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PLEASANT STREET SEWER
ARTICLE 72. Voted unanimously to appropriate the sum of $1,000. to install a sewer in Pleasant Street north from Church Street present terminus, the Sewer and Water Commissioners to build the sewers by day labor. 1,000.00
BY-LAWS
ARTICLE 73. Unanimously voted to amend By-Laws, relative to Town Meetings, as follows: Under Town Meetings, Section 2, line 5, to read : eight weeks, instead of four.
Meeting adjourned to March 18, 1950 at 2:00 P.M.
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MARCH 18, 1950 Adjourned from March 11, 1950
Present 145 Town Meeting members. Louis F. Boroski and Harold L. Hoxie were sworn in as tellers.
MILLICENT LIBRARY
ARTICLE 74. Unanimously voted to appropriate the sum of $11,716. for the support of the Millicent Library. 11,716.00
BLEACHERS - HIGH SCHOOL STADIUM
ARTICLE 75. Voted that this article be indefinitely postponed. 66 in favor of postponement; 49 against.
REPORT OF SCHOOL BUILDING COMMITTEE
ARTICLE 76. Unanimous vote that report be accepted and placed on file.
SCHOOL BUILDING COMMITTEE
ARTICLE 77. Unanimously voted adoption of the article.
SCHOOL BUILDING COMMITTEE
ARTICLE 78. Unanimously voted adoption of the article.
DEBT LIMIT
ARTICLE 79. Unanimously voted to authorize the Board of Selectmen to borrow outside the debt limit in the amount of $700,000. for the purpose of con- structing and equipping additional building facilities for the Fairhaven school system.
SCHOOL ADDITIONS - ROGERS, OXFORD AND EAST FAIRHAVEN
ARTICLE 80. Unanimously voted postponement of this article until next Special or Annual Town Meeting.
NEW SCHOOL ADDITIONS
ARTICLE 81. Unanimous vote with one exception to appro- priate $23,000. for use of School Building Com- mittee to engage an architect and construct and equip new school additions.
PURCHASE OF LAND (E. FAIRHAVEN SCHOOL) ARTICLE 82. Voted indefinite postponement of this article.
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CLOSING OF CERTAIN STREETS
ARTICLE 83. Unanimously voted postponement of action on this article until next Special or Annual Town Meeting.
INSTALLATION OF LIGHTS - ANTHONY AND ROGERS SCHOOLS
ARTICLE 84. Unanimously voted to appropriate the sum of $4200. for suitable lights at the Rogers and Anthony Schools.
4,200.00
REPORT OF SEWAGE DISPOSAL COMMITTEE ARTICLE 85. Unanimously voted to hear report of the Sewage Disposal Committee. Unanimous vote to lay remainder of article on the table.
FEDERAL AID - Sewer and Water System ARTICLE 86. Voted unanimously to lay article on the table.
NEW SEWERAGE SYSTEM - Plans & Specifications ARTICLE 87. Voted unanimously that article be laid on the table.
NEW SEWERAGE SYSTEM - Approval ARTICLE 88. Voted unanimously that article be laid on the table.
ENGINEERING SERVICES - New Sewerage System ARTICLE 89. Unanimously voted to appropriate the sum of $50,000 for engineering services for new sewerage system; said amount to be taken from the Tax Levy of 1950. $50,000.00
BORROWING MONEY - New Sewer System
ARTICLE 90. Voted unanimously that the Selectmen be in- structed to enter a petition in the General Court to authorize the Town to borrow $1,000,000.00.
INCORPORATION
ARTICLE 91. Unanimously voted to request permission to in- corporate Sewage Disposal Committee and Board of Sewer and Water Commissioners for the con- struction of the new system.
SMALL CLAIMS
ARTICLE 92. Unanimously voted to appropriate the sum of $500. for settlement of Small Claims.
500.00
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UNEXPENDED BALANCES TO REVENUE
ARTICLE 93. Unanimously voted to transfer Unexpended Balances to Revenue. 1,537.00
TOWN HALL REPAIRS
ARTICLE 94. Voted that article be laid on the table.
COMMITTEES
ARTICLE 95. No Reports.
COMMITTEES
ARTICLE 96. Voted to adjourn. 3:30 P.M.
TOTAL APPROPRIATIONS $1,064,644.08
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Special Town Meeting OCTOBER 5, 1950
The meeting was called to order by the moderator at 7:45 P.M. with 159 town meeting members present. Lawrence B. Maxfield and Fred A. Hubbard were sworn in as tellers prior to action on Article 8.
ADDITIONS TO SCHOOLS
ARTICLE 1. It was moved and seconded that before action be taken the town meeting hear the progress report relative to the article.
Moved and seconded that the progress report be received and placed on file.
Unanimously voted, with exception of 4 votes, that action on the article be indefinitely postponed.
SCHOOL BOILERS
ARTICLE 2. Unanimously voted that the town transfer the sum of $11,500 from E.&D. for new boilers at the Rogers School. $11,500.00
SETTLEMENT OF CLAIMS
ARTICLE 3. Unanimously voted that the sum of $2,700 be transferred from E.&D. account for settlement of claims. 2,700.00
AMENDMENTS TO THE ZONING MAP
ARTICLE 4. (a) Northeast intersection of Bridge Street and Huttleston Ave. northerly 460 feet more or less.
Unanimously voted to re-zone from residence to business.
(b) Alden Road at the termination of Coggeshall Street.
Unanimously voted to re-zone from residence to business.
(c) Easterly side of Park St. from north line of Deane Sreet to south line of Morton Street. Unanimously voted to postpone action on the article until the next annual town meeting.
(d) Washington Street, north side, 340 ft. more or less west of the west line of Akin Street. Unanimously voted in opposition to section d.
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(e) North side of Washington St. easterly from the easterly line of Narragansett Boulevard, 260 feet more or less. Unanimously voted adoption of section e.
(f) North side of Washington Street 485 feet more or less easterly of the east line of Nar- ragansett Boulevard. Unanimously voted to reject the section.
(g) Southeasterly side of Manhattan Ave. begin- ning at the westerly intersection of Man- hattan Ave. and Bay View St. Unanimously voted in favor of section g.
(h) Easterly side of Huttleston Ave. to include property at the northwesterly intersecion of Huttleston Avenue and Spring Street. Voted in opposition to section h.
(i) Sconticut Neck Road between Raymond St. and Bernese St. Unanimously voted that this section be adopted.
(j) Automobile Repair Shops. Unanimously voted to adopt section j.
(k) Highland St., Harvard St., Manhattan Avenue. Voted in opposition to section k.
SEWAGE DISPOSAL
ARTICLE 5. Unanimously voted to disapprove the article. SEWAGE DISPOSAL CONSTRUCTION
ARTICLE 6. Unanimously voted indefinite postponement.
LAND TAKING
ARTICLE 7. Unanimously voted to lay on the table petition of the Sewer and Water Commissioners that Selectmen be authorized to secure the necessary easements and buy or take by right of eminent domain such properties as recommended by the engineers, Fay, Spofford & Thorndike.
ABSENTEE VOTING
ARTICLE 8. Motion made and seconded to accept Section 103A of Chapter 54 of the General Laws regard- ing absentee voting in town elections. Article lost, 66 opposed, 57 in favor.
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SCONTICUT NECK ROAD
ARTICLE 9. Acceptance of Sconticut Neck Road as a 50-foot way. Owing to several technicalities which have to be corrected, it was voted that article be in- definitely postponed. Voted to adjourn at 9:28 P.M. Voted to be transferred from Excess and Deficiency $14,200.00
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1950 TOWN MEETING MEMBERS AT LARGE
31 Members
Assessor Birtwistle, Christopher J. 122 Pleasant St.
Mod. Briggs, Stuart M. 45 William St.
Rep. Brown, F. Eben
314 Main St.
Pl. Bd. Candage, Herbert L. 228 Green St.
Pl. Bd.
Dugdale, Charles R.
288 Washington St.
Pl. Bd.
Duval, Arsene G.
348 Main St.
Sch. Comm. Haydon, Waldo E.
43 Hedge St.
Tr. War. - Jarvis, John
134 Bridge St.
Sel. Kerwin, Harold E.
31 Fort St.
Sel.
Knowlton, Charles W.
30 Elm Ave.
Sch. Comm.
Macomber, Harold S., Jr.
14 Cooke St.
Sch. Comm.
Maguire, Clarence E.
39 E. Wilding St.
Sew. Comm. Maxfield, Lawrence B.
91 Bridge St.
T. Coll. - - - McDermott, Thomas J.
25 Oak St.
Pk. Comm. - Mello, Joseph G.
194 Huttleston Ave.
Sew. Comm. Moore, Edith M.
178 Adams St.
T. Cl. & Tr. O'Leary, Michael J.
41 Christian St.
Pl. Bd. - - - Parkinson, James
32 Linden Ave.
Pk. Comm - Potter, Mabel L.
409 Sconticut Neck Rd.
Sew. Comm. Reilly, John M.
55 Massasoit Ave.
Sch. Comm. Rogers, John S., Jr.
120 Washington St.
Bd. Health - Silveira, Filbert A., Jr.
235 Green St.
Sel. - Silveira, Walter
248 Green St.
Fin. Comm. Stanton, Albert E.
141 New Boston Rd.
Pl. Bd. Steele, George A.
30 Huttleston Ave.
Pl. Bd. Tallman, William
28 Fort St.
Assessor - Terry, Clarence A.
8 Middle St.
Bd. Htalth - Thompson, Charles E. P.
65 Center St.
28 Spring St.
Sew. Comm. Valentine, G. Winston Assessor - - Vincens, Susan B. Pl. Bd. - - Vining, Kenneth Rogers
7 Middle St.
41 Fort St.
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51 Town Meeting Members - Precinct One For Three Years
Bachman, George
56 Thompson St.
Bennett, Kenneth E.
53 Church St.
Darwin, Hans A.
65 Main St.
Foster, Rufus W.
7 Fort St.
Hanlon, James J.
33 Green St.
Hayward, Frederick A.
7 Green St.
Hirschmann, Jack B.
9 Main St.
Jones, J. Edwin
87 Laurel St.
Mowat, Eliot R.
62 Church St.
Noyer, Marie W.
97 Fort St.
O'Leary, Arthur L., Jr.
3 Fort St.
Pierce, Warren G.
37 Laurel St.
Pope, Harry L.
16 Fort St.
Thompson, Warren C.
71 Green St.
Vailleux, Louis A., Jr.
30 Main St.
Whittier, Cecil H., Secretary
50 Church St.
Whittier, Elizabeth W.
50 Church St.
For Two Years
Baylies, Wallace B.
26 Laurel St.
Benson, Colby H., Jr.
89 Fort St.
Braley, Eli G.
38 Pleasant St.
Buckley, James B.
51 Green St.
Campbell, Elwyn G.
84 Laurel St.
Canedy, Maurice C.
69 Laurel St.
Downing, Chester M.
78 Chestnut St.
Drake, Bradley F.
18 Cottage St.
Gifford, A. Russell
35 Main St.
Hoxie, Harold L.
50 Green St.
Hubbard, Fred A.
38 Cedar St.
Monk, Audell W., Jr.
25 Green St.
Morton, Linnaeus W.
66 Laurel St.
Paull, Alton B.
39 Union St.
Radcliffe, Elmer M.
90 Laurel St.
For One Year
Ames, George B. Benson, Colby H.
Burgess, Ellsworth M.
9 Fort St. 89 Fort St. 12 Middle St.
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Eldredge, Wendell T.
118 Pleasant St.
Gidley, Philip T., Chairman
73 Green St.
Clark, Earl E.
46 Church St.
Copeland, Howard M.
18 Maple Ave.
Cornell, George H.
26 Laurel St.
Doran, Willis H.
61 Laurel St.
Howard, George F.
25 Laurel St.
Keith, Frederick A., Jr.
89 Green St.
Knox, Arthur R.
40 Green St.
Mitchell, Raymond M.
7 Middle St.
Nelson, Carl
48 Center St.
Simmons, Robert P.
35 Laurel St.
Smith, L. Edgar
15 Coe St.
Teixeira, Manuel T.
22 James St.
Terry, Clarence B.
22 Green St.
Whiton, Kenneth E.
8 Walnut St.
54 Town Meeting Members - Precinct Two For Three Years
Allen, Lillie B.
5 Lafayette St.
DeGraw, John B.
135 Green St.
Drew, Gardner M.
51 Elm Ave.
Dunwoodie, Richard H., Chair.
6 Elm Ave.
Gage, John A., Jr.
79 Pilgrim Ave.
Guy, Barney D.
19 Huttleston Ave.
Hayes, Daniel F.
29 Elm Ave.
Humphreys, John B.
35 Lafayette St.
Long, Gilbert E.
23 Francis St.
Luther, Bradford W.
131 Laurel St.
Matland, Rudolph B.
39 Elm Ave.
Perry, Edward E.
63 Larch Ave.
Reed, James, Jr.
34 Linden Ave.
Rex, J. Milton
52 Massasoit Ave.
Shumway, Orsman A.
78 Washington St.
Snedden, George A.
24 Larch Ave.
Spooner. Edward B.
133 Laurel St.
Webb, Mildred E., Secretary
149 Green St.
For Two Years
Besse, Eldred E.
36 Washington St.
Bold, Milton L.
24 Francis St.
Brenneke, Rudolf H.
169 Main St.
Delano, Milton K.
56 Walnut St.
Ellis, Leon C.
60 Elm Ave.
Fisher, Harold C.
184 Main St.
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Green, James O.
21 Francis St.
Greenfield, Albert
161 Main St.
Hillman, Elsie P.
49 Walnut St.
Johnson, Marguerite A.
179 Main St.
Marston, James H. C.
191 Main St.
Murray, Lauchlan W.
49 Walnut St.
Pierce, Harold U.
157 Chestnut St.
Ruby, Richard G.
53 Walnut St.
Slater, Bertha S.
145 No. Walnut St.
Walker, Joseph A.
144 Green St.
Wilde, Webster
26 Larch Ave.
For One Year
Baldwin, Edward G.
36 Spring St.
Barrett, Samuel C.
138 Alden Rd.
Brown, Pierce D.
35 Oxford St.
Dellecese, James A.
16 Ash St.
Dvorak, Charles
39 Huttleston Ave.
Eccleston, James
159 Green St.
Fryer, Everett T.
12 Christian St.
Hastings, Elizabeth
210 Main St.
Jepson, Frank A.
110 No. William St.
Jordan, Catherine H.
155 Main St.
Joseph, Charles
60 Linden Ave.
Marks, Tracy W.
163 Main St.
Russell, Clarence S.
22 Spring St.
Seaman, John H.
31 Lafayette St.
Stening, Roy V.
138 Main St.
Wingate, William H.
232 Green St.
Xavier, August H.
1 Bridge St.
54 Town Meeting Members - Precinct Three For Three Years
Andrews, Joseph, Jr.
71 Sycamore St. 8 Winsor St.
Borowicz, Walter J., Secretary
Cunha, Mary L.
54 Howland Rd.
Demanche, Joseph A.
37 Hawthorne St.
Demanche, Roger N.
37 Hawthorne St.
Duarte, Manuel
397 Main St.
Holmes, Richard
13 Howland Rd.
Krol, Frank J.
10 Newton St.
Marsh, Walter
15 Morgan St.
Marshall, Custodio J.
32 Coggeshall St.
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Medeiros, James J. Medeiros, Manuel
16 Morton St.
75 E. Winsor St.
Pacheco, Alfred J.
313 Main St.
Portway, Wilfred
46 Veranda Ave.
Raphael, Alfred
152 E. Coggeshall St.
Rezendes, Manuel
3 Hawthorne St.
Teixeira, Lester S.
Wolan, Theodore P.
55 Hedge St. 65 Harding Rd.
For Two Years
Avila, Frank
7 Magnolia Ave.
Begin, Joseph O.
42 Brown St.
Dana, Edith
200 Adams St.
Henshaw, James
11 Sycamore St. 7 Wood St.
Horrocks, Ernest C., Jr., Chair.
Lawton, Charles H.
86 E. Morgan St.
Meal, Lewis
22 Taber St.
Medeiros, Manuel
22 Hawthorne St.
Messier, Roger J.
13 Hedge St.
Olivera, Joseph J.
75 E. Morgan St.
Rimmer, Harold
32 Alpine Ave. 16 Deane St.
Stevens, Albert M.
373 Alden Rd.
Sutcliffe, Joseph, Jr.
241 Adams St.
Talyor, James B.
114 E. Morgan St.
Tripanier, Alfred J.
28 Morton St.
Tripanier, Alfred, Jr.
8 Winsor St.
Whitworth, Percy
34 Kendrick Ave.
For One Year
Bastien, Norman C.
58 Howland St.
Clunie, Robert M.
1 Burgess Ave.
Dupont, Oscar A.
129 Sycamore St.
Dupuis, Oscar L.
2 Dover St.
Hennessy, John F.
223 Adams St.
Joaquim, John J.
30 Garrison St.
Medeiros, Antone Montplaisir, Eddie H.
315 Main St.
Norris, Robert R.
25 Garrison St.
Perry, August
13 Morgan St.
Richard, Raymond
28 Dover St.
Robinson, Lawrence V.
5 W. Wilding St.
Rogers, John
225 Main St.
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318 Alden Rd.
Rose, Edward F.
Rogers, William Torres, Jose R. Tripanier, Ernest Urquiola, Cecilia M.
Urquiola, Jose V.
253 Main St. 3441/2 Main St. 374 Main St. 39 Wilding St. 39 Wilding St.
51 Town Meeting Members - Precinct Four For Three Years
Austin, Reuben A.
544 Washington St.
Belcher, Clifford L.
Box 137 Bernice St.
Brennan, William C.
74 Raymond St.
Brown, Frank S.
205 Sconticut Neck Rd.
Chartier, George J.
2 Bay View Ave.
Costa, Frank J.
137 Bridge St.
Darling, Arthur W.
212 Washington St.
Fisher, Milton O.
105 Pleasant St.
Howard, William E.
5 Mill Rd.
LeBlanc, Charles I.
6 Bay View Ave.
Machado, Frank G.
479 Sconticut Neck Rd.
Martin, Arthur J.
156 Sconticut Neck Rd.
Mckenzie, Joseph H.
346 Sconticut Neck Rd.
Perry, Frank E.
32 Bryant Lane
Pifko, Alexander
20 Bay View Ave.
Van der Pol, Marinus
757 Washington St.
White, William
18 Bay St.
For Two Years
Agnault, Theodore T.
399 Washington St.
Boroski, Louis T., Chairman
141 Pleasant St.
Blossom, Lewis F.
565 Washington St.
Burnham, Leonard A.
15 Perry St.
Cory, Bertha S.
5 Weeden Rd.
Cory, Clarence M.
5 Weeden Rd.
Delano, Allerton T.
453 Washington St.
Ewing, Frederick F.
261 New Boston Rd.
Gaspar, Germano
54 Sconticut Neck Rd.
Green, James E.
396 Sconticut Neck Rd.
Howard, Henry T.
267 New Boston Rd.
Maxfield, Charles A., Jr.
68 Akin St.
Morse, Raymond A.
62 Narragansett Blvd.
Ohnesorge, Walter
276 Washington St.
Perry, Frank
32 E. Allen St.
Pifko, Paul A.
20 Bay View Ave.
Thatcher, Charles P.
38 Rotch St.
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For One Year
Bradley, Richard H.
456 Washington St.
Bridges, Harry D., Jr.
295 Sconticut Neck Rd.
Bryant, Victor A.
41 Rotch St.
Couture, Noel B.
194 New Boston Rd.
Darling, Edgar William
25 Bay View Ave.
Darling, Edgar Winfred
212 Washington St.
Gifford, Harold A.
26 Bay View Ave.
Gonsalves, Albert M.
145 Washington St.
Govoni, Carl J.
140 Sconticut Neck Rd.
Hathaway, Malcolm R.
231 Sconticut Neck Rd.
Lomax, Irving B.
394 Sconticut Neck Rd.
Mckenzie, Elmira D.
346 Sconticut Neck Rd. 17 Elizabeth St.
Radcliffe, Charles, Jr.
Richmond, Dorothy M.
362 Sconticut Neck Rd.
Rogers, Harry
99 Bridge St.
Sherman, Charles F.
70 Raymond St.
Wyss, Robert C.
237 Sconticut Neck Rd.
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For the 3-year registration period, this figure changed slightly, as follows:
For the adult borrowers, the men numbered 37.7%, the women 62.3%. For the juvenile patrons, boys totalled 42.2%, girls 57.8% The juvenile readers increased 23.1% over 1949
141 patrons (36.9% adult, 63.1% juvenile and 5.1% of the total) hold cards from the Oxford Branch. There are 251 non-resident borrowers, and 2,374 others.
Borrow the Books your Library Buys
There was a slight increase in non-fiction reading interest in both the adult and juvenile departments, but the youngsters showed the strongest preference by reading 404 more books of this kind than last year.
The circulation was a little- just a little- less than last year, 3,144 to be exact. The reason- probably tele- vision,-or at least that's what many librarians are thinking. We've had patrons tell us that since they in- stalled their television sets, they haven't had time for reading. When the newness wears off, we look for book borrowing to increase again.
Dollars for you
DOLLARS SAVED ARE DOLLARS EARNED BY THOSE WHO SHARE IN THE BORROWING
19679. BOOKS BORR
How to live
Bibliography
Magazines
Biography
Science
Travel
useful
arts
416
405
260
232
History
Fine Arts
993
955
World!
about
14,733
Fiction
BY CHILDREN
FIC FICI JUT
ADULTS TOOK HOME
RELIGION
382
1322
5162
ONE ARTS.
TRAVEL
OSEFUL ARTS
1480
33
1788
1656
62,897 Books Borrowed
As a reminder to you, when days slip by too fast, we mail overdue notices (1,587 in 1950).
We sent or phoned 297 notices of reserved books especially asked for by patrons, 71 being requests for the 70 books on the Book-of-the-week display.
We issued 63 duplicate lost cards and recorded 430 books returned without card.
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BIOGRAPHY 43,218
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4.48
PERIODICALS:
1994
1687
749
9
884
Religion
Little readers
How far do we reach !
The Cover Map Gives a Clue YOU'RE RIGHT! YOU'VE GUESSED IT! The Black Dots Show the Location of Places Serviced by The Library AND HOW !
IN THE SCHOOLS
A basic collection of 1,508 used only for school collections. 70 titles added in 1950 from our brand spandy new stock.
Issued
75 Classroom Libraries - A turnover of 2,495 books- A recorded circulation of 6,937 in 1950, plus 3,954 from books issued late in 1949, and returned during 1950
Anthony School 16 collections (597 books) reported 2,519 books circulated
Rogers School 21 ..
(652 )
1,705 6€
Tripp School 14
(501
)
66
1,282 66
Oxford School 18 66 (549
66
)
1,205 66
East Fairhaven 5
(149 66
)
226 66
(This school was serviced with a school deposit, January to June, with classroom libraries from September to December)
Junior High School 1 collection (50 books) with no report.
SPECIAL INSTRUCTION TO SEVENTH GRADERS
In April, seventh graders came from the various schools for instruction on
HOW TO USE THE LIBRARY
Each class spent approximately five hours in receiving practical instruction and in doing problems in the library stacks, and at the catalog.
Elsewhere Around Town
King's Daughters Home. Serviced with 78 books Our Lady's Haven Serviced with 80 books
201
Where will we put them next year?
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Library
Story
Hour
Bus
0
1950
WE THOUGHT we had reached capacity in 1949- BUT WE WERE WRONG! We broke the Story Hour attendance record again. THE AUDIENCE NUMBERED 1989 IN 10 WEEKS
Lacking but one on the total, there was an average of 199 each Wednesday morning during the summer.
Via the school bus, arranged for by the library, they came 683 strong from the East and Sconticut Neck areas, with another 439 from the north section. From other sections of town, nearer to the library came 867 youngsters.
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