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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
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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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