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Introduced by Councilor Fanlett, Feb. 24, 1960
CITY OF BANGOR
(TITLE.) (OTDBrt-... Report of the8ap9oe Public. Library for the. Year 1963 _..,
BY the City C aural of the City of Bangor:
ORDERED,
THAT the annual report of the Bangor Public Library for the year 1963,
as filed with the City Clerk, is hereby received.
RECEIVED
1964 Ha 12 IM 3:33
CITY CLERK'S OFFICE
My OF P4 NJ"R. MAINE
IN CITY COUNCIL
Feb. 24, 1960
P*SED
CI' CLERK
a9 -R
ORDER
Title,
Library. Report for 1963
...............
.....................................
i Intraduced: and
^/filed by
Cowcilmen
BANGOR PUBLIC LIBRARY
ANNUAL REPORTS
of
THE TRUSTEES OF THE HERSEY FUND
and of
THE LIBRARIAN
FOR THE FISCAL YEAR
JANUARY 1, 1963 -- DECEMBER 31, 1963
Bangor Public Library
Bangor, Raine
January 21, 1964
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Report of the Trustees of the
Hersey Fund
Bangor, January 21, 1964
To the City Council of the City of Bangor:
Me Trustee& of the Hersey Fund submit their annual
report. They have received from the City Treasurer the sum
of four thousand 04,000.001 1n quarterly payments, which
have been paid to the treasurer of the Board of Managers of
the Bangor Public Library.
They also submit, herewith, the annual reporta of the
librarian of the Bangor Public Library, the treasurer of the
Trustees of the Bangor Public Library, and the Treasurer of
the Board of Managers of said library.
John F. Grant ,/��yY/��`t-0.-1
Donald S. NSgginLs ywwr++
W. P. Newmanzw
Nartyn A. Vickers, N.
Ralph L. Weymouth
Trustees o_ the Hersey F1�nd
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REPORT OF THE LIBRARIAN
To the
Board of Managers and Trustees of the Bangor Public Library:
The total coat of operating the library 1n 1963 was $267,135.83.
Sixty-six percent of this amount, the sum of $177,342.83, was supplied
by endowment Income; four percent, $11,300.00, came from fines and non-
resident fees; and thirty percent, R78,493.Oq was provided by city
appropriation. These expenditures are twenty percent higher than In
1962, largely because of our book purchases for new school libraries;
total expenditures for books were $76,916.66.
The total circulation of books was 437,864. This Is a 1.6E
decrease from the record high of 1962. &at of the decline occurred in
the Issues of adult fiction; non-fiction circulation remained at 1962
levels in nearly all departments. The year's circulation represents
11.2 circulations per capita. 57% of the books circulated were
borrowed by adults and 43% by children.
More requests for service came to the Reference Department this
year than ever before. Over 15,000 inquiries came by phone, by mail,
or in person to this busy department. Miss Smythe reports a noticeable
Increase in the number of phone Inquiries, especially from local
business firms. As usual this department served as a reference center
for other libraries In this part of the state end for Individuals In
sixty-five Maine communities. Mail inquiries were received from
twenty-two states, from Canada, Germany and France. Student use of the
library which increases annually, makes up a large part of Reference
Department service. Students from high schools in this area, from
Hudson and from the University consult our Reference librarians In
order to use our large collections effectively.
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The library receives 1,844 periodical subscriptions; on an average
day 75 magazines and newspapers pass through the Periodical Department.
As they arrive they are routed to the Reading Boom, and to institutions
In Bangor for whom we provide periodical subscriptions. These include
public and parochial schools, hospitals and some city departments. At
year's end, over 20,000 issues have been received; those of permanent
usefulness are bound in hard covers for reference use.
The Extension Department brings the services of the library to
225 locations outside the building. Book deposits are placed in 181
elementary classrooms In public and parochial schools which do not have
school libraries. The high and ,junior high schools are supplied with
books for school libraries. Over 175 sets of encyclopedias are
provided for classrooms and school libraries. This department provides
service for patients at the Eastern Maine General Hospital.
This year, in addition to these busy routine, the Extension
Department is processing books for addition to the library In the new
High School and to equip school libraries In the new Ohio Street and
Harlow Street Junior High Schools which will open in 1964 and 1965.
Over 4,000 books were processed for the school libraries in 1963. They
are purchased fully cataloged from a firm which specializes In this ser-
vice to libraries, though much still remains to be done with the
thousands of books we receive before they go on the shelves at the
schools. The cast of this program will be shalt $75,000.00 before It Is
completed in 1964 or early 1965. This outlay, required by school
accreditation standards, represents a very substantial contribution to
community expenses by the Trustees of the library. The work involved
has been made as easy as possible thanks to the cooperation of Bangor
School personnel.
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Me Juvenile Department circulated 1039158 books to Its 3,846
registered borrowers. Thirty-seven school classes, a total of 11050
children, visited the library for Instruction and twelve classes from
private schools and from public schools outside the city were welcomed
to the library. Sixty-eight units were selected for use by Bangor
teachers in their classes. In May this department began using a
photographic charging system which reduced time spent on charging and
slipping books.
The sizeable technical achievement involved in acmesSinning and
cataloging over 11,000 new books continued behind the scenes, unnotloed
by the public but greatly to their benefit. Over 25,000 catalog cards
were prepared and filed. The important BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE STATE OF
MAINE, based on our catalog and published by G. K. Hall 6 Co. in 1963,
was made possible by the work of this department over many years.
17,326 Individuals and 353 business firms in Bangor are registered
borrowers of the library. This Is 45% of the city's poPulatlon, a
relatively high percentage for a public library.
Beginning in September, the library reduced its hours of service
slightly from 72 to 69 hours weekly by closing on Saturdays at 6:00 P.M.
rather than at 9:00 P.M. For Some time we had been aware that fewer
and fewer borrowers were using the library on that evening and few if
any students came on Saturday night to .use reference material In the
library.
Our adult Circulation Department, in addition to handling one of
the heaviest per capita borrowing loads of any public library, arranged
for interlibrary and personal loans by mail. 148 Individuals and 63
Maine Libraries borrowed 8,166 books in a sizeable "mall order" service
little known to local borrowers. We increased our non-resident fee from
$2.00 to $3,00 in September, bringing It in line with fees charged by
ether similar libraries. We have 1,491 non-resident borrowers.
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Over 240 meetings were held in library rooms by local organizations
Exhibits by local artists were on display nearly every week except in
the summer.
After many years of devoted service to the library, Freda Wilks
Richardson retired from the Catalog Department. Her example and good
spirits will be missed by us all.. The death of Rozella Maresca,
assistant in the Juvenile Department, was a personal loss to the staff
end to many of our young patrons. Five other staff members resigned
for personal reason.
The death of Erwin S. Anderson, Treasurer of the Board of Trustees
since 1951, was for the library and for the community a great loss.
Respectfully submitted,
Robert C. Woodward
Librarian
January 21, 1964
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Accessions and
Classification
Department
TABLE A
Books
in Library, 1963
Class
In Library
Net
In Library
Class and Class Number
January 1
Additions
December 31
General works 000-099.......
23,427
821
24,248
Philosophy 100-199..........
4,647
156
4,803
Religion 200-299............
lo,006
329
10,335
Social Sciences 300-399.....
68,134
1,183
69,317
Language 400-499............
1,706
91
1,797
Pure Science 500-599........
13.729
1,946
15,675
useful Arta 600-699.........
34,706
1,265
35.971
Fine Arts 700-799...........
42,160
896
47,056
Literature 800-899..........
2j, j94
627
24,021
Description 910-919.........
10,925
487
11,412
History 900-909, 930-999....
27095
784
28,579
Biography 9209 929 & B......
230120
822
23,942
Fiction .....................
72.830
1,286
74.116
Totals i
356,579
10,693
367.272
Gross additions were 15,800
Removals 5,107
Making net additions 10,693
By Location and Kind, December 31, 1963
Location
Adult
Juvenile
Total
Central Library ....
260,450
33,387
293,837
Moak Branch ................
Extension ...................
21.574
19.513
_____
32.348
21,574
51,861
Totals
301,537
65,735
367,272
Kind
Number
Percent
Adult non-flction (Central Library,
Music Branch & Extension).
2539609
70%
Adult fiction (Central and
Extension) ................
47,928
13%
Juvenile (Central & Extension,
fiction and non-fiction)..
65.735
Totals
3679272
100%
Volumes per capita (1960 population,
38,912)
...............9.4
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TABLE B
Additions and Removals, 1963
Sources of Additions
Withdrawn
Worn out ....................................
New
Added
Replace-
Binding
0...................
4
Titles
Copies
menta
Serials
Totals
Purchase .............
71267
69875
386
674
15,202
Gifts ................
122
397
16
26
561
Return after lose....
-----
-----
37
---
37
Totals
7089
79272
439
700
151800
Withdrawn
Worn out ....................................
265
4,198
Duplicate ...............
0...................
4
13
Obsolete ............................
24
M.......
417
Sold ........................................
Given Away ..................................
111
1
36
Damaged...........
I....... I .................
�38
Total Withdrawn ........................... 1. 4,703
Lo at:
Charged out and not returned ................
265
Missing in inventories ......................
4
Missing from classes not Inventoried........
24
Lout and paid for ...........................
111
Total lost ..................................
404
Total removed ................... 0.............
5,107
Net additions (additions less removals).......
10,693
BOOK
STOCK
Adult
Juvenile
Total
Number of volumed January 1, 1963
294,992
62,187
356,579
Number of volumes added during year
8.652
7.148
15.800
Total
303,o44
69035
372,379
Number of volumes withdrawn from
records during year
1,507
3,600
5,107
Total at end of year 1963
301,537
65035
367,272
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TABLE C
Binding and Repair, 1963
Sent to bindery:
Previously unbound:
Volumes of serials, central library......... 327
Volumes of serials, medical library......... 171
Maps for mounting ........................... 4
Previously bound:
Volumes to be rebound ....................... 1,685
Volumes to be repaired ...................... 1.256
3,443
TABLE D
Registration 1963
(Principal registration perlod is three years)
Adult
Juvenile
Total
Card holders January 1, 1963 ..........
159483
39870
19,353
Less registrations removed because of
failure to renew, change of residence,
death, etc ..........................
3.187
954
4,141
12,296
2,916
15,212
Plus new registrations In 1963
3.178
930
4,_08
15,474
3,846
19,320
Bangor resldente....
Armed services......
s:
TABLE E
Classes of Borrowers
Juvenile
3rd -8th
Adult Grade
..... 11,959 21845
..... 1,568 ---
Business and Professional
cards.......... 353
Non-resident borrowers who
pay b.00 a year (luven-
Ile tl.00) for over -the -
desk service, or R8.00 a
year plus postage for
mall service........... 1,444
Special borrowers who make
a deposit. 24 Segued In
1963. None now In force.
Libraries outside of Bangor 130
Visitors who make a deposit
of 43.00. 9 Issued In
1963. None now 1n force.
Non-resident groups........ 20
Total: 15,474
44
Juvenile
Parent's Juvenile
Cards Total Tafel
954 3,799 15,758
___ 1,568
353
3
47
1,491
___
130
_20
29889 957 39846 19020
Percent of population registered, counting only classes A, AS, and 8 4...
5f
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TABLE F
Circulation 1963
Entire Liber
Adult
non- Adult
Fiction Fiction
Juvenile
Total
Central library
General works, 000.099 ....... 2,175 --
680
2,85
Philosophy, 100-199.......... 4,260 _-
16
49276
Religion, 200-299............ 39570 --
416}
986
Social Sciences, 300-399..... 11,505 --
12,512
24,017
Language, 400_499............ 700 __
89
789
Pure Science, 500-599........ 59215 --
1,649
7,064
Useful Ane, 600-699......... 12,367 -_
1,450
13.813
Fine Arts, 700-799........... 11,796
Literature, 800-899..........
3
004
149050 _-
14,854
Description ani travel, 910-919. 5,029 --
965
5.994
Nistory,900-909, 930-999..... 113880 __
1,267
13,147
Biography B and 920-929.... 119759 --
.
2,438
14,197
Current Periodicals, 000..... 16,963 --
276
17,239
(Total Juv. Non -Fiction,
January - April.).........
(737M)
Juvenile Fiction -Jen.-Apr...-- -
12,588
12, 88
Fiction ...................... .. 106,497
--
106,497
Juvenile Total fiction A non-
fiction _ May -December...._
67.055
67.055
Total Central Library........ 1119265 106,497
103,158
3209920
Music Branch - records......... 27102 --
__
2,102
Music Branch - music........... 3.053 --
__
1.053
Total Music Branch ............. 5,155
5,155
Total Central Library and
Music Branch ................ 116,420 106,497
103,158
3269075
Extension Department........... 14.973 16.191
80.62511
1.789
Total entire library....... 131,393 122,688
183,783
437,864
Percent ................. ...... 30% 27%
43%
100%
Circulation per capita (population 389912) ..................
11.2
Circulation per registered borrower (19,320)
22.7
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Extension Department 1963
Adult
Adult
non -
Fiction
Fiction
Juvenile
Total
Bangor City Schools
--
--
43,386
43,386
Public - Grades 1-6...........
Parochial - Grades 1-8........
Bangor High School ..............
51961
2,865
--
81826
Cerebral Paley School...........
--
-
35
35
John Bapst High School..........
19190
849
--
2,039
Fifth Street Junior High.......,
--
-
19,111
191111
Garland Street Junior High......
--
—
139792
13,792
Bangor Children's Home..........
--
51
51
Bangor City Hospital............
248
12
--
260
Bangor Theological Seminary.....
--
765
--
765
Central Fire Station ............
..
3
--
3
E.M.G.H. Nurses Prof. Library...
-
6,565
-
6,565
E.M.G.H. Patients' Library......
79454
3,838
3,214
14,506
Home for Aged Men ...............
35
--
--
35
Rome for Aged Women.... ...... o..
626
31
--
657
King's Daughters' Home..........
38
7
--
45
Penobscot County Jail...........
40
--
--
40
Presbyterian Church............
88
--
--
88
St. Joseph's Hospital (patients)
25
--
25
Summer Camps ....................
. 14
--
19036
1,050
Teachers' Sete ..................
472
38
--
510
Totals
16,191
14,973
80,625
111,789
Deposita as follows, were also maintained,
where books were used
for reference only: Bangor Osteopathic Hospital
Doctors' Medical
Library, City Clerk's Office, City
Engineer's
Office, City Health
Department Office, City Manager's
Office,
City Planner's Office, City
Police Headquarters, City Public
Works Department,
City Public
Welfare
Department, Eastern Maine Guidance Center,
E.M.G.H.
Doctors' Medical
Library, Penobscot Bar Library,
St. Joseph's
Hospital Doctors'
Medical
Library, St. Joseph's Hospital School of Practical
Nursing, St.
Michael's
Home, Speech and Hearing Center.
175 sets
of encyclopedias
are
on
deposit in school rooms or principals'
offices.
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Books In Library and Circulation, Twenty Years
Year
Books
in Library
Dec. 31
Circulation
1944 .........................
1945 .........................
1946 .........................
1947 .........................
1948 .........................
1949 .........................
1950 .........................
1951 .........................
1952 .....................
1954 .........................
1954 .........................
1955 .........................
1956 .........................
1957 .........................
1958 .........................
1959 .........................
1960 .........................
1961 ..........................
1962 .........................
1963 .........................
...
2309968
236,562
243.812
251,116
257,860
264,657
271,168
276,144
2839405
2909699
297,788
301,515
310,623
3189282
327,284
336,265
3435204
350.336
356079
367g272
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1.... I ........ ......
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1...................
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12,64$
314.317
316,655
310,699
308,058
3100727
3089181
303,096
309,180
2979979
289.062
282,760
292.553
322.642
356,064
387,936
4019190
417.0551
426,160
445,353
437.864
Miscellaneous Statistics, 1963
First notices for overdue books .............................
91621
Second notices for overdue books ............................
3,749
Reference questions answered, adult .........................
15,176
Reference questions answered, juvenile ......................
836
Reserves for home use .......................................
12,64$
Discarded books given away... I........... 0.0 ................
B
Lectures outside library by staff members ...................
14
Exhibits in lecture hall.
Offered or Invited ........................................
17
Public meetings (b48 26 organizations) .......................
245
Mail service to 1individuals and 63 libraries in
128 cities or towns, total books ..........................
8,166
Borrowed from 6 libraries, books ............................
38
Lent to 63 libraries, books
1,582
.................................
Newspapers currently recelveds
Titles.... o..m ..........................................
22
Duplicates... ............. M .......... I ....... ...........
7
Other periodicals currently recelvedt
Titles ....................................................
1.321
Duplicates
494
................................................
New cards filed In all catalogs and shelf lista.............
25r 416
Paid staff hours lost from illness, funerals, 9Ec...........
1,016
13 _
Statistics for 1963 in the style of the
U. S. Office of Education, Public Library Statistical Report
Report for fiscal year ending December 31, 1963
General
1. Name of Library, Bangor Public Library. Data of founding, 1883.
2. Name of Librarian Robert C. Woodward, Date of appointment,
November 15, 1992.
3. Chief Librarian appointed by, The Board of Managers of the Bangor
Public Library.
4. Governmental unit of support, City.
6. Population served, (1960 U. S. Census, final)............ 38,912
7. Size of area legally entitled to service, quare miles, 32.9
8. Terms of use: A. Free for leading to residents of Bangor.
B. Lends to others for a fee or deposit.
9• Number of hours central library is open per week:
A. For circulation, 69 for 39 weeks
50 for 13 weeks
B. For reading and study, same.
10. Number of days central library Is open during year, 290.
Number of days open per week, 6, (13 weeks, 5).
Agencies
11. 1 central library In building owed by library, 1 branch in
Institution, 185 stations in schools, 18 stations in
lnatitutloas, 19 other stations. Total 224.
12. Bookmobiles ................................................ 0
13. Lends to school classrooms and school libraries.
Book Stock
Adult
Juvenile
Total
14.Volumes
at beginning of year........
2949392
629187
356,579
15a.
Volumes
purchased during year.......
80C92
7,110
15,202
5b.
Volumes
otherwise added during year.
�
598
1
T
303.044
_38
69,335
372,379
16.
Volumes
withdrawn from record
during year
1.509
9.600
5.109
17.
Volumes
at end of year
3019537
65.735
367,272
18.
Titles
added during year
69067
1,200
79267
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Circulatlon and Use
Registration
Percentage
Total
28.
of total
15,474
Volumes
Circulation
19A.
Number Of volumes of adult non-fiction
3,173
508
lent for home use ..................... 1319393
30%
19b.
Number of volumes of adult fiction
lent for home use ..................... 122,688
27%
20.
Number of books for children lent for
1,641
31.
home use ......................... I.... 183.783
21.
Total number of volumes lent for home
a. Over the desk..................$3.00
use ....................... I........... 437,864
100%
22.
Period of loan for the majority of adult
b. By mail... .....................
book stock is 28 days.
$8.00
23.
Number of interlibrary loan:
32.
The length of the registration period
Volumes lent ......................................
1.582
1 year for non-residents or service
Volumes borrowed ..................................
38
24.
Number of reference questions answered (adult)......
15,176
25.
Statistics not kept for uncataloged material........
26.
Number of newspapers currently received excluding
duplicates ........................................
22
27.
Number of periodicals currently received, exclud Ing
0
duplicates ........................................
19321
Registration
Adult Juvenile
Total
28.
Total number of registered borrowers
15,474
3,846
190320
29•
Borrowers registered or re -registered
3,173
508
3081
30.
Number of non-resident borrowers
(included above)
1,644
47
1,641
31.
Annual fee for non-resident borrowers
a. Over the desk..................$3.00
$1.00
b. By mail... .....................
$8.00
----
32.
The length of the registration period
Is ) years for residents and
1 year for non-residents or service
personnel
on duty
In Bangor.
Personnel
52.
Full-time equivalent of all employees ...............
34.7
5
Unpaid volunteer workers.... 0.........
0
5
I .............
Regular working hours per week for a full-time
staff
member ....... ..........vice.... ...................
39
55•
Employees under Civil Service.
0
....................
M.
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1969 Organization
Board of Managers and Trustees
of the
Bangor Public Library
Consisting of the
Trustees of the Hersey Fund
William P. Newman, term expires January 196?
Donald S. Higgins, term expires January 1969
John F. Grant, term expires January 1965
Martyn A. Vickers, M.D., term expires January 1965
Ralph L. Waymouth, ex officio as City Treasurer
and the
Officers of the Bangor Mechanic Association
Charles F. Bragg, Bad
P. Drummond Freese
Charles V. Lord
George F. Peabody
Officers of the Board of Managers and Trustees
President, Donald S. Higgins
Vice -President, Charles P. Bragg, 2nd
Treasurer, Charles V. Lord
Secretary and Clerk, Robert C. Woodward
Standing Committees
Auditing, Mr. Higgins
Finance, Mr. Freese, Mr. Bragg, and ex officio,
Mr. Lord
Purchasing, Mr. Grant, Mr. Peabody, and Mr. Weymouth
Building and Grounds, Mr. Newman, Mr. Higgins, and
Dr. Vickers
Insurance and Property Values, Mr. Higgins, Mr. Great
and Dr. Vickers
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196j Organization
LIBRARY PERSONNEL
(Who worked at any time during 1963)
Librarian and Staff
(Ino e�tM seniority)
Olive M. Smythe, Reference Librarian
H. Rola Mayo, Administrative Assistant
Marion C. Cluff, Chief, Catalog Department
Ruth E. Dole, Chief, Extension Department
/{Freda W. Richardson, First Assistant, Catalog Department
Charlotte C. Bowler, Chief, Circulation Department
Rossa W. Glberson, Chief, Accessions and Classification Department
Thelma A. Rebstock, Assistant, Catalog Department
Helen H. Wheeler, Children's Librarian
Charlotte M. Torrey, First Assistant, Accessions end Classification Capt.
Dorrice T. Wetzler, Assistant, Reference Department
*Dorothy H. Foley, Assistant, Accessions and Classification Department
Joan M. Tesseo, First Assistant, Children's Department
Doris M. Lichtenstein, Assistant, Children's Department
Lillian Y. Marquis, Chief, Periodicals and Binding Department
Marie C. McDonough, Assistant, Catalog Department
Evelyn K. Jordan, First Assistant, Extension Department
Dorothea Q. Flagg, First Assitant, Reference Department
Faith H. Kelley, First Assistant, Periodicals and Binding Department
Mary Jane Tozier, Assistant, Extension Department
Elcena A. Boutilier, First Assistant, Circulation Department
*Jacqueline A. Bouchey, First Assistant, Office
1Rozella C. Maresca, Assistant, Children's Department
*Georgia W. Henson, Assistant, Circulation Department
Ruth M. Dolle, Assistant, Children's Department
Susa m W. Campbell, Assistant, Circulation Department
Robert C. Woodward, Librarian
*Alice M. Johnston, Assistant, Circulation Department
Elizabeth L. Towle, Assistant, Circulation Department
Circulation Department
.ulation Department
Part-time and Probationary Assistants
Marcia Hereon Coolie D. Davis *Jane M. MacDonough
Patricia L. Bristow Margery G. Higgins Nancy Pearson
Sandra S. Clarke Susan A. Lyford Jana B. Pierce
Alyce M. Connor *Homme F. McClure Susanne M. Veilleux
*Marylou McDonald
Care of Building
Robert D. Pettit, Head Custodian
John J. Cameron, Assistant Custodian
Part -Time Care of Building
Melvin C. Fowler Clarence H. Snyder, Jr.
*Resigned #Retired }Deceased