1946-09-26City of Beverly, Massachusetts
Public Meeting Minutes
Board: Library Trustees
Subcommittee:
Date: 09/26/1946
Place: Beverly Public Library
Board members present: Thomas F. Delaney, W. Lincoln Boyden, Jr., Louisa V. Conrad,
William A. Rowe, and Robert O. Small,
Board members absent: John C. Birmingham, Thomas J. Casey, Lawrence E. Foster, and B.
Frederick Yoffa
Others present:
Recorder: Marjorie H. Stanton
Beverly, September 26, 1946
The regular meeting of the Board of Trustees was held on Thursday September 26, at
7:30 P.M., with Mr. Delaney, Mrs. Conrad, and Messrs. Boyden, Rowe and Small in attendance.
The records of the meeting of June 27 were read and approved, as was the report of the
Finance Committee, giving a summary of expenditures and balances for the three months since the
last meeting.
The Administration Committee reported that repairs were being made to two radiators
which had begun to leak, but that very little other work had had to be done during the summer
months. This report was approved.
The Circulation Committee recommended the purchase of 578 titles (mainly for school
deposits) and the acceptance of 199 gifts, some of these coming from Hon. Henry Cabot Lodge
and others from Edward Cabot of Manchester. Voted: that this recommendation be approved.
Mr. Delaney reported that two resignations had been received since the June meeting -
one from Florence Taylor Hall and the from Florence Lane Luther.
After some informal discussions of the mater, it was voted to leave the question of filling
these vacancies to Mr. Delaney and Miss Stanton, with full power to cat.
The question of repairs to the Farms Branch roof was then brought up for discussion, with
reports being made by both Mrs. Conrad and Mr. Boyden who had inspected the roof and gone
into the matter very carefully.
Both agreed that the leaks were caused by the disintegration of the terra cotta, which
allowed water to seep through resulting cracks, and that the terra cotta must be removed and an
new roof covering be puit on.
Mr. Boyden, in a letter to the Board, suggested the putting on of hip-roof which would do
away with all the difficulties of drainage which had proved so troublesome through the years.
The Board voted to authorize Mr. Boyden to consult with William H. Cann as to the
probable cost of the work, and report to the next meeting of the Board.
The Circulation Committee presented the suggested list of magazines for 1947, and it was
voted to subscribe to the same magazines as those taken this year, and to give the order to Miss
June Pickering who's service has proved entirely satisfactory during the past three years.
Voted: to adjourn
Marjorie H. Stanton
Secretary