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1921
Librarian: Mattie L. McMahon
Borrowers: 2258
County borrowers: 450
Books: 4580
Circulation: 31861
City appropriation: $2,300.00
County appropriation: $250.00
Administration: Trustees: H.A. Dimock, F.E. Munroe, Marshall Lewis, Mrs. Geo. Kenyon, Mrs. J.A. Michaelson, Mrs. J.S. Bordner, Mr. Geo. Luell, Mayor
Notes: Eight traveling libraries sent out. Fifty-eight teachers borrowed books, with a circulation of 1,044 books. Two high school girls worked as part-time assistants and were paid .25 per hour.

1922
Librarian: Mattie L. McMahon
Borrowers: 2236
County borrowers: 480
Books: 5009
Circulation: 34031
City appropriation: $2,490.00
County appropriation: $500.00
Administration: Trustees: H.A. Dimock, F.E. Munroe, Marshall Lewis, Mrs. Geo. Kenyon, Mrs. J.A. Michaelson, Mrs. J.S. Bordner, Geo. Luell.
Notes: Edna Huxtable, high school student, hired for part-time assistant

1923
Librarian: Mattie L. McMahon
Borrowers: 2406
County borrowers:216
Books: 5402
Circulation: 35568
City appropriation: $2,449.00
County appropriation: $500.00
Administration: Trustees: H.A. Dimock, F.E. Munroe, Marshall Lewis, Mrs. Geo. Kenyon, Mrs. J.A. Michaelson, D.H. Richards, Mrs. E.G. McDonald
Notes: Seventy-eight county teachers borrowed books with a circulation of 1,285. Part-time assistants: Mildred Flora, Thelma Crandell

1924
Librarian: Mattie L. McMahon/Helen H. Aten
Assistant: Jane Morgan
Borrowers: 2624
County borrowers: 574
Books: 5839
Circulation: 38463
City appropriation: $2,700.00
County appropriation: $800.00
Administration: Trustees: H.A. Dimock, F.E. Munroe, Marshall Lewis, Mrs. Geo. Kenyon, Mrs. Royal Reik, Mrs. J.A. Michaelson, D.H. Richards, Mrs. E.G. McDonald
Notes: Miss McMahon resigned in October, ending nearly ten years of valuable service in the library during which the library had grown from 9,176 circulation to 38,463. She was replaced by Helen H. Aten, a graduate of the University of Wisconsin and of the Wisconsin Library school, and a full-time assistant, Jane Morgan. Eighty-seven county teachers borrowed books with an estimated circulation of 3,858.

1925
Librarian: Helen Aten
Assistant: Jane Morgan
Part-time: Thelma Crandell
Borrowers: 4326
County borrowers: 1165
Books: 6562
Circulation: 45199
City appropriation: $3,000.00
County appropriation: $800.00
Administration: Trustees: H.A. Dimock, F.E. Munroe, Marshall Lewis, Mrs. Royal Reik, Mrs. J.A. Michaelson, D.H. Richards, Mrs. E.G. McDonald, E.S. Spears, county representative


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