Town annual reports of Acton, Massachusetts 1916-1920, Part 24

Author: Acton (Mass.)
Publication date: 1916
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WILLIAM H. KINGSLEY, Superintendent of Streets.


Scarify &


Roads


Mls. Scraping


Gravel Patching


Oiling Reshape Drag. Culvts.


Totals


Balance of roads ....


51.0


$841.20


$948.40


$30.00


$279.50| $47.00


$2,146.10


Cemetery


1.0


71.00


$477.50


21.50


13.00


583.00


Concord to So. Acton


2.5


33.00


20.00


88.56


355.00


48.00


10.00


554.56


Lowell from S. Acton


6.7


217.50


32.00


607.90


3,003.68 $156.00


187.00


4,204.08


Maynard .


1.0


59.00


41.06


11.00


111.06


Powder Mill


0.5


25.00


31.00


30.00


200.00


22.00


308.00


S. Acton to W. Acton


1.8


118.00


487.10


196.53


817.56


103.00


41.50


88.17


1,851.86


W. Acton-Stow ....


1.6


44.00


16.00


27.00


87.00


W. Acton-Littleton


1.3


63.80


96.10


28.00


22.00


209.90


W. Acton to Stow


1.0


49.00


7.00


189.00


20.00


16.00


281.00


Total cost


68.4 $1,450.50 $1,165.60 $1,030.99 $5,042.74 $259.00 $715.56 $672.17 $10,336.56


Average cost per mile


21.20


17.04


76.37


389.83


30.47


10.46


154.34


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ASSESSORS' REPORT, 1920


Buildings, exclusive of land


. $1,254,955.00


Land, exclusive of buildings


553,500.00


Personal estate


605,730.00


Total valuation


$2,414,185.00


Valuation April 1, 1919


2,151,072.00


Increase in valuation


$263,113.00


Rate of taxation, $15.70. TAX ASSESSED AS FOLLOWS :


Real estate $28,393.64


Personal estate


9,510.35


Polls


2,965.00


$40,868.99


Received from state, account intangible


personal


7,482.11


$48,351.10


816.32


Moth tax AMOUNT OF MONEY RAISED


For State tax


$7,140.00


State highway tax


1,573.20


County tax


3,128.44


Town grant


32,600.00


Overlay .


1,793.86


Special state tax


336.60


Special state poll tax ($3.00 each poll)


1,779.00


$48,351.10


ALBERT P. DURKEE, WARREN H. JONES, HENRY L. HAYNES.


REPORT OF THE OVERSEERS OF THE POOR


The overseers of the poor submit the following report for the year ending December 31, 1920 :


By vote of the town, March 1, 1920, the town home and personal property was sold by auction, April 26, 1920, and brought what was considered a good price, and a boarding place found for the inmate.


Miss Martha Oliver, the last of the Oliver sisters, passed away September 27, 1920, having splendid care to the last by Mrs. J. Mac- Donald. The town should feel glad that it was made possible for these two splendid old ladies to spend their last days in their old


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home. The household goods were sold at auction and the net proceeds turned over to the town treasurer.


By the death of a man whom we have had to care for the last year and no cases of temporary aids at the present time, there is but one name on the books and he is supported in full by the town. This is the least number receiving aid for a great many years, there being forty-six in 1916.


For financial report, see town accountant's report.


WILLIAM H. KINGSLEY, CHARLES J. HOLTON, WARREN H. JONES, Overseers of the Poor.


COLLECTOR'S . REPORT.


1919 Taxes.


Uncollected January 1, 1920


$5,043.57


Uncollected excise tax for 1919 57.05


Interest collected 162.09


$5,262.71


Paid treasurer


$4,530.45


Abatement


44.46


$4,574.91


Uncollected January 1, 1921


$630.75


Uncollected excise tax, 1919


57.05


$5,262.71


1920 Taxes.


Town, state and county taxes, commited to col-


lector October 1, 1920 $48,351.10


Less amount returned from state, account in-


tangible personal


7,482.11


$40,868.99


Moth tax, .


816.32


Interest collected


12.65


$41,697.96


Paid treasurer $35,328 67


51.46


Uncollected January 1, 1920


$6,317.83


Cr.


Abatement


$35,380.13


$6,317.83


HENRY L. HAYNES, Collector.


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REPORT OF MEAT INSPECTOR


Acton, Mass., January 1, 1921.


To the Honorable Board of Health :


Gentlemen-I herewith submit my report of inspections of meat from April 20, 1920, to January 1, 1921 :


Cattle


80


Condemned 6


Veal


1394


Condemned 105


Hogs


74


Condemned 2


1548


ALBERT P. DURKEE, Inspector of Slaughtering.


CATTLE INSPECTOR'S REPORT FOR YEAR 1920


I hereby submit the following report :


Inspected 531 dairy cows ; 176 young cattle ; 21 bulls ; 153 swine ; 32 sheep.


Quarantined in the year five head which were affected with tub- erculosis and taken by the State.


FRED S. WHITCOMB, Inspector.


REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH


The board of health submits the following report for the year ending December 31st, 1920:


Burial permits issued in Acton


25


Burial permits of non-residents 19


List of contagious diseases reported by the board of health, Jan- uary 1st, 1920, to December 31st, 1920 :


Chicken pox


2 Measles 127


Diphtheria


1 Scarlet fever 3


Whooping cough


6 Mumps 2


Influenza


29 Antiror poleomyelitis 1


(Deaths, none)


Your board would recommend that $1,000 be appropriated for use of the board for the present year.


Respectfully submitted,


ACTON BOARD OF HEALTH, By C. A. Dudley, Agent.


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REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE GOODNOW FUND


For the Year Ending December 31, 1920 Investments


Warren Institution for Savings, Book 83531 .. $1,187.46


Charlestown Five Cent Savings Bank, Book 71200 1,000.00


City Institution for Savings, Lowell, Book 1,000.00


84244


$3,187.46


Receipts


Warren Institution for Savings, dividend $50.70


Charlestown Five Cent Savings Bank, divi-


dends


50.00


City Institution for Savings, dividends 50.00


$150.70


Payments Paid H. F. Robbins, care of Goodnow lot, Woodlawn cemetery $7.00


Unused income for care of cemetery lot, depo- sited with Warren Institution for Savings 13.70 Paid to H. F. Robbins, treasurer of Evangeli- cal Congregational church in Acton 25.00


Paid to Ella L. Miller, treasurer of the Evan- gelical Congregational church in Acton .. 105.00


$150.70


LUTHER CONANT, I. WARREN FLAGG, HORACE F. TUTTLE, Trustees of Goodnow Fund.


REPORT OF THE CEMETERY COMMISSIONERS.


For the Year Ending December 31, 1920.


We present the following schedule showing the amounts of the several funds for the perpetual care of cemetery lots and the income and expenditures on account of each fund for the year. FRED W. GREEN HORACE F. TUTTLE Cemetery Commissioners


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CEMETERY FUNDS FOR CARE OF LOTS


WOODLAWN CEMETERY


No. Name of Fund.


Amount Deposited


On hand Jan. 1 1920


Income


On hand Exp'n'd Dec. 31, 1920


1 Hepsabeth Piper


$50.00


$53.25


$1.75


$1.00


$54.00


2


Frederick Rouillard


100.00


102.15


3.50


2.00


103.65


3


William W. Davis


100.00


101.50


3.50


3.00


102.00


4


Jedediah Tuttle


50.00


50.25


1.75


1.50


50.50


5


Mary Skinner


100.00


210.32


7.00


4.00


213.32


6


Nancy K. Hadley


500.00


569.80


17.50


17.28


570.02


7


Mary Severance


100.00


104.50


3.50


3.00


105.00


8


Mary A. Chaffin


100.00


103.25


3.50


2.00


104.75


9


Warren Robbins


100.00


108.00


3.50


2.00


109.50


10


Henry Loker


100.00


103.04


3.50


3.00


103.54


11


Henry Lothrop


200.00


204.82


7.00


3.00


208.82


12


Luther W. Piper


100.00


103.59


3.50


2.00


105.09


13


James Temple


100.00


105.00


3.50


3.00


105.50


14


Fidelia Wheeler


100.00


103.07


3.50


3.00


103.57


15


William H. Chapman


100.00


103.50


3.50


2.00


105.00


16


Mary A. Robbins


100.00


103.50


3.50


3.00


104.00


17


Daniel Wetherbee


100.00


103.35


3.50


3.50


103.35


18


James Tuttle


100.00


102.38


3.50


4.00


101.88


19


Julia Morrison


75.00


75.48


2.63


1.50


76.61


20


Elbridge J. Robbins


100.00


104.00


3.50


3.00


104.50


21


William Jennings


100.00


105.00


3.50


3.00


105.50


22


Adeline Weston Blood


100.00


107.61


3.50


6.00


105.11


23


Irving V. Whitcomb


100.00


101.70


3.50


2.00


103.20


24


John Fletcher


100.00


101.83


3.50


3.00


102.33


25


W. E. Faulkner


75.00


76.66


2.63


2.00


77.29


25


Amanda M. Barnard


100.00


102.97


3.50


2.00


104.47


27


George T. Ames


100.00


102.42


3.50


3.78


102.14


28


Horace Tuttle


100.00


104.59


3.50


3.00


105.09


29


Samuel Jones


50.00


50.72


1.75


1.50


50.97


30


Francis Hosmer


150.00


162.97


5.25


3.00


165.22


31


Mary E. Robbins


100.00


102.97


3.50


3.00


103.47


32


Luther & Augustine Conant


500.00


543.27


17.50


15.00


545.77


32


Hannah D. Robbins


50.00


50.67


1.75


1.00


51.42


34


Elisha H. Cutler


100.00


104.00


3.50


3.00


104.50


35


Nathaniel Jones


50.00


51.50


1.75


1.50


51.75


36


Solomon Smith


75.00


76.77


2.63


2.00


77.40


37


Gaius W. Allen


100.00


103.57


3.50


2.00


105.07


38


Varnum & Francis Tuttle


250.00


258.94


8.75


8.00


259.69


89


Aaron Fletcher


100.00


103.15


3.50


3.00


103.65


40


Mary A. Harrington


200.00


212.45


7.00


5.00


214.45


41


Elnathan Jones


100.00


103.20


3.50


3.00


103.70


42


Nathan Chaffin


100.00


104.67


3.50


3.00


105.17


43


Jonathan W. Loker


100.00


103.96


3.50


3.00


104.46


44


Rev. James T. Woodbury


100.00


117.16


3.50


1.00


119.66


45


Henry M. Smith


75.00


77.09


2.63


2.00


77.72


46


Julian Tuttle


100.00


98.50


3.50


2.00


100.00


47


James E. Harris


50.00


52.23


1.75


1.00


52.98


48


Francis Conant


100.00


102.76


3.50


2.00


104.26


49


Elbridge G. Parker


100.00


104.18


3.50


3.00


104.68


50


Lemuel & Augusta Dole


100.00


102.85


3.50


3.00


103.35


51


Edwin Fletcher


50.00


51.13


1.75


2.00


50.88


52


Nancy, Raymond


& Joseph


[Estabrook 100.00


102.22


3.50


3.00


101.72


53


Edward Tuttle


100.00


102.50


3.50


3.00


103.00)


54


Abram A. Jones


100.00


100.64


3.50


3.00


101.14


55


Joseph A. Whitcomb


100.00


107.33


3.50


2.50


108.33


56


Isaac T. Flagg


100.00


103.54


3.50


3.00


104.04


57


Jonas K. Putney


150.00


161.71


5.25


4.00


162.96


58


Joseph Reed


50.00


53.15


1.75


2.50


52.40


59


Charlotte C. Flagg


100.00


102.10


3.50


2.00


103.60


60


Cyrus G. Dole


100.00


104.37


3.50


3.00


104.87


61


Daniel Fletcher


100.00


103.42


3.50


3.00


103.92


62


Asa Parker


100.00


103.43


3.50


3.00


103.93


63


William N. Wood


100.00


105.25


3.50


2.00


106.75


64


Leonard Bulette


100.00


103.20


3.50


3.00


103.70


65


Ruth Robbins


100.00


103.90


3.50


3.00


104.40


66


Henry T. Billings


100.00


101.83


3.50


2.00


103.33


67


Mary E. Lothrop


200.00


215.37


7.00


6.50


215.87


68


Lewis Wood, Jr.


100.00


106.53


3.50


3.00


107.03


69


George Conant


100.00


110.16


3.50


·2.00


111.66


51


70 Zoeth Taylor


50.00


52.48


1.75


1.00


53.23


71


Herbert S. Lane


100.00


103.08


3.50


4.00


102.58


72


George H. Harris


100.00


116.40


3.50


2.00


117.90


73


Mary W. Fletcher


100.00


101.53


3.50


2.00


103.03


74


John J. Lothrop


50.00


56.87


1.75


1.00


57.62


75


Franklin P. Wood


100.00


105.66


3.50


3.00


106.16


76


Israel H. Giles


100.00


102.29


3.50


3.00


102.79


78


Emma F. Blood


50.00


55.85


1.75


1.00


56.60


79


Daniel J. and E. E. Wetherbee


200.00


213.40


7.00


6.00


214.40


80


Francis Campbell


200.00


210.50


7.00


4.00


213.50


81


Harriet W. Palmer


100.00


104.70


3.50


3.00


105.20


82


Jason W. Livermore


50.00


52.85


1.75


2.00


52.60


83


Josiah Piper


75.00


77.05


2.63


2.00


77.68


84


William F. Wood


50.00


52.69


1.75


2.00


52.44


85


John White


100.00


102.37


3.50


3.00


102.87


86


Cyrus Hale


100.00


101.80


3.50


2.50


102.80


87


Robert Wayne


75.00


76.89


2.63


2.00


77.52


88


Daniel Tuttle


200.00


208.00


7.00


3.00


212.00


89


Edwin Tarbell


100.00


103.00


3.50


3.00


103.50


90


Elisha Comstock


100.00


108.50


3.50


1.00


111.00


91


Luke Tuttle


100.00


101.50


3.50


3.50


101.50


92


Moses Taylor


400.00


422.00


14.00


15.00


421.00


93


William D. Tuttle


100.00


102.30


3.50


2.00


103.80


94


Cyrus Pickard


100.00


102.37


3.50


2.00


103.87


95


J. E. Billings


100.00


101.50


3.50


2.00


103.00


96


Lorenzo A. Pratt


100.00


101.50


3.50


2.00


103.00


97


George R. Keyes


100.00


51.16


3.94


2.00


103.10


98


William Hosmer


50.00


51.01


1.75


1.00


51.76


99


Henry Barker


100.00


101.75


3.50


2.00


103.25


100


F. E. Parsons


200.00


202.90


7.00


4.00


205.90


101


Apr. 12-Joseph Truette


100.00


2.32


102.32


102


May 7-Lowell A. Jones


100.00


1.95


101.95


103


June 8-John Conant


100.00


1.75


101.75


104


July 1-Cyrus Hale


200.00


3.50


203.50


105


Aug. 2-George M. Pike


100.00


1.45


101.45


106


Aug. 21-Calvin Harris


100.00


1.16


101.16


107


Oct. 6-J. P. Snelling


100.00


.60


100.60


$12050.00


$11742. 64 $406.95


$306.56 $12693.03


NORTH CEMETERY


No.


Name of Fund.


Amount Deposited


On hand Jan. 1 1920


Income


On hand Exp'n'd Dec. 31, 1920


1


Samuel Temple


$50.00


$55.79


$1.75


$1.50


$56.04


2


Frances Hutchinson


50.00


53.54


1.75


1.50


53.79


3


Henrietta Anderson


50.00


53.04


1.75


1.50


53.29


4


Mary Hapgood


50.00


52.77


1.75


1.50


53.02


5


Jerusha Blood


200.00


241.25


7.00


1.50


246.75


$400.00


$456.39


$14.00


$7.50


$462.89


MT. HOPE CEMETERY


No.


Name of Fund.


Amount Deposited


On hand Jan. 1 1920


Income


On hand Exp'n'd Dec. 31, 1920


1


Eliza A. Whitcomb


$75.00


$79.99


$2.63


$2.50


$80.12


2


Phineas Wetherbee


1shFRK


39.40


4.00


2.50


40.90


3 Lizzie Hayward


100.00


124.85


3.50


2.75


125.60


4


Frank C. Hayward


500.00


509.33


17.50


17.50*


509.33


5


George C. Wright


100.00


139.90


3.50


3.25


140.15


6


George Crampton


100.00


113.40


3.50


3.25


113.65


7


Joel Wright


100.00


114.65


3.50


3.00


115.15


8


George S. Wright


100.00


115.40


3.50


2.75


116.15


9


George C. Wright (Davis Mem.)


50.00


80.30


1.75


82.05


10


B. H. and O. K. Patch


50.00


50.15


1.75


1.75


50.15


11


Howard E. Faulkner


150.00


185.80


5.25


4.00


187.05


12


J. Warren Hayward


50.00


50.15


1.75


1.85


50.05


13


Lewis B. Goodnow


100.00


112.15


3.50


3.00


112.65


14


Sarah A. Hutchins


100.00


115.66


3.50


3.00


116.16


15


F. D. Walcott


100.00


116.31


3.50


3.00


116.81


16


A. Louise Warren


and Simon [Hosmer 150.00


170.52


5.25


3.00


172.77


77


Joseph Barker


50.00


52.85


1.75


2.50


52.10


1920


52


17 John R. Houghton


100.00


114.12


3.50


3.25


114.37


18 William A. Cutler and Brad-


[ley


Stone 100.00


101.08


3.50


4.00


100.58


19


John Blanchard


100.00


117.58


3.50


7.50


113.58


20


Wheeler and Shattuck


50.00


50.00


1.75


1.75


50.00


21


George H. Decoster


100.00


107.00


3.50


6.00₸


104.50


22


Henderson Rowell


50.00


50.03


1.75


1 75


50.03


23


Luke Blanchard


500.00


712.50


36.05


748.55


24


L. Blanchard, S. Blanchardtomb


100.00


137.50


6.92


2.50


141.92


25


C. & L. Blanchard Memorial


.100.00


138.00


6.97


2.75


103.40


27


W. K. Davy


50.00


50.09


1.75


1.75


50.09


100.00


112.72


3.50


3.25


112.97


100.00


112.10


3.50


3.50


112.10


100.00


112.48


3.50


3.00


112.98


31


Benjamin F. Hapgood


100.00


111.23


3.50


3.50


111.23


32


Lucy A. (Wetherbee)


Burbeck


100.00


110.23


3.50


3.00


110.73


33


Francis Jones


50.00


50.04


1.75


1.75


50.04


34


Simon Hartwell


100.00


110.45


3.50


3.00


110.95


35


Emerson Fuller


100.00


106.65


3.50


3.50


106.65


36


John Porter Priest


100.00


105.65


3.50


3.00


106.13


37


Harriet D. Brown


100.00


105.75


3.50


3.00


106.25


38


Oliver Mead .


100.00


106.78


3.50


3.00


107.28


39


Bessie E. Brown


100.00


106.91


3.50


3.00


107.41


40


George Gardner


100.00


106.33


3.50


2.50


107.33


41


Hiram J. Hapgood


100.00


105.29


3.50


3.50


105.29


42


Charles Robinson


75.00


77.94


2.63


2.50


78.07


43


Emerline A. Johnson, F. E.


400.00


436.77


14.00


13.00


437.77


44


Nahum Littlefield


50.00


50.02


1.75


1.75


50.02


45


Francis Hayward


100.00


105.00


3.50


3.00


105.50


46


Charles S. Twitchell


50.00


50.04


1.75


1.75


50.04


47


Pratt & Hooper


100.00


100.00


3.50


3.50


100.00


48


Marcus M. Keyes


500.00


533.66


17.50


14.50


536.66'


49


Alcander P. Bean


100.00


103.58


3.50


3.00


104.08


50


Bancroft Whitcomb


100.00


103.95


3.50


3.00


104.45


51


Hobart E. Mead


100.00


105.08


3.50


2.50


106.08


52


Jerome B. Whitney


100.00


102.45


3.50


3.00


102.95


53


Varnum Robbins


100.00


101.50


3.50


3.50


101.50


54


Walter A. Holden


100.00


104.70


3.50


3.00


105.20


55


G. W. Knowlton


50.00


51.16


1.75


1.75


51.16


56


Edith A. Watson


50.00


51.16


1.75


1.75


51.16


57


A. Knowlton


50.00


31.16


1.75


1.75


51.16


58


Edwin Stone


100.00


102.10


3:50


2.75


102.85


59


Joseph E. Chandler


50.00


50.52


1.75


2.00


50.27


60


Granville E. Whitcomb


100.00


102.00


3.50


3.00


102.50


61 62


William F. Piper


100.00


100.78


3.50


2.75


101.53


63


Walter A. Gilmore


50.00


50.76


1.75


2.00


50.51


64


Henry F. Hosmer


50.00


50.87


1.75


1.75


50.87


65


Lyman Mead


100.00


101.87


3.50


3.00


102.37


66


E. F. Richardson


50.00


49.70


1.75


1.75


49.70


67


Ira B. Hall


100.00


100.40


3.50


2.75


101.15


68


Alonzo L. Tuttle


50.00


51.16


1.75


2.00


50.91


69


William Chaplin, Sr.


100.00


99.78


3.50


3.50


99.78


70


William Chaplin, Jr.


200.00


201.31


7.00


3.00


205.31


71


William Chaplin, G. A. R.


100.00


100.53


3.50


1.50


102.53


72


Guy Staples


50.00


50.87


1.75


2.62


50.00


73


Albert Brown


100.00


99.75


3.50


2.50


100.75


74


Edwin C. Parker


150.00


152.63


5.25


4.50


153.38


75


Eben Smith


50.00


50.87


1.75


. 75


51.87


76


Whitcomb & Preston


100.00


50.72


3.20


2.25


101.67


77


Alvin A. & Ellen M. Hayward


100.00


100.58


3.50


3.00


101.08


78


James Rentell


100.00


100.58


3.50


3.00


101.08


79


Apr. 2-Henry Willard


100.00


2.63


102.63


80


Apr. 30-Bixby Woodard


50.00


1.17


51.17


81


May 22-Waldo Littlefield


100.00


2.03


102.03


82


Dec. 28-Eugene L. Hall


75.00


75.00


83


Dec. 28-Bertram D. Hall


75.00


75.00


$8800.00


$9207.12


$328.98


$246.22


$9739.88


* Paid to F. C. Hayward, $17.50.


¡ Paid to George H. Decoster, $3.50.


144.97


26


John Temple & Edw. F. Pratt 100.00


102.65


3.50


28


Ella & Lucius S. Hosmer


29


Caroline A. Hosmer


30


Isaiah Reed


James E. Richardson


50.00


50.05


1.75


1.75


50.05


Flint and H. Louis Bush


1920


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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE ACTON MEMORIAL LIBRARY, 1920


TRUSTEES


Luther Conant, President


Frank R. Knowlton


E. Faulkner Conant, Secretary


George T. Ames


*Delette H. Hall


Horace F. Tuttle


Mrs. Caroline L. Brown


Lucius J. Hesselton J. Sidney White.


*Died November 18, 1920.


Thirty years has elapsed since the Memorial Library was opened to the public in 1890, through the generosity of the donor, Mr. W. A. Wilde. The object of the giver was to erect a memorial for the men of Acton who served in the Civil War as well as to create a public library through which knowledge would be disseminated to the citi- zens and inhabitants of the town of Acton, but the institution is more than a library, for in the imposing structure there have been placed a large number of paintings, articles of such historic nature and value that it well may be said that the town has a collection worthy of being called a museum.


The success of the library is shown by the fact that when it was opened there were 3,973 volumes upon the shelves, while today there are approximately 14,000 volumes. The annual circulation for the first years when the library was opened was around 9,000 volumes, while at this time it averages 10,000 volumes. Throughout the period of the library's existence, there has been a continuous uniform interest taken in same by an appreciative public and your president serving throughout the thirty years takes pleasure in stating that nothing has occurred at any time during this period in the manage- ment to mar in the least the pleasantest relations of the trustees.


It becomes my sad duty to refer to another break in the member- ship of the charter members of the corporate body named by Mr. Wilde, brought about by the death of Mr. Delette H. Hall. The writer is now the only surviving charter member of the board and believes it appropriate at this time and place to incorporate in the report of the trustees a testimonial of one who during his life was so familiar to the townspeople and whose personality, pleasant smile and kind words will be long remembered by those who came in contact with him.


Although born in Bolton in 1844, he had been a resident of Acton since his early youth, becoming a prosperous and successful business man and prominent in social and church work. At the outbreak of the Civil War he enlisted from Acton at the age of eighteen, and served his country well and faithfully for four years. He was attached to the Twenty-Sixth Regiment for three years, after which he re-enlisted and was with Sheridan during the latter part of his service. Not only did he serve his country and his town in time of war, but he likewise served his townspeople by being honored to re- present them in the State Legislature and in holding other honorable positions of trust, not the least being selected by the donor of our


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library to aid in its management throughout his life. He served as commander of Post 138 of the G. A. R., and as president and treasurer of the old Twenty-Sixth Regiment Association. His devout interest in the church is shown by the fact that he served twenty-one years as superintendent of the Sunday school. A most fitting tribute to him who has departed is found in the Scriptures and expressed in these few words: "Not slothful in business, fervent in spirit, serving the Lord."


The trustees recommend the usual appropriations to be made for the care of the library and for new books, and suggest that considera- tion be given at the proper time for an allotment sufficient to tabulate and properly describe the paintings, relics and other articles that have been donated or placed in trust with the trustees and for the printing of such information for suitable distribution.


The trustees desire that a copy of this report attested to by the town clerk be presented by him to Mrs. Hall.


Submitted for the Trustees,


LUTHER CONANT, President.


LIBRARIAN'S REPORT, 1920


Accessions : Number of volumes in the library, January 1, 1920, 14,070. Increase by purchase 235, of which 13 were obtained by bind- ing magazines. Increase by gift, 54. Total increase, 289.


Number of volumes in the library, January 1, 1921, 14,359.


Circulation : Number of days library was opened, 100. Number of volumes circulated, 9,635. Daily average circulation, 96 plus. Largest daily circulation, 193, on February 28. Smallest daily cir- culation, 49, on March 6.


Received from fines and old papers sold $65.40


Expended for postage, etc. 3.50


$61.90


Gifts of books have been received from the following sources : U. S. Government, 9; State of Massachusetts, 12; Town of Acton, 1; Carnegie Foundation, 1; Evan J. David, 1; J. H. Edwards, 1; Marion Fobes, 1; Ingersoll Watch Company, 1; Mrs. Pennell, 21; Benjamin Pope, 4; State of Illinois, 1; Leonard Wood Campaign Committee, 1.


By an error in the report for 1919, Mr. George A. Webster was not credited with a gift of 18 books, 17 of these being included in the number as purchased.


ARTHUR F. DAVIS, Librarian.


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BOOKS ADDED TO THE MEMORIAL LIBRARY IN 1920


NON-FICTION


Adams, J. C .- William Hamilton Gibson


922G214a


Andrea, A. L .- Dehydrating foods, fruits, vegetables, fish and meats 64A556d 61A100a 940 A100d


Anon-Air service-Medical Manual


Anon-Defenders of Democracy


Bancroft, J. H. and Pulvermacher, W. D .- Handbook of fifteen athletic games 79B213h


Baynes, E. H .- Wild bird guests-How to entertain them


59B358w


Benson, A. C .- The house of quiet 82B474h


Benton, C. F .-. Work and programs for Women's clubs


36B478w


Bland, J. O. P .- Houseboat days in China


915.1B642h 52B8281


Bucher, E. E .- Practical wireless telegraphy


62B919р


Bunce, L. W. and Owen, E. S. D .- Nature's aid to design Burroughs, J .- Accepting the universe


81B972d


Burroughs, J .- Field and study


81B972fi


Cable, B .- Between the lines


940C115b 39C166e


Calthrop, D. C .- English costume. Three volumes


Chadwick, J. W .- Cap'n Chadwick, Marblehead skipper and shoemaker 922C432c


Chase, L. B .- The Bay path and along the way


973.2C4871)


Cleveland, F. A. and Buck, A. E .- The Budget and respon- sible government 35C635b


Cole, E. L. T .- Guide to mushrooms


58C689g


Collins, A. F .- Motor car starting and lighting 62C712m


Cooke, G. W .- Unitarianism in America


28C772u


Couch, A. T. Q .- The Warwickshire avon


914.2C853w


Crooker, J. H .- The supremacy of Jesus


23C948s


Crow, M. F .- The American country girl


39C953a


Currie, J. A .- "The red watch" with the first division in Flanders 940C976r


Cutler, F. M .- The 55th artillery (C. A. C.) in the Ameri- can Expeditionary forces, France, 1918 940C989f


Dako, C. A .- Albania, the master key to the near east 914.9D135a


Dana, E. S .- Minerals and how to study them 55D167m


922W876d


Davis, J .- Travels of four years and a-half in the United States of America during 1798, 1799, 1800, 1801 and 1802


973D262t


Davis, W. S .- A history of France from the earliest times to the treaty of Versailles


944D265h 24D265t


Davis, V. D .- Twelve hymns and their writers


Dunlap, W .- A history of the rise and progress of the arts of design in the United States. Three volumes Earle, A. M .- Old time gardens


921D921h 71E120


David, E. J .- Leonard Wood on national issues


71B942n


Brearley, H. C .- Time telling through the ages


56


Eastburn, R .- The dangers and sufferings of Robert East- burn and his deliverance from Indian captivity 973.2E13d Ellis, E. S .- Our republic 973E470 Emerson, R. W .- Journals of Ralph Waldo Emerson. 2 vols. 81E53j Fabie, J. H .- The mason wasps 59F123ma


Footner, H .- New rivers of the north


Galloway, C. F. J .- The call of the west


917.1F6871 917.1G174c 940G443s 63H295m


Gibbs, P .- The soul of the war


Harper, M. W .- Manual of farm animals


Hasluck, P. N .- Tailoring 68H352t


Hasluck, P. N .- Upholstery 64H352u 74H366p


Hatton, R. G .- Perspective for art students


Hawthorne, H .- Old seaport towns of New England


917.3H3990


Heft, L .- Holders of railroad bonds and notes 33HI461h


Henson, M .- A negro explorer at the North Pole


919.8H526n


Holme, J. C .- The life of Leonard Wood


922W876h


How, N .- A narrative of the captivity of Nehemiah How in 1745-47 973.2H8471 Huard, F. W .- My home on the field of honour 940H874m 914.2H984h


Ilutton, E .- Highways and byways of Somerset


Irving, W. and Others-Representative essays


80I72r


James, G. W .- Practical basket making


67J28p


Jefferies, R .- The story of my heart 924J47j


Jenkins, S .- The old Boston Post road 974.5J520 Johnson, R .- Campfire and battlefield. Two volumes 973.7J68c 39K29b


Kelley, R. E .- The book of Halloween


Kilbourne, F. W .- Chronicles of the White Mountains


917.3K48€ 973L8810


Lowell, A .- Tendencies in modern American poetry


Lucas, E. V .- The open road


81L914t 82L9330


Lyman, G. H .- Story of the Massachusetts committee of public safety, 1917-1918 35L986s


Lynch, J. G. B .- The complete boxer


McCandless, B. and Grosvenor, G .- Flags of the world


79L987€ 91M113f


MacDowell, E .- Woodland sketches op. 51


MacGill, P .- The great push, an episode of the great war Masefield, J .- Gallipoli




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