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:20 Wakefield,
Moncton, N. B., Wakefield,
Robert and Emma, Joseph G. and Mary T.,
First,
John R. Shannon, at Malden.
18.John C. Allen, | Madeline Robuchard,
38 Wakefield, 36 Lyun,
Buctouche, N. B. Peter L. and Gertrude I, Second, First, Thaddey and Mary, .6
Rodolph Fortier, at Lynu.
21 Frederick Cooley, Bertha S. Knight,
30 Boston, 21 Somerville,
William T. and Mary J., Waterbury, Vt., Bowd'nham, Me. Bradford Pand Addic A,
First,
C. Guy Robbins, at Wakefield.
25 Joseph W. McInnis, 'Agnes L. ('Neil
|26 Malden, 26 Wakefield, Peabody,
Alexandria, Va., John A. and Flora, First,
William and Honora A.,
Wm. T. O'Connor,
at Wakefield.
147
1
MARRIAGES REGISTERED IN WAKEFIELD DURING THE YEAR 1906 .- Continued.
Dateof Mar'ge.
Name of Bride and Groom.
Age.
Residence of each at time of Marriage.
Place of Birth.
Names of Parents.
What Marriage
By whom Married.
Nov. 25 Melbourne S.LeBlanc, 25 Lynn, Annie C. Doucette,
25| Wakefield,
Yarmouth, N.S., Sinian and Mary M., Jerry and Charlotte,
First,
John D. Colbert, at Wakefield.
25 Thomas Maxwell, Louise F. (Lloyd) [Baldwin,
36|Reading, 33 Reading,
St. Stephens, Henry H. and Harriet, Henry and Luella, Reading,
Second, -
C. Guy Robbins, at Wakefield.
28 Patrick J. Daley, Winifred E. McGow- [en,
27 Wakefield, 21 Stoneham,
Ireland,
John and Delia, James and Mary,
First,
M. J. O'Connor, at Stoneham.
28 Lawrence J. Babine, Sadie Moulisong,
20 Wilmington Wilmington, 24 Wakefield,
Mundy and Emily, Yarmouth, N.S., James and Mary,
First, -
John D. Colbert, at Wakefield.
28 Daniel A. Murphy, Agnes F. Bailey,
22 20
Wakefield,
Peekskill, N. Y., Patrick and Ellen, E. Boston,
First,
John D. Colbert, at Wakefield.
28 James V. Sullivan Mary A. Brennan,
33 33
Ireland, Wakefield,
Michael and Margaret, Dennis and Mary,
First,
John D. Colbert, at Wakefield.
29|William P. Oliver, Marion Lewis,
2I Wakefield, 19 Melrose,
Wakefield, Roxbury,
George I. and Agnes G., George S. and Elizabeth
First,
John Norberry, at Malden.
29 Charles A. Stubbs, Mary C. Hoar,
27 Wakefield, 24 Reading,
Wakefield, Treley, Ireland,
Alexander and Lucy, Thomas and Nellie,
First,
Dennis F. Lee, at Reading.
29 Ira M. Libby, Emma A. Merrill,
23 Scarboro, 23 Wakefield,
Scarboro, Me., Dorchester,
Charles A. and Luella, Charles S. and Emma J.,
First,
John R. Chaffee, at Wakefield.
Dec. I Toseph Curran, May D. Smith,
21 Wakefield, 27 "
So. Boston, Boston,
Joseph and Mary, John and Mary,
First,
Charles A. Feyhl, at Boston.
148
Henry and Bridget,
Wakefield,
[N. B.,
5|Sydney H. Grant, Ida McLean,
28|Wakefield, 21 Me., 27 Bar Harbor, Bar Harbor, Me., 25 Wakefield, Houlton, Me.,
|So.Ferryby, Eng|Wesley and Mary J., Pt. Hawkesbury, John and Rachel, [N. S.
Ambrose H. & Elizabeth First, Charles B. and Blanche,
Wm. O. Baker,
at Wakefield.
15 Adin Perkins, Alice M. Wooldridge
25 | Wakefield, 22
Wakefield, England,
Zenas and Alice, John and Emily,
First,
Hugh A. Heath,
at Wakefield.
19 Henry L. Stone, Effie E. Davidson,
22 Hopedale, 24 Wakefield,
Reading, Nova Scotia,
John H. and Caroline, James and Jemima,
First,
Rufus S. Chase,
at Wakefield.
23 Wesley E. Grogan, Lucy A. Bailey,
21 Quincy, 23 Everett,
Kittery, Me., Chelsea,
William E. and Ella S., First, George W. & Henrietta, -
C. Guy Robbins,
at Wakefield.
25 J. Campbell Joslyn, Etta L. Smith,
37 Wakefield, 35|Chester, Ct., Chester, Ct.,
Waitsville, Vt.,
David O. and Sarah, Julius and Lucinda,
First,
Edward O. Dyer, at Chester, Ct.
26 Walter B. Widfeldt, Eva A. MacMaster,
22 Melrose, 21 |Wakefield,
Somerville, Wakefield.
Knud and Maria, Jonathon and Josephine,
First,
John R. Chaffee, at Wakefield.
27 Cyril A. E. Harper, Ethel E. Singer,
28 Wakefield, 24
Wakefield, Lower Selma, [N. S.,
Henry and Sarah, Charles and Mary,
First,
Hugh A. Heath, at Wakefield.
27 Arthur J. Bonire Laura (Lord) Snel1
27 Wakefield, 28
Haverhill,
Groveland,
First, George and Franceina P. Second, Joseph and Belizna,
John W. Sherman, at Boston.
149
First,
Wm. R. Polhamus at Wakefield.
12 Edward L. Higgins, Hortense L. Stevens,
DEATHS REGISTERED IN WAKEFIELD DURING THE YEAR 1906.
Date.
Name of Deceased.
Age. y. m. d.
Condition.
Birthplace.
Names of Parents.
Cause of Death.
Jan. 4|Winifred Keane, William T. Nason,
J8| 10|24 Single,
Ireland,
Thomas & Catherine, Tub. meningitis.
Pul. tuberculosis.
8 Mary (Connell) Greany,
59
o 2 Married,
Ireland,
Edward and Jennie, Jeremiah & Hannah Ezekiel and Sarah,
Gen. tuberculosis.
IO James Oliver,
85| 7 II Married,
Wakefield,
Apoplexy.
II Jane C. (Coner ) McAusland,
76 6 II Married,
B'dgew're, Sctld William & Margaret, Wakefield,
Obst'n of bile duct. Bronchitis.
13|George Voltz,
0 0 29 Single, 85|11 |13 Widower, 4 23 Single,
Montpelier, Vt., Wakefield,
Charles and Sophia, Samuel and Hopeful, Apoplexy. Joseph and Winifred, Tuberculosis.
15 Alice M. White,
15
81 0 2 Widow,
Chester, N. H.,
Willard&(unknown ) Heart disease.
19 James H. Richard,
24
4 3 Single,
Arichat, Cape B. Isaiah and Caroline, Wakefield,
Pul. tuberculosis.
26 Thomas A. Doucette,
18
0 25 Single,
Jeremiah and Jennie, Acute nephritis. CumberIn'd, R I Henry and Elizabeth, Haematemesis. N. B.,
Feb. 2 Josialı McWhirter,
37 8 16 Married,
James A. and Sarab, Tub. meningitis.
67 8
2 21 Married, 2 15 Single,
Jamaica Plain, Georgetown, Scotland,
Org. dis. of heart. E. Horace and Susie, Dipth. membranous John and Margaret,
13 Catherine Ryan,
13 William N. McMullen,
0 0 28 Single,
15|David J. Donavan,
0 II Single, O
15 Still Birth,
0
O 0
20 Jndith ( Richardson) Eaton,
82 5
C Widow,
Billerica, Wakefield,
Loami and Abigail, Ebenezer and Mary, Anson and Chlora, Nathan & Mehitabel, Apoplexia.
Entero colitis. Meningitis. Rheumatic fever.
24 |Ralph D. Marshall,
Boston,
25|Salva (Swain) Butterfield,
Wilton, Me.,
Ireland, Templeton,
William and Jane, Carl and Emma,
Val. dis of heart. Bronchitis. Apoplexy.
Pawtucket, R.I. George H. and Sarah Bright's disease,
150
2 Henry L. Goldsmith, 5 Lawrence T. Perley, 9 George L. McAusland, Io Still Birth,
87 0 85 0 o Single,
Ireland,
Wakefield, Wakefield,
Patrick and Nancy, Daniel aud Phebe, Thomas and Mary,
Heart disease. Asphyxia. Marasmus.
21 Lucyette Hartshorne,
0 Single, 79 0
I7 0 9 Single, 76 II 28 Widow,
26 Ellen (Downey) Morgan,
26 Emma C. Wall,
75| o| o Widow, 0 10 17 Single, 54 9 19 Married, 143| 1| 7 Married,
New York, N. Y. Samuel and Anne,
27 Mary E. ( Wright) Craige, 28 Albert W. Smith,
33
o o Married,
Charlestown,
13 George S. Curtis,
16 Rhoda J. (Willard ) Skinner,
28 Henry C. Peck,
58 6 14 | Married,
Henry L. and Naomi, Pernicious anaemia.
o 16 Widower, 0 0
Mar. I Amanda (Neal) Clifford,
2 Israel A. Parsons, 3 Thomas P. Donavan,
9|William Garside,
9|Eva J. (Hopkinson ) Poland, 49| 0 15 | Married,
12 Timothy Hopkins, 13 Willianı B. Daniel, 14 David A. Hines, 21 Michael Hourihan,
22 Still Birth,
27 Charles R. Peddie, 27 Still Birth,
29 Alfred Francis,
30 Thomas McGrath,
Apr. 3 Hannah (Coakley ) Regan, 4 Jessie (Byers) Healey,
5 Ruel Paige Buzzell,
9 Jennie (Gemmell) Draper,
9| Mary (Caldwell) Woodman, 12 James F. Emersou,
14:Clemente Todesco, 15: Elizabeth( McCloude ) Baldwin 59
15: Joseph R. Marble,
19 Reuben L. Cooper,
20: Betsey E. (Hartshorne ) Wiley,
21 Margaret ( Regan ) Flynn, 23 Silas W. Flint, 30 George II. Teague,
May 6|Eva M. Pitman, 7 Lydia W. (Pratt) Kemlo, 12 Albert W. Hunt, 13 Hattie C. Alford, 21! Simpson,
25 Enos Wiley,
87 8|7 Widower, Wakefield,
80: 9 21 Widower, Boston,
John and Lucy Israel and Emily, Thomas and Mary,
Old Meldm, Sct. James and Helen, Wakefield, Ireland,
Lloyd aud Alice, Thomas and Mary,
Apoplexy. Val. dis. of heart. ¡Marasmus. Heart disease.
Cerebral hemorhage Cancer of liver,
Ulceratve bronchitis Malformation heart. Broncho Pneumonia
Guysboro, N. S. Alexander and Mary, Gangrene of lungs.
0 0 0
0 2 13 Single,
Unknown, Ireland,
Unknown, Solomon and Kate, Patrick and Nora,
Ireland,
New Annan, NS Robert and Isabel,
Manlius, N. Y., Noah and Olive,
Barnston, Can., William and Matilda, Sarcoma of stomach.
Charlestown,
Wakefield, Wakefield,
James and Lucy, Thomas and Betsey, Angelo and Nunzio,
Ap'pl'y w'h paresis. Ossification of heart Pneumonia.
Tub'lar pulmonalis. Val. disease of heart
Albion, Me.,
Henry and Fannie,
Wakefield, N.H. Reuben and Dorothy Disease of heart.
Wakefield,
Ireland, Boston, Peabody,
Nova Scotia,
Chelsea,
Ebenezer and Mary, John and Mary, Solomon and Betsey, Pulmonary œdema. William and Mary, Leslie and Ida Isaac and Sarah,
Locomotor ataxia. Malnutrit'n & m'sles Exhaustion.
East Pittstn, Me. Winslow and Mahale Pneumonia.
Swanton Vt., Wakefield,
Daniel and Sarah, Clarence and Annie, Eli and Loue,
Tumors of brain. [Cong'tal atelectasis. Pneumonia.
Thomas and Martha, Senile decay.
Convulsions. Pulmonary tubercl. Pneumonia, Gall stones. Angina pectoris.
43| o o Married,
51| 8 o Married,
55 5 26 Married,
60 5 17 Married,
53 3 7 Married, 73 4 21 |Married,
75 8| T |Married, 0 9 o Single,
0 o Married. 69|II 23 Married, 76 6 18 Married,
86 4 I Widow, 69 2 o Married,
62 6 18 Married, 70| 7|28 Married, I|5 12 Single, 79|11 |26 |Widow, 68 0 22 Married, 31|11|14 Single, o o I Single,
June I James W. Potter,
79, o o Widow, 74 7 26 Married, 0 0 24 Single, 68| 8|12 Widower, Stalyb'd'ge, Eng William and Betty, Laurent and Mary, Michael and Mary, [Buxton, Me.,
Unity, N. H., Lynnfield, Wakefield,
60 o| o|Widower, Galway, Ire.,
54 7 3 Married, 0 0 3 Single,
84 0 o Married, O 0
69 6 o Married,
Kent Co., N. B., Angus and Mary,
Cerebral hemorr'ge. Exhaustion.
151
DEATHS REGISTERED IN WAKEFIELD DURING THE YEAR 1906 .- Continued.
Date.
Name of Deceased.
Age. y. m.d.
Conditiou.
Birthplace.
Names of Parents.
Cause of Death.
June 4 Elizabeth (Gove) Bancroft, 7 Augusta ( Lindquist ) Swantee, 49 8|Oscar E. Peterson, 5 IO Georgiana ( Fisher) Day,
56|
Married, 7 26 Married, I| 5 Single,
Boston, Sweden, Wakefield,
Theodore and Sarah, Andrew&(unknown) Tohn and Augusta, John and Francis,
Chronic cystitis. Carcinoma of vulva. Meningitis. Apoplexy.
13 Arthur O. Anderson,
28
9,13 Married,
Andrew and Augusta, Tuberculosisofl'ngs George and Louisa,
15 Heber G. Atkins,
29 2 4 Married,
Newfoundland,
Gr'nd Aucer, C.B Hugh and Maggie,
Tuberculosisofl'ngs Malig. scarlet fever.
17 Barbara ( Buchanan ) Brewer, 19 Ferren H. Lovejoy,
48 II 0 Divorced,
87 6 0 Widow,
Warren, Me., Louvilla, Ky., Lexington,
William and Martha, Tubl'sisof intestines David & (unknown), Injury by fall. Jacob and Thankful, Cystitis.
24 Still Birth,
0 0
C
3
0 o Single,
Wakefield, Wakefield,
Michael and Alice, Timothy and Annie,
Diphtheria. [culosis. Acute miliary tuber- Chronic nephritis.
29 Mary E. (Taylor ) Roberts, 30 Augusta Nugent.
55 2 17 Married,
Montreal, Can., James and Annie,
Hyde Park, Christopher & Kate, Miliary tuberculosis Lyndeboro, N H Ebenezer & Elizab'th Heart disease.
July 10 Almira E. Fiske, II
15 I 12 Single, 53 10,17 Single, 0 0 7 Single, 63 7 18 Married,
Wakefield,
Cambridge, Wakefield,
Timothy and Maude, Icterus neonatorum. Moses and Eliza, Maurice and Agnes,
22 Stillborn,
0 0 o I Single, 0 O 56 10 16 Married,
25 William A. Carleton,
Aug. I Phylis M. Tyler,
0 0 14 Single,
59 4
7 II Married,
Single,
II Annie T. (Glynn) Simpson,
31 0 o Married,
II Henry L. Haskell,
69 I 14 Married,
II John P. Barry,
44 3|23 Married,
70
Married, 0|10|14 Single,
Fitchburg, Wakefield, Keene, N. H., Winchester, Ireland, Gloucester, Ireland, Bethel, Me., Wakefield,
Ira andCaroline, Lucius and Ida, Jerome and Sophia, Charles and Hattie, Martin and Bridget, George and Lucy,
William & Elizabeth, Phthisis pulmonalis Caleb and Rhoda, Chronictuberculosis Gastro-enteritis. John and Annie,
152
Heart failure. Immaturity. BIE Locomotor ataxia. Acute gastritis. Cancer of kidneys. Ulcerative colitis. Pulm'y tuberculosis Entero colitis.
14|Charles G. Bessey, 15/Charles J. McCarthy,
54
I o Married,
Malden, Wakefield,
41 3 o Married,
20 Martha Lemman,
23 John Goodwin Brooks,
184 10 7 Widower,
24 Thomas F. Keady,
24 John J. Keliher,
28 5 o Single,.
Leary, 20 Edmund Rice, 20 Walsh,
8 Frances A. ( Story ) Lowerre, 9 Wilbur E. Kimball,
16| Martin J. Glynn, 25 John J. Murphy, 26 Gerard Madden, 26| Alexander Turnbull,
27 Arthur Brown, 27 Samuel Henry Gowing, 30 Arthur W. Cartland, Sept. 2 Hannah M. (Lealand) Marden 80 0 5 12 Single,
5 Victoria Anderson, 7 Elizabeth Pearce, 8 Raymond Merritt,
10 Maud (Pearce ) Leary,
15 Ellen Tyzzer, 18 James I. Brown,
19 Timothy Doucette,
24 William D. Kent,
27. Charles H. Hart,
65 7 25 Married,
67 0 o Divorced,
Wakefield,
New Brunswick George and Elizabeth Heart disease.
Cerebral hem'rhage.
Cancer. Old age. Angina pectoris. Lobar pneumonia.
Jeremiah & Margaret Val. dis. of heart.
James and Sarah, William and Mary, New York, N. Y. John and Harriet,
Septicæmia. Val. dis. of heart. Peritonitis.
[with cystitis.
John and Elizabeth, Nervous debility
Samuel &(unknown ) Apoplexy. Magnus and Caroline Val. dis. of heart. Felix and Rose, Jacob and Grace,
Pneumonia. Chronic bronchitis.
153
Oct. 5 Josephine(Anders'n ) Anderson 45 5 14 Married, 7 Jane M. (McIntosh) Whitney, 50 9 Eliza A. (Parker) Burdett, 77 IO o Widow, 56| 0 c Married, II Alason R. Wiley, 12 Josephine A. H.
15 Still Born,
17 Honora Sullivan ) Roach, 27| Edward E. Whiton, 27 Mary A. (Classen) Foster, Nov. I John H. C. Allen, 8 Still Birth 13 John G. Aborn,
16 Annette Mayo, 17: Anna M. E. Lybeck,
19 Mary B. Muse, 22 Mary J. (Barnard) Wiley,
61| 0| 0| Married, 7 15 Single, 3 Single,
24 0
83 6 9 Married,
0 5 II Single, 0 24 Married,
69 0 6|10|Single, o o Widow,
55 6| o Single,
0 2 15 Single, Wakefield, England, Wakefield,
27 3|19 Married, 0 I Single,
0 84 5 II Widower,
29 Married, 62 78 19 Married,
2 1 Married,
Dorchester, Wakefield, Swampscott, England,
0
36 0 o Married,
58 3 28 Married, 70| 5 16 Widow, 63|10|22 Single, 0
0 0 83|II 21 Married, 58 o o Single, 27 6 29 Married, 0| 2|14 Single, 83 I0 2 Widow,
Ireland, Wakefield, Wakefield, Kelso, Scotland Robert and Annie,
Boston, Wilmington, Wakefield, Nashua, N. H. Wakefield,
Arthur and Lillian, Samuel and Emily, Wm. H. and Helen, James and Hannah, Peter and Wanda,
Laun'ston, Eng. William and Tamson Nephritis.
Marasmus.
Gilman and Ellen, Joseph and Elizabeth Pulm'y tuberculosis Premature birth. Enteritis.
Ernest and Jessie, John and Betsey,
Belfast, Me., Yarmouth, N.S. John and Magdalene, Newfield, Me., Wakefield,
Josiah and Eunice, Charles and Martha, William and Nancy,
Cancer of stomach. Chronic nephritis. Apoplexy. Paralysis.
28 William H. Bachelor, 29 Thomas Magee,
75 0 15 Married,
Sweden,
Andrew and Olena, George and Mary, Jacob and Eliza, Nathan and Mercy, Joseph and Anın,
Ireland, Charlestown1, Boston,
Reading, S. Reading, Sweden, Wakefield, Boston,
Joseph and Bridget, Daniel and Mary, T. Frank&Katherine|Gastro enteritis. Senile decay. Cholera infantum. Cancer of pancreas. Ileo colitis. Softening of brain. Whooping cough.
Fracture of ribs. Apoplexy.
( Edwards) 71 [Edmands, O
2 18 Married, 0
DEATHS REGISTERED IN WAKEFIELD DURING THE YEAR 1906 .- Continued.
Date.
Name of Deceased.
Age. y. m.d.
Condition.
Birthplace.
Names of Parents.
Cause of Death.
Nov. 27 George S. Bower,
0
0 30 Single,
Greenwood, Ireland,
George L. and Kate, John and Ellen,
Premature birth. Val. heart disease.
29 Margaret Murray,
34
o o Single,
30 William D. Parker,
80 9 8 Married,
Wakefield,
William and Abigail, Chronic malaria.
Dec. 1 Margaret (Conway ) Deady, 9|Mary F. (Reddington ) Sulli-
33|
7|12 Married,
Ireland, Wakefield,
John and (uuknown) Patrick and Mary, Ulcer of stomach. Acute tuberculosis. Joseph & Elizabeth, Chron. ossiffi.of h'rt.
13| Henry G. Henfield,
[van,
69
61
o o Married,
Nova Scotia,
Michael and Mary, Solon P. and Sarah, Lewis and Jane,
Chron. Bright's dis. Entero colitis. Premature birth. Cancer of bowels.
18|Peter Doucette,
43|
o o Married,
Nova Scotia,
25 James E. Buckley,
158|10 23 Single,
Tuberculosis.
25 John C. Roberson,
62 4 14 Married,
61
8 22 Widower,
Saugus,
Josiah and Lucy,
30; Margaret E. Fay,
56
I 16 |Single.
Boston.
Patrick and Mary,
Sarcoma of thigh. Acute bronchitis.
154
0
1 o Single,
Wakefield,
18
White,
0
0 1 Single,
Wakefield,
Nortlı Andover, Denmark,
Charles and Jane, James and Ann, Unknown,
Cerebral hemorh'ge.
29 Josiah G. Stiles,
3 19 Married,
Lynnfield,
13 Johanna ( Mahoney ) Dillon, 16 Myron Clark Phipps,
48 o o Married,
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155
Recapitulation.
Births registered in 1906,
257
Males,
I27
Females,
I30
257
Nativity of Parents.
Fathers.
Mothers.
Wakefield,
34
29
United States,
90
So
British Provinces,
65
7I
Ireland,
20
28
Italy, .
23
22
England,
8
5
Austria,
4
4
Scotland,
2
5
Sweden,
2
2
Norway,
2
2
Poland,
2
2
France,
O
3
Greece.
I
I
Switzerland,
I
O
Danish West Indies,
O
I
Unknown,
3
2
257
257
156
Marriages registered in 1906, Nativity.
Grooms.
Brides.
Wakefield,
18
28
United States
68
50
British Provinces,
22
30
Ireland,
II
IO
Italy,
6
5
England,
3
4
Austria,
I
1
Scotland,
I
O
India,
O
I
Bermuda Islands,
O
I
-
I30
I30
First marriage,
II7
I21
Second
IO
8
Third
66
3
O
Fourth 66
O
I
I30
I30
Number under 20 years of age,
between 20 and 30,
87
88
29
I9
66
40
50,
4
3
50
"' 60,
·
4
I
60
70,
2
O
130
130
. ..... . . . ... ..
4
19
30° " 40,
.
I30
....-
157
Deaths registered in 1906,
142
Males,
.
Female3, ·
, 61
142
Number under 5 years of age,
27
between 5 and I0, .
2
66
" 10 and 20,
5
20 and 30,
7
30 and 40,
6
40 and 50,
IO
50 and 60,
22
60 and 70,
21
" 70 and 80,
I7
“ 80 and 90,
18
Still births,
7
I42
Average age, excluding still births, 48 years, o months, o days.
Nativity :
Wakefield, .
46
United States,
54
Ireland,
15
British Provinces,
I4
England,
4
Scotland,
4
Sweden,
3
Denmark,
.
I
Unknown,
I
·
.
I42
158
Dog Licenses.
Number of licenses issued,
453
Males, .
389
Females,
62
Breeders,
2
453
Tax on 389 males at $2.00, .
$778 00
Tax on 62 females at $5.00, 310 00
Tax on 2 breeders' licenses,
50 00
$1,138 00
Deduct clerk's fees,
90 60
$1,047 40 Cash paid J. O. Hayden, County treasurer, . . $1,047 40
CHARLES F. HARTSHORNE,
Town Clerk.
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ANNUAL REPORT
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
BEEBE TOWN LIBRARY
1906~1907.
160
ORGANIZATION OF TRUSTEES.
Chairman, Treasurer,
Secretary,
Charles F. Mansfield Albert W. Flint
Richard Dutton, M. D.
STANDING COMMITTEES.
LIBRARY. Harry Foster, Chairman.
F. T. Woodbury, M. D., Mrs. Sarah Y. Morton
READING ROOM.
. F. T. Woodbury, M. D., Chairman, Richard Dutton, M. D. Mrs. Sarah Y. Morton, Edson W. White
BOOKS. Charles F. Mansfield, Chairman.
Harry Foster, Mrs. Annie E. Hamilton
William W. Taft, Edson W. White
CATALOGUE.
Mrs. A. E. Hamilton, Chairman, Ashton H. Thayer Charles F. Mansfield.
FINANCE. Ashton H. Thayer, Chairman,
Wm. W. Taft, Mrs. Annie E. Hamilton
GREENWOOD.
Richard Dutton, M. D., Chairman,
Edson W. White, Ashton H. Thayer
Librarian, Mrs. Harriet A. Shepard
Assistant Librarian, Miss Ruth Gowen Miss H. Gertrude Lee
Attendant at Greenwood, Purchasing Agent, .
Charles F. Mansfield
161
Report of the Library Trustees.
TO THE CITIZENS OF WAKEFIELD : -
The trustees, in years past, have called attention to the need of a building, devoted entirely to the uses of the public library and containing within its walls ample space for book storage and administrative purposes, with children's room, reading room, study room, art room, and all that pertains to the best type of modern library.
The library, in a commodious and attractive home of its own, would add dignity to the town and fittingly supplement its present educational advantages.
Other towns have been blessed with such an institution by bequest, or by the gift of some citizen or family, sometimes by the gift of Andrew Carnegie, and perhaps more rarely by di- rect appropriation by the town. In which of these ways our town shall acquire its building does not yet appear, but that the citizens will grow to an appreciation of its need and pub- lic sentiment demand its erection is certain.
Our library has had its benefactors in the past, - Hon. Lu- cius Beebe, from whom it takes its name, Dr. Francis P. Hurd, Cyrus Wakefield, 2d, Mrs. Harriet N. Flint, Franklin Poole and Cyrus G. Beebe, the reminder of whose gener- osity is ever before the public in the books purchased by their bounty and in the portraits which look down upon us from the walls of our present inadequate room.
While waiting for the development of that sentiment which shall lead to the acquisition of an attractive and convenient . home, your trustees endeavor to make the fullest possible use of the resources at thelr command.
Early in the present year an effort was made to distribute more widely the printed catalogue and to advertise the hours of opening and the privileges of the library and reading room.
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To this end, the town was canvassed by several High school students and about 200 catalogues were sold.
The addition of books has continued as usual, 207 having been purchased, of which number 93 were fiction, 29 juvenile, and the balance books of the various other classifications. A few books of historical and genealogical interest and value have been added, the most important being : History of Ips- wich, History of Melrose, Medford, past and present, Wy- man's Estates and Genealogies of Charlestown, and Bond's Genealogies and History of Watertown. Among other valu- able books added, are, - Illustrated History of English Lit- erature, Man and the Earth, Lincoln, Master of Men, New Creations in Plant Life, Great Englishmen of the Sixteenth Century, Shakespeare and the Modern Stage, Tarry at Home Travels, and the Journals and Letters of Samuel Gridley Howe.
An extra copy each of the Atlantic Monthly, Century Magazine, Harper's Monthly and Scribner's Magazine is now taken, for circulation in the same manner as the books.
The library has received gifts of books during the year as shown in the report of the librarian, notably a number of vol- umes from the Estate of James F. Emerson, bound volumes of the Daily Item from its publisher, H. M. Dolbeare, also books from A. E. Boesch and Frederic R. Bogardus, out-of- town friends of the library.
The waiting list system of reserving books on request, with notification by mail, seems very satisfactory and is largely used, over 400 postals having been sent out during the year.
The distribution of books at the delivery station at Green- wood has grown so that the hours have been increased and the services of two persons are now required. It has become a strong feature of the work of the library, 8, 710 books having been delivered during the year as compared with 4.778 last year, and 200 persons now holding cards. Should the growth continue, as seems certain, it will be necessary to have addi- tional accommodations, and with this in mind the trustees have considered the finishing of a rcom in the basement of the schoolhouse, for use not simply as a station for the delivery of
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books, but possibly later as a public reading room. Permis- sion to do this has been granted by the school committee, by whose favor the work so far done has been possible. The fin- ishing and furnishing of this room is estimated to cost about $500, and the trustees recommend a special appropriation for this purpose and have caused an article to be inserted in the warrant accordingly. Measured by circulation, the opening of the Greenwood branch has increased the usefulness of the library more than twenty-five per cent, and the opportunity of doing greater good in the future, at a small additional ex- pense, should be carefully considered.
The Reading Room is well supplied with the leading pe- riodicals and magazines, and is an important adjunct to the library. At the suggestion of the Superintendent of Schools, the following educational papers have been added : School Review, Educational Review, Pedagogical Seminary, Educa- tion, Journal of Pedagogy, New York School Journal, and Journal of Education.
Several tours in the Underwood Travel System have also been placed in the Reading Room, viz .: Washington, Yel- lowstone National Park, Yosemite Valley, Grand Canyon of Arizona, and Niagara Falls, comprising about 130 stereoscopic views covering these places, and in connection with the maps and guides accompanying them, bringing the scenes before the eye in a mostvivid and natural manner. Libraries which have introduced these tours have found them well received and of great educational value, and should this prove to be the case here, others will probably be added as funds permit.
The Trustees recommend for the Reading Room the same appropriation as made last year. $250; for the Library, the amount of the dog tax, now in the hands of the Treasurer, and the sum of $500, and for finishing the room at Green- wood, before referred to, a special appropriation of $500.
In behalf of the Trustees,
CHARLES F. MANSFIELD, Chairman.
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LIBRARIAN'S REPORT.
Number of volumes in the Library, February I, 1906, 15,622 Added by purchase during the year, 207
66 to replace worn out volumes, 147
66 by donation, 92
Magazines bound from the Reading Room, 19
Volumes worn out during the year, 143
Total number of volumes in the Library February, 1, 1907, 15,944
Number of volumes rebound including magazines, Donations from
State of Massachusetts, ·
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