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Marianne Badolato, B.F.A. Art
Bernice Bazley, B.S.Ed. English-History
Annette Burbank, A.B., M.Ed. English, Guidance
Bedford W. Chandler, A.A., A.B., A.M. Science James P. Cooney, B.S., M.Ed. English, Guidance
Barbara A. Daly, B.S., M.Ed. Reading John A. DiComandrea, B.S.Ed. Industrial Arts
Margaret A. Douglas, B.A. Arithmetic Karen K. Ferguson, B.S.Ed. Physical Ed. Louis C. Fittante, B.S.Ed., Cert. of Spanish Studies French, Spanish Martha Fox, B.A., M.Ed. English
1963
Boston University
School of Fine & Applied Arts
1929 Salem State College Boston University
1957 University of Maine Tufts University
1963
Boston University
1948
Fitchburg State College
1954 North Adams State College Lesley College
1955
Michigan State Normal
1960
Boston University
1961 Bouvé-Boston School Tufts University
1962
Salem State College
University of Madrid, Spain
1956
Manhattanville College
Tufts University
First
Election
Education
1939
Amherst College
Tufts University
1948
Salem State College
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Name Subjects
Albert J. Generazzo, B.S., M.Ed. 1952 Boston College Science Boston State College
Lois I. Jordan Arithmetic
Alfred Kodis, B.S.
Science
Diane Lind, B.A. English, Drama 1958 Jackson College
C. John LoPresti, B.S., M.Ed.
C.A.G.S. Social St.
Stephen F. Maio, A.B., M.Ed.
English, Guidance
Caroline C. Maloney, B.S.Ed.
Reading
William G. Mayo, B.S.Ed. History
Michelina McCarthy, B.S. Home Ec.
Russell H. Nelson, B.S.Ed., M.Ed.
English
Barbara Paris, B.S.Ed. Home Ec.
Edna-May Paulson Arithmetic
Philip A. Perrone, B.S.Ed.
History-Reading
Signe M. Peterson Mathematics
Alice A. Planta, B.S.Ed. Science
Jean Quincy, B.S.Ed.
English-History William H. Robinson, A.B., M.Ed. Mathematics
Mary G. Sacco, B.S.Ed. Science-Mathematics
Peter A. Saitta, B.S. Phys. Ed.
John Sardella, B.S., M.Ed.
Science, Audio-Vis.
Ray D. Sipola, B.S., B.M., M.M.
Music - Vocal
William J. Squires, B.S., M.Ed. Science-History
Linda M. Steele, A.B. History, Art Ethelyn F. Stoutermire, B.S.,
M.Ed. History June W. Turner, A.B., Ed.M.
History, Stud. Adv. Council
Howard A. Walen, B.A. Arithmetic Edna R. Wentzel Librarian
Suzanne Wilkinson, B.A.
French, Spanish
John S. Zynsky, A.B. Ind. Arts.
Irene L. Sullivan Secretary
Marjorie L. Perry Clerk
First Election Education
1925
Smith College
1957 New England College
1956 Western Reserve University Bridgewater State Boston University
1961 Tufts University Boston State College
1955
Salem State College
1960 Salem State College
1949
Framingham State College
1950
Boston University
1961 Framingham State College
1926 Fitchburg State College
1959
Boston University
1925 Salem State College
1958
Defiance College
1957
Keene State College
1955 Suffolk University Boston State College
1954
Boston State College
1960 Boston University
1957 Springfield College Tufts University
1954 Boston University Michigan Tech.
1958 University of Notre Dame Boston University
1962 Jackson College
1954 Gorham State College Boston University
1956 Boston University
1959 Bates College
1956
1963 Jackson College
1955 Tufts University
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TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS
DOLBEARE SCHOOL
First
Name
Grade
Election Education
William D. Healey, A.B., M.Ed.
Principal
1928 Holy Cross Harvard University
Donald V. Shanahan, A.B., M.Ed. 6 1956 Boston College Boston Teachers' College
Mary I. Cushing, B.S.Ed. 5
1962 Douglass College
Norman Dugas, B.A., M.Ed.
5
1958 Merrimac College Boston State College
Lora Ann Sheridan, B.S.Ed. 4 1956 Colby College Lowell State
Rita H. Tinel, B.S.Ed. 4 1958 Plymouth Normal Lesley College
Iris P. Huey, B.S.Ed.
3
1948 Boston University
Camille L. Harris, B.S.Ed.
3 1958 Boston College
Beverley M. Schacht, B.S.Ed. 2
1957 Lesley College
Mildred B. Clarke, B.S.Ed., M.Ed. 2 1961 Lesley College
Boston State College
M. Suzanne Andrews, B.S., M.Ed. 1 1961 Penn. State University
DOYLE SCHOOL
First
Name Grade
Election Education
Timothy J. Kelley, B.S., M.Ed.
Principal
1963 Boston State College Boston University
Kathleen M. Buckley, B.S. 6 1963 Boston State College Boston College
William G. Webb, B.S.Ed., M.Ed. 5 1961 Keene State College Boston University
Deborah D. Scott, B.A. 4 1963 Conn. College for Women
Virginia C. Partridge, B.S., M.Ed. 3 1948 Lowell State College Boston University
Nancy J. VonDohlen, B.S. 2 1962 Gordon College Penn. University
Joan L. Holt, B.S.Ed. 1 1953 Gorham State College
May Majeski Secretary 1963
FRANKLIN SCHOOL
Name
Grade
First Election Education
George E. Weldon, A.B., A.M., M.Ed., Principal
1952
Boston University
Martha Allman, B.A. 6 1963 Salem State College Bates College
Nat M. Finklestein, B.S., M.Ed. 6 1953
Villanova College Salem State College Boston State College
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Name
A. Jean Mulloy, B.S.Ed.
6
1962 Boston State Salem State
Bianca Perra, B.A.
5
1961 University of New Hampshire
Margaret Sammon, B.S.
4
1959
University of New Hampshire
Joanne E. Porter, B.Ed.
4
1961 Plymouth State College
Barbara Cairns, B.S.Ed.
3
1961
Gordon College
Lillian P. Harper, B.S.Ed.
3
1962
Gordon College
Jean F. Clark, B.S.Ed.
2
1962
Lowell State College
Ellen M. Lisi, B.S.Ed.
2
1962
Salem State College
Ellen Fairbanks, B.A.
1
1963
Grinnell College
Linda J. Wharton, B.A.
1
1963 Pembroke - Brown
Alice V. Garbutt, B.S.Ed. Spec. Class
Eleanor R. Burke, B.S.Ed.
1955 Boston University
Trainable Class
Boston State College
1962 Boston University
GREENWOOD SCHOOL
First
Name
Grade
Election
Education
Eliot B. Leonard, B.S.Ed.
Principal
Amanda J. Stephenson
6
1926 Aroostook Teachers' College
Robert Palumbo, B.S., M.Ed.
6 1957 Boston University Boston State College
Beatrice D. Moody, B.S., M.Ed.
5 1936 Salem State College Boston University
Roberta A. Cabral, B.S.Ed.
5
1961 Lowell State College
Helen F. Brown
5 1947 Farmington State College
Nancy L. Dugmore, B.S.Ed.
4
1963 Salem State College
Marlene L. Mayo, B.S.Ed.
4
1960 Salem State College
Elaine J. Schofield, B.S.Ed.
4
1963
Lesley College
Winifred Geizer
3 1928
Salem State College
Hilda M. Hayden
3
1924 Salem State College
Genevieve E. Weston, B.S.Ed.
3
1960 Jackson College
Judith A. LeShane, B.S.Ed.
2
1925 Salem State College
Regina M. Patyk, B.M.
2
1963 Misericordia College Newark State College
Sheila F. Goldstein, B.S.Ed.
2
1961 Boston University
Jean Markin, B.S.Ed.
2
1959
Salem State Teachers
Margaret F. McHugh, B.S.Ed.
1 1951 Villanova College
Susan P. Day, B.S., M.Ed.
1 1961 Cornell University
Jean M. Rector, B.S.Ed.
1 1961 Salem State College
Paula M. Melanson, B.S.Ed.
1
1963
Salem State College
Helen Campbell
Secretary
1957 Salem State College
Barbara S. Lavine, B.S.Ed.
Jeanette Daly
Spec. Class Secretary
First Election Education
3 1962 Fitchburg State College
Elizabeth M. Strout
1931 Newark Teachers' College New York University
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HURD SCHOOL
First
Name
Grade
Election
Education
Richard F. Smith, B.A., M.Ed.
Principal
1951 Calvin Coolidge College Boston University
Richard F. Annis, A.A., B.S.
6
1962
Boston University
Judith A. Cherry, B.A.
6
1963
University of Massachusetts
Sally A. Batchelder, B.S.
5
1960
Tufts' University
Barbara A. Egan, B.S.
4 1961
Boston State College
Phyllis R. Beninati, B.S.Ed.
3
1957 Lesley College
Mary A. Arabian, B.S.Ed.
2
1959 Boston State College
Grace E. Widtfeldt
1
1927
Salem State College
LINCOLN SCHOOL
First
Name
Grade
Election
Education
Richard F. Smith, B.A., M.Ed.
1951 Calvin Coolidge College
Principal
Boston University
Doris O. Zimmermann, B.S.M., M.Ed.
6
1952 Boston University
Nancy E. O'Neil, B.S.Ed. 5 1963 Salem State College
Albert J. Daly, B.S.Ed.
4-5
1962
Salem State College
Patricia I. Censullo, B.S.Ed.
4 1963
Boston College
Ruth M. Weeks, B.S.Ed.
3 1962
Wheelock College
Julie Lancaster, B.S.Ed. 3 1962
Bridgewater State College
Helena B. Anderson, B.S.Ed.
2
1956 Salem State College
Doris M. Riordan, B.S.Ed.
1-2
1963 Lesley College
Mildred I. Clark, B.S.Ed.
1 1962
Lowell State College
Elizabeth Smith
Secretary
MONTROSE SCHOOL
Name
Grade
Election Education
William D. Healey, A.B., M.Ed.
Principal
1928 Holy Cross College Harvard University
Chester E. Lee, B.S., M.Ed.
6 1957 Salem College Boston University
Genevera D. Ward, B.A.
6
1961 Iowa State College
Mary G. Riley, B.A.
6 1960
Regis College
Mary E. Cassidy, B.A.
5 1957 Emmanuel College
Virginia G. Fuller, B.S.Ed.
5 1962 Framingham State College
Lona H. Adams, B.S., M.Ed.
4 1959 Washington State Teachers Boston State College
Majorie Casey, A.B.
4 1961
Boston College
Marjorie F. Lake, B.Ed., M.Ed.
3 1962
R. I. College of Education Boston University
Kathleen M. Sinnott, B.S.
3 1963 Boston College
Margaret A. Allen, B.S.Ed.
2 1963 Lowell State College
Mary J. Lord, B.S., M.Ed.
2 1954 North Adams College Salem State College
First
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Name
Grade
First Election Education
Isabel L. Carley, B.S.Ed.
1 1959
Lesley Teachers' College
Rose A. Doherty, B.S.Ed.
1
1962 Salem State College
Janet Peterson, B.A., M.Ed.
1
1963 Radcliffe Harvard School of Education
June Bean
Secretary
WALTON SCHOOL
First
Name
Grade
Election
Education
Timothy J. Kelley, B.S., M.Ed.
1963 Boston State College
Principal
Boston University
Katheryn D. Carney, B.S.Ed.
5 1925 Salem Normal
Boston University
Maywood M. Nisbet, A.B.
5
1963 Queens College
Martha E. Conway, B.S.Ed.
4 1959
Salem State College
Ruth E. Finlay, B.S.Ed.
4
1952 Salem State College
Carol J. Asker, B.S.Ed.
3
1958 Gordon College
Carol A. Grey, B.S.Ed.
3
1957 Lesley College
Marjorie A. MacNeil, A.B.
2
1953 Emmanuel College
Patricia R. Dugan, B.A.
1
1962
University of Massachusetts
WARREN SCHOOL
First
Name
Grade
Election
Education
Timothy J. Kelley, B.S., M.Ed. Principal
1963 Boston State College
Boston University
Arnold J. Adreani, B.S., M.Ed.
6 1958
Boston University
Carol L. Bacon, B.S.Ed.
6 1962
Bridgewater State College
Barry Ruthfield, B.S.Ed.
6
1963
Boston University
Dorothy Linder, B.S.Ed.
5 1946
Boston University
Judith W. Galligan, B.S.Ed.
4 1961 Cortland State College
Mildred J. Wile, B.A.
3 1960 W. Va. Wesleyan College
Sally R. Anderson, B.S.Ed.
2 1959 Lesley College
Mary A. Daiopulos, B.S.Ed.
1 1959
Lowell State College
WEST WARD SCHOOL
First
Name
Grade
Election
Education
Richard F. Smith, B.A., M.Ed. Principal
1951 Calvin Coolidge College Boston University
June C. Haskell, B.S.Ed.
2
1963 Boston University
Dorothy W. Remick, B.S.Ed.
1 1952 Tufts University
Wheelock College
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WOODVILLE SCHOOL
First
Name
Grade Election Education
George E. Weldon, A.B., A.M., M.Ed., Principal
William J. Doherty, B.S., M.Ed. 6
1955
Boston University Suffolk University Salem State College
Ann E. Arsenault, B.S.Ed.
5
1963 Salem State College
Natalie M. Parsons, B.S.Ed.
4 1962 Lowell State College
Anna P. Lally, B.S.Ed.
3
1962 Salem State College
Diana M. Kasarjian, B.S.Ed.
2
1962 Boston State College
Nancy L. Butz, A.B.
1 1961 Jackson College
SPECIAL TEACHERS
Name
First Election
Education
Ethelyn M. Cowperthwaite, B.S.Ed., M.Ed., Elementary Consultant
Jerry Boisen, B.S., M.A. in Music Ed., Director of Music
Robert D. Chandler, Jr., B.M.Ed. Instrumental Music
1954
N. E. Conservatory of Music
1955 Massachusetts College of Art Boston State College
1958 Boston University
1958 N. E. Conservatory of Music
1950 Lowell State College Boston University
1925 Wheelock College Boston University
1962 Lesley College Boston University
1957 Bouvé School of Phys. Ed. Tufts University
1960 Indiana University Boston University
1958 Fitchburg State College
Nicholas E. Tawa, A.B., M.A. Instrumental Music
1956 Farmington State College Boston University Tufts University
1957 New York University
Helen E. Corbet, B.S.Ed., M.Ed. Art, Elementary
Madelyn L. Davis, B.M. Music, Elementary
James Rizza, B.M., M.M.Ed. Music, Elementary Diane Kludjian, B.S.Ed., M.Ed. Remedial Reading, Elementary Lee Pfeiffer
Remedial Reading, Elementary Edith Michelson, B.S.Ed., M.Ed.
Remedial Reading, Elementary Mary Downey, B.S.Ed. Physical Education, Elementary Robert F. Reen, B.S.Ed. Physical Education, Elementary Florence R. Fischer Home Instruction
1952 Boston University
1963 Harvard University Boston University
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HEALTH
Sigmund J. Szydlowski, M.D. School Physician
Dorothy L. Adams, R.N. School Nurse
Mary Hogan, R.N. School Nurse
Irene Schmidgall, R.N., B.S. School Nurse
1951 Tufts College Middlesex College
1951 Massachusetts Memorial Hos- pital School of Nursing
1959 Carney Hospital
1960 Adelphi College Columbia University Presbyterian Medical Center
SUPERVISOR OF ATTENDANCE
Thomas F. Kenney Attendance Officer
1939 Suffolk Law School
JANITORS
John J. Powers, Head Custodian
Charles B. Lally John T. Barrett George Oliver
Howard F. Alden Mrs. Alice Floyd, Matron
Memorial Building Memorial Building
Atwell Building
Lyman E. Allen
Atwell Building
Wilfred L. Lemos
Atwell Building
Mrs. Flora Rice, Matron Harold M. Campbell Acting Head Custodian I
Warren M. Peabody
Leonard MacDonald Francis L. Ryder Vito Perna Alfred E. Delaney
Thomas R. Doren
Richard F. Osetek Charles DiFederico
Francis E. Foley Frank Caruso Robert Ellis
Edward J. Meuse
Paul K. Burbine Thomas E. Kelly
Eugene Maher Louis J. Colucci Anthony M. Kard
Atwell Building
Junior High School
68 Gould St. 10 Wilson Ave. 71 Bennett St. 15 Farm St. 464 Lowell St. 14 Armory St. 27 Green St. 498 North Ave. 8 Parker St., Wilmington 1 Cumberland Rd. 18 Hawthorne St.
Junior High School Junior High School Junior High School Junior High School Dolbeare School Doyle School Franklin School Franklin School Greenwood School Greenwood School Hurd School Lincoln School
Montrose School Walton School
Warren School West Ward School Woodville School
8 Summer St. 3 Biggs Ct. 23 Woodland Rd. 42 Butler Ave. 36 Lake St. 32 Gould St. 57 Richardson St. 41 Green St. 29a Armory St. 6 Newhall Ct. 10 Muriel Ave. 50 Aborn Ave. 19 Park St. 57 Calthea St., Stoneham 16 Myrtle Ave. 44 Cooper St. 12 Laurel St.
Joseph Sardella
Senior High School Memorial Building Memorial Building
Memorial Building
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GENERAL MAINTENANCE WORK
John Galenius Louis J. Colucci Clarence W. Meuse
25 Bartley St. 44 Cooper St. 10 Highland St.
HIGH SCHOOL CAFETERIA
Margaret Moore
Head Cook
Alice Hudson
Assistant Cook
Helen Delano
Head Baker
Mae Sederquest
Assistant Baker
Lillian Dodge
Helper
Thelma Caso
Helper
Cora Comeau
Helper
Effie Hopkins
Helper
Lucy Tassi
Helper
Lois Venezia
Helper
Ruth Melanson
Helper
Ruth Ferguson
Helper
Pearl Vaters
Helper
JUNIOR HIGH CAFETERIA
Robert Reid
School Lunch Supervisor
Mary Ryder
Head Cook
Ethel Smith
Assistant Cook
Helen Hamel
Head Baker
Cora Swanson
Assistant Baker
Eleanor Fowler
Cashier and Clerk
Helen Foley
Helper
Roslyn Jennings
Helper
Evelyn Morrison
Helper
Margaret Clancy
Helper
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Report of Library Trustees
108th ANNUAL REPORT of the TRUSTEES of THE LUCIUS BEEBE MEMORIAL LIBRARY 1963 Wakefield, Massachusetts
TRUSTEES OF THE LUCIUS BEEBE MEMORIAL LIBRARY Phillips C. Davis, Chairman Miss Gladys Watkins, Secretary
*Moses M. Frankel Mrs. David Hodgdon Edward E. Lynch A. David Mazzone
*Thomas L. McManus Louis R. Sardella David E. Sparks Frank A. Tredinnick, Jr
Leslie J. Wilson LIBRARIAN D. Marjorie Taylor
ASSISTANT LIBRARIAN AND CATALOGUER ** H. Gladys Mackenzie SUPERVISOR OF ADULT SERVICES Evelyn B. Henderson YOUTH LIBRARIAN Ruth Bush CHILDREN'S LIBRARIAN Kathryn Duggan CIRCULATION LIBRARIAN Mae Keenan GREENWOOD LIBRARIAN Florence Bolster MONTROSE LIBRARIAN Alice Waterworth ASSISTANTS
#Barbara Holloway Jane French Madelyn Leonard
Ruth Litchfield Ethel Traunstein + Maryann Ellis
SENIOR CLERK Florence Larson PART TIME ASSISTANTS Dorothy Zarella Maryalyce Dyer
Margaret Gardner
SENIOR BUILDING CUSTODIAN Carl H. Brown
Edwin Burke *Resigned April 1963 #Resigned February 1963
Francis Foley ** Retired December 1963 +Resigned August 1963
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1963 REPORT OF THE LIBRARY TRUSTEES
The year 1963 brought changes to the Lucius Beebe Memorial Library. The conflict of interest law, which became effective on May 1, 1963, neces- sitated the resignations of two able and dedicated members of the Board of Trustees. At the meeting on April 11, 1963, the Board voted to accept with utmost regret the resignations of Mr. Moses M. Frankel and Mr. Thomas L. McManus.
On June 13, 1963 the Board welcomed two new members, Mr. A. David Mazzone and Mr. Louis R. Sardella.
The year's end terminated forty years of service to the library by Miss H. Gladys Mackenzie. Coming to the library on July 16, 1923, Miss Macken- zie held positions of General Assistant to the Librarian, Children's Libra- rian, Cataloguer and on occasion, Librarian pro tem. A reception given in her honor by the Trustees and Staff on Sunday afternoon, December 29, 1963 brought may citizens to pay tribute to Miss Mackenzie's long and faith- ful service to the Town of Wakefield and to wish her health and happiness in her retirement.
Four articles, published in the Wakefield Daily Item and written by Mrs. Frank A. Tredinnick, commemorated National Library Week, April 21-27. The first article noted the eighteenth century libraries of Reading and South Reading and the Beebe Library located in the Town Hall. The three remaining articles described the forty years of ever broadening library service since the dedication of the Lucius Beebe Memorial Library on April 15, 1923. Over the years no friend has been more loyal or generous to the Library than Mary Louise Tredinnick.
The new Greenwood Branch of the Lucius Beebe Memorial Library was dedicated and opened for inspection on Sunday afternoon, May 5, 1963. Miss Bella Rattray and her committee members, Mrs. Susan Day, Miss Effie Rattray, Mrs. Joseph Rector, Mrs. Ely Scherl and Mrs. Walter Scott served punch and cookies to the hundreds of people who took advantage of this opportunity. On the following Monday the Branch opened for service under an increased schedule of hours.
Acting under a mandate of the Report of the Library Survey Committee, Article 51 of the 1960 Annual Town Meeting and under Article 32 of the 1963 Annual Town Meeting, appropriating $2,200 for an architectural survey of library needs, the Trustees, on April 17, engaged the services of Mr. James F. Clapp, Jr. of the firm Shepley, Bulfinch, Richardson and Abbott. The present main library building was built in 1922 to serve a population of 13,000. Plans developed by Mr. Clapp and the Trustees with Library Consultant Mr. Philip McNiff, make excellent use of the present structure and offer facilities for the greatly expanded present needs and the anticipated max- imum population of 37,000 in 1980.
These plans double the space allotted to youth, provide a street level entrance to an adult reading and reference area, and enlarge the children's room on the ground floor. A separate entrance and facilities are added to the lecture hall. Modern book cases, replacing the stacks, enlarge the stor- age space for books. The plans provide a well-placed central control desk and flexible use of the entire building.
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The architect's drawings harmonize the exterior of the proposed addi- tion with the memorial nature of the present building. The addition con- forms, too, to the residential neighborhood.
The Library Trustees will seek an appropriation to enlarge the main library building at the 1964 Annual Town Meeting.
PHILLIPS C. DAVIS, Chairman GLADYS WATKINS, Secretary
ROSARIA HODGDON
EDWARD E. LYNCH
A. DAVID MAZZONE LOUIS R. SARDELLA
DAVID E. SPARKS
FRANK A. TREDINNICK, JR.
LESLIE J. WILSON
LIBRARIAN'S ANNUAL REPORT-1963
Once more we must report a year of striving to serve our borrowers well in too small a space, and with too few facilities. During 1963 the largest increase in book circulation was once again noted in the children's room, where almost 66,000 books were borrowed during the year. Except during school vacations, almost all of the children visit the library between the hours of 3:30 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. and not only borrow books, but ask for help with school assignments. It is virtually impossible in our present chil- dren's room to give adequate service to the increasing number of children who crowd the room. In addition, the story hours and summer programs are increasing in size and even using both lecture hall and children's room gives us barely enough room. The same crowded conditions prevail in the Youth Room where there are never enough chairs for the students who come to work on school assignments, while the shelves will not hold the books they need, and we have absolutely no space for special collections. At the same time more and more college students are using the reference room, and here also we need not only more chairs and tables, but more shelf space. Many badly needed reference works were added during the year from the special fund voted at the 1963 Town Meeting, but we need more space to house them.
The addition of more reference books to the youth room has helped students to find their own material, thus cutting down on the number of un- necessary questions the librarian must answer. Unfortunately, in common with other libraries across the country, we are plagued with mutilation and theft, particularly of reference material.
The opening of the new branch library at Greenwood was greatly ap- preciated by Greenwood residents. The circulation figures do not begin to show the use which is being made of the library. Here, as at the main library and at our Montrose branch, a great deal of reference work is done for students. There is a well attended pre-school story hour at Montrose and we have recently started one at Greenwood.
In an effort to control the number of overdue books and to eliminate the overwhelming number of telephone renewals, a new schedule was started
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in October with books being charged for four weeks instead of two, and fines raised to five cents a day. There has been some improvement in the number of books kept out too long, but not as much as was hoped.
During the year, inventory was taken at both the Greenwood and Mon- trose branches, the catalogs checked and old editions replaced with new ones when necessary. With the addition of extra reference works both branches are now well equipped to serve the neighborhood.
There have been several changes in personnel during the year, but the one which will be most felt by both the staff and public was the retire- ment of Miss H. Gladys Mackenzie after forty years as a member of the staff in many capacities.
Staff members have served in many organizations - Mrs. Duggan, Chil- dren's Librarian, attends meetings of the Children's Librarians' Round Table, The Eastern Massachusetts Children's Book Review Association, The Mas- sachusetts Film Cooperative and the Children's Literature Discussion Group. Mrs. Bush, Youth Librarian, is a member of the Young Adult Librarians' Group, and Miss Taylor serves on the Executive Committees of the North Shore Library Club and the Massachusetts Library Association, is Chairman of the Greater Boston Book Review Club and is a member of the Greater Boston Library Administrators Council. She was grateful for the opportun- ity to attend the meeting of the American Library Association in Cleveland and the pre convention discussion on Library Architecture.
As has been mentioned in the report of the Library Trustees, much time has been spent on planning an addition to the present main library build- ig. It is the earnest hope of the Trustees and staff that the plans will meet with the approval of the townspeople of Wakefield so that the present over- crowding may be eliminated and full library service given in expanded quarters.
D. MARJORIE TAYLOR, Librarian
FINANCIAL STATISTICS 1963
Library Funds Held by the Wakefield Trust Company
Original Fund
Book Value
Income
Junius Beebe Trust Fund
$ 23,030.00
$ 36,527.60
$ 2,191.64
Decius Beebe Trust Fund
14,000.00
15,779.10
1,405.36
Marcus Beebe Trust Fund
15,000.00
18,498.24
1,675.59
Frederic Beebe Trust Fund
5,000.00
6,512.75
473.77
Eleanor H. Beebe Trust Fund
5,000.00
5,864.87
331.62
Katherine E. Beebe Trust Fund
5,000.00
5,835.70
212.95
Charles S. Beebe Trust Fund
1,000.00
1,187.30
36.97
John H. Beebe Trust Fund
2,500.00
2,856.41
126.04
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J. Oliver Beebe Trust Fund
5,000.00
5,553.80
194.63
George O. Carpenter Trust Fund
1,000.00
1,143.12
49.19
Sylenda B. Stearns Trust Fund
2,000.00
2,237.00
75.78
Alice Beebe Carpenter Trust Fund
5,000.00
5,692.14
280.85
$ 83,530.00
$107,688.03 $ 7,054.39
Library Funds held by the Trustees
Harris Mason Dolbeare Memorial Fund
$ 1,163.16
Edwin McDuffie Fund
1,000.00
James H. Keough Fund
3,424.69
Wakefield Savings Bank Income Fund
265.81
Helen Francis Carleton Memorial Fund
475.04
Eva Gowing Ripley Memorial Fund
346.61
Robert V. Chipman Memorial Fund
629.38
Ethel K. Dutton Fund
2,097.36
John J. Round Fund
2,000.00
$ 11,402.05
Library Funds held by the Town Treasurer
Principal
Income
John Gould Aborn Fund
$ 1,689.00
$ 68.24
Cyrus G. Beebe Fund
2,000.00
83.35
Frederic Beebe Fund
1,000.00
41.68
Hiram Eaton Fund
1,000.00
40.40
Robert Parker Dolbeare Fund
500.00
20.20
Willard Donnell Fund
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