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3.15
U. S. Post Office
83.16
Fairhaven Star, Inc.
61.50
Wright & Potter Printing Co.
10.28
Chas. M. Carroll Paper Co.
4.30
Commonwealth of Mass., Division of Accounts
3.44
L. S. McKenna Typewriter Co.
1.00
C. F. Delano
.30
F. S. Webster Co.
2.70
$207.99
37
TEXT BOOKS
American Book Co.
$285.22
Little, Brown & Co.
3.88
Charles Scribner's Sons
85.79
Teachers College, Columbia University
2.75
D. Appleton-Century Co.
1.75
Scott, Foresman & Co.
647.30
Educational & Personnel Publishing Co.
1.64
Charles E. Merrill Co.
29.39
Noble & Noble Publishing Co.
22.04
L. W. Singer Co.
3.24
World Book Co.
66.27
Edward E. Babb & Co., Inc.
11.69
Milton Bradley Co.
5.41
Doubleday, Doran & Co.
1,80
Rand, McNally Co.
112.18
Row, Peterson & Co.
80.44
Benj. H. Sanborn & Co.
21.29
Silver, Burdett & Co.
33.81
Webster Publishing Co.
35.39
Zaner-Bloser Co.
19.09
The Welles Publishing Co.
2.50
Beckley-Cardy Co.
5.92
Duttons, Inc.
1.91
Follett Publishing Co.
1.29
F. A. Owen Publishing Co.
1.80
Public School Publishing Co.
.35
School Activities
2.00
Stephen Daye Press
1.08
Ginn & Co.
625.20
The John C. Winston Co.
62.82
American Education Press
10.42
Civic Research Institute
2.30
The MacMillan Co.
151.69
The Baker & Taylor Co.
5.02
J. L. Hammett Co.
6.00
Houghton Mifflin Co.
21.45
Iroquois Publishing Co.
5.71
J. B. Lippincott Co.
102.45
Longmans, Green & Co.
10.52
Lyons & Carnahan
28.29
The Abington Press
8.15
Allyn & Bacon
57.63
A. S. Barnes
4.15
Oliver Ditson Co., Inc.
2.62:
38
Newson & Co.
2.35
William H. Sadlier, Inc.
21.92
Winnetka Education Press
2.73
Harcourt, Brace & Co.
6.76
D. C. Heath & Co.
26.02
Henry Holt & Co.
36.51
Library Book House
14.75
$2,702.68
SUPPLIES
Edward E. Babb & Co., Inc.
1,403.87
Ditto, Inc.
37.58
Webster Publishing Co.
11.36
J. L. Hammett Co.
826.27
Boston Music Co.
32.33
The Browne Pharmacy
2.00
C. F. Delano
1.88
Ginn & Co.
3.56
Acushnet Saw Mills Co.
1.42
New Bedford Dry Goods Co.
16.40
Central Lumber & Supply Co.
8.56
Boston Bostitch Co.
7.79
Gledhill Brothers
31.84
Houghton Mifflin Co.
14.78
The Output Co.
1.43
F. W. Woolworth Co.
9.30
Kennedy & Kirwin
3.61
Laidlaw Brothers
.83
The Papercratfers, Inc.
10.46
Zaner-Bloser Co.
27.27
Remington Rand, Inc.
4.25
Akin-Denison Co.
2.01
Ernest L. Hoar
42.00
Hutchinson's Book Store
6.15
The Keystone Office
9.05
Megow's
3.46
Wild & Stebens, Inc.
4.92
Phillips Paper Co.
28.22
Chas. E. Cox Corp.
1.63
Roche, Renaud Co.
22.62
Carl Fischer, Inc.
17.26
Franklin Publishing & Supply Co.
17.87
Horace Partridge
2.75
Dennis Mahoney & Sons
1.92
39
Carter, Rice & Co.
29.48
O. H. Toothaker
22.69
C. E. Beckman Co.
2.36
American Type Founders Sales Corp.
3.32
Charles M. Carroll Paper Co.
62.00
Fairhaven Star, Inc.
8.25
F. S. Brightman Co.
1.75
Central Scientific Co.
18.97
Iroquois Publishing Co.
14.47
U. S. Post Office
11.38
Milton Bradley Co.
14.65
$2,805.97
TEACHERS
Clarence E. MaGuire
$ 1,738.55
Florence Washburn
538.82
Dorothy R. Meriam
769.25
Caroline T. Feindel
403.80
Lucie E. Reynolds
877.05
Marion Ryder
1,310.05
Rose Caton
1,285.00
Marie C. Rousseau
880.72
Dorothy N. Whitley
880.72
Helen E. Murley
518.79
T. Mary Salo
346.05
Mary A. S. Sale
1,520.00
Mildred R. Hall
1,281.71
Hazel M. Lovering
1,285.00
Mary S. Fletcher
1,219.12
Thelma V. Kalloch
1,285.00
Evelyn M. Smith
1,105.73
Helen L. Newton
1,285.00
Louise C. Johnson
1,278.41
Arthur P. Bixby
1,238.55
T. Dolores Rousseau
423.10
Ruth K. Simons
526.00
Miriam Davidow
1,100.00
Mary E. Foley
738.60
Agnes Athan
346.05
Priscilla Browne
505.71
Bernice Ludden
346.05
Elizabeth Graham
2,235.00
Frances S. Holmes
1,475.00
Virginia Perry
1,000.00
40
Julia Milutis
1,285.00
Elsa D. Johnson
346.05
Mildred Borden
1,278.41
Mary A. Corey
799.17
Mildred E. Webb
1,179.58
Helena L. Stanley
1,475.00
Gunvor Henriksen
615.40
Katherine Johnson
346.05
Edith McNamara
1,285.00
Christine M. Martin
870.94
Mary Toledo
1,000.00
Caroline R. Gilmore
1,285.00
Rachel R. Stanley
997.44
Francesca Cleverly
153.84
Hilda Barton
346.05
Margaret McGuire
1,729.20
Ellen E. Meal
1,100.00
Dorothy C. Gleason
881.33
Anna P. Malone
1,285.00
Regina Morrissey
1,100.00
Marie Souza
880.72
Loretta Des Ruisseau
880.72
Elizabeth Davis
790.90
Eliza Moura
346.05
Katherine T. Goggin
790.90
Isabelle Walsh
346.05
Mary T. Katkin
1,285.00
Ann O'D. Brow
1,326.59
George L. Kane
1,425.00
Elizabeth Hastings
1,570.00
Marion B. Milhench
880.72
Edith Kenny
880.72
A. Janet Danskin
757.96
John E. Nolan
365.25
Lillian Elliott
609.60
Ella L. Hopkins
825.00
Anna E. Simmons
400.10
Virginia Arnold
249.90
Donald D. Dunn
200.05
Samuel Sezak
124.95
Charles H. Johnson, Jr.
855.00
Clarence W. Arey
450.00
Mrs. Hazel B. Raymond
567.50
Mrs. Katherine Sherman
40.00
Mrs. Charlotte Spooner
102.50
41
Mrs. Gertrude Young
152.50
Mrs. Bertha Slater
150.00
Mrs. Catherine Hathaway
18.40
Mrs. Edith Gardiner
142.50
Mrs. Gertrude Gidley
95.00
Mrs. Dorothy H. Rogers
470.00
Mrs. Pearl Wilbor
10.00
Mrs. Helen Porter
40.00
Edith Rogers
32.00
Anne Horvitz
5.00
Anne Surinski
22.00
Elizabeth Graham (Noon Hour)
6,25
Frances S. Holmes (Noon Hour)
6.25
Virginia Perry (Noon Hour)
6.25
Julia Milutis (Noon Hour)
6.25
Marion Ryder (Noon Hour)
3.75
Elsa D. Johnson (Noon Hour)
2.50
Mildred Borden (Noon Hour)
6.25
Mary Corey (Noon Hour)
6.25
Mildred Webb (Noon Hour)
5.00
Mary A. S. Sale (Noon Hour)
54.60
Rose Caton (Noon Hour)
6.25
Dorothy Whiteley (Noon Hour)
6.25
Helen Murley (Noon Hour)
6.25
Dorothy Meriam (Noon Hour)
6.25
Florence Washburn (Noon Hour)
6,25
Marie C. Rousseau (Noon Hour)
6.25
Lucie E. Reynolds (Noon Hour)
6.25
Clarence E. MaGuire (Noon Hour)
6.25
Ruth K. Simons (Noon Hour)
9.50
$67,352.72
JANITORS
Richard Jenney
$ 237.80
Charles H. Lawton
1,040.16
Willard L. Hoxie
1,000.08
Walter G. Spencer
1,000.08
James H. Ellis
1,000.08
Arthur H. Westgate
1,000.08
Thomas Barnes
200.00
Edward Richard
992.32
Thomas Duckworth
1,000.08
James H. Ellis (Band Rehearsals)
36.00
$7,506.68
42
TRANSPORTATION
Union Street Railway Co.
$3,115.90
Alexander A. Hadfield
1,862.41
$4,978.31
FUEL
City Coal Co.
$3,617.26
Charles F. James
12.00
Dennis Mahoney & Sons
8.13
$3,637.39
LIGHT, WATER, JANITOR'S SUPPLIES, ETC.
Kennedy & Kirwin
$ 34.16
Indicator Fuse Co.
7.00
Reformatory For Women
40.51
John T. Sutcliffe
1.40
C. F. Delano
166.95
Livesey Brothers
58.62
Nye's Store
18.90
N. B. Gas & Ed. I.t. Co.
620.83
N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co.
256.26
Boston Janitors Supply Co.
9.60
Dept. of Correction
22.19
John J. Gobell Co.
9.35
Gulf Refining Co.
20.28
Swift & Co.
11.63
Babbitt Steam Specialty Co.
5.90
N. P. Hayes Co.
6.07
Fairhaven Water Co.
774.16
Days' Electric Co.
15.30
The Holmerden Co.
21.00
The Browne Pharmacy
.25
Charles M. Carroll Paper Co.
73.74
The Millicent Library
49.79
Colonial Beacon Oil Co.
3.80
Norris Hardware & Paint Co.
2.38
$2,230.07
REPAIRS
E. G. Baldwin $ 22.71
Tony P. Costa Days' Electric Shop
164.52
74.35
43
Keystone Office & Appliance Co.
5.90
Charles H. Sisson, Inc.
57.49
M. D. Thompson
2.00
C. F. Delano
39.21
James Taylor
17.85
Edward E. Babb & Co., Inc.
3.00
E. E. Huckins
1.00
Joseph S. Roza
1.25
John M. Reilly
158.52
Walter F. Douglas
22.84
C. J. Birtwistle
67.00
Arthur C. Smith
1.00
Adelard Bisaillon
1.00
Fairhaven Water Co.
4.85
Babbitt Steam Specialty Co.
6.50
Herbert T. Delano
.75
Mendell Electric Supply Co.
6.36
Singer Sewing Machine Co.
.70
F. W. Fraits
1.15
N. P. Hayes
.84
Charles E. Unwin
1.50
DeWolf & Vincent
4.40
E. Philip Osberg
26.55
H. M. C. Cutlery Co.
1.50
Patrick Sullivan
69.38
R. E. Hawkins
323.00
Richard T. Thatcher
29.68
City Sand Blast Co.
288.85
H. H. Hathaway
36.26
N. B. Typewriter Co.
10.00
Charles F. Wing Co.
.30
R. C. Fielding
2.75
$1,454.96
NEW EQUIPMENT
Bostitch Sales Co.
$ 12.75
Milton W. Marks
5.00
Milton Bradley Co.
27.23
Mass. Reformatory
27.75
Royal Typewriter Co.
120.00
Sears, Roebuck & Co.
49.99
1 .. C. Smith & Corona Typewriters
120.00
Henry S. Wolkins Co.
213.75
44
J. L. Hammett Co.
Megansett Shores Corp.
5.95 120.00
$702.42
HEALTH
Lena P. Howland, R. N.
$1,322.32
Dr. Charles E. P. Thompson
475.00
$1,797.32
MISCELLANEOUS
F. Otis Eldridge
$ 2.50
Elmer Stevens
17.00
Fairhaven High School Lunch Dept.
119.30
Caroline R. Gilmore
2.00
Railway Express Co.
.54
Reynolds Printing
28.50
N. Y. N. H. & H. R. R. Co.
1.09
Hodges Badge Co.
7.18
World Book Co.
.52
Stetson Inn
4.00
Phaneuf & Son
2.00
Lillian E. Elliott
5.00
Lena P. Howland, R. N.
72.25
Mrs. A. M. Salice Leonard
13.50
Andrews & Pierce
.87
Commissioner of Public Safety
60.00
Manuel D'Amarel
9.75
The Fairhaven Star, Inc.
1.75
A. D. McMullen
4.00
Charles F. Prior
12.95
Sullivan & Crocker
3.00
Xavier's Service Station
2.15
$369.85
INSURANCE
James Henshaw
$364.85
Alfred F. Nye
51.20
Whitworth & Co.
195.00
$611.05
TUITION
City of New Bedford, Dept. of Public Schools
$255.46
High School (Itemized Expenditures)
TEACHERS
·George C. Dickey
$ 3,562.00
Walter D. Wood
2,000.00
James Parkinson
2,050.00
Robert C. Lawton
1,520.00
Katherine W. Talley
1,350.00
Elva Cheney
1,076.80
Mildred E. Robinson
1,250.00
Susan Gifford
1,330.00
Phyllis A. Applin
760.05
Evelyn Murdock
461.40
Margaret Siebert
1,900.00
Dorothy J. Williams
1,475.00
Lena J. Russell
1,587.25
Florence Griswold
1,425.00
Marie R. Wentzell
1,323.18
Eunice E. Strong
1,710.00
Mabel G. Hoyle
1,425.00
Cecile Giguere
1,150.00
Raymond L. Robinson
1,069.20
Mildred Bryant
1,000.00
Alice Gidley
646.67
Lillian E. Elliott
575.00
Ella L. Hopkins
434.60
Anna E. Simmons
215.45
Virginia Arnold
134.55
Donald D. Dunn
877.05
Samuel Sezak
605.70
Charles H. Johnson, Jr.
570.00
Edith Rogers
285.00
F. William Kempf
84.25
Mrs. Catherine Hathaway
5.00
Anne Horvitz
75.00
Helen Sczydlowski
10.00
Mrs. Marie Whitfield
$34,723.54
TEXTBOOKS
$ 81.02
201.11
Allyn & Bacon American Education Press
780.39
46
A. S. Barnes & Co.
3.11
General Biological Supply House
8.17
The Gregg Publishing Co.
25.25
H. S. Hutchinson & Co.
8.75
Harpers Magazine
4.00
Inor Publishing Co.
7.69
The Macmillan Co.
124.09
Mennonite Publishing House
.65
National Geographic Society
3.00
Iroquois Publishing Co.
103.21
Webster Publishing Co.
36.53
American Book Co.
206.78
Doubleday, Doran & Co.
32.68
The School Activities Magazine
2.00
The Northwestern Press
1.56
National Printing Journalist
1.00
Harvard University Press
2.59
Noble & Noble
80.91
The H. W. Wilson Co.
14.20
American Type Founders Sales Corp.
9.55
Auxilium Latinum
13.50
Ginn & Co.
118.92
National Bureau of Casualty & Surety Underwriters
1.00
McGraw-Hill Book Co.
2.53
The Manual Arts Press
2.00
Charles E. Merrill Co.
19.78
The School Arts Magazine
4.00
The University of Chicago
1.50
D. Appleton-Century Co.
16.69
D. C. Heath & Co.
59.98
Hall & McCreary
5.00
Harcourt, Brace & Co.
11.70
J. B. Lippincott Co.
2.37
Little, Brown & Co.
2.60
Scott, Foresman & Co.
102.69
Charles Scribner's Sons
68.04
Careers & Hobbies
.35
J. L. Hammett Co.
9.28
28 12
Houghton Mifflin Co.
9.79
Oxford University Press
8.96
Benj. H. Sanborn & Co.
14.92
Silver-Burdett & Co.
10.98
The John C. Winston Co.
$1,472.55
47
SUPPLIES
Acushnet Saw Mills
$ 24.75
Babbitt Steam Specialty Co.
32.41
Milton Bradley Co.
42.10
Carter, Rice & Co.
179.40
Central Lumber & Supply Co.
19.23
Ditto, Inc.
12.48
Eastman Kodak Co.
14.60
Phillips Paper Co.
23.04
M. M. Ross Co.
2.55
Wilde & Stevens, Inc.
8.50
DeWolf & Vincent
209.95
American Type Founders Sales Corp.
21.40
F. S. Brightman Co.
8.25
Carl Fischer, Inc.
40.04
Ginn & Co.
7.35
Dorchester Pottery Works
2.00
H. Alfred Hansen
2.03
J. I. Holcomb Mfg. Co.
2.69
Houghton Mifflin Co.
13.80
Providence Paper Co.
10.44
World Book Co.
7.38
Edward E. Babb & Co.
21.71
J. L. Hammett Co.
807.53
E. B. Gray
18.00
Fairhaven Star, Inc.
2.81
Chas. M. Homeyer & Co.
6.95
Kennedy & Kirwin
1,23
C. E. Hiller
.70
B. L. Makepeace, Inc.
44.93
Horace Partridge
26.35
Lewis Roberts, Inc.
4.95
The McCormick-Mathers Co.
15.63
Chas. F. Wing Co.
.50
Swift & Co.
5.3!
The Browne Pharmacy
6.68
The Keystone Office
6.90
C. C. Birchard & Co.
1.97
The Boston Music Co.
4.41
C. E. Beckman Co.
.80
Cambosco Scientific Co.
5.84
U. S. Post Office
27.76
Bristol County Blue Print Co.
4.00
Central Scientific Supply
97.05
The Continental Press
32
48
C. F. Delano Narragansett Machine Co.
5.00
4.63
$1,806.36
JANITORS' SALARIES
Howard H. Shumway
$1,682.66
James T. Poulton
1,310.08
Pardon A. Howland
1,425.12
A. C. Robertson
950.16
$5,368.02
LIGHT, WATER, JANITOR'S SUPPLIES, ETC.
Armout & Co.
$ 8.85
C. F. Delano
4.31
N. P. Hayes Co.
59.30
N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co.
136.31
N. B. Gas & Ed. Lt. Co.
728.49
Kennedy & Kirwin
24.40
Simmon's Supply Co.
6.00
Electric Service & Supply Co.
2.85
Shur-Az Chemical Mfg. Co.
2.00
J. I. Holcomb Mfg.
2.06
The Holmerden Co.
.88
F. W. Fraits
3.00
Socony-Vacuum Oil Co.
35.70
Days' Electric Co.
32.25
Babbitt Steam Specialty Co.
57.38
Universal Refining Products
35.96
C. F. Wing Co.
.90
Fairhaven Water Co.
494.78
F. Otis Eldridge
2.50
Chas. M. Carroll Paper Co.
10.95
William R. West
8.15
$1,657.02
REPAIRS
Babbitt Steam Specialty Co.
$119.28
Brown Electrical Co.
61.35
William N. Johnson
27.50
E. Philip Osberg
125.14
49
C. F. Delano
7.92
DeWolf & Vincent
1.62
Fairhaven Iron Foundry
4.50
J. W. Bishop Co.
273.00
Ideal Mower Sales & Service
8.39
B. L. Makepeace, Inc.
.63
Poor Brothers
5.00
H. M. C. Cutlery Co.
6.20
F. W. Fraits
15.00
Fairhaven High School Lunch Department
85.00
N. E. Plate Glass Co.
13.50
John M. Reilly
6.40
M. D. Thompson
15.00
Acushnet Saw Mills
5,27
Hathaway Machinery Co.
20.82
Mendell Electric Co.
20.18
Jonathan Handy Co., Inc.
1.16
N. E. Plate Glass Co.
2.50
William H. Paige & Son
4.00
Plumbers' Supply Co.
2.50
Anderson & Olsen
13.85
Keystone Office
6.20
Manufacturer's Supply Co.
.60
Frank C. Brown
99.65
Gunning Iron Works
130.00
City Sand Blast Co.
412.55
N. B. Typewriter Exchange
20.75
Tony P. Costa
32.37
Days' Electric Shop
13.74
Walter F. Douglas
143.49
John Catterall
3.13
Electric Service & Supply Co.
1.80
Robert M. Foster Brass Foundry
4.50
N. P. Hayes Co.
1.30
Charles H. Sisson, Inc.
120.00
$1,835.79
NEW EQUIPMENT
$ 9.00
Brown Electrical Co.
14.00
Babbitt Steam Specialty Co.
22.20
Horace Partridge
$45.20
50
MISCELLANEOUS
M. J. Curran Express
$ 2.14
Parsons Laundry
8.17
A. C. Smith Co.
1.05
Elmer Stevens
60.00
Sullivan & Crocker
8.45
Farm Service Stores, Inc.
17.00
Fairhaven Garage
8.00
New Bedford Dry Goods Co.
26.47
Railway Express Agency
4.23
Mrs. A. M. Salice Leonard
23.75
A. E. Coffin Press
5.75
George C. Dickey
16.50
James W. Brine Co.
50.45
Thompson Electric
4.95
Bostitch Boston, Inc.
5.50
Kirby's Express
1.05
Fairhaven Star, Inc.
1.25
Charles C. Graves Lumber Co.
50.00
Thomas Hersom Co.
14.85
Commissioner of Public Safety
20.00
Manuel D'Amarel
.50
New Bedford Rubber Co.
1.32
Bristol County Blue Print Co.
1.25
Wild & Stevens, Inc.
4.40
Andrews & Pierce, Inc.
.54
James Buckley
2.00
Joseph H. Jura
2.00
$341.57
FUEL
City Coal Co.
$1,757.13
THE MILLICENT LIBRARY
FAIRHAVEN, MASS.
ANNUAL REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1936,
TRUSTEES OF THE MILLICENT LIBRARY
Lyman C. Bauldry William E. Benjamin Edward L. Besse
Morris R. Brownell
Miss Edith Dana ¡The Lady Fairhaven
William B. Gardner
George B. Luther #Charles Mitchell Mrs. Eliza C. Pease
Harry L. Pope Miss Mabel L. Potter George H. Tripp Thomas A. Tripp
Miss Anna B. Trowbridge OFFICERS, 1935 - 1936 The Lady Fairhaven, President Morris R. Brownell, Vice-President George B. Luther, Treasurer Avis M. Pillsbury, Secretary
STANDING COMMITTEES, 1935 - 1936
Book Committee
The Lady Fairhaven
Mr. Brownell
Mr. Besse
Mrs. Pease Miss Potter Miss Trowbridge
Finance Committee
Mr. Luther, Chairman
Mr. Benjamin Mr. Gardner Mr. Pope
House Committee
Mr. T. A. Tripp, Chairman Miss Dana Mr. Mitchell
Mr. Bauldry
Mr. G. H. Tripp
FORMER TRUSTEES
Miss Ellen H. Akin 1893-1919 *Henry H. Rogers, Jr. 1909-1935
Edmund Anthony, Jr.
1902
Don C. Stevenis 1893-1901
Mrs. Sarah C. Anthony
1893 1912
George W. Stevens 1893 1908
Miss Sara B. Clarke 1912-1933 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-
* Died July 25. 1935 t Appointed president, September 6, 1935.
* Appointed trustee. October 4, 1935 Officers and Committees appointed biennially.
LIBRARY STAFF
DECEMBER 31, 1936
Avis M. Pillsbury Librarian
Marion H. Hanford Cataloguer and Assistant
Sarah Moore
General Assistant
Florence Wilkinson General Assistant
Milton Hadfield Part time Page
Charles Worster Janitor
OXFORD BRANCH
Albin Silva In Charge
Milton Hadfield Assistant
EAST FAIRHAVEN BRANCH
Arthur P. Bixby In Charge
RESIGNED DURING 1936
Wallace Baylies Part time page
Report of the Librarian FOR THE YEAR 1936
To the Trustees of the Millicent Library:
It's true! If each bookshelf in the Millicent Library were laid end to end, a row of shelves would extend a distance equivalent to that from the library to some point beyond the High School. Just think of it for a moment! Over one-half mile of shelves, filled with 39,194 books representing at least a $78,000. book stock within one small building-the LIBRARY. Well, how do you reckon this, someone asks. It's very simple! Just a matter of a little multiplication which may be done by any fifth grade pupil. Consider that the average volume costs $2.00. This is a con- servative estimate. Multiply the average cost by the number of volumes (39,000 in round numbers). That's all there is to it!
The Millicent Library is a treasure house indeed, housing a col- lection of books, magazines, pictures and other material which are available to the poorest and the richest citizen alike-to every- one in Fairhaven, who for forty-four years have had no respon- sibility in its maintenance, due to the wishes of a kindly bene- factor.
The value of the book stock isn't all. There's another mathe- matical problem. Books wear out! An average book of fiction may circulate 110 times, 30 times before and 80 times after re- binding, before its useful life is over. If the cost of such a book, including rebinding, averages $2.20, then it costs the library two cents for each book circulated. With our present circulation, this means that by the law of averages, 1,100books should wear out annually through ordinary wear and tear. We don't actually dis- card as many worn out books as this in a year's time, because all the books do not get the same wear. Some children's books re- ceive more than ordinary wear, non-fiction much less, and we could make an exact average only over a period of years.
Then there's the maintenance cost, of which nothing has been said, but after all, the book supply is what concerns the public most. The library is the agency which brings books and people together. Although one hears many political arguments, one does
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not argue about the value of a library to the community. It is accepted, although not always appreciated as it should be. And --- it has become a vital agency which could not well be dispensed with.
THE STOCKHOLDERS HAVE THE ADVANTAGE
As pointed out in the 1935 report, the stockholders of the library (38.2% of the population) have the advantage. Last year they had a 60% lead over other residents in town; in 1936 they had a 62% profit. Of course, we do not quite understand why the other 61.8% of the people do not investigate the benefits accorded by this profit-sharing or, rather profit-giving organiza- tion. Contrary to the methods of the average business, all of the profit goes to the stockholders. We have tried to make the resources of the library known. We hope everyone of reading age in our community does know what is theirs for the asking. Perhaps we should cry our wares from the library tower, or resort to the old-time method of ringing a bell through the streets, but those methods are out-dated. We are living in a new age.
THE BORROWERS CHOOSE
120,553 books! So many did our borrowers take home in 1936. An average of .45 of a book circulated every minute from the Millicent Library and its agencies. To be more specific, we charged one whole book every 2.2 minutes. Of course the cir- culation is not timed as regularly as that, but it does indicate our volume of business. If the year had been six and a half days longer. we would have equalled the circulation of 1935.
The record is still 4.6% ahead of that of 1931 when circulation figures were constantly on the rise and 29.1% ahead of the 1926 report. Other libraries report similar conditions.
The net loss in circulation was 1,752. If the Oxford Branch had held its own, we could have reported a small gain. The loss there was 2% or 2,946 books, of which approximately 75 % was adull. We are uncertain of the cause of this loss. During the year, we took more pains than usual in revising the collection and keeping it attractive. This is the section in our town where a change in industrial conditions probably has the greatest reaction. With the increase in employment, it may mean les- time for read- ing or more income to use in pursuit of more favored amuse- ments. It would seem that the reopening of the motion picture
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house in that locality has had some influence on the use of the Oxford Branch. Because of the unaccounted decrease, a special mimeographed circular was distributed to the school children of that district in an effort to reach the homes. This had a decidedly marked effect on the circulation and for the last three months of the year, it approached somewhat the more normal figures of 1935.
The loss at the Main library was slight-only 83 from the regular collection and 240 from the Duplicate Pay shelves, which combined, represents only a tiny fraction over one day's circula- tion.
Gains have been reported from all the other agencies, the Oxford School showing a 25% increase, the East Branch a 32 % rise and the High School 5 % more.
The juvenile gain for the year has been noticeable, 11% more from the Main library and a net gain in the whole system of 9.8 %. The juvenile department contributed 33,326 or 27.6% to the total circulation. 33.6% was non-fiction reading.
Non-Fiction Reading Gains
BUT MORE IMPORTANT THAN ALL THIS: Our borrowers took home 33,839 books of non-fiction, the greatest number in any one year in the history of the library. In spite of a loss, we have had a gain! A gain in the kind of reading we are proud of! The non-fiction percentage was 28.1% and the fiction loans dropped to 71.9%. The statistics since 1926 are interesting. From 1926 through 1928, fiction loaned remained at 78%, from 1929 to 1933, it fluctuated from 76% to 75% and back again; in 1934, there was a substantial decrease, followed by two more in 1935 and 1936,-a total decrease since 1926 of 6.1% less fiction cir- culated and an increase from 22% to 28.1% non-fiction.
For 1936, the gain in more serious reading totalled 1,692 books borrowed from the following classes: 139 in philosophy, 92 in religion, 275 in sociology, perhaps due to the election, 264 in philology, 551 in sciences, pure and applied, 38 in fine arts, 252 in history and 91 in biography. The travel group lost a slight total of 15, the literature class continued to loose as it has for the past four years, books of a bibliographical nature and pam- phlets were less popular, while the reading of magazines dropped noticeably. The net gain in non-fiction reading was 588.
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The display of two or three new non-fiction each week was continued, totaling 120 books which were annotated for the Mil- ficentiana column of the "Fairhaven Star". 585 reserve requests were filed for these.
The following table indicates the 1936 distribution of reading:
Fiction
Non- Fiction
Total
Grand Total
% contribution to total
Main library
Adult
55 225
19,665 7.192
74,890
Juvenile
15.935
Duplicate Pay
3.217
23,127 3 217
101,234
84%
Oxford Branch
Adult
5 517
1,163
6,680
Juvenile
2, 448
1.559
4,007
10,687
8.9%
Oxford School Deposit
Juvenile
1 813
1,318
3,131
3.131
2.6%
East Fairhaven. Branch
Juvenile
1909
1.118
3,027
3.027
2.5%
High School Library
Adult
636
1 804
2,440
Juvenile
14
20
34
2,474
2%
Total
1
86.714
33.839
120.553 |
100%
The average per capita was 10.9 books read and for each registered borrower 28.6 books.
247 Portuguese books, (a gain over the last two years), 80 French and 3 Italian books were circulated during the year.
313 fiction books (the same number as in 1935) and 49 non - fiction titles, 15 more than a year ago, were circulated on the summer vacation privilege.
There were borrowed 931 pictures and stereoscopes, making the grand total of our circulation 121,484.
The call for more and larger classroom libraries has increased until 1936 shows the greatest demand since records have been kept. 64 collections, containing 2,196 books were sent out, a gain of 28%. Partial records as reported by the teachers indicate that these circulated 5,634 times between September 1935 and June 1936.
Teachers borrowed 620 books for classroom use and study.
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