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*Paul Francis Salipante Eva L. Sampson Agnes J. Savage Eleanor Kathryn Seabury
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Ruth Alice Sellar Marion Eleanor Shanahan
Nora V. Shanahan
Louise Beatrice Shaw Eleanor M. Sheridan
*Alma E. Todd William George Trepsas Marion Constance Tropeano
Caroline Magdelyn Signorelli William Tanton Singleton
Evelyn Regina Turner Lennart E. Turnquist
Alice Mary Smith
Beverley D. Smith
E. Arlena Wall Hugh Joseph Walsh
Richard Allison Smith
Robert L. Sparks
Mary Ellen Walsh
Elaine Newcomb Spaulding
David Wardwell
Ralph M. Stearns
Albert Fraser Watts
Barbara Steele
Paul Frank Wheeler
Charlotte I. Stockbridge
Arthur Dennis White Mary Elizabeth Williams
Margaret E. Stoddard
Clarence Hammond Stone
George Franklynn Wilson, Jr.
Edith Mary Storti
Marion Elizabeth Winter
Brenda A. Sturges
Warren Ario Winters
John Chester Sullivan
Muriel Woodbury
. * Honor pupil
Mary Patricia Sullivan G. Clifford Taylor Robert William Taylor
1 Not absent, tardy or dismissed during the twelve years of school
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REPORT OF MIDDLESEX COUNTY EXTENSION SERVICE
Report of Middlesex County Extension Service FOR 1937
The following is a report of the work of the Middlesex County Extension Service in the Town of Wakefield, during 1937, which is carried on as an aid to agriculture and is represented in Wakefield by Mrs. Emily G. Climo.
In agriculture, all of the service rendered in Wakefield during the year has been to assist individual farmers upon request. This has been largely to dairy and poultry farmers. Assistance was given in the control of poultry diseases and management; and to the dairymen, pasture im- provement and rotation. Molasses hay silage was tried at the Beebe Farm, and satisfactory results are reported.
A group took the project on Garment Finishes and a large number of women attended the Grain Products demonstration and Music and Folk Dancing program which were given at the Wakefield Grange. Several home visits were made and information of interest to homemakers sent out to those on the mailing list through Mother Service letters.
Two groups in Greenwood took the Coat Project in the past year. A number of home visits were made and information of interest to home- makers was sent to those on the mailing list throughout the year.
Wakefield again held the record for having the largest number of organized 4-H Clubs in the county. The clubs numbered twenty-nine, with an enrollment of 146 girls and 35 boys. Projects included clothing, food, home furnishing, craft, handicraft, conservation and garden.
Mrs. John Climo was town chairman. Members of the committee were: Mrs. Esther Oliver, Mrs. Frances Hastings and Wayland Glass. Local leaders were: Mrs. Walter Jones, Miss Helen Carrick, Miss Evelyn Johnson, Miss Doris Walsh, Miss Myrtle Arnold, Mrs. John Climo, Miss Emily Climo, Mrs. David Miller, Miss Alice Gallugi, Mrs. F. B. Colson, Miss Jennie Evangelista, Mrs. F. Morton Lee, Mrs. Catherine Mansfield, Miss Catherine Titus, Mrs. R. G. Girade, Paul Krubel, Edward Lobacz and Mrs. E. M. Bird.
A 4-H officers' training school was held at the Greenwood School. There was a well-attended mid-winter 4-H rally at the Y. M. C. A. in January. The "Y" has been very generous in granting the use of rooms for meeting places to 4-H groups. The spring exhibit was an especially fine one, with twenty-six clubs exhibiting in the high school gymnasium. The clubs furnished an excellent program of music, skits, and demonstrations.
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The Wakefield Grange enjoyed a 4-H night in September with exhibits and a special program in charge of Mrs. Frances Hastings.
The following attended Camp Middlesex in Amherst: Bertha Climo, Ethelyn Ramsdell, Barbara Reid, Ruth Reynolds, Octavia Zwicker, and Ellen Jane Leonard. Doris Climo and Emily Climo attended State Camp, and Mrs. John Climo attended leaders' camp at the Massachusetts State College.
A two-day trip was awarded to seven club members for excellence in their club records. The winners were Arline Sullivan, Norma Boyce, Catherine Titus, Anna Nikitin, Evelyn Thompson, Wilfred LeBlanc, Gaetano Falabella, and Robert Gerarde.
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REPORT OF LIBRARY TRUSTEES
Report of Library Trustees
BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LUCIUS BEEBE MEMORIAL LIBRARY
Mrs. Florence L. Bean Arthur H. Boardman*
Richard Dutton, M. D.
Arthur L. Evans
Walter C. Hickey
Albert W. Rockwood John J. Round Hervey J. Skinner Mrs. Alice W. Wheeler Frank T. Woodbury, M. D.
ORGANIZATION OF TRUSTEES
Chairman Secretary Treasurer*
Hervey J. Skinner Mrs. Florence L. Bean Arthur H. Boardman
BOOK COMMITTEE Frank T. Woodbury, M. D., Chairman All members of the Board
BRANCH COMMITTEE John J. Round, Chairman
Richard Dutton, M. D.
Arthur L. Evans
CHILDREN'S ROOM Mrs. Alice W. Wheeler, Chairman
Mrs. Florence L. Bean
Albert W. Rockwood
CIRCULATION COMMITTEE Arthur L. Evans, Chairman
John J. Round Richard Dutton, M. D.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Richard Dutton, M. D., Chairman
Mrs. Florence L. Bean
Hervey J. Skinner
FINANCE COMMITTEE Hervey J. Skinner, Chairman
Richard Dutton, M. D.
John J. Round
GROUNDS COMMITTEE Albert W. Rockwood, Chairman
Walter C. Hickey
Mrs. Alice W. Wheeler
*Ex Officio as Town Treasurer
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HOUSE COMMITTEE Walter C. Hickey, Chairman
Albert W. Rockwood
Frank T. Woodbury, M. D.
PERSONNEL COMMITTEE Mrs. Florence L. Bean, Chairman
Hervey J. Skinner
Frank T. Woodbury, M. D.
LIBRARY PERSONNEL Librarian Helen Frances Carleton
DEPARTMENTS
Adult Circulation Elizabeth Black Barbara LeNoir Dorothy Peterson*
Cataloguing Dorothy M. Rogers Louise E. Sheldon*
Children's Room H. Gladys Mackenzie
Greenwood Branch Library Clara G. Wilson
Reference Margaret Doe
Senior Part-Time Assistants
Marian Farwell
Etta F. Smith
Junior Part-Time Assistants
Marjorie Allman Marjorie Bridge
Elizabeth Edson Josephine Ferrara
Earl Richard
Janitors
H. T. Mitchell, Main Library * Resigned
Michael Neary, Greenwood Branch
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The Trustees of the Lucius Beebe Memorial Library herewith submit the eighty-second annual report for the year 1937:
"To be great and to remain free, Americans must be educated. Books are the universal medium of education-whether in school or outside- books to find the facts behind the news reel or broadcast, books to fit us for a job, to help find it, or to keep us sane through unemployment, books to explain the economic picture and the world changing before our eyes, books for our children, books to enjoy."
If the above quotation is true, and it would be difficult to refute it, the need of an active and efficient library in every community is evident. That Wakefield is able to do its part in this book education is due to a happy combination of town appropriation and the interest from book funds, the gifts of generous friends. During 1937 from town appropriation $835.36 was spent for new books, and from the interest of trust funds $3,675.44. An increased appropriation from the town is highly desirable but since there is an ever-increasing need for books, the Library stock-in- trade, it would be a fortunate happening indeed if some other library friends would create funds, the income of which might be used for the purchase of books on either special subjects or those of general interest.
It is illuminating to follow briefly the travels of a library book. For instance when a recent popular book of fiction was ready for the bindery, it had been out forty-two times. It went into circulation in May, 1937, and was withdrawn to go to the bindery just at the close of the year. Meanwhile this book had been into forty-two homes so that at least that number had read it. For all these people to have read the book without the service of the public library, would have meant an outlay of forty- two times its purchase price. Now it will be rebound and continue to circulate, giving pleasure to still more patrons.
Sometimes a reprint book can be bought at a cost not exceeding that of rebinding. For example, a reprint book went into circulation in July, 1937, and was withdrawn at the close of the year after having been out twenty-four times. The book cost fifty-five cents, so at least twenty-four persons read it at a cost of $.0202 per person. Of course, a reprint does not have the demand of a new "seven-day" book but even so, it travels widely.
The work of binding and labeling the musical scores given to the Library by the Wakefield Choral Society in 1936, and undertaken as a WPA project, was finished in July, 1937. There is now a collection of over 13,500 musical scores of songs, cantatas, and selections from oratorios, making an outstanding and valuable addition to the musical resources of the Library. Through the thoughtful generosity of the Wakefield Choral Society all this material is not only for its own members but, in addition, is available for lcan to all Wakefield residents. The interest
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and industry of those members of the WPA engaged in this work is worthy of commendation.
The Library has received a very unusual gift from Mrs. Gustave Keander in memory of her husband, the late Gustave Keander. Mr. Keander was a well known wood carver and maker of artistic frames of fine woods for paintings and etchings. Through his work he became acquainted with the masterpieces of both European and American artists, and accumulated a large number of Medici prints of the famous canvases in European Galleries; these are considered to be the best prints in colors that are made. The collection given by Mrs. Keander comprises some 72 of these prints with a financial value of well over $800.00 in catalogue prices. These prints which have been catalogued and placed in folders for preservation, already have been on exhibition in the Lecture Hall where their beauty of subject and color has been much admired.
The late Mr. Harris M. Dolbeare and Mr. Gardner E. Campbell have continued the generous gift of space in the Daily Item. Mrs. Junius Beebe again furnished the Christmas decorations which add so much to the cheer of the holiday season. Other friends have remembered the library with gifts of books, magazines and flowers.
During the year the Library has lost two members of the staff. In February Miss Dorothy Peterson resigned to accept a position in New York at a considerable increase in salary. Later in the year Miss Louise E. Sheldon resigned to take charge of the Charles H. Howe Memorial Library at the Wakefield High School. Miss Sheldon had been a member of the staff since 1925 and understands thoroughly the various branches of library service.
In the reorganization which followed these resignations, Miss Dorothy Rogers, a recent Simmons graduate, was appointed cataloguer and Miss Elizabeth Black, a part-time assistant who is taking work at Simmons, was made a full time assistant. Perhaps it will not come amiss to say at this time that it is increasingly difficult to find experienced library assistants so necessary for efficient and economical service, at the prices Wakefield pays.
Last year it was thought that redecorating the Reference Room and some repairs on the upholstery were almost imperative, but this work has been delayed as it was found necessary to do some outside repair work. At all times a careful watch is kept that the cost of repairs may be kept at a minimum.
This year the circulation has been 223,792 or thirteen and one-half books per capita. There are at present 7,432 registered borrowers, thus an average of 30 books were issued to each card holder. An analysis of the book circulation shows an increase of over 3,600 books of a serious nature, especially in the fields of philosophy, sociology, science, useful
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and fine arts, travel and biography. In addition, there was a large number of musical scores borrowed from the new Wakefield Choral Society collection; from the picture collection a total of 6,236 loans were made during the year.
HERVEY J. SKINNER FLORENCE L. BEAN FRANK T. WOODBURY JOHN J. ROUND WALTER C. HICKEY
RICHARD DUTTON
ALICE W. WHEELER
ARTHUR L. EVANS
ALBERT W. ROCKWOOD
Trustees.
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DONORS
It is with appreciative thanks that we acknowledge loans and gifts from :
American Rose Society
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
American Viscose Corporation
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph C. Bean
Mrs. Junius Beebe
Lucius Beebe
Mrs. Josiah Bonney
Boston Public Library
Boston University
Brookline Bird Club
Mrs. Herbert Brown
Lois Burbine
Bureau of Air Commerce
George Carpenter Mrs. Clara Carr -
Christian Science Church, Reading, Massachusetts
Cleveland Trust Company
Thomas Cook & Company
Mrs. George Cowdrey
Cunard Line
Daughters of the American Revolution, Faneuil Hall Chapter Demco Supply Company
Doubleday, Doran Publishing Co.
E. I. Dupont de Nemours & Company
Mrs. Richard Dutton
William E. Eaton
Mrs. F. L. Edson
Electric Storage Battery Company
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
First National Bank of Boston
J. M. Fitzgerald
Miss Isabel Flint
Philip Foster
Mrs. J. D. Fraser
General Motors Company
Golfing Inc., Publisher
Foster Hall Hamburg-American Line
Harvard University
Honorable Joseph Hines
Mrs. Helen .M. Hitchcock
Arthur W. Hixson
Charles W. Hodgdon
Loea Parker Howard
Howard D. Johnson Restaurants
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International Labor Organization Mrs. Gustave Keander Little, Brown & Company Bert James Loewenberg Mrs. Hubbard B. Mansfield Massachusetts Audubon Society
Massachusetts Secretary of State
Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
Massachusetts Society of Mental Hygiene
Massachusetts Tuberculosis League, Inc.
Mrs. Cora Mildram Miss Hilda Morrill
National Aniline & Chemical Company National Emergency Council
National Tribune Corporation
New England Conservatory of Music
New England Council
New England Planning Commission
New England Sanitarium
Mrs. Lyman Churchill Newell
Nursing Information Bureau of the American Nurses' Association Opportunity Publishing Company
Mr. and Mrs. Harland Perkins
Pilgrim Press Polish Press Information Service
James B. Reardon
Recruiting Publicity Bureau, United States Army
Rosicrucian Order
William J. Schultz Miss Etha Snodgrass
Specialty Salesman, Publisher
Standard Oil Company
Mrs. Sylenda Stearns
Mrs. L. Wallace Sweetser
Joseph Taggart J. Frederick Talcott Mrs. Frank Tredinnick
United Fruit Company
Works Progress Administration
Wakefield Daily Item Wakefield Rotary Club Mrs. Walter Watkins Mrs. Mabel Wetherbee Charles Weschcke Wheat Flour Institute
Colonel Arthur Woods World Calendar Association, Inc.
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LIBRARY EXHIBITS-1937
MAIN LIBRARY
FROM PICTURE COLLECTION
Presidents (from Washington to Roosevelt) Lithographs and wood engravings
Reproductions of paintings from Mellon collection Ancient civilization in America
Cave drawings and pre-historic sculpture
Birds
Coronation in England
Summer sports of yesterday Electricity in the service of man Early exploration Chinese arts and crafts Christmas books and posters Madonnas from the Keander collection
LOANS FROM:
Gardner Campbell (White Mountain photographs)
Miss Marian Cannon, Paintings Miss Edith Fisher, Christmas Cards and Madonnas Richard Hartshorne, Paintings
Charles W. Hodgdon, motion picture stills
GREENWOOD BRANCH LIBRARY
FROM PICTURE COLLECTION
Scandinavian exhibit (Miss Isabel Flint) Drawings (Greenwood School) Airplane drawings (7th Grade, Greenwood School) Handwork (Greenwood playground) Handwork (Boy Scouts, Troop 2)
PROJECTS: Library Exhibits Winter display Poem-Dutch garden Circus display Christmas in other lands
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TABLE 1 FINANCIAL STATISTICS 1937 Receipts
Town Appropriation Dog tax
$ 18,300.00 1,516.21
Income from Library Funds:
Junius Beebe Fund
$ 740.45
Marcus Beebe Fund
878.41
Decius Beebe Fund
445.69
Katherine Beebe Fund
111.47
Eleanor H. Beebe Fund
195.31
Frederic Beebe Fund
346.69
Charles S. Beebe Fund
44.08
John H. Beebe Fund
84.55
J. Oliver Beebe Fund
133.13
Alice B. Carpenter Fund
237.07
George O. Carpenter Fund
43.93
Sylenda B. Stearns Fund
72.96
J. G. Aborn Library Fund Cyrus Gilbert Beebe Fund
60.45
Frederic Beebe Library Fund
30,23
Willard Donnell Fund
15.11
Rev. Thomas A. Emerson Fund
15.11
Flint Memorial Library Fund
30.23
M. W. Gove Library Fund
12.58
Melvin Hill Fund
15.11
Dr. F. P. Hurd Library Fund
75.56
Franklin Poole Library Fund
15.11
Mary H. Pratt Library Fund
6.05
Cyrus Wakefield Library Fund
15.11
3,675.44
Total Income
$ 23,491.65
51.05
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Expenditures
Books
Periodicals
$ 4,510.80 478.21
Binding
1,398.37
Salaries, library service
10,497.78
Supplies, printing
1,143.64
Heat, light, power, water
1,205.08
Salaries, janitor service
1,980.00
Repairs, furniture, maintenance, et cetera
1,766.07
Telephone, postage, freight, express
496.13
$ 23,476.08
Unexpended Balance
15.57
Total
$23,491.65
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TABLE II CLASSIFIED TABLE OF VOLUMES ISSUED IN 1937
DEPOSITS
MAIN LIBRARY
GREENWOOD BRANCH
SCHOOLS
Boit
Adult
Juvenile
Adult
Juvenile
Adult
Juvenile
Home
Reference works and bound periodicals
230
183
22
29
3
Philosophy
1,167
10
159
14
6
Religion
508
133
130
68
47
Sociology
3,124
1,786
433
833
285
Philology (Language)
224
30
13
2
Natural science
1,216
713
194
618
251
Useful arts
4,217
998
486
797
204
Fine arts
3,743
690
542
469
111
Music scores
1,117
Literature
5,193
1,039
1,036
492
356
History
1,667
850
269
696
275
Travel
3,897
1,859
930
1,201
345
Biography
4,188
625
1,005
540
223
Fiction
77,536
21,150
26,898
11,823
4,005
1,320
Little folks' readers
9,669
5,966
1,132
Foreign books (on loan)
115
Current periodicals
6,472
1,310
2,686
495
Pamphlets
404
14
Total
115,018
41,059
34,803
24,043
306*
7,243
1,320
156,077
58,846
7,549
Total circulation for the year Pictures issued during 1937
6,236
LIBRARY BORROWERS REGISTERED
Main Library
6,169
Greenwood Branch Library
1,263
Total number of registered borrowers Borrowers of school and deposit collections not registered.
7,432
* Books not listed as to classifications; all are non-fiction
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223,792
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TABLE III
RESOURCES
Volumes belonging to Library, January 1, 1937
58,379
Additions in 1937:
MAIN LIBRARY
New Titles
Adult
1,181
Juvenile
372
1,553
Replacements and duplicates
Adult
418
Juvenile
101
519
GREENWOOD BRANCH
New Titles
Adult
335
Juvenile
289
624
Replacements and duplicates
Adult
10
Juvenile
46
Gifts accessioned
34
Books for school deposits
85
Bound magazines
73
Unclassified
157
Total additions
3,101
Volumes withdrawn, 1937
1,070
Volumes belonging to Library, December 31, 1937
59,325
56
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TABLE IV
American Library Association Form for Uniform Statistics Population of Wakefield (1937) 16,494
Term of use of Library: FREE
Agencies: Main Library, one Branch, 34 school class rooms, 1 deposit station
Days open during the year-Main Library
304
Days open during the year-Branch Library 148
Hours open each week for lending-Main Library 66
Hours open each week for reading-Main Library
69
Hours open each week for lending-Branch Library
161/2
Hours open each week for reading-Branch Library
161%
Number of volumes at beginning of year
58,379
Number of volumes added by gift
34
Number of volumes withdrawn during year
1,370
Number of volumes added
3,101
Number of volumes at end of year
59,325
Pictures (13,430 mounted)
69,253
Pamphlets
5,684
Number of registered borrowers
7,432
Number of volumes lent for home use
223,792
Number of pictures lent for home use
6,236
Registration period (since May, 1937)
3 years
Number of newspapers (2 gifts) received currently
10
Number of periodical titles currently received :
Main Library
146
Greenwood Branch
38
Library receipts:
Town appropriation
$ 18,300.00
Income from dog tax
1,516.21
Income from trust funds
3,675.44
$ 23,491.65
Library expenditures :
Books
$ 4,510.80
Periodicals
478.21
Binding
1,398.37
Salaries, library service
10,497.78
Salaries, janitor service
1,980.00
Light
504.44
Supplies
1,106.64
Heat
671.40
Other maintenance
2,328.44
$ 23,476.08
Balance returned to town
15.57
Library receipts returned to town from fines, pay- ment of lost books, etc., during 1937: $ 844.65
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Report of Park and Cemetery Commissioners
To the Citizens of Wakefield:
The Park and Cemetery Commissioners hereby submit their annual report for the year ending December 31, 1937.
The Park and Common were kept in first class condition by the Superintendent, Arthur G. Abbott, and at this time the Commissioners wish to commend him for his splendid efforts.
We have fourteen (14) triangular plots under our care in different parts of the town as follows: Common and Church Streets, Eaton and Crescent Streets, Lafayette and Church Streets, North Avenue and Church Street, Prospect and Cedar Streets, Prospect and Elm Streets, Prospect Street and Shumway Circle, Prospect and Hopkins Streets, Vernon and Salem Streets, Main Street opposite High School, Farm and Nahant Streets, Main Street opposite Junction Depot, and Oak and Green Streets. In addi- tion to these triangular plots we have five (5) playgrounds under our care. We recommend an extra man in order that these shall be maintained in a creditable manner.
The bath house was under the care of Mr. David Ingerton, instructor, and a corps of men who had a very successful season, and the commissioners received no reports of misconduct, although thousands of children took advantage of the bath house. The Commissioners hope that in the near future a WPA project will be started for a new bath house to take the place of the one we now have. The present building has outgrown its usefulness and is badly in need of repair. Mr. Ingerton's report is submitted under another heading.
The Old Cemetery has been taken care of, grass cut and the grounds cleaned up twice a year. We also recommend a WPA project to put this -cemetery in better condition.
The receipts for Forest Glade Cemetery for 1937 were $4,185.00, in- cluding perpetual care receipts. We expect to have the receiving tomb and office started this year as WPA funds have been set aside for this work. A new WPA general development project is in the offing, which will improve the cemetery even more than it has been. The Commissioners are indebted to several citizens who donated fine evergreen trees. We are especially grateful to Mr. and Mrs. J. Lowe McMahon of Prospect Street for the seven beautiful Norway spruce trees they donated.
On Memorial Sunday, May 30, 1937, a beautiful shrine was dedicated in the Catholic section of Forest Glade Cemetery. This shrine was donated to the town by one of our most respected citizens, who does not wish his identity disclosed. The shrine, valued at about $500.00, exclusive of the
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rockery, evergreens and setting, is made of Alpine maple and was imported from Switzerland.
We have one full-time man at the cemetery, Mr. Frank LeGro, and one part-time man, Mr. Charles Lynch.
We wish, at this time, to thank publicly, Mr. John Landry, Superin- tendent of the Moth Department, and Mr. Harry Denning, Superintendent of the Highway Department, and also the Board of Public Welfare, for the valuable assistance given our Board throughout the entire year
Respectfully submitted,
JOHN T. STRINGER, Chairman GEORGE W. ABBOTT, Secretary JOHN W. MacGILLVRAY
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Report of Bath House Supervisor
Wakefield Park Board,
Wakefield, Massachusetts.
Gentlemen :-
The bath house opened June 28 and closed September 4, a period of 69 days, during which time protection was given the bathers from 9.00 A. M. to 8.00 P. M., on week days, and from 2.00 P. M. to 6.00 P.M. on Sundays. During a hot spell the bath house was kept open longer for the safety of night bathers.
Total number in attendance 67,504
Average daily 1,094
Maximum weekly 14,600
Number of minor injuries
152
Number of serious injuries, requiring
medical attention 2
(also 1 epileptic fit)
Number of persons beyond their depth needing help 78
Help rendered to overturned boats 12
Number of suspensions 2
The continuation of the "Learn to Swim" campaign inaugurated in 1936 resulted in 274 persons learning to swim or improving their ability to take care of themselves in the water. This figure does not include the special class to Boy Scouts, 15 of whom passed their merit badge tests.
During the season, six children were picked up along the shores of the lake and restored to their parents; also five boys were rescued from unsafe rafts or boats, which were then destroyed. Parents should guard against things of this kind, as all of the craft were made at home and carted to the lake.
I wish to thank all of the town departments for their generous help, the Park Board for their co-operation, and especially the Police Depart- ment for their prompt and efficient handling of petty thefts.
DAVID F. INGERTON,
Supervisor.
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REPORT OF MUNICIPAL LIGHT BOARD
Report of the Municipal Light Board
To the Citizens of the Town of Wakefield:
We submit for your consideration, the forty-fourth annual report of the Municipal Light Board, covering the year ending December 31, 1937.
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