The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-01-15
(speciaI 10 The Democratl


 Naugatuck, Jan 15--Miss Ger trude B. Whittemore was re- elected chairman of the executive board of the Howard Whittemore memorial library at the recent an- nual meeting of the board, 1t was announced today. Carlisle B. Futile was reelected secretary and treas urer. Reports for the year were made.
 The library was fortunate as 1t had no financial reverses this year, the treasurer's report showed. Many tax-Gupported institutions have had bad financial years but the local library which Is not tax supported, being financed aside from normal income by special funds, had a good financial year.
 At the meeting Mrs H. D. 'Gib- bud was elected a trustee to suc- ceed Rev Joseph R. Swain who trustees of the library are N. A. Olson, Charles T. Mccarthy and Miss Whittemore and Mir Futile.
 The library staff now consists or Miss Jessie F. De Shong, librarian, Miss Marion Addis, assistant libra- rian, Miss Annise F. Clark, chii- dren's librarian: Miss Matilda Saunders and Miss Elizabeth cass, junior assistants. and Miss Jane Szczasiul, Miss Clara Walther, Arr thur Pudem and Jacob Sareyan as part-time helpers.
 Library Much Used
 Continued appreciation and gen. erous use of the library on the part of the public was reported by the librarian, Miss De Shong, at the meeting of the board. At present 2729 adults and 1865 children are enrolled as users of the library. Four hundred eight-three children and 611 grown-ups were registered as new borrowers during 1883 ana new cards were issued also to 302 adults and 209 children who had completed four years use of the H. brary. Also 1905 borrowers were registered during the year, bring ing the present total to 4394 read CTS, more than 30 per cent Of the population of Naugatuck. About v per cent of the children in the grade schools use the childrens library.
 loaned for home use, of which 61,- 145 were adult and 36,6b3 were Juvenile. This is the equivalent of 22,5 books per borrower, or B.v books for each man, woman ana child in the borough.
 The book collection now num- bers 15,571 volumes, 1925 of which were added during the year to re- place the 627 books which were worn out and discarded, and 66b of the additions were made Tn tho adult library, making total of 1O,942 books. In the clildrens ll- trarv 560 additions were made, bringing that collection up to to- tai of 4629 volumes.
 Rental Collection
 The librarian made very fa- vorable report of the hbrary's rem tai collection, which was estab- lished in the latter part of Janu- ary. 1888. no duplicates of popu- lar fiction were placed in this col lection. Fifty-six of these books which have already served their nurpose have been transferred to the free collection. The fees charged for rental books ar very low. approximately two cents per day. but in spite of this the years receipts for rental books amount cd to S192.0S. Of this amount s170.65 was used to reimburse the library for the purchase price oi these books, leaving a surplus oI S21.43 with which to start the new year. 227 books were circuiated from this small collection, wnlen seldom contained more than s'xts books at any one time.
 There was a substantial increase in reference work during 1933. Many readers called upon the H. brary for lists on subjects m which they were interested and made free use of the librarys ref crence books and periodicals, Numerous requests for information on the selection of books for gifts and for home libraries were also received. The services of the stan and all available book lists were placed at the disposal of persons making such requests. The SUD. ecription books bulletin published by the American Library associa- ton again proved most usefui pe- cause of it's detailed and reliable information on reference books and sets of books sold by agents.
 Club Aided
 In addition to its service to in- dividuals the library rendered some assistance to clubs and other orr ganizations during the year. Among these were the Women's Study club, the Naugatuck Wom- ans club, tke Junior Woman's ciup and various church groups.
 In the children's library the pie ture collection was much enlarged and a considerable increase in It's use was noted. 6e0 pictures and pamphlets from this file were loaned for home and school use.
 Two other special activities or TW0 ALTO CRASHES