1951-10-02City of Beverly, Massachusetts
Public Meeting Minutes
Board: Library Trustees
Subcommittee:
Date: 10/25/1951
Place: Beverly Public Library
Board members present: Thomas F. Delaney, John C. Birmingham, Saul J. Cagan, Philip Rowe,
and Carl Zeilon
Board members absent: W. Lincoln Boyden, Jr., Louisa V. Conrad, Dorothy Cook, and
Lawrence E. Foster
Others present:
Recorder: Marjorie H. Stanton
Beverly, October 25, 1951
The regular meeting of the Board of Trustees was held at the Library on Thursday, October
25, at 7:30 P.M., with Mr. Delaney, and Messrs. Birmingham, Cagan, Rowe and Zeilon being
present.
The Secretary' s records of the meeting of September 27 were read and approved, as was the
report of the Finance Committee giving details of expenditures and balances for the month.
Mr. Delaney reported, for the Administration Committee, that nothing in the way of repairs
had been done since the last meeting.
The Committee on Circulation recommended the purchase of 374 new titles and the
acceptance of one gift. This recommendation was approved.
At the suggestion of this same Committee, it was voted to take the same newspapers during
1952 as those taken in 1951. And to place the order again with the North Shore News Company of
Beverly.
It was further voted to subscribe to the United States News, since there has been requested
by many students as well as adults of the City.
The Librarian' s report, telling of increases in Circulation and Registration at the Main Library
and the Farms during October, and of the success of the Italian Exhibition held in the Hall during the
week of October 12, was presented and placed on file.
The resignation of Mrs. Dorothy Day, as assistant in charge of the Farms Branch, was then
presented to the Trustees who voted to accept it and to appoint to the position Mrs. Olive White who
had been assistant to Mrs. Day for three years, and in charge of the Branch during Mrs. Day's
vacation and illnesses, Mrs. White to receive the same salary which Mrs. Day had been receiving.
Since the death of Mr. Small left a vacancy on the Finance Committee, Mr. Delaney appointed
Mr. Cagan as member of the Committee, with Mr. Rowe as Chairman.
Voted: that the November meeting of the Board be held on Friday, the 231h, instead of on
Thursday, the 29th, in order to leave time for the typing of the budget sheets for 1952 before
December 3rd.
Voted: to adjourn
Marjorie H. Stanton
Clerk