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Respectfully submitted,
ADELBERT L. SAFFORD.
MASSACHUSETTS TOWNS OF OVER 5000 INHABITANTS-TAX RATE FOR SCHOOLS, WITH OTHER DATA FROM A SPECIAL REPORT OF THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION, 1913
School tax Per cent of per 1000 whole tax
Val. per pupil
Cost per pupil
1
Abington
$9.18
39
$3,306
$30.37
2
Grafton .
8.08
43
3.28S
27.85
3
Montague
7.90
42
3,717
30.01
5
Adams
7.67
39
3,592
26.05
Blackstone
7.61
40
1,997
17.24
Orange
7.45
39
3,708
26.82
Northbridge.
7.39
45
3,204
23.36
9
Saugus
7.26
33
3,639
23.98
10
Weymouth
7.26
32
3,675
26.53
11
Hudson
7.07
34
3.552
24,76
12
Ware
6.99
44
4,337
29.77
13
Rockland
6.93
30
3.749
25.08
14
Braintree
6.92
34
4,400
28.44
15
Westfield
6.90
41
4,166
30.63
16
Middleborough
6.89
33
3,627
25.64
17
Whitman
6,68
29
3.983
25.12
18
Clinton
6.60
29
4,404
27.45
19
Spencer
6.61
33
4,414
30.20
20
Danvers
6.55
34
4,357
28.79
21
Athol
6.50
32
3,885
25.92
2.2
Bridgewater
6.33
36
4,244
38.42
23
Franklin.
6.32
37
4,081
27-16
21
Natick
6.28
32
4,742
31.40
25
Gardner
6.26
28
4,718
29.20
26
Stoneham
6.23
30
4,454
27.70
27
Wakefield
6.19
30
4,261
24.65
25
Maynard
33
4,826
29.45
29
Leominster.
5.89
30
5,837
34.91
30
Fairhaven
5.55
28
3 978
48.15
31
Winchendon
5.53
25
4,218
30.50
32
Stoughton
5.80
26
4,212
24.45
33
Revere
5.75
26
5,077
30.04
34
Chelmsford
5.71
38
5,449
29 68
35
Arlington
5.66
28
6.121
33.53
36
Reading
5.62
29
5,048
31,29
37
North Andover
5.52
28
5,755
30.84
3S
Westborough
5.47
30
4,543
25.41
39
Necdham
5.44
30
3,143
29.65
40
North Attleborough
27
5,862
29.15
41
Methuen: .
5.40
28
4.241
23.74
42
Framingham
5.25
29
5,626
29.72
43
Peabody
5.24
25
5,258
26.35
44
Southbridge
5.16
23
5,162
23.05
45
West Springfield
5.16
32
4,385
23.13
46
Amherst
5.13
29
4.396
24.09
47
Mansfield
5.13
31
5,137
27.67
45
Andover ..
5.12
31
5,778
32.69
49
Great Barrington
41
5,048
31.29
50
Greenfield
4.87
28
5,987
27.65
51
Belmont
4.77
25
7,684
35.8.
52
Plymouth
4.76
25
5,562
25.20
53
Concord
4.69
33
4,013
41.26
54
Winchester
4.67
27
7,741
33.21
55
Milford
4.62
27
4,924
21.87
56
Amesbury
4.55
25
7,164
31.57
57
Attleborough.
4.51
27
7,187
31.36
58
Dedham
4.37
25
7.986
34.86
59
Watertown
4.23
23
8,757
35.55
60
Winthrop
4.20
23
8,041
34.14
61
Ipswich
4.20
26
6,271
22.32
62
Easton
4.12
41
5,769
31.33
63
Easthampton
4.00
21
5,765
23.98
64
Marblehead .
3.94
18
7,426
27.37
65
Webster ..
3.87
39
9.251
34.92
66
Norwood
3.40
37
8,635
27.41
67
Swampscott
2.96
20
14,662
43.46
68
Wellesley
2.90
24
16,509
43 39
69
Mi'ton
2.88
24
31,215
52.01
70
Brookline .
2.01
16
28,815
51.07
Palmer
7.83
49
3,658
24.14
6.02
5.41
5.03
REPORT OF TRUANT OFFICER
1913
Number of absences reported to me 156
Number found to be truants 39
Number reported by parents as ill 48
Number kept out by parents to work or otherwise 54
Number reported insufficiently clad 15
Put on probation 0
Respectfully submitted,
WILLIAM KIDDER,
Truant Officer .
299
TEACHERS IN SERVICE, WHERE EDUCATED, YEAR WHEN APPOINTED
ALSO ENROLLMENT FOR FOUR MONTHS ENDING DECEMBER 19, 1913
School
Grade
Teachers
Where Educated
Year When
Appointed
Salary
Total
Enrollment
Average
Average
Attendance
Per cent. of
Attendance
Cases of
Tardiness
Cases of
Dismissal
High
IX-XII
A. L. Safford, Principal and Supt ..
Bates College. .
1913
$2400
318
300.5
284.
94.3
252
72
Bowdoin College .
1913
1100
Wellesley College ..
1910
850
Bay Path Institute.
1907
1000
Boston University
1910
900
Wellesley College.
1912
650
Abbie H. Evans
Radcliffe College
1913
550
Marion Corliss . .
Wellesley College.
1913
550
Elizabeth W. Whitman
Brown University
1913
550
Josephine M. Minihan
Radcliffe College .
1913
550
Ruth A. Finberg.
Radcliffe College .
1913
900
.
Marion Benton .
Boston University ..
1913
600
Highland .
.
VIII
N. H. State Normal ..
1899
750
38
37.2
35.5
95.4
13
10
VIII
Fannie C. Whittemore
N. H. State Normal, Hyannis.
1905
700
27
24.4
23.2
95.2
7
9
VIII
Alice E. Hood
Concord Training School
1902
700
36
34.4
30.5
95.6
18
9
VII .
Jenny F. Copeland
Salem Normal.
1913
600
39
34.4
30.5
95.6
46
5
Sadie V. Johnstone
Farmington Normal
1913
575
41
38.5
35.9
93.3
29
20
..
VII
Mabel P. Williams .
Lowell Normal .
1911
600
40
38.4
36.7
95.8
19
35
..
VI
Ethel M. Reed
Farmington Normal.
1913
500
42
39.7
37.1
93.4
51
19
Fitchburg Normal . .
1912
46
43.7
39.9
91.9
55
34
Marjorie O. Symmes
1913
500
46
45.4
42.4
93.5
55
7
Dorothy M. Carlisle
Concord Training School
1911
525
50
49.4
46.4
93.9
46
18
Salem Normal ..
1890
650
42
40.8
38.6
94.6
28
10
Joyce L. Fielder
Salem Normal .
1908
575
38
37.8
35.7
94.1
9
6
..
III .
Alberta R. Doyle
1913
450
39
38.2
36.5
95.4
30
6
Emily Searway
Machias Normal.
1913
475
43
42.8
40.8
95.3
32
12
Anna P. Reid, Principal
Reading High School.
1884
650
44
42.
37.6
89.5
25
11
Cora G. Soule.
Fisher Kindergarten .
1912
550
42
40.8
38.
93.1
21
12
Bridgewater Normal.
1904
575
52
50.5
45.8
91.
14
2
Mabel A. Porter
Rust Kindergarten.
1911
525
50
47.8
44.3
92.4
37
0
Prospect St. .. ..
I-II
Ada E. Dow, Principal.
Lowell Normal
1909
650
52
48.8
46.
95.
6
40
Ethel J. Bent
Connecticut State Normal . .. .
1911
600
33
31.6
30.1
95.3
25
21
III-IV-V ...
University of Maine ..
1911
650
38
37.6
35.7
94.8
17
2
Caryl M. Porter ..
Rust Kindergarten ..
1911
525
33
32.2
30.
93.3
13
6
Chestnut Hill . . ..
A. Isabelle Parker.
1911
550
26
23.2
21.8
94.
4
3
Annie B. Parker, Drawing
1892
500
1908
350
Arthur H. Tozer, Music.
1910
500
Wm. Firth Eastwood, Manual Training.
1906
640
Myrtle D. Wells, Clerk
1910
350
.
...
..
.
. .
....
Alice Barrows, Principal .
Bridgewater Normal
1880
1100
Emma S. Page, Assistant
VII .
.
V ..
Centre.
III-IV
M. Grace Wakefield, Principal
Salem Normal .
1911
550
43
40.3
37.1
91.7
12
10
IV
Phoebe Doran
IV-V
Union St.
II .
II . .
I . ..
Marion H. Morgan
.
III-IV
Lowell St.
Edee D. Gammon, Principal.
I-II .
I-II-III ....
G. F. Wilson . .
Dorothy Dey
Alice M. Lombard.
Agnes M. Gilmore.
Mary W. Sawyer.
...
.... .
. . .
...
..
VI
Mabel I. Mathewson
VI
Boston Normal
.
V.
Salem Normal .
Dean Academy .
Eunice N. Bancroft, Sewing
575
Membership
READING HIGH SCHOOL
Graduation Exercises
CLASS OF .. 1913 ..
WEDNESDAY EVENING, JUNE TWENTY-FIFTH
High School Hall
302
PROGRAM
PRAYER BY REV. FRANK M. HOLT .
Baptist Church
1 The Spirit of the Age (Salutatory) * HELEN HARTLEY PEASE
2 The Reading Water System .
# GERALD CHAMBERLAIN ROBINSON
"The Two Grenadiers" Schumann
THE CHORUS
3 Another Great American
İ ERNEST HUNNEWELL LEACH
4 "The Pioneer"
# HERBERT LAWRENCE PATRICK .
5 Girlhood Miniatures . # DOROTHY BATCHELDER SKILLEN
"Six o'clock in the Bay" Adams THE CHORUS
6 The Quest of Contentment . . ( Valedictory) HELEN GERTRUDE KERSHAW
"Bright Dews of Morning" Crowe
Conferring of Diplomas
WALTER S. PARKER
Chairman of the School Committee
BENEDICTION-REV. J. E. WATERHOUSE Methodist Church
DIRECTOR OF MUSIC ARTHUR HAROLD TOZER ACCOMPANIST . MARION WINIFRED RODDEN
* Scholarship Honors t Class Honors # Faculty Honors
303
CLASS OF 1913 COLLEGE COURSE
Dorothy Bond Edith Adelaide Buck
Helen Gertrude Kershaw Helen Hartley Pease
Margaret Carleton
Hilda Cameron Prentiss
Marjorie Howes Gage
Harriet Dorothy Turner
SCIENTIFIC COURSE
Ernest Hunnewell Leach
Edward Rufus Lord
Foster Nowell
George Ward Phelps William Henry Rodden Willis John Turner
NORMAL COURSE
Helen Gertrude Quinlan Dorothy Batchelder Skillen
Margaret Elvita Reid
GENERAL COURSE
Barbara Merle Abbott
Ruth Rachael McLeod
Mildred Louise Akerley
Ruth Helen Morrison
Doris Helen Bangs
William James Parkins
Mildred Josephine Barrett
Herbert Lawrence Patrick
Katherine Margaret Canty Wilbur Spinney Cail Warren Foster Charles
Ruby Power Lyman Edgar Pratt
Chester Arthur Putnam
Arthur James Reid
Nelson Atwood Remick
Ellena Ruth Riley
Gerald Chamberlain Robinson
Marion Winifred Rodden Frank Thomas Seaman Frank Mcclellan Stevens
Marion Cecilia Stevens
Freeman Matthews Gray Clara Mabel Hale
Bertha Herbolzheimer Louise Scribner Kinsman Sylvia Clarice Lang Harold Frank Lougee Stanley Wellman Mack Alfred Augustine McDavitt
Jeannette Peabody Stickney Doris Gabrielle Tarbox Carroll Wyman Temple Harland Alfred Townsend Mary Elizabeth Thornton Helen Doris Turner Edna Stearns Young
· Mildred Elizabeth Chisholm Harold Beals Currell Mary Elizabeth Devaney
James Albert Doucette Nellie Baker Eisenhaure Grace Damon Flint George Freedman Minerva Gates Gilman
304
PUPILS GRADUATING FROM HIGHLAND SCHOOL JUNE 26, 1913
GIRLS
BOYS
Allen, Irene B.
Akerley, Elmer C.
Bisbee, Alice L.
Alger, James W.
Brooks, Edna V.
Ambler, Morton H.
Cook, Phyllis H.
Anderson, H. Everett
Cowles, M. Edith
Andrews, Howard A.
Doucette, Lena R.
Bangs, C. Hanson
Ferguson, Mary J.
Betts, John J.
Field, Lillian E.
Betts, Joseph E.
Fife, Christine H.
Bixby, Wingate
Freeman, Anna G.
Brown, Elmer D.
Hickey, Irene F.
Brown, Robert M.
Hill, Flora A.
Burke, Joseph J.
Lord, Helen A.
Chellis, Myron S.
Lowando, Elsie May
Cleveland, Elmer
MacKillop, Anna M.
Collins, J. Frank
McDonagh, Margaret P.
Crowhurst, Percy J.
MeIntire, Hazel H.
Dacey, Cornelius
McNeil, Mary E.
Davis, Clyde L.
Meekins, Claire
Desmond, James F.
Murray, Mary
Doucette, Clarence L.
Nichols, Mildred
Ellison, Arthur N.
Nowell, Helen
Ferrick, James
Page, Beulah H.
Ferrick, Joseph
Pheney, Mary M.
Gray, Dwight O.
Pippin, Stella
Greenyer, Edwin B.
Prentiss, Helen L.
Heselton, Robert N.
Ratcliffe, Marion G.
Holt, Kilburn
Reid, Josephine V.
Hunt, G. Herbert
Richardson, Viola E.
Larson, Harry L.
Rothwell, Gladys
Libbey, Henry H.
Schwarz, Genevieve Shepard, Dorothy R.
Lumsden, Blin W.
MacDougal, Ernest C.
305
GIRLS
Simpson, Mildred C. Stone, Ada B. Thomas, Margaret Tucker, Esther R. Twombly, Priscilla Ward, Gertrude E. White, Louise M.
BOYS
Maguire, Daniel
Marchetti, George L. Maxwell, Albert C.
McCaughey, W. Irving
McLeod, Herbert W.
Metcalf, Harold R. Moore, Henry E.
O'Brien, Harold W. Oxley, Radcliffe M. Perry, John A.
Quinlan, Francis E.
Quinlan, Thomas E.
Reid, James
Richards, Stuart F.
Riley, William
Rowe, Fred I.
Saunders, Karl R.
Sheehan, John
Sherman, Herbert
Starke, Raymond R.
Stevens, Seth Stokes, Clifton H. Sylvester, Wilfred B. Thomas, Dwight H. Thompson, J. Earle Thornton. Thomas J. Turner, Frank O. Tuttle, Stuart K.
Waterhouse, Edson Waldron, Raymond W. Wright, Charles A. Young, Nelson B.
306
STATISTICS
NUMBER OF CHILDREN IN TOWN BETWEEN 5 AND 15 YEARS September, 1899
832
66
1900
. 853
6 6
1901
. 890
1902
915
1903
967
1904
938
1905
972
.6
1906
1022
1907
997
1908
1005
1909
1029
.6
1910
. 1030
1911
. 1013
1912
1048
1913
. 1121
NUMBER OF CHILDREN IN TOWN BETWEEN 7 AND 14 YEARS
September, 1899
648
1900
648
1901
. 680
1902
. 636
.
682
1904
755
1905
698
1906
. 759
1907
.
723
1908
. 695
1909
787
1910
708
66
1911
.
784
1912
745
1913
778
.
.
.
.
1903
.
.
.
307
Length of school year. 1912-1913
10 months Number of days lost from stormy days. etc. 11 days Actual length of school year . 9 mos. 9 days
Number of different pupils enrolled for the year ending June, 1913
1364
AVERAGE NUMBER IN EACH OF THE TWELVE GRADES FOR THE FIRST FOUR MONTHS OF THE SCHOOL YEAR
YEAR
I
II
III
IV
V
VI
VII
VIII
IX
x 46
XI 17
XII 23
5 903
1900
127
136
66
107
89
98
66
82
49
37
36 14 0 907
1901
177
102
108
77
105
87
97
64
61
56
64
34
21
4 1008
1903
127
114
103
104
86
109
97
93
63
61
53 31 9
1050
1904
129
131
116
116
95
91
109
86
79
61
53
54
4
1123
1905
129
118
130
124
105
104
88
100
85
76
45
63
42
5
1166
1907
120
110
150
114
123
109
96
110
78
82
58
50 6
1212
1908
123
111
120
128
97
138
97
118
92
75
75
47
5
1226
1909
133
113
118
124
119
93
116
108
110
79
68
62
7
1250
1910
119
116
105
121
120
109
88
108
116
98
75
53 9
1237
1911
112
113
114
103
127
97
125
100
99
78
69
58
6
1201
1912
134
111
109
111
116
129
87
126
87
84
66
63
5 1228
1913
155
130
110
94
120
130
115
99
117
72
64
56
4 1266
1899
120
103
102
87
108
75
93
68
56
42 28 25 5 978
1902
142
126
90
86
117
98
100
70
100
88
72
1906
118
129
109
127
120
100
93
48 4 1156
SP. TOTAL
308
FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHOOL DEPARTMENT EXPENDED 1913
Teachers' and Superintendent's salaries . $28,560 27
Janitors' salaries . 3,393 56
OTHER SALARIES :
Truant Officer
$150 00
Medical Inspector
300 00
Census Enumerator
100 00
550 00
TRANSPORTATION OF PUPILS :
Street Railway tickets
$725 00
Barge service
142 25
867 25
TUITION PAID :
Truant School .
$36 70
Industrial Schools
191 10
227 80
Books
1,274 48
Supplies for pupils
1,914 29
Apparatus for teaching
6 60
GENERAL EXPENSES :
Printing and advertising
$135 19
Office supplies and stationery
50 80
Telephones
136 27
School Committee expenses
37 75
Superintendent's expenses
21 85
Law enforcement and police service 4 00
Lectures and public meetings
37 44
423 30 2,819 87
Fuel
BUILDING MAINTENANCE :
Light
$211 73
Water
.
244 84
Removal of ashes
43 15
Janitors' supplies
385 87
885 59
309
ORDINARY REPAIRS :
Buildings
. $1,687 99
Furniture
140 98
Grounds .
.
403 12
2,232 09
$43,155 10
SPECIAL REPAIRS AND ALTERATIONS :
Centre School toilets $1,680 00
Chestnut Hill School toilets .
·
990 00
2,670 00
$45,825 10
DETAIL-TRANSPORTATION OF PUPILS
Bay State Street Railway Co., tickets $725 00
. James Borthwick, barge service 61 00
D. A. Stanley, barge service 81 25
$867 25
DETAIL-TUITION PAID
City of Boston, Industrial Schools
$191 10
Middlesex County Truant School 36 70
$227 80
DETAIL-BOOKS
Adams, JJ. Q. Co., reference books $7 00
Allyn & Bacon, text books
159 08
American Book Co., text books 233 08
American Express Co., expressage
3 47
Atkinson, Mentzer & Co., books . 4 63
Babb, E. E. & Co., text books
180 81
Barnard, F. J. & Co., rebinding books
168 38
Bobbs-Merrill Co., books
1 25
Bridgman & Lyman, song book
1 10
Brown, J. D., books
20 00
Cummings Express, express
8 51
Ditson, Oliver, music
105 86
Fisher, Carl, music
60
Ginn & Co., text books
178 96
310
Hammett, J. L. & Co., books $1 40
Heath, D. C., text books 60 13
Houghton, Mifflin Co., English books 4 95
King-Richardson Co., books . 5 50
Little, Brown & Co., Primary readers
25 93
Merrill, Charles E. Co., books
25 22
Milton, Bradley Co., books .
76
Old Corner Book Store, books
1 75
Palmer, The A. N. Co., writing books
14 80
Schmidt, Arthur P., music
3 96
Schoenhof Book Co., books
25 00
Scribners', Charles Sons, books
9 90
Thompson, Brown Co., books
2 62
University Society, The, books
18 53
Wilson, George F., music
1 30
$1,274 48
DETAIL-SUPPLIES FOR PUPILS
Adams & Co., ribbon for diplomas $4 00
American Express Co., express 8 93
Angell Co., pencil sharpener
21 00
Atkinson, Mentzer & Co., paper
68 30
Babb, Edward E. & Co., supplies 541 23
Barrett Mfg. Co., supplies 2 00
Bay State Paper Co., paper .
5 75
Carter's Ink Co., typewriter supplies
30 00
Castine, Simon 50
Charles, M. F., supplies 2 35
Copeland, H. O., ribbon
48
Corliss, Marion, biology supplies
3 35
Edwards, Leander M., supplies
7 45
Fisher, Carl, music 64
Frost & Adams Co., charcoal
85
Ginn & Co., supplies
20 96
Hammett, J. L. Co., supplies
552 48
Holden Book Cover Co., book covers 8 00
Hunter, J. B. & Co., hardware
22 29
311
Ingalls, Maud H., biology supplies $7 80
King, W. E., ink 2 50
Knott, L. E., Apparatus Co., laboratory supplies 32 96
Marine Biological Co., biology supplies
12 15
Milton Bradley Co., supplies .
119 21
Palmer, A. N. Co., writing supplies
108 28
Parker & Page Co., lumber, manual training 241 11
Remington Typewriter Co., typewriter supplies
18 50
Whitall, Tatum Co., supplies
6 28
$1,914 29
DETAIL-APPARATUS FOR TEACHING
Kempton, W. H., framing picture $1 45
Knott, L. E., Apparatus Co., supplies . 5 15
$6 60
DETAIL-GENERAL EXPENSES
PRINTING AND ADVERTISING :
Cummings & Saunders, printing $18 25
Library Bureau, cards 4 89
Phelps & Carlson, printing 5 00
Twombly, W. E. & J. F., printing . 107 05
$135 19
OFFICE SUPPLIES AND STATIONERY :
Allen Bros., dater . $2 50
Gurney, C. F., letter tray 3 05
Kenney Bros. & Wolkins, envelopes 4 00
Lombard, Alice M., postage .
2 22
Macey, Stetson Morris Co., supplies 5 00
Meek, Henry M. Pub. Co., directory 3 50
Ward, Samuel Co., supplies . ·
20 12
Watkins, H. T., postage .
6 66
Wilkinson, D. M., ink pads
1 40
Wright & Potter Printing Co.,
ledger sheets .
2 35
$50 80
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TELEPHONES :
N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co. $136 27
SCHOOL COMMITTEE EXPENSES :
Butler, Philip H. & Co., tablet $9 25
Poor, H. W., expenses . 8 00
Scott, C. L., photographs 5 00
Studley, Edward H., engrossing di- plomas 15 50
$37 25
SUPERINTENDENT'S EXPENSES :
H. T. Watkins, expenses to Maine $21 85
LAW ENFORCEMENT AND POLICE SERVICE : Cullinane, Jeremiah, police service $1 00 Low, Oscar, police service 3 00
$4 00
LECTURES AND PUBLIC MEETINGS :
Beatley, Clara, lecture .
$5 00
Blackburn. Alexander, address 10 00
Atkinson, Geo. H. Co., supplies 4 24
Parker. Mrs. Fred, punch and crackers 5 70
Vocational Bureau. The, vocational course
12 50
$37 44
DETAIL-FUEL
Bancroft, Wendell & Co., coal and wood $433 00
Boston & Maine R. R., freight
871 04
Cummings' Express, carting ashes
52 72
Hanscom. E. C., teaming
102 50
Hodson Brothers, setting glass
3 00
Malden & Melrose Gas Co., gas
20 90
Russell Coal Co., coal
538 35
Sweetser, P. N., coal
726 86
Thompson, S. L., removing ashes
5 00
Wakefield, Charles, wood
66 50
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$2,819 87
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DETAIL-BUILDING MAINTENANCE
LIGHT :
Municipal Light Board . $211 73
WATER :
Reading Water Works . $244 84
REMOVAL OF ASHES
Cummings' Express, carting $27 65
Zanni, Angelo, carting . 15 50
$43 15
JANITORS' SUPPLIES
American Express, expressage $3 80
Atkinson, Geo. H. Co., supplies 5 25
Babb, E. E. & Co., paper 6 50
Berry, D. W., teaming
Boston Iron Works, window platform 1 00
Burton, A. & E. Co., brushes
27 00
Carr Chemical Co., boiler compound
7 80
Cook. A. S., cheese cloth
3 00
Dallman, H. I., brushes, etc. 19 50
Doughty, Henry C., floor spray
118 02
Gurney, G. F., cleaning cloths
13 38
Hammett, J. L. Co., supplies
15 52
Jameson, F. J., floor spray 29 75
Kidder, Mrs. William, repairing flags 5 61
Metcalf, E. C., supplies 10 14
Reading Custom Laundry, laundry 30
Wallace, F., supplies 2 10
West Disinfecting Co., disinfectant soap 108 00
Wilkinson, A. J. Co., clams 4 20
$385 87
DETAIL-ORDINARY REPAIRS
BUILDINGS :
Bancroft, Wendell Co., lumber . $4 65
Burgess, R. P., mason work
43 50
5 00
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Clapp, R. D., repairs 129 83
Ellenwood, Louis, repairs
173 81
Fife, T. C., repairs . 210 72
Flynn, The T. J. Co., repairing gut- ters 21 03
Francis Bros., repairs, etc.
799 54
Hodson Bros., setting glass 44 05
Jackson, Charles, repairing chairs 5 60
Johnson, H. R., repairs .
1 35
Maxwell,J. M. Jr., electrical repairs 185 58
Ordway, O. O., repairs .
40
Park, H. L., mason work
1 00
Reading Water Works, repairs .
2 50
Stewart & Robertson, repairs
64 43
$1,687 99
FURNITURE :
American Seating Co., rubber tub- ing $7 80
Blodgett Clock Co., repairing clock system 15 20
Boston & Maine R. R.
25
Charles, M. F., repairs .
25 75
Heywood Bros. & Wakefield Co., repairing chairs 50
Ladd, Frederic A., tuning pianos $10 50
Murphy, J. A., repairing clocks 5 50
Nichols. C. A., cleaning rug .
1 00
Nye, Edward B., tuning piano 2 50
Remington Typewriter Co., repair- ing typewriters 3 90
Stewart & Robertson, repairs
30 47
Stuart & Howland Co., electrical repairs
35 61
$140 98
GROUNDS :
Devaney, Matthew, labor . .
$34 25
Sweetser, Percy N., seed and sand 11 27
315
Thompson, S. L., grading 323 00
Wallace, F., grass seed .
60
Welch, Wm. F., dressing
22 00
West Side Greenhouse Co., window boxes
12 00
$403 12
DETAIL-SPECIAL REPAIRS AND ALTERATIONS Stewart & Robertson, toilets, Centre School . $1,680 00
Stewart & Robertson, toilets, Chestnut Hill
990 00
$2,670 00
REPORT OF PUBLIC LIBRARY
The Trustees of the Public Library submit the follow- ing report :
EXPENSES OF THE LIBRARY
The receipts of the library for the year were as follows :
Appropriation (raised by taxation) . $1,325 00
Proceeds of the dog tax . 680 36
Receipts from fines, sale of cards, catalogues, etc., appropriated for the use of the library .
76 00
Refund, error in payment
1 32
$2,082 68
The expenditures were :
SALARIES AND WAGES :
Bertha L. Brown
$300 00
Grace J. Abbott
41 25
Charles H. Stinchfield
55 11
$396 36
OTHER EXPENSES :
Books and periodicals
461 23
Binding
65 61
Fuel and light
219 32
Rent
600 00
Taxes (paid as part rent )
206 20
Printing .
37 25
Furniture
49 53
Minor items
47 18
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$2,082 68
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ORGANIZATION OF THE BOARD
At the annual town meeting Messrs. Edes and Wadlin were reelected and Frank O. Carter was elected to the vacancy caused by the death of Mr. Barrows. Subsequently, the Trustees organized by the choice of Mr. Wadlin as Chairman, and Mr. Mansfield as Secretary.
ADDITIONS TO THE LIBRARY
At the close of the year 1912, the library contained 8,182 volumes. During the year, 253 volumes have been added by purchase, 52 by gift, 38 replacements have been made, by purchase, of books previously worn out or discarded, and 25 volumes reclaimed from books previously set aside on account of fire damages, the total thus becoming 8,550. The number of volumes worn out during the year and not yet re- placed is 46. The net number of volumes contained in the library at the close of the year (December 31, 1913), is therefore 8,504.
The books purchased include a selection carefully made from the current publications in the different departments of literature, and although limited in number by the limita- tions of our appropriation are intended, as far as possible, to meet the varied tastes of readers, old and young. New pur- chases are displayed on open shelves.
THE USE OF THE LIBRARY
The circulation for home use numbers 21,826 volumes, as compared with 19,243 for the preceding year. This is the largest recorded circulation which the library has had in any single year. The largest circulation for any single month was 2,552, in March ; and the smallest monthly circu- lation, 1,478, was recorded in June and September.
During the year, 303 new card holders have been regis- tered. We hope that the tendency toward an enlarged use of the library, indicated by these figures, may continue.
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We particularly call the attention of all our citizens to the facilities which the library affords for instructive and recreative reading. We repeat the following from a pre- vious report :
"Are you interested in any special subject ? Would you like to have a wider knowledge of the world's progress and history. or become acquainted with at least a few of the great writers: or familiar with some of the great poems, or novels, or essays that have been preserved as classics among the great number of books that have been printed? Or would you like to know something of the great changes that have occurred in scientific thought during the last ten years ? Or something about the growth of our great indus- tries-like the steel industry. for example ? Or perhaps something of the literature of your own trade or profession ? The Public Library contains something for you among these subjects. It is established and maintained to help you. If you want something that it can furnish, ask for it. The librarian is there to assist you if she can. If you want a hook that is not now in the library, it will be bought for your use if possible, if you will leave its title -- or perhaps a better book substituted for it: except. of course, that we cannot. with our limited means, buy extensively merely temporary books of fiction, or expensive books that would not be of general interest or value. Let us help you form the library habit. You may want to look into an encyclopædia occasionally. We have one: also other books of reference."
On Wednesday evenings the seating capacity of the library, at the tables for readers, has frequently been in- sufficient. Two new tables have been placed behind the book stacks, reserved wholly for adults or for pupils from the High School, who are thus less disturbed by the more restless younger visitors, and somewhat removed from the general operations of the delivery desk.
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NOTEWORTHY GIFTS
Crayon portraits of Mr. J. Brooks Leathe and his wife have been given to the Library by bequest of their daughter, Miss Priscilla Leathe. Mr. Leathe was a leading citizen of Reading during his life. He was an early storekeeper, deal- ing in groceries and general merchandise on West street, near its junction with Woburn street, from 1833 to 1864. He was afterward an Assistant Assessor in the Internal Revenue Department until the office was abolished in 1873. He was a Selectman in 1848, 1849, 1859-62 and 1866.
Miss Jessie Grouard has presented ten specimens of Confederate currency notes, supplementing others, framed and hung in the library, which were given by another donor.
LOAN EXHIBITION
In February a travelling library of books and pictures on the subject of health, lent by the Reading Woman's Club, was exhibited in the Library.
NEW ACCESSIONS OF PERIODICALS
The Woman's Home Companion, National Geographic Magazine, American Homes and Gardens, The Etude, and Everyland have been added to the list of periodicals cut- rently taken.
The Strand has been discontinued.
ESTIMATE FOR 1914
The following estimate of maintenance requirements has been furnished to the Town Accountant as required by law :
For rent, including taxes paid on account of rent . $825 00
For salaries 475 00
Heat and light 250 00
Books and periodicals 425 00
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