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69.00
Total for Communicable Diseases $ 3,450.53
General Expenses:
Maintenance of office .
$ 490.06
Dental Clinic Supplies
264.91
Telephone .
333.42
Milk Inspection
222.50
Car Rental
345.68
Maintenance of Auto
186.77
Laundry Service
66.00
Illuminating Gas
45.34
Rental of Equipment
24.00
Miscellaneous.
27.00
Total for General Expense
$ 2,005.68
TOTAL EXPENDITURES $38,188.01
RECEIPTS
Licenses Issued:
Manufacture of Frozen Desserts (retail). $ 25.00
Manufacture of Frozen Desserts (wholesale)
100.00
Massage and Vapor Baths
3.00
Collection of Meat Trimmings
6.00
Sale of Oleomargarine
31.00
Sale of Milk .
59.00
To operate Pasteurizing Plants
20.00
Day Nursery Schools
4.00
Receipts from Licenses $ 248.00
Receipts from Dental Clinic .
708.50
Receipts from Communicable Diseases .
1,426.57
TOTAL RECEIPTS $ 2,383.07
Total Expenditures $ 38,188.01
Total Receipts 2,383.07
Net cost to operate $ 35,804.94
Cost per Capita .71
Including debt and maintenance of
Middlesex County Sanatorium
$ 69,423.67
Net cost to operate
35,804.94
$ 105,228.61
Cost per Capita . $ 2.10
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REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH
REPORT OF CASES OF DISEASES DECLARED DANGEROUS TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH UNDER CHAPTER 111 OF THE GENERAL LAWS
Bites
Dog
163
Miscellaneous
8
Chicken Pox 160
Diphtheria .
0
Dysentery (Bacillary)
3
German Measles. 25
Gonnorrhea
7
Hepatitis (Infectious)
6
Measles
245
Meningitis (Influenza)
2
Mumps .
157
Salmonellosis 3
Scarlet fever (Including strep throats) 83
Syphilis
2
Tuberculosis (all forms)
Total 870
TUBERCULOSIS REPORT
Total number of cases as of December 31, 1962 . 110
Deaths during the year 1962
8
Case removals during 1962
1
New cases reported in 1962.
6
Contacts X-rayed during 1962
8
Persons residing in Arlington and having a legal settlement in Arlington were hospitalized as follows:
Middlesex County Sanatorium 14
Rutland State Sanatorium
1
Persons residing in Arlington without settlement in any Community within the Commonwealth, were hospitalized as follows:
Middlesex County Sanatorium 1
REPORT OF MILK AND SANITATION INSPECTOR
MILK
Licenses Issued:
For Sale of Milk and Cream
118
For Sale of Oleomargarine
28
Plant Inspections
13
Vehicle Inspections
28
Analysis:
Samples taken
89
Averages
Grade
Fat
Solids
Bacteria
Coliform
Phosphatase
Regular
4.06
12.70
4,929
0
Negative
Store
3.70
12.54
472
0
School
3.96
5,000
0
"Homo"
3.89
12.55
10,264
0
"A'
4.17
12.75
1,700
0
6
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ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION
Inspections:
Bakeries 136
Candy Stores 30
Catering Establishments 46
Dairy Bars 37
Dairy Stores 46
Delicatessens 50
Eating Establishments. 384
Food Commissaries 3
Frozen Food Lockers
4
Fruit and Produce Stores
92
Independent and Super Markets .
604
Laundromats 20
Pharmacies 151
Public Stations
89
Seafood Stores
56
Tenements
16
Variety Stores
409
Investigations:
Sanitary Landfill 16
Rodent Surveys 16
Store Fires . 2
Sub-surface sewage systems
8
General Complaints
206
REPORT ON DUTIES OF PUBLIC HEALTH NURSE
Visited reported cases of Communicable Disease in compliance with Board of Health Regulations and State Department of Public Health require- ments.
Performed School Nursing Services at the Catholic High, St. James and St. Agnes Parochial Schools. Assisted Dr. E. W. Feeley, Board of Health Physician, in physical examinations of all pupils enrolled at these schools, recording same and mailed notices to the parents of pupils showing physical defects. Vision and hearing tests were conducted among children in the St. Agnes and St. James Schools, and notices were sent to the parents of those pupils failing in these tests, as well as referral notices on children who par - ticipated in a dental survey.
Prepared for and administered Sabin Oral Polio Vaccine at the clinics conducted at Parochial Schools and assisted Dr. Feeley at the "Flu" and Diphtheria Clinics.
Prepared and maintained records of duties of Public Health Nurse for the Board of Health and as School Nurse at Parochial Schools.
REPORT ON DUTIES OF BACTERIOLOGIST AND PHYSICIAN
Clinic Service:
Diphtheria Immunization 3
Physical Examination of Parochial School Pupils
St. Agnes 271
St. James 180
Catholic High 65
Communicable Disease
Release from quarantine Scarlet Fever
3
Conferences 2
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH
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REPORT ON CLINICS CONDUCTED BY THE BOARD OF HEALTH
DIPHTHERIA CLINICS (Five Year Comparative Figures)
Year
No. Children Immunized
Per Cent below 5 yrs.
Per Cent 5-10 yrs.
Diphtheria Reported
Cases
Deaths
1958
14
65
35
0
0
1959
9
66
34
0
0
1960
1
100
0
1
0
1961
1
100
0
0
0
1962
2
100
0
0
0
POLIO
SABINE ORAL VACCINE CLINICS TYPES I AND III VACCINE OFFERED
ATTENDANCE
Type Vaccine
Date
Pre-school
Kindergarten
Grade I
Other
Total
4/30/62
I
to 5/11/62
3,879
947
1,075
8
5,909
6/4/62
to 6/15/62
3,876
944
1,101
8
5,929
DOG RABIES CLINICS
Held April 16, 17, 18 and 20, 1962
Total number of dogs vaccinated .
1,023
DENTAL CLINIC
Total number of patients
779
Total number of operating hours 516
Total number of sittings
1,430
Total number of operations
2,175
Extractions:
Permanent teeth
0
Deciduous teeth
6
Treatments:
Prophylactic 848
Fillings:
Permanent teeth 442
Deciduous teeth 879
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MISCELLANEOUS REPORTS Licenses and Permits issued (no fee)
Burial Permits 433
Licenses (Funeral Directors) .
15
Permits to keep poultry
2
Permits to hold rummage sales
22
BIRTHS AND DEATHS OF ARLINGTON RESIDENTS IN 1962
Total number of deaths
668
Total number of births 849
Age of oldest persons dying in Arlington in 1962
Male 96 years
Female
97
THE FIVE PRINCIPAL CAUSES OF DEATH IN ARLINGTON 1962
Disease
Number of Deaths
Number per 1,000 of population
Heart
284
5.7
Cancer
93
1.9
Respiratory System
88
1.8
Nervous System
85
1.7
Accidents
20
.4
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REPORT OF THE TOWN COUNSEL
Report of the Town Counsel
Mr. Edward C. Monahan Town Manager Robbins Memorial Town Hall Arlington 74, Massachusetts
Dear Sir:
I herewith submit my report for the year 1962 in accordance with Section 3 of Article 3 of the By-Laws of the Town of Arlington.
There have been thirty-three accident claims against the Town this year. Six have been settled as authorized by the Town Manager and the Board of Selectmen. Eight have brought suit and nineteen are in abeyance. Of the previous years' claims and suits, twelve were abandoned without suit, one was abandoned at the time it was reached for trial, seven were settled as authorized by the Town Manager and the Board of Selectmen, and six are still pending. There were no verdicts against the Town.
Eleven land damage claims against the Town arising from street widenings and storm drain installations were disposed of - eight by com- promise settlements authorized by the Town Manager and the Board of Selectmen, and three by trial in the Superior Court.
There was one case pending against the Town before the Massachusetts Appellate Tax Board petitioning for a real estate tax abatement. This case was settled when it was reached for trial.
A Bill in Equity appealing from a decision of the Zoning Board of Appeals resulted in a Final Decree in the Superior Court in favor of the Town and upholding the decision of the Board of Appeals. Ten other Bills in Equity brought against the Town resulted in findings for the Town and decrees dismissing said Bills. There were no findings against the Town.
A petition for a writ of mandamus was brought in the Superior Court by residents of the area abutting the land on Spy Pond which was rezoned from the Residence B, or two-family, District to the Residence C, or apartment house, District under Article 64 of the Warrant for the 1961 Annual Town Meeting. This petition challenged the power of the Town Meeting to rezone the area in question and alleged that the action taken under Article 64 was invalid and of no effect. The Court handed down a decision in favor of the Town upholding the validity of the vote of the Town Meeting rezoning the land in question and dismissed the petition for a writ of mandamus. This decision was appealed by the petitioners to the Supreme Judicial Court but the appeal was subsequently dismissed.
A petition brought by former Police Lieutenant Philip A. Sweeney seek- ing a declaratory judgment against the Town, claiming that his compensation as Civil Defense Director should have been included by the retiring authority, the Board of Selectmen, in the computation of the amount of his pension based upon a service connected disability suffered by him in his work in the Police Department, resulted in a finding in the Superior Court upholding the action of the retiring authority that his salary as Civil Defense Director should not be included in computing his pension. The petitioner has appealed this decision and the appeal is pending before the Supreme Judicial Court.
Substantial amounts of money for aid rendered by the Board of Health and the Symmes Hospital have been collected and turned over to the Town Collector.
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Substantial amounts of money for aid rendered by the Bureau of Old Age Assistance have been recovered and turned over to the Town Collector also.
The Town Counsel has been available at regular and special meetings of the Board of Selectmen, has worked in close co-operation with the Town Manager, has rendered opinions as requested by the Town Manager, various Boards, Departments, Committees and Officers, has attended meet- ings at State Boards and Commissions, and has been vigilant in all matters affecting the interest of the Town.
For the kind consideration and co-operation extended to me by all the officials of the Town during the past year, and especially to the Board of Selectmen and Town Manager, I desire to record my sincere appreciations.
Very truly yours,
Joseph A. Purcell Town Counsel
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REPORT OF THE LIBRARIAN
Annual Report of the Robbins Library for the Year 1962
TRUSTEES Mrs. Maude Thompson Mrs. Molly F. Yood Robert J. Brosnan Robert T. Uek J. Milton Washburn, Jr. - Chairman
HEAD LIBRARIAN Judith E. Stromdahl
PROFESSIONAL STAFF
Elizabeth J. Hodges - Assistant Librarian Elizabeth L. Toohey - Supervisor of Children's Library Activities Yu T. Chiu - Supervisor of Technical Services Dorothy L. Hart - Reference Librarian Esther McQuaid - Head of Circulation Evelyn Colcord - Branch Librarian - East Branch Helen W. Thompson - Branch Librarian - Dallin Branch Patricia Mahoney - Music Librarian Lucile F. Carpenter - Young People's Librarian Luz Posada - Head Cataloger Ernest Grogan Brown - Senior Assistant Marie O'Day - Senior Assistant Susan E. Casey - Senior Assistant Stillman Hilton - Head Cataloger - Resigned July 1962 Ann Anderson - Senior Assistant - Resigned August 1962 Hazel White - Music Librarian - Resigned October 1962
SCHOOL LIBRARIANS
Emily M. Glover Joan Lee Dorothy F. Miller
Judith L. Sanders Doris Schermerhorn Elisabeth S. Sussman
Betty A. Wellington - Resigned July 1962
Adelaide M. Bennett
LIBRARY ASSIST ANTS Elinor S. Leonard Alice D. Peggs
Muriel G. Chandler Margaret J. Morash Ruth G. Philpott
Marilyn E. Kenney Margaret V. O'Brien Madeleine B. Woodbury Margaret M. Bowser - Librarian's Secretary Anne I. Enquist - Resigned - October 1962
PART-TIME ASSISTANTS
Alice Crowley Virginia Rudd
Celeste Vincent M. Louise Sullivan
Audrey J. Hoeg
NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY COOPERATIVE STUDENTS Lucinda E. Leonard Frederick C. Dooe
CURATOR - Robbins Print Collection Ellen P. Wiese
CUSTODIANS
George A. Capes, Senior Custodian Florey Corelli, Junior Custodian Normand J. Paradis, Senior Custodian Arthur V. Galluzzo, Junior Custodian Donald Canniff, Temporary Junior Custodian
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ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT
REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE ROBBINS LIBRARY
To: Mr. Edward C. Monahan - Town Manager
Dear Mr. Monahan:
I am very happy to report that the past year has shown another substan- tial growth in the use of the Robbins Library, thereby proving once again to all concerned, its value to the cultural and educational life of the community.
Personnel.
There have been several changes in the staff and many applicants were interviewed before a decision was made as to a suitable replacement. The funds available, especially for professional staff salaries, have often made it more difficult to interest qualified candidates. However, we feel we still have as fine a group of workers as any library, comparable in size and lo- cation.
Mr. Stillman Hilton, Head Cataloger, resigned to accept the position of Head Librarian, Shute Memorial Library, Everett, Mass. Miss Luz Posada was transferred from the Circulation Department, to the Catalogue Depart- ment. Mrs. Ann Anderson, resigned from the Circulation Department to accept a position as Head of the Reference Services at the Winchester Li- brary. Mr. Ernest G. Brown, a graduate of Baylor University, who is work- ing for his Master's Degree in Library Science at Simmons College, was hired to fill Mrs. Anderson's position and is doing a fine job.
Mrs. Marie O'Day, a graduate of Reed College, Oregon, was hired to become a professional member of the Circulation Department Staff. Mrs. O' Day has had experience at the Air Force Research Library.
Miss Hazel White resigned as Music and Art Librarian in order to re- tire to her home in Plymouth, Massachusetts.
Miss Patricia Mahoney was hired to fill Miss White's position. Miss Mahoney is a graduate of Emmanuel College, received her Master's in Li- brary Science at Simmons College and came to Arlington from the Boston Public Library.
Miss Lucile F. Carpenter resigned as Young People's Librarian in December and to date we have not found a replacement for her.
There were several changes among the School Librarians. Mrs. Betty Wellington resigned and Mrs. Elisabeth S. Sussman requested part time work as she is studying for her Master's Degree. Miss Judith L. Sanders who earned her degree from Simmons School of Library Science and Mrs. Dorothy F. Miller, a graduate of Connecticut College for Women with a Master's Degree in Library Science from Simmons College, were added to the staff. All elementary schools now have trained School Librarians.
Some changes were also made among the pages, college and cooperative students.
Audrey Hoeg of the Technical Services Department has been out most of the year because of illness.
George A. Capes, our Senior Custodian, has been out most of the year because of illness. During his absence, Normand Paradis has acted as Senior Custodian. A substitute custodian was hired to help with the work, and should be retained.
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REPORT OF THE LIBRARIAN
Trustees
Mr. J. Milton Washburn, Jr., and Mr. Robert T. Uek, were reappointed Trustees.
Mr. Washburn was elected to serve a second year as Chairman.
The Trustees held fifteen meetings during the year. In addition, Mrs. Yood interviewed many applicants for positions in the library. Mrs. Thomp- son met with the Friends of the Robbins Library to help plan their meetings and programs. Mr. Uek spent many hours faithfully fulfilling his duties as sub-chairman of Building and Grounds. Mr. Brosnan made a study of the Invested Funds, use of the library hall and the hours worked by the Pages, and made recommendations as to how these services could be improved.
An informal dinner, to which all the old and new members of the Staff and Custodians were invited, was held in the Junior Library Hall on Saturday, December 8, 1962, under the auspices of the Trustees.
Renovation Program
The sum of $34,000.00 was requested in a Warrant Article in order to complete the renovation program, but only $24,500.00 was received.
The Sjostrom Company was awarded the contract for $10,778.00 and the Walkerbilt Company for $302.40, for furnishings for the new Music and Art Department.
Specifications have been drawn up for new charging desks in the Circu- lation Department and in the Junior Library.
Enough money for new Reference Room furniture, and for Browsing Areas furniture will be requested in the 1963 budget.
Aluminum combination windows have been put on many of the windows at the main library.
Specifications have been drawn up and bids opened for new lighting fix- tures in the Junior Library Hall, old stack areas, catalogue room, Junior Library corridor, historical room and lower level halls and work rooms.
We hope that the renovation can be completed in 1963, and an Open House held in order that all may see, and take advantage of the many changes and improvements.
Building and Grounds
Serious leaks and flooding conditions in the lower level rooms have been repaired and corrected.
The East Branch Library has been partially pointed and caulked to stop leaks, and repairs made to the roof and chimney.
Money is available to repair and paint the walls of the Dallin Branch Library Hall, before the observance in the spring of 1963 of 25 years since the building was first opened.
The Public Works Department has built new shelving for the East and Dallin Branch Libraries and has also refinished some of the furnishings.
A study has been made to see how best to overcome the excessive heat and stuffiness in the Gallery Area during the summer months. This condi - tion must be corrected and funds made available before the Music and Art Department is opened to the public.
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Friends of the Library
The Friends of the Robbins Library held a second very successful meet- ing during National Library Week in April, when the Senior High School Audi- torium was filled. The speakers were Mr. Harry Golden, distinguished author and editor from Charlotte, North Carolina, Mr. Arthur J. Kissner, Chief Librarian, Fitchburg Public Library, and Mr. George Abbe, Poet and Novelist in Residence at Russell Sage College.
A reception was held at the Robbins Library after the meeting.
The Friends also sponsored an Exhibition by many Arlington Artists and Authors in November. A reception was held in the Reference Room of the Library on Sunday afternoon November 4, 1962, and the response was most enthusiastic.
Robbins Print Collection
Miss Ellen P. Wiese, Curator of the Robbins Print Collection, gave a very interesting and informative talk at a meeting of the Friends of the Li- brary and showed copies of some of the unusual prints. An exhibition, open to the public, is planned for the spring of 1963.
Grant-In-Aid
The Town of Arlington received a Grant-in-Aid of $12,488.25 from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts as the amount due, at 25 cents per capita, under the State Aid to Libraries Legislation. This year as in 1962 this money went directly into the Town Treasury, even though the Trustees had applied for it, hoping that it could be used to pay for items not included in the budget.
Conclusion
If the Town continues to grow, and the use of the Library increases in the future as at present, more space will have to be added to the Library building. This is indeed a fine omen, and speaks well of the work and serv- ices now being given so faithfully by the Librarian, Miss Judith E. Stromdahl, the Assistant Librarian, Miss Elizabeth J. Hodges, and all the members of the Staff.
The Trustees are indeed grateful for the fine cooperation of the Town Manager, Board of Selectmen, Finance Committee, Board of Public Works, Superintendent of Schools, Engineering Department, and the many friends and members of the Friends of the Robbins Library, in helping to carry on the high standards of our predecessors.
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REPORT OF THE LIBRARIAN
Report of the Librarian for the Year 1962
The story of the Robbins Library in 1962 is a story of books and related materials and the use to which they have been put. "The world of books is the most remarkable creation of man. Nothing else that he builds ever lasts. Monuments fall; nations perish; civilizations grow old and die out; and, after an era of darkness, new races build others. But in the world of books are volumes that have seen this happen again and again, and yet live on, still young, still as fresh as the day they were written, still telling men's hearts of the hearts of men centuries dead". Thousands of Arlingtonians have dis- covered this "world of books" housed in the Robbins Library and its branches and have used them, borrowed them and read them during the past year.
The building that houses the main portion of this "world of books" for Arlington is a beautiful one, a gift to the town by Mrs. Maria Robbins in memory of her husband, Eli Robbins. It was exactly seventy years ago, in 1892, that this gift was presented to the town. It seems fitting, therefore, to pause for a moment and think of this building, which by all too many is taken for granted. Built at a cost, in 1892, of $150,000, a building of such beauty would be well-nigh beyond the means of most towns today. Unusually rich in design, it expresses the Italian Renaissance period of architecture. It is a building of dignity and beauty; its imposing entrance was copied from one of the doors of the Cancellaria Palace in Rome; its beautiful pilasters are made of marble brought from the Pyrenees; its reading room ceiling is of panelled stone and the walls of the reading room are decorated with twenty-seven carved oak panels, each of a different design. The marble of its vestibule carries veins of silver green, cream, and heavy dark green with a background of faint rose pink. For seventy years the people of this community which has grown from a town of 5,629 to one of 49,853, have enjoyed the use of this outstanding gift which was enlarged in 1931 by the addition of the Junior Library wing. During these 70 years, the world of books has been made available to all who would use it.
1962 marked another milestone in the history of the library in that the East Branch completed its tenth year of service to the East Section of the town in its present building. During these ten years the circulation has in- creased from 34.494 volumes in 1952 to 99,006 in 1962. This past year also marked the 45th anniversary of the opening of the first East Branch Library in the basement of the old Crosby School.
These facts point up in a dramatic way that, as the community has grown from a small village to a large suburban town, so also has library service expanded. This growth continued during 1962.
BOOKS FOR PEOPLE
"For books are more than books, they are the life, The very heart and core of ages past, The reason why men lived, and worked, and died The essence and quintessence of their lives."
Each year a great deal of time is spent in compiling figures and statistics which supposedly sum up the activities of the year, and it is customary to evaluate the year's work by the increase or decrease in the volume they represent. By these criteria the year past was a most successful one. Circulation of books and periodicals in all departments of the Main library as well as of the branches reached new highs, the grand total for the system being 439,827. Use of phonorecords increased greatly as can be seen from the number borrowed, 23,471. This is 4,271 more than were circulated in 1961. More films were requested than ever before.
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But these figures, important as they are, do not tell the whole story. They do not reveal the service which the library has rendered through its Readers' Advisory and its Reference services, with 20,498 questions actually recorded, nor do they reflect the help the library has given to individuals, children, young people and adults with their problems. Figures do not tell what the library meant to those many people who visit the library almost daily to browse and read. They cannot reveal the far reaching effect which the periodicals, so many and so varied in scope, can and do have upon the readers whose horizons must be widened through their reading. Statistics cannot describe what happens to students when they suddenly have been made aware of the vast opportunities for research and enrichment which the library provides and makes available to them, nor can they tell of the instances when people have come to the library because other agencies have failed them, as when a retired person seeking information about his disability pension was told at the Internal Revenue office to find the relevant information elsewhere, and then quote it to them. During 1962 many of these services were ren- dered, which were of value to the individual as well as the community at large. Those not intimately acquainted with libraries and librarians would be surprised to discover just what libraries do and how many people it takes to provide good service. It is not possible in a report of this kind to enlighten them. Suffice it to say that libraries are among the most stimulating insti- tutions, and librarians who desire to serve their fellow men have one of the most challenging, imaginative and exciting careers. Perhaps the following will give some insight into the library program as carried out in 1962 in Arlington.
HIGHLIGHTS OF THE YEAR
GENERAL EVENTS
The observance of National Library Week with its emphasis on getting the public to read was perhaps the outstanding event of the year. Sponsored by the Friends of the Library "An Evening with Harry Golden" was presented on April 4th at the Lowe Auditorium of the Arlington High School, and at- tracted over 1,000 people. The Friends were also responsible for the Artists and Authors Reception which was held on Sunday afternoon, November 4th in the Reference Room of the Library. Sixty artists accepted the invitation to exhibit one of their paintings, and these, together with the literary works of 20 Arlington authors, were displayed in the gallery of the Library. Approxi- mately 500 guests attended the opening tea and exhibit. This event demon- strated the rich resources to be found in Arlington. The success of both activities can be attributed only to much hard work, deep interest, willing cooperation and a sense of dedication on the part of friends, trustees and staff.
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