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Voted to delay action until annual town meeting.
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ARTICLE 23.
Action on any other business that may legally come before this meeting.
Mr. Stanton asked for a report of the committee on the taking over of the Fairhaven Water Company. Dr. Kerwin said the com- mittee will report at the Annual Meeting.
Voted to adjourn at 9:50 P.M. Total amount to be transferred from Overlay Surplus
$8,600.00
WILLIAM D. CHAMPLIN,
Clerk ..
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1947 TOWN MEETING MEMBERS AT LARGE 33 Members
Briggs, Stuart M.
45 William Street
Brown, F. Eben
314 Main Street
Birtwistle, Christopher J.
122 Pleasant Street
Campbell, Elwyn G.
84 Laurel Street
Candage, Herbert L.
228 Green Street
Carpenter, Orrin B.
Champlin, William D.
44 Huttleston Avenue 97 Fort Street
Dugdale, Charles R.
288 Washington Street
Dutton, Harold B.
140 Chestnut Street
Duval, Arsene G.
348 Main Street
Jarvis, John
134 Bridge Street
Kerwin, Harold E.
31 Fort Street
Kuechler, Marion S.
19 Lafayette Street
Knowlton, Charles W.
30 Elm Avenue
Maguire, Clarence E.
26 Mulberry Street
Maxfield, Lawrence B.
91 Bridge Street
McDermott, Thomas J.
25 Oak Street
Parkinson, James
32 Linden Avenue
Potter, Mabel L.
409 Sconticut Neck Road
Reilly, John W.
55 Massasoit Avenue
Rogers, Edith E.
62 Howland Road
Rogers, John S., Jr.
120 Washington Street
Silveira, Filbert A., Jr.
235 Green Street
Silveira, Walter
248 Green Street
Slater, Victor O. B.
145 North Walnut Street
Steele, George A.
53 Walnut Street
Tallman, William
28 Fort Street
Terry, Clarence A.
8 Middle Street
Thompson, Charles E. P.
65 Center Street
Valentine, G. Winston
28 Spring Street
Vincens, Susan B.
7 Middle Street
Vining, Kenneth Rogers
26 Green Street
Wilson, William K.
18 Laurel Street
51 Town Meeting Members - Precinct 1 For Three Years
Term
Bachman, George
56 Oak Avenue
1950
Buffinton, Arthur L.
11 Fort Street
1950
Expires
162
Term Expires
Foster, Rufus W.
7 Fort Street
1950
*Flathers, George H.
6 Pleasant Street
1950
Giard, Agnes Santry
40 Walnut Street
1950
Hanlon, James J.
33 Green Street
1950
Hayward, Frederick J.
7 Green Street
1950
Hirschmann, Jack B.
9 Main Street
1950
*Lawton, Charles H.
73 Center Street
1950
Moffett, Oscar T.
75 Cedar Street 1950
Mowat, Eliot R.
62 Church Street
1950
Pierce, Warren G.
37 Laurel Street
1950
Pope, Harry L.
16 Fort Street
1950
Tuell, Gilbert W.
120 Laurel Street
1950
Thompson, Warren C.
71 Green Street
1950
Wentzell, Marie R.
97 Fort Street 1950
Whittier, Cecil H.
50 Church Street
1950
*Resigned
For Two Years
Baylies, Wallace B.
26 Laurel Street 1949
Benson, Colby H., Jr.
89 Fort Street 1949
Braley, Eli G.
38 Pleasant Street 1949
Covill, Raymond F.
13 Coe Street 1949
Downing, Chester M.
78 Chestnut Street
1949
Eaton, Clarence W.
27 Fort Street
1949
Gidley, Philip T.
73 Green Street
1949
Hoxie, Harold L.
50 Green Street 1949
Hubbard, Fred A.
38 Cedar Street 1949
Monk, Audell W., Jr.
25 Green Street 1949
Morton, Linneaus W.
55 Main Street 1949
Paull, Alton B.
39 Union Street
1949
Radcliffe, Elmer M.
41 Fort Street
1949
Sisson, Charles H.
35 Main Street 1949
Terry, Bradford C.
13 Maple Avenue 1949
Tripp, Thomas A.
74 Green Street
1949
For One Year
Ames, George B.
9 Fort Street
1948
Benson, Colby H.
89 Fort Street 1948
Burgess, Ellsworth W.
12 Middle Street 1948
Clark, Earl E.
46 Church Street 1948
Cornell, George H.
26 Laurel Street 1948
Cowen, Edson S.
28 Middle Street
1948
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Term Expires
Doran, Willis H.
61 Laurel Street
1948
Duckworth, Norman
70 Church Street
1948
Gifford, Flavel M.
82 Fort Street
1948
Keith, Frederic A., Jr.
89 Green Street
1948
Knox, Arthur R.
40 Green Street
1948
Mitchell, Raymond M.
3 Phoenix Street
1948
Muldoon, James E.
52 Green Street
1948
Nelson, Carl
48 Center Street
1948
Sanders, Edward W.
107 Fort Street
1948
Smith, L. Edgar
15 Coe Street 1948
Terry, Clarence B.
22 Green Street
1948
54 Town Meeting Members - Precinct 2 For Three Years
Allen, Lillie B.
5 Lafayette Street 1950
Callahan, Frank
13 Elm Avenue 1950
Darwin, Hans A.
127 North William Street 1950
DeGraw, John B.
26 Washington Street 1950
Dunwoodie, Richard H.
6 Elm Avenue
1950
Fleming, Margaret L.
141 Adams Street 1950
Long, Gilbert E.
23 Francis Street
1950
Long, Helena A.
23 Francis Street
1950
Luther, Bradford W.
131 Laurel Street
1950
Perry, Edward E.
63 Larch Avenue
1950
Reed, James, Jr.
34 Linden Avenue
1950
Rex, J. Milton
52 Massasoit Avenue
1950
Rogers, Edith
126 Bridge Street
1950
Shumway, Orsman A.
78 Washington Street
1950
Snedden, George A.
24 Larch Avenue 1950
Webb, Mildred E.
149 Green Street 1950
Wing, Alfred B.
51 William Street 1950
For Two Years
Besse, Eldred E.
36 Washington Street 1949
Black, Craig M.
51 Walnut Street 1949
Bold, Milton L.
24 Francis Street 1949
Card, William C.
109 Main Street 1949
Dutton, Mabel O.
140 Chestnut Street 1949
Ellis, Leon C.
60 Elm Avenue 1949
Fisher, Harold C.
184 Main Street 1949
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Humphreys, John B.
35 Lafayette Street 1950
Term Expires
Hillman, Elsie P.
49 Walnut Street
1949
Lewis, Roscoe S.
109 North Walnut Street
1949
+Lincoln, Harold C.
241 Green Street
1949
Marston, James H. C.
191 Main Street
1949
Murray, Lauchlan W.
49 Walnut Street 1949
Norman, Harry C.
72 Adams Street
1949
Pierce, Harold U.
147 Chestnut Street 1949
Selley, George A.
200 Main Street 1949
Shurtleff, Lewis B.
7 Winslow Court 1949
Wilde, Webster
26 Larch Avenue
1949
+Deceased
For One Year
Barrett, Samuel C.
138 Alden Road 1948
Brown, Pierce D.
35 Oxford Street 1948
Dvorak, Charles
39 Huttleston Avenue 1948
Eccleston, James
159 Green Street 1948
Fanton, Charles
215 Green Street
1948
Fryer, Everett T.
12 Christian Street
1948
Gobell, Harvey C.
104 Main Street 1948
Hanson, Maurice N.
22 Cherry Street
1948
* Haydon, Ernest J.
112 Main Street
1948
Haydon, John E.
40 Larch Avenue 1948
Jepson, Frank A.
110 North William Street
1948
Jordan, Catherine H.
115 Main Street
1948
Joseph, Charles
60 Linden Avenue
1948
Marks, Tracy W.
163 Main Street
1948
Russell, Clarence S.
22 Spring Street
1948
Spooner, Edward G.
199 Main Street 1948
Wingate, William H.
232 Green Street 1948
Xavier, Augustus H.
1 Bridge Street
1948
*Resigned
54 Town Meeting Members - Precinct 3 For Three Years
Andrews, Joseph, Jr.
71 Sycamore Street 1950
Benoit, Frank C.
8 Dover Street 1950
Benoit, Ulric A.
6 Winsor Street 1950
Demanche, Alfred V.
37 Hawthorne Street 1950
Duarte, Manuel
397 Main Street 1950
Grindrod, Hildegarde F.
236 Main Street 1950
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Term Expires
Flanagan, John J., Jr.
9 Sycamore Street 1950
Krol, Frank J.
10 Newton Street
1950
Marsh, Walter
15 Morgan Street 1950
Norris, Robert R.
25 Garrison Street 1950
Pacheco, Alfred J.
313 Main Street
1950
Raphael, Alfred
149 East Coggeshall Street 1950
Rezendes, Manuel
3 Hawthorne Street 1950
Stowell, Walter
18 Taber Street 1950
Thumudo, Mario
8 Morgan Street 1950
Whiton, Kenneth E.
174 Adams Street 1950
Wolan, Theodore P.
65 Harding Road 1950
For Two Years
Avila, Frank
7 Magnolia Avenue 1949
Brennan, William C.
39 Hedge Street 1949
Bissonnette, Albert
32 Jesse Street 1949
Charbonneau, John A.
404 Main Street 1949
Dana, Edith
200 Adams Street 1949
Dellecese, James A.
36 Hawthorne Street 1949
Haydon, Waldo E.
43 Hedge Street 1949
Henshaw, James
11 Sycamore Street
1949
Horrocks, Ernest C., Jr.
2 Wood Street
1949
Meal, Lewis
22 Taber Street
1949
Nolin, Nelson F.
1949
Rimmer, Harold
32 Alpine Avenue
Rose, Edward F.
16 Deane Street 1949
Stevens, Albert M.
373 Alden Road
1949
Sutcliffe, Joseph, Jr.
241 Adams Street 1949
Tripanier, Alfred J.
28 Morton Street 1949
Whitworth, Percy
34 Kendrick Avenue 1949
For One Year
Areia, Joao L.
117 Main Street 1948
Correira, Joseph, Jr.
37 Maitland Street 1948
Dupont, Oscar A.
128 Sycamore Street 1948
Dupuis, Oscar L.
2 Dover Street 1948
Grindrod, William
236 Main Street 1948
Hennessy, John F.
223 Adams Street
1948
Joaquim, John J.
30 Garrison Street 1948
Montplaisir, Eddie H.
315 Main Street 1948
Pacheco, Francis J.
12 Dover Street 1948
Perry, August
13 Morgan Street
1948
4 Coggeshall Street 1949
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Term Expires
Plezia, Anthony C.
415 Main Street
1948
Richard, Raymond
28 Dover Street
1948
Robinson, Lawrence V.
5 West Wilding Street 1948
Rogers, Edward
62 Howland Road
1948
Rogers, John
225 Adams Street 1948
Rogers, William
253 Main Street 1948
Tripanier, Alfred, Jr.
8 Winsor Street 1948
Tripanier, Ernest
406 Main Street 1948
51 Town Meeting Members - Precinct 4
For Three Years
Austin, Reuben A.
544 Washington Street 1950
Barcellos, Frank
459 Bridge Street 1950
Chartier, George J.
2 Bay View Avenue 1950
Darling, Arthur W.
212 Washington Street
1950
Fisher, Milton O.
105 Pleasant Street
1950
Folger, Frank S.
83 Spring Street
1950
Howard, William E.
5 Mill Road 1950
Koczwara, Casimir J.
20 Bay View Avenue
1950
Keehn, Robert
41 Bay View Avenue
1950
Mckenzie, Elmira D.
346 Sconticut Neck Road
1950
Mckenzie, Joseph H.
346 Sconticut Neck Road 1950
Pifko, Alexander
20 Bay View Avenue 1950
Perry, Frank E.
54 Rotch Street 1950
Porter, Helen R.
102 Washington Street 1950
Radcliffe, Charles, Jr.
33 Mulberry Street 1950
Souza, Charles
121 Center Street 1950
Van der Pol, Marinus
757 Washington Street 1950
For Two Years
Agnalt, Theodore T.
399 Washington Street
1949
Abrams, William J.
19 Mill Road 1949
Blossom, Lewis F.
565 Washington Street 1949
Boroski, Louis T.
141 Pleasant Street 1949
Cory, Bertha S.
5 Weeden Road 1949
Cory, Clarence M.
5 Weeden Road 1949
Delano, Allerton T.
453 Washington Street 1949
Drake, Bradley F.
14 Hitch Street 1949
Ewing, Frederick F.
261 New Boston Road 1949
Howard, Henry T.
267 New Boston Road 1949
Maxfield, Charles A., Jr.
68 Aiken Street 1949
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Term Expires
Morse, Raymond A. Ohnesorge, Walter Pifko, Paul A.
62 Narragansett Blvd.
1949
276 Washington Street
1949
20 Bay View Avenue
1949
Saunders, Roger A.
22 Hitch Street
1949
Thatcher, Charles P.
38 Rotch Street 1949
Warburton, Sydney
5 Rogers Street
1949
For One Year
Barnicle, Joseph D.
64 Gelette Road
1948
Bradley, Richard H.
456 Washington Street 1948
Bryant, Victor A.
41 Rotch Street 1948
Burnham, Leonard A.
15 Perry Street 1948
Couture, Noel B.
245 New Boston Road 1948
Darling, Edgar William
25 Bay View Avenue
1948
Darling, Edgar Winfred
212 Washington Street
1948
Gonsalves, Albert M.
145 Washington Street 1948
Govoni, Carl J.
140 Sconticut Neck Road
1948
Griffin, Warren F.
95 Pleasant Street
1948
Lawton, Harold R.
52 Rodman Street
1948
Lawton, Rose L.
52 Rodman Street 1948
Mello, Joseph G.
194 Huttleston Avenue
1948
Rogers, Harry
99 Bridge Street
1948
Silva, Manuel F., Jr.
624 Sconticut Neck Road
1948
Souza, Anthony C.
13 Rogers Street 1948
Stanton, Albert E.
141 New Boston Road
1948
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Of course you know your ABC's
But- Do you know
THE Millicent Library's
ABC , S
for
1947
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American Press-Printers 1948
TRUSTEES OF THE MILLICENT LIBRARY
Henry Rogers Benjamin Eldred E. Besse
Mrs. Lothrop Hedge George B. Luther
Morris R. Brownell
Mrs. James H. C. Marston
Elwyn G. Campbell
Charles Mitchell
Miss Edith Dana
Harry L. Pope
Lord Fairhaven George A. Greene
Miss Mabel L. Potter Thomas A. Tripp
Miss Anna B. Trowbridge
OFFICERS 1947 - 1948 Lord Fairhaven, President Morris R. Brownell, Vice-President George A. Greene, Treasurer Avis M. Pillsbury, Secretary
STANDING COMMITTEES 1947 - 1948 Book Committee
Lord Fairhaven, Chairman
Mrs. Hedge
Mrs. Marston Mr. Mitchell Miss Trowbridge
Finance Committee Mr. Greene, Chairman
Mr. Benjamin
Mr. Pope Mr. Luther
Mr. Besse
House Committee
Mr. T. A. Tripp, Chairman
Mr. Brownell
Mr. Campbell Miss Potter
Miss Dana
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
Mrs. Lizzie F. Nye
1893-1919
Edmund Anthony, Jr.
1902
Mrs. Eliza C. Pease
1919-1943
Mrs. Sarah H. Anthony
1893-1912
Henry H. Rogers
1893-1909
Mr. Lyman C. Bauldry
1913-1939
Henry H. Rogers, Jr.
1909-1935
William E. Benjamin
1893-1940
Don C. Stevens
1893-1901
Edward L. Besse
1893-1947
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
The Lady Fairhaven
1893-1939
George H. Tripp
1893-1943
William B. Gardner
1917-1941
Job C. Tripp
1902-1917
James L. Gillingham
1893-1912
Charles W. White, Jr.
1902-1904
Frederick B. Lyman
1904-1909
Walter P. Winsor
1893-1911
Mrs. Mary B. Winsor 1893-1921
Officers and Committees appointed biennially.
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LIBRARY STAFF
DECEMBER 31, 1947
LIBRARIAN
Avis M. Pillsbury
ASSISTANTS
Ethel D. Griffin
General Assistant
Diane Herrick
Clerical Assistant
Rita E. Steele
Cataloger
Agnes A. Rennie
General Assistant
PART-TIME
Mary A. Sale. .....
Circulation Assistant
Albin S. Silva
In Charge, Oxford Branch
Phyllis R. Sprague.
General Assistant
Ruth Hubbard
Student Assistant
JANITOR
Arthur Boucher
RESIGNED DURING 1947
Marion S. Archambault
Clerical Assistant
Barbara Dobson Student Assistant
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Our 1947 ABC's
A ACCESSION RECORD shows 43,732 books, 1,341 added in 1947, of which 69.9% were adult, and 30.1% juvenile.
AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION STANDARDS are a measuring stick of our financial status. The latest figures are:
For limited or minimum service $1.50 per capita
For reasonably good service 2.25
For superior service 3.00
Fairhaven's population is 12,072 (1945 Census). By the standard, only very limited service can be given for a working budget of $18,108.00 for a town of this size. Our expenditures for normal maintenance during 1947 were 10.5% under this figure. The extensive and necessary building repairs were made only by reducing to a pitifully low balance a small reserve fund built up over a period of many years.
ANNUAL REPORTS. They are a record of a year's accomplishment. Contrary to opinion, they are not always "dry." Cervantes said, "The proof of the pudding is the eating." Try our 1947 report!
APPRECIATION is extended by the librarian to all those who have helped during the year. Newspaper publicity, the cooperation of those in the school system, the kindnesses of many of our patrons, in aiding the library through gifts or service is highly valued. The staff deserve much credit for their splendid team- work, especially during that part of the year when we were greatly understaffed. Without the ever-ready support of the Trustees, difficulties could not have been surmounted.
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B BEQUESTS to a library are en- during. To the Trustees of The Millicent Library, Mark Twain wrote on Febru- ary 22, 1894, "A public library is the most en- during of memorials, the trustieth monument for the preservation of an event or a name or an affection."
The suggestion is made that you consult your at- torney as to the form of bequests for memorials or other special purposes.
For when the Power of importing Joy Is equal to the Will The Human Soul requires no other Heaven.". Shelley
LAST WILL and TESTAMENT
"I give and bequeath to The Millicent Library
a charitable corporation located in the Town of
Fairhaven, Massachusetts the sum of
..... in trust
the income to be used for the purchase of BOOKS but in the discretion of the Trustees
for any of the purposes of the Library."
Books and Memories Live
There is joy in planning for the future, and in perpetuating a memory.
BINDING presents a problem because of the present high cost. However, 123 books were rebound in 1947, but many more need rebinding.
BOOK CIRCLE of the Fairhaven Mothers' Club met in the Trustees Room of the Library for five meetings from January to May.
BOOK EXPENDITURES were: For fiction, 28.11% adult, 13.93% juvenile; for non-fiction, 47.75% adult, 9.33% juvenile, plus a postage charge of .88%.
BOOK MARKS. Through the courtesy of Mr. Parkinson, his class at the High School printed an attractive book mark with the new library hours. A generous supply was sent to us. Later on, the class printed some reserve forms for teachers' use when requesting material from the library. This is splendid cooperation.
BOOK WEEK ACTIVITIES: Proving popular were the book talks given at four schools to the upper-grade pupils by Mr. Thomas Curtis, "The Book Explorer" from Kinderhook, N. Y.
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The Book Week Tea has become an annual affair of im- portance. On the many new books of the fall season displayed on this occasion, 233 reserves were taken. Mr. Curtis spoke on "Books for Young People" to an adult audience of about forty- five. Miss Edith Dana and Miss Mabel L. Potter poured and were assisted by several girls and a boy chosen because of their high rating in the Summer Reading Club.
BORROWERS numbered 2,780, in the following proportions:
Adult, 1,988 (71.51%) Juvenile, 792 (28.49%)
Oxford Branch borrowers, 70 adult, 113 juvenile - (6.6%)
Non-resident borrowers, 225 adult, 13 juvenile - (8.5%)
C CATALOGING takes time, but Miss Steele does a grand job and processed for circulation 1,366 books, 928 being adult and 438 juvenile.
CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS. A tree, window lights, holly, book suggestions for gifts, a "Jack Horner" pie for the children are things we hope you didn't miss.
CIRCULATION totalled 59,757 of which 42,203 were adult and 17,554 juvenile. In addition, 397 pictures and 9 stereoscopes were borrowed.
We can't report a record year. We did that during the depression in the thirties and maintained a high per capita rating for many years. The decrease during the war was expected, but now that the extra wartime duties are over, we wonder why YOU, THE FAIRHAVEN PEOPLE, are not reading more. We look to you for the answer. We have splendid books and are often complimented on our collection. We are doing our best with what we can afford to spend, to give you a high grade selection. We welcome your suggestions as to ways in which we may better serve YOU. Help us, during 1948, in books borrowed and read, to compensate for, and triple the 1947 circulation loss of 11,879 books.
We are happy to report that adult readers borrowed more non-fiction in proportion, 23.6% in 1947, against 20.9% in 1946.
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The graph below shows the choice our readers made:
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1000
1500
2000
2500
3000
3500
4000
General
104
Philosophy
396
Religion
335
Sociology
969
Language
864
Science
730
Useful Arts
1,589
Fine Arts
1,598
Literature
2,100
History
1,071
Travel
1,779
2,071
Biography
Periodicals
3,899
Pamphlets
104
Adult
Juvenile
42, 148 Fiction borrowed
CLASSROOM LIBRARIES consisted of 1,243 books in 43 collections, almost double the number issued in 1946. According to teachers' records, the books circulated 3,874 times. In addition, 1,070 cir- culations were reported on 330 books borrowed in the fall of 1946, but not returned until early in 1947. With the exception of East Fairhaven School which is still making good use of the school library deposit, collections were issued during the fall to every teacher from grades one to seven. These are replacing, for the present, the former library deposit at the Oxford School, and somewhat the same condition exists at the Anthony School although the books have not been withdrawn to date.
CONFERENCES of library interest, both state and local, were at- tended by the librarian and staff members when time permitted. The value of these in learning of new library developments is inestimable. We make contributions, too. Miss Steele was elected Vice-President of the Old Dartmouth Library Club in
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June; the librarian gave a talk on "Publicity" at the Cape Cod Library Club meeting in September.
COSTS! Sky-high!
Results - Less purchasing power; Books up approximately 35%; Binding almost 100%; Printing costs, the least said the better; All supplies on the up and UP. (We could quote dozens of examples!)
So-0-0-0-0!
Repairs
Supplies
Printing:
Fewer books bought; Book bulletins not yet resumed.
Magazines
Salaries 7
35% +
Double! Suipuig
an Books
+4:17 jang
Needed reno- vations . post- poned; Spe- cial services we'd like to give cut to the bone.
Needs - More money to maintain the reputation long held by The Millicent Library as one of the outstanding small libraries of the Commonwealth. This reputation shouldn't be lost.
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CROWDED SHELVES. The children's Room is bulging. We have resorted to temporary shelves made from classroom library collection boxes. What more need be said!
D DISCARDED BOOKS numbered 1,332. This large number, of which 962 were adult fiction, was due to a thorough weeding of fiction shelves from which worn and many outdated books were removed.
DUPLICATE PAY COLLECTION maintained for your convenience, was increased by 81 books while 89 were withdrawn. The cost of those added exceeded by $32.67 the amount earned on those withdrawn.
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EXHIBITS. Attractive ones, seasonal and on special sub- jects, have been arranged by the staff. They have created interest and have resulted in circulation.
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In the display case, attracting attention were two collections, one miniature animals of all kinds, loaned by Miss Gladys E. Maxfield; and, unusual and beautiful shells loaned by Mrs. Theodore T. Agnalt.
F FICTION, up-to-date, but we could buy more copies, if we had the money.
FIFTY-FIVE YEARS of service, a record of which to be proud. The Millicent Library was opened February 1, 1893.
FIRE DETECTION SYSTEM, completed in November, was installed by the Gamewell Company. In case of a fire, which we hope won't occur, the signal will sound almost immediately in the Fire Department, even if nobody were in the library at the time. It's 24-hour protection.
G GIFTS: Autograph of President Truman, from Mrs. Aubrey Cartwright.
A prized newspaper - the New York Herald of April 15, 1865 - with account of the assassination of President Lincoln, and,
Pictures of the 100th anniversary of Fairhaven, from Miss Anna B. Trowbridge.
A diary of travel in 1881, from Mrs. Eva R. Carleton.
A collection of back issues of the National Geographic Magazine from the Hand estate, through the courtesy of Miss Ethel Wood. Books - A goodly number of 107 from publishers and from some of our friends and patrons, all of which are recorded in our records. One especially, "Old-Time Fairhaven," donated by the author, Mr. Charles A. Harris, we prize highly for its reference value.
H HOURS OF OPENING, beginning January 1, 1947:
Monday - Wednesday - Friday, 9 A.M. - 9 P.M. Tuesday - Thursday - Saturday, 9 A.M. - 6 P.M.
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INTERLIBRARY LOAN. Through the courtesy of other libraries, we are able to borrow and have filled during the past year a considerable number of requests for books which could not be supplied from our own collection.
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J JUVENILE WORK is one of our strong services. During the summer months, in a playful mood, Peter Penguin and many little penguins frolicked around the library, much to the delight of the mostly under-teen-age boys and girls, who read 764 books and reported orally on them. In interest, 2nd graders held first place, followed by the 5th. The 3rd and 4th tied, followed by the 6th and 7th. The Reading Club served a wide range of ages.
An average of 110 children attended each of the ten Story Hours held on Wednesday mornings while school was closed. There was a special Book Week Story Hour with the 110 average maintained, and a cozy group of 30 on the morning of December 20th to hear Christmas stories. Aside from our own staff, who told stories, were also Mrs. Harold B. Dutton, Mrs. Harold E. Kerwin, Mrs. Norma C. McGee of the Dairy Council of New Bedford, Miss Beatrice Mosgrove, Mrs. J. Milton Rex, and Mrs. Clifford A. Shaw.
We find satisfaction in this work. These boys and girls are potential adult readers. We can't do too much for them.
K KING'S DAUGHTERS HOME was sent an initial collection of books in March and a change in August, totaling 140 books loaned. The deposit at OUR LADY'S HAVEN is still maintained and was changed once during the year.
"KNOWELDGE IS POWER." It's the key to many problems, and the library is a good place in which to find it, as we recall the words of Alexander Pope:
"A little learning is a dangerous thing; Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring."
L LESSONS on "How to use the library" were given to all 7th graders, from April 10-18. We lengthened one lesson and eliminated one, but covered the same material in fifteen lessons for the five groups.
M MAGAZINES, numbering 135 titles, were received cur- rently, and are available for 7-day circulation. Thou- sands of old ones are in the storage file, available for reference and research.
MAP. A street directory of Bristol County, in map form, was purchased and hangs in the Reading Room, where it has proved popular.
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MEETINGS. After a preliminary conference with the school prin- cipals on September 15th, a series of meetings were held in October and December, at which teachers met at the library and discussed with the librarian problems concerning school work. These were intended to better acquaint the teachers with the library's resources and to find ways and means by which we could, with limited income, improve the service. Good suggestions resulted and are being put into action.
MENDING presents a problem. Wear and tear is inevitable, but careless handling of books is discouraging and there is a con- siderable amount of it. However, Mrs. Griffin has become an expert in giving the "new look" to shabby books.
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