Culver - Union Township Public Library 1914-1915

It is said that the library was once located over the O. T. Goss Hardware store which was located at what is now 120 S. Main Street ; during this period John Mitchell was an original member of the library board, when the library was located over the Goss Hardware store, and was president for several years.

Before the purchase of part of Lot 7 and 8 by Schuyler C. Schilling - the ownership is quite muddled with unpaid mortgages and possibly un-paid taxes. There are many names associated with these lots from 1863-1910.

The abstract does not clearly trace the history of the properties but it seems the longest holder of it was Lottie A. Vories and her husband George W. Vories.

This is the bank and library block as of Nov. 1906 by the Sanborn Fire Map

On the back lot which is the parking lot is 2 houses the larger buildings the two buildings with "x" through them are stable and livery buildings and there are two smaller buildings. Ohio Street was not in existence at that time only the alley between the west the east. The Methodist Church is on the north; the telephone exchange with a small building to the west; a dwelling; an office building and another office building straddled the property line

The property went through a series of owners, though Lottie and George Voreis seem to have been long-lasting and later owners of the land. There are sketchy records of a log cabin on the site, in one structural form or another, since 1868. Fran Butler is stated that a bachelor had been living there. The postacrds / photos are not clear enough and make it tough to make out, but by the time both the bank and the church were there, the lot looks pretty vacant.

The the early Sanborn maps depicts buildings still there and one housed the telephone exchange for several years
	before moving to its Lake view Street locality. (the first house on the SouthEast corner, sit in back of what was the car lot of the Ford garage ) Lot 16

1904-1910- Dr. O. A. Rea - opposite of Post office The Dr. Rea Office building - one can see the M. E. Methodist Church in the background to the north that sat on the corner of Main & Washington.

On - 20 January 1911 the building which probably housed the library as well as another business was purchased by Schuyler C. Schilling. The accounting is found as follows:

1910, Mar 24 - S. C. Schilling has bought the Voreis 72 feet on Main Street between the M E Church and Area's building for $1,200. He will hold it as an investment.

1910 Nov. 17 - S. C. Shilling has bought the Dr. Rea Office building for $2,000. This completes the ownership in Mr Shilling of the entire frontage 132 feet, from the bank corner to the the Methodist church.

The deed is as follows:

and the full contents of the deed

This is the bank and library block as of Nov. 1914 by the Sanborn Fire Map On the back lot which is the parking lot is 2 houses the larger buildings the two buildings with "x" through them are stable and livery buildings and there is one smaller buildings. Ohio Street had not come into existences, the alley remained between the west and east portions of the lots with main street to the east. The Methodist Church is on the north; the telephone exchange ( history) with a small building to the west is now listed as a dwelling; the dwelling that was in the 1906 map is non-existent now; the office building now is listed as a doctor's office and the telephone exchange and the office building on the corner had been torn down and replaced by the Exchange Bank building which also housed the Post Office and a doctors office

If it did not house the library already (as temporary quarters) this piece of ground was destined to become the home of the Carnegie Library. This building on the lot was sold for $10.00 it was said to be a log cabin and that a bachelor had been living there and that the children were afraid of him.

A questionnaire to obtain a grant had to be filled out by the town fathers and certain guidelines had to be followed for Carnegie libraries (the history of and layouts of Carnegie Libraries).

Would it not be interesting to find this actual filled out questionnaire?

Upon inquiry or being accepted for a grant the library was sent a copy of Notes on the Erectio ibrary Buildings with Type Plans authored by James Bertram, Carnegie’s secretary.

On source states that Bessie Easterday was the first librarian at a time when "no married ladies" applications were considered. She served until January, 1915 when Zola Moss was elected librarian.

Rea Building

With the upstairs rooms rented from S. C. Schilling a janitor was hired (The Rea Building). Miss Zola Moss was hired as librarian. The men of the committee agreed to maintain the heating in the reading rooms. By the end of December, there were 1500 books on the shelves. The book Committee was instructed "to catalog books as best they could.”

1914 Mar 24 Going After Thing

(Commercial Club meeting)

...John Osborn presented the mat ter of a Carnegie library building He believed that it would be possible for Culver to secure a donation from Mr. Carnegie. On his (motion, President S. E. Medbourn named a committee consisting of S. C. Shilling and T. E. Slattery to go to Plymouth and Kewanna and ascertain all the facts necessary to get such a proposition before Mr. Carnegie and to report at the next meeting At the request of the members of the committee Mr. Osborn was ap pointed as a third member....

1914 - April 2 – Library for Culver

An Organization has Been Effected and Movement for a building will be started.

The first step has been taken toward securing a Carnegie library building in Culver.

A committee of seven was appointed and the Commercial Club meeting the other night, to correspond with the State Library Association and get full information as to the steps required to organize a public ibrary, and also solicit the people of Culver and Union township for donations of books as a nucleus of a library.

The people of the township are as much interested as the people of the town, for it is proposed to make the library a township affair. Mr. Schilling has tender the use, for an indefinite period, of the three rooms over Dr. Tallman's office for the library and reading rooms

W. C. Elston of Kewanna was at the meeting and gave a very full outline of the steps necessary to organize a Library association and to secure a building fund from the Carnegie corporation

Upon the petition of fifty freehold voters the township advisory board must levy a tax of not less than 5-10 of a mill nor more than one mill on for library purposes. One mill on the assessed valuation of the property in Union township will produce $1,800, and 5-10 of a mill will raise $900. As the Carnegie corporation donates ten times the amount raised by taxation we will be able to ask, and presumably receive either $18,000 or 8,000 on the levy above mentioned.

Assuming that a $10,000 building will meet our requirements a tax levy of 6-10 of a mill will be ample. It is as part of the Carnegie corporation requirements, however, that not less than the amount raised on this first levy can ever be levied, and it may be increased at the pleasure of the advisory board or as the necessities of the library demand.

But it must be safely assumed that $1,000 will be sufficient for the needs of library maintenance for some time to come. A 6-10 levy will produce this amount. Kewanna's library will cost $8,000, and it is an excellent building, or will be when done.

Two features which will be incorporated in the proposed Culver building, are an auditorium and a public comfort station. The latter will especially appeal to the residents of the township, as it will supply a much needed convenience. It will be open at all times, and in connection there may be a rest room for women.

President Medbourn appointed a committed of seven to take in hand the organization of a library. The committee consists of:
S. C. Schilling
T. E. Slattery
Arthur Morris
W. S. Easterday
Willard Zechiel,
D. D. Sheerin and
John P. Walter


This committee met at the Palmer House on Sunday where the members were Mr. Walters guests at dinner. After dinner the committee met for business. Mr. Walter was elected chairman, Mr. Slattery secretary and Mr. Schilling. treasurer.

On motion of Mr. Sheerin the rooms offered by Mr. Schilling were accepted with thanks. On motion of Mr. Zechiel a committees of three was appointed to place the rooms in proper condition. The committed consists of Messrs. Morris, Schilling and Zechiel

On motion of Mr. Sheerin, Mr. Easterday was appointed a committee on publicity.

On motion of Mr. Schilling it was decided that the names of all persons donating books to the library previous to May 1, 1914, shall be inscribed on a Roll of Honor to be framed and hung in the library for all future time.

1914 - Apr 2 - W. S. Easterday contributed the first volume to the new public library and his name will be No. 1 on the Roll of Honor. The title of the volume is “ Museum of Antiquities”

1914 - Apr 2 - Library Notice

The first steps have been taken for the organization of a free public library which we hope to install in a $10,000 to $12, 000 Carnegie building, books are necessary.

We therefore ask every person in the town and township to give at least one book. Write on the fly leaf "Donated by (your name)"

Bring these books to the Exchange Bank where they will be transferred to shelves in the library rooms over Dr. Tallman's office.

Every person donating a book previous May 1914, will have his name inscribed on a Roll of Honor to be framed and hung in the library as a perpetual recognition of the donor's part in founding the library.

There is hardly a family that cannot spare at least one book.

Lets us have these books as soon as possible

The sooner we get our library open the sooner will the public derive pleasure and benefit from it - Committee

1914 - Apr 15 Library Honor Roll

Contributions of books for the public library are coming in day by day. The number is now over 350. There ought to be 1,000 volumes on the shelves by May 1. This number is easily possible if the people will take hold of the project. Nothing better for the people of Culver and Union township has been instituted in many years. The pleasure and profit to be derived from free access to an abundance of good reading is worth while making an effort for. The more each individual puts into a library the more he is able to take out.

Following are the names of persons who have donated books since last week:
Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Slattery,
Benj. Easterday,
Mr. and Mrs. P. R. McLane,
Vada Burch,
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Morris,
H. H. Tallman,
Jesse Pettis,
Alice Overmyer,
Deane Walker,
Charles Easterday,
Mrs. M. Shewmaker,
Amanda Easterday,
Rose Buswell,
J E. Young,
Gladys Porter,
W. J. Curtis,
Kenneth Howard,
Bernice Howard,
Evelyn Howard,
Mr. and Mrs. G. R. Howard.
W. M. Hand and wife

1914 - Jul 25 - The Public Library - At a meeting of the library committee Tuesday evening it was decided to have Secretary Slattery write to the state librarian for instructions as to the proper method of cataloguing and installing the Union Township library. It was decided that as many of the committee as possible, and others interested, should attended the 13th district librarians' conference in Plymouth today.

1914 - Aug 13 - The Public Library

Definite progress is being made on the public library. The town board held a special meeting on Tuesday night and extended a special library tax of 1 mill on the $100 which will raise about $350, and later on the township advisory board will be called upon to make an additional levy.

The next step will be the appointment of seven persons to constitute a library board. Two of these will be appointed by the town board, two by the school board, and three by the judge of the circuit court. This board will then elect its permanent officers.

The township advisory board at a later date will be required to appoint two members, one of whom must be the township trustee.

Meantime arrangements are being made for an early opening of the library rooms. A temporary system of loaning out the books will be installed. As soon as this is done the rooms will be open from 2 to 4 on Tuesdays and Saturdays

1914 - Au 20 - The Public library

To the Public:

The undersigned, member of the temporary committee appointed at the citizen's meeting to take charge of the preliminary arrangement for organizing a public library for Culver and Union township, with a view to securing a Carnegie library building, are advised of the appointment by Judge Bernetha of the following persons to sere for two years as members of the permanent library board:
A. J. Michael
A. B. Bolt
and Edna Stahl.
The town and school boards will each appoint two additional members at an early date.

In this connection we desire to express our appreciation of the liberal donations of books which we have received, and also of the encouragement we have received rom the people of Culver and Union township and the cottagers around the lake. We have advanced the library project as rapidly as seemed possible in view of the fact that the summer season is our busiest time.

We hope to receive further donations of book & from those who are interested in our efforts. Send them to the Exchange bank.

The library is now open to the public on Tuesday and Saturday afternoons from 2 to 4 o'clock.

John P . Walter, president;
T. E. Slattery, secretary;
S. C. Schilling, treasurer;
Willard Zechiel,
Doherty Sheerin,
W. S. Easterday,
Arthur Morris.

1914 - Sep 17 - Library Board Members

The school board has appointed
Dr. N. S. Norris and
Mrs. I. . G. Fisher
as members of the public library board, and the town trustless have appointed
Dr. E. E. Parker and
Mrs. W. O. Osborn.
The three appointed by the circuit judge are
Rev. A. J. Michael,
Edna Stale and
A. B. Holt.
There are yet two members to be added.

The township trustee and one person who resides in the township, to be selected by him making the full board to consist of nine members, but the last specified appointments will not be made until certain forms are gone through.

At this point, a group of eight summer residents sent a pledge to the library board to let them know they were "interested in the welfare of proposed free public library

the transcription is as follows:

Whereas a Public Library Board has been established in the Town of Culver City, Indiana known as the Culver City-Union Township Public Library Board; and

Whereas, by the aid of said Culver City, Indiana, Union Township and the Carnegie Corporation of New York, it is proposed to erect and establish a free public-library in the Town of Culver City, Indiana, open to the use of the inhabitants of said Town and Township; and in each year in and about Culver City, Indiana sojourning at the Lake and feel interested in the welfare of proposed free public library, therefore and in consideration on the benefits that we may receive by being permitted the use of said library, we do respectively pledge and agree to pay to said Public Library Board as donation the sumt [sum] set opposite our respected names hereto, on or before September 1st, 1915

C. C. Perry $100
Elizabeth C. Marmon $100 pd.
Anna Belle Robinson $25 pd.
Josephine Robinson $25 pd.
Mary Y Robinson $25 pd.
Charles E Coffin $25 pd.
J. G. Mueller $25 pd.
Lynn Millekan $25 pd.

1914 - Oct 1 - Library Board Organized. The library board was organized Tuesday evening and the following officers elected:

President. Dr. Parker;
vice-presdent. Dr. Norris;
Secretary. Mr. W. 0. Osborn.

The board is now in a position to unite with the township members and ask for the tax levy.

Oct 13, 1914 the Advisory board of Union TownshIp levied five tenths of a mill on each dollar of taxable property assessed.

1914 - Oct 15 - LIBRARY LEVY IS MADE

The Advisory Board Makes It Possible for Union Township to Have a $10,000 Building

At a second meeting of the township advisory board held Tuesday evening, a levycof five-tenths of a mill on the $1 assessed valuation of the township was orderedcfor public library purposes.

As the assessed valuation Is over $1,400,000 this will produce a little morec the $_00, which, in addition to the one mill levy by the town board, will create a library fund of about $1,1000.

This will justify the library board in asking the Carnegie corporation for a donation of at least $10,000 for building purposes. The result of the action of the tax leaving board is highly gratifying

Let the campaign be started for the purchase of a lot.

The people should undertake this with pride and enthusiasm. We have no doubt of the outcome.

The money can be raised by individual subscriptions.

The building will be owned jointly by the town and township and will prove to be a valuable convenience to the country people as it will contain a rest room and public comfort stations besides an auditorium in which farmers' institutes and other public meetings can be held

The citizen last week did the town board an injustice in stating that it had made a levy of two-tenths of a mill; the levy was one mill, the full limit allowed by law. The members of the board are among our most progressive and intelligent citizens and fully appreciate the value of a library to the community.

1914 - Oct 22 INSPECTING LIBRARIES

John P. Walter, Dr. Parker, Rev. Michael., W. S. Easterday and A. H. Holt went to Kewanna Monday in Mr. Walter's Apperson to inspect the new Carnegie library building which has just been completed. It is a handsome structure, 40x60, constructed of mottled brick, with red tile roof, and includes a public comfort station, rest room and auditorium.

It is steam heated. It was erected at a cost of $9,000. Though a little smaller than Culver would like to build, it is in the main a good model for us to follow. Certainly it is an improvement of which the people of that town and township have every to feel proud.

The party also visited Rochester and was shown through the Carnegie building there.

President Parker of the Culver Union Township Library board announced the following committees at a meeting of the board Monday night:
Building and Grounds: E. E. Parker, chairman, ex-officio; John P. Walter, Mrs. I. G. Fisher.
Finance: Dr. N. S. Norris, W. S. Easterday, Mrs. W. 0. Osborn, ex-officio.
Book: Rev. A. J. Michael, A. B. Holt, Edna Stahl.

1914 - Nov. 5 - The library board held its regular monthly meeting on Monday night, but transacted no business. Building sites and other matters were discussed. The members realize the father they look into the matter of locating and building and managing a library that they have undertaken a job no one need envy.

1914 - Nov. 19 - H. C. Sanborn, secretary of the Indiana Public Library commission, met with the Culver-Union township library board Tuesday afternoon and enlightened the members on some of the problems which are to be worked out

On November 30th, a group of merchants and business people pledged the purchase price for the lot on Main Street between the bank and the Methodist Church

1914 - Dec. 3 - Library Site Chosen

THE ACADEMY"S SPLENDID OFFER

CULVER MILITARY ACADEMY, Dec 1, 1914. The Culver-Union Township Library Board:

We have just learned that the committee appointed to select a site for the new Carnegie library was reached a final decision in the matter, and that the proposed building is to be erected on Main Street near the center of the town.

We understand that the lot selected is valued at $1450; and as the owner, Mr. Schilling, has very kindly subscribed $250 of this amount, there remains $1200 to be raised to cover the purchase price.

The academy would like to assist in making up this fund, and it permitted to do so will take pleasure in duplicating any and all subscriptions until the total sum of $1200 shall be paid into the hand of some properly authorized person within sixty days from date of Feb. 1, 1915

We hope and believe the library project will win.

Please accept out best wished and also to assurance to those actively in charge of the undertakings, as will as those whom they represent, that the academy feels a deep interest in the success of every community betterment, and we only await the opportunity to join hands with them in any movement looking to that end.

Yours Truly. CULVER MILITARY ACADEMEY
by E. R. Culver.

1914 - Dec 10 PROGRESS OF THE LIBRARY

At the regular monthly meeting of the public library board Monday night the deed and abstract of the Schilling lot on Main street were presented and ordered to be sent to an attorney for examination.
A committee was appointed to make arrangements for the permanent services of an attorney to represent the board.

The subscription papers for securing the lot were placed before the board for inspection. They contained about 70 names representing $755.

All over $600 goes, with the consent of the givers to the library board.

The subscription papers are being held open, as many people, especially out of town, have signified a desire to be represented with some amount, and the soliciting committee found it impossible to make an extended canvass prior to Monday night.

The subscription papers will be found at Trustee Yesterday's office where it is hoped a good many dollars will be subscribed. All surplus above the $600 Can be used to advantage to meet current expenses before the June tax money is received, and later on the surplus can be carried to the building fund or to the furnishing of the building.

It was voted to secure larger quarters at once in order to open a reading room, and the hours for the library were fixed at 2 to 5 on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday afternoons and 6 to 9 every week day evening

1914 - Dec 10 - librarian Wanted. The Culver City-Union Township Public Library board invites applications from any suitably qualified resident of Culver or Union township for the position of librarian. Library hours 2 to 5 Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday afternoons, and 6 to 9 every week day evening. Salary $25 per month with increase if a library building is erected. All applications must be in writing and addressed to Dr. E. E. Parker, President not later than Dec. 21. Mrs, W. 0. OSBORN, Sec'y - Dec 17, 1914

1914 - Dec 24 - Librarian Is Chosen - Zola Moss, and it was noted that a letter was received from the Carnegie corporation stating that Culver-Union township's application for money for a building would be acted upon at the next meeting of the corporation. The date of the meeting was not given.

Moved Upstairs Goss Hardware

1914 - December 31 – The 1,500 books of the public library were transferred to the rooms over the hardware store last Monday. It is expected that by Jan. 1 the new rooms will be open.

Library Notice - Beginning Thursday the library will be open in the new rooms over the hardware on Thursdays, Tuesdays, and Saturdays from 2 to 5 and every evening after the lights are installed.

January 14, 1915— If Culver City and Union Township agree to maintain a free public library at a cost of $1,00 a year, and provide a suitable site lor the erection of a building, Carnegie Corporation of New York will be glad to give $10,000 to erect a free public library building for Culver and Union Township.

The cost of building the library was from subscriptions of the citizens of Union Township and the town of Culver , a tax levy, the $10,000 Carnegie Grant, and a donation of $1000 by Elizabeth Marmon.

1915 Jan 14 - $10,000 For Library

Carnegie Corporation Will Give That Amount for Culver-Union Township Building. The receipt of the following letter marks another advance step in the public library project. Plans will now be solicited, and when accept ed by the Carnegie corporation bids will be called for:

Carnegie Corporation or New York, 576 Fifth Avenue-
E. E. Parker, Esq., President Library Board, Culver, Indiana, Dear Sir:

Responding to your communications on behalf Of Culver City and Union Township, Indiana, if the city and township agree by resolution of council and township trrustees [advisory board] to maintain a free public library, at a cost of one thousand dollars ($1,000) a year, and

provide a suitable site for the bilding, Carnegie Corporation of New York will be glad to giv ten thousand dollars ($10,000) to erect a free public library bilding for Culver City and Union Township, Indiana.

It should be noted that the amount indicated is to cover the cost of the library bilding complete, redy for occupancy and for the purpose intended.

Before any expenditure on bilding is incurd, the approval of proposed plans by Carnegie Corporation of New York must be secured, to obtain which pleas send tenta-tiv plans for inspection.

Very truly yours,
Carnegie Corporation op New York. By Jas. Bertram, Sec'y.

1915 Jan 21 Public Library Notice - Next Tuesday is general registration day. All patrons are requested to visit the rooms on that day and register their names.

1915 - Jan. 21 - Miss Elizabeth Ronan, one of the assistant organizers of the State Public Library Board, here to catalogue the books of the Culver - Union Township Library and to give Miss Zola Moss instruction in the work of libraries

Building Process Begins

In 1915 contracts were awarded for construction of the new library. And in January of 1916 the library board met for the first time in the new library.

Mr. Brookie was hired as the architect on 3 May 1915 and the general contractor for the building was Milo Ottshall of Akron. Other contracts were given out as follows:

• plumbing contract was given to A. M. Roberts of Culver
• heating to O. Stengel of Rochester
• lighting to G. Emanaker of Plymouth

The brick selected for the building entire building was light tan and chocolate mortar and were manufactured by the Western Brick Cop many of Danville, Illinois Spanish tile would be the roofing material.

1915 - Apr 29 - The projected new Carnegie library building

1915 Jun 24 - Duties of Librarian

Custodian Has Vastly More Work Than Merely Receiving and Discharging Books

A generally prevalent idea of the duties of the librarian of a public library is that the work consists simply of taking in and handing out books and keeping a record of the transaction. If that were all any school girl could qualify. The fact that it requires about two years of study and training to thoroughly prepare one for the duties of a pro fessional librarian shows that there is a great deal more in the position than that. A knowledge of litera ture in general is an essential qualification. In addition a librarian must be familiar enough with the contents of all the volumes on the shelves to be able to give the inquiring patron some general idea of the character of each, if desired, or to be able to suggest titles to borrowers desiring books on a certain subject or of a certain type or style.

The librarian who is to be of value to the community must not only have a discriminating literary taste, but be, to a certain extent, a judge of the essential values of the subject matter of the books in the library in order to be a practical guide to the patron of immature mind or undeveloped taste. Especially is this true in the juvenile department, for, while the well-organized library contains no actually undesirable books, there is always a choice to be made, and certain books are better adapted to children of certain characteristics than others. There are many parents who look after the food and clothing of their children with care and judgment who pay but the slightest, if any, attention to what they read. The librarian who studies the young people of the community finds a wide field in superintending the reading of such children and is perhaps of the greatest value to the public in this branch of the work,

In the reading room, which is an indispensable adjunct of every library, the orderly quiet which is essential must be maintained, but it must be a cheerful quiet, tactfully accomplished by the librarian without any feeling of stiffness, or restraint that would keep away the very ones to whom it should be most helpful. This may look easy, but like many another result, the easier it looks the greater the ability that produces that appearance.

The competent librarian keeps posted on the books of a popular nature issued recently, by means of reviews in the daily press and through the publications devoted to library interests, and is; able to advise with the book committee of the library board upon purchases of new books. This also includes some knowledge of the various publishing houses, their prices, terms, etc.

A librarian is also expected to be up-to-date on general library conditions in the country at large, and this means more or less reading of the bulletins and other literature issued by the National Library association.

There is also a certain amount of clerical work connected with the librarian's business, for modern library boards desire to know (and in fact the law requires) a good many things concerning the patronage of their libraries -not only how many books are taken out, or how many people use the reading rooms, but what kind of books, and the proportion of fiction, history, science, nature study, etc.; whether the proportion varies from year to year, and how - and many other things connected with the taste of the reading public that are only to be ascertained by accurately kept statistics

1915 - Jul 8 - Work on the library building has been stopped for several days on account of the non-arrival of the stone water table.

From the 1914 map one sees that the library - takes over the area of the center portion of the block; that the livery or stable s no labeled as such in 1924 & 1937 - but the building remains on the back lot and the Bank building has been divided into 2 sections by 1924 and then back to 3 sections in 1937.

1915 Sep 9 Our Library Work on the library last week was held up by the non-arrival of lath, which delays lathing and plastering. This, in turn, keeps the tinners from getting at their work. The lath is here now and work is going on.

1915 Oct 7 The Public Library

The monthly meeting of the library board on Monday night was devoted largely to discussing various details of construction.

It is probable that the error of the architect in his specifications for the front entrance will be remedied at his expense.

It was decided that the building committee proceed at once to get bids for furniture and to order a car of coal.

Unless the Carnegie corporation can be prevailed upon to give another $1,000, there will be a deficit when the building is completed.

Certain unavoidable changes have had to be made which will carry the cost of the building beyond the $10,000. Just how deficit can be met is a problem yet to solved.

It was voted to permit each coun-try school district to draw not more than five books at one time to be retained not longer than 30 days, but these books may be exchanged at any time. The number will be increased as the library grows.

The board acknowledged another most acceptable gift from its generous friend, Mrs. Elizabeth Marmon, namely, 28 new volumes of juvenile books and a year's subscription to 20 of the leading magazines and periodicals.

Moved In

1915 - Dec 30 - Without any brass band accompaniment, the public library was moved yesterday to the new library building.

1914-1915 ~~~ 1916-1900 ~~~ 1990-Present