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(f) Snow .- This item includes removing of snow from sidewalks, sanding and carting snow away from Square, Albion Street, North Avenue and other streets in Town, also new ploughs and repairs and painting of old ploughs.
(g) General Maintenance .- Under this item is charged all accounts that cannot be charged to any of the other items, such as new guard fences, repairing and painting old fences, cutting grass along sidewalks, trimming trees and repairs on Road Machinery and Rollers.
(h) Sections.
Cleaning
Drains
Gravel
Tar Patching Oiling
Totals
Balance Over Draft
No. 1.
$404.38
$1,061.66
$901.25
$2,367.29
$1,205.13
No. 2.
883.79
$1,097.98
55.82
2,230.14
4,267.73
1,071.79
No. 3. .
293.38
1,043.28
599.01
1,935.67
482.97
No. 4. .
821.08
187.95
1,150.74
559.08
2,718.85
685.07
No. 5.
514.03
409.64
185.25
434.31
1,543.23
90.53
No 6 ..
668.11
264.60
230.12
1,162.83
144.60
No 7.
604.45
36.71
768.31
1,409.47
769.58
No 8.
255.88
375.74
12.00
643.62
288.00
No. 9.
388.95
31.44
302.14
17.40
739.93
131.69
Totals .. . $4,834.05
$1,763.72 $4,439.23
$5,751.52
$16,788.62
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(1) RE-TREATING
Such bituminous macadam streets as portions of Main Street, Chestnut Street, Albion Street, Lowell and Salem Streets, were patched and dressed with tar, asphalt and sand.
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More money is needed for this work because the Town is building from 3,000 to 3,200 sq. yds. of bituminous roads each year. Maintenance of such roads saves patching which is very expensive and at the same time unsatisfactory at the best.
(2) PERMANENT CONSTRUCTION
Appropriation
$6,000.00
Expended .
5,989.14
Balance
$10.86
A bituminous macadam road on the easterly side of North Avenue extending from Church Street to Beacon Street, with two catch basins and necessary out- lets was constructed. Approximately 1,800 sq. yds. of surface was laid. 8,550 gallons of Bermudez Asphalt at 25 1-2 cents per gallon, was used as a binder.
(3) SALEM STREET
Appropriation.
$9,000.00
Expended .
8,978.93
Balance
$21.07
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A bituminous macadam road was constructed on Salem Street extending near Montrose Depot to Wakefield-Lynnfield Line, a distance of about 1,500 ft., or 3,000 sq. yds. Bermudez Asphalt was used as a binder.
Three catch basins were installed with 45 feet of 10 inch vitrified pipe and 60 feet of 12 inch vitrified pipe.
The construction of this Street was done according to plans and specifications furnished by the Massachusetts Highway Commission and on completion of work was accepted by them.
The State and County paid to the Town two-thirds of the amount expended" F
This completes the road from the head of the Lake to the Lynnfield Line. The amounts expended year by year are as follows:
1915
$6,000.00
1916.
5,559.99
1917
5,268.11
1918
7,162.16
1919
8,998.02
1920
8,978.93
Total
$41,967.21
of which the Town paid $13,989.07 for approximately 11,800 lineal feet or 23,600 sq. yds. The cost to the Town was 59 cents per sq. yd., which is cheaper
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REPORT OF HIGHWAY ENGINEER
than the Town could have built a Gravel Road, and instead they have a road which with proper maintenance will last for fifteen or twenty years.
When possible all such roads should be improved in the same manner, namely, with State and County paying two-thirds of the bill.
I believe such aid could be asked for on Lowell Street from Main Street to Pratt Street-or Water Street to the Saugus Line.
(5) ASH COLLECTION
Appropriation.
$2,000.00
Paid Contractor.
$975.11
Care of Dumps.
368:12
Printing, etc.
18.90
Total
$1,362.13
Balance $637.87
The Town Treasury received $834.18 for the sale of Ash Tickets. Approxi- mately 7,247 barrels of ash were collected.
I would recommend the discontinuance of the ash collection as the Town as a whole do not avail themselves of the collection.
(6) WHITE AVENUE
Appropriation.
$1,700.00
Expended .
1,660.17
Balance
$39.83
The original material on this road was clay and in the Fall and Spring it was a not uncommin sight to see from two to three feet of mud which made it al- most impassable. This material was excavated for a depth of approximately 18 inches and 12 inches of large stone on bottom and 6 inches of good gravel on top all rolled and firmly compacted was replaced. Two catch basins and two hundred and seventy (270) feet of ten (10) inch vitrified clay pipe was installed.
This street was accepted under the Betterment Act.
(7) NEW BARN
Appropriation.
$5,000.00
Expended .
1,538.43
Balance
$3,461.57
The foundations for a barn 51 ft. x 33 ft. and twenty piers for sheds has been completed. I earnestly hope that the Barn Appropriation asked for in 1921 Highway Budget be raised and appropriated. The present barn (on the Wake-
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field Estate) is not laid for housing Highway tools and equipment, much of which at certain times of the year is exposed to the weather unprotected for several months at a time, which condition should not exist.
In conclusion I desire to express my appreciation to the Honorable Board of Selectmen for courtesies extended and also for the splendid co-operation given the Highway Department.
This same co-operation should exist 100 per cent, not only in each Depart- ment but between department and also between each and every citizen with · every department. in Town-until such a co-operation actually exists the Town will not receive par value for money appropriated and indirectly a high tax rate.
Sincerely yours, W. R. TOMPSON,
Highway Engineer
Report of Town Counsel
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen of Wakefield, Mass.,
Gentlemen :- My report as Town Counsel for 1920 is hereby submitted.
There are now pending against the town the following actions in tort for damages arising from alleged defects in ways.
One for $110.00. One for $2,000.00.
One for $10,000.00. One for $5,000.00.
In addition one for $10,000.00 for damages from alleged negligence of a de- partment of the town.
There is also pending an equity action in which the town is plaintiff and in which decrees have been entered directing payments to be made to the Over- seers of the Poor.
One action was brought for the Overseers of the Board and settled without being entered in court, the full claim of that board being paid.
One claim before the Industrial Board was defended successfully, it being for additional compensation for medical attendance under the compensation act.
Several written opinions have been given various department of the town as well as many oral ones.
The contracts for the Woodville School have been examined and a new bond by the contractor passed upon.
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REPORT OF TOWN COUNSEL
The statutes having been revised the Town By-Laws will now be redrafted and revised and presented to the town by the committee appointed therefor a result much desired and needed.
Many investigations have been made by this Department of reports of acci- dents arising from alleged defects in ways, and I wish to express my apprecia- tion of the assistance the police department is giving in these cases which today represent the greatest source of liability which the town is under through legal proceedings.
The street railway situation grows worse so far as the accommodation of the citizens is concerned, only the main lines to Reading, Stoneham and Melrose being now in operation. The use of automobiles has certainly wrecked street railways in this locality, and there seems to be no remedy, because the result- ing traffic is so diminished as to make the rates prohibitive if made large enough to sustain the railways.
Respectfully submitted,
M. E. S. CLEMONS,
Town Counsel.
Report of Planning Board
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen :-
The Town Planning Board has organized and held meetings as usual. We have considered various propositions which will undoubtedly prove of practical benefit to the Town in the future but have no definite recommendations to make at this time.
Respectfully submitted,
1 HUBBARD B. MANSFIELD, PHILIP A. BRUORTON, DR. CURTIS L. SOPHER, DR. J. WILLIAM O'CONNELL, E. HORACE PERLEY.
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Report of Inspector of Buildings
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen :-
Wakefield, Mass.
Gentlemen:
I respectfully submit the following report for the year 1920. Permits have been issued for the following:
23 One-family dwellings
3 Two family dwellings
1 First class garage
46 Third class garages
2 Factories
1 Storehouse
6 Small stores
5 Sheds and small buildings
21 Additions and alterations
Total 108. Estimated cost, $372,875.00.
I have made 280 inspections. This is the largest valuation in new buildings for many years and I believe the largest in the history of the town.
I have inspected 32 elevators, 1 lodging house and reported same to the State.
Respectfully submitted,
CORNELIUS DONOVAN, Inspector of Buildings
· Report of Inspector of Animals
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
Dear Sirs :- "
I herewith submit my annual report, as Inspector of Animals, for the year 1920.
Have made two hundred and ninety-six (296) calls. Have had four (4) cows under observation, but have found no tubercular cases, and no Hog Cholera. There has been a few cases of Hemorrhagic Septicemia, among young pigs. Taken as a whole, there has been little disease, among animals this year.
Respectfully submitted,
DR. PALMER CORBETT,
Inspector of Animals.
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Report of Sweetser Lecture Committee
Board of Selectmen,
Wakefield, Mass.
Gentlemen :-
The Sweetser Lecture Committee presents herewith the financial report for the Course of 1919-1920. You will find receipts attached for each and every item of expenditure.
Receipts
Dec. 29, 1919
Sweetser Lecture Fund.
$425.00
Jan 9, 1920
17 Season Tickets
8.50
6 Admissions. 1.20
Jan. 21, 1920
37 Season Tickets
18.50
47 Admissions.
9.40
Jan. 28, 1920
283 Admissions.
56.60
Feb. 4, 1920
89 Admissions. 17.80
Feb. 11, 1920
71 Admissions
14.20
L. L. McMaster-Advance Sale, 54 Season Tickets .
27.00
High School-Advance Sale
211.50
$789.70
Expenses
Jan. 9, 1920
William Lyons Phelps Lecture $130.00
Jan. 21, 1920
Donald B. McMillan Lecture. 110.00
Jan. 28, 1920
Frank B. Sibley Lecture. 75.00
Feb. 4, 1920
Joel H. Metcalf Lecture
50.00
Feb. 11, 1920
Thomas A. Daley Lecture
125.00
Town of Wakefield
Police and Fireman. . 15.00
W. R. Lindsay-Taking Tickets.
7.50
G. Clemons-Selling Tickets.
7.50
Daily Item-Printing and Advertising.
70.32
590.32
Balance paid Sweetser Charity Fund ..
199.38
$789.70
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FINANCIAL REPORT OF SWEETSER LECTURE COMMITTEE
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TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
In presenting this report, we record with deep regret the sudden death of the senior member of our committee, Mr. Edwin C. Miller, whose passing away, on January 26, 1920 was a shock to our townspeople and a distinct loss to the Town of Wakefield Serving so many years with us, and taking such a keen interest in the Sweetser Course-in fact introducing to the audience, in his cus- tomary happy vein, one of the lecturers, a few days previous to his death-we deem it fitting and proper to record herewith this brief tribute to his memory. His presence at our meetings will long be cherished by us.
Respectfully submitted,
W. S. PERKINS, J. LOWE McMAHON, HARRIS M. DOLBEARE, HARRY M. WHEELER,
Lecture Committee.
Report of Sweetser Charity
Rosa B. Cutler, Treasurer
In account with Sweetser Charity
To balance on hand Jan. 1, 1920.
Dr. $420.59
February 12, 1920
Received from Treasurer of Sweetser Lecture Committee.
$199.38
Received dividends from Wakefield Savings Bank . 19.56
Cr. $639.53
By disbursements
$58.62
Jan. 1, 1921 balance. $580.91
ROSA B. CUTLER, Treasurer.
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REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH
Report of Workmen's Compensation Agent
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
Wakefield, Mass.
Gentlemen :
There were two employees injured during the past year, also one carried over . from last year, who received compensation. There were eleven slightly injured and received medical treatment only.
The total expense, including medical treatment and compensation, was $909.76. A detailed statement may be found in the Town Accountant's report.
1 Respectfully submitted, CORNELIUS DONOVAN, Compensation Agent
Report of Inspector of Wires
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen :-
Gentlemen :- In compliance with the vote of the town, will report that there has been made a total of 365 inspections during the year 1920. All defects found were made to conform with the National Code.
Yours respectfully, 1
F. D. GRAHAM,
Wire Inspector.
Dec. 31, 1920.
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TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Report of Sealer of Weights and Measures
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen :-
· Gentlemen :--
I respectfully submit the following report for the year 1920.
Adjusted Sealed Non
Con- Sealed demned
Platform scales over 5,000 lbs.
12
Platform scales under 5,000 lbs.
92
1
Counter Scales
1 116
1 3
Beam scales
9
Spring Balance.
1
80
9
Computing (platform) Scales.
1 30
Computing (hanging) Scales
5
Slot Weighing Scales.
3
Steelyard.
1
Prescription Scales.
5
Weights (Avoirdupois)
834
Weights (Apothecary).
72
Weights (Metric). 24
Dry Measure
2
Liquid Measure 5 95
Oil Measuring Pump.
17
Stops 25
Molasses Measuring Pumps.
7
Yard Measures 48
Measuring Machines. 1
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REPORT OF SEALERS OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
Trial Weighing and Measurements
(In this include manufacturer's as well as dealers packages)
Incorrect
Tested
Correct
Under
Over
Coal (in paper bags)
1
1
Flour
8
4
1 3
Butter
6
2
4
Dry Commodities
7
4
3
Meats and Provisions
14
9
5
Fruit and Vegetables.
5
2
3
Bread.
9
2
7
Amount of fees collected, $111.00.
Respectfully submitted,
ALBERT A. MANSFIELD,
Sealer of Weights and Measures.
Report of Forest Warden
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen :-
Gentlemen :- During the year 1920 there was a total of 92 woods and grass fires and the cost to extinguish the same is as follows:
Appropriations made, March.
$150.00
Additional appropriation, October, (due to extra dry season).
150.00
Total
$300.00
Expended as per pay rolls, (total cost)
$245.50
Balance
$54.50
F. D. GRAHAM,
Forest Warden.
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Report of Board of Health
The annual report of the Board of Health is herewith respectfully submitted:
Since the collection of garbage by unauthorized persons had increased to such an extent that it was no longer profitable to the collector employed by the town, it became necessary last March to advertize for bids for this work. The con- tract was awarded to Benedetto Brothers who commenced work June 1st. The enforcement of a by-law passed this year making it illegal to transport garbage through the streets without a permit from the Board of Selectmen will do much to improve the present service.
Since the sewer on Lake Street has been completed several houses have been connected, and as soon as conditions permit in the spring the remainder of the houses on this street will be ordered to connect.
Mill Brook has been cleaned out from Water Street near the car barns to the Saugus line at a cost of $450.00.
The work of the Tuberculosis Dispensary which was formerly attended to by the Visiting Nurse was taken over October 15th by Miss A. B. Allen who has been appointed Board of Health Nurse. In addition to the tuberculosis work, the Board of Health Nurse attends to the clerical work of the Board and keeps office hours 8-10 A. M., visits houses where contagious diseases are present and acts as agent of the Board in their management.
Permission has been granted the Harvard Infantile Paralysis Commission to use the Office and Dispensary on stated days for a clinic for the treatment of children who have been crippled by infantile paralysis. Transportation has been furnished for these cases by a number of public spirited citizens of the town.
The Board has under consideration a revision of the regulations heretofore in force but which fail to meet present conditions. Certain changes have al- ready been made concerning the minimum requirements in the handling of contagious diseases.
419 cases of infectious diseases were reported for the year ending December 31, 1920 divided as follows:
Chicken-pox
15
Dipthheria ..
15
Infantile Paralysis.
3
Influenza
45
Measles
255
Mumps
1
Ophthalmia Neonatorum.
2
Pneumonia .
20
Scarlet Fever
19
Tuberculosis
25
Typhoid ..
4
Whooping-cough 15
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REPORT OF INSPECTOR OF PLUMBING
Five hundred and forty-three complaints have been received and investi- gated.
Six premises have been visited by the Board for the abatement of nuisances. Fourteen licenses have been granted, seven for the sale of denatured alcohol. five for undertaking and emblaming and two for slaughtering.
Attention is called to certain conditions which should be remedied at the earliest possible moment, and to which the following recommendations apply. The Board of Health recommends:
1. That the sewer be extended to include Heywood Brothers & Wakefield Company Rattan Factory and Columbia Road.
2. That the sewer be extended to Crystal Lake Park.
G. E. TYZZER, Chairman CHAS E. MONTAGUE, M. D. A. D. JENKINS, Secretary
Report of Inspector of Plumbing
To the Honorable Board of Health .:
Gentlemen :- The work of this Department for the year ending December 31st, 1920 is as follows:
Number of permits granted.
78
Number of fixtures installed . 334
Divided as follows:
1
Bath tubs .
58
Wash Bowls
61
Closets.
90
Sinks
55
Wash Trays
56
Urinals.
6
Drinking Fountains 8
In addition to this 22 houses were connected with the sewer where no change of fixture was required.
Respectfully submitted,
DAVID TAGGART,
Inspector of Plumbing.
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Annual Report of the Inspector of Milk
To the Board of Health of the Town of Wakefield:
Gentlemen :- The Inspection of the milk supply for the Town of Wakefield has been very satisfactory for the year 1920, with the usual few exceptions.
The standard of the milk has maintained a very fair average for the entire year and the sanitary conditions are fully as good, if not a little improved over those of last year.
With the increase in the price of milk the producers and dealers have found the business a little more productive and have therefore had more money to spend on their equipment. Some of the equipment has shown a marked improve- ment this year.
As yet the testing of the milk has been confined exclusively to the fat and solid contents and the visible dirt contained in it. I am in hopes that at some near time you may find it possible to include the test for the bacteria contents with that of the analysis for foods value contents as I am sure that it would greatly improve the sanitary conditions under which the milk is produced.
Ninety-six samples of milk and six samples of cream were analyzed this year, of which four samples of milk and one of cream were found to be below the re- quired standard.
Thirty-seven licenses to sell milk and twenty-five licenses to sell oleomargarine were issued this year.
The total receipts for the department were $31.00.
CARL M. SMITH, Inspector of Milk, Town of Wakefield.
Report of Inspector of Slaughtering
Town of Wakefield Board of Health:
Dear Sirs :--
I herewith submit my annual report, for Slaughter-house Inspection, for the year 1920.
There were two thousand and ten (2,010) pigs killed and inspected, and six (6) condemned, and two (2) died in transit.
There were also five (5) cows and three (3) calves killed, and O. K'ed.
Respectfully submitted.
DR. PALMER CORBETT,
Inspector of Slaughtering
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REPORT OF TUBERCULOSIS DISPENSARY
Report of the Tuberculosis Dispensary
The work of the Tuberculosis Dispensary has been carried on as in previous years with clinics Tuesday afternoons and Friday evenings.
From January 1st, to December 31st, 1920, 31 patients have been examined at the Dispensary, five of whom were not tuberculous.
Of the 48 resident cases on record, 28 are active and 20 are arrested cases. 18 of these are under the supervision of the Dispensary and the remaining 30 under supervision of local physicians. Besides these there are 11 cases in hos- pitals and sanitoriums and 35 suspicious cases. 7 left town during the year. There were 25 new cases reported and 17 deaths.
Tuberculous patients have been visited, records obtained, sputum boxes dis- tributed and advice given as to precautions to be taken to prevent the spread of the disease. -
There has been a marked increase in the number of new cases reported and also the number of deaths. The activity of the Dispensary has likewise increased as more than two thirds of the 56 examinations made during the year were ac- complished during the months of November and December.
IRA W. RICHARDSON, Dispensary Physician
A. B. ALLEN, R. N. Board of Health Nurse.
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Report of Assessors
State tax
$38,920.00
Metropolitan sewer tax.
13,847.34
Metropolitan park tax
8,759.73
Army and Navy.
1,834.80
Charles River Basin
1,533.09
Bay State St. Ry.
449.36
County tax.
17,053.07
Total State and County charges.
$82,397.39
Town purposes.
$523,807.75
June meeting
31,000.00
Total.
$554,807.75
Gross Levy
$637,205.14
Receipts .
$194,775.01
Receipts from polls
7,926.00
Total receipts.
$202,701.01
Net lęvy
$434,504.13
Overlay
$8,603.78
Rate per thousand, $32.70.
Value of buildings.
$7,445,836.00
Value of land .
3,656,045.00
Value of personal.
2,448,820.00
Total value.
$13,550,701.00
Number of residents assessed on property .
2,332
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All others.
383
Total
2,715
Number of non-residents assessed on property.
616
All others
129
Total
745
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Number of persons assessed
6,073
Number of persons assessed on property. 3,460
Persons assessed for poll tax only.
2,613
Number of polls assessed 3,515
Number of polls exempted.
469
Total 3,984
Number of dwellings.
2,503
Number of acres of land assessed 3,987
Number of horses on April 1st
191
Number of cows on April 1st.
266
Number of neat cattle on April 1st
11
Number of swine on April 1st ..
131
Number of autos (pleasure cars)
501
Number of auto trucks ..
100
Number of square miles of area
7.65
Number of fowls on April 1st.
1,350
Number of acres in Crystal Lake.
82.86
Number of acres in Quannapowitt Lake.
247.94
Property exempt by law from taxation
$578,675.00
Number of voters in Precinct 1. - Men, 1,607. Women, 1,049.
Number of voters in Precinct 2. Men, 481. Women, 350.
Number of voters in Precinct 3. Men, 752. Women, 583.
Total number of voters, 4,822.
Number of poll tax payers in Precinct 1.
2,435
Number of poll tax payers in Precinct 2.
613
Number of poll tax payers in Precinct 3. Total number of poll tax payers ..
3,984
Bonded debt-January 1st, 1921
$471,200.00
Bonds retired in 1920 42,500.00
Abatements on 1920 levy
8,096.37
Property re-assessed.
75.21
Assets. .
$2,084,320.00
Liabilities bonds.
471,200.00
Assets above liabilities, January 1st, 1921
$1,613,120.00
Number of auto trucks
100
Value of auto trucks
$77,430.00
Tax on auto trucks .
$2,530.98
Number of pleasure cars
501
Value of pleasure cars
$390,950.00 $12,784.06
Total revenue from autos
$15,313.04
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TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Taking the valuation of 1920 as a basis, every $13,553.00 of appropriation increases the tax rate, $1.00.
SAMUEL T. PARKER, Chairman, GEORGE H. STOWELL, Secretary, CHARLES A. CHENEY.
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REPORT OF LIBRARY TRUSTEES
Report of Library Trustees
ORGANIZATION OF TRUSTEES
Chairman . Winfield S. Ripley, Jr. Secretary. Miss Elizabeth F. Ingram Arthur H. Boardman
Treasurer
COMMITTEES
Library Richard Dutton, Chairman
Hervey J. Skinner
Mrs. Florence L. Bean
Reading Room Mrs. Florence L. Bean, Chairman
Winfield S. Ripley, Jr.
Arthur L. Evans
Catalogue Hervey J. Skinner, Chairman
Frank T. Woodbury
Finance Arthur L. Evans, Chairman *J. Theodore Whitney
J. Oliver Beebe
Greenwood Frank T. Woodbury, Chairman
Miss Elizabeth F. Ingram
*J. Theodore Whitney
J. Oliver Beebe
Book
Edson W. White, Chairman
Richard Dutton Frank T. Woodbury Elizabeth F. Ingram Hervey J. Skinner
Winfield S. Ripley, Jr. Arthur L. Evans Florence L. Bean *J. Theodore Whitney
J. Oliver Beebe
Elizabeth F. Ingram
Richard Dutton
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Librarian H. Gertrude Lee
Assistants
Olive L. Eaton Mrs. Cora MacQuarrie (Greenwood)
Mrs. Katherine Madden *Luella C. Sidney
Extra attendant Sunday attendant, Reading Room
Sunday attendant, Reading Room *Resigned
Etta F. Smith Mrs. Idabelle F. Studley (Greenwood)
*Charlotte Walker *Oliver Quimby Bradford Newcomb
REPORT OF LIBRARY TRUSTEES
The Trustees of the Beebe Town Library present the sixty-fifth annual re- port of the Board for the calendar year, 1920.
Because of the high cost of building, no steps have been taken during the year toward the erection of the new library building. The Trustees sincerely hope however, that as soon as business conditions permit, work on the building will begin.
The Junius Beebe Book Fund, which was established by Mr. Beebe in 1919, three-fourths of the income of which is to be used each year for the purchase of books, yielded for the year, 1920, an income of seven hundred and seventy dollars ($770.00). This very generous gift makes possible the purchase of some of the more expensive reference books, which are so much needed in the Library.
By the will of Mrs. Mary H. Pratt two hundred dollars ($200.00) was given to the Beebe Town Library, the income of which is to be used each year for the benefit of the Library.
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