Engineer.
(Gas 0:30)
114
ANNUAL REPORT
REPORT OF PARK DEPARTMENT
December 30, 1950
To: Honorable Board of Selectmen
Trustees under the Will of Thomas S. Peirce Members of the Park Board
Gentlemen:
The mid-century mark finds our culture in full acceptance of the attributes of recreation and its many proven aims. This is not a chance happening for along with the accepted growth of recreation one can readily observe technological improvement, the shorter work day and week, the value of play as a social aspect in the mental and physical development of man in his various stages, the ever increasing population trends of suburban areas including Middleboro; and yes, a not too impres- sive picture of the solidarity of the family.
The many factors that have made America great and have provided its shortcomings have played a major role in the growth of recreation. The "Playground" as it is called in Middleboro is in reality an institution which cares for the "creativeness" of young and old alike. It is this same institution that allows everyone to satisfy his personal wants - wants created and produced by our present standards of living.
Middleboro, on this half century mark, finds itself organized to care for the recreational wants of its citizens. 1950, therefore, becomes the "birthday" of the full time Park Department. However, the organization is not complete, but this is not of alarming concern for growth in any institution requires long range study and application. In brief, evolution is preferred over revolution.
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