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14 Lawrence James White Priscilla Baker Goodman 32 Teacher
26 U. S. Army
Reading
15 Ernest Stephen Arsenault Florence Elizabeth Grover 25 Artist
22 U. S. Army
Reading
Reading
15 Ebbe Sture Ebbeson Margaret Mason Lindsay 32 Secretary
Reading
38 Draftsman
Reading
21 John Talbot Timlin Catherine Eva (Parks) Clark 44
Comm. Artist Reading
27 John Francis Richards 21 Machine Operator Wilmington Helen Louise Merrill 18 Waitress Reading
30 Walter Robert Murray 52 Mill Manager Andover
Azerlea Pray Barton 43 Bookkeeper and Lab. Asst.
Reading
December
2 Rufus Atwood Maxfield, Jr. 21 Elect. Helper Gertrude Julia Eldridge 18 Factory Worker Reading
Lowell
18 Jack Raymond Martin 25 Student St. Joseph, Missouri
Carolyn Barrett Brown 22 Secretary Reading
25 William B. Birkmaier 20 Boiler Maker 2nd Class
No. Reading
Catherine V. Witham 20 Inspector No. Reading
26 James Humphry
26 U. S. Army East Haven, Conn.
Priscilla Eaton 23
Secretary Reading
26 Kenneth John Bugden 25 U. S. Army Ipswich
Elizabeth Ives 22 Stenographer Reading
AFFIDAVIT AND CORRECTION OF RECORDS OF MARRIAGES
Date Name
Age Occupation
Residence
1919
November
23 Martin Turner
46 Rubber Worker
Winifred Mullaney
32 Housework
Reading Reading
1927
September
26 Edward Joseph McMillan Catherine Hannah Hogan 29 Teacher
30 Clerk
Detroit, Mich. Reading
145
40 Cabinet Maker
Reading
34 Bookkeeper Reading
West Newton
33 Bank Clerk
Watertown
DEATHS REGISTERED IN TOWN OF READING FOR YEAR 1942
Date Name
Y M D
Cause of Death
January
7 Annie E. Keating
80
-- Lobar Pneumonia --- Carcinoma
9 Theresa M. McKenney
72
9 Dorothy Thibeau
71
8
4 Coronary Thrombosis
11 Timothy J. Phair
71
0
0 Cerebral Thrombosis 3 Myocarditis
14 Mary Carroll
65
2
14 Cardio Renal Failure
16 William P. Hamel
69
2
13 Cancer of Tongue
18 Joseph Bernard
72
10
14 Arterio Sclerosis
21 Grace Ella Nichols
84
0
25 Myocarditis
February
3 Emil Schultz
64
5
23 Heart Disease
3 Ernest Azel Lovejoy Hill
72
10
5 Carcinoma
5 Arthur G. Godfrey
60
2
16 Strangulation of
Bowel
6 Charles S. Porter
46
6
12 Epilepsy
6 Frank F. Strout
83
8
6 Coronary Thrombosis
7 Theresa L .Francis
61
0
0 Cerebral Hemorrhage - Asphyxia
8 Prentiss
13 h.
11m.
12 Belle J. Barnes
83
0
0 Heart Disease
14 Katherine F. Shannon
64
0
0 Cardiovascular Disease
18 Laura A. Smith
70
0
18 Coronary Heart
Disease
26 James E. Johnson
69
7
16 Coronary Thrombosis
27 Jennie E. MacDougall
68
8
22 Coronary Thrombosis
28 Annie Gertrude Thomas
84
8
17 Cerebral Hemorrhage
March
1 George S. Willard
8
6
1 Uremic Coma
3 Emily C. Newton
72
11
22 Heart Disease
11 John C. MacKillop
72
11
1 Carcinoma
13 James M. Gray
77
2
0 Cerebral Hemorrhage
14 Harry F. Lovering
66
1
15 Coronary Thrombosis
18 George H. Reed
88
4
16 Coronary Occlusion
20 Albert Merrill Withington
84
2
20 Cerebral Hemorrhage
24 Robert A. Carter
62
3
15 Cerebral Hemorrhage
26 William Roberts
49
0
23 Coronary Thrombosis
April
1 Margaret Parsons Kelsey
45
0
0 Filro Carcinoma
2 William B. Ward
54
7
25 Pneumonia Stillborn
8 Folger
20 Mary Spillane (Murray)
72
7
2 Coronary Thrombosis
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13 Lewis O. Hawkins
77
10
DEATHS REGISTERED IN TOWN OF READING FOR YEAR 1942
Date Name
Y M D
Cause of Death
April
21 William Granville Lowe
88
9
22 Coronary Occlusion
22 Sarah E. Howard
51
0
11 Brain Tumor
23 Archibald N. McLean
77
4
15 Cerebral Hemorrhage
25 Frank O. Blanchard
71
11
23 Cerebral Hemorrhage
29 Thomas Alfred Abbott
87
0
0 Pulmonary Congestion
30 George G. Reed
52
27 Pulmonary Infarction 5
May
12 Henrietta Parker
85
3
6 Myocarditis
16 Cleo B. Lillie
67
7
24 Carcinoma
17 Edwin Avery
51
10
0 Cerebral Hemorrhage
18 Enoch Sandywell
49
0
13 Carcinoma
24 Bessie V. Reed (Fernald)
47
3
10 Bilateral Tuberculosis
25 Arthur Salmon
56
0
12 Lobar Pneumonia
June
4 Emma G. Gross
80
7
26 Cerebral Hemorrhage
6 Walter Brown
74
5
25 Carcinoma
7 Stillman R. Parker
84
5
4 Pyelitis
9 John D. Green
76 0
0 Myocarditis
10 Rose Ann Waterhouse (Wallace)
58
9
3 Myocarditis
12 David Wilson
28
9
18 Third Degree Burns
12 George W. S. Ide
85
11
21 Cerebral Hemorrhage
16 Emma F. Van Stone
76
8
6 Coronary Thrombosis 22 Carcinoma
23 Elizabeth Woodman
62
5
29 Ventral Hernia
28 Walker
12h. Premature Birth
20 Frank H. Baker July
72
25 Coronary Thrombosis 6
2 Mary E. Stevens
85
5
22 Arterio Sclerosis
5 Chauncey Brooks
50
0
27 Malignant Bone
Tumor
5 Henry E. Roach
75
0
0 Cerebral Thrombosis
8 William Henry VanHorn
57
11
10 Coronary Thrombosis
13 Michael J. Burns
76
0
0 Coronary Thrombosis 27 Myocardial Disease
13 Mrs. George C. Whitcomb
46
2
18 Albert J. Gilbertson
78
6
4 Heart Disease
21 Clarence A. Wiswall
87
9
21 Myocarditis
21 Hattie M. Walker
73
11
23 Myocarditis
23 Robert S. Burgess
55
1
19 Acute Cardiac Failure
25 Patrick Cowhey
53
0
0 Coronary Thrombosis
27 William Carney
41
0 0 Epilepsy
147
22 Elizabeth H. Brown
90
7
DEATHS REGISTERED IN TOWN OF READING FOR YEAR 1942
Date
Name
Y M
D
Cause of Death
August
1 Mary Ann Brennan
84
0
0 Coronary Thrombosis
1 Nellie C. Schimpfke
72
7 24 Coronary Thrombosis
5 Henry Y. Wiggin
83
9 25 Accidental Burns
7 Eva G. Lindsey
71
7
22 Coronary Occlusion
11 Ada A. Washburn (Rhodes) 83
8
10 Fracture Femur
17 Josephine L. Fowler
69
2
19 Carcinoma
20 Mary E. Black
56
0
0 Accident
27 James Fred Richardson
80
9
5 Cardiac Failure
31 Lucius W. Chase
59
20 Carcinoma 1
September
4 Mary Meuse
70
0
0 Carcinoma
6 Harry H. Johnson
69
8
21 Myocarditis
7 Agnes Stanley (Wilson)
68
0
3 Cerebral Hemorrhage
8 Althea A. Tougas
79
6
18 Heart Disease
9 John William Keefe
82
8
15 Myocarditis
12 Louise Agnes Murphy (Cummings)
71
5
0 Coronary Disease
12
Lawrence Lovejoy
36
0
0 Peritonitis
13 Martha W. Davis
80
7
15 Myocarditis
15 Eliza Souther Swain
84
8
21 Coronary Thrombosis
16 Eleanor Upton Chace
37
6
8 Carcinoma
24 Henry O. Mellen
61
5
22 Carcinoma
October
1 Grace Louise Wakefield
79
4
12 Carcinoma
2 Bessie P. Goddard
77
0
0 Coronary Thrombosis
9 Mabel A. Hurd (Hall)
74
7
1 Nephritis
10 Ernestine E. Howland
85
9
26 Coronary Thrombosis
11 Archibald MacPherson
58
0
0 Cerebral Hemorrhage
13 Susan J. Simonds
81
8
1 Myocarditis
13 Denton Marshall Locke
30
7
0 Pulmonary Tuberculosis
19 Ursula S. Bancroft
76
10
10 Myocarditis
24 John Muise
52
11
2 Carcinoma
27 Alice M. Partridge
81
3
27 Coronary Thrombosis
November
2 Olsen
3 Frank Edwards
57
0
15 Coronary Occlusion
3 James R. Mercer, Sr.
61
6
22 Coronary Heart Disease
148
DEATHS REGISTERED IN TOWN OF READING FOR YEAR 1942
Date
Name
Y M D
Cause of Death
November
15 Isabel Florence Winn
77
10
9 Cerebral Hemorrhage
15 Harold Eastty
77
2
28 Broncho Pneumonia
2 Brain Tumor
19 Walter Gould Ruggles
72 0
21 Henry Q. Millett
73
4
23 Patrick J. Bradley
70
9
23 Jane Florence Conger
54
10
19 Carcinoma
27 Henry E. Ball
65
6
7 Cardio-Vascular Disease
28 Florence W. Trevor
(Freeman)
65
1
6 Paralysis Agitans
28 Bartlett P. Stuart
27
10
10 Flame Burns
29 Lothrop
0
-
30 Sarah A. Pratt
90
8
3 Arterio Sclerosis
December
6 Mary Grace Wakefield
71
10
3 Cardio Vascular Disease
9 John M. Berry
70
1
9 Cardio Vascular Disease
10 Thelma L. Morrison
39
4
22 Cancer of Ovary
14 Dorothy (Sommers) Hoag
36
5
6 Post Partum Hemorrhage
15 Nellie C. Pray
76
10
18
Ralston
19 Charles D. Wells
81
10
26 Leonore F. Scott
85
5
9 Cardio Vascular
26 Charlotte Anne White
(Meuse)
79
8
0 Cerebral Hemorrhage
0 Chronic Nephrosis
26 Marie Joan McHardy January, 1940
7
0
4 Wilhelmina Anderson
66
7 10 Acute Gangrenous Appendix
December, 1941
17 Frank Vasey
45
9
23 Chronic Emaciation Anaemia
18 Arthur L. Hoffer
50
11
11 Cirrhosis of liver 7 Coronary Occlusion
12 Carcinoma
- 31 m. Erythroblastosis Fetalis
28 Cardio Vascular Disease Stillborn
17 Intestine Occlusion
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REPORT OF THE TOWN CLERK ON FISH AND GAME LICENSES ISSUED IN 1942
207 Fishing Licenses @ $2.00 $ 414.00
134 Hunting Licenses @ $2.00 268.00
48 Sporting Licenses @ $3.25 156.00
32 Women's and Minor's @ $1.25 40.00
4 Trapping Licenses @ $5.25 21.00
18 Free Htg., Fishing and Trapping
6 Duplicate Licenses @ .50 3.00
Value of Licenses Issued 1942
$ 902.00
2 Trapping Licenses 1941 10.50
Total Value of Licenses Issued $ 912.50
Less Fees to the Town 106.75
Amount paid Fish and Game Comm. $ 805.25
REPORT OF THE TOWN CLERK ON DOG LICENSES ISSUED IN 1942
468 Male Dog Licenses @ $2.00 $ 936.00
85 Female Dog Licenses @ $5.00 425.00
279 Spayed Female Dog Licenses @ $2.00 558.00
4 Kennel Licenses @ $25.00 100.00
$ 2,019.00
Less fees to the Town
167.20
Amount paid County $ 1,851.80
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REPORT OF TOWN CLERK ON FEES PAID TO THE TOWN
Recording Conditional Sales Contracts $ 6.50
Birth Certificates 131.25
Death Certificates 28.00
Marriage Licenses and Certificates
313.25
Certificates of Residence .75
Certificates of Business
3.00
Certificates of Voters
3.50
Recording Mortgages and Discharges 187.00
Gasoline License Renewals 30.50
5.75
Recording Pole Locations
59.30
Recording Leases 1.00
Dog License Transfers .25
Dog Tags Duplicates
2.30
Postage
1.44
Assignments 2.50
Fish and Game Fees
106.75
Dog Fees
167.20
Total
$ 1,050.24
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Affidavits
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF SELECTMEN
To the Citizens of the Town of Reading :
The annual report of the Board of Selectmen for the year ended December 31, 1942 is hereby submitted:
At a Special Meeting held March 4, 1942 the Board organized as follows :
Carl W. Goodridge, Chairman Herbert K. Miller, Secretary Kenneth C. Latham
Leon G. Bent was appointed Clerk
Meetings were held regularly on Monday evenings throughout the year. Special Meetings were held from time to time as occasion 1e- quired.
Police Department
At a meeting of the Board on July 20, 1942, Patrick J. Pantano and Roland E. Ellis were appointed regular patrolmen of the Police Department, effective July 24, 1942.
Following the custom established several years ago a new cruising car was purchased to take the place of the one which was two years old.
Ambulance
An amount of $413.00 has been turned back to the Treasurer for the use of the ambulance. The present ambulance has been in service since 1934. In the not too distant future it will be necessary to replace the present ambulance with a new one.
Fire Department
All equipment is in excellent condition. A new pumping engine has been added to the Department. This equipment was built by the per- manent men of the Department. It will be known as Engine No. 5 and will be housed with Engine No. 2 on Woburn Street, and manned by members of the Auxiliary Fire Department.
Tree and Moth Department
There is still a demand for shade trees throughout the town, es- pecially in the several home development areas.
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The Tree and Moth Departments have had an increase in the work of tree surgery and moth extermination. The spraying of our trees was greatly aided by the purchase of a new spraying machine during the year.
Traffic and Parking
The speed of traffic throughout the Town has been eliminated somewhat by the co-operation of our citizens and transients who tra .. verse the highways of our community.
Favorable comment has been received on the improvement made in the parking of cars on Lincoln Street. Also the making of Ash Street from Washington Street to Main Street in a southerly direction a one way street, thus eliminating a hazardous condition at a busy intersec- tion.
W. P. A.
There have been two projects worthy of mention.
The Civilian Defense State-wide Project has been of great help in - rendering certain services since the inception of rationing of certain commodities.
The work on the Quannapowitt Drainage has progressed satisfac- torily and we hope it may continue to a point of completion.
Civilian Defense
Spurred on by America's official entry into the war, the past year witnessed an increase in the Civilian Defense personnel to well over a thousand persons.
Five watches have been maintained during the year, twenty-four hours a day, i.e., the Report Center at the Center School under the Air Raid Wardens; the Army Observation Tower off Wakefield Street, supervised by the American Legion, Post No. 62, and its large corps of volunteers ; the main office at the Municipal Building by the Massachu- setts Women's Defense Corps; the Pumping Station off Grove Street by the Auxiliary Police; and Hose No. 2 House by the Auxiliary Fire Department.
During the year several practice blackouts and daylight raids were held and each event showed an increasing smoothness in the operation of the defense set-up. The co-operation of the townspeople as a whole has been gratifying to the workers who have also had to enforce the Army and State regulations on permanent dimouts.
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Besides the above mentioned organizations, the Medical Unit,. Building Wrecking and Rescue Crew, Gas Decontamination Squad, First Aid Parties, Service and Supplies, Publicity and Education, and Evacuation Divisions, have all responded to every alarm.
The Salvage Committee has conducted town wide drives with con- siderable success.
Your Board held two important meetings with the whole group be- sides keeping in constant touch with the units. One was to co-ordinate with the Red Cross, held early in the Spring, and the other was held at the close of the year for the purpose of polishing up the rough spots and increasing the efficiency of the whole set-up.
Interest reached its peak following the attack on Pearl Harbor; it has diminished somewhat, but the loyalty and hard work of a majority of the personnel has been very gratifying.
The Town is certainly indebted to the many workers and your Board takes this opportunity to express its gratitude to all the organ- izations, large and small.
It would be impossible to make personal mention of all our cit- izens who are giving their services in the interest of this great war effort. There are still opportunities for volunteers in furthering the maintenance and efficiency of the various units in our Civilian Defense ..
Town Forest
The Town employs one man in the Town Forest most of the year and he has done excellent work in preserving the trees. The Board hopes to place more trees in the coming year.
War Price and Rationing Board
Acting upon orders from the Office of Price Administration, the Board appointed a Rationing Board, first for tire rationing, and which has expanded to include many other commodities.
Service Flag
An important event in the past year was the presentation to the Town by the Board of Trade, of a Service Flag, in recognition of the Reading men and women in the armed forces of the United States.
The Board wishes to express its appreciation for the co-operation of all Boards, officials and employees during the past year.
Respectfully submitted,
CARL W. GOODRIDGE, Chairman HERBERT K. MILLER, Secretary KENNETH C. LATHAM
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REPORT OF TOWN COUNSEL
To the Honorable Law Committee of the Town of Reading :
The following report of my activities as Town Counsel for the year ending December 31, 1942 is respectfully submitted.
During the current year two actions resulting from an alleged de- fect in the highway have been adjusted by compromise for the total sum of $150.00 after approval by vote of your Committee.
Foreclosure proceedings of tax liens in six cases were commenced in the Land Court and prosecuted to final determination.
The usual work was accomplished in connection with the routine activities of the various boards of the town, legal forms drafted and opinions rendered. Advice and assistance was given the Committee re- lating to the preparation of the new zoning by-law and the by-law for the construction of buildings, and such by-laws have been duly adopted by the town and approved by the Attorney General as required by law. Assistance was also rendered the Committee with respect to legislation to establish representative town government by limited town meetings, the bill was drafted and filed with the Legislature pursuant to the vote adopted at the annual town meeting.
One case involving the abatement of real estate tax was heard be- fore the Appellate Tax Board resulting in an abatement of $350.00 which was approximately one-tenth of the petitioner's claim. There are now four cases now pending before the said Appellate Tax Board.
I have prepared all legal forms, supervised the takings of easements and the settlement and payment of land damages in connection with the construction by the Commonwealth of the Quannapowitt drainage system. Also the order of taking of land for the protection of the water supply was drafted, the settlement of damages therefor was supervised and the approval of the State Board of Health was granted after hear- ing as provided by law.
Conferences with the officials of the Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway Co. and the War Production Board was held and after secur- ing the necessary approval by the State Emergency Finance Board under Executive Order No. 16, the legal forms were drafted transfer- ring to the United States Government for the prosecution of the War all the right, title and interest in and to the unused street railway tracks in certain streets of the town.
There are still pending in the Courts five suits, two cases having been disposed of during the current year. Several claims of various nature have been made against the town, but none of these claims have been made the subject of suit.
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As provided by the by-laws of the town, I have performed every professional act required by me in the performance of the duties of my office.
Respectfully submitted, SAMUEL H. DAVIS, Town Counsel
REPORT OF THE PLANNING BOARD
The Board organized with A. Lloyd David as chairman and Sher- burne J. Watts as secretary. Philip R. White has continued to repre- sent the Board as a member of the Special Drainage Committee.
With but few exceptions regular meetings have been held weekly throughout the year. The Board has been represented at many public hearings and all town meetings. Continued assistance has been ren- dered to the civilian defense organization through the supplying of maps. Town maps have been loaned, from time to time, to the United States Geological Survey, the State Department of Public Works and the Reading Visiting Nurse Association. Copies of maps have been prepared and presented to several of the town boards.
At the annual town meeting in March 1942 the recommendations of the Special Development Committee of fifteen, on which the Planning Board had two members, were accepted and the town adopted the new Zoning By-laws proposed by the Planning Board and a new Building Code and voted to accept the provisions of General Laws, Chapter 41, Sections 81F to 81J which increase subdivision control. This was all very gratifying to the Board.
The Board is giving consideration to the need for some form of long-range programming in connection with public improvements. Such a procedure appears to be sound in principle and should provide a prac- tical method of determining which capital expenditures, over a period of years, are desirable for the town with due consideration for the ability of the taxpayer to meet the cost of such improvements. When its studies on the subject are completed the Board expects to render a full report with recommendations.
Respectfully submitted, A. LLOYD DAVID, Chairman PHILIP R. WHITE, Secretary RICHARD F. DREW WINTHROP D. PARKER GEORGE B. PEASE
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REPORT OF THE LIBRARY TRUSTEES
As we enter the second year of the war the Public Library feels deeply the impact of the war on its services and functions. The watch- word of the hour is the need of every agency in every community to cooperate in the production of essentials for war needs, and economize in those non-essentials which are not utilized in the war effort. To many it will appear that the Public Library is definitely in the latter classification. Its services could be cut, or even eliminated without seriously hampering the war effort, and the money thus saved could well serve those necessary functions. This is a most dangerous theory. Today, more than ever, the Library is doing its part in the community.
The demands of today which are put upon the Library by the adult readers are chiefly for practical books dealing with technical subjects, non-fiction books on the new geo-politics of war, and contemporary affairs, biography related to the leaders of the hour, books on the new fields of Latin America, Asia, the Near East, and the Pacific, and "es- cape" literature in the form of novels and light reading. The latter is most important. With long working hours in war work, and restric- tions on pleasure driving, more and more people are finding their pleas-
ure and relaxation in the home and community. In consequence the public is finding much satisfaction for that need in the reading of books and literature from the Public Library. People who are working hard expect, and have a right to expect, that their community library is ready to serve them and their needs. In such service the librarian and her staff are performing an invaluable service to the man and woman behind the man behind the gun.
To maintain an adequate staff of experienced workers under pres- ent conditions is difficult. So far Reading is most fortunate to be able to retain in service a staff of experienced librarians. This staff oper- ating on fixed salaries, quite inadequate to present increasing living costs, is performing faithful and loyal services to this community. With parents more frequently away from home the Children's Library al- most daily is filled to capacity with children who come, not to get a book, but to stay for the afternoon. This presents a problem of group control, programs, and reading supervision which is one of the chal- lenges to the Library brought about by the present war.
If "economy is the art of making the most out of life" as Bernard Shaw has said, then the local Library is striving to make the most out of a small budget, wisely spent, for the purpose of giving the greatest service to the largest numbers. Larger libraries in larger communities have found it necessary to appeal to the people of the community to help in this emergency by soliciting gifts for the Library to help econ-
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omize. It is possible that there are many people in Reading who after reading their copy of the latest Book of the Month or Best Seller would be glad to donate their personal copy to the Public Library. A book plate suitably inscribed in recognition of such service would be inserted in the book to perpetuate the fact that the donor is a "friend of the Library." If one contemplated a more substantial gift to the Library in the form of a trust fund the Librarian and a member of the Library Committee would be glad to advise as to the needs that exist in this direction.
With blackout curtains in the reading rooms and Children's Li- brary, and with war books on the shelves, the Library is continuing to serve the community in these trying days.
Respectfully submitted,
A. IMRIE DIXON, Chm. C. NELSON BISHOP, Sec. WARREN L. FLETCHER WILLIAM S. TONKS ISABEL G. HEDGES KATHERINE C. PIERCE
REPORT OF THE LIBRARIAN
The following from the Library Journal applies so well to our li- brary that it seems worth quoting-
"Circulation was in a downward spiral throughout 1940 and 1941, and a recent sampling indicates equally large losses in 1942. The de- mand for technical and war books remains firm, but their general use falls far short of offsetting the loss in general reading. The effect of gasoline rationing upon the use of libraries is still in the stage of con- jecture. Librarians instinctively abhor any loss in circulation, but here again the realistic viewpoint of the good citizen should come to our support. In time of war, a reduction in the volume of recreational reading. is not only inevitable but desirable. People can't read while they are welding ship plates, making airplanes, sewing for the Red Cross, or replacing the household maid; the loss of some of our casual readers may also be interpreted as a gain in the supreme task of win- ning the war."
The Victory Book Drive of last March was a great success; be- tween five and six thousand books were collected, sorted, and sent to
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the receiving station in Brighton. We are very grateful to Mr. San- born and his group of helpers for their house-to-house collection; to Mrs. Grover and Mrs. Poland for help in sorting; also to Mr. Spurr for providing transportation.
The new desk which was installed in February, adds much to the appearance of the room and is much more convenient than the former desk, which was donated to the High School, for their new library.
The concert given by the Knighton String Quartet on a Sunday afternoon in December, was a particularly pleasant occasion, with near- ly every seat taken in spite of the small blizzard raging outside. The library proved to be well adapted for a concert of that kind and we hope there will be opportunity for more of them.
The Book Group of the Woman's Club have presented us with the following books :
Teaque-Design This Day.
Lipman-American Primitive Painting.
Galsworthy-Forsyte Saga, Modern Comedy, End of the Chapter.
Koslinko-100 non-royalty plays.
New technical books added to shelves in 1942:
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