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Constance M. Doyle, A.B.
Harriet D. Dunning, A.B.
Joseph H. Fanck
Head of Man. Arts Dept., Mech. Drawing
1913 Mass. School of Art
Head of History Department; History
1921
Bowdoin College
History, Algebra
1915 Northampton Coll., Blackstone Inst.
Chemistry, Physics
1929 Bates College
Dean of Girls; German, History
1913
Boston University
Biology, Science
1934
Simmons College
History, Algebra; Coach of Football, Director of Extra-Curricula Activities
Head of Mathematics Department; Coach Cross-Country; Director of Guidance
Plane Geometry, Algebra
Typewriting, Bus. Training, Office Practice and Gregg Shorthand
1921
Boston University
Freehand Drawing
1916 Mass. School of Art
Elementary and Adv. Bus. Training, Account'g
1936
Salem State Teachers' College
Sten., Type., and Adv. Bus. Training
1927
Salem Commercial
Louis P. Marché
Woodworking
1923
Wentworth Institute
Anne H. Meserve, B.S.
Household Arts
1925
University of N. H.
Thomas C. Murray, A.B., L.L.B.
Rita T. Neagle, A.B., A.M.
Katharine H. Nichols
Ethelyn M. Pattee, A.B., M.A. Alfred E. Preble, B.S. *Not a graduate
Subjects
Head of Commercial Department; Law, Ac- counting, Economics, Salesmanship
1918 Northampton College
Commercial Arithmetic, Civics
1939 Emmanuel College
English
1926
Radcliffe College
R. Edgar Fisher, A.B.
Arthur A. Fulton, LL.B.
Myron E. Gallop, B.S.
*Helen F. Gilmore Eleanor M. Gleason, B.S.
William D. Healey, A.B., Ed.M.
Howard J. Heavens, A.B., M.A.
Janet S. Height, A.B., M.A. Ruth F. Hiatt, B.B.A., M.B.A.
Isabel M. Hirst
Alice E. Ladieu
Margaret L. Macdonald
English, French
Physical Education
1936 Bouvé-Boston School of Phy. Ed.
1927 Wellesley College, Columbia Univ.
Physics, Chemistry
1913 Tufts College
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1928 Holy Cross, Harvard College
1927 Amherst College
1929 Boston University, Columbia Univ.
Modern, Ancient and Medieval History, Civics 1931
Boston College, Fordham University
1936 Boston University
French
Date of First Election Where Educated
Name Ethel G. Reed, A.B., M.A. M. Alice Ryan, B.B.A.
Louise E. Sheldon, A.B., B.S. +Homer M. Shellenberger, B.P.E. W. Harold Rood, B.P.E.
*S. Morton Sherman
Genesta B. Tooker
Elizabeth V. Upham, B.S., M.A. Donald White
Oliver G. Glover
FRANKLIN SCHOOL
Jules I. Philie, A.B.
Principal
A. Christine Callan, B.S. in Ed., M.A. Grade 8
Edna M. Paulson
7
Eva M. Chick
6
Cora Guarnaccia
5
Helen M. Delaney
4
*Stella H. Blaikie
4
Helen Harper, B.S. in Ed.
3
Lydia M. Sullivan
2
Avis M. Jones
1
Elizabeth D. Burke
Special
Hester A. Walker
Special
¡On leave, in Service. *Not a graduate
Subjects
English
Stenography, Tyepwriting, Office Practice, Script and Gregg Shorthand Librarian
Director and teacher of Physical Education, Coach of Basketball, Baseball and Fresh- man Football
Woodworking
English, Latin, Algebra
English
Commerce and Industry, History
Secretary
Date of First Election Where Educated
1911 Tufts College, Middlebury College
1902 Boston University
1937 Boston University, Simmons College
1925 Springfield College
1941 Springfield College, University of New Hampshire
1925 Carnegie Institute
1924 Washington State Normal, Maine
1936
Tufts College
1930 Harvard College, Mass. State Coll.
1927 Clark's Business School
1941 Holy Cross, R.I. College of Ed.
1931 Boston Teachers' Coll., Boston Coll.
1926 Fitchburg State Teachers' College
1926 Gorham Normal
1923 Salem State Teacher's College
1924 Fitchburg State Teachers' College
1927 Wellesley College
1935 Lowell State Teachers' College
1916 Fitchburg State Teachers' College
1925 Aroostook State Normal
1927 Lowell State Teachers' College
1924 Salem State Teachers' College
REPORT OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE
141
Subjects
Name GREENWOOD SCHOOL
Eliot B. Leonard, B.S. in Ed. Abbie A. Bell
Principal Grade 8
Clareberta Wilson, A.B.
8
1923 Radcliffe College
1925 Salem State Teachers' College
1923 Plymouth Teachers' College
1928 Salem State Teachers' College
1926 Aroostook State Normal
Amanda J. Stephenson
6
Mary P. O'Connell, B.S.
5
1940 Mass. State College
1924 Washington State Normal
Lillian J. Shoff
4
1928 Plymouth Teachers' College
Laura A. Hart
43 4 3
1924
Salem State Teachers' College
Hazel O. Wilder
3
1923
Salem State Teachers' College
Maude E. Parks
2
1919 Plymouth Normal
1925 Wheelock School
1924
Wheelock K. T. S.
Grace E. Widtfeldt
1.
1927 Salem State Teachers' College
HURD SCHOOL Jules I. Philie, A.B.
Principal
Ruth V. Conley, B.S. in Ed.
Grades 7 and 8
Dorothy E. Petersen, B.S. in Ed.
5 and 6
1938 Salem State Teachers' College
1925 Salem State Teachers' College
1926 Perry Ktg. Normal
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1941 Holy Cross, R. I. College of Ed. 1927 Gorham Normal, Boston University
Katheryn Carney Bella A. Rattray
3 and 4
1 and 2
Date of First Election Where Educated
1931 Newark State Normal, N. Y. Univ.
1925 Salem State Teachers' College
Signe M. Peterson
7
Ethel M. Wilson
7
Theresa J. Collins
6
Winifred R. Beal
5
1910 Framingham State Teachers' Coll.
Hilda M. Hayden
Lee Pfeiffer
2
Alice E. Calkins
1
Name LINCOLN SCHOOL
T. Frank Shea
Bernice O. Bazley, B.S. in Ed.
Grade 8
Catherine A. Doran
Ruth B. Spence
Gladys M. Douglass
6
Alice M. Scipione
5
Bernice E. Hendrickson
Ruth C. Webber
Mary T. Bonney
Blanche L. Meserve
1
1916
Plymouth Normal, N. H.
MONTROSE SCHOOL
T. Frank Shea
Principal
1902 Westfield State Teachers' Coll. (4 yrs.)
Beatrice D. Moody
Grade 8
1936 Salem State Teachers' College
Margaret A. Conway, A.B.
7
1941 Boston University
Mabel F. Johnson
6
1926 Plymouth Normal
Mary E. Grace
4 and 5
1936 Lowell State Teachers' College
Winifred Geizer
3 and 4
1928 Salem State Teachers' College
Marion E. Garland, B.S. in Ed.
2 and 3
1935 Mass. School of Art
1938 The Wheelock School
WARREN SCHOOL Eliot B. Leonard, B.S. in Ed. *Lois I. Jordan *Not a graduate
Principal Grade 8
Date of First Election Where Educated
1902 Westfield State Teachers' Coll. (4 yrs.)
1929 Salem State Teachers' Coll., B. U.
1926 Keene Normal
1925 Gorham Normal
1935 Salem State Teachers' College
1926 Salem State Teachers' College
4
1908 Salem State Teachers' College
1925 Aroostook State Normal
3
2
1936 The Wheelock School
Margaret A. McGonagle
1
1931 Newark State Norm., N. Y. Univ.
1925 Smith College
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REPORT OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Subjects
Principal
7 and 8 7
Name
Nancy D'Amico, A.B. Mary E. C. Geagan Bessie E. David Irene F. Norton *Lillian A. Shaffer Elizabeth M. Strout
WEST WARD SCHOOL
*Mabel A. Kernan, Principal Flora S. Hall
Grades 3 and 4
1 and 2
WOODVILLE SCHOOL
Jules I. Philie, A.B.
Eleanor B. Ringdahl
Margaret M. Landers
Mary M. Harrington
Virginia A. Bauer, B.S. in Ed.
SPECIALS
Grace A. Jenkins
Robert D. King, Mus. B., M.A.
Dorothy L. Shepard
HEALTH J. William Burke, A.B., M.D. Mary K. English
Thomas F. Kenney
*Not a graduate
Subject
7
6
5
4
2 and 3
1 and 2
Date of First Election Where Educated
1935 Tufts College
1906 Lowell State Teachers' College
1907 Bridgewater State Teachers' College
1908 Hyannis State Teachers' College
1908 Hyannis State Teachers' College
1925 Salem State Teachers' College
1899 Boston University
1931 Lesley Normal School
1941 Holy Cross, R. I. College of Ed.
1919 New Britain State Teachers' College
1930 Salem State Teachers' College
1940 Lesley Normal
1940 Salem State Teachers' College, B. U
1919 Mass. Normal Art
1941 Boston University, Harvard Univ.
1936 Bouvé-Boston School of Phy. Ed.
1939
Harvard College, Harvard Med. Sch.
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Principal
Grades 7 and 8
5 and 6
3 and 4
1 and 2
Drawing
Music
Elementary Physical Education
School Physician
School Nurse 1916
Supervisor of Att., School Committee Agent
1939
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REPORT OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE
JANITORS
Name
School
Address
Edward E. Eaton M. Leo Conway, Engineer
High
21 Park Street
High
10 Bennett Street
Carl A. Peterson
High
242 Albion Street
Carrie M. Agry
High
16 Charles Street
G. Fred Dodge
Franklin
46 Albion Street
Michael Neary
Greenwood
57 Greenwood Avenue
Edward T. Clothey
Hurd
21 Crescent Street
Lyman E. Allen
Lincoln
199 North Avenue
Francis H. Goldsmith
Montrose
20 Bartley Street
Thomas Hemsworth
Warren
23 Converse Street
John M. Hennessey
West Ward
140 Nahant Street
Chester I. Hopkins
Woodville
40 Sweetser Street
Charles B. Lally
General Work
20 Eaton Street
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D
COST OF PUBLIC DAY SCHOOL-1941
General Expenses
Total
High
Elementary
Supt. of Schools and Attendance
Officer:
Salaries
$7,006.33
Other Expenses
266.45
School Committee:
Clerks, Other Expenses
3,810.88
Instruction :
Supervisors:
Salaries
3,764.77
Expenses
150.00
Principals
11,954.78
$4,477.96
$7,476.82
Teachers
189,951.37
94,284.37
95,667.00
Text Books
4,084.22
1,801.23
2,282.99
Supplies
8,244.98
5,752.89
2,492.09
Operation :
Janitor Service
17,885.57
6,855.36
11,030.21
Fuel
9,273.57
3,078.26
6,195.31
Miscellaneous
3,963.91
1,966.76
1,997.15
Maintenance:
Repairs and Upkeep
15,353.22
6,249.50
9,103.72
Auxiliary Agencies:
Health
2,578.36
156.68
2,421.68
Library
287.28
287.28
Tuition
271.37
88.28
183.09
Miscellaneous
2,236.43
885.48
1,350.95
Transportation
1,407.50
590.00
817.50
Outlay
612.00
612.00
$283,102.99 $127,086.05 $141,018.51
The receipts for 1941 are:
Com. of Mass., on account of Teachers
$22,140.50
Com. of Mass., Tuition, State Wards
2,311.47
City of Boston, Tuition, City Wards
5,234.01
Town of Lynnfield, Tuition
13,709.15
Town of Saugus, Tuition
210.63
Individuals, Tuition
365.19
Receipts, Woodworking Dept.
352.29
Rental of School Auditoriums
73.00
Miscellaneous receipts
95.13
$44,491.37
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E
HOW A SCHOOL DOLLAR IS SPENT
234
5
6
1
8
0
1. Outlay . 0022
2. Miscellaneous: Water, Light, Janitor Supplies . 0140
3. Office Expenses, including clerk hire, telephones, etc. . 0144
4. Auxiliaries . 0162
5. Fuel . 0328
. 0435
6. Books and Supplies
7. Repairs and Upkeep .0542
8. Janitors . 0632
9. Supt., Att. Officer, Teachers, School Physician and Nurse . 7595
$1.0000
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TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
F AGE AND GRADE CHART January 1, 1942
Grd. Age
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18 19 20
21
Tot.
B G
1
89
42
132
1
83
B
2
63
50
13
128
2
G
71
30
2
1
104
B
1
55
44
12
114
00
G
1
57
37
6
102
00
51
44
20
00
126
4
5
62
30
00
1
106
46
37
25
00
1
117
5
3
65
40
4
6
118
49
52
16
1
120
6
1
48
32
9
93
2
48
47
18
4
1
120
7
G
50
32
20
1
103
1
42
37
12
2
11
102
58
45
19
1
129
70
57
19
152
10
12
60 79
59 50
12
1
154
00 00
66
52
19
5
1
146
11
86
28
7
124
12
11
50 59
39 42
00 20
41
118
H. S.
0
Spec.
1
1
Elem. Spec.
1
1
1
3
Boys
1
91
106
108
108
102
110
135
117
126
129
154
123
62
14
10
0
1491
Girls
61
91
93
105
104
97
88
101
145
154
166
101
50
6
1
0
1363
Total
1
152
197
201
213
206
207
223
218
271
283
320
224 112
20
6
2854 0
-
1
2
7
4
2
95
00
1
48
39
13
41
16
3
1
142
3
25
9
5
106
61
19
1
1
1
21
23
16
149
REPORT OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE
G
REPORT OF CENSUS
October 1, 1941
BOYS
GIRLS
TOTAL
5-7 7-14 14-16
5-7 7-14 14-16
Wakefield Public Schools
174 783 317
135
726
344
2,479
St. Joseph's
23 175
9
33
144
8
392
Private
2
5
7
Trade School
3
3
Home Instruction
3
1
4
Kindergarten-Under 5 1
3
4
Boys 9
Girls 7
Physically handicapped, un-
able to attend school
1
1
2
Institutions
2
1
3
Not in school
15
15
30
Home Permits
1
1
Working Certificates
4
4
213 959 340
186
872 359
2,929
150
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H
CHANGES IN PERSONNEL IN 1941
DECEASED
George E. Hayes
Margaret A. Ryan
Principal of Franklin, Hurd and Woodville Schools High School
RETIREMENT
Irving A. Wells, Engineer
From High School
LEAVE OF ABSENCE
Supervisor of Physical Education
Homer M. Shellenberger
Entered U. S. Naval Service
RESIGNATIONS
Supervisor of Music
Vivian Dix
To be married
Alice M. Drugan
Madaliene J. Crocker
To be married
APPOINTMENTS
Supervisor of Music
Robert D. King
From Wakefield
Supervisor of Physical Education
W. Harold Rood
From University of N. H.
High School
Francis W. Dinan
From Admiral Billard Academy
Elementary
Jules I. Philie, Principal of Franklin, Hurd and Woodville Schools From Bellingham and Mendon Margaret A. Conway To Montrose School Janitor-To Montrose School
Francis H. Goldsmith
High School
To be married
Elementary
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REPORT OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE
TRANSFERS High School
Constance M. Doyle M. Leo Conway, Engineer
Winifred Geizer Dorothy E. Petersen Lee Pfeiffer Lyman E. Allen
From Hurd School From Lincoln School
Elementary
To Montrose from Franklin To Hurd from Montrose To Greenwood from Franklin Janitor-To Lincoln from Montrose
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I
THE COMMENCEMENT PROGRAM of The Class of Nineteen Forty-one Wakefield, Massachusetts
The Auditorium
June the fifth
Eight O'clock
The Theme: Preservers of Democracy
THE PROGRAM
Overture and Processional
Essay-Preserving American Democracy through Research R. Walter Clarke, Salutatorian
"The Citizen"
James F. Dwyer
Shirley Louise Richardson
Soprano Solo-June is in My Heart Graham Vaughan
Jeannette M. Robbins
"The Heritage of American Ideals" 1
Henry Van Dyke
Colby L. Burbank, Jr.
Honor Essay-Jane Addams, the Good Neighbor Anne Marie Dempsey
Violin Trio-Allegro Risoluto from "Petite Symphonie" Berthold Tours Barbara J. Dow, Ruth V. Hanson, Lloyd B. Marshall Ruth J. Reynolds, Accompanist
"O Kaplan! My Kaplan!"
Leonard Q. Ross
Alan D. Bill
"I am an American" "Credo" Elias Lieberman
Jeanne Surette
Tenor Solo-A Little Song of Life Albert H. Malotte
Robert E. Parker
Essay-Booker T. Washington, Educator of Democracy Evelyn Mae Tedford, Valedictorian
153
REPORT OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Class Song-Alma Mater
Barbara E. Tredinnick, Director Catherine M. Maher, Accompanist
Presentation of Diplomas
James M. Henderson, Member of School Committee
Recessional
CLASS SONG Alma Mater Wakefield High School
Dear School, may none of us forget
How great and precious is our debt
To you of happy years soon fled, When new found trust and friendship shed
Their golden light upon our way And gave new joy to work and play!
Dear School, when ours the hardest task Which academic duties ask, In busy class or on the field,
May we strive on and never yield.
May we subdue the traitor mood
And face the worst with fortitude!
Dear School, as sadly forth we fare Into the world beyond your care, This be our hope: that to the end We keep our motto for our friend.
"Today Decides Tomorrow"-true; So may our future honor you!
Words by Barbara E. Tredinnick, '41 Music by Catherine M. Maher, '41
CLASS MOTTO
"Today Decides Tomorrow"
CLASS COLORS
Red and Gold
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THE GRADUATES
Orlando Alves Robert Joseph Amirault
Barbara Andruss
James V. Antonioli Phyllis M. Arthur Irene Elizabeth Astle Guy Stetson Bachelder
Umberto Joseph Barsanti Elliot W. Bartlett
Amedeo Peter Benedetto
Alan Dibble Bill
Leon Allen Blanchard, Jr.
Augustine P. Boccelli John Leslie Bruce Colby L. Burbank, Jr. Daniel George Burnell
Catherine F. Carbone Alfred P. Cardillo Patsy J. Carisella Don Boyd Carpenter Charles F. Cayer
*Richard Arthur Chartier Edward Chrisfield *Ronald Walter Clarke James Climo
*Jeanette Coates James Adams Colby, Jr. Eleanor J. Colpitts Howard Merrill Colpitts Mary I. Colwell Winston C. Conrad John A. Conroy Frederick Albert Cook Malcolm R. Corbett Francis Cosman *Margaret Mary Costantino Richard Gregory Cronin Slayton Eugene Cross George Albert Cullen, Jr. Lucy M. Czarnota George M. Daland Patricia Day Ernest Michael DeCicco Delia Ann DelRossi
*Honor Pupil
Frank DelRossi *Anne Marie Dempsey Anne G. Devine Kendall Mason Dolbeare Marjorie Doucett Barbara Janet Dow Charles J. Dulong Russel Le-Roy Edwards William Frank Emerson, Jr. Mary Elizabeth Evangelista Nancy A. Evangelista Galen Loren Farrar Elena Ferrara Frances Ann Filoramo Barbara Ruth Findlay Willard Kenneth Fiscus Janet M. Florance
*Gerald J. Fraughton Evelyn Gertrude Fuller Edward Calvin Gammons Caesar Gargano, Jr. Orel Ursula Geilhard Vincent A. Gerard
Ruth Barbara Gibson Clara Giuliano Florence E. Gooding Adeline J. Gregoira Elsie I. Griffin
*Clifford C. Ham, Jr. *Ruth V. Hanson Charlotte Catherine Harper John Francis Hatch Philip R. Hatfield Eunice Lorraine Hawkes Kathleen Vera Hawkes Richard Stephen Hayes Alice Winnifred Hayward Philip Herron Richard G. Hicks
Wendell R. Hollett Edna M. Hovey Virginia Mae Hudson
Charlotte E. Hunneman Thomas Inglis
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REPORT OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Donald Clifford Jacobs Howard Carl Jappe Irving A. Jay Ann Jordan Alice Louise Keane Alice Mary Kenney Bernice Leona Ketchum Thomas William Killoran Mary V. Klapes John Knapp Elizabeth Knopping Walter Karl Kohler
Sophie Ann Komak Lucille Delores Kuklinski Josephine Kurowska Roy E. Landberg James M. Landrigan Janet Theresa Lannon Phyllis Laura Larrabee Wilfred Ernest LeBlanc Doris Radcliffe Leman Joan Lenfest Ardis Lorraine Lewis Frank Vito Longo Catherine M. Loughlin Rose Marie Luciano Ruth Marion Luken
Agnes Marie Lyons Dorcas Eileen MacCormack John J. Maguire
Catherine Mary Maher Harold J. Maher, Jr. John Thomas Maher, Jr. Robert D. Maher Barbara L. Malone Michael Joseph Maloney, Jr. James Burns Marchetti *Lloyd Boardman Marshall Jerome Thomas Mccullough Margaret Frances McDonough William R. McKenna Beatrice Migliore John F. Mohla Nathalie Agnes Monge Dorothy Mary Montague Lester James Moore Lucille Nancy Moore
*Honor Pupil
George Edward Morgan Arthur Daniel Murphy Carl Joseph Muse Marie Ynez Myers Anne O'Connor David O'Connor
Dorothy Frances O'Neill Elaine Chandler Page Florence Marie Palumbo
Theresa Ozina Paquin Robert Edward Parker
Ernest E. Pelletier, Jr. Frank W. Perkins, Jr.
*Hazel Irene Phinney *Stanley Willard Pitman Richard Robbins Poeton Sandy G. Polson Joseph James Pyburn Gene Verna Rager Robert N. Reid Beverly C. Reynolds
*Ruth Joyce Reynolds Charles Allan Rich Shirley Louise Richardson Marion Ann Riley Carmen Peter Rinaldi John Joseph Roach, Jr. Jeannette M. Robbins Alma Hester Robidou
*Beverly Sherry Rodberg John Jay Round, Jr. Edwin Malcolm Rowe, Jr. Phyllis Marguerite Sanderson Jeanne Theresa Sardella Stephen J. Sardella Martha Irene Saunders Vera White Saunders Janet B. Sawyer Lewis C. Schlotterbeck Edward V. Seero, Jr. John Denis Shanahan
*Ruth Palmeter Shute Robert M. Stantial Willard Simpson Stantial Barbara Arline Stevens Joseph Wheeler Stone Melba Studley
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Blanche Barbara Subzda Arlene Sullivan *Jeanne Surette Grace M. Talbot Elsie Marie Tebbetts
*Evelyn Mae Tedford William Thomas Thistle Evelyn Ann Thompson Margaret Marie Thoner Kirk H. Titus Virginia Titus Mary Ann Todesco
Gladys Maria Walsh Janet Marie Walsh Phyllis Chipman Wass
Herbert S. Welford Florence I. Wells
Irivng Wells, Jr.
Katherine L. Wells
Phyllis Louise Whidden
Alice Caroline White
Frances Anne White
Norman E. Whiton
Dorothy M. Wilson
Frederick Tompkins Barbara Elizabeth Tredinnick Olive Lorraine Vidito
Malcolm Leslie Wilson
Oscar Leslie Wood
Lola Frances Zwicker
*Honor Pupil
1
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REPORT OF MIDDLESEX COUNTY EXTENSION SERVICE
Report of Middlesex County Extension Service
For the Year 1941
The following is a report of some of the activities of the Middlesex County Extension Service in Wakefield during the year 1941:
The Women's Club of Greenwood has sponsored many of the projects for the homemakers conducted in town by the Extension Service. Series of meetings were held on reupholstering furniture, the making of slip covers, clothing con- struction and food preservation. Meetings were also held on Christmas greens and the making of Christmas gifts.
Twenty-seven boys' and girls' clubs were organized during the year with a total enrollment of 205. This is the largest enrollment in any town in the county. Mrs. Edmund Becker served as Town 4-H Club Chairman, Miss Evelyn Fuller, secretary, Mrs. George Mansfield, press correspondent, and the following mem- bers of the Executive Committee: Mrs. George Stoddard, Mrs. Quentin Chio- chetti, Miss Josephine Cicciarella and Mr. William Dill. Mrs. Emily Climo and Mrs. Eugene Clark served on the 4-H Camp Committee. Local leaders were Mrs. Edmund Becker, Mrs. Eugene Clark, Mrs. Willis Godfrey, Mrs. Quentin Chiochetti, Miss Evelyn Fuller, Mrs. Colin W. Barry, Mrs. Abbott W. Boyles, Mrs. George W. Stoddard, Mrs. Daniel Raustis, Mrs. George McLeod, Mrs. Thelma Ohman, Mrs. F. Morton Lee, Miss Jeanne Evangelista, Mrs. William Condon, Miss Marion Merritt, Mrs. George Mansfield, Miss Ethelyn Ramsdell, Miss Charlotte Hunneman, Miss Josephine Cicciarella, Mrs. Anne Hunneman, Miss Aida Strong, Mr. Daniel Raustis, Mr. Frederick Cook, Mr. Leon Blanchard, Mr. Gaston E. Loubris.
Wakefield was host to three hundred and sixty club members and leaders from neighboring towns at the Sectional Rally held the first of February. State Leader, George L. Farley was the speaker at this Rally.
A local exhibit was held in the high school gymnasium, with all clubs ex- hibiting. Eight girls from Greenwood won blue ribbons in the County Dress Contest. Two leader training meetings were held in town, with instruction given by Miss Marion E. Forbes, assistant state leader.
Wakefield took an active part in the development of Camp Middlesex at Ashby, Massachusetts, contributing $177.75 toward its establishment. Thirteen members from Wakefield attended the camp.
Bertha Climo, Doris Climo and Ethelyn Ramsdell attended Junior Leaders' Camp at the Massachusetts State College in Amherst.
At the garden contest at county-wide Boys' Day in Concord, first place was won by Angelo Marino, third by Thomas Donnelly and fifth by Anthony Marino.
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Report of Library Trustees
BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LUCIUS BEEBE MEMORIAL LIBRARY
Mrs. Florence L. Bean 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 Hervey J. Skinner, Chairman Mrs. Florence L. Bean, Secretary
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
John J. Round
Richard Dutton, M. D.
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GROUNDS COMMITTEE Albert W. Rockwood, Chairman
Walter C. Hickey
Mrs. Alice W. Wheeler
HOUSE COMMITTEE Walter C. Hickey, Chairman
Albert W. Rockwood
Frank T. Woodbury, M. D.
Hervey J. Skinner
PERSONNEL COMMITTEE Mrs. Florence L. Bean, Chairman Frank T. Woodbury, M. D.
LIBRARY PERSONNEL
Librarian Helen Frances Carleton
Assistant Librarian and Chief Cataloguer H. Gladys Mackenzie
Adult Department Marian F. Beliveau
Violet E. Bostwick Alma M. Sullivan
Boys' and Girls' Department Madeline G. Howe
Greenwood Branch Library Clara G. Wilson
Senior Part-Time Assistant Etta F. Smith
Junior Part-Time Assistants
Ruth Crocker James R. Findlay, Jr. Charlotte Harper
Stacia Krol Muriel MacDonald Yolanda Roberto
Janitors H. T. Mitchell, Main Library Michael Neary, Greenwood Branch Library
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REPORT OF THE LIBRARY TRUSTEES
The Trustees of the Lucius Beebe Memorial Library herewith submit the eighty-sixth annual report, for the year 1941.
In the Lucius Beebe Memorial Library during the past year there has been a marked increase of loans of works of history, a real increase of books on philoso- phy andreligion, and a decided decrease in the number of books of fiction borrowed.
People report at the library that they have not so much time to read. At the same time the library has today the largest number of registered borrowers it has ever had-8095; 3698 in the adult department of the main library, 3009 in the Children's Room, and 1338 at the Greenwood Branch. These figures do not include those who borrow books from the deposit collections at the Boit Home and at the 37 school rooms.
These trends in reading are worth noting. They show a search for true, clear, and understandable historical facts, for responsible works revealing world conditions, for books giving perspective and vision. In an age when books are being burned and banned, this trend seems to emphasize the importance of worth while reading.
The Library contains 64,247 books and of these over 17,000 are for children under fourteen. There is no work of the library more important than that of in- troducing children to the pleasures and profits of reading. In these days when the radio and the moving pictures supply so much entertainment, it is especially necessary to do everything possible to establish the habit of reading at an early age. For this reason Miss Carleton and her staff are always on the alert for ways and means of leading the younger reader to the book that is both worth while and entertaining.
Because there seems to be a gap between the Children's Room and the adult department wherein boys and girls of High School age sometimes lose touch with the Library, a few years ago a room was set aside where a collection of books especially selected for them was placed on the shelves. That this was a move in the right direction has been shown by the response of the young people.
The Library has received many gifts of various sorts which have been ap- preciated by the public. Mr. Lucius M. Beebe has been very generous with gifts of books and in December joined with Mrs. Albert W. Rockwood in the gift of Christmas decorations.
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