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Water Rents
Water Construction
$92,992.31 5,017.94
Interest on Deposits :
Weymouth Trust Co., Savings Dept.
459.76
South Weymouth Savings Bank
696.61
Interest on N.Y. N.H. & H. R.R. Co. Bonds
297.50
United States Government - P. W. A. Grant
20,603.61
Refund - American Agricultural
Chemical Co.
.54
Total
$120,068.27
Cash on hand Jan. 1, 1935
144,945.71
Total
265,013.98
Warrants paid in 1935
216,290.50
Cash on hand Dec. 31, 1935
$48,723.48
PAYMENTS
Minor Construction :
Superintendence
$615.00
Warren Pipe Co. of Mass., Inc.
4,677.16
The Ludlow Valve Mfg. Co.
1,311.23
E. L. LeBaron Foundry Co.
419.91
The Lumsden & Van Stone Co.
358.59
Worthington-Gamon Meter Co.
342.00
Earl C. Fowler
277.62
Eureka Pipe Co., Inc.
185.38
Crystal Concrete Corp.
173.75
Sumner & Dunbar
114.00
Hydraulic Development Corp.
98.10
Weymouth Asphalt Concrete Co., Inc.
97.50
Rhines Lumber Co.
92.62
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195.81
Hersey Mfg. Co.
Builders Iron Foundry Co. A. C. Trojano Miscellaneous Transfers : Equipment Stock La bor
92.00 90.40 330.10
$2,273.82 1,378.09
3,651.91
7,454.38
Total Expended
$20,577.46
Balance to Treasury
47.21
Total
$20,624.67
Appropriation, March 4, 1935 Transfers :
$20,452.00
Maintenance and Operation
74.45
Private
98.22
Total
$20,624.67
Maintenance and Operation: Superintendence
$1,766.12
Weymouth Light & Power Co. -
Current for Pumps
5,737.02
Earl C. Fowler
588.34
Warren Pipe Co. of Mass.
494.40
Alvin Hollis & Co.
283.22
Fore River Coal Co.
248.94
General Electric Supply Corp.
193.44
Hersey Mfg. Co.
180.11
Neptune Meter Co.
163.69
Sargent Bros.
151.85
Crystal Concrete Corp.
140.27
Worthington-Gamon Meter Co.
136.16
The Waterproofing Co.
110.00
N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co.
97.30
Rhines Lumber Co.
90.62
Elizabeth Thorpe
85.00
Weymouth Light & Power Co.
79.77
Russell H. Whiting
78.39
Halsey B. Horner
66.14
Miscellaneous
1,054.55
Transfers :
Minor Construction
$43.22
Equipment
2,485.23
Stock
1,009.39
3,537.84
La bor
17,662.39
Total Expended
$32,945.56
Balance to Treasury
1,514.44
Total Appropriation, March 4, 1935
$34,460.00 $34,460.00
Replacements :
Superintendence
195.00
Warren Pipe Co. of Mass.
935.09
Earl C. Fowler
104.61
Weymouth Lumber Co.
7.83
Transfers :
Equipment
$208.20
Stock
626.12
834.32
Labor
1,423.15
Total Appropriation, March 4, 1935
$3,500.00 $3,500.00
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Equipment:
Superintendence Schofield's Garage
$863.88
1,536.97
Vulcan Tool Mfg. Co.
883.30
Duncan MacKellar
201.00
Brayton-Wilson-Cole Corp. Charles H. Chubbuck The Edson Corp.
178.83
Geo. A. Caldwell Co.
174.88
Sargent Bros.
154.37
Curry Bros. Oil Co.
107.92
Gene F. Miller
107.80
M. R. Loud & Co.
98.12
Ingersoll-Rand Co.
92.30
L. E. Muran Co.
91.00
Parker, Danner Co.
89.48
Goodyear Service
86.34
Miscellaneous
523.81
Labor
941.55
Total Expended
6,526.35
Balance to 1936 Account
2,471.18
Total
$8,997.53
Appropriation, March 4, 1935 Transfers :
2,000.00
Minor Construction
$2,273.82
Maintenance & Operation
2,485.23
Stock
34.21
Replacement
208.20
Commercial Expenses
68.11
Private Work
1,927.96
6,997.53
Total $8,997.53
Stock:
Sumner & Dunbar
$1,399.45
Cement Lined Pipe Co.
477.08
Eddy Valve Co.
476.73
E. L. LeBaron Foundry Co.
291.12
Geo. A. Caldwell Co.
279.29
Warren Pipe Co. of Mass.
236.61
The Ford Meter Box Co.
210.89
Hydraulic Development Corp.
196.20
J. E. Sprague
192.51
Thompson-Durkee Co.
143.67
Union Water Meter Co.
103.46
Red Hed Mfg. Co.
101.25
The Chapman Valve Mfg. Co.
72.94
National Boston Lead Co.
53.20
Mueller Co.
33.00
Miscellaneous
94.50
Transfers - Equipment La bor
411.90
Total Expended Balance to 1936 Account
9,508.34
Total
$14,316.35
Appropriation, March 4, 1935 Transfers :
10,000.00
Minor Construction
$1,378.09
Maintenance & Operation
1,009.39
Replacement
626.12
Private Work
1,302.75
4,316.35
Total
$14,316.35
213.
34.21
4,808.01
199.50
195.30
Commercial Expenses :
Superintendence
$50.00
Roger N. Butler
1,482.50
Alice J. Ashton
939.00
Marion T. Giles
939.00
Town Treasurer's Department Andrew J. Housman
335.60
Postage, etc.
525.48
L. E. Muran & Co.
243.55
Burroughs Adding Machine Co.
151.67
The Crawford Press
95.13
Franklin N. Pratt
87.88
Bromley & Co., Inc.
81.67
Addressograph Sales Agency
40.65
Miscellaneous
136.86
Transfers - Equipment
68.11
Labor
1,454.61
Total Expended
$8,131.71
Balance to Treasury
1,268.29
Total Appropriation, March 4, 1935
$9,400.00 $9,400.00
Salaries :
Howard M. Dowd, Chairman
$40.00
Edwin R. Sampson, Clerk
65.00
George E. Bicknell
40.00
George W. Perry
40.00
-Marshall F. Spear
40.00
Edwin R. Sampson, Treasurer
400.00
Emerson R. Dizer, Accountant
450.00
Accounting Department
550.00
Total Appropriation, March 4, 1935
$1,625.00 $1,625.00
Interest:
Due, Feb. 15, 1935
$1,175.00
Due, April 1, 1935
500.00
Due, May 1, 1935
810.00
Due, June 1, 1935
191.25
Due, July 1, 1935
140.00
Due, Aug.15, 1935
1,175.00
Due, Oct. 1, 1935
440.00
Due, Nov. 1, 1935
733.75
Due, Dec. 1, 1935
191.25
Due, Jan. 1, 1936
120.00
Total Appropriation, March 4, 1935 Balance from 1934 Account
$5,267.57
208.68
Total
$5,476.25
Note and Bond Retirement:
Due, April 1, 1935
$3,000.00
Due, May 1, 1935
3,500.00
Due, July 1, 1935
1,000.00
Due, Aug. 15, 1935
5,000.00
Due, Nov. 1, 1935
1,000.00
Due, Dec. 1, 1935
1,000.00
Total Appropriation, March 4, 1935
$14,500.00 $14,500.00
214.
$5,476.25
1,500.00
Private Work: Superintendence Vulcan Tool Mfg. Co.
$10.00
48.71
Weymouth Light & Power Co.
31.86
Miscellaneous
35.59
Transfers :
Minor Construction
$129.45
Equipment Stock
1,302.75
3,360.16
Labor
1,491.07
Total Expended
Balance to Treasury
4,977.39 5,022.61
Total Appropriation, March 4, 1935
$10,000.00 $10,000.00
Land Bordering Pond:
Elsie M. Hannaford
$9,090.00
Kenneth L. Nash, Atty. a/c Morrill
4,900.00
Kenneth L. Nash
150.00
Alan L. Wingate
50.00
Clayton W. Nash
35.75
Russell H. Whiting
23.40
Total Expended
$14,249.15
Balance to 1936 account
13,117.07
Total
Balance from 1934 account
$27,366.22 $27,366.22
Construction Filtration Plant - P. W. A No. 7468 :
Thomas H. Hannaford
$59,658.49
G. Wilson MacDow & Howard W. Hosford, Rec. 29,325.00
Turbine Equipment Co.
13,748.75
Chicago Bridge & Iron Works
2,890.00
A. C. Trojano
2,156.43
Sydney C. Beane
2,190.85
Henry C. Pratt
220.80
William H. Sullivan
33.20
James. I. Peers
10.80
Boston Herald Traveler. Corp.
105.00
Engineering News Record
79.60
Weymouth Truth
31.25
J. R. Worcester & Co.
10.00
Total Expended
$110,460.17
Balance to 1936 account
5,191.84
Total
Appropriation, Oct. 22, 1935
$2,000.00
Balance from 1934 account
93,048.40
From P. W. A.
20,603.61
Total
$115,652.01
215.
$115,652.01
1,927.96
STATEMENT OF APPROPRIATIONS AND EXPENDITURES
Appropriation Accounts : Balance from 1934 account: Interest Land Bordering Pond
$208.68 27,366.22
Filtration Plant Construction, P.W.A. 93,048.40
$120,623.30
Appropriation, March 4, 1935: From Revenue :
Minor Construction
20,452.00
Maintenance and Operation
34,460.00
Replacements
3,500.00
Commercial Expenses
9,400.00
General Salaries
1,625.00
Interest
5,267.57
Debt Retirement
14,500.00
89,204.57
From General Fund:
Equipment
2,000.00
Stock
10,000.00
Private
10,000.00
22,000.00
Appropriation, Oct. 22, 1935:
From General Fund:
Filtration Plant Construction P.W.A.
2,000.00
From United States Government P.W.A. Grant
20,603.61
Transfer Credits :
Minor Construction
172.67
Equipment Stock
4,316.35
11,486.55
Total
$2 65,918.03
Expended :
Minor Construction
20,577.46
Maintenance and Operation
32,945.56
Replacements
3,500.00
Equipment
6,526.35
Commercial Expenses
8,131.71
Salaries
1,625.00
Interest
5,476.25
Debt Retirement
14,500.00
Stock
4,808.01
Private Work
4,977.39
Land Bordering Pond
14,249.15
Filtration Plant Construction, P.W.A.
110,460.17
Total
$227.777.05
Balance Unexpended
38,140.98
Balance to General Fund
7,852.55
Balance to 1936 account
$30,288.43
$13,117.07
Land Bordering Pond Equipment Stock
2,471.18
1
9,508.34
Filtration Plant Construction,
P.W.A.
5,191.84
$30,288.43
6,997.53
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WATER DEPARTMENT
BALANCE SHEET - DECEMBER 31, 1935
ASSETS
LIABILITIES
Treasurer's Cash*
$ 48,723.48
Unexpended Appropriation Balances: Land Bordering Pond
$13,117.07
Accounts Receivable: Water Rates
$59,675.54
Equipment
2,471.18
Water Construction
2,500.57
62,176.11
Stock
9,508.34
Filtration Plant Construction
5,191.84
$ 30,288.43
Loan authorized: Land Bordering Pond
5,000.00
Surplus Revenue
23,435.05
$115,899.59
$115,899.59
DEBT ACCOUNTS
$157,500.00
Water Loan - May 1, 1921
$ 1,000.00
Water Loan - April 1, 1925
5,000.00
Water Loan - July 1, 1926
6,000.00
Water Loan - April 1, 1927
7,000.00
Water Loan - May 1, 1928
8,000.00
Water Loan - May 1, 1929
9,000.00
Water Loan - Nov. 1, 1929
9,000.00
Water Loan - April 1, 1930
10,000.00
Water Loan - May 1, 1931
5,500.00
Water Loan - Dec. 1, 1933
8,000.00
Water Loan - Aug. 15, 1934
89,000.00
$157,500.00
$157,500.00
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Water Debt
Revenue Reserved Until Collected .
62,176.11
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TRUST AND INVESTMENT FUNDS
Cash and Securities
$ 19,000.00 H. S. Moody Land Co. Fund N. Y. N. H. & H. R. R. Co. Bonds
$ 2,000.00 17,000.00
$ 19,000.00
$ 19,000.00
REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY ACCOUNTS
$136,250.00
Real and Personal Property
$1,373,500.36
149,225.00
25,470.85
1,062,554.51
$1,373,500.36
$1,373,500.36
Emerson R. Dizer,
Town Accountant
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Land Buildings Personal Property Water Pipes, Mains, etc.
REPORT OF TREASURER FOR WATER DEPARTMENT
FOR 1935
To the Board of Water Commissioners :
The Report of the Treasurer for the year 1935 is as follows : RECEIPTS FOR 1935
Water Rents
$92,992.31
Construction Account
5,017.94
* Interest N.Y. N.H. & H. R.R. Bonds 3% per cent
297.50
Interest Weymouth Trust Savings Bank
459.76
Interest South Weymouth Savings Bank Refund overpayment
.54
Total Cash on hand January 1, 1935
$99,464.66
51,897.31
$151,361.97
PAYMENTS FOR 1935
Paid on Selectmen's Warrants For:
Notes and Bonds 1935
$14,500.00
Interest on Loans
5,476.25
Iand Taking
14,249.15
Accounting Department
550.00.
Collection Service
1,500.00
Sundry Appropriations
71,554.93
Cash on hand December 31, 1935
43,531.64
$151,361.97
CASH ASSETS
Amount due for Water Rents
$59,675.54
Amount due for Construction
2,500.57
$62,176.11
Cash on hand December 31, 1935
43,531.64
$105,707.75
Less outstanding checks
3,014.96
Total Assets
$102,692.79
Due from Weymouth Trust Company Checking Account
8,187.59
Due from Weymouth Trust Company
Savings Department
11,689.25
Due from South Weymouth Savings Bank
26,669.76
Petty Cash Drawer
25.00
$46,546.60
Less Outstanding Checks
3,014.96
Cash Balance December 31, 1935
$43,531.64
# No dividends received on these Bonds at the October Dividend Period
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$107,830.33
696.61
WATER LOAN ACCOUNT
Serial Bonds and Notes due 1936-46 32 per cent
$5,500.00
36,000.00
Serial Bonds and Notes due 1936-44 4 . per cent Serial Bonds and Notes due 1936-44 42 per cent
9,000.00
Serial Bonds and Notes due 1936-44 5 per cent
10,000.00
Serial Bonds and Notes due 1936-43 44 per cent
8,000.00
Serial Bonds and Notes due 1936-54 5 £ per cent 89,000.00
Total
$157,500.00
INVESTMENTS
H. S. Moody Land Company Fund Balance January 1, 1935 Interest to December 31, 1935
$2,339.14
65.32
Total
$2,404.46
Interest withdrawn during the year
374.35
Total
$2,030.11
N.Y. N.H. & H. R.R. 32 per cent Bonds due 1954
$17,000.00
WATER DEPARTMENT P. W. A. PROJECT NO. 7468
RECEIPTS
Transfer from Water Department
$2,000.00 20,603.61
Part payment of Grant
$22,603.61
Cash on Hand January 1, 1935
93,048.40
Total
$115,652.01
PAYMENTS
Paid on Selectmen's Warrants
$110,460.17
Cash on Hand December 31, 1935
5,191.84
$115,652.01
Respectfully submitted, EDWIN R. SAMPSON Treasurer of the Water Department
Weymouth, Mass., Jan. 23, 1936
I have examined the accounts of Edwin R. Sampson, Treasurer and Collector of the Weymouth Water Department, and find them correct. The records of the Collector's Department have been checked with the Treasurer at least once a month during the year, and I am satisfied that both reports are correct.
EMERSON R. DIZER Town Accountant
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FIFTY-SEVENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE TUFTS LIBRARY
WEYMOUTH, MASS. 1935
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FIFTY-SEVENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF
THE TUFTS LIBRARY
TRUSTEES
Gertrude C. Andrews Francis N. Drown John Griffin William F. Hathaway
Clarance P. Whittle
John B. Holland Joseph Kelley Kenneth L. Nash
Franklin N. Pratt
SELECTMEN EX-OFFICIO
Everett E. Callahan
William A. Connell
Joseph Crehan Sandy Roulston
Marshall F. Spear Edwin R. Sampson, Town Treasurer
OFFICERS
Clarance P. Whittle, President Gertrude C. Andrews, Secretary
LIBRARIAN
Christine E. Evarts
ASSISTANTS
*Ruth B. Clark Alice M. Gowdy Alice M. Peers
Ruth B. Reed *Mary L. Smith Florence G. Truax
Edith L. Payson, Cataloger Rachael M. Bodine, Children's Librarian
BRANCH LIBRARIANS
Mary M. Dingwall, North Weymouth Branch Martha J. Hawes, East Weymouth Branch
JANITOR
Thomas E. Shea
*Resigned
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INFORMATION
Hours : Main Library 9 A.M. to 9 P.M. daily. Children's Room 2:30 to 6 P.M. daily; Saturday 9 A.M. to 6 P.M.
Summer hours: July and August 9 A.M. · to 6 P.M. Saturday 9 A.M. to 9 P.M.
Branches : 2 to 5 and 7 to 8 P.M. daily, except Wednesday. Weymouth Heights Station: 2:30 to 6 and 7 to 8 Thursday.
The library and the branches are not open Sundays, legal holidays, nor the 17th of June.
The library is for the use of all residents of Weymouth. Temporary residents are entitled to the same privileges as permanent residents.
Each card issued to an adult entitles the holder to one book of recent fiction (a book published within the last year), one current periodical, and any reasonable number of other books.
Children under Senior High School age are entitled to a card if the application is signed by a parent or guardian. Cards issued to children entitle the holders to two books, only one of Which may be fiction.
All books from the circulating department, except the new fiction, may be kept for 14 days. At the request of the borrower any book not in demand will be charged for one month, subject to recall after two weeks if requested by other borrowers. Fiction published within the last calendar year, and recent numbers of magazines are limited to seven days with no renewal privilege.
The vacation privilege allows a borrower to take books which are not recent publications for an extended time.
A book cannot be transferred from one card to another; but any 14-day book may be renewed at the library, by mail or by #telephone, unless another borrower has asked to have the book reserved. The date due, the author and title of the book, and the borrower's name should be stated when the request for renewal is made.
Any book will be reserved at the request of a borrower, who will be notified as soon as the book is available. A charge of one cent is made for this service.
A fine of two cents a day will be incurred for each day's detention of a book after it is due. When a book is sent for by the librarian it will be at the expense of the borrower.
Cases of contagious diseases are reported to the library by the Board of Health, and books which have been exposed to contagion are burned.
For the convenience of residents living in different parts of the town, books are exchanged through the stations as follows :
Lovell's Corner, W.B. Chalke & Sons Tuesday South Weymouth, Fogg Memorial Library Tuesday South Weymouth, Alfred S. Tirrell Tuesday
East Weymouth, East Weymouth Branch Thursday Weymouth Heights, Adams School Thursday North Weymouth, North Weymouth Branch Friday
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THE LIBRARY
IN THE COMMUNITY
WORK RESEARCH EXTENSION work
DNI ALOYS + 5N110907 Picture collections F
Pamphlet Collections Mending books
Classifying + catalogin
Book selection + ordering
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General reference School reference Debate material
Branches
Deposit Station
Water. library loan
Delivery Stations chool Deposits community schools
THE Preparation books for rebinding V LIBRARY Book Reviewing Group IN THE COMMUNITY Charging and Exhibits Book talks in the Book talks in the Supervision of Reports Newspaper articles books rooms Posters discharging books Locating reserved books Calling in over-due books Distribution of Provision and care Grading of books of periodicals Story hours Reading clubs PUBLICITY READING ROOMS SNE80 TH CIRCULATION ROU
Material study and teachers for individuals ON COURSES. Making bibliographies Book selection EN'S WORK READER'S ADVISER PUBLIC Gathering work with parents
A CHART OF ITS SERVICES AND ACTIVITIES
The library publishes a bulletin of new books several times during the year. This is distributed through the library and its agencies.
* Telephone: Main Library, Wey. 1309M; East Weymouth Branch, Wey. 192 OW
FIFTY-SEVENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TUFTS LIBRARY
The trustees of the Tufts Library herewith submit their fifty- seventh annual report, covering the work of the library during the year 1935:
The year has been one of steady progress in all departments of library work. The loaning of books for home use, reference work within the library, extension work through branches, deposit sta- tion, delivery stations and schools, and the special activities to stimulate wholesome reading interests in boys and girls are all a part of the daily service of the library to the people of Weymouth. The value of that service may well be illustrated by the record of one typical book. During the year this book went into seventeen homes, including that of a telegraph operator, a policeman, several teachers and students, a newspaperman, an engineer, several house- wives and several shoeworkers. For all of these people to have read this book, without the service of the library, would have meant an outlay of seventeen times its purchase price. The aver- age cost of the books purchased by the library in 1935 was $1.65, so that the circulation of 175,477 books gave the town $289,537.05 worth of service, --- or more than a quarter of a million dollars of value in one year of operation.
This service was well distributed throughout the town. 96,435 books were issued from the Main Library, 31,338 from the North Weymouth Branch, and 38,739 from the East Weymouth Branch. The little deposit station in the Adams School, open only one day a week, loaned 8,965 books. 128,633 books were borrowed by adults .and 46,844 by the boys and girls.
Many of the children's books were distributed through the schools. The library sent deposits of books to ten schools and two kindergartens. 820 books were sent out to schools during the year and from these books there was a class-room circulation of 4,424.
Reading for certificates reached its highest peak this year. This is a co-operative project with the schools and the library, and give schools participated in 1935. 410 of the regular certif- icates were issued, which represents a total of 2,050 books read and reported on by the children. Thirty-seven of the boys and girls won honor certificates, which are awarded when twenty books receive satisfactory reports, and which brings the total number of books read from the certificate lists up to 2,130.
Contests and exhibits have stimulated reading in the Children's Room, with an especially attractive display of new books throughout Good Book Week in November. This year the children browsed among the books more than ever before, and the sixth grade from one of the elementary schools visited the Children's koom with their teachers. The library welcomes such groups, and the opportunity to link its work with that of the schools.
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In April an explosion in Washington Square shattered windows in the library building. The large plate glass windows in the Children's Room were blown out, one of them taking part of the frame with it, and five windows on the second story. A number of electric light bulbs were also broken and a few books dama ged by the snow and sleet which came in through the broken windows . rescue work was prompt and the damage comparatively slight. The
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explosion occurred about two A.M. and by nine o'clock all the openings had makeshift covers, and the debris had been cleared up enough so that the library could be opened to the public, colder and more drafty than usual, but with uninterrupted service. The Children's Room only was kept closed for one day, because it was impossible to heat it. Much appreciation is felt for the help which was given from all sides in this emergency. Considering the fact that glass was broken all over the Square, that one block was completely wrecked, and other buildings seriously dam- aged, the prompt service was remarkable.
In addition to the repairs necessitated by the explosion, some other repair work has been necessary during the year. A new smoke funnel was installed for the heater. Minor repairs have been made on the roof, and a copper wire screen has been put on the gutters all around the building as a protection against the. pigeon nuisance. The lighting in the book stacks has been changed so that a greatly improved light is procured for the same consump- tion of electricity. The badly worn stairs at the main entrance have been recovered, and new shades have replaced the worn and cracked ones at the windows of the Reading Room. At both the Main Library and the Branches the desks and some of the tables were refinished. An electric fan was installed at the North Weymouth Branch, and an electric clock at the East Weymouth Branch.
There have been two resignations from the library staff dur- ing the year. Miss Ruth B. Clark resigned to be married, and Mrs . Mary L. Smith to join her husband, who had secured work in Washington, D. C. Miss Alice M. Peers and Miss Ruth B. Reed, both of whom have been part-time workers at the library over a period of years, were appointed to fill the vacancies.
During the year the town lost one of its oldest residents, Miss Louisa E. Richards, who was an assistant in the Tufts Library from 1882 to 1917. Her interest in the library never flagged, and she kept in touch with its work even in the last years of a very long life. The Main Library was closed during the hour of her funeral out of respect for her long service among us .
The library has been the recipient of many generous gifts during 1935. Forty-one of our friends have given a total of one hundred and sixty-four books. These are listed on one of the following pages of this report, and the trustees wish to ex- press their sincere appreciation for such generous gifts. Eighty-one of the gift volumes are from the estate of Charles E. Loud, a former resident of Weymouth. Some of the books have been given anonomously, and included among these is a very generous gift from "A Graduate of Yale". The books were given through the office of the treasurer of Yale University and in- clude a year's subscription to the Yale Review, sixteen books, several of which are very expensive volumes, and which have a total value of $60.00, and the privilege of purchasing a limited number of other books published by the Yale University Press by paying only half of the list price. The other half was paid by the "Graduate of Yale", who generously made this donation to a
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few libraries of good standing throughout the country. We are in- deed privileged to be on the list.
The trustees also wish at this time to thank the many other libraries which have sent copies of their reports and book lists to this library, and for the invaluable service of neighboring libraries in loaning their books through an inter-library loan arrangement.
As in other years, the trustees, the staff, and the patrons of the library are appreciative of the gifts of flowers which neighbors and friends have brought to us from their gardens.
Mr. Arthur E. Pratt, a trustee of the Tufts Library from 1923 until his death in December, 1934, has left the library a bequest of $3,000.00, the income of which is to be available for the purchase of books. This most generous remembrance will be a continuing service from one who gave unstinted service and un- failing interest during his life. The trustees would express for this their deep appreciation and gratitude.
Such tangible recognition of the work of the library as these gifts evidence is truly heartening. As we face the New Year it gives us a renewed courage to meet the challenge and the opportunity for an ever enlarging service to the people of Weymouth.
Respectfully submitted,
CLARANCE P. WHITTLE Chairman
By order and on behalf of the Trustees
DONORS OF BOOKS TO TUFTS LIBRARY, 1935
American Gas Company
Anonymous · 4
Anonymous to East Weymouth Branch
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3
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Canterbury, Miss Adeline M.
From the personal library of . Dr. George Herbert Palmer · Chemical Foundation, Inc. Comstock, James P.
Cook, Miss Gertrude 2
Division of Public Libraries
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DuPont, Pierre S.
Federal Emergency Relief Administration
Firestone, Harvey S.
Ford Motor Company The Government .
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"A Graduate of Yale" 16
Hall, Frederick G.
Hayward, Ralph, to East Weymouth Branch 3
Hayward, Mr. & Mrs. Ralph, to East Weymouth Branch
Hopkins, Mary A.
Huntoon, Robert . 3
Larson, Mr. Thomas 0.
Library Art Club 3
Loud, Charles E., Estate of 86
Massachusetts, Commonwealth of 2 Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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