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2.61
Sears, Roebuck & Co.
12.95
Acushnet Saw Mills
24.37
Clarence E. MaGuire
1.15
Denoyer-Geppert Co.
53.32
Zaner-Bloser Co.
9.25
Ernest L. Hoar
48.00
Remington Rand, Inc.
21.25
The Keystone Office
22.10
Ginn & Co.
2.68
Megansett Shores Corp.
3.15
Gledhill Bros.
20.77
Phillips Paper Co.
18.18
The Boston Music Co.
16.07
U. S. Government Post Office
6.50
Kennedy & Kirwin
3.58
F. W. Woolworth
.30
Thomas W. Reed Co.
2.16
Arthur C. Smith
.25
Fairhaven Star
15.00
Gaylord Bros.
2.10
$3,048.96
TEACHERS
Clarence E. McGuire
$1,859.60
Madeline Bartell
572.45
Lillian Wigod
365.25
44
Caroline T. Feindel
1,138.40
Marion Ryder
1,409.60
Rose Caton
1,328.50
Marie Rousseau
1,138.40
T. Mary Salo
584.75
Margaret M. Buckley
365.25
Dorothy Whiteley
1,138.40
Mary A. S. Sale
1,550.00
Mildred Hall
1,328.50
Hazel M. Lovering
1,328.50
Mary S. Fletcher
1,328.50
Thelma Kalloch
1,294.79
Evelyn M. Smith
1,257.12
Helen L. Newton
1,328.50
Louise C. Johnson
1,328.50
Arthur P. Bixby
1,438.55
Agnes Athan
1,007.75
Dorothy Turner
957.75
Elina Davidson
1,058.88
Edith C. Howes
957.75
Elizabeth Graham
2,240.85
Frances S. Holmes
1,108.16
Elizabeth P. Sherman
957.75
Eleanor Sisson
957.75
Florence Gillis
957.75
Mildred Borden
1,328.50
Thelma Westerling
553.95
Claire Gardner
365.25
Mildred E. Webb
1,339.50
Helena L. Stanley
1,475.00
Mary Toledo
1,188.55
Barbara Macomber
957.75
Harriet Robinson
957.75
Edith McNamara
1,186.61
Christine M. Martin
615.40
Caroline R. Gilmore
1,328.50
Helen McLeod
957.75
Margaret McGuire
2,000.00
Ellen E. Meal
1,232.40
Dorothy C. Gleason
615.40
Jeanette Martin
365.25
Anna P. Malone
1,328.50
Anne F. Geoghegan
957.75
Catherine E. Harney
957.75
45
988.55
Anne Surinski Eliza Moura
1,007.75
Isabelle Walsh
1,007.75
Eileen Creney
365.25
Mary T. Katkin
1,328.50
Ann O'D. Brow
1,359.60
George L. Kane
1,405.36
Elizabeth Hastings
1,570.00
Marion Milhench
677.00
Edith Kenny
1,138.40
Karin L. Johnson
957.75
Agnes T. Santry
834.45
Lillian E. Elliott
684.60
Virginia Arnold
430.90
Helen Cushing
269.10
Samuel Sezak
375.00
Charles H. Johnson, Jr.
670.90
Clarence W. Arey
469.35
Mrs. Hazel B. Raymond
20.00
Mrs. Charlotte Spooner
35.00
Mrs. Gertrude Gidley
80.00
Mrs. Helen Porter
15.00
Mrs. Katherine Sherman
157.50
Mrs. Bertha Slater
70.00
Mrs. Dorothy Rogers
92.50
Mrs. Gertrude Young
70.00
Mrs. Marie Whitfield
167.50
Mrs. Miriam Estner
25.00
Mrs. Frances Dexter
25.00
George White
5.00
Claude A. Lacouture
86.00
Mary A. S. Sale (Noon Hour)
53.10
H. B. Raymond (Noon Hour)
2.50
Rose Caton (Noon Hour)
6.25
Madeline Bartell
6.25
Dorothy Whiteley (Noon Hour)
6.25
T. Mary Salo (Noon Hour)
6.25
Caroline T. Feindel (Noon Hour)
6.25
Marie Rousseau (Noon Hour)
6.25
Marion Ryder (Noon Hour)
6.25
Clarence E. MaGuire (Noon Hour)
6.25
Dorothy Turner (Noon Hour)
10.00
Edith Howes (Noon Hour)
9.50
Elina Davidson (Noon Hour)
10.50
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Agnes T. Athan (Noon Hour)
10.75
Arthur P. Bixby (Noon Hour) 3.75
Elizabeth Sherman (Noon Hour)
7.50
7.50
7.50
6.25
3.75
6.25
7.50
Claire Gardner (Noon Hour)
2.50
$68,587.07
JANITORS
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
Edward Richard
1,200.00
Thomas Duckworth
1,000.08
James H. Ellis (Band Rehearsals)
31.00
$7,271.56
TRANSPORTATION
Union Street Railway
$3,373.48
Alexander A. Hadfield
1,855.81
$5,229.29
FUEL
City Coal Co.
$3,353.27
Charles F. James
15.00
$3,368.27
LIGHT, WATER, JANITOR'S SUPPLIES, ETC.
Charles M. Carroll $80.25
Days' Electric Shop
14.40
Colonial Beacon Oil Co.
39.54
Eleanor Sisson (Noon Hour) Florence Gillis (Noon Hour) Mildred Borden (Noon Hour) Thelma Westerling (Noon Hour) Mildred Webb (Noon Hour) Frances S. Holmes (Noon Hour)
47
The Holmerden Co.
10.80
Department of Correction
36.70
Kennedy & Kirwin
30.00
Reformatory for Women
75.08
Morgan Paper Co.
31.50
C. F. Delano
139.28
Norris Hardware & Paint Co.
44.28
N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co.
315.47
N. B. Gas & Ed. Lt. Co.
495.01
Nye's Store
20.62
John T. Sutcliffe
3.90
Woodland's Market
3.99
Fairhaven Water Co.
809.96
DeWolf & Vincent
.75
J. I. Holcomb Mfg. Co.
22.89
Millicent Library
61.93
Masury-Young Co.
4.50
$2,240.85
REPAIRS
Days' Electric Shop
$ 35.45
Elmer G. Whitmarsh
45.16
Edward E. Babb & Co., Inc.
8.50
C. F. Delano
86.91
George A. Brown
.50
Crowell's Art Store
5.65
Hawes Electric Co.
1.40
Keystone Office
7.50
D. & L. Flooring Co.
59.72
John M. Reilly
416.61
H. H. Hathaway
1.15
Greene & Wood, Inc.
9.36
Charles H. Sisson
294.65
Allen Shade Holder Co.
7.80
William Tallman
19.90
C. E. Beckman Co.
5.62
C. J. Birtwistle
89.50
Joseph S. Roza
3.75
Tony P. Costa
107.67
Central Lumber & Supply Co.
6.70
J. J. Duggan & Son Roofing Co.
314.68
Walter F. Douglas
25.26
48
M. D. Thompson
12.00
Norris Hardware & Paint Co.
18.68
F. Otis Eldridge
3.75
C. F. Wing Co.
14.29
E. G. Baldwin
81.66
Plumbers Supply Co.
.75
Bldg. Materials, Inc.
17.50
James Blackett
207.00
H. M. C. Cutlery Co.
4.75
Est. Thomas W. Croacher
9.04
F. W. Fraits
3.55
Patrick Sullivan
102.50
N. B. Steel & Supply Co.
3.60
James Taylor
14.90
Commonwealth of Mass. Division of the Blind
11.00
$2,058.41
NEW EQUIPMENT
J. L. Hammett Company
$124.25
Henry S. Wolkins
88.00
Edward E. Babb & Co., Inc.
11.60
Dupuis Piano Co.
2.00
Allen P. Keith
71.50
Mass. Reformatory for Women
109.97
Norris Hardware & Paint Co.
17.50
$424.82
HEALTH
Lena Howland, R. N.
$1,350.00
Dr. Charles E. P. Thompson
150.00
$1,500.00
MISCELLANEOUS
Railway Express Agency
$ 7.38
Commissioner of Public Safety
70.00
Mrs. A. Salice Leonard
13.86
Fairhaven High School Lunch Dept.
35.00
A. E. Coffin Press
37.50
Fairhaven Star
22.50
N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R. Co.
1.09
49
Hemingway Bros.
1.51
J. L. Hammett Co.
1.93
Mrs. Lena Howland, R.N.
80.00
F. R. & N. B. Express Co.
.50
Sullivan & Crocker
56.00
Charles F. Prior
60.26
John J. McCarthy
.50
Edward E. Babb & Co., Inc.
.20
Crowell's Art Shop
1.60
N. B. Dry Goods Co.
20.00
N. B. Steam Dye House
6.00
Phaneuf & Sons
1.00
Walter G. Spencer
1.50
Yale University Press Film Service
15.00
$433.33
INSURANCE
Elisha S. Whiting Agency
$247.50
Whitworth & Co.
223.00
Cornish & Co., Inc.
103.00
James Henshaw
236.00
Humphrey & Covill
48.00
$857.50
TUITION
City of New Bedford, Dept. of Public Schools
$155.75
High School (Itemized Expenditures)
TEACHERS
Chester M. Downing
$ 3,538.40
Walter D. Wood
2,000.00
James Parkinson
2,050.00
Robert C. Lawton
1,520.00
Katherine W. Talley
854.48
Katherine D. Chaffee
499.95
Elva Cheney
769.25
Ruth A. Kussman
423.00
Mildred E. Robinson
812.40
Oliver S. Borden
629.94
Susan Gifford
1,387.65
Evelyn Murdock
1,419.20
Margaret Siebert
1,900.00
Dorothy J. Williams
1,500.00
Lena J. Russell
1,710.00
Florence R. Griswold
1,484.60
Marie R. Wentzell
1,378.53
Eunice E. Strong
1,710.00
Mabel G. Hoyle
1,519.20
Cecile Giguere
1,274.56
Raymond L. Robinson
1,238.55
Mildred Bryant
1,015.00
Alice Gidley
650.00
Lillian Elliott
634.60
Agnes T. Santry
434.31
Virginia Arnold
246.25
Helen Cushing
172.95
Samuel Sezak
1,801.80
Charles H. Johnson, Jr.
444.37
Edith Rogers
1,088.40
Earl Dias
172.50
Mrs. Katherine Sherman
5.00
Mrs. Marie Whitfield
5.00
Selma Kroudvird
30.00
George White
40.00
Claude A. Lacouture
86.00
F. William Kempf
275.00
$36,720.89
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TEXTBOOKS
Allyn & Bacon
$ 128.15
Longmans, Green & Co.
55.66
Henry Holt & Co.
95.96
Atlantic Monthly
5.00
The Macmillan Co.
15.32
Little, Brown & Co.
110.76
School Activities Magazine Co.
2.00
Silver-Burdett Co.
.80
Lyons & Carnahan
7.88
C. C. Birchard Co.
2.00
Webster Publishing Co.
46.81
The National Geographic Society
3.00
Ginn & Co.
196.52
Thomas Y. Crowell Co.
2.11
Houghton Mifflin Co.
14.45
Charles Scribner's Sons
33.80
D. C. Heath & Co.
119.81
International Textbook Co.
1.20
Harcourt, Brace & Co.
81.11
Noble & Noble Co.
.91
J. B. Lippincott Co.
6.89
The John C. Winston Co.
10.03
Scott, Foresman & Co.
356.26
The Manual Arts Press
4.06
The H. W. Wilson Co.
16.96
D. Appleton-Century Co.
9.23
Thomas Nelson & Sons
1.02
The Rudder Publishing Co.
2.50
American Education Press
64.50
Oxford University Press
6.11
American Book Co.
55.38
Auxilium Latinum
15.75
Rand McNally Co.
1.40
The Circle Book Co.
30.88
Edward E. Babb & Co., Inc.
62.90
Mass. League of Women Voters
17.25
Doubleday, Doran & Co.
47.55
The Economy Co.
2.22
Harper & Bros.
37.00
The Gregg Publishing Co.
25.65
$1,696.79
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SUPPLIES
Edward E. Babb & Co., Inc.
$ 290.73
Shakun Printing Machinery Co.
8.05
The Keystone Office
10.81
Thompson Electric
2.16
Babbitt Steam Specialty Co.
3.85
Wild & Stevens, Inc.
7.00
Central Lumber & Supply Co.
54.99
A TS Co.
4.67
C. E. Beckman Co.
1.64
Central Scientific Co.
88.19
Plumber's Supply Co.
3.00
Central Music Co.
1.60
Boston Blue Print Co.
12.80
The Darwin Press
1.75
Remington Rand, Inc.
20.68
H. V. Church
1.10
Carter, Rice & Co.
174.07
Ginn & Co.
7.36
Milton Bradley Co.
4.37
Lafayett Instruments, Inc.
25.00
De Wolf & Vincent
8.74
J. L. Hammett Co.
297.35
Gledhill Bros.
24.00
News Map of the Week, Inc.
27.50
Carl Fischer, Inc.
12.32
Kennedy & Kirwin
2.75
Remington, Rand, Inc.
2.50
Swift & Co.
5.38
Dennis Mahoney & Sons
1.75
Milton Bradley Co.
5.40
U. S. Government Post Office
77.96
B. L. Makepeace, Inc.
35.45
Bostitch Boston, Inc.
1.50
Chas. W. Homeyer & Co.
100.74
James W. Brine Co., Inc.
66.57
Lewis Roberts, Inc.
6.11
Sullivan & Crocker
3.60
Bristol County Blue Print Co.
1.51
American Type Founders Sales Corp.
44.24
World Book Co.
10.81
Electric Sales & Service, Inc.
.22
The Birmingham Publishing Co.
1.75
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Fairhaven Star Hutchinson's Book Store The Browne Pharmacy Jarrell Ash Co. Kee Lox Mfg. Co.
1.25
3.10
5.49
3.00
15.00
$1,489.81
JANITORS' SALARIES
Howard H. Shumway
$1,688.16
James T. Poulton
108.34
William T. Wood
1,201.57
Pardon A. Howland
1,425.12
A. C. Robertson
950.16
Louis B. Anderson
960.00
$6,333.35
LIGHT, WATER, JANITORS' SUPPLIES, ETC.
Armour & Co.
$ 4.00
Days' Electric
56.75
Kennedy & Kirwin
30.00
Charles M. Carroll
42.75
Norris Hardware & Paint Co.
6.28
Swift & Co.
11.62
John J. Gobell Co.
13.20
William R. West
8.00
The Hopkins Co., Inc.
3.00
Babbitt Steam Specialty Co.
23.11
Standard Oil Co. of New York
33.54
N. P. Hayes Co.
5.45
Universal Refining Products
58.00
Mfgrs. Supply Co.
2.70
Valvoline Oil Co.
10.50
N. B. Gas & Ed. Lt. Co.
913.13
N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co.
178.72
C. D. Doldge Co.
13.00
C. F. Delano
8.93
J. I. Holcomb Mfg. Co.
6.32
Fairhaven Water Co.
505.63
$1,934.63
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REPAIRS
The Babcock & Wilcox Co.
$ 32.55
Cody & Tobin
1.64
Electric Service & Sales Co.
2.40
Richard T. Thatcher
37.58
Brown Electrical Co.
86.80
Ideal Mower Sales & Service
20.99
Stanley E. Smith
7.50
C. F. Delano
15.22
E. Philip Osberg
5.64
H. M. C. Cutlery Co.
4.75
N. P. Hayes Co.
48.90
Thompson Electric
3.51
Walter F. Douglas
58.70
Mendell Electric Supply Co.
10.34
C. F. Wing Co.
2.09
Hathaway Machinery Co.
15.75
John M. Reilly
22.25
Acushnet Saw Mills Co.
3.90
F. H. Kingsley
13.20
Cape Cod Ladder Mfg. Co.
2.25
Robert Foster Brass Foundry
1.50
N. B. Boiler & Machine Co.
313.19
Estate Thomas Croacher
6.00
Xavier's Service Station
.65
Elmer G. Whitmarsh
275.24
Keystone Office
25.00
C. E. Beckman Co.
56.65
E. G. Baldwin
5.60
Nash Lighting Fixture Co.
5.11
Jonathan Handy
2.52
Tony P. Costa
12.83
N. B. Typewriter Exchange
119.60
Nash Mower Sales & Service
3.55
Crowell's Art Shop
4.65
Babbitt Steam Specialty Co.
43.55
Commonwealth of Mass., Division of the Blind
3.00
Time Service Co.
85.00
Boston Blue Print Co.
1.88
Plumber's Supply Co.
3.40
N. E. Plate Glass Co.
26.70
Bradley & Halliwell Machine Co.
9.55
Brown-Wales Co.
326.17
Spring St. Auto Service Station
1.00
$1,728.30
55
NEW EQUIPMENT
Frederick C. Washburn
$ 6.00
Babbitt Steam Specialty Co.
29.50
Underwood Elliott Fisher Co.
170.00
Norris Hardware & Paint Co.
12.20
J. L. Hammett Co.
15.00
Standard Electrical Co.
550.00
The F. H. Stevens Type Co.
11.00
The Keystone Office
170.00
Visual Education Service
125.00
Cape Cod Ladder Mfg. Co.
2.40
Megansett Shores Corp.
172.50
N. B. Gas & Ed. Lt. Co.
164.85
Henry S. Wolkins Co.
27.00
Royal Typewriter Co.
207.50
R. E. Hawkins
43.00
$1,705.95
HEALTH
Dr. Charles E. P. Thompson
$ 350.00
INSURANCE
Samuel T. Brightman
$ 160.00
The Elisha S. Whiting Agency
160.00
$ 320.00
MISCELLANEOUS
William H. Fabio
$ 4.00
Marshall Newspictures, Inc.
1.25
Wild & Stevens
9.21
Henry Holt & Co.
1.39
Parsons Laundry
8.66
Valvoline Oil Co.
1.20
Mrs. A. Salice Leonard
29.75
The Sturtevant Hook Co.
5.00
Elmer Stevens
84.13
Louise Flower Shop
10.00
Yale University Press Film Co.
15.00
Xavier's Service Station
10.14
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F. William Kempf
10.00
New Bedford Dry Goods Co.
16.80
McCarthy Freight System
.76
Chester M. Downing
8.40
Railway Express Agency
2.79
N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R. Co.
5.30
Carter, Rice & Co.
7.50
Fairhaven Star
1.25
Commissioner of Public Safety
15.00
Oliver S. Borden
20.00
F. R. & N. B. Express Co.
1.25
Kirby's Express
2.00
DeCoffe Bros.
2.11
$ 272.89
FUEL
City Coal Company
$1,715.69
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THE MILLICENT LIBRARY - 1938
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THE MILLICENT LIBRARY
FAIRHAVEN, MASS.
ANNUAL REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1938
THE A. E. COFFIN PRESS-PRINTERS NEW BEDFORD, MASS. 1939
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 1937 - 1938
The Lady Fairhaven, President Harry L. Pope, Vice-President Anna B. Trowbridge, Treasurer Avis M. Pillsbury, Secretary
STANDING COMMITTEES 1937 - 1938
Mr. Bauldry
Book Committee The Lady Fairhaven, Chairman Miss Dana Mrs. Pease Mr. Pope
Finance Committee
Mr. Luther, Chairman Mr. Benjamin Mr. Mitchell House Committee Mr. T. A. Tripp, Chairman Mr. Brownell Mr. Besse Mr. Gardner Miss Potter
Miss Trowbridge
LIBRARIANS
Don C. Stevens
1893-1901
Drew B. Hall
1901-1911
Galen W. Hill
1911-1926
Louis Felix Ranlett
1926-1928
Avis M. Pillsbury
1928-
FORMER TRUSTEES
Miss Ellen H. Akin 1893-1919
Henry H. Rogers, Jr. 1909-1935
Edmund Anthony, Jr. 1902
Don C. Stevens
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
Officers and Committees appointed biennially.
Mr. G. H. Tripp
LIBRARY STAFF
DECEMBER 31, 1938
Avis M. Pillsbury Librarian
Mary Blum
General Assistant
Marion H. Hanford Cataloguer and Assistant
Emma A. Janowsky General Assistant
Blanche Tillinghast General Assistant
*Florence M. Wilkinson General Assistant
Henry Gilmore Part time Page
Charles Worster Janitor
OXFORD BRANCH
Albin Silva In Charge
Henry Gilmore Assistant
EAST FAIRHAVEN BRANCH
Arthur P. Bixby In Charge
RESIGNED DURING 1938
Muriel A. Cohen
General Assistant
Milton Hadfield Part time Page
* On leave of absence, beginning December 1, 1938.
Report of the Librarian FOR THE YEAR 1938
To the Trustees of the Millicent Library :
As each new year dawns, there comes a renewal of resolu- tions, of aspirations and plans for the future. But the ending of the old year is the time of measuring what has really been accomplished.
1938 was a busy year in the history of the Millicent Library. It was a year of energetic library activity-a year in which our services were extended into new directions-a year of stock taking to measure our resources-a year of un- usually happy cooperation between the public, the schools and the library. Its record shows one more year of work devoted to the service of a community. Forty-six such years have passed, and yet there have always been many who have not and are not yet aware of how much the library can and how willing it is to help in solving some of those indi- vidual problems which can be solved so easily through BOOKS-books in which the thoughts of master minds are written down for all times-books which give encourage- ment to discouraged humanity-books which teach, prepar- ing many for practical jobs-books which show how to meet the challenging demands of business and social obligations -books which record the trend of the times through the thinking of able men and women-books of all kinds which serve to chart courses of individualized self-instruction.
The annual report, necessarily more or less statistical, is the medium through which the record of the year's work is summed up and presented to the public-that our fellow townspeople may become acquainted with the service the library has rendered and what it hopes to render to its borrowers.
SO FIRST:
OUR PATRONS READ MORE BOOKS
They carried home and back again approximately sixty- four tons of reading matter. They borrowed 128,547 books, 5077 more than in 1937. The gain was 4.1%. They took the greatest number of non-fiction books ever loaned by the
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Millicent Library in any one year-borrowing 37,185 books and surpassing the 1937 peak record of 35,089 books by a margin of 2096, or a gain of almost 6%.
Analyzed, the total gain of 5077 represents 2571 juvenile loss deducted from 7648 adult gain. Adults took 13.3% more non-fiction and 6.8% more fiction. The juvenile cir- culation contributed 34,469 books or 26.8% to the total, and although it represents a slight loss, the work with these young people seemed no less busy than last year. It is in- teresting to note that of the loss 60.4% was fiction loss, and only 39.6% non-fiction.
AND STRANGE BUT TRUE :
THE HURRICANE SPOILED A RECORD
It is difficult to explain the reasons (and librarians are always trying to) for the strange fluctuation of circulation from year to year. A ten year survey, issued in the libra- rian's 1937 report, showed our previous peak record to be 134,826 books circulated in 1933, due, it was assumed, to lack of employment and more leisure time on the part of many of our borrowers. The decrease in succeeding years since then has been attributed to the fact that people were finding employment and so have had less time to read.
It is useless to search for reasons! Why now, the sudden increase of reading which breaks all records excepting 1933? Are people working less, or have they become more reading conscious? Why not blame the hurricane for the fact that our record of 1933 was not surpassed in 1938! We were creeping up close to and bidding fair to go beyond that high record by quite a margin, our records being constantly higher for each month and up to September 20th. Then the hurricane struck'on the 21st, and from that date to the end of September we experienced a loss of 1044 over the same period of 1937. A loss has been noted each month since.
The following table shows the distribution of reading, by agencies, with the net gain or loss and the percent contribu- tion to total.
Fiction
Non- Fiction
Total
Grand Total
Total Gain or loss over 1937
% contribution to total
Fiction
Non- Fiction
Total
Main Library Adult Juvenile D. P.
56,685 15,771 3,149
22,173 6,235
78,858 22,006 3,149
104,013
+6232 -2288 -990
58.8
22.1
80.9
Oxford Branch Adult Juvenile
6,826 3,041
2,640
9,466 5,079
14,545
+293
Oxford School Juvenile
2,482
1,045
3,527
3,527
-1334
1.93
.81
2.74
E. Fairhaven Branch
Adult Juvenile
2,060
1,173
3,233
3,235
-265 +210
Anthony Sch. Juvenile
374
152
526
526
+526
3
.12
.42
Rogers School Juvenile
17
0
17
17
+17
01
.01
High School Library Adult Juvenile
913
1,690
2,603 81
+147 +5
Total
91,362
37,185
128,547
128,547
+5077
71.09%
28.91%
100.%
7
2
2
1.61
9
2.51
1
.74
1.35
2.09
42
39
2,684
+2524
7.7
3.63
11.33
2,038
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With the addition of 644 pictures and 93 stereoscopes cir- culated, the grand total of circulation reached 129,284.
154 Portuguese and 65 French books were borrowed. 328 novels and 33 non-fiction titles were borrowed on the ex- tended time privilege granted to those vacationing out-of- town.
Teachers borrowed 660 books to aid them professionally.
The reserve privilege was well patronized, and 447 re- quests were made for the 125 non-fiction books displayed on the Millicentiana table. 1998 reserves were filled for other books. 3523 overdue postals were mailed.
SO NEXT:
ABOUT OUR BORROWERS
4128 borrowers hold cards for a three year period, 2805 being adult and 1323 juvenile readers. This is 37.5% of the population. For the year 1938, 1318 borrowers were regis- tered, 573 of whom were new patrons of the library.
Temporary cards were issued to 74 summer visitors and residents.
AND :
HERE'S A FEW FACTS ABOUT OUR BOOK COLLECTION
Books make a library. Books make the Millicent Library a library to be proud of.
Proud of your library? Well, why not be? If as most people are, you are proud of your family-of your home-of your church-of your school-of your town, why not include your, yes, YOUR LIBRARY. Your pride is justifiable.
Believe it or not!
Your library ranks second in books per capita among all the public libraries in the United States whose statistics were recorded by the American Library Association for the year 1937. That's not a bad record for a library in a small town. It does not indicate that all the latest books are available, or that even a small part of them are on hand exactly when you wish them. But it does mean that your chances of getting some of the books you wish are greater because you have the Millicent Library to call on for your book needs.
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The book stock
The library's book stock now numbers 40,090. That is equivalent to slightly more than 3.6 books per capita. The majority of libraries in towns of from 10,000 to 35,000 popu- lation have less than 2 books per capita, and in some of the libraries in large cities, the book stock is less than one-half a book per capita.
The number of books added and withdrawn during 1938 is shown in the following table :
ADDED
WITHDRAWN
Adult
%
Juvenile
%
Adult
Juvenile
Fiction
384
31.8
287
23.7
632
265
Non-fiction
428
35.5
109
9.
528
149
TOTAL
812
67.3
396
32.7
1160
414
1208
1574
New book expenditures amounted to 39% for adult fiction, 36% for adult non-fiction, 20% for juvenile fiction and 5% for juvenile non-fiction.
113 duplicate pay books withdrawn from the collection earned $3.72 more than the expenditure for 105 new titles added.
138 books were made more attractive by rebinding.
The withdrawals were unusually large. Many were books that had worn out, some were books lost and paid for by borrowers. The greatest number, however, (a total of 1244) are books that were found missing in previous inventories, and which have not been recovered over a period of years. The majority of these crossed off the records are losses from the inventory of 1932-1933. Although an occasional book will undoubtedly turn up now and then, it is unwise to carry these losses on our records longer as a part of available books.
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The inventory of 1938
Inventories are necessary, but it is always disheartening to know what the book losses are over a definite period. The 1938 inventory has been a thorough, painstaking one, the entire book stock being checked.
Miss Florence Wilkinson who supervised the task, and members of the W. P. A. force who assisted her, are to be congratulated on their industrious endeavor in bringing a tremendous, tedious task to a satisfactory conclusion before the end of the year.
The figures in the table herewith show the number of books unaccountably taken from our shelves since the in- ventory of 1933.
Inventory of 1938
Fiction
Non-fiction
Total
Main library
Adult
344
523
Juvenile
226
129
Duplicate Pay
77
1
1300
Oxford Branch
Adult
113
2
Juvenile
13
12
140
Oxford School Deposit Juvenile
18
30
48
East Fairhaven Branch Juvenile
44
22
66
High School Library
Adult
44
59
Juvenile
11
6
120
Total
890
784
1674
An occasional loss is to be expected, and accidents that spoil books for further use are explainable. But deliberate book taking is not understandable when books are provided for the free use of a community. To replace 1674 books would mean an expenditure of between $2000. and $3000. This is the record of a five year's loss. Yet we do not stand alone in this problem. Other libraries report similar diffi- culties.
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Flood losses
Fortunately the library suffered no property damage dur- ing the hurricane and flood. But of books charged to bor- rowers, 73 were gone beyond recovery, and 10 returned but damaged beyond repair. Yet we can be thankful our loss was no greater.
LET'S CONSIDER FOR A MOMENT:
THE W. P. A. ASSISTANCE
The W.P.A. work has gone on as usual. The mending of books which are constantly wearing out is being kept up- to-date. This task is one which could not possibly be ac- complished by our small staff, since books to be mended accumulate rapidly and proper repair takes time.
The 1938 record of book repair accomplishment indicates :
2477 books mended 1567 books rebacked 817 books recased 7207 books relettered.
Incidentally, the work accomplished since May 1934, the beginning of this government aid in our library, reveals that approximately 27% of our present book collection has been mended, 16% rebacked, 8.8% recased and 111% relettered.
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