Town annual report of Weymouth 1940, Part 19

Author: Weymouth (Mass.)
Publication date: 1940
Publisher: The Town
Number of Pages: 368


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Mary E. Husband


Richard M. Walsh


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Shirley A. Poinsett


Patricia J. Greene


Harry K. Shrake, Jr.


Elizabeth L. Endres


Arthur Ernest Heinstrom


POND SCHOOL


Thomas Richard Baghdadlian Mary Frances Chessman


John T. Connor


Mary Ellen Miller


Virginia C. Dondero


Dexter Davis Dyment


Richard Carl Nelson


Orlando Grillo


Anna May Olson


Rachel Pauline Hayden


Thomas Walter Pickett


Phyllis Edith Simpson


Robie Taylor Wilson


GRADUATION EXERCISES WEYMOUTH HIGH SCHOOL


Class Motto: HOPE, HONOR, HAPPINESS Class Colors: BLUE AND GOLD High School Building, Weymouth Center THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE 20, 1940


10 O'CLOCK


CLASS OFFICERS


. President, Frederick Arthur Slattery Vice-President, Alan Wesley Sampson Treasurer, Josephine Victoria Keblis Secretary, Virginia Eucharia Doyle


VOCATIONAL SCHOOL OFFICERS


President, Oliver Theodore Virta Vice-President, Garland Henry Hay Secretary-Treasurer, Guido Cavallo


CLASS MARSHAL John Thomas Gunn


DANCE COMMITTEE Wendell Totman, Chairman


Louise Calloway Bruce Campbell Arthur Crossman Laurence Cullivan James Dwyer Helen Fuller Barry Gibson


Joseph Lambe Dorothy Miller Constance Nelson


Ralph Peters


Marjorie Ruel


Portia Stanton


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Paul James Mackenzie Florence G. Macri Adeline Veronica McGlynn


Hope Virginia Meissner


Bernard H. Merten


William Andrew Mitchell, Jr.


TRADE SCHOOL


George Duffney


Leonard Peaslee


MOTTO COMMITTEE Robert Gloster, Chairman


Rosemary Chaplin Priscilla Dunn Francis Kelley


Anne Lewis Anna Nash Ruth Santry


TRADE SCHOOL Homer Ostlund


PROGRAM


PROCESSIONAL INVOCATION STAR SPANGLED BANNER


OVERTURE "Mignonette"


Ваштанн


High School Band


CHORUS "The Bells of St. Mary's" Adams


SALUTATORY ADDRESS "Education for Living" Ruth E. Gillis


PIANO SOLO "Military Polonaise" Chopin


Natalie P. Kosarick


CHORUS "To Thee, O Country !" Eichberg


VALEDICTORY ADDRESS "America in a World at War" Mary V. Wallace


VOCAL SOLO "Forgotten" Cowles


Portia R. Stanton Accompanied by Ethel J. Holland


ANNOUNCEMENT OF AWARDS


PRESENTATION OF DIPLOMAS


SCHOOL SONG "The Cross of Gray"


Frederick Slattery, Class President Mr. Joseph W. Mahoney Member of the School Committee Mr. John Ghiorse Mr. Norman Loud Rev. William D. Keenan


BENEDICTION


BANQUET COMMITTEE JOSEPH TUCCI, Chairman


CHRISTINE BARRY


FRANCIS MCCARTHY


JOHN CLANCY


WILLIAM MORSE


ESTHER CRONE


ELEANOR O'LEARY


JEAN ELLIS


JOHN PFLAUMER


WILLIAM GARRITY


JAMES SCULLY


BETH HAYNES WILLIAM MARSHMAN


FLORENCE SHAW


Rev. W. Ralph Ward, Jr.


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TRADE SCHOOL LESTER HUTCHINSON


EUGENE GARRITY


CLASS BANQUET Thursday Afternoon at six o'clock


ELAINE CLAPP WINDSOR DURBECK CATHERINE GILLIS RICHARD JORDAN


TRADE SCHOOL OLIVER SMITH


CLASS PROPHECY EDWINA BARNES, Chairman


ELEANOR BATES


ROBERT MacARTHUR


CHARLES CAVANAGH


CHARLOTTE MacLEOD


DOROTHY CONDRICK


STANLEY MANN


ROBERT CONNOLLY


MIRIAM MCCUE


GEORGE COREY


LEONA COTE


JEAN MORRISON JOSEPH MURPHY ELIZABETH MYLES JUNE NEWCOMB GLORIA PORTER


WILLIAM DESMOND


LOUISE FOLEY


ANNETTE FORD


RUTH GILLIS


EILEEN SLATTERY


LOIS HOLBROOK


PORTIA STANTON


EILEEN JOHNSON LILLIAN LITCHFIELD


MURIEL STEELE


ALFRED THOMPSON


ELIZABETH LOHNES


TRADE SCHOOL


AVILIO DiGRAVIO ELWOOD DILL


JAMES FADER GARLAND HAY


THE CROSS OF GRAY


Dedicated to the late Frederick W. Hilton


Mid Weymouth High's soft lawns and pines A cross of fairest gray Stands sentry o'er the youthful lines Which pass him day by day. He teaches in his gentle way That spirit cannot die ! "Pro Patria !" we hear him say, "Means love for Weymouth High !"


Staunch stands the watch of Weymouth High And gives for our brave dead These simple passwords to the hill Where Weymouth's men are bred. We love thee ! Alma Mater ! Oh let the years roll by ! Our song we raise ! Loud rings the praise ! Of grand old Weymouth High !


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CLASS HISTORY DORIS BARNES, Chairman ANNE LEWIS JOSEPH MERCURIO LOIS PETTEE


LEONARD PEASLEE JOHN SHERMAN


WEYMOUTH HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES


Barbara Louise Ambach George Ernest Andersen Cyril Otis Anderson Margaret Adamson Anderson


Marilyn Gladys Anderson


John Leander Andersson Ralph Louis Antonetti Dorothy Arsenault


Priscilla Alice Dennison


Mary Elizabeth Austin Ralph William Austin


Timothy Ambrose Desmond


Mary Higgins Banks


Doris Barnes Edwina Barnes Christine Margaret Barry Eleanor Bates


Florence Agnes Bates


Elizabeth Mary Bentley


Lillian Alice Berry


Paul Henrickson Birkemose


Muriel Lucy Blackwell Fillmore Blaisdell


Alton Stowell Blanchard, Jr.


Florence Clarissa Boudreau


Ralph Willbroad Bourassa Rita Belle Bowie


Janet Brayshaw Anna Nancy Caccaro Louise Calloway Elizabeth Cameron


John Bruce Campbell


Helen Marjorie Carey


Charles Russell Cavanaghı, Jr.


Alice Rosemary Chaplin


Cora Pauline Chapman


Barbara Ann Cheverie


Virginia Mary Cirigliano


Jolm Fair Clancy


Elaine Torrey Clapp George Curtis Clark


Elizabeth Veronica Cody


Biaggio Ralph Colasanti Robert Victor Coleman


Helen Blanche Fuller Albert Henry Gadd Elizabeth Rachel Gainey


Joseph Francis Gallant


William Carbin Garrity


Robert William Gately


Mario Eugene Gatto


Ralph Joseph Gelinas


Helen Charlotte Genchiauski


Barry North Gibson


Catherine Virginia Gillis


Ruth Elinor Gillis Curtiss Bartlett Gladwin


Robert Vincent Gloster


Merton Robert Grant


Alice Josephine Griffin Barbara Louise Griffin John Thomas Gunn Rosemary Cecilia Hackett


Esther Marie Crone


Arthur Leon Crossman


Laurence Joseph Cullivan Richard Norton Curtis


.James Daly Mary Elaine Daly Vera Hildergarde Daniels


Rita Louise Darrin


Patricia Marie Davis Hazel June Davison Harold Augustus DeCoste


William Francis Desmond Anna Elizabeth De Vogel Elizabeth Russell Dizer Joseph William Donahoe Virginia Eucharia Doyle Eugene Frederick Duncan Claire Beverly Dunn


Priscilla Dunn Windsor Drake Durbeck James Francis Dwyer


Mary Marjorie Dwyer


Laura Clarke Elkington


Catherine Elizabeth Ellard Jean Elizabeth Ellis Vernon Warren Farrar Ernest Marshall Farren Patrick Joseph Fay


Nancy Claire Fielding


Pauline Anne Finn


Eleanor Merle Fish


Rosemary Winifred Fitzgerald


Catherine Louise Foley


William Anthony Fopiano Annette Cushman Ford Helen Elaine Fortier


Dorothy Bradford Francis


Marion Hilda Fredrickson


Mildred Elsie Frimanson John Adams Fucci


Dorothy Marie Condrick Robert Edward Connolly James Vincent Consentino


Audrey Vera Cooke Helen Marie Corcoran


George Corey Inez Cameron Cornell


Leona Frances Cote


Robert Francis Coughlin


Muriel Frances Courtney


Lorraine Gilbert Cowett


Cynthia Elizabethi Cowing Catherine Margaret Coyle James William Coyle


Marian Gertrude Hanabury


Beth Elaine Haynes


Edward Robert Heinstrom


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William David Hickey Lois Herberta Holbrook Lorraine Lillian Holbrook Ethel Jane Holland Frank William Homeyer Charles Lee Hopkins Marjorie Wilson Horn Alma Mary Houde l'auline Frances House Rita May Hunt Manning Titcomb Jannell Barbara Elizabeth Johnson Eileen Catherine Johnson Richard Arthur Jordan Virginia Carol Kai Ance Karaian Josephine Victoria Keblis Francis Aloysius Kelley Marie Lillian Kelley Thomas Joseph Kelly Doris Frances Kincaid Agnes Gertrude Kinsley Natalie Phyllis Kosarick Joseph Francis Lambe Olive Amelia Lambrecht Catherme Elizabeth Lang Jennie Lang


Harold Francis LaPointe Evelyn Violet Laramie Victoria Aun LaRocco Alphonso Joseph La Rossa Anna Loretta Leary Miriam Gertrude Lester Anne Marie Lewis l'eter Joseph Lilla Lillian Litchfield Rita Marie Litchfield Mary Elizabeth Lohnes Helen Mary Long Kenneth Amos Loring Grace Wheeler Loud Thomas Addis Lyons, Jr. Jean Macafee


Robert Crosser MacArthur Douglass Ramsay MacDonald Charlotte Matilda Macleod Chester Charles MacNutt, Jr. Stanley Horace Mann Grace Rose Mariani William Olbrich Marshman Ruth Annis Mathewson Francis Leo McCarthy Paul Dana McCarthy Miriam Annice McCue James Francis McDonald Eleanor Louise McGaw Mary Elizabeth McGlyılı Wallace Stuart McIsaac Edward James McNeil Julia Rita Mehrman Joseph Francis Mercurio Elizabeth Metcalf


Betty Eloise Metcalfe


Dorothy Virginia Miller Gertrude Helen Miller Robert Adams Monroe Jean Louise Morrison William Alfred Morse Albert Richard Mullen Robert Gerald Mullen Sumner Hersey Mullen John Edward Mulligan David Grant Murley Josephi Patrick Murphy Mary Marguerite Murphy Mary Elizabetlı Myles Anna Lucretia Nash Constance Virginia Nelson Nancy Augusta Ness Morton Nesson Charles Edward Newcomb Harold Alfred Newcomb June Augusta Newcomb Elena Lena Caratina Nocera Edward George O'Brien Margaret Mary O'Connor Edward Francis O'Leary Eleanor Priscilla O'Leary Robert Chipman Olive Dorothy Elinor Page Catherine Aun Panora Estelle Marie Parsons Selina Rachel Parsons James Thomas Pearce Marie Christine Pecoraro Ralph Stephen Peters Lois Aun Pettee John Henry Pflaumer Priscilla Picard Doris Louise Pike Rose Marie Pizzi Evelyn Louise Plummer


Prudence Assunda Pomarico Gloria Sherburne Porter Kenneth William Ralph Gladys Eula Raymond Florence Marie Richards Joan Louise Rieker Walter Carlyle Roberts Edith Evelyn Rowell Marjorie Clarice Rowell Doris Marion Rudolphi Marjorie Elaine Ruel George Waldron Rugman Alan Wesley Sampson Catherine Ruth Santry James Patrick Scully Florence Eva Shaw Mary Rose Sheehy Moses Huntoon Sherman, Jr. Merle Francis Silva Eileen Anne Slaney Eileen Marie Slattery


Frederick Arthur Slattery


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Barbara Shirley Stanley Portia Reed Stanton Louise Pierce Starratt Muriel Esther Steele Dorothy Elizabeth Sullivan Mary Elizabeth Sullivan Patricia Anne Sullivan Dolores Marie Syberts Lea Cecilia Tacconelli Sadie Tetezian Robert Andrew Thibeault Helen Marie Thomas


Alfred Charles Thompson Jessie Thompson Donald Francis Tilden


Winifred Eleanor Titus


Dorothy Emily Torressen Wendell Richardson Totman Frieda Lucille Trussell


Joseph Charles Tucci Mary Rita Turner Christine Dorothy Vartanian Daniel JJohn Vaughan Constance Waddell Mary Virginia Wallace


Wesley Irving Watson


Florence Avery Webber


Frederick Dan Wheeler


Gertrude Elizabeth White


George Thomas Wilkinson Naomi Pearl Willis Kenneth Victor Wood


Mary Florence Woodworth


Harold Austin Wright


George Elliott Yetman George Wendell Zemina


SPECIAL CERTIFICATES


Raymond Louis Badger Ralph Thomas Cipullo Paul Dennis Keefe James Franklin Kelley


Kenneth Edward MeNamara Joseph Piedmont Sciacca Paul Smith Carl Bernard Voigt


WEYMOUTH VOCATIONAL SCHOOL GRADUATES


James Atwell Barrett William Joseph Baulis Ralph Gordon Bowles Guido Cavallo Dominic Consentino


Avilio Patrick DiGravio


Elwood Thayer Dill


George William Duffney, Jr.


James Oscar Fader


John Weston Fratus, Jr.


Eugene William Garrity


Garland Henry Hay Lester Miller Hutchinson Victor Daniel Jacobs


Roland Henry Jasmin Peter Ralph LeMotte George Francis Linehan Carl Edward Lovendale


John Francis Sherman Leo Thomas Skeffington Oliver Charles Smith Robert Roy Tassinary llarold Jacob Thurston Oliver Theodore Virta Arthur Curtis Wright


NORFOLK COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SCHOOL (Weymouth Branch ) GRADUATES


Ralph William Austin John Bruce Campbell Ernest Marshall Farren Albert Henry Gadd


William David Hickey Charles Edward Newcomb George Waldron Rugman George Elliott Yetman


HONOR LIST


Rita Belle Bowie Alice Rosemary Chaplin Robert Victor Coleman Dorothy Marie Condrick Catherine Elizabeth Ellard


Ruth Elinor Gillis Charlotte Matilda MacLeod Lea Cecilia Tacconelli Alfred Charles Thompson Mary Virginia Wallace


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John Joseph MacDonald Howard Russell Maxwell


Everett Walter Nauha


George Eugene Norwood Paul Francis Olson Homer Spencer Ostlund Leonard Owen Peaslee Sebastian Mario Rubbo


Russell Borden Savory Gerald Francis Sheppard


SIXTY-FIRST ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE TUFTS LIBRARY WEYMOUTH, MASS. 1940


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SIXTY-SECOND ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE TUFTS LIBRARY


TRUSTEES


Gertrude C. Andrews Francis N. Drown John Griffin Francis C. Haviland


Joseph Kelley Kenneth L. Nash


Franklin N. Pratt


Leighton Voorhees


Clarance P. Whittle


SELECTMEN EX-OFFICIO


Joseph A. Fern Everett E. Callahan


George E. Lane Sandy Roulston


Basil S. Warren George E. Curtin, Town Treasurer


OFFICERS Clarance P. Whittle, President


Gertrude C. Andrews, Secretary


LIBRARIAN


Christine E. Evarts


ASSISTANTS


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Catherine Condrick Ruth Cormack Marjorie Fulton * Alice M. Gowdy


Ruth H. Kai Ruth Loeffler


Marion F. Meurch Ruth Nickerson


Edith L. Payson, Cataloger' Rachael M. Bodine, Children's Librarian Florence G. Truax, Extension Librarian


BRANCH LIBRARIANS


Mary M. Dingwall, North Weymouth Branch Irene E. Langevin, East Weymouth Branch


JANITORS *Thomas E. Shea John G. Galvin Benjamin N. Ells, East Weymouth Branch


* 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: East Weymouth - 2 to 8 P. M. daily except Wednesday. North Weymouth - 2 to 6 and 7 to 8 P. M. daily except Wednesday.


Weymouth Heights Station: 2:30 to 6 and 7 to 8 P. M. Monday and Thursday.


Lovell's Corner Station : 2:30 to 6 and 7 to 8 P. M. Tuesday.


Nash's Corner Station : 2:30 to 6 and 7 to 8 P. M. Tuesday.


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 number 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.


For the convenience of residents living in different parts of the town, books are exchanged through the stations as follows:


Lovell's Corner, Pratt School Tuesday


South Weymouth, Fogg Memorial Library Tueday


Nash's Corner, 3 West Street Tuesday


East Weymouth, East Weymouth Branch Thursday North Weymouth, North Weymouth Branch Thursday Weymouth Heights, Adams School Thursday


* Telephone: Main Library, Weymouth 1402. East Weymouth Branch, Weymouth 1920-W. North Weymouth Branch, Weymouth 2916-W.


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SIXTY-SECOND ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TUFTS LIBRARY


The Trustees of the Tufts Library herewith present to the Town of Weymouth their sixty-second annual report. This report covers the year 1940.


During this year the library has given service to the Town of Wey- mouth through fifteen agencies. Besides the Main Library and the North and East Weymouth Branches, deposits of books are made available at Weymouth Heights, at Lovell's Corner and at Nash's Corner, a case of books is sent each week to the Fogg Library, and book collections have been placed in eight elementary schools. In this way the benefits of the library are spread over the town, so that now there are few localities left in Weymouth where the people may not easily and conveniently use their library. We are glad to report that we were able to resume service last April to the residents of Nash's Corner.


A new census has been taken in 1940, and we find that Weymouth has grown in the past ten years. Our gain in population is 2,865 or 13 3/4 %. What can we say of our library during the same time interval ? It, too, has gained, as is evidenced by the following figures:


1930


1940


Gain


Number of volumes owned


by the Tufts Library


42,577


56,295


32%


Number of borrowers


5,365


8,954


67%


Adult books loaned


Fiction


88,488


103,978


17 1/2 %


Non-fiction


17,364


34,709


100%


Children's books loaned


43,925


61,193


39%


Books loaned through Stations


7,576


23,155


206%


Total book circulation


149,777


199,880


33 %


Such gains are gratifying, and especially so when we look further and find that while the use of the library has increased approximately 33%, its cost to the town of Weymouth has increased less than 8%. In- deed, the cost of each book circulated in 1940 was three cents less than in 1930.


A chart of our growth through the years would not, however, show a straight upward slant. There are fluctuations to the climbing line and they are found to have a direct correspondence to the fluctuations in unemployment. People without jobs turn to books. When the curve of employment rises, the curve of reading dips, though not as sharply. This has happened repeatedly and in libraries everywhere throughout the country. It is doubtless the explanation of the fact that the borrow- ing of books from the Tufts Library, which had increased steadily throughout 1939 and the first half of 1940 to a record breaking peak, fell off somewhat in the last six months, since the movement for national defense has brought new opportunities for employment.


Statistics covering the circulation of books and other activities of the library for 1940 will be found in full in the appendices to this report.


The work with boys and girls has had a full and rewarding year. The co-operation with the school department has been very close and many of the teachers have used the State Reading Lists with their pupils. The library supplies the books and awards the certificates. In 1940, 611 of the five-book certificates and 109 honor certificates were issued. That means that our Weymouth boys and girls read and reported on 3,600) books from recommended lists. At least 720 of these were non-fiction titles.


In the weeks preceding Book Week in November, the library spon- sored an essay contest in the seventh and eighth grades of the public


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schools, and a poster contest in the same grades in the two Parochial schools. These contests directly stimulated an interest in books, their authors and illustrators.


Story telling in the schools, under the sponsorship of the Tufts Lib- rary through a grant from the Tufts Lecture Fund, has been a most successful and enjoyable way of introducing the children to fine books. The project begun in the fall of 1939 was carried into 1940, and is being repeated in 1940-1941.


Again this year the library co-operated with the School Department by taking a High School Senior for a week of practice work. Miss Lillian Berry was with us for the week beginning May 20th.


Some repairs have been necessary to the library property. On the morning of April 9th an explosion in the neighboring gas plant shattered the plate glass windows and jarred the building. It was most fortunate that no person was cut by the falling glass, and that there was not greater property damage. Service to the public was not interrupted, although the assistants in the Children's Room had to work in shifts on account of the cold. By six-thirty o'clock that evening, the new glass was installed. The library is grateful for the co-operation and help which was freely given in the emergency.


In addition to the replacing of broken windows, screens have been made for the windows of the alcove that is used as a catalog room. A few pieces of furniture have been refinished, and a new desk section and a small amount of shelving has been built for the library. The floor of the Main Library room has been shellacked and waxed.


Two changes in personnel have occurred during the year. Miss Alice M. Gowdy, assistant in the library since 1927, was married in 1940. She left in September, and the trustees hired Miss Marion F. Meurch to meet the emergency during the winter months. Miss Meurch is a graduate of Simmons College School of Library Science and has had two years ex- perience in the public library in Newport, Rhode Island.


On June 30th, Mr. Thomas E. Shea, our janitor for thirteen years, resigned because of ill health. His resignation was accepted with rogret and with appreciation for his faithful service. His place has been taken by Mr. John Galvin.


The library has co-operated with the Greater Boston Community Fund Campaign and the Red Cross Drive. During American Art Week, numerous paintings by Weymouth artists were on display at the Main Library and both branches. This was a most interesting community undertaking and the library was glad to have a part in it.


The trustees wish to thank most sincerely all those who have loaned exhibits or made gifts of books or flowers to the library during the year. These are listed at the close of this report.


We are living in momentous and tragic days. Ideas, ideals and atti- tudes toward life are involved in the war that is sweeping over much of the world. It is our part, as a library, to provide people with the materi- al that will help them to think clearly and constructivelv. This is no easy responsibility. We shall strive to place upon the library shelves books of information and facts, and thoughtful but not fear induced consideration of facts. We shall seek for books that will be helpful in the task of building our national defense, and we shall also seek whole- some books that can lift us above or take us far away from the theater of war. The public library has today an opportunity to serve and strengthen the democratic way of life, out of which it has grown and of which it is an expression.


Respectfully submitted, CLARANCE P. WHITTLE, President. By order and in behalf of the Trustees.


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DONORS OF BOOKS TO TUFTS LIBRARY, 1940


Adams, Philip


1 Book to North Weymouth Branch


Allen, Edwin, Co., Grosset and Library Binding Service


American Foundation


1 Book to Children's Room 2 Books


American Jewish Comm.


American Legion


Andrews, Mrs. Gertrude C.


Andrews, Mary A.


1 Book to Nash's Corner 8 Books to North Weymouth Branch 11 Books 31 Books to North Weymouth Branch


Anonymous


Blanchard, Raymond S.


Butler, Nicholas Murray


Cameron, Mrs. Elizabeth


Capen, Mrs. Edwin P.


Carleton, Mrs. Adelaide


Carroll, Rev. Marcus H.


Chrysler Corporation


Commonwealth of Massachusetts


Danish Pavilion, New York World's Fair


Dennison Manufacturing Company


Donaghey, Mrs. G. W.


Gaither, R. B.


Grand Army of the Republic


Hawes, Martha J.


41 Books to East Weymouth Branch


Hayward, Mildred


Home Insurance Company


Kloss, Anna A.


Kunz, Priscilla


Limited Editions Club


Mearkle, Mrs. A. L.


National Conference of Christians and Jews


National Soap Sculpture Comm.


New York Stock Exchange


New York University


Old Colony Council of Boy Scouts


Pease, Ivan 6 Books to East Weymouth Branch Pratt, Franklin N. 10 Books to East Weymouth Branch 2 Books


Ryerson, Florence & Clements, C. C.


Shaw, Mrs. M. H.


Smithsonian Institution 18 Books


Southern Combed Yarn Spinners Assn.


Standard Oil Company


United Publishing Company


12 Books


United States Department of Agriculture


United States Government 2 Books


· Veterans of Foreign Wars Weymouth, Town of 3 Books


Women's Christian Temperance Union


2 Books to East Weymouth Branch


4 Books


2 Books to East Weymouth Branch


5 Books 6 Books to Children's Room


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EXHIBITS LOANED TO THE TUFTS LIBRARY DURING 1940


Model Train and Boat.


Picture of Lincoln's Gettysburg Address - Loaned by Mr. John Knox.


4H Exhibit of foods for dental hygiene - Loaned by Hunt School.


Model Planes and Battle Cruiser . -


Loaned by William Dempsey and Robert Clawson.


Model Planes - Loaned by Mr. Frederick Tenney.


Lion's Club Exhibit -


Showing their work in the schools in outfitting needy pupils with glasses.


Handicraft Exhibit - Loaned by Troop 2 Girl Scouts.


Exhibit of Paintings - Loaned by Weymouth Artists.


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APPENDIX A Circulation by Classes from the Tufts Library and Branches


East Weymouth


Adult


Juvenile


Total


Adult


Juvenile


Total


Adult


Juvenile


Total


General Works


167


24


191


8


11


19


19


5


24


Philosophy


587


15


602


42


25


67


137


25


162


Religion


320


200


520


13


55


68


44


125


169


Social Sciences


1,600


3,732


5,332


110


2,173


2,283


282


3,042


3,324


Language


140


33


Natural Sciences


885


910


1,795


93


239


332


121


376


497


Useful Arts


2,445


1,254


3,699


342


641


983


329


895


1,224


Fine Arts


2,628


2,255


4,883


309


1,016


1,325


249


1,065


1,314


Literature


1,314


624


1,938


280


139


419


828


179


1,007


History


1,377


554


1,931


222


146


368


351


379


730


Travel


1,847


1,208


3,055


513


531


1,044


805


630


1,435


Biography


-2,050


747


2,797


536


241


777


1,202


456


1,658


Periodicals


4,995


354


5,349


2,148


416


2,564


3,374


493


3,867


Pamphlets


189


22


211


Fiction


. 41,975




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