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Beckley-Cardy Co.
98.83
H. W. Wilson Co.
1.60
Arlo Publishing Co.
21.48
Bruce Publishing Co.
6.21
Board of Education, St. Cloud, Minnesota
10.50
Rand McNally & Co.
59.71
Charles Scribner's Sons
29.16
A. S. Barnes & Co.
7.19
Clark University
1.00
"The Boston Way"
1.60
Benjamin H. Sanborn Co.
46.91
45
Doubleday, Doran & Co.
26.52
Houghton Mifflin Co.
45.01
D. C. Heath & Co. 92.28
J. B. Lippincott Co.
81.10
Silver, Burdett & Co.
40.27
Teachers' College
3.00
A. Flanagan Co.
1.12
Little, Brown Co.
25.14
Standard Book Co.
11.13
World Book Co.
1.43
Wheeler Publishing Co.
12.00
Lyons & Carnahan
17.79
American Education Press
34.29
Iroquois Publishing Co.
97.39
J. L. Hammett Co.
4.13
G. & C. Meriam Co.
48.00
Scott, Foresman & Co.
110.73
Milton Bradley Co.
.41
F. A. Owen Publishing Co.
4.00
Journal of Education
3.00
John C. Winston Co.
86.32
New England Publishing Co.
18.00
Row, Peterson Co.
1.82
Laurel Book Co.
11.99
Hall & McCreary Co.
38.10
Charles E. Merrill Co.
24.16
The Century Co.
15.66
$2,379.60
SUPPLIES
Edward E. Babb & Co.
$1,767.25
Emile Bernat & Sons Co.
12.43
C. E. Doner
15.50
J. L. Hammett Co.
1,162.55
Home Study Dept., Clark University
30.00
46
F. S. Brightman
8.95
Webster Publishing Co.
108.74
Laidlaw Bros.
8.21
Browne Pharmacy
20.59
Steiger Dudgeon Co.
18.99
Ludwig Music Publishing Co.
21.20
The Office Appliance Co.
26.35
Ryan & Buker, Inc.
17.26
World Book Co.
6.93
Harry Houston
.15
J. B. Lippincott Co.
43.42
Reed Mfg. Co.
6.00
John M. Ruth Co.
10.43
Russell Sage Foundation
.50
Keystone Office Appliance Co.
2.50
Iroquois Publishing Co.
5.70
Reasearch Service Co.
57.00
New Bedford Dry Goods Co.
2.60
Olympia Music Studio
14.50
A. W. Faber, Inc.
7.06
Dowling School Supply Co.
57.11
Hodges Badge Co.
8.50
De Wolf & Vincent
11.77
H. H. Hutchinson
8.50
Keystone View Co.
120.91
John C. Winston Co.
.
1.10
Bostitch Sales Co.
2.12
Public School Publishing Co.
50.85
Eugene Dietzgen Co.
97.21
Winnetka Individual Materials, Inc.
15.63
The Multistamp Co.
16.59
Remington Rand Business Service
17.63
Miller & Lord
12.50
Milton Bradley Co.
220.80
Journal of Education
3.00
Government Printing Office
3.00
Wheeler Publishing Co.
63.21
47
Bastian Bros.
43.97
Walter Jacobs, Inc.
23.10
A. E. Coffin Press
6.50
Carl Fischer, Inc.
5.58
Allyn & Bacon
.83
Fuller Regalia & Costume Co.
12.14
Kennedy & Kirwin
1.35
Fairhaven Star
30.50
$4,209.21
TEACHERS
Coburn W. Tripp
$2,311.50
John D. Connell
892.50
George L. Kane
538.35
Margaret McGuire
1,493.85
Elizabeth Hastings
1,564.65
A. Janet Danskin
1,140.75
Rena Safford
1,346.90
Mabel G. Hoyle
1,410.65
Lucie E. Reynolds
1,476.90
Theresa Coulombe
737.50
Marie L. Sullivan
1,170.75
Rose Caton
519.15
Florence Washburn
384.60
Dorothy R. Meriam
988.90
Doris W. Dreher
519.15
Mary A. S. Sale
1,575.30
Mildred Hall
1,308.90
Hazel M. Lovering
1,308.90
Mary S. Fletcher
1,329.15
Thelma Kalloch
722.25
Gertrude E. Janowsky
1,329.15
Helen L. Newton
1,329.15
48
Louise C. Johnson
1,329.15
Miriam Davidow
379.47
Albert R. Clish
900.00
Clarence E. MaGuire
538.35
Mary Halloran
1,140.75
Edna Blankinship
1,329.15
Mary Foley
1,042.20
Zelma Nichols
1,269.15
Elizabeth Graham
2,204.55
Helen K. Nicholson
1,575.30
Mildred Borden
1,329.15
Julia Milutis
1,137.54
Helen R. Porter
750.00
Marion Ryder
1,140.75
Gertrude Corey
1,129.09
Mildred Webb
1,329.15
Dorothea Bruce
519.15
Helena L. Stanley
1,416.90
Alice F. King
1,101.34
Alyce Keyes
1,042.20
Edith McNamara
1,308.73
Genevieve Slade
1,329.15
Caroline R. Gilmore
1,329.15
Evelyn E. Smith
1,140.75
Dorothy Fuller
1,329.15
Susan G. Livesey
1,661.90
Edith Kendrick
816.00
Elizabeth Davis
1,170.75
Eva Riley
1,329.15
Mildred J. Harris
1,042.20
Elsie Perry
1,269.15
Katherine T. Goggin
1,299.15
Anna P. Malone
1,269.15
Mary T. Katkin
1,329.15
Ann O'D. Brow
1,378.35
Regina Morrissey
384.60
Emily Harlow
6.00
49
Mrs. C. Kendrick
223.50
Mrs. H. B. Raymond
200.00
Mrs. Nellie B. Ames
720.00
Mrs. V. Slater
18.00
Mrs. H. T. Gidley
169.50
Mrs. Katherine Sherman
216.00
Mrs. G. B. Luther
12.00
Leslie N. Webber
55.00
Mrs. C. Lumbard
30.00
Mrs. Gertrude Young
102.00
Mrs. Pearl Wilbor
12.00
Mrs. H. H. Porter
338.00
Inez Boynton
495.00
Linn S. Wells
364.25
Charles H. Johnson, Jr.
886.05
Edith D. Faunce
689.10
Clarence W. Arey
517.30
Anna B. Trowbridge
984.60
Anna Salice
530.70
Anna Simmons
230.70
Helen K. Nicholson, noon hour
48.75.
Mary A. S. Sale, noon hour
55.80
EVENING SCHOOL TEACHERS
James M. Parkinson
$164.00
Elizabeth Hastings
73.50
Ann O'D. Brow
66.50
$ 304.00
$74,596.97
JANITORS
Charles H. Lawton
$1,200.00
Willard L. Hoxie
1,051.83
Bert W. Besse
220.00
James H. Ellis
820.16
50
Thomas Barnes
1,284.00
Walter L. Holmes
1,044.00
Walter G. Spencer
1,051.83
Bert W. Besse, Night School
36.00
James H. Ellis, Night School
48.00
James H. Ellis, Band Rehearsal
5.00
$6,760.82
TRANSPORTATION
Union Street Railway Co.
$3,000.00
Alexander Hadfield
1,812.00
$4,812.00
FUEL
City Coal Company
$3,498.16
J. L. Randall
5.00
Charles James
10.00
Henry T. Howard
8.50
$3,521.66
LIGHT, WATER, JANITOR'S SUPPLIES, ETC.
New Bedford Gas & Ed. Lt. Co.
$ 515.10
Fairhaven Water Co.
1,258.30
Kennedy & Kirwin
86.10
New England Tel. & Tel. Co.
231.99
F. S. Brightman Co.
34.00
Reformatory for Women
22.57
Thomas Barnes
.35
F. W. Fraits
2.50
Thompson Electric Co.
2.10
51
Edward E. Babb & Co.
.73
H. H. Hathaway, Estate
4.40
C. F. Delano
115.22
H. K. Nye
17.04
Charles E. Lumbard
3.60
C. F. Wing
16.42
Dept. of Correction
6.85
Livesey Bros.
26.70
J. T. Sutcliffe
3.80
Day's Electric Shop
.50
Masury-Young Co.
67.19
A. C. Smith
2.50
Mass. State Prison
7.68
Kenney Bros. & Wolkins
20.42
Millicent Library
27.09
Dallman Co.
10.75
A. G. Douglas
6.00
Thompson Electric Co.
4.50
Commissioner of Public Safety
60.00
Brightman Bros.
7.00
Charles P. Thatcher
.60
C. E. Beckman
2.60
Hawes Electric Co.
3.20
J. L. Hammett Co.
26.17
N. P. Hayes
.70
J. I. Holcomb Mfg. Co.
5.29
William McMeehan
8.75
$2,608.71
REPAIRS
G. H. T. Brown & Co.
$ 18.25
Babbitt Steam Specialty Co.
.30
A. C. Smith
17.53
Livesey Bros.
4.95
E. G. Baldwin
28.13
John M. Reilly
1,200.55
52
A. L. Bliss
40.66
Edward E. Babb & Co.
42.00
Charles H. Sisson
71.13
William H. Mudge
7.09
Rankin & Arnold
1.05
Tip-Top Roofing Co.
113.78
Frank Blossom
5.30
Slocum & Kilburn
2.45
C. F. Wing Co.
133.97
Day's Electric Shop
48.60
William Young
76.94
John W. Ramsbottom
16.00
Charles E. Lumbard
125.04
N. B. Boiler & Machine Co.
.48
F. C. Washburn
6.76
H. M. Hopwood
3.00
Osberg & Knowlton
283.71
Patrick Sullivan
66.75
James Warren
20.00
Central Lumber & Supply Co.
1.60
William H. Paige & Son
4.00
Valentine's Machine Shop
4.25
W. G. Douglas
18.35
Hawes Electric Co.
4.35
A. T. Delano
239.95
H. H. Hathaway, Estate
12.85
H. T. Hillman
5.00
F. M. Marshall
12.00
$2,636.77
NEW EQUIPMENT
The Multistamp Co.
$35.47
Coal Carburetor Sales Co.
350.00
Babbitt Steam Specialty Co.
245.00
M. Steinert & Sons
26.35
53
Wright & Ditson
2.07
J. L. Hammett Co.
181.48
A. G. Douglas
10.00
Ryan & Buker, Inc.
92.15
Woodstock Typewriter Co.
60.00
William Acomb
15.00
Day's Electric Shop
15.00
$1,032.52
HEALTH
Lena P. Howland
$1,462.50
Dr. Charles E. P. Thompson
444.50
$1,907.00
MISCELLANEOUS
William H. Paige & Son
$ 5.00
Walter Jacobs, Inc.
8.61
M. J. Curran Express
.50
Fairhaven Star
74.75
William H. Fabio
5.00
Charles H. Lawton
18.40
Everett N. Tinkham
5.00
Fall River & New Bedford Express Co.
.80
Manuel D'Amarel
39.03
Charles F. Prior
25.13
Fairhaven High Lunch Dept.
78.00
Anna Salice
9.25
Railway Express Agency
3.03
J. L. Hammett Co.
4.65
A. C. Smith
.25
$ 277.40
54
SCHOOL COMMITTEE, 1930
William B. Gardner
$ 25.00
James A. Stetson
25.00
Sara B. Clarke
25.00
Ella H. Blossom
25.00
Orrin B. Carpenter
25.00
George F. Braley
25.00
$ 150.00
INSURANCE
Goddard, Case & Borden
$ 284.40
Alfred F. Nye
207.20
James Henshaw
138.60
$ 626.20
TUITION
Fall River Continuation School $ 10.24
High School (Itemized Expenditures)
.
TEACHERS
George C. Dickey
$3,446.10
Walter Wood
2,007.60
Helene Ernst
1,386.90
James M. Parkinson
2,116.80
Robert Lawton
1,545.30
Ruby R. Dodge
1,378.35
Elva Cheney
1,416.90
Marion L. Barker
1,545.30
Susan B. Gifford
1,378.35
Marian B. Goodwin
480.00
Margaret Siebert
1,968.90
Mary T. Heald
1,772.25
Lena J. Russell
1,968.90
Florence R. Griswold
1,476.90
Marie Wentzell
1,239.15
Eunice E. Strong
1,772.25
Doris M. Plaisted
1,476.90
Anna B. Trowbridge
418.35
Anna M. Salice
506.70
Inez Boynton
495.00
Linn S. Wells
2,056.80
Charles H. Johnson, Jr.
590.70
Abbie R. Wing
51.00
Mildred Bryant
823.00
Alice Gidley
475.00
Phyliss Applin
461.40
Anna Simmons
230.70
Margaret Sullivan
169.18
F. William Kempf
93.75
$34,748.43
56
TEXT BOOKS
Allyn & Bacon
$ 121.04
American Book Co.
199.67
Edward E. Babb & Co.
16.89
Brentano's, Inc.
3.60
Mansfield Printing Co.
1.50
Macmillan Co.
191.82
Ginn & Co.
73.85
H. W. Wilson Co.
14.05
J. B. Lippincott Co.
1.69
Doubleday, Doran Co.
121.30
Marshall, Jones Co., Inc.
21.07
Benj. H. Sanborn Co.
7.80
Silver, Burdett & Co.
88.64
D. C. Heath Co.
73.13
The Bruce Publishing Co.
2.27
Lyons & Carnahan Co.
6.01
W. Hazelton Smith
4.44
R. W. Wagner
47.50
Princeton University Press
2.50
The Century Co.
16.65
Little, Brown & Co.
9.56
Manual Arts Press
2.00
Oxford Book Co.
20.59
The Palmer Co.
.42
McGraw-Hill Book Co.
14.88
R. H. Hinkley
9.00
Charles Scribner's Sons
18.36
Gregg Pub. Co.
33.39
Iroquois Pub. Co.
27.28
John C. Winston Co.
12.98
Harcourt, Brace Co.
129.28
Row, Peterson Co.
37.76
South-Western Pub. Co.
229.21
Oliver Ditson
2.44
Houghton Mifflin Co.
30.05
57
15.00
United States Daily H. S. Hutchinson
.75
G. P. Putnam's Sons
16.28
Mrs. A. M. Tripp
21.75
Oxford University Press
2.93
$1,649.33
SUPPLIES
Acushnet Saw Mills
$ 35.19
The Banner Press
14.00
C. C. Birchard & Co.
7.11
B. L. Makepeace
1.04
Boosey & Co., Inc.
28.37
American Type Founders Co.
40.83
F. S. Brightman Co.
14.45
Akin Dennison Co.
1.80
Browne Pharmacy
14.47
Eugene Dietzgen
75.70
Silver, Burdett Co.
8.15
Oliver Ditson
11.00
Albert B. Drake
2.00
H. S. Hutchinson
1.45
Kee Lox Mfg. Co.
18.00
Keystone Office Appliance Co.
64.40
Knight, Allen, & Clark
57.40
N. B. Dry Goods Co.
36.36
Edward E. Babb & Co.
6.30
G. L. Claflin
79.48
Steiger Dudgeon Co.
.30
Eastern Printing Co.
6.35
Fairhaven Star
48.05
W. T. Grant Co.
1.30
Kennedy & Kirwin
18.07
Webster Pub. Co.
5.87
58
Office Appliance Co.
10.50
De Vry Corp.
1.73
Wild & Stevens, Inc.
3.53
Scott, Foresman Co.
7.37
Charles N. Smart
2.07
A. E. Coffin Press
15.15
C. F. Delano
4.06
Chas. E. Gardiner Lumber Co.
169.55
DeWolf & Vincent
34.37
Gaylord Bros.
7.75
Sam Fox Pub. Co.
3.88
Singer Sewing Machine Co.
8.06
Carl Fischer, Inc.
25.63
Samuel R. Spencer
9.05
E. E. Stetson
80.00
World Book Co.
.20
J. L. Hammett Co.
544.49
General Chemical Co.
4.00
Percy D. Wells
9.60
F. G. Hillman
60.57
L. E. Knott Apparatus Co.
52.64
The Arthur P. Schmidt Co.
5.58
F. C. Washburn
16.53
Gregg Pub. Co.
20.19
Central Lumber & Supply Co.
12.79
Rumford Supply Co.
3.09
Woman's Institute Dom. Arts & Sciences
19.20
College Entrance Board
.50
D. Van Nostrand, Inc.
1.60
Sullivan & Crocker
6.00
Remington Rand
3.83
Fuller & Barker
24.22
$1,765.17
59
JANITORS' SALARIES
H. H. Shumway
$1,688.52
P. A. Howland
1,500.00
A. C. Robertson
960.00
William H. Fuller
1,492.45
James H. Ellis
25.00
$5,665.97
FUEL
City Coal Company
$1,256.54
Charles F. James
8.00
$1,264.54
LIGHT, WATER, JANITORS' SUPPLIES, ETC.
Fairhaven Water Co.
$ 475.24
Janitors' Supply Co.
4.90
C. B. Dolge Co.
30.80
Central Lumber Supply Co.
3.38
New England Tel. & Tel. Co.
223.31
F. Otis Eldredge
7.20
H. H. Hathaway, Estate
.20
William F. Nye
1.15
Quigley Chemical Co.
6.00
Swift & Co.
24.75
A. G. Douglas
6.00
Kennedy & Kirwin
16.25
C. F. Wing Co.
15.44
Brightman Bros.
19.50
F. S. Brightman Co.
16.00
Day's Electric Shop
15.65
DeWolf & Vincent
17.67
H. & H. Mfg. Co.
9.90
60
C. E. Beckman
12.94
A. C. Smith
.75
N. B. Gas & Ed. Lt. Co.
293.52
C. F. Delano
34.57
J. L. Hammett Co.
15.00
N. P. Hayes
58.32
Thomas Hersom & Co.
18.09
Spring St. Auto Service Station
5.00
Valvoline Oil Co.
10.60
C. L. Dunham
1.95
New England Plate Glass Co.
11.00
American La France Foamite Protection Co.
11.20
T. J. Moriarty
17.25
Babbitt Steam Specialty Co.
48.99
Commissioner of Pub. Safety
20.00
John R. Lyman Co.
3.17
Atlantic Pump & Supply Co.
2.05
J. I. Holcomb Mfg. Co.
7.55
Paisler & Willis
1.60
$1,466.89
REPAIRS
Acushnet Saw Mill
$
2.45
H. H. Hathaway, Estate
64.53
Frank B. Phillips
3.85
Babbitt Steam Specialty Co.
84.76
Rankin & Arnold
103.91
Days' Electric Shop
70.98
Leach Electrical Co.
25.84
H. P. Silva
63.60
New England Plate Glass Co.
35.80
J. Arnold Wright
5.25
N. B. Typewriter Exchange
3.25
F. W. Fraits
5.95
Burroughs Adding Machine Co.
1.23
61
H. A. Francis
2.00
Singer Sewing Machine Co.
16.05
Spring St. Auto Service Station
53.09
Slocum & Kilburn
24.07
H. M. C. Cutlery Co.
5.00
American La France & Foamite Protection Co.
1.50
Osberg & Knowlton
115.08
A. C. Smith
.75
E. G. Baldwin
426.41
Valentine's Machine Shop
13.57
Walter F. Douglas
28.28
C. L. Dunham
155.69
Tip-Top Roofing Co.
94.20
$1,407.09
NEW EQUIPMENT
Kenney Bros. & Wolkins
$ 2.41
Wright & Ditson
6.00
James W. Brine Co.
23.38
Royal Typewriter Co.
157.50
M. Steinert & Sons
125.00
Underwood Typewriter Co.
25.00
Babbitt Steam Specialty Co.
45.00
Days' Electric Shop
11.27
Woodstock Typewriter Co.
35.00
Bostitch Sales Co.
8.09
Keystone Office Appliance Co.
342.00
Remington Rand
694.55
Singer Sewing Machine Co.
93.20
New England Adding Machine Co.
125.00
$1,693.40
HEALTH
Dr. Charles E. P. Thompson $ 214.00
62
MISCELLANEOUS
M. J. Curran Express
$ .50
Livesey Bros.
2.00
A. E. Coffin Press
2.25
Manuel D'Amarel
5.48
Parsons Laundry
13.56
E. M. Bennett
.38
William B. Weeks
5.00
Fairhaven Star
39.25
H. C. Pierce
12.00
Elmer Stevens
90.60
Overland Express
1.70
Curtis H. Young
.60
William H. Fuller
3.38
N. B. Dry Goods Co.
34.79
Railway Express Agency
18.55
F. H. S. Lunch Department
29.75
Dr. Clarence Barbour
50.00
Andrews & Pierce
1.30
George C. Dickey
16.50
Eastern Printing Co.
3.25
William H. Paige
4.00
Browne Pharmacy
.25
J. L. Hammett Co.
7.65
Clarence E. Jones
65.72
$ 408.46
THE MILLICENT LIBRARY
FAIRHAVEN, MASS.
ANNUAL REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1930
FAIRHAVEN STAR
3
TRUSTEES OF THE MILLICENT LIBRARY
Lyman C. Bauldry
William B. Gardner
William E. Benjamin
George B. Luther
Edward L. Besse
Mrs. Eliza C. Pease
Morris R. Brownell
Harry L. Pope
Miss Sara B. Clarke Henry H. Rogers
Miss Edith Dana
George H. Tripp
The Lady Fairhaven
Thomas A. Tripp
Miss Anna B. Trowbridge
OFFICERS 1929-1930
Henry H. Rogers, President Thomas A. Tripp, Vice President George B. Luther, Treasurer Avis M. Pillsbury, Secretary
STANDING COMMITTEE, 1929-1930
Book Committee-Mr. Rogers, Chairman, Mr. G. H. Tripp, Miss Clarke, Mr. Bauldry, Mr. T. A. Tripp.
Finance Committee-Mr. Luther, Chairman, Mr. Benjamin, Mr. Besse, Mr. Gardner. House Committee-Mr. Pope, Chairman, The Lady Fairhaven, Mrs. Pease, Miss Dana, Miss Trowbridge, Mr. Brownell.
FORMER TRUSTEES
Miss Ellen H. Akin 1893-1919 Don C. Stevens 1893-1901
Edmund Anthony, Jr. 1902 George W. Stevens 1893-1908
Mrs. Sarah C. Anthony 1893-1912 Mrs. H. H. Stillman 1919-1920
Miss Georgia E. Fairfield 1920-1928 George H. Taber 1893-1901
James L. Gillingham 1893-1912 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
Henry H. Rogers
1893-1909
Mrs. Mary B. Winsor
1893-1921
LIBRARIANS
Don C. Stevens 1893-1901
Drew B. Hall
1901-1911
Galen W. Hill
1911-1926
Louis Felix Ranlett
1926-May 1928
Avis M, Pillsbury
June 1928-
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LIBRARY STAFF
DECEMBER 31, 1930
Avis M. Pillsbury . Librarian
Sara B. Clarke. .
Loan Desk
*Carolyn R. Dodge.
General Assistant
Florence Wilkinson
General Assistant
+Helen Winnemore
General Assistant
Earl Dias. . Page
Charles Worster Janitor .
OXFORD BRANCH
Albin Silva In Charge Earl Dias Assistant
EAST FAIRHAVEN BRANCH
Clarence E. Maguire. In Charge
RESIGNED DURING 1930
Josephine H. Carr . General Assistant Albert R. Clish. In Charge East Fairhaven Branch Philip Gidley Page
* Appointed as regular staff member September 1st.
+ Appointed September 1st ; taken seriously ill, December, 1930.
Report of the Librarian FOR THE YEAR 1930
To the Trustees of the Millicent Library :
I take pleasure in presenting herewith the thirty-eighth annual report of the work of the Millicent Library. The year ending December 31, 1930 has been one of progress, and in many ways, perhaps in most ways, the most satis- fying year of my librarianship here. Many things have been accomplished, the records of which will be incorporated into this report. A steady growth in the work of the library has been noticeable, and this kind of growth counts more in the long run than sudden spasms with greatly inflated statistics. An added increase of interest and in the feeling of good will of patrons toward the library has made itself manifest, but cannot be recorded in figures.
The value of a library to a community cannot be ade- quately measured. No measuring stick has yet been devised to record what the librarian and assistants do constantly for patrons, to show for instance, that Johnnie was given the "Wreck of the Hesperus", by Longfellow, when he said it was written, he thought, by a man named Shakespeare; or to record the hours spent in finding some elusive material, per- haps a poem of which the patron knows only a line or two. Such things are abstract, intangible, practically impossible to record, yet after all the kind of library business, along with the necessary routine of buying and preparing books for cir- culation, that keeps the library workers busy every minute, while the public outside judges that this is an easy and simple kind of occupation. Gone into the distant past are the days when the librarian had time to read and crochet in the inter-
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vals between customers. And indeed, no live librarian would wish those days back again, for today a librarian's work is a profession, an art to be mastered, the librarian an agent who sells the library idea to the community, who sees an oppor- tunity to serve the adult population and to help make the boys and girls better fitted for the duties of citizenship which they must carry on only a few years hence.
Home Use of Books
The borrowers of the library carried home some 50 tons of reading matter during the year, 99,776 books and periodi- cals being circulated. Of this total, 85% or 84,576 books were distributed from the main library, 2% or 2,021 books from the East Fairhaven Branch, while 13% or 13,179 books were loaned from the Oxford Branch.
The net gain over 1929 is 1,725 volumes or 1.7%. Had there not been a loss in circulation of 1,625 books, of which 1,200 were juvenile, at the Oxford Branch, the total gain would have been much higher. The only plausible explana- tion of this loss seems to be the effect that the unusual indus- trial depression is making in the center where the branch is located. It would seem as if some number of families must have removed from the section. However, it is encouraging to record in spite of this loss that 2,813 more books were circulated this year from the main library, and 537 more from the East Fairhaven Branch, a total of 3,350, of which 998 were juvenile.
Of the total circulation, 29% or 29,599 books circulated were juvenile.
An increase of 1% in both the adult and juvenile non- fiction reading shows that the reading of non-fiction has not been neglected.
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The circulation per capita (based on the 1930 popula- tion figures) was 9.1, a slight increase over last year. 24.6 books was the average number read by every registered borrower.
The Duplicate Pay Collection, at present totalling 109 books, continues to grow in popularity and in 1930 a circu- lation of 3,364 books was recorded, a gain of 722 books or 27% over last year. By relieving the congestion on the 7-day books, by satisfying the demand for the new books while they are new, for this, the collection is as much if not more worthwhile than for the money it earns, though of course it must be admitted that what it earns keeps it up-to-date.
There are frequent calls for pictures, clippings and stereoscopes, used largely by teachers and pupils. A total of 631 were circulated during 1930. The High School circula- tion totalled 2,749 books for the year, somewhat of a de- crease, due perhaps to the upset conditions of the first of the year.
Considering these miscellaneous items, the circulation reached as its grand total 106,520.
Although already included in the totals given, the fol- lowing items may prove of interest.
The number of books circulated from the foreign language collection totalled 436,-246 being French, 184 Portuguese, and 6 Italian. For vacation reading during the period June 15th to September 30th, 845 books were loaned on the extended time privilege. To teachers and others for classroom use or serious study, 415 books were loaned with special privileges.
Surveying the use of the library for the ten years just past, from 1920 to 1930, there has been an increase in re- corded usefulness of 77%. This is 37% more than the in- crease for the previous 27 years of the library's existence, from 1893 to 1920, the gain being 40% for that period.
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The comparative circulation table included here may prove of interest.
The circulation figures for the years stated, for the main library, and including that of the Oxford and East Fairhaven Branches after their opening, follow.
1893
40,124
1895
49,680
1900
45,993
1905
46,401
1910
48,857
1915
54,211
1920
56,366
1925
80,035
1930
99,776
Figures mean little perhaps, but it is interesting to those vitally concerned with the library that over two and a quarter million books have been circulated since its opening; that patrons have been provided with books at all times, and that the Millicent Library is keeping pace with other progressive libraries.
Those Served by the Library
For the year 1930, more borrowers were registered than in any other one year of the library's history, the total reach- ing 1,422, not including summer visitors. This year it was decided to give to visitors a temporary card, good for three months, instead of the regular card which remains in force three years. Thirty-three of such cards were issued and the arrangement proved itself most satisfactory. Our record of permanent borrowers is in this way made more accurate.
Of the 1,422 new borrowers, 518 are juvenile. The increase in borrowers over the year 1929 was 166. The registration for the three year period is 4,054, or 37% of the population.
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The Book Collection
During the year, 1,463 books were added to the library, 809 being adult, and 654 being juvenile. Of these figures, replacements for the adult department numbered 190 and for the juvenile department 426, leaving a total of 619 new adult and 228 new juvenile titles added to the library. The total of books in the library now numbers 33,274, of which 17% or, 4,857 are juvenile. A further explanation of this total will be made under the next heading.
INVENTORY
By far the most tremendous task of the year was the undertaking of a thorough inventory of all the books in the library including also those at the two branches and the High School.
For the faithful energy of the regular staff members and Miss Kathryn Kleinschmidt who assisted us during the summer, much credit is due. The taking of inventory is not a pleasant task. It is part of the drudgery of library work, but still a most necessary part. This year it has served a double purpose, to make more accurate the record of the number of books in the library as well as to discover what and how many books are missing. It has been a question of conjecture for some time as to just how many books the library really possessed. In the report of 1927, by an actual count of the bound volumes in the possession of the library, the records were corrected to be as nearly accurate as possi- ble from such a count. However, there was a discrepancy of 2,009 volumes which could not be accounted for, and in withdrawing these from the records the statistics were neces- sarily left incomplete regarding the number of volumes in the juvenile and adult departments respectively.
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The procedure this year has been more complete, more accurate, and the basis for the following table which is of permanent value.
The process was as follows :
1. To check every shelf-list card in the library with the volumes on the shelves.
2. To make cards for all titles for which no cards were found.
3. Finally, to make an actual count of the number of vol- umes listed on every card.
The count has been taken by classes, as the table will show. Classified thus, this table proves itself a guide to show us where are the weak points in our book collection. By this inventory also, we have discovered a good number of books for which the cataloging had not been completed in years past. Our book collection has been "house-cleaned".
As in the inventory of most libraries, a large number of books have been found missing. 1,112 books which can- not be accounted for in this inventory seems an overwhelm- ing number at first glance, but from past experience we know that many will reappear before the next inventory is taken. Those missing in this inventory are included in the total given in the table and will remain on the records until their loss is definitely assured.
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