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$1,073.44
Walter G. Spencer
819.70
H. James Ellis
1,146.80
Arthur H. Westgate
1,116.80
Edward Richard
1,216.72
Louis B. Anderson
1,187.69
Elmer Walker
1,116.80
Carl Govoni
8.44
George Blechinger
25.00
$7,711.39
TRANSPORTATION
Union Street Railroad Co.
$1,584.08
Alexander A. Hadfield
1,861.91
City Hall Taxi
180.30
Antone Amarel
5.00
Robert Ferguson
116.00
$3,747.29
FUEL
!Holmes Coal Co.
$ 893.33
David Duff & Son
1,752.94
Charles F. James
9.00
Dennis Mahoney & Sons
7.50
$2,662.77
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LIGHT, WATER, JANITORS' SUPPLIES, ETC.
C. F. Delano
$ 43.07
Kennedy & Kirwin
165.42
N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co.
432.91
N. B. Gas & Ed. Lt. Co.
1,123.21
Robert Whiting
1.20
Millicent Library
127.56
Woodland's Market
7.51
Rose's Center Market
1.20
Socony Vacuum Oil Co.
4.00
Charles H. Sisson
.20
Days' Electric Shop
14.77
State Prison Colony
6.32
Babbitt Steam Specialty Co.
.83
The Browne Pharmacy
.98
J. J. Gobell Co.
17.05
E. F. Dahill, Jr. & Co.
4.71
M. F. Ellis & Co.
15.05
J. I. Holcomb Mfg. Co.
31.55
Fairhaven Water Co.
712.19
$2,709.73
REPAIRS
$175.86
C. F. Delano
84.85
Alden B. Wrightington
5.81
F. W. Fraits
9.26
Central Lumber & Supply Co.
13.06
Lawrence B. Maxfield
62.73
David Duff & Son
24.53.
Charles H. Sisson
7.10
Achushnet Saw Mills Co.
.30
Xavier's Service Station
9.80
C. E. Beckman
116.31
John M. Reilly
8.00
N. P. Hayes Co.
7.75
M. P. Whitfield Estate
9.25
Arthur's Hardware
22.17
Days' Electric Shop
25.06
E. G. Baldwin Co.
Division of the Blind
6.00
Tony P. Costa
3.00
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C. J. Birtwistle
2.50
Fairhaven Glass Co.
3.80
Edward Richard
24.00
Arthur C. Smith
1.00
Joseph S. Roza
1.00
Farm Service Co.
2.75
Charles E. Unwin
8.30
Hawes Electric Co.
9.09
Baldwin & Co.
98.50
James Taylor
7.00
A. T. Delano
1.00
Fairhaven Water Co.
3.20
H. M. C. Cutlery Co.
4.50
William N. Tinkham
7.50
$764.98
NEW EQUIPMENT
Baldwin & Co.
$ 7.75
J. L. Hammett Co.
34.44
Tony P. Costa
2.75
Days' Electric Shop
36.56
$81.50
HEALTH
The Browne Pharmacy
$ 8.92
C. E. P. Thompson, M. D.
150.00
Lena Howland, R. N.
1,614.80
U. S. Gov't Printing Office
1.44
Roche, Renaud
11.20
$1,786.36
MISCELLANEOUS
Bush & Co., Inc.
$ 1.85
Commissioner of Public Safety
50.00
The A. E. Coffin Press
37.50
John Jarvis
25.75
Ernest L. Hoar
46.97
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Noon Hour Duty (36 Teachers)
217.20
N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R. Co.
.67
The Fairhaven Star
9.50
A. D. McMullen
14.00
Mrs. Bertha Slater
1.50
Mrs. Anne S. Leonard
11.90
Darling's Flower Shop
5.00
Railway Express Agency
.55
$422.39
INSURANCE
Federated Hardware Mutuals
$ 44.00
Whitworth & Co.
89.20
James Henshaw
94.40
The Elisha Whiting Agency
47.00
Cornish & Co., Inc.
106.00
Harold B. Dennie
122.42
Humphrey & Covill
33.28
Harry L. Pope
28.74
$565.04
TUITION
City of New Bedford, Dept. of Public Schools
$96.26
GRAND TOTAL
$94,897.57
High School
TEACHERS
Chester M. Downing
$ 3,700.00
Walter D. Wood
2,300.00
Katherine D. Chaffee
1,488.55
Earl Dias
1,138.40
Mary E. Durfee
1,038.40
Melvin Entin
1,338.40
Susan Gifford
861.65
Byard C. Belyea
499.95
Cecile Giguere
1,541.37
Mabel G. Hoyle
1,569.20
Ruth Kussmann
1,325.06
Robert C. Lawton
1,638.40
Grace E. Libbey
1,127,12
Evelyn L. Murdock
923.10
James Parkinson
2,078.46
Raymond L. Robinson
1,538.40
Edith Rogers
1,388.40
Lena J. Russell
1,692.48
Margaret Siebert
1,900.00
Eunice E. Strong
1,047.07
Dorothea L. Jameson
615.30
Marie R. Wentzell
1,538.40
Edith Kenny
557.55
Dorothy J. Williams
923.10
Anna L. Peters
538 35
Alice Gidley
669.20
Phyllis Greene
500 00
Agnes T. Santry
500.00
Helen B. Cushing
500.00
Alexander M. Clement
1,606.85
Charles H. Johnson, Jr.
760.80
Clarence W. Arey
400.00
Florence Smithcoe
40.00
Harold L. Simmons, Jr.
25.00
Alipio C. Bartholo
16:00
Lillian E. Elliott
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Katherine Rook
60.00
Catherine Dennie
25.00
Alice Harrington
15.00
Wilbor Parkinson Mary Chadwick
20.00
Harry Rogers
5.00
Edith C. Wollison
10.00
F. William Kempf
285.00
$40,598.89
TEXT BOOKS
American Book Co.
$ 86.37
Americana Corp.
2.85
National Institute of Public Education
4.00
Harper & Brothers
66.12
International Textbook Co.
1.28
Pitman Publishing Corp.
1.63
Noble & Noble
5.25
The National Education Association
1.05
Harcourt, Brace & Co., Inc.
34.20
South-Western Publishing Co.
63.50
The Northwestern Press
1.02
G. & C. Merriam Co.
18.61
Ginn & Co.
189.84
World Book Co.
11.38
D. C. Heath & Co.
202.00
The Gregg Publishing Co.
18.75
Remington Rand
20.70
Library Book House
4.07
Henry Holt & Co.
60.24
McGraw Hill Book Co.
29.04
McCormick-Mathers Publishing Co.
11.79
The Odyssey Press Inc.
4.61
Oxford Book Co.
1.99
Science Research Associates
17.50
Scott, Foresman & Co.
178.78
Silver-Burdett Co.
2.10
College Entrance Book Co.
2.51
Houghton Mifflin Co.
174.18
The Institute For Research
3.75
The Circle Book Co.
2.05
5.00
42
Monroe Calculating Machine Co.
1.50
The Macmillan Co.
69.85
G. P. Putnam Sons
1.25
World Almanac
2.20
G. E. Stechert & Co.
3.61
The H. W. Wilson Co.
3.25
Allyn & Bacon
5.54
Benjamin H. Sanborn Co.
8.41
J. B. Lippincott Co.
55.01
National Council of Teachers
1.50
Charles Scribner's Sons
151.33
$1,524.61
SUPPLIES
South-Western Publishing Co.
$ 66.80
American Type Founders
24.11
Sullivan & Crocker
3.50
Combosco Scientific Co.
27.12
American Book Co.
89.75
The Birmingham Pen Co.
1.75
World Book Co.
18.85
Dennis Mahoney & Sons
97.82
Baldwin & Co.
102.39
F. S. Brightman Co.
24.82
J. Bloom & Co.
4.38
Central Scientific Co.
76.03
Boston Blue Print Co.
24.09
The Lincoln Press
37.05
The Fairhaven Star
4.80
John S. Cheever Co.
35.12
The Boston Music Co.
34.42
DeWolf & Vincent
43.69
Lewis Roberts, Inc.
7.46
Gledhill Bros.
61.20
Pan-American Union
5.80
James W. Brine Co., Inc.
88.06
Hartley Saw Mill Co.
1.00
Phillips Paper Co.
93.63
Henry Holt & Co.
16.60
Shipyard Paint Co.
.20
Carter, Rice & Co.
98.61
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The Keystone
9.85
Providence Paper Co.
5.19
Hutchinson's Book Store
25.29
James Evans, U. S. Gov't Post Office
33.30
Chicago Apparatus Co.
15.59
B. L. Makepeace Inc.
.89
L. C. Smith & Corona Typewriter Inc.
200.00
New Bedford Dry Goods Co.
8.47
Cooperative Test Service
.75
Marshall News Pictures, Inc.
1.11
Denoyer-Geppert & Co.
6.91
The J. C. Winston Co.
8.99
Robert A. Wilcox Co., Inc.
44.60
Carl Fischer, Inc.
13.42
Morse Twist Drill & Machine Co.
4.14
Remington Rand
54.25
American Education Press
60.00
Wild & Stevens
9.29
Ginn & Co.
53.14
The National Education Association
1.94
Milton Bradley Co.
42.22
The H. W. Wilson Co.
3.00
J. L. Hammett Co.
125.73
Singer Sewing Machine Co.
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2.75
Royal Typewriter Co.
200.00
College Entrance Book Co.
33.97
N. P. Hayes Co.
6.54
Thomas W. Thorpe
16.15
Underwood Elliott Fisher Co.
200.00
Corbett Blackboard Stencil Chart & Map Co.
8.50
Charles W. Homeyer Co.
130.28
Central Lumber & Supply Co.
29.96
Acushnet Saw Mills
12.58
C. F. Wing Co.
5.95
Kennedy & Kirwin
49.03
Motor Boating
1.33
Auxilium Latinum
12.50
News Map of the Week
15.00
The Shipyard Paint Co.
7.32
Beureau of Publications
1.80
Edward E. Babb & Co., Inc.
62.55
$2,613.33
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JANITORS' SALARIES
Howard H. Shumway
$1,670.16
William T. Wood
1,360.50
Richard March
757.61
John Schofield
1,122.30
Thomas Duckworth
1,366.72
Carl Govoni
4.50
Richard Jenney
21.67
Charles J. Astin
283.65
Richard Jones
10.43
$6,597.54
LIGHT, WATER, JANITORS' SUPPLIES, ETC.
Babbitt Steam Specialty Co.
$ 20.36
DeWolf & Vincent
3.25
John J. Gobell Co.
26.25
Xavier's Service Station
20.02
Kennedy & Kirwin
63.51
Felco Supply Co.
3.10
Mfgr's. Supply Co.
1.35
John Gelette
9.50
N. B. Gas & Ed. Lt. Co.
663.88
N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co.
172.92
Socony-Vacuum Oil Co.
20.64
The Keystone
1.70
Finnell System Inc.
9.00
Fairhaven Water Co.
594.16
Allen Hersom Co.
7.80
Swift & Co.
13.88
Thompson Electric Co.
1.20
M. F. Ellis
19.84
E. F. Dahill Jr. & Co.
55.42
J. I. Holcomb Mfg. Co.
53.34
The Holmerden Co.
30.00
Days' Electric Shop
61.67
George A. Blake Co.
1.40
$1,854.19
REPAIRS
Days' Electric Shop Allen Hersom Co. Lester Lewis
$ 5.36
13.10
2.84 .
45
N. E. Plate Glass Co.
2.49
Plumber's Supply Co.
3.12
Andrew Gardner
2.84
Arthur C. Smith
8.10
Underwood Elliott Fisher Co.
3.35
William Grindrod
.56
Babbitt Steam Specialty Co.
21.75
Acushnet Saw Mills
2.30
Central Lumber & Supply Co.
11.66
C. F. Delano
179.41
Sturtevant & Hook
1.15
Tony P. Costa
35.16
N. P. Hayes Co.
40.34
American Saw Service
1.50
Electric Time Co., Inc.
4.63
John M. Reilly
2.16
David Duff & Son
24.82
Hathaway Machinery Co.
2.39
Sears Roebuck & Co.
4.15
F. H. Kingsley
14.00
The Powers Regulator Co.
13.27
Richard T. Thatcher
24.34
Xavier's Service Station
11.25
Thompson Electric
20.30
Johnson Service Co.
20.29
T. J. Moriarty
22.84
W. C. Toles Co.
.85
Mendell Electric Supply Co.
32.51
Spring Street Auto Service Station
1.30
C. F. Wing Co.
4.20
L. S. McKenna Typewriter Co.
1.25
Standard Electrical Co.
.60
Edward E. Babb & Co., Inc.
2.66
William N. Tinkham
61.00
Acushnet Iron Co., Inc.
1.32
Division of the Blind
9.00
Ray L. Blanchard
5.00
H. M. C. Cutlery Co.
3.50
Charles H. Sisson
7.09
DeWolf & Vincent
1.10
Electric Sales & Service
.48
C. B. Dolge Co.
13.72
46
Green & Wood Inc. Farm Service Co. Athletic Trainers Supply Co.
1.25
40.00
6.01
NEW EQUIPMENT
The Lincoln Press
$ 25.00
G. & C. Merriam Co.
10.80
Mass. Reformatory
61.85
Marchant Calculating Machine Co. .
467.50
Denoyer-Geppert & Co.
156.78
Hutchinsons Book Store
4.50
$726.43
The Browne Pharmacy
$
8.35
Charles E. P. Thompson
310.00
FUEL
$1,642.89
Holmes Coal Co.
277.45
INSURANCE
$ 96.00
Humphrey & Covill
37.54
TRANSPORTATION
$ 474.10
Union St. Railway Co.
888.37
$1,362.47
MISCELLANEOUS
C. M. Downing
$ 8.45
E. E. Baudoin
3.80
Helen Ladd.
1.00
James W. Brine Co., Inc.
18.43
John E. Merker
2.00
The Fairhaven Star
5.05
Parsons Laundry
1.50
Marshall Newspictures
1.11.
HEALTH
$318.35
David Duff & Son
$1,920.34
Samuel T. Brightman Co.
$133.54
City Hall Taxi
$692.31
47
McCarthy Freight
.50
Railway Express Co.
1.43
John Jarvis
14.00
New Bedford Laundry
5.72
Mrs. Anne S. Leonard
35.00
The Keystone
ยท 5.05
New Bedford Dry Goods Co.
41.18
Bristol County Blueprint Co.
1.94
F. William Kempf
7.50
Chester M. Downing (Petty Cash)
10.00
Commissioner of Public Safety
20.00
Darling's Flower Shop
5.00
GRAND TOTAL
$58,530.66
SPECIAL REPAIRS
Days' Electric Shop
$ 342.50
Hawes Electric Co.
137.70
Alvin Tunstall
425.95
Lawrence B. Maxfield
18.46
Eastern Construction Co.
70.00
C. F. Delano
10.64
Arthur's Hardware
64.59
Est. M. P. Whitfield
994.11
Charles H. Sisson
905.18
Mendell Electric Supply Co.
530.80
James Taylor
151.17
E. G. Baldwin Co.
1,265.15
New Bedford Glass Co.
42.75
Electric Sales & Service Co.
348.40
C. J. Birtwistle
253.75
Brown Electrical Co.
25.04
Babbitt Steam Specialty Co.
70.19
Walter F. Douglas
210.97
E. P. Hirst
24.75
John M. Reilly
15.01
J. J. Duggan & Son Roofing Co.
101.70
William Tallman
9.00
Glennon Roofing Co.
30.45
TOTAL
$6,056.85
8.59
Tony P. Costa
$188.66
THE MILLICENT LIBRARY
FAIRHAVEN, MASS.
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ANNUAL REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1941
THE FAIRHAVEN STAR-PRINTERS 1942
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TRUSTEES OF THE MILLICENT LIBRARY
Henry Rogers Benjamin Edward L. Besse
Charles Mitchell
Mrs. Eliza C. Pease
Morris R. Brownell
Harry L. Pope
Miss Edith Dana
Miss Mabel L. Potter
Lord Fairhaven
George H. Tripp
Mrs. Lothrop Hedge George B. Luther
Thomas A. Tripp Miss Anna B. Trowbridge
OFFICERS 1941 - 1942 Lord Fairhaven, President George B. Luther, Vice-President Anna B. Trowbridge, Treasurer Avis M. Pillsbury, Secretary STANDING COMMITTEES 1941 - 1942
Mr. Besse
Book Committee Lord Fairhaven, Chairman Miss Dana Mrs. Hedge
Mr. Pope
Finance Committee Miss Trowbridge, Chairman Mr. Browneil Mr. Luther Mr. G. H. Tripp
Mr. Benjamin
House Committee Mr. T. A. Tripp, Chairman Mrs. Pease Miss Potter
Mr. Mitchell
LIBRARIANS
Don C. Stevens
1893-1901
Drew B. Hail
1901-1911
Galen W. Hill
1911-1926
Louis Felix Ranlett
1926-1928
Avis M. Pillsbury
1928-
FORMER TRUSTEES
Miss Ellen H. Akin 1893-1919 Mrs. Lizzie F. Nye
1893-1919
Edmund Anthony, Jr.
1902
Henry H. Rogers
1893-1909
Mrs. Sara H. Anthony
1893-1912
Henry H. Rogers, Jr. 1909-1935
Mr. Lyman C. Bauldry
1913-1939
Don C. Stevens 1893-1901
William E. Benjamin
1893-1940
George W. Stevens
1893-1908
Miss Sara B. Clarke Miss Georgia E. Fairfield The Lady Fairhaven
1912-1933
Mrs. H. H. Stillman
1919-1920
1920-1928
George H. Taber Job C. Tripp
1902-1917
*William B. Gardner
1917-1941 Charles W. White, Jr. 1902-1904
James L. Gillingham 1893-1912
Walter P. Winsor 1893-1911
Frederick B. Lyman
1904-1909
Mrs. Mary B. Winsor 1893-1921
1893-1901
1893-1939
Officers and Committees appointed bienially
*Passed away December 15, 1941.
1941
THE LIBRARY CIRCULATED 106,626 books 536 pictures 68 Stereoscopes
Adults read 73,390 books of 71.61%
THE MILLICENT LIBRARY
Serves to help the people keep informed
1941
THE LIBRARY HAS
12.700 books of which 828/are adult 17.27 Juvenile
Added for year 1405 books of which 29.57.ADULT FICTION 407. ADULI NON-FICI. 2047. JUVENILE FICI. 10.r/ JUVENILE NON-FICL
Children read 30,236 books or 28.36%
KNOWLEDGE WILL BRING
Withdrew 231 books Added 123 Duplicate Pay Books
Non-Fiction Reading totalled 32,375 or 30.36%
Fiction Reading was 72,251 or 69.617.
Per Capita Reading 9.7 books
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Library has : 3549 borrowers 58.87.Adults 41.27. Children of which 95% are from Oxford and 13.3%Non-Resident
For Year New Borrowers 447 Re-registered 779
Approximately 53 tons of books borrowed
Circulation per registered borrower 30.4 books
LIBRARY STAFF
DECEMBER 31, 1941
Avis M. Pillsbury ..... Librarian
Mary Blum
General Assistant
Gertrude L. Gibbons
General Assistant
Marion H. Hanford Cataloguer and Assistant
Roberta B. Tripp General Assistant
Richard Burke
Part time Page
Charles Worster
Janitor
OXFORD BRANCH
Albin Silva In Charge
Richard Burke Assistant
RESIGNED DURING 1941
Helen E. Beals
General Assistant
Jessie B. Kitching
General Assistant
Report of the Librarian
FOR THE YEAR 1941
To the Trustees of the Millicent Library:
"THEY PREFERRED VICTORY TO PEACE"
Thus spoke Tacitus, during the early years of the Christian era. Once again this cry is heard, but this time it echoes around the world, as the cry of "VICTORY" and the symbolic "V" as the emblem, takes on new meaning to all who are fighting to preserve democracy. Soldiers and sailors are in our midst, we hear our own national anthem sung with fervor, we listen to the droning hum of "wings in the air", helping to defend the American way of life which we cherish. While the world is seething with the prep- arations for the victory for freedom, time marches on, and events with it.
Ever the guardians of the printed page, the libraries of the world have striven and are striving to preserve the record of the history of mankind, and its priceless literature. In this crisis of uncertain and rapid change, the libraries of our country stand firn!, ready to aid in the war program, and in accord with the reason for their existence, to furnish books that the people may go for- ward.
During the year 1941, it has been especially pertinent that the public library choose books that would best serve the needs of its community. In many places, books of the practical sciences to aid in war needs have become a necessity. The Millicent Libra- ry has, in the selection of adult non-fiction books, added 14.79c to this particular group, a considerably larger proportion than in any other class of non-fiction. Books that reveal facts have been needed, too. They inform our people of what goes on throughout the world. Another requisite is for books of a lighter vein, which will bring relaxation, when time permits, to tired people who are doing their utmost to help in the national emergency.
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BOOKS ARE THE VERY LIFE BLOOD OF THE LIBRARY ."That place that does contain My books, the best companions, is to me A glorious court". -- Beaumont and Fletcher
The following chart shows an analysis of the changes in the library's book stock for 1941.
1941
Added
Withdrawn
Adult
%
Juvenile
%
Adult
Juvenile
Fiction
414
29.5
286
20.4
111
44
Non-fiction
563
40.
142
10.1
42
34
TOTAL
977
69.5
428
30.5
153
78
1405 231 1
GRAND TOTAL OF BOOKS IN LIBRARY
Adult
%
[Juvenile
%
Total
Dec. 31, 1941| 35,358
82.8
7,342
17.2
42,700 books
Book expenditure was as follows:
Adult fiction
39 %
Adult non-fiction
40.8
Total 79.8%
Juvenile fiction
15.2
Juvenile non-fiction
5.
20.2
100%
To the Duplicate Pay collection, 123 books were added and 126 transferred to the regular shelves. 87 books have been restored through rebinding.
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WE SERVE THE PUBLIC
"The highest purpose of intellectual cultivation is, to give a man a perfect knowledge and mastery of his own inner self." -- Novalis.
We serve those who seek, and make frequent attempts to enlighten those who do not seek, in an effort to make the public conscious that the Millicent Library stands ready to serve. 3,549 people, or 32.3% of the population, are counted as borrowers for the three-year registration period. This represents 58.8% adult, and 41.2% juvenile registration. Of these, 9.5% are reg- istered as borrowers from the Oxford Branch, and 13.3% as non- resident borrowers, living in towns nearby.
For the year 1941, the registration of 447 new people and the re-registration of 779 borrowers totalled 1226, an increase of 6.9% over 1940. This gain was entirely an adult gain. 64 cards were issued for 3 months to temporary visitors in town.
THE LIBRARY BRINGS BOOKS AND PEOPLE TOGETHER
"Consider what you have in the smallest chosen library. A company of the wisest and wittiest men that could be picked out of all civil coun- tries, in a thousand years, have set in best order the results of their wisdom and learning."
-- Emerson.
Circulation figures might well be considered the tempera- ture chart of the library, for by them the rise in or fall of interest in a subject is quickly recorded. They indicate the pulse of read- ing in the community.
During the year 1941, although the children's reading gained by a margin of 193 books, fewer books were borrowed by adults than in 1940. This fact is not at all alarming. It is the experience of many other libraries, for, more people are en1- ployed, and many of those who have leisure are occupied with various war demands - Red Cross work, Defense classes, etc. The total loss in circulation of 7,575 books, or 6.63% is a smail one, and more important is the fact that the percentage of non- fiction reading was very gratifying, the total of 30.36% being the highest since 1919, just after the close of the First World War. Gains were found in the following non-fiction classes, in order of largest gain : History, probably due to the recent books on the war - Biography - Literature - Language - Philosophy - Religion General Works - and the Applied Sciences.
The losses that occurred of 8.5% at the Main Library, 21 % at the Oxford Branch and 23% at the Edmund Anthony School, were in part offset by a gain of 128% from the Oxford School deposit (due to the fact it was circulating only a part of the year 1940 as against the entire of 1941) a 49% increase from the East Fairhaven School collection, 8% from the High School Library, and 1% from Duplicate Pay books.
However, the circulation of 106,626 books, or 107,230 by the addition of 536 pictures and 68 stereoscopes, represents ap- proximately 53 tons of books circulated - enough to build a "Victory" symbol to place against the library - a symbol that would be a landmark for miles around - in height - 355 feet, con- taining on either side 533 rows of 100 books each. Interesting statistics will be found on the victory chart in this report.
The distribution of reading is shown in the accompanying table.
Fiction
Non- Fiction
Total
Grand Total
Total gain or loss Over 1940
Fiction
Non- Fiction
Total
Main Library
Adult
4.1,605
19,542
64,147
-6,424
Juvenile
12,801
1,802
17,603
Dup. Pay
3,029
40
3,069
84,819
-1,190 + 37
56.68
22.87
79.55
Oxford Branch
Adult
4,162
1,901
6,063
-1,653
Juvenile
1
1,739
1,096
2,835
8,898
718
5.53
2.82
8.35
Anthony School Juvenile
2,096
904
3.000
3,000
- 939
1.97
1
.95
2 82
E. Fairhaven School
Juvenile
1,750
1,221
2,971
2,971
+ 980
1.64
1.11
1 2.78
Oxford School Juvenile
2,796
881
3,677
3,677
+2,066
2.63
.52
1 3.45
High School Library
Adult
1,112
1,969
3,111
Juvenile
!
131
19
150
3,261
+ 266
1.19
1.86
1
3.05
Total
74,251
32,375
1
106,626
106,626
-7,575
69.64
30.30
100.
1
-
1
1
!
1
1
% contribution to total
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The circulation per capita of 9.7% was but .6% less than in 1940. The circulation per registered borrower was 30.4 books, as against 31.3 a year ago.
79 French, 79 Portuguese and 3 Italian books were circu- lated from our foreign book collection.
For teachers and others, books have been borrowed when the need arose, on the interlibrary loan privilege. We are grate- ful to the cooperating libraries, among them the Massachusetts Division of Public Libraries, and the Boston, Brookline, Newton and New Bedford, Mass. public libraries.
As a part of circulation work routine, 4,145 first, second and third overdue notices were sent, 19.3% more than in 1940. Per- haps this is an indication that people are retaining books as long as possible in an effort to finish reading them, or, are they more careless! This question is probably an unanswerable one.
As usual the books on the Millicentiana table have been popular. 320 reserves have been filed for the 114 books displayed. For other popular books, 1,612 reserves were filed during the year.
A new ruling that went into effect in August was the change from a 4 week to a 2 week charge for popular new books of non- fiction, one renewal being permissible if no reserves are filed for the particular book.
WPA AND NYA WORK
"A truly American sentiment recognises the dignity of labor and the fact that honor lies in honest toil."
-- Cleveland
Although the W P A staff was reduced, the work continued during the first half of the year, but, suddenly, on June 20th, the library project along with others in Fairhaven, was discontinued. The work accomplished up to that time is recorded as follows.
Books mended 1,022
Books rebacked 595
Books recased 45
Books Demco-bound 35
Books relettered 1,067
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952 hours of work spent on miscellaneous tasks were re- corded also. This represents work of real value such as typing, filing, shelf work, the checking of old magazines, etc.
The NY A work, with frequent changes in personnel, con- tinued throughout the year until mid-December, when our last worker was transferred to a war-time project at Camp Edwards. We have been grateful for this extra help, and much has been accomplished since the first E R A workers were sent to us in 1934. The library has served to give a certain amount of training and experience to each worker, and in turn the worker has been of aid to the library.
WORK WITH THE SCHOOLS
"What greater or better gift can we offer the Re- public than to teach and instruct our youth". -- Cicero.
Young readers of to-day will be the adult borrowers of to- morrow. The love of reading and books is now a part of the training given to the youngsters, - greatly increased by the co- operation between the library and the schools.
931 books were sent out in 32 classroom libraries, and according to reports from the teachers, circulated 1760 books from September 1940 to June 1941. This is a decrease over a year ago, but may be attributed to the fact that with a circulating deposit of between 350 to 600 books in three of our schools, the East Fairhaven, Edmund Anthony and Oxford, less use is being made of classroom libraries, and the teachers and pupils are drawing more and more upon the resources of the deposit collec- tions, as circulation figures, before mentioned, indicate.
Seventh grade pupils came to the library in April for the usual course of instruction on the use of the library. This is in- valuable in giving them a working knowledge of the library, for they are enabled to look up information in the card catalog and to find books on the shelves.
For professional use, 530 books were loaned on teacher's cards, this being a 55.4% increase over 1940.
Students in the Manual Arts Department of the High School, under the direction of Mr. James Parkinson, made 12 classroom ubrary boxes for the use of the library. We are grateful for this
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service, and for all the cooperation given us by the teachers, prin- cipals, and the Superintendent of Schools.
THERE'S FUN IN READING!
. "Ah! happy he who thus, in magic themes O'er worlds bewitch'd, in early rapture dreams, Where wild Enchantment waves her potent wand, And Fancy's beauties fill his fairy land."
-- George Crabbe.
Summer time is reading time for many boys and girls in Fairhaven, for the reading club conducted by the library has he- come almost an institution after thirteen summers. On June 25th, youngsters came eagerly to the library to register for the newly planned Millicent Library Clipper Tour, and many took off im- mediately for a summer of reading adventure. Out of 87 who signed up, 50 members were active and made considerable head- way past the lighthouse, and several became assistants to the king and queen on the island of mystery far out in the sea, where they helped to guard the vast treasury of glittering jewels -- diamonds, emeralds, rubies and others, earned for non-fiction. reading.
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