The Penn's Grove record., 1921-07-22
LIBRARY ANNIVERSARY
Its History and Splendid Advice By
The State Librarian


The State Librarian
About seventy-fve persons from
Penns Grove and Carneys Point as
sembled in the Library building, on
Penn Street, TO celebrate the first an
nlyersary Of the founding of the
/ Library.
The room was tastefully decorated
/ IN pink and white and a bouqeut of
cut flowers on each table. The meet
/ ing was opened by Mrs. Howard D..
/ Miller who gave breif history Of the
I Library.
The idea Of having a library was
/ conceived by Mrs Cox, of the Wom-
ans Club and carried out by Mrs. Ar
thur Patterson. At a tea given at the
/ DUPONT Club, one hundred books and
tWenty-siX dollars were donated. The
State gave 200 books, and Miss Askew
sent an assistant to catalogue them
At present there are about 1000 books
IN the library, largely donated by the
people Of Penns Grove
Dr.. Paul w Carlton then spoke on
the value of a library to the commun-
lty He suggested that the library be
also used as rest room or social cen
tre, and that fine reference books on
farming, dyes, dyeing and other in
dustries Of he community be provided
as means of "enticing" the farmers.
dyeworkers and others to make use of
the library. He urged the need of
fine reference library as a means of
operating with the schools, clubs, Sun
day School, or other educational
groups.
As a means of promoting civic
pride, he suggested books dealing with
local history. Dr. Carlton closed his
remarks by quoting the following
questions:
after the Church and the school,
the free public library is the most
effective for good in America. =
Theodore Roosevelt.
Free public Libraries are the most
important development of modern
times. The library is a centre from
which radiates an overwhelming in
fluence for the enlightenment, the up
lift, the advancement of the commun-
ity.'-Wm. ]. Bryan.
Miss Askew, State Librarian, was
then introduced by Mrs. Miller and de-
lighted her audience by the charming
manner, interesting stories, and splen-
did talk on libraries as applied to the
things of everyday life.
Among many other things, she said
that the purpose of a library was to
help give every boy and girl the
proper outlook on life, and to give
them a chance in life.
Miss Askew told many interesting
personal experiences in which books
have actually solved, in a practical
way, many of the problems of every
day life, and also spoke of the library
as a commercial asset to tn commun-
ity.
She urged that we get the boys and
girls interested in books early in life
by showing them that they give hap
piness and pleasure, and teach people
how to make a living in the best way.
"The best citizens said Miss Askew,
'is the man or woman who accom-
plishes his work in the best way"
She spoke at length of the County
library and urged that we work up
sentiment in favor of such move
ment In this way, the various
county libraries would from time to
time each receive a consignment of
books from the central library, these
books to be replaced at frequent in
tervals by others.
Miss Askew closed her talk by re-
citing several stories in her usual
charming manner.
Refreshments were then sold for the
benefit of the Library Fund. At pres
ent the Library Committee have
about 500 in the treasury.
Margaret W. Morris.