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Wheaton College
Massachusetts Normal Art School
Wolesley College
George Washington University
Eunice E. Strong
Ruby R. Dodge
Susan P. Gifford
Florence R. Griswold
Ruth M. Cady
Ruth Tyler Edith R. Hall Dorothy E. Muzzey Lichen L. Mankey
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Helen Northup Graco Mackie
Marjorie Gifford
Geraldino Freeman, Secre- tary to Principal
Cornell University Wheaton College Framingham Normal
Chandler Normal
ROGERS SCHOOL
C. Harold Striley
Reta J. Reid
Elizabeth Hastings
Dona H. Johnson
Lora Tuckwell
Bridgewater Normal
Hazel E. Berry
Salem Normal
Ilazel B. Allen
Bridgewater Normal
M. Alice O'Brien
Framingham Normal
M. Louise Norris
Fairhaven High School
Johnson School, Boston (Sewing)
Framingham Normal
OXFORD SCHOOL
Myra D. Crowell
Susan G. B. Livesey Elith C. Kendrick Rose Caton Velma A. Blake
Bridgewater Normal Bridgewater Normal Framingham Normal Hyannis Normal
Farmington Normal, Maine
Josephine Griffin
Framingham Normal
Gertrude Hancock
Mildred Hall
Perry K. Normal Teachers' Training Course, Lyndon Institute Gorham Normal
Gertrude Falt
WASHINGTON STREET SCHOOL
Mary A. S. Sale Bertha D. Doran
Gertrude E. Janowsky Sara B. Mclaughlin
Helen S. Hall
Salem Normal Ilarvard Summer School
Bridgewater Normal
Framingham Normal
Smith College
Robinson Seminary
Hazel N. Rohdin
Framingham Normal Bridgewater Normal Hyannis Summer Course Keene Normal Bridgewater Normal Kindergarten Primary Course, 3 yr. Bridgewater Normal
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Carrie M. Worthing Maybelle L. Carroll Violet E. Lovell
Bridgewater Normal Bridgewater Normal Bridgewater Normal
JOB C. TRIPP SCHOOL
Pearl E. Levangie
Robinson Seminary
Plymouth Normal
Bridgewater Normal
Mildred E. Borden
Hyannis Normal
Arline P. Coburn
Haverhill High School
Gladys Heeley
Framingham Normal
Beatrice Smith
Framingham Normal
Edith A. McNamara
Walnut Hills School
Helen K. Nicholson
Bridgewater Normal
EDMUND ANTHONY SCHOOL
Elizabeth Graham
Evelyn McFarlin
Jessie L. Boyd Alice E. Baker
Carolyn R. Gilmore
Bridgewater Normal
Katherine G. Manning
Salem Normal Cambridge Training School Bridgewater Normal
Dorothy Fuller
Boston Normal School Framingham Normal Bridgewater Normal
Lasell Seminary, Summer Course Framingham Normal Farmington Normal. Maine
SUPERVISORS
Anna B. Trowbridge Edith R. Hall
Edwin F. Pidgeon Edith Faunce
Mildred E. Webb
Mary S. Fletcher
Salem Normal
AGE AND GRADE TABLE
GRADES 1 -8
HIGH SCHOOL 9 -12
Age |
Totals
-
-
-
II
III
IV
-
V
1 VI
VII
VIII
IX
-
X
XI
XII
-
5 |
40
-
-
1
-
-
40
6
117
-
17
-
-
-
134
7
52
91
26
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
171
9 1
2
24
61
- 65
-
9
161
10 |
1
10
37
66
57
18
2
-
-
-
30
37
43
46
11
-
176
13
-
1
4
10
- 36
34
32
37
10
1
164
14
-
3
3
17
22
21
42
36
5
- 149
15 1
1
10
12
10
11
30
41
8
1
119
16
-
-
-
1
1
3
2
+
13
20
20
64
18
-
-
-
-
-
1
5
10
15
31
19
-
-
1
1
-
--
1
-
-
3
3
6
20) |
-
21 !
-
230
208
-
258
-
236
-
211
177
126
104
08
1
101
71
51
1851
-
-
41
42
- 48
-
17
1
-
-
179
12
-
-
-
-
--
2
17
36
30
2
- 97
17
-
-
1
-
-
-
-
-
--
-
-
-
1
-
-
-
20
18
62
72
-
19
-
-
-
-
-
--
-
191
11 |
-
26
-
9
--
-
-
-
-
--
-
-
-
-
- 169
-
-
-
29
-
-
--
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BUDGET FOR 1925
Elementary Schools
ESTIMATED FOR 1925
Expended
in 1924.
General Control $4,698.00
Superintendent's Salary
$3,428.00
$3.428.52
Office Clerk
650.00
605.00
Attendance Officer
220.00
218.00
School Census
100.00
100.00
Other Office Expense
150.00
177.52
School Committee Salaries
150.00
150.00
Instruction
$71,500.00
Teachers' Salaries (day and evening
schools)
$66,500.00 $60,623.05
Text Books
2,500.00
2,382.42
Supplies
2,500.00
2,442.89
Operation and Maintenance
$11,700.00
Janitors' Salaries
$6,000.00
$5.087.50
Fuel
2,400.00
2,054.87
Building Supplies
1.800.00
1,817.11
Repairs
1,000.00
3,624.05
New Equipment
500.00
682.82
Other Agencies $6.100.00
Transportation
$4,500.00
$4,680.25
Health (School Physician )
300.00
200.00
Tuition (Conservation of Eyesight Class)
100.00
100.00
Health (School Nurse)
1,200.00
Miscellaneous
$300.00
$300.00
$293.80
Insurance
300.00
300.00
208.00
Total amount required
$94,598.00 $SS,875.80
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ESTIMATED RECEIPTS
County Dog Fund
$1,350.00
Received in 1924 $1,347.00
H. H. Rogers Trust Fund
4.637.00
4,637.33
Pease Fund
343.00
343.92
Edmund Anthony, Jr .. Fund
455.00
455.06
$6.785.00
$6,783.31
Appropriation required
87.813.00
82,500.00
$94,598.00 $89.283.31
COMMENT: The net increase required is $5.315. Of this amount $1.200 is for the school nurse and is in place of an appropriation for the Community Nursing Association. The remainder is needed for fuel, janitor and teachers at the East Fairhaven school. when opened, and to continue, in effect, for ten months the salary increases which were made in September.
The income tax returned to the General Treasury from the State will include over $11.000 on account of schools and, in effect, reduces the actual amount raised for schools by that sum.
High School Budget
1925
$30,000.00 $29,638.12
Text Books
1,000.00
927.75
Supplies
2,100.00
2,182.22
Janitors' Salaries
5,500.00
5,274.92
Fuel
1.200.00
1.183.35
Building Supplies
2.100.00
2,160.18
Repairs
1,000.00
878.81
New Equipment
650.00
616.51
Health
175.00
165.00
Miscellaneous
216.00
216.30
$43,941.00 $43.273.16
ESTIMATED RECEIPTS
Received
in 1924
1925
H. H. Rogers Trust Fund
$24,411.00 $24,411.00
Lunch Room Reimbursement
500.00
Appropriation required
*19,000.00
19,000.00
$43,911.00 $43.411.00
* Same as last year.
Paid in 1924
Teachers' Salaries
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ELEMENTARY SCHOOL EXPENDITURES, 1924
(Itemized) Superintendent
Charles F. Prior
$3,428.52
Helen M. Bryant
$589.00
Mildred F. Bryant
16.00
Truant Officer
Charles Lawton
$175.00
Joseph Silva
43.00
School Census
Mrs. Ella F. Blossom
$100.00
Office Expenses
New England Tel & Tel. Co.
$15.95
J. L. Hammett Co.
10.90
Fairhaven Star
89.35
New Bedford Rubber Co.
.50
Wright & Potter Printing Co.
6.05
Commonwealth of Mass.
10.77
Remington Typewriter Co.
5.00
F. S. Brightman Co.
7.23
The Rotospeed Co.
7.30
Keystone Office Appliance Co.
1.50
Edward E. Babb & Co.
3.85
Munson Supply Co.
4.00
Charles F. Prior
15.12
$177.52
Text Books
The Macmillan Co.
$472.20
American Book Co.
310.70
Edward E. Babb & Co.
496.74
.
Clerk
$605.00
$218.00
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Ginn & Co. 199.81
Houghton, Mifflin Co.
138.71
C. C. Birchard & Co.
9.74
Hinds, Hayden & Eldredge
. 14.82
South-Western Publishing Co.
39.75
World Book Co.
3.05
Scott, Foresman & Co.
28.06
Charles E. Merrill Co.
11.32
Board of Education, St. Cloud, Minn.
3.00
Rand, McNally & Co.
122.53
Benj. H. Sanborn Co.
66.24
Silver, Burdett Co.
35.18
D. C. Heath & Co.
83.36
J. B. Lippincott Co.
284.00
Lyons & Carnahan
12.58
Charles Scribners & Co.
39.60
Little, Brown & Co.
1.18
The Comstock Publishing Co.
6.65
D. Appleton & Co.
1.88
Harr, Wagner Publishing Co.
1.32
$2,382.42
Supplies
J. L. Hammett Co.
$831.40
H. S. Hutchinson & Co.
3.47
Houghton, Mifflin Co.
9.15
Ryan & Buker
131.97
Library Bureau
16.91
L. S. Latta Co.
10.20
National Safety Council
5.04
Playground Recreation Association of America
6.80
Dowling School Supply Co.
27.32
D. A. Fraser
92.88
D. C. Heath & Co.
.76
Russell Sage Foundation
10.00
Kenney Bros. & Wolking
37.00
Fairhaven Star
95.65
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F. S. Brightman Co.
57.17
Browne Pharmacy
1.56
Iroquois Publishing Co.
9.74
C. E .· Doner
10.06
Milton Bradley Co.
143.56
George L. Claflin Co.
.70
Denoyer-Geppert Co.
7.44
Wm. A. Dow
1.00
Gray Laboratories
12.85
Government Printing Office
1.00
Edward E. Babb & Co.
898.63
Babbitt Steam Specialty Co.
.50
De Wolf & Vincent
3.60
Harry H. Houston
2.72
McIntosh Publishing Co.
3.60
New Bedford Rubber Co.
1.50
Public School Pub. Co., Bloomington, Ill.
7.51
A. C. Smith Co.
1.20
$2,442.89
Teachers
C. Harold Striley
$2,440.00
Reta J. Reid
1,590.00
Lora E. Tuckwell
1,200.00
Evelyn Weston
689.75
Donna H. Johnson
1,460.00
Elizabeth Hastings
1,470.00
Helen Burns
750.00
Hazel Berry
460.00
Mattie L. Norris
1,440.00
M. Alice O'Brien
540.00
Rebecca Knowles
720.00
Hazel B. Allen
480.00
Hazel Rohdin
1,160.00
Mary A. S. Sale
1,495.50
Bertha Bishop
600.00
Sara B. Mclaughlin
440.00
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Bertha D. Doran
1,195.63
Helen S. Hall
1,216.00
Dorothy Keyes
750.00
Carrie M. Worthing
460.00
Beatrice Schadee
600.00
Maybelle Carroll
400.00
Gertrude Janowsky
1,290.00
Diana H. DuFault
690.00
Violet Lovell
434.50
Pearl E. Levangie
1,840.00
Mildred E. Webb
1,067.00
Mary S. Fletcher
1.290.00
Beatrice Smith
1,060.00
Charlotte Wood
600.00
Gladys Heeley
400.00
Helen K. Nicholson
560.00
Edith A. McNamara
1,220.00
Mildred Borden
1,290.00
Arline Coburn
1,190.00
Elizabeth Graham
1,580.00
Helen F. Hathaway
690.00
Evelyn McFarlin
480.00
Jessie L. Boyd
1,190.00
Carolyn R. Gilmore
1,190.00
Alice E. Baker
1,271.05
Katherine G. Manning
1.261.90
Dorothy Fuller
1,290.00
Myra D. Crowell
1,840.00
Susan G. Livesey
1,370.00
Edith C. Kendrick
1.290.00
Alice G. Longley
750.00
Rose Caton
480.00
Velma A. Blake
1,290.00
Vesta L. Gross
660.00
Josephine Griffin
400.00
Gertrude Hancock
1,237.00
Mildred Hall
1,190.00
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Maybelle Claflin
600.00
Gertrude Falt
460.00
Anna B. Trowbridge
940.00
Edwin F. Pidgeon
1,235.12
Emma S. Daggett
570.00
Mrs. Clarence Hall
320.00
Charles H. Johnson, Jr.
900.00
Edith M. Faunce
336.00
Mrs. Ralph Lumbard
105.00
Mrs. H. T. Gidley
306.00
Mrs. Rachel Luther
27.00
Mrs. G. B. Luther
24.00
Mrs. Kendrick
33.00
Mrs. Pierce Brown
6.00
Hazel Lovering
48.00
Mrs. Babbitt
21.00
Alice E. Chase
80.00
Margaret E. Sullivan
325.60
Mrs. E. Little
120.00
Guy B. Staples, night school
76.00
James M. Parkinson, night school
72.00
Elizabeth Graham, night school
24.50
Donna H. Johnson, night school
45.50
$60,623.05
Janitors
Charles H. Lawton
$ 960.00
Willard L. Hoxie
1.040.00
James F. Gammans
980.50
Thomas Barnes
1,044.00
Thomas Howland
624.00
Wm. G. Haney
340.00
Albert H. Smith
99.00
$5,087.50
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Transportation
Union Street Railway Co.
$3,375.25
Alexander Hadfield
1,305.00
·
$4,680.25
Fuel
Holmes Coal Co.
$1.997.37
C. F. James
16.00
George P. Randall
41.50
$2,054.87
Light, Water, Janitor's Supplies, Etc.
F. S. Brightman Co.
$210.50
Henry C. Doughty
189.00
F. E. Earle Co.
.35
Fairhaven Light Diffusing Co.
.84
Middlesex County House of Correction
2.52
Massachusetts State Prison
28.64
New Bedford Gas and Ed. Lt. Co.
430.45
H. K. Nye
14.77
William Livesey
34.01
Oxford Dry Goods Store
1.25
West Disinfectant Co.
6.50
World Book Co.
29.82
J. B. Lippincott Co.
9.08
Russell Sage Foundation Co.
4.35
Superintendent of Documents
5.00
Fairhaven Water Co.
610.15
Commissioner of Public Safety
20.00
Akin-Denison Co.
3.09
H. I. Dallman Co.
20.96
C. F. Delano
18.85
H. H. Hathaway
1.10
Bastian Bros.
61.98
Browne Pharmacy
6.22
Charles F. Prior
14.84
Church's Market
5.97
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New Bedford Dry Goods Co.
2.90
Joseph I. Gosselin
1.50
City of New Bedford, Dept. of Pub. Schools
16.00
Valvoline Oil Co.
10.40
Charles P. Thatcher
31.83
Charles F. Wing Co.
3.44
Gray Laboratories
7.25
New Bedford Brush Co.
11.25
H. F. Wilde
2.30
$1,817.11
Repairs
Babbitt Steam Specialty Co.
$ 4.50
Labossiere & Macleod
12.64
Herbert W. Bliss
58.20
Valentine's Machine Shop
11.00
J. F. Gammans
7.85
A. H. Smith
14.75
M. P. Whitfield
99.91
Town of Fairhaven
380.00
H. H. Hathaway
419.00
Wade & Sisson
137.32
Sullivan Engineering Co.
8.90
F. E. Earle Co.
1,050.93
Charles E. Lumbard
146.23
Henry T. Hillman
10.50
William Livesey
11.93
D. N. Kelley & Son
67.20
C. E. Beckman Co.
8.34
C. F. Delano
51.18
E. L. Bryant
8.40
DeWolf & Vincent
5.15
Hawes-Farmer Electric Co.
38.59
Alexander Hadfield
.85
New Bedford Roofing Co.
68.90
Blue Stone Quarry
258.80
Patrick Sullivan
68.13
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315.00
George L. Packard E. G. Baldwin
231.80
G. H. T. Brown & Co.
119.50
Joseph E. Hallows
8.55
$3,624.05
C. E. Beckman Co.
$12.34
J. L. Hammett Co.
61.49
Charles F. Wing Co.
1.50
Joshua H. Delano, Est.
50.00
Town of Fairhaven
33.75
Kenney Bros. & Wolkins
380.24
N. P. Hayes Co.
18.00
Babbitt Steam Specialty Co.
10.50
The Office Appliance Co.
115.00
Health
Dr. Charles E. P. Thompson
$200.00
Tuition
City of New Bedford, Department of Schools,
$100.00
Miscellaneous
$124.62
Bastian Bros. Co.
30.80
American Railway Express Co.
25.70
J. B. Lippincott Co.
3.62
National School of Method
1.75
Charles F. Prior
9.66
Browne Pharmacy
5.90
Millicent Library
1.58
Fairhaven Light Diffusing Co.
.55
New Bedford Rubber Co.
.65
Kenney Bros. & Wolkins
1.60
A. C. McFarlin
5.00
Commonwealth of Mass,
7.27
New Equipment
$682.82
Conservation of Eyesight School
Manuel D'Amarel
40
J. C. Becker
19.95
Henry T. Hillman
12.00
Fairhaven Star
7.50
Patrick Sullivan
20.00
Gray Laboratories
14.75
Fall River & New Bedford Express Co.
.90
$293.80
School Committee, 1924
Alton B. Paull
$25.00
Edward L. Besse
25.00
William B. Gardner
25.00
Dr. Charles E. P. Thompson
25.00
Miss Sara B. Clarke
25.00
Mrs. Ella H. Blossom
25.00
$150.00
Paul & Dixon Co.
$208.00
HIGH SCHOOL (Itemized Expenditures)
Teachers
George C. Dickey
$3,200.00
Guy B. Staples
2,000.00
James Parkinson
2,150.00
Charles H. Johnson, Jr.
600.00
Edwin F. Pidgeon
1,150.00
Mildred E. Gurney
2,000.00
Margaret Siebert
1,970.00
Eunice E. Strong
1,670.00
Florence R. Griswold
1,400.00
Ruth H. Cady
1,400.00
Mary B. Dee
810.00
Grace B. Mackie
480.00
Dorothy E. Muzzey
1,340.00
Insurance
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Ruby R. Dodge
1,320.00
Susan B. Gifford
1,320:00
Helen L. Mankey
1,260.00
Helen Northup
1,220.00
Rosa Hodgkins
840.00
Ruth Tyler
560.00
Marjorie Gifford
1,268.00
Emma S. Daggett
300.00
Mrs. Clarence Hall
180.00
Anna B. Trowbridge
425.12
Abbie Allen
300.00
Geraldine Freeman
475.00
$29,638.12
Text Books
American Book Co.
$ 43.63
Edward E. Babb & Co.
130.62
Funk & Wagnalls Co.
32.33
Houghton, Mifflin Co.
90.01
D. C. Heath & Co.
50.96
Harper Brothers
2.22
McGraw-Hill Book Co.
8.12
Macmillan Co.
66.50
Allyn & Bacon
168.55
Southwestern Publishing Co.
24.75
The Century Co.
.86
Rand, McNally Co.
7.36
Ginn & Co.
200.30
Harvard Co-operative Society
6.85
Gregg Publishing Co.
22.34
Oliver Ditson
9.35
Prentice-Hall Inc.
1.20
Regents Publishing Ct
3.88
Rumford Supply Co.
7.56
Benj. H. Sanborn & Co.
12.95
Gaylord Bros.
1.95
Edwards Brothers
3.64
42
Bloomington Public School Pub. Co. W. B. Saunders Co. World Book Co.
.75
12.24
18.83
$927.75
Supplies
American Type Founders Co.
$105.53
The Birmingham Pen Co.
3.00
Fairhaven Star
59.00
Carter, Rice & Co.
136.59
Library Bureau
46.87
American Book Co.
15.21
Central Lumber & Supply Co.
24.28
Acushnet Saw Mills Co.
110.45
Gaylord Bros.
30.75
Milton Bradley Co.
122.23
Wm. N. Johnson
96.95
South-Western Pub. Co.
3.29
Akin-Denison Co.
6.85
Keystone Office Appliance Co.
7.50
F. S. Brightman Co.
8.83
N. P. Hayes
.50
Browne Pharmacy
19.73
D. Van Nostrand Co.
4.08
George L. Claflin Co.
43.31
Edward E. Babb & Co.
308.33
A. E. Coffin Press
4.85
Cummings & Cummings
1.91
Wm. F. Nye
.50
J. L. Hammett Co.
782.45
A. C. Smith Co.
.65
Cambridge Botannical Supp. Co.
20.91
Lester D. Rich
5.00
L. E. Knott Apparatus Co.
7.66
John C. Nicholson
10.00
George H. Morrill Co.
16.20
Kennedy & Kirwin
1.84
43
McIntosh Pub. Co.
25.31
Eugene Dietzen Co.
37.17
Albert B. Drake
4.66
H. S. Hutchinson Co.
8.57
Silver, Burdett Co.
6.47
Palmer & Parker Co.
40.06
New Bedford Dry Goods Co.
22.57
A. G. Spalding & Bros.
29.80
Charles F. Wing Co.
2.36
$2,182.22
Janitors' Salaries
William B. Weeks
$1.879.92
Pardon A. Howland
1,200.00
A. C. Robertson
960.00
George Tripp
840.00
Alfred G. Minezzi
267.00
Frank Hadfield
128.00
$5,274.92
Fuel
City Coal Company
$1,183.35
Light, Water, Janitors' Supplies, Etc.
C. M. Carroll Co.
$6.70
F. S. Brightman Co.
5.60
DeWolf & Vincent
.85
N. P. Hayes Co.
5.84
H. S. Hutchinson
7.21
Frank J. Jameson
30.64
New Bedford Gas & Ed. Lt. Co.
325.50
New England Tel. & Tel. Co.
123.93
New Bedford Plate & Window Glass Co.
1.47
The Novelty Press
13.00
H. W. Wilson Co.
3.60
White-Smith Music Co,
2.16
Science Service
5.00,
44
J. T. Moriarty
40.00
Brightman Bros.
9.85
Fairhaven Water Co.
294.82
Town of Fairhaven
.40
Mrs. Emma Eldred, lunch room
210.00
Amy Frizelle, lunch room
150.00
Mrs. Chloe Fraits, lunch room
400.00
Mrs. Cora Betagh. lunch room
300.00
Mrs. Wm. McMeehan, lunch room
52.50
Commissioner of Public Safety
10.00
Butchers Rendering Co.
91.70
C. F. Delano
.24
Valvoline Oil Co.
4.65
Wm. F. Nye
1.90
Babbitt Steam Specialty Co.
16.02
H. M. Cutlery
16.00
Fall River & New Bedford Express
.60
$2,160.18.
Repairs
Babbitt Steam Specialty Co.
$62.12
Z. B. Davis Corp.
63.22
Keystone Office App. Co.
11.20
William Young
27.25
Osberg & Knowlton
71.74
C. F. Delano
57.50
DeWolf & Vincent
17.95
N. P. Hayes
1.54
E. P. Hirst Co.
14.80
H. S. Candage
47.15
Otis Elevator Co.
41.70
Wood, Brightman Co.
.90
New England Plate Glass & Co.
21.35
H. A. Francis
.50
H. H. Hathaway
375.37
H. W. Bliss
46.30
Poor Bros.
1.50
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Acushnet Saw Mills Corp. Paisler & Willis 2.25
7.32
A. C. Smith & Co.
.65
Valentine's Machine Shop
3.50
Valvoline Oil Co.
3.00
Blacksmith Shop, Town of Fairhaven
3.46
$882.27
New Equipment
J. D. Wallace Co.
$30.00
Kenney Bros. & Wolkins
59.96
Remington Typewriter Co.
340.00
M. Steinert & Sons Co.
12.75
Narragansett Machine Co.
4.00
The Office Appliance Co.
150.00
A. G. Spalding Bros.
49.80
$646.51
Health
Dr. Chas. E. P. Thompson
$165.00
Sundries
American Railway Express Co.
$26.03
The Browne Pharmacy
3.95
Elmer Stevens
81.95
Fall River & New Bedford Express Co.
1.50
Parsons Steam Laundry Co.
30.36
A. E. Coffin Press
4.75
Charles F. Wing Co.
3.00
George C. Dickey
7.41
William Page
8.00
Fairhaven Star
1.50
Mildred Crane
.50
Nathan .H. Gist
35.00
Boston, Prov. & Fall River Express Co.
1.35
Wm. B. Weeks
10.75
N. P. Hayes
.25
$216.30
THE MILLICENT LIBRARY
FAIRHAVEN, MASSACHUSETTS
ANNUAL REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1924
PRINTED IN FAIRHAVEN AT THE STAR OFFICE
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TRUSTEES OF THE MILLICENT LIBRARY
Lyman C. Bauldry
William E. Benjamin
Edward L. Besse
Mrs. Eliza C. Pease
Mrs. Cara R. Broughton
Harry L. Pope
Morris R. Brownell
Henry H. Rogers
Miss Sara B. Clarke
George H. Tripp
Miss Edith Dana
Thomas A. Tripp
Officers and Standing Committees, 1925-1926
Henry H. Rogers. President. Morris R. Brownell, Vice President. George B. Luther, Treasurer. Galen W. Hill, Secretary.
Book Committee-
Mr. Rogers. Mr. Brownell, Mr. Besse, Miss Dana, Mrs. Pease.
Finance Committee-
Mr. Luther. Mr. Bauldry, Mr. Benjamin. Mrs. Broughton, Mr. Pope.
House Committee-
Mr. T. A. Tripp. Miss Clarke, Miss Fairfield, Mr. Gardner, Mr. G. Il. Tripp.
FORMER TRUSTEES
Miss Ellen H. Akin 1893-1919
Edmund Anthony, Jr. 1902
Mrs. Sarah C. Anthony 1893-1912 James L. Gillingham 1893-1912
Henry H. Rogers 1893-1909
Don C. Stevens 1893-1901
George W. Stevens 1893-1908
Mrs. H. H. Stillman 1919-1920 George H. Taber 1893-1901
Job C. Tripp 1902-1917
Frederick B. Lyman. 1904-1909 Charles W. White, Jr. 1902-1904 Mrs. Lizzie F. Nye 1893-1919 Walter P. Winsor 1893-1911 Mrs. Mary B. Winsor 1803-1921
Miss Georgia E. Fairfield
William B. Gardner
George B. Luther
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LIBRARY STAFF
GALEN W. HILL Librarian
*FLORA H. LEIGHTON In Charge of Circulation
ANNIE THOMPSON Cataloguer and Accessions
SARA B. CLARKE Loan Desk
LURETTIA HOLMES
In Charge of Children's Work
+MRS. ETHEL D. GRIFFIN General Assistant
MRS. ELIZABETH A. BISBEE. General Assistant
WARREN K. PAGE Page
EDWARD T. ROURKE Janitor
OXFORD BRANCH
ALBIN SILVA In Charge
WARREN K. PAGE Assistant
* Absent on account of illness during year. + Resigned Nov. 1, 1924.
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Report of the Librarian for the Year 1924
To the Trustees of The Millicent Library :
In submitting the thirty-second annual report of The Milli- cent Library we are glad to record a very busy and generally successful year. All previous circulations records have been broken at the main library, and the Oxford Branch shows a decided gain over 1923, though not reaching the high mark of 1922. Though we keep no exact records of reference work we know that the amount required is also on the increase.
That we have been busy can be judged from the fact that we are handling almost double the volume of circulation with a staff that, except for the addition of one half-time assist- ant, is the same size as it was twenty years ago. Our in- come not having increased in the same proportion as the cost of books and other necessities of administration, we find it very difficult to meet some of the demands that are made upon us for extra copies of popular books, desirable replace- ments, and for the purchase of the expensive reference and technical books that are really needed. In addition, the building, having seen constant service for 365 days a year for 32 years presents problems that have to be faced.
Book Purchases
During 1924, 1,110 books were added to the library while 245 were withdrawn, the net gain being 865 and the total number of books 29,717. We spent more money for books the past year than in 1923, but less than in 1922. Rebinding was kept at a minimum. Some book repairing was done at the library, but not as much as we hoped might be done, or
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should be done. After several years trial we are well satisfied that the purchase of the most popular fiction and children's books in re-enforced bindings has made for economy.
Use of Books
The circulation of books for home use at the main library was 71,738, a gain of 5,431 over 1923, making another record year and a total gain for the last two years of over 10.500 books. Including pay duplicate books, the circulation at the Oxford Branch and the High School library, the grand total was 82,608. The only month to show a falling off was Decent- ber, and it has been suggested that the blame can be laid to the cross-word puzzle fad. More books than ever before were taken on the vacation reading privilege. We have enjoyed the usual give and take of interlibrary loans, and, as is proper, giving more than receiving. We have loaned books to several libraries on the Cape, to Marion and Westport, and have our- selves used the New Bedford Public Library when occasion arose.
A new three-year registration was begun in March, and to (late 1,047 persons have registered. The total number of active cards is probably about 3,000, that is, about one in every three and a half persons in Fairhaven is using a library card on which each has averaged 26 books taken for home reading during the past year. The Bulletin containing quarterly lists of new books with annotations has been continued, and suggestions and assistance given the compiler of a book column in the Fairhaven Star during the winter and spring months.
Children's Work and Work with Schools
We again cut the number of children's books purchased, adding 174 books and withdrawing 173, a gain of only one book. The children's room is still overcrowded, however. One class of children's books is shelved with the adult collec- tion, and the upper shelves in the children's room should not be used as they are too high for the average child. When the money is forthcoming it will be possible to secure more
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space by putting bookcases into the two unused doorways. A steady gain in circulation can be reported, 21,170 books being from the main library, a gain of 750 over any previous year, which with the children's books issued from the Oxford Branch makes a total of 23,984. Miss Holmes has had but very little time for special work with the children but has done what she could.
The usual classroom libraries have been loaned to teachers as requested. To adequately take care of this phase of our work it will be necessary to rather extensively duplicate many titles this coming year. The course in the use of the library for the eighth grade pupils was given twice this year, in March and April to the class which graduated in June, and in Novem- ber and December to this year's class. There are decided advantages to librarians, teachers, and the pupils themselves in having the course given earlier in the school year than we formerly gave it. The High School library has been administered on the same plan as the last few years, one of the teachers giving part time to its administration. There has been almost no change in the collection this year, the same reading courses being used. The circulation of the books loaned by The Millicent Library numbered 1,405, the total including the books and magazines owned by the school, 3,767.
Oxford Branch
Mr. Silva's report shows a gain of 535 in the use of books over the figure for 1923, 8,064 being the number issued. This does not equal the record year 1922 when over 9,000 were taken. A complete change in children's books, the non- fiction collection and the older fiction was made, and a com- plete inventory taken. It was expected that the latter would show a heavy percentage of lost books but we were happily disappointed. The Branch continues to serve its purpose and undoubtedly could do more if a larger collection and more room could be given it.
The Building
The old heating boiler after thirty-one years of service was
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condemned by the insurance inspector in the spring and we were obliged to install and connect a new boiler during the summer. At the time the boiler was down the opportunity was taken to thoroughly clean the chimney. Repairs on the lighting system were made and some changes made in the fixtures in the stacks in the attempt to remedy the condition which has caused the constant burning out of lights. Only necessary repairs have been made this year. The excellent service rendered by Mr. Rourke in his painstaking care of building and grounds deserves mention in this report.
Personal and Other Items
We are still obliged to record that Mrs. Leighton has not yet been able to resume her work at the library. She has. however, rendered a service which is much appreciated, in the reading and criticism of new books. Much to our regret we were forced to accept in November the resignation of Mrs. Ethel D. Griffin who had given efficient service since October, 1922. Fortunately we were able to secure as her successor Mrs. Elizabeth A. Bisbee who has had previous library expe- rience and who is adapting herself to our work very satisfac- torily. There have been no other changes. For the first time in several years we got through the vacation season without a paid substitute.
Members of the staff attended the library institute which was held in New Bedford in February and March, and Miss Holmes was on the program of one session leading a discus- sion of editions of children's classics. The Old Dartmouth Library Club, a local organization of library workers which grew out of an invitation given by the trustees of this library to meet in Fairhaven in June, 1922, held two successful meet- ings this year, one in Fall River in June, the other at Norton, in November. Different members of the staff were present at these meetings. We were also represented at the Cape Cod Library Club meeting at Brewster and the meetings of the Massachusetts Library Club which the librarian is now serving as recording secretary.
If not noteworthy, the year has been a very busy one and
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it would not be right for me to close this report without giving credit where it really belongs and that is to a conscientious, efficient and congenial staff and to the trustees for their mani- fest interest and appreciation of the needs and purposes of The Millicent Library.
Respectfully submitted,
GALEN W. HILL,
Librarian. January 13, 1925.
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STATISTICAL REPORT THE MILLICENT LIBRARY, FAIRHAVEN, MASS. Annual Report for Year Ending December 31, 1924
Annual Report for Year Ending Dec. 31, 1924
Population served. (estimated) .10,000
Terms of use: Free for lending and reference.
Total number of agencies: Central library: one branch : one school deposit station.
Days open during year (Central library) 366
Hours open each week for lending
84
Hours open each week for reading.
84
Adult 25.049
Juvenile 3,803
Total 28.852
Vols. at beginning of year.
Vols. added by purchase.
866
170
1,036
Vols. added by gift
34
34
Vols. added by binding material otherwise counted
36
4
40
Vols. lost and withdrawn
72
173
245
Vols. at close of year
25,913
3.804
29.717
Pamphlets, pictures, etc .. added
No record kept
Vols. of fiction loaned.
44.427
16.410
60,837
Total volumes loaned.
55.818
23.984
79.802
Home use from agencies
2.806
Other circulation (pictures, clippings. etc.)
473
Number of borrowers registered during year.
1,193
Total number of borrowers
3,000
Registration period, three years.
Titles
Copies
Number of periodicals currently received.
93
118
not
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