The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-18
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At a recent meeting of Carthage
public library board. the librarian
report showed:
| Number Of books catalogued 7.043
an increase of 1928 since last re
| port due to the purchase OF new
books, gifts and government puolica
tions received. Books loaned in May
1901; June (school closed, 1,012;
July, / library opened but two days
a week. 756. Total for the quarter
2,s49. The number of books loaned
for this quarter last year was 2.2eS
| Money received for fines, etc, for
May, s6.o7; June, $685. July, s2.1o
total, 1910. Cash on hand to begin
S5.S5. Total, S17.45. Total disburse
ments for the quarter, s12.44. Balance
on hand July 81, s5.01.
The annual election of officers was
held resulting in retaining the out
going officers: Mrs. A. w. O'Harra
president; M. P. Berry. vice presi
dent; Miss Mary Davidson. secre'
/ tary; Mrs. d. Pennock, librarian
This is the twenty-fifth time Mrs
Pennock has been elected librarian
year will be celebrated the twenty.
| fifth anniversary Of the founding OF
the library.
The librarian presented the re-
quest made of the library to act in
conjunction with the plans of the
American Library Association War
Service committee for the observance
of war service library week as part OF
the national observance, in Septem-
Der or October, to be announced.
! The purpose of this library week is
to make the library more influen-
tial factor in the community in cir.
culating information on food produc-
ton and conservation, business and
industrial questions, military and
naval training and war conditions. 1t
is desired that books on these sub
| jects be purchased in the library
and much free literature on the sub
jects placed there.
The following subjects will be treat
ed in this special effort Of education
on the part OF the war service Ii.
brary:
Business Efficiency in War Time
ca In Production.
CD In Marketing.
Food Values.
Wartime Transportation.
Wartime Economy in the Home.
Women and the War.
Red Cross Work.
Wartime Thrift.
Ship Building.
Aviation and Submarines.
Military Training.
Explosives, guns and shells.
Canning and Storage Of Food Stuffs
Vegetable Gardening.
Poultry Raising.
Russia-Our Ally Republic.
Social Service in War Time.
Foreign Trade Expansion.
War Poems.
Table From the Trenches.
Uncle Sans Navy.
Keeping Fit in War Time.
Why We Are at War.
Courage.
The war service library committee
is asking librarians to collect books
for the soldiers camps. Those who
have books of the following descrip-
ton which they are willing to do
nate, will please leave them at the
library where they will be packed
and forwarded:
Good stories, such as O'Henry, Kip
ling. Doyle, Bindloss and Harrington.
Good poetry and drama.
Travels and biography, especially
lives Of heroes and travels in the
countries at war.
Books on aviation, wireless, tele-
sraphy, submarines, automobiles and
signaling.
Books on patriotism, courage and
good citizenship.
Magazines not more than two
years old.
The third annual meeting Of the
fifteenth district ptariarchal branch
]. o. o. F. will be held in Carthage,
August "a, 1917, the following being
the program:
Forenoon Reception Of visiting
patriarchs at /. o. o. F. hall.
200 o. m-Meeting called to or
der by president.
Roll call Of encam7ments.
Address Of welcome-Mayor Hart
zell.
Responses-z-M. B. Horn, Grand Pat,
riarch. and Sam ]. Baker, Grand
Scribe.
Reading minutes Of previous SEES
sion.
Selection Of place Of next meeting.
Election of officers.
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