1946-06-27City of Beverly, Massachusetts
Public Meeting Minutes
Board: Library Trustees
Subcommittee:
Date: 06/27/1946
Place: Beverly Public Library
Board members present: Thomas F. Delaney, John C. Birmingham, William A. Rowe, and
Robert O. Small
Board members absent: W. Lincoln Boyden, Jr., Thomas J. Casey, Louisa V. Conrad, Lawrence
E. Foster, and B. Frederick Yoffa
Others present:
Recorder: Marjorie H. Stanton
June 27, 1946
The regular meeting of the Board of Trustees was held at the Library on Thursday, June
27, at 7:30 P.M., with Messrs. Delaney, Birmingham, Rowe and Small in attendance.
The records of the meeting of May 31 were read and approved, as was the report of the
Finance Committee giving a statement of expenditures and balances at the end of the first six
months of this year.
The Administration Committee reported that leaks in the Art Room at the Main Library,
probably caused by the fact that about thirty panes of glass in the skylights were cracked, had
been repaired.
Mr. Delaney also reported that a letter had been sent to Mr. Bardon, janitor at the Farms
Branch, requesting his resignation; and that on June 17, Mr. Bardon had telephoned that he was
resigning as of that date. He turned in his keys that time.
Mr. Delaney told the Board of his efforts to obtain a temporary janitor, and of the
difficulties which he had encountered - a difficulty which had been solved by the hiring of Curtis
M. Foster who would fill in for July and August, or for a shorter time if a permanent man could be
obtained.
The Circulation Committee recommended the purchase of 398 titles - 310 of which were
juveniles - and the receipt of 84 gifts. Voted: that this recommendation be approved.
Miss Stanton was authorized to buy, from Trust Funds, a few articles of furniture, such as
chairs, a fluorescent light, and a small rug, for the Centerville and Ryal Side Deposits.
It was voted to continue the hours of opening the Farms Branch without change through
the summer months.
The Board then adjourned until September or until called for special purpose by the
Chairman.
Marjorie H. Stanton
Secretary