Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-01
STAFFORD SPRINGS
Officers of Library Association-Total Circulation of Books ,336-ciassi- fled During the Year-Giants Lead in Duckpin Contest.

At the annual meeting of the cor | poratOrs of the Stafford Library assO- l citation held last Friday the following l
 directors were elected: Christopher | Allen, Charles Warren, Joel II. Reed, 1
 Miss Celia Holt, Mrs. c. E. Butterfield,
 Mrs. E. R. Brown, Frank H. Baker. Freeman r. Patten, William H. Heald.
 The vacancies in the list of corporators
 caused by the deaths of Cyril Johnson and Mrs. Catherine Hicks were filled
 by the election of r. c. Sanford and
 Mrs. Ij. R. Brown Officers were elect
 ed as follows: President, Joel H. Reed;
 vicA president, Frank H. Baker; secre-
 tary and treasurer, William H. Heald:
 book purchasine committee, Miss Anna
 Heald, Miss Margaret l.. Cooley, Mrs.
 L. Mclaughlin, Miss Margaret W.
 BaIlantine; children's table. Miss Mar
 garet Russell, Miss Edith c. Cushman,
 Mrs. R. ". Ellis, Miss Anna Heald,
 Mrs. w. H. Reed: committee on care
 of building, Christopher Allen. Charles
 Warren and William II. IIeald.
 The following is from the report Of
 the librarian, Miss Anna Heald: Num-
 Der of volumes in library, 5,1f5; num-
 5,7o0.
 Added by purchase: Adult fiction 65.
 adult non fiction Ss. juvenile fiction g.
 juvenile non-iction 4, number of
 books taken SIS, number of families
 represented 240.
 Circulation of volumes: Adult fiction
 5,905, non- fiction 1881. children'c books S.45o, total 11,336. Reading, room:
 Number of periodicals, monthly b. Gifts: Mrs. Frank Orcutt. 21 vol uIpes. Mrs ". P. Buck I, Miss Celia Holt 3, Joel II. Reed 15, Mrs. Rosa Hansen f. \. c. Dunham i, Miss Mary F. Leach 5, Harry Back 1, Miss Elinor Valentine 1. Mrs. J. II. Valentine l, Mrs. Fanny Leonard Roster 1, William Fl. Heald 6, estate of Catherine Hicks 1z5, comprising sets of Dickens. Rus kin, Shakespeare, Tnackeray, Elliott, Mrs. Elizabeth Converse. Munsey for one year: Mrs. r. W. Smith, Life; Lewis Mclaughlin, Press and SCien- i tific American; Christopher Alien, ! Springfield Republican, Worlds Work; 1 F. F. Cady, Monson Register; w. C. T. i U., Union Signal, Educational Quarter ! Iy and Young Crusader.
 The Celia Holt fund for the chill ! dren's department now amounts to ! 1000, the income of which is great ! help to this branch of the library. During the past year the books have i been classified according to the Dewey ] system. The work was under the dl- 1 rection of Mrs. Belle Holcomb Johnson | of Hartford, visitor and inspector Of 1 libraries in Connecticut. Miss Matilda ] Avery Of Colchester was in direct i charge of the work and she was as- 1 sisted by Miss Rydene of Washington, l Ct, also by the librarian and pupils Of l the high school.
 1 The reference books now occupy the l room formerly used as q reception ! room. New oak shelves have been put i in and 1t makes an excellent place for ! quiet study The library is now one i of the most convenient and well ar l ranged of any in the state. It has a 1 fund to support 1t and the town does 1 not have to make any appropriation | for it.
 l Patients Recover. Mrs. George M. Barlow, who has been i'll with diphtheria, has recov- ] cred.
 l Mrs C. 5. Marble has been critical ! ly i'll with pneumonia at her home in 1 West Stafford for several days. Rev. Walter P. Buck preached al the union service Of the Congregational l and Methodist churches at the Congre- | gational church Sunday evening. Giants Still TopIners. 1 The Giants continue to lead at the end of the third week Of the Stafford 1 Duckpin league.
 l The standing: