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The next hill was Green Street, corner of Main Street. Nine catch basins were constructed with ten and twelve inch vitrified drain pipe as outlets.
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TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
The water from these basins and also the surface water from basins constructed sometime ago which formerly emptied into the Boston & Maine Railroad property and which had a.chance to a more or less degree of finding its way into the Lower Lake. All of this surface water now finds its way down Main Street (under- ground) and is emptied along side of the Boston & Maine Railroad tracks below the Greewood Depot.
This system will not only save a great deal of money due to heavy showers, but also a health measure in preventing surface water finding its way into our water supply.
The next street that was drained was the corner of Pleasant and Sweetser Streets. In all six catch basins were installed with ten inch vitrified pipe as an outlet to the Upper Lake, approximately 875 feet.
This corner has been for a long time a cause of a great deal of trouble to the traveling public. At times the water was so high that cellars were flooded and cross-walks were passable only in rubber boots.
. Several other single catch basins were constructed in different sections, where low impassable places existed.
There are on hand the following materials:
358 feet of 12 inch Drain Pipe 177 feet of 15 inch Drain Pipe 155 feet of 10 inch Drain Pipe 24 feet of 24 inch Drain Pipe 11 catch Basin Frames 24" x 24" and grates
(7) STORM
Transferred by Finance Committee
$2,000.00
Overdraft by Selectmen .
472.58
$2,472.58
Expended .
2,472.58
Balance 0.00
This money was expended due to the Sleet storm in November 1921. Brush was carted away and burned and wood was cut in short lengths and carted to the Town Yard to be used at the Valley Street Crusher next year.
The necessary requirements for Highway work for the year 1922 are as fol- lows:
General Highways ..
$56,000.00
Permanent Construction. 10,000.00
Water Street-State and County Aid 9,000.00
$75,000.00
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REPORT OF INSPECTOR OF BUILDINGS
Six thousand dollars of the above is paid back to the Town by the State and County, so that the Assessors take into consideration sixty-nine thousand dollars as affecting the Tax Rate.
The above appropriations should be asked for and are very essential if the Highways are to be maintained and permanent roads constructed.
I desire to express my appreciation to the Honorable Board of Selectmen for courtesies extended and to the citizens for their cooperation.
Respectfully submitted, W. R. TOMPSON,
Engineer and Supt. of Streets.
Report of Inspector of Buildings
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen,
Gentlemen :- Due to the serious condition of his health, Mr. Cornelius Donovan resigned his position as Building Inspector, Sept. 1st, 1921, and the undersigned was duly appointed to said office from that date.
The following report for the year 1921 is respectfully submitted.
Permits have been issued for,
51 One family dwellings
1 Two family dwelling
19 Additions to dwellings
9 Summer bungalows
23 First class garages
55 Second class garages
2 Service stations
1 Garage (auto repairs)
· 1 Reconstruction business block -
1 Ice house
1 Bakery
1 Church addition
4 Sheds and small buildings
21 Miscellanous additions and alterations
Total 190 Estimated cost $241,205.00.
The necessary inspections for Buildings and Elevators have been made.
Respectfully submitted,
FRANK J. HENKEL,
Inspector of Buildings.
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TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Report of Town Treasurer
To the Citizens of Wakefield :-
I herewith present my report for the fiscal year ending December 31, 1921.
TRUST FUNDS
The Trust Funds and available income balances now in my hands are as fol- lows:
Cornelius Sweetser Lecture Fund ..
$10,000.00
Cornelius Sweetser Lecture Guarantee Fund . 1,344.87
John Gould Aborn Library Fund .
1,601.81
Cyrus G. Beebe Library Fund .
2,000.00
Flint Memorial Library Fund. .
1,000.00
Merrill W. Gove Library Fund. 500.00
Dr. Francis P. Hurd Library Fund
2,500.00
Franklin Poole Library Fund
500.00
Mary H. Pratt Library Fund.
200.00
Cyrus Wakefield Library Fund.
500.00
Mary E. Aborn Park Fund
2,000.00
Nancy White Park Fund
1,000.00
Nancy White Hurd School Fund.
500.00
Nancy White Hurd School Fund, interest balance available.
48.27
Jonathan Nichols Temperance Fund.
1,000.00
Jonathan Nichols Temperance Fund, interest balance available.
12.89
Sarah Burbank Burial Lot Fund.
100.00
Sarah Burbank Burial Lot Fund, interest balance available.
15.10
Ezra Eaton Burial Lot Fund
100.00
Ezra Eaton Burial Lot Fund, interest balance available.
29.82
Flint Old Burial Ground Fund .
2,000.00
Flint Old Burial Ground Fund, interest balance available.
123.72
Stimpson Family Burial Lot Fund.
200.00
Stimpson Family Burial Lot Fund, interest balance available.
13.40
Clarissa E. Swain Burial Lot Fund
500.00
Clarissa E. Swain Burial Lot Fund, interest balance available .
14.97
Cornelius Sweetser Burial Lot Fund
1,000.00
Cornelius Sweetser Burial Lot Fund, interest balance available.
272.78
Jane K. Vinton Burial Lot Fund .
50.00
Jane K. Vinton Burial Lot Fund, interest balance available.
2.27
George M. Kelley Burial Lot Fund.
25.00
Carried forward $29,154.90
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REPORT OF TOWN TREASURER
Brought forward $29,154.90
George M. Kelley Burial Lot Fund, interest balance available.
2.29
Levi Flanders Burial Lot Fund.
100.00
Levi Flanders Burial Lot Fund, interest balance available .
5.28
Gad and Clarissa Chandler Carter Burial Lot Fund.
200.00
Gad and Clarissa Chandler Carter Burial Lot Fund, interest balance available
1.50
P. M. Wilkinson Burial Lot Fund.
50.00
.$29,513.97
The above funds are invested as follows:
United States Liberty Loan 41% Bonds ($24,150.00 par)
$24,062.55
Wakefield Savings Bank.
4,821.60
Blackstone Savings Bank.
629.82
$29,513.97
Full detail as to the nature of these funds, their incomes and detailed ex- penditures will be found in the Town Accountant's report.
LOAN ACCOUNT
The following sums have been borrowed on Temporary Notes in anticipation of revenue during the year:
$25,000.00 at 5.65 per cent discount 50,000.00 at 6.09 per cent discount 100,000.00 at 6.11 per cent discount 25,000.00 at 5.90 per cent discount 50,000.00 at 5.95 per cent discount 25,000.00 at 6.00 per cent discount, 25,000.00 at 5.60 per cent discount 35,000.00 at 5.38 per cent discount 25,000.00 at 5.15 per cent discount 15,000.00 at 5.10 per cent discount
60,000.00 at 4.70 per cent interest at maturity.
$435,000.00
Of this amount $275,000.00 has been paid leaving a balance due in 1922 of $160,000.00 in anticipation of revenue.
Time loans as follows have been issued during the year :.
Municipal Light Plant $25,000.00 5 per cent bonds due $1,500.00, in each of the years 1921 to 1930 and $1,000.00 in 1931 to 1940 inclusive.
High School $150,000.00 42 per cent bonds due $7,500.00 in each of the years 1922 to 1941 inclusive.
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TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
PERMANENT DEBT
Permanent debt, Jan. 1, 1921.
$471,200.00
Paid during 1921. 50,200.00
$421,000.00
New issues in 1921 as above
175,000.00
Permanent debt, Jan. 1, 1922.
$596,000.00
The permanent debt has increased $124,800.00 during the year 1921.
MATURITIES OF TOWN DEBT
Maturing in 1922
$48,000.00
1923.
45,500.00
1924
44,000.00
1925.
33,000.00
1926
33,000.00
1927
33,000.00
32,500.00 1928.
1929
32,500.00
1930
32,500.00
1931
36,000.00
1932
36,000.00
1933.
31,000.00
1934
24,000.00
1935
23,000.00
1936.
22,000.00
1937.
22,000.00
1938.
21,000.00
1939
21,000.00
1940
18,500.00
1941
7,500.00
$596,000.00
The debt is chargeable to the following:
Water Department.
$143,500.00
Light Department. .
50,500.00
Metropolitan Sewer.
167,000.00
Local Sewers
2,000.00
School Buildings.
228,000.00
High School Site.
5,000.00
- $596,000.00
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REPORT OF TOWN TREASURER
In addition to the above indebtedness the town has authorized the following · bond issue:
By vote of Town Meeting of October 20, 1919, $450,000.00 was appropriated for the construction and equipment of a new High School building and grading the surroundings thereof on the High School lot on Main Street. $300,000.00 of this amount has not yet been issued.
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CASH ACCOUNT
On the following pages will be found the Treasurer's Cash Account.
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TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Dr.
Arthur H. Boardman, Treasurer
To balance from last report, cash.
$17,776.54
Borrowed on Temporary Notes.
435,000.00
Interest on above notes
47.00
Premium on above notes
2.00
Cemetery Receipts.
273.13
Collector of Taxes, receipts-Betterment Assessments.
1,905.85
Moth Assessments.
1,874.65
Sidewalks.
432.38
Tax Certifications
35.00
Excise Tax.
408.34
Taxes and interest.
469,873.59
Tax Title Deeds.
80.85
Commonwealth of Massachusetts :-
Burial of indigent soldiers and sailors
120.00
Division of Sanatoria.
58.57
Contagious diseases.
87.50
Burial of poor.
30.00
Corporation Tax Business
606.80
Corporation Tax Domestic.
17,033.96
Corporation Tax Foreign.
11,576.26
Corporation Tax Public Service
7,711.30
Income Tax.
16,276.27
Income Tax, General School Fund.
18,628.75
Civilian War Poll Tax.
78.00
Military Aid
40.00
Mothers with dependent children.
68.00
National Bank Tax.
5,359.84
Soldiers Exemption
536.59
State Aid.
2,004.00
Street Railway Tax ..
94.12
Salem Street Construction.
1,902.07
Refund for Assessment paid on bonds of Eastern Mass. St. Ry. Co.
847.94
Interest on above bonds.
21.74
Court Fines, receipts
1,310.00
Fire Department receipts ..
215.32
Health Department receipts.
81.14
Highway Department receipts
304.74
Sale of ashes. tickets
12.60
Library Receipts .
382.52
Carried forward $1,013,097.36
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REPORT OF TOWN TREASURER
In account with Town of Wakefield,
Cr.
.
By Cash paid, Discount on Temporary Notes.
$12,910.97
Cash paid, Selectmen's Warrants ..
1,263,438.10
Cash credit, Account Court Expenses.
140.27
Cash credit, Offset State Credits.
62,180.97
Cash credit, Tax Collector for Tax Title Deeds
80.85
Total Payments.
$1,338,751.16
Cash in treasury
123,898.51
$1,462,649.67
Carried forward $1, 462, 649.67
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TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Dr.
Arthur H. Boardman, Treasurer
Brought forward $1,013,097.36
Middlesex County, Dog Tax, 1920.
1,018.62
Criminal Costs. 35.29
Salem Street Construction. 1,902.08
Moth Department-receipts.
4.00
Municipal Light Plant, receipts .
186,937.69
Poor Department, receipts.
2,647.31
Redemption Tax Title Deeds and interest on same.
1,860.62
Refund Highway Department, Middlesex County
79.26
School Department, B. & M. R. R. cash advanced.
15.00
Library, cash advanced .
10.00
Water Department, New Eng. Tel. & Tel. Co.
9.00
Sale of Municipal Light Plant, Water Gas Set Bonds. Premium on above bonds ..
530.00
Accrued interest on above bonds.
458.33
Sale of High School Loan Bonds.
150,000.00
Premium on above bonds.
3,555.00
Accrued interest on above bonds
396.00
School Department receipts.
2,052.07
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Americanization work. .
711.25
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Tuition of children ..
694.50
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Vocational Education . .
1,199.01
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Smith-Hughes Fund for Vocational Education
81.83
Sealer of Weights and Measures, receipts.
124.04
Selectmen, receipts-Auctioneers licenses.
4.00
Elevator license
1.00
Gasoline licenses.
1.00
Junk licenses. .
200.00
Insurance forms sold
1.25
Motor Vehicle licenses.
100.00
Peddlers' licenses
60.00
Pool and Bowling.
20.00
Sign.
1.00
Sale of old Montrose School.
305.00
Sale of hay Wakefield Est.
25.00
Sale of old wood and junk, Wakefield Est.
51.50
Druggists licenses. .
1.00
Third Class Liquor Licenses.
3.00
Various Licenses. .
102.00
Second hand furniture licenses.
15.00
Carried forward $1,393,310.60
25,000.00
1.59
REPORT OF TOWN TREASURER
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In account with Town of Wakefield
Cr.
Brought forward $1,462,649.67
1
Carried forward $1,462, 649.67
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TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Dr.
Arthur H. Boardman, Treasurer
Brought forward $1,393,310.60
Sewer Department, receipts ..
5,484.45
Teachers' Retirement Fund Assessments.
4,532.87
Town Hall Receipts.
633.50
Trust Funds, receipts.
1,128.36
Wakefield Trust Co., three-fourths of the income from the Junius Beebe Trust for the Beebe Town Library 1,204.66
Wakefield Trust Co., Interest on Collector's balance. 278.74
Wakefield Trust Co., Interest on Treasurer's balance.
314.07
Water Department, receipts.
55,522.42
Water Department, rents. 240.00
$1,462,649.67
REPORT OF TOWN TREASURER
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In account with Town of Wakefield
Cr.
Brought forward $1,462,649.67
1
$1.462,649.67
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TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
FINAL STATEMENT
During the year 1922, the following time loans will fall due and are to be in- cluded in the tax levy of 1922.
High School site.
$2,500.00
High School 7,500.00
Montrose School.
1,500.00
Woodville School.
4,000.00
Metropolitan Sewer
6,000.00
Extension of Sewer
2,000.00
$23,500.00
Water Meters (included in Water Dept. appropriation) . 3,000.00
Water Loan (included in Water Dept. appropriation)
8,000.00
Extension Water Mains (included in Water Dept. ap- propriation).
3,000.00
$14,000.00
Light Plant (included in Light Plant appropriation)
10,500.00
-
$48,000.00
There will also be required the following amounts to meet our interest pay- ments:
High School site.
$150.00
High School.
14,250.00
Montrose School.
855.00
Woodville School
2,565.00
Metropolitan Sewer.
5,845.00
Extension of Sewer.
120.00
Temporary Loans (estimated).
13,215.00
Water Meters (included in Water Dept. appropriation) Water Loan (included in Water Dept. appropriation).
5,240.00
Extension Water Mains (included in Water Dept. ap- propriation)
480.00
$5,851.25
Light Plant (included in Light Plant appropriation)
$2,255.00
$2,255.00
$45,106.25
The borrowing capacity of the town, on temporary notes in anticipation of . 1921 revenue, was $523,779.02, as determined by the State Director of Ac- counts. Of this amount the town borrowed the sum of $435,000.00 and of this latter amount $275,000.00 has been paid leaving $160,000.00 to be paid in 1922.
Respectfully submitted,
ARTHUR H. BOARDMAN,
Treasurer.
$10,500.00
$37,000.00
$131.25
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REPORT OF LIBRARY TRUSTEES
Report of Library Trustees
ORGANIZATION OF TRUSTEES
Chairman Winfield S. Ripley, Jr. Miss Elizabeth F. Ingram Arthur H. Boardman
Secretary.
Treasurer.
COMMITTEES
Library J. Oliver Beebe, Chairman
Hervey J. Skinner
Mrs. Florence L. Bean
Reading Room Mrs. Florence L. Bean, Chairman
Winfield S. Ripley, Jr.
Arthur L. Evans
Catalogue Frank T. Woodbury, Chairman
Elizabeth F. Ingram
Richard Dutton
Finance Arthur L. Evans, Chairman
Edson W. White
J. Oliver Berbe
Greenwood Hervey J. Skinner, Chairman
Richard Dutton
Frank T. Woodbury
Circulation
Richard Dutton, Chairman
Winfield S. Ripley, Jr.
Book
Edson W. White, Chairman
Florence L. Bean J. Oliver Beebe Richard Dutton Arthur L. Evans
Elizabeth F. Ingram Winfield S. Ripley, Jr. Hervey J. Skinner Frank T. Woodbury
Elizabeth F. Ingram
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TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Librarian H. Gertrude Lee
Assistants
Olive L. Eaton *M. Blanche Lane Mrs. Cora MacQuarrie (Greenwood) Mrs. Katherine Madden
Etta F. Smith Mrs. Idabelle F. Studley (Greenwood)
Bertha Taylor
Junior Assistants
Dorothy Barton
Frances Lee .
Sunday Attendant, Reading Room Bradford Newcomb
*Resigned.
REPORT OF LIBRARY TRUSTEES
The Trustees of the Beebe Town Library present the sixty-sixth annual report of the Board of Trustees for the calendar year, 1921.
It is with great pleasure that the Trustees report that the long period of patient waiting for a Library building, adequate to meet the demands of the town, is almost at an end. During the past year the firm of Cram and Ferguson, architects, was chosen to prepare plans for a Library building. These plans have been accepted and the work of clearing the Library lot has already begun. It is the expectation of Mr Beebe that the building will be ready for occupation not later than October, 1922.
In order to accommodate the largest number of people possible, it was de- cided in May that the Reading room should be open from 10 a. m. to 9 p. m. daily. Because of this extension of the Reading room hours, Miss Bertha Tay- lor was engaged as part time assistant There has been no other change in the Library staff during the year, and the work has gone on with the usual effi- ciency.
The work of the Story-Telling Hour for children, carried on by a committee composed of members of the Kosmos Club, of which Miss Josephine Mansfield is Chairman, was continued on Saturday mornings in the Reading room during the three winter months. The meetings were well attended, the total attendance being six hundred and sixty-eight (668).
The circulation of the Beebe Town Library continues to increase. The re- port for the current year shows an increase in circulation of seven thousand seven hundred (7,700) volumes, making a total circulation for the year of ninety-four thousand (94,000) volumes.
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REPORT OF LIBRARY TRUSTEES
With the opening of the new Library building, a much larger appropriation will be needed for the work of the Library. There is, too, a constantly increasing demand for current fiction, much of which has little permanent value. The Beebe Book Fund has greatly increased the purchasing power of the Library, but this fund is intended primarily for the purchase of books possessing per- . manent literary value. It seems right, therefore, that so far as possible the demand for current fiction should be met by the town appropriation.
For the ensuing year, the Trustees recommend for the Library appropriation seven thousand three hundred and fifty dollars ($7,350.00) including the dog tax. In addition to this, the Trustees ask for twenty-two hundred and fifty dollars ($2,250.00) the estimated increase in the running expenses of the Li- brary in the new building for three months; also an additional sum will be re- quired to cover the expense of moving and establishing the Library in the new building. If the whole of this additional amount is not needed for the pur- poses stated, the surplus is to be returned to the town.
ELIZABETH FRANCES INGRAM,
Secretary of the Board of Trustees
LIBRARIAN'S REPORT
To the Trustees of the Beebe Town Library, the Librarian submits the following report for the year, 1921.
The circulation has reached the highest mark in our history, 94,000. The "great sleet storm" of the latter part of the year caused a serious interruption of service on account of the loss of electric light.
Christmas lists of books for children were purchased and distributed to the Parent-Teacher Associations of the local Grammar schools. A small exhibit of children's books was shown in a glass case in the delivery room of the Library.
At the High School, on December sixth, at a joint meeting of the Parent- Teacher Associations of the Lincoln and Warren Schools, Miss Alice Jordan, children's Librarian of the Boston Public Library, gave a talk about books for children. The plans of the new Library were also shown and explained by the Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Mr. W. S. Ripley, Jr.
As heretofore, many books have been purchased at the request or sugges- tion of patrons and some extra books were bought to help in the Americaniza- tion work of the School department.
During the year, the price of "waiting-list" postals was raised from one to two cents.
The installation of electric lights at the Greenwood Branch room in the school- house is a great and much-appreciated improvement.
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TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
The Library was represented at the American Library Association convention at Swampscott on June 22nd. by the Librarian and one Assistant.
Numerous gifts of books have been received during the year, and a list of donors follows later in this report.
The receipts and expenditures of the year are as follows:
I.ibrary and Reading Room
Appropriation
$6,340.00
Income from dog Tax.
1,018.62
Income from Trust Funds.
1,582.60
$8,941.22
Salaries
Librarian.
$1,333.36
Assistants
2,052.20
- $3,385.56
Books
New.
$1,617.00
Replaced .
998.53
Duplicate .
123.25
Binding and rebinding
553.19
$3,291.97
Magazines and newspapers
$256.73
Printing.
191.45
Express
14.54
Telephone
30.44
Lighting.
392.67
Incidentals
331.96
Greenwood Branch
Librarian
$240.00
Assistants
101.70
Janitor.
104.00
Express .
13.50
Books-New.
$388.89
Books-Replaced.
65.25
$454.14
Lighting, etc.
39.06
Miscellaneous.
93.50
$1,045.90
Library receipts for 1921, returned to Town
$8,941.22 $379.52
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REPORT OF LIBRARY TRUSTEES
Statistical Report
Number of volumes, January 1, 1921.
20,464
Added by purchase, new. 803
Added by purchase to replace worn-out volumes (15 by donation) 567
Added by donation 157
Added by magazines bound.
41
Volumes added to Greenwood Branch
-
By purchase, new . 266
By purchase, to replace (1 by donation). 58
9
333
22,365
Volumes worn out, Main Library.
714
Volumes worn out, Greenwood . 62
776
Volumes burned for contagious disease, Main Library. 33
Volumes lost and not paid for, Main Library 63
14
Volumes not accounted for, Main Library
40
150
Volumes recovered, Main Library
16
Net Loss.
134
Total number of vols. Jan. 1, 1922.
21,455
Number of volumes rebound, Main Library.
573
Number of volumes rebound, Greenwood. . 127
700
New names registered, Main Library
674
New names registered, Greenwood.
106
780
Books and Magazines circulated for home use
Main Library
78,951
Greenwood.
15,048
93,999
Total circulation
93,999
Days open for circulation, Main Library
299
Average daily circulation, Main Library.
264.1
Days open for circulation, Greenwood.
149
Average daily circulation, Greenwood.
100.9
Total number of cards registered, Main Library 5,483
By donation .
Volumes lost and paid for, Main Library
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TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Total number of cards registered, Greenwood . 902
6,385
Postals used for waiting list, Main Library 954
Postals used for waiting list, Greenwood. 375
1,329
Gifts of books were received from the following:
American Association Recognition of Irish Republic, Mrs. Adelbert Ames and Mrs. Paul Butler, Anti-Defamation League, Chicago, Edith E. Ayers, Bos- ton University Trustees, Mrs. W. O. Cartwright, Baron de Cartier de Mar- chienne, H. M. Dolbeare, Mrs. Izannah Lucas Edson, Lewis W. Evans, Felt and Tarrant Manufacturing Co., Foreign Policy Association of Mass., a Friend, General Electric Co., National Lamp Works, Girl Scouts, Inc., Fanny Greene, Guaranty Trust Co., New York, Elizabeth F. Ingram, Daniel C. McMahon, Massachusetts, Commonwealth of, Massachusetts Free Public Library Com- mission, Mrs. C. Q. Murphy, Poster Advertising Association, W. S .. Ripley, Jr., Mrs. H. J. Skinner, Mrs. S. B. Stearns, Southern Pine Association, Slason Thompson, United States Government, Venezuelan Government, Y. M. C. A., New York .
Magazines and pamphlets were given by Richard Dutton, Mrs. G. R. French, Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr., United States Government, and by five publishers.
Greenwood Branch
Gifts of books were received from Mrs. F. L. Edson, Foreign Policy Associa- tion, and Mrs. S. B. Stearns.
Magazines were given by Mrs. C. B. Hall, Mrs. F. T. Morrill, Mrs. W. S. Stewart, and one publisher.
Library Hours
Daily except Sunday, 10 a. m. to 8.30 p. m.
Saturdays, 10 a. m. to 9 p. m.
Reading Room Hours
Daily, 10 a. m. to 9 p m
Sundays, 2 to 5 p m.
Greenwood Branch
Monday and Thursday, 3 to 5 p. m.
Saturday, 6 to 8.30 p. m.
Respectfully submitted,
H. GERTRUDE LEE,
Librarian.
Jan. 1, 1922.
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American Library Association Form for Uniform Statistics
Annual report for year ended December 31, 1921.
Beebe Town Library, Wakefield, Mass.
Population, 13,025.
Terms of use. Free.
Agencies. Main Library, one branch
Days open during year, Main Library.
299
Hours open each week for lending, Main Library 6312
. Hours open each week for reading, Main Library 631/2
149
Hours open each week for lending, Branch.
612
Hours open each week for reading, Branch.
61/2
Number of volumes at beginning of year.
20,464
Number of volumes added by purchase.
1678
Number of volumes added by gift.
182
Number of volumes added by binding. .
41
Number of volumes withdrawn during year
910
Total number of volumes at end of year.
21,455
Number of volumes loaned for home use .
93,999
Number of borrowers registered during year
780
Total number of registered borrowers.
6,385
Registration period . 5 years
Number of newspapers (5) and periodicals (63) currently received, Main Library (4 gifts) . 68
Number of periodicals currently received, Branch.
14
Library Receipts
Local taxation.
$6,340.00
Income from Dog Tax.
1,018.62
Income from Trust Funds
1,582.60
$8,941.22
Payments for
Books.
$3,192.92
Periodicals.
256.73
Binding
553.19
Salaries
3,831.26
Light.
431.73
Other Expenses
675.39
$8,941.22
Days open during year, Branch.
66
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Report of Town Counsel
Wakefield, Dec. 31, 1921.
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen of the Town of Wakefield:
Gentlemen :- As Town Counsel for 1921 I make the following report. Four so-called highway accident cases are pending against the town and are brought in actions of tort respectively, for the sums of $110.00, $2,000.00, $10,000.00 and $10,000.00.
One action for $10,000.00 in tort for alleged negligence of a department is still pending.
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