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Lieutenant Ralph Talbot Theatre Weymouth High School WEDNESDAY MORNING, JUNE SIXTH ten o'clock
CLASS OFFICERS
President
Vice-President
Secretary
Treasurer
James Gregory Kane, Jr. Richard Arsham Alemian Constance Jane Godfrey Ann Mary Shields
VOCATIONAL DEPARTMENT OFFICERS
President
Donald James Tucci
Vice-President
Stuart Allen Macleod
Secretary-Treasurer
Irving Wallace Duker
CLASS MARSHALS
Irene Elizabeth Harris Robert Hugh Savola
DANCE COMMITTEE John Coveney, Chairman
Marjorie Blanchard
Angelina Cavallo
Rosalie Kane James Kilburn
Eleanor Corbo
John Labadie
Rosemary Cross Robert Duke
John Mattie
John McLellan
Anne McLaughlin
Warren Fardig John Gannon Ronald Kaltofen
Sally Parker Rita Petze
William Warrell
MOTTO COMMITTEE Mary Brady, Chairman
Charlene Bates Edward Cipullo John Cox Patricia Decatur Joan Emberley John Ferguson
Mary Fisher William Fisher Barbara Holbrook Claire Joseph Phyllis Leavitt John Lonergan
Etta Peterson
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PROGRAM
PROCESSIONAL INVOCATION STAR SPANGLED BANNER
Rev. Jack Leather
ADDRESS OF WELCOME
James G. Kane, Jr., Class President
SELECTION-"S. I. B. A. March"
R. B. Hall
Weymouth High School Band
CHORUS-"Battle Hymn of the Republic" Poem-Julia Howe Music-William Steffe
HIGH HONOR ESSAY-"Faith, the Leader" Barbara A. Fanning
SOLO-"Adagio" Arthur Emberley
Joseph Haydn
HIGH HONOR ESSAY-"The Road Ahead" Donald W. Perkins
SOLO-"The Lord's Prayer" Beverly Dunning
HIGH HONOR ESSAY-"The Light of Knowledge" Katherine M. Whittle
CHORUS-"The Halls of Ivy" Henry Russell-Vick Knight
ANNOUNCEMENT OF AWARDS James G. Kane, Jr.
PRESENTATION OF DIPLOMAS Mr. William F. Shields Member of the School Committee
SCHOOL SONG-"The Cross of Gray" John Ghiorse-Norman Loud BENEDICTION Rev. John F. Connors
CLASS BANQUET Wednesday afternoon at six o'clock CLASS PROPHECY COMMITTEE William Sprague, Chairman
James Aikens
Mildred Hanabury
Marilyn Amirault
Irene Harris
Karl Anderson
Frederic Hersey
Joanne Bascom
Donna Little
William Bennett
Janet Marland
Sally Davidson Beverly Doble
Michael Murphy
Donald Perkins
Ann Ricker
Patricia St. John
Barbara Tooze
CLASS HISTORY COMMITTEE Marjorie Daniele, Chairman
Carolyn Bentley Floyd Bonner Rhoda Carlin
Sheila Hagerty Peter Henderson
Nancy Hurst
Elaine Jacobson
Charles MacPherson
William McGrath
Ann Olsen
Robert Savola Frederick J. Spencer
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Thomas Cassese Charles Crehan Barbara Dwyer Elizabeth Elliott Conrad Fleming Arthur Grant
Parker Morris
Arthur Emberley Jeane Emerson Richard Fopiano
Albert Hay Malotte
GRADUATES
James Francis Aikens
Richard Arsham Alemian
Marilyn Frances Amirault Richard Charles Andersen Karl Gustaf Anderson Shirley May Anderson David Robert Antonelli
William Arthur Archibald
Barbara Jean Arnold
Dorothy Anne Ash Daniel Joseph Bailey, Jr.
James Bernard Dean, Jr ... Priscilla Story Dean Patricia Ann Decatur Catherine Mary Deery
William Marshall Balfour Herbert Joseph Barker
Joan Theresa Dellamano
Joanne Louden Bascom Charlene Enid Bates Kenneth Milton Bates James Everett Belcher
Dorothy Theresa Dennehy Beverly Jean Doble John Francis Doherty, Jr. Peter Burns Doherty
Beverly Ann Benjaminsen Jaquelin Lovell Bennett
William Francis Bennett, Jr.
William Timothy Bennett Carolyn Lee Bentley Lena Berardi
Walter Francis Blake, Jr.
Marjorie Ann Blanchard
Patricia Mary Boni
Floyd William Bonner
Mary Louise Brady
Catherine Selina Bresnahan Beverly Ann Brook John Robert Brown
Rosamond Grace Brown
Bruce Sampson Burgess Nathaniel Burgess, Jr. Patrick Joseph Butler June Elizabeth Callahan Rhoda May Carlin
Thomas Michael Cassese Angelina Rita Cavallo George Chalmers, III+ Lois Helen Chase
Andrew Alexander Chisholm, Jr.
Robert Vernon Chisholm+
Arthur Michael Cicchese, Jr.
Edward Louis Cipullo Joseph Robert Cirigliano
Dorothy Alice Clapp Norma Lorraine Clapp Donald Joseph Clark Robert Edward Clark
Robert Francis Clawson+ Joseph Thomas Connolly Joan Marie Connors Robert Augustine Connors David Francis Conrad James Wallace Cook, Jr. Eleanor Rita Corbo Eugene Francis Corridan Albert Francis Costa
Kathleen Laura Coughlin John Patrick Coveney
Patricia Ann Coyle
Carolyn Ann Craig Charles Daniel Crehan Rosemary Ann Cross Marjorie Angelina Daniele Sally Elizabeth Davidson
Joseph Robert Dugas Joanne Marguerite DuGay Robert Joseph Duke Irving Wallace Duker Beverly Ann Dunning Barbara Irene Dwyer Donald Winston Earle Elizabeth Edna Elliott Arthur Franklin Emberley Joan Wedlake Emberley Virginia Venus Embree Jacqueline Joane Emswiler Earl Morton Ewing, Jr. Barbara Anne Fanning Warren Walter Fardig John Quinn Ferguson, Jr. Donald Vernon Finlay+ Mary Louise Fisher William Alan Fisher Martin Francis Fitzgerald Mary Louise Fitzgerald Conrad Mason Fleming Maurice Edward Fleming Peter Francis Fleming, Jr. Richard Francis Fopiano Philip Porter Ford+ Dolores Naomi Foster
Joanne Hyland Frazier Doris Marie Frediani Carolyn Freeman Nilma Dorothy Frimanson Ralph Morris Fuller+ Norman Alan Fulton John Joseph Gallager, III Auchester Fabian Galliher, Jr.
John Thomas Gannon, III William Joseph Gauthier, Jr. Robert Paul Gerrier Domenica Louise Giannone Constance Jane Godfrey
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John David Downing+ Constance Marie Drown
Lois Marjorie Gourley Arthur William Grant John Patrick Hackett Sheila Dawn Hagerty Mildred Ann Hanabury Robert Frederick Hanson Irene Elizabeth Harris Wesley John Harris Alfred Paul Harvester Robert Willard Haviland Lamont Raymond Healy Elizabeth Theresa Hearn Sheila Marie Hegarty Ruth Marie Heinstrom Lester Kierstead Henderson, Jr.
Frederic Thomas Hersey Roy Blanot Hill Barbara Ann Holbrook Shirley Margaret Hough Ritchie Lees Howet Nancy Thorne Hurst Ray Albert Hutchins Elaine Frances Jacobson
Marjorie Agnes Jewell
Judith Shirley Johnston Sylvia Jones
Earle Joseph Nelson Robert Loring Nelson
Donald Bruce Jordan
Claire Marie Joseph
George Edward Joy
Lawrence Karl Julian
Edwin Anselm Nummelin
James Gregory Kane, Jr.
Rosalie Frances Kane Mercedes Elizabeth Keirsey George Patrick Kelley
Lauren Ralph Osgood
Robert Burns Ouellet
Donald Edward Pace
Edward Warren Knight, Jr.
John Wallace Panora
Faye Elizabeth Pappageorge
Natalie Elizabeth Landry
Marion Winifred Laneau
Donald Paterson
Arnold Francis Laramee Mary Allene Leary Phyllis Ruth Leavitt
Beverly Ann Pattison James Wallace Pattison
Richard Robert Leone
Esther Anne Peaslee
Madeline Jeanne Leth
Donald Walker Perkins
Dean Emerson Litchfield+
Richard Paul Perkins Etta Peterson
Donna Marion Little
John Bernard Lonergan, Jr.
Rita Mary Petze
Edward Lovering Philbrick, Jr.
Dana Louis Phillips
Richard Francis Piccuito
Palmer Channing Porter Gary Neil Poulin June Mildred Pratt
Nancy Jean MacCallum Helen Francis MacDonald John David MacLeish Jane Amelia Macleod Stuart Allen Macleod George Ernest MacNeil Charles Cecil MacPherson
Daniel Michael Mahoney Janet Lee Marland Joyce Martin
Roy Carlton Martin, Jr. Donald Fairbanks Mathewson John Joseph Mattie Marilynn Eloise McCarthy Louis Peter McGonnigal
William Robert McGrath
Marjorie McIntosh Joseph Allen Mckinnon, III+ Anne McLaughlin Donald Francis Mclellan
John Francis Mclellan Miriam Veronica McNeil
Eugene Francis McPherson, Jr.
Philip Maurice Merten Edward Messikian Janet Evelyn Mitchell William Harold Moore
Parker Dennis Morris
Valeria Dewey Mowbray Norman Mulready Michael Francis Murphy
Jean Ellen Niemi Muriel Evelyn Norris
Lawrence Edward Norve
Ronald Francis Kaltofen
Joseph Frederick Ochs, Jr.
Philip Michael O'Connell Anne Olsen
Henry Richard Kennedy James Edward Kilburn
Phyllis May Palmer
John William Labadie Ruth Marcia Landin
Sally Ann Parker
Louise Harriet Pasteris
Neil Gardner Patt
James Robert Long Richard James Lynch
David Gold MacAlpine+
Ronald Lincoln Pratt Ann Marie Prosser Gwendolyn Elizabeth Reed Richard Herbert Renahan
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Helene Marilyn Rich Anne Marie Ricker Joan Bernetta Roche Dorothy May Ruxton Patricia Anne St. John Norman Edward Saley Robert Hugh Savola Marjorie Louise Sevigny Harold Francis Sheppard Ann Mary Shields Claire Nedra Simmons Robert Lane Slayter Eleanor Josephine Smith Richard Allison Smith Frederick Alden Spencer Frederick James Spencer William Emerson Sprague Donald Joseph Stokes
Robert Francis Stokes Joan Ruth Swan Lois Ann Terry
Jean Parker Tirrell John Albert Tirrell 1
Barbara Ann Tooze
Joan Caroline Totman Norma Carol Trufant Donald James Tucci
Angelo John Umbrianna Donald Richard Vaillancourt
Anne Rose Waiblinger Neal Richard Walo William Charles Warrell John Stewart Weir Joan Marilyn Welch
Phyllis Patricia Wentworth
Stanley James Weston, Jr. Mary Louise White Nancy Mills White Patricia Elizabeth White William Collins White Patricia Ann Whitman Katherine Mary Whittle Robert Allen Whittles
Robert William Wikstrom
Carole Ann Williams Anna Belle Xavier
CERTIFICATES
Alice Eva Lutz
Robert Irving Monks
FOUR YEAR HIGH HONORS
Karl Gustaf Anderson
Bruce Sampson Burgess
Barbara Anne Fanning
Norman Alan Fulton
Donald Walker Perkins
Robert Hugh Savola Frederick James Spencer Norma Carol Trufant Katherine Mary Whittle
FOUR YEAR HONORS
James Francis Aikens
Richard Arsham Alemian
Walter Francis Blake, Jr.
James Wallace Cook, Jr. Beverly Jean Doble
Ralph Morris Fuller Sheila Dawn Hagerty
Stuart Allen Macleod Earle Joseph Nelson Joseph Frederick Ochs, Jr.
Sally Ann Parker
Etta Peterson
Marjorie Louise Sevigny
Jean Parker Tirrell
*As of 1950.
+These students also receive a diploma from the Norfolk County Agricul- tural School.
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REPORT OF SOUTH JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING COMMITTEE
This committee was authorized by vote of a Special Town Meeting held on June 28, 1948. It was assigned two distinct jobs: (1) the planning and construction of additions to the Abigail Adams and Pratt Schools; (2) the planning and construction of the South Junior High School. The Adams and Pratt additions were completed and occupied on February 27, 1950. A full financial report was made last year.
A report of the Committee's work through December, 1950 was made in last year's Town Report. As noted in that report, construction of the Junior High School was started on April 13, 1950. The Annual Town Meeting in March, 1951 voted a supplementary appropriation of $75,000.00 which was added to the various items of the building budget as follows: Change Orders, $54,000.00; Furniture and Equipment, $10,000.00; Site and Playfield Development, $4.000.00; Architect's Fees, $5,500.00; Clerk of the Works, $500.00; Miscellaneous, $1,000.00. The large increase in the account for change orders covered three "extras" necessitated by the high ground water level as explained last year.
Pupils occupied the building on September 7, 1951, although consider- able work by the heating, electrical, and painting sub-contractors remained unfinished, especially in the auditorium-gymnasium wing. An Open House and Dedication Exercises were held on November 25. At this writing, a few minor items are still unfinished, but it is hoped that the building will be fully completed and accepted by the middle of February. Seeding work on the grounds and playfields was done very late in the fall. As some re-grading, re-raking, and re-seeding will be necessary in the spring, it will probably be May or June before the contract can be accepted as com- plete, and full payment made to the contractor.
In September, the Committee voted to install a supplementary gas hot water heater for summer use, a paper burner or incinerator, exterior lights, the covering and painting of the auditorium floor; to move a hydrant, and to move the garage for the Holbrook residence. These special contracts totaled $4,390.30.
The building was planned with a normal capacity of 600 pupils and it opened with an enrollment of 625 pupils, including 229 pupils from the Hunt School district. In the Building Program Plan, only part of the Hunt district pupils will be assigned to the South Junior High School in future years, and upon the opening of the Central Junior High School, all Hunt district pupils will attend that school. Thus the South Junior High School has a capacity to accommodate a future growth in the southern part of the Town of some 225 pupils.
The school has attracted a great deal of interest and it has been visited by a number of Building Committees and School Committees who are either planning or considering the construction of new high school build- ings.
The estimated total expenditures for the South Junior High School as of January 21, 1952 are as follows :
General Contract, plus Change Orders $1,049,258.36
Architects' and Engineers' Fees
75,570.68
Furniture and Equipment 126,670.20
Site and Playfield Development, including Architects'
and Engineers' Fees
99,032.72
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Special Contracts
4,390.30
Clerk of the Works
8,000.00
Surveys, Tests, and Borings
1,214.72
Advertising
273.07
Blueprints
1,716.05
Insurance During Construction
2,579.50
Miscellaneous
272.94
Total Estimated Expenditures
$1,368,978.54
Total Funds Available
$1,369,500.00
Estimated State Reimbursement
$ 360,300.00
Probable Net Cost to Town
$1,008,700.00
Respectfully submitted,
BENJAMIN M. COWAN JOSEPH W. MAHONEY
Co-Chairmen
ELMER S. MAPES, Secretary
DR. CLIFFORD F. DANFORTH DR. WALLACE H. DRAKE
GEORGE E. LANE HAROLD B. NASH
J. EDWIN PETERSON
BENJAMIN SANTACROCE
WILLIAM F. SHIELDS
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REPORT OF THE PEARL STREET SCHOOL BUILDING COMMITTEE
(First report will be found on page 244 of the Town Report for 1950)
Construction of the school was begun on November 29, 1950 and pupils occupied the building on November 29, 1951. Open House and Dedication Exercises were held on January 20, 1952. A final inspection of the building was made on January 18, 1952. A few minor items remain to be installed or corrected, and the grading sub-contractor will have to return to the job in the spring to refill areas that have settled and to re-seed grass areas as needed. The whole construction job was prosecuted with dispatch and no major problems were encountered.
The building has twelve modern well-lighted classrooms and the neces- sary supplementary facilities; namely, an all-purpose room (combination playroom and assembly hall), a principal's office, a health room, a teachers' room, and space for a lunch room in the basement. Pupils, teachers, school personnel in general, and interested visitors have all expressed approval and appreciation of the well-designed and well-lighted accommodations of this modern school.
The opening of the new school has provided five surplus classrooms in North Weymouth, all of which will be needed and occupied in September, 1952.
The estimated total expenditures as of January 21, 1952 are as follows:
General Contract plus Change Orders
$424,070.86
Architects' and Engineers' Fees
29,684.96
Furniture and Equipment
19,264.22
Fencing
2,426.00
Special Contracts
2,041.05
Clerk of the Works
6,500.00
Surveys, Tests and Borings
345.20
Advertising
102.78
Blueprints
151.85
Insurance During Construction
372.00
Miscellaneous
93.11
Total Estimated Expenditures
$485,052.03
Total Funds Available
$487,000.00
Probable Balance
1,500.00
Estimated State Reimbursement
$127,600.00
Probable Net Cost to Town
$357,900.00
Respectfully submitted,
JOHN F. BOYLE LAUGHTON B. DASHA
Co-Chairmen
ELMER S. MAPES, Secretary
BENJAMIN M. COWAN CHARLES C. HEARN
JOSEPH W. MAHONEY GERALD B. PROCTER
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REPORT OF THE GENERAL SCHOOL BUILDING COMMITTEE
TASKS
This Committee, authorized by the Special Town Meeting of November 20, 1950, and further instructed by the Special Town Meeting of October 1, 1951, is presently charged with the accomplishment of four distinct tasks:
1. Expending $468,400.00 for the construction and equipping of the new nine-classroom "Homestead" elementary school.
2. Procuring plans, working drawings and specifications for an addi- tion to the James Humphrey School.
3. Procuring plans, working drawings and specifications for an addi- tion to the Edward B. Nevin School.
4. Procuring plans, working drawings and specifications for an addi- tion to the Bicknell School.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
The first meeting of the Committee was held January 5, 1951, and during 1951 approximately thirty-two meetings were held, with the fol- lowing results:
1. Harry J. Korslund of Norwood, Massachusetts, engaged as architect for the new "Homestead" School and the addition to the Bicknell School.
2. Collens, Willis and Beckonert of Boston, Massachusetts, engaged as architects for the additions to the James Humphrey and the Edward B. Nevin schools.
3. Plans, working drawings and specifications procured for the "Home- stead" school and for the six-classroom addition to the James Humphrey School; expended $30,000.00 for the services of the two architectural firms who worked on these projects; procured bids for construction of both schools.
4. Awarded contract to the Brick and Concrete Construction Corpora- tion of Brighton, Massachusetts, on October 9, 1951, for the con- struction of the "Homestead" school.
5. Size of the "Homestead" school was increased, from the six class- rooms contemplated originally to suit estimated future enrolments, based on actual births recorded in Weymouth and known school enrolments, to nine classrooms - this change was based on re- search undertaken by the Committee in connection with the rapid rate of new home construction observed in the area to be served by the school, which indicated the necessity for the increase in size.
6. Obtained approval, by the State School Building Assistance Com- mission, of the plans and specifications for both the "Homestead" school and the addition to the James Humphrey school - such approval entitles the Town of Weymouth to State payments amount- ing to 26.32 per cent of the costs of these schools.
7. Obtained N. P. A. allocation of critical materials for the "Home- stead" school - similar allocation for the James Humphrey school addition has been applied for, and approval of such allocation by the N. P. A. is considered likely.
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CURRENT CONSIDERATIONS
The present status of the Committee's work is as follows:
1. Construction of the "Homestead" school is progressing on schedule. It is expected, in the absence of additional and unexpected prob- lems in the procurement of critical materials by the General Con- tractor, to have this school ready for occupancy by the late fall of 1952.
2. The Committee will request the 1952 Annual Town Meeting to appropriate funds for the construction and equipping of a six- classroom addition to the James Humphrey school.
3. The architects for both the Bicknell and Edward B. Nevin school additions are preparing sketches showing possible arrangements for these additions, for consideration and approval of those most suit- able by the Committee.
4. The Committee is awaiting guidance from the re-survey currently being undertaken by Dr. William K. Wilson to determine the number of classrooms and/or facilities required for the Edward B. Nevin and Bicknell additions, based on his findings relative to future enrolment trends, etc.
5. Upon receipt of this information, suitable plans, working drawings and specifications will be prepared by the architects for these two additions.
Respectfully submitted,
GRAYDON L. ABBOTT, Chairman ELMER S. MAPES, Secretary BENJAMIN N. COWAN LOUIS A. DILLON WALTER A. FEELEY JOSEPH W. MAHONEY FRED VALICENTI
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Seventy-Third Annual Report of the Trustees of the Tufts Library Weymouth, Massachusetts 1951
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SEVENTY-THIRD ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE TUFTS LIBRARY WEYMOUTH, MASSACHUSETTS TRUSTEES
Wallace H. Drake, M.D. Alice E. Fulton Francis N. Drown
Walter C. Gutterson
Philip T. Jones Franklin N. Pratt Leighton S. Voorhees H. Forrest Wilson
*Clarance P. Whittle
SELECTMEN EX-OFFICIO
Everett Callahan Joseph Crehan
Joseph A. Fern Raymond Morgan
Herbert A. Chubbuck
OFFICERS
Clarance P. Whittle, President
Franklin N. Pratt, Secretary
LIBRARIAN
Christine E. Evarts
ASSISTANTS
Eleanor T. Cooney
tRuth M. Connors Mildred W. Olson Edith L. Payson Florence G. Truax Dorothy E. Trussell Alice T. Mulready Edith T. Sanborn Jean L. Nash Ruth C. Richardson Kathy Mahoney Ruth K. Philbrick
Assistant Librarian and Reference Librarian Children's and Young People's Librarian Circulation and Records Librarian Cataloger Extension Librarian Children's Librarian Assistant Reference Librarian Senior Desk Assistant Desk Assistant Assistant Cataloger Assistant Children's Librarian Secretarial Assistant
BRANCH LIBRARIANS
North Weymouth Branch East Weymouth Branch Lovell's Corner Station Pond Plain Station Weymouth Heights Station Nash's Corner Station
CUSTODIANS
Main Library Main Library North Weymouth Branch East Weymouth Branch
*Deceased.
1Resigned. #Retired July 1.
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Catherine C. Osborn Filomena A. LaRocco Edith T. Sanborn Lena B. Pratt Florence G. Truax Kathy Mahoney
John A. Johnson #John G. Galvin John Carter Benjamin N. Ells
LIBRARY HOURS
The Tufts Library, Washington Square, Weymouth Landing Open 9 A.M. to 8 P.M. daily.
The Children's Room, Commercial Street, Weymouth Landing Open 2:30 to 5 P.M. daily, Saturdays, 9 A.M. to 5 P.M.
North Weymouth Branch, 68-70 Sea Street, North Weymouth Open 2 to 6 and 7 to 8 P.M. except Saturday
East Weymouth Branch, Jackson Square, East Weymouth Open 2 to 8 P.M. daily except Saturday
Lovell's Corner Station, Pratt School, East Weymouth Open 2:30 to 6 and 7 to 8 P.M. Tuesday
Nash's Corner Station, Shaw School, South Weymouth Open 2:30 to 6 and 7 to 8 P.M. Tuesday
Pond Plain Station, 308 Pond Street, South Weymouth Open 2:30 to 6 and 7 to 8 P.M. Friday
Weymouth Heights Station, Adams School, Weymouth Heights Open 2:30 to 6 and 7 to 8 P.M. Thursday
The Library and its Branches are open for circulation of books, refer- ence service and reading as noted above, except on Sundays, legal holidays and the 17th of June.
LIBRARY SERVICES
The Library is for the use of all residents of Weymouth. Temporary residents are entitled to the same privileges as permanent residents.
A library card entitles the holder to borrow books, magazines, pamph- lets and pictures for home use. Phonograph records may be borrowed at the Main Library only. The library card must be presented when books and records are borrowed.
The Children's Room at the Main Library and Children's Departments at the Branch Libraries provide books and reading guidance for the boys and girls. Children under Senior High School age are entitled to a card if the application is signed by a parent or guardian. Story hours for the younger children are held on Friday afternoons throughout the winter months.
Reference service is available at the library or by telephone.
For the convenience of residents in the various parts of the Town, there is a weekly exchange of books from all Branch Libraries. A library card is valid at any Branch or at the Main Library.
Telephone:
The Tufts Library - WEymouth 9-1402 North Weymouth Branch - WEymouth 9-1571-J East Weymouth Branch - WEymouth 9-1677-W
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TUFTS LIBRARY, BOARD OF TRUSTEES Weymouth, Massachusetts
In the passing of Dr. Clarance P. Whittle, the Board of Trustees of the Tufts Library has lost a faithful member and a conscientious officer.
He became a member in 1904 and was elected President in 1907.
His broad experience, good judgment and wise counsel proved valuable to the Board, and he won the respect of all with whom he was brought in contact.
Mindful of their long association with Dr. Whittle as a member and official of this body and his constructive work on behalf of this organiza- tion, the Board of Trustees gratefully records its appreciation of him by adopting the following:
BE IT RESOLVED: That the Trustees of Tufts Library express their high appreciation of Dr. Clarance Whittle's services, of his deep interest in whatever concerned the reading public of the Town, and of his untiring devotion to those matters which have promoted the welfare of this institution.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED: That a copy of this resol- ution be spread upon the minutes of this organization, and that a copy be sent to Dr. Whittle's family as a testimonial of the Trustees' sincere appreciation of his untiring labor, not only as a member of the Board of Trustees of the Tufts Library, but also as a citizen of the Town of Weymouth.
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IN MEMORIAM
DR. CLARANCE P. WHITTLE
Friend, Counselor, Trustee of The Tufts Library 1904 - 1951
President of the Board of Library Trustees 1907-1951
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DR. CLARANCE P. WHITTLE
SEVENTY THIRD ANNUAL REPORT OF THE
TRUSTEES OF THE TUFTS LIBRARY
To the Citizens of the Town of Weymouth:
In the Annual Town Report for 1950, Dr. Whittle drew attention to a number of serious problems confronting the Tufts Library and made recommendations which, in his judgment, would make for better service to the reading public. Some of these problems remain, and the Trustees again draw them to your attention.
The Main Library building was erected about sixty years ago. It has reached the point where it is a constant struggle to keep it in rpeair. In 1951, the Trustees spent $2,439.57 for repairs, much of it of an emergency nature. The budget for 1952 calls for additional repairs amounting to $2,588.25, in addition to $955.00 already appropriated for emergency repairs to the tower brickwork and gutters.
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