Putnam patriot., 1927-09-30

From tile capped roof la saek based cellar. It owes its eNlSteEe te Inc ln&s and loyalty If former asat present aas. idents af the town.
 Headed The List
 H6U Elisha Douver. Maiden. a descendant If first set5er. headed the list with generous sftt u S& ono Nh John N Doane SlHHe Mir Jos eph Gay S5u0 Mrs. \ E GaaH S500 I hen follows a long h If ceutribu- tors of gifts ranging te=at Sl00 to S5.H0, Whe thus testiiie5 fa thelr lav- ally and interest in ths a8e Hage=
 The Thompson Book Club. organ ized November l6. tss2 ard for tWen- Y years successfully conducted by Miss Cunning. preseuted Snu volumes. Quite number of desirable books were culled from the old Fire Engine Library. The Scarborough and Gay Estates. as we'll as various individ- aals contributed books. The Trustees had, early Tn the summer. accepted Miss Lewis effer to eataiog the books and had appropriated S55 to purchase needed supplies In the front of ev- cry volume you find honkplate. the gift of Col. Daniel R. Iarned. The Coat Of Arms of the Thompson family was chosen as fitting design. for the land OH which our Town is situated was held by Robert Thompson and his heirs for i02 years. W are also in- debted to Col Larned fer he pareh= ment indenture deed executed in Lon don in ls06 transferring part If this laad td his ancestor. Thadeus Larned | The Library chose as its matto. "Sini iItteris Vita Non Esf Ita
 The Trustees drew ap rules and regulations. the eataloging was com pleted with 1915 book on the shelves tthe first one placed n the accession book being Miss Lafned History If Windham Couuty). Seventeen maga- zines subscribed for by individuals were placed on the table and on the 25th of September. 1902. at four O. clock. the Library opened it's doors to all the residents of the town. Miss 1 Larned read paper. ffhe Evolution of the Library: there were remarks l by Mr Searls and others. and tea was | served. In the evening the Library was again opened and the first books l loaned Miss Lewis accepted the posi- 1 ton Us librarian. and served in the capacity for eighteen years. A salary l of Sf5 q year was voted her. which was increased four years later to Sss, and again in 1916 to SIPS. as 1t was nec- essary Co have an assistant who was to be paid by the librarian.
 Met Obligations
 You may be interested to know how the Library has been able to meet is financial obligations. A small sum, about S500. remained from that eel leeted. and formed the beginning of q fund Eegaeies werp received from Miss Louisa Day. Judge George Flint. II ss Mary Dike. Mrs. Abicl Converse. Miss Martha Knight tataling SIP ere, which has been cansefVatVely in= vested The income from this fund. q yearly appropriation at s200 bY the Town aud fl State grant of S1nn worth af hooks constitutes the total income The increase in the cost of Library work IS commensurate with the hleh eost af living As our Li= bfary had its inception in hope and Faith. so VI stilI continue io trust for The future that 1t may be enabled to carry on the work and meet the grow ing needs of the community
 The Library has never lacked good friends and among the many gifts aside from money mention the DOT trait of Miss Ellen Douglass Larned. [ Nindham County's Historian. Us we'll as our honored citizen and the inspir- E ation of the Library Through the ef- forts of a committee, Mrs. Randolph f H. Chandler Mrs. Reed Miss Mary f k sherman, the sum of $l.000 was raised and Mrs. Adelaide Chase of Boston selected as the artist. The work was done iii the Reading room of the Library On the fourth anniver- sary of the opening of the Library. September %, 1906. the portrait was unveiled, and with fitting ceremonies presented to the Library by Miss Larned's friends and admirers, q prized possession. Other pictures of value and historic interest have been given. A memorial clock. case for storing valuable papers. authors have given autographed copies of their works old residents from far Cali fernia books of value. Children bring their treasured books to share with other children. The list of donors is f too long to mention, but one gift l must refer to especially: it is known | as the Emma Shaw Colcleugh Col- | lection" II now numbers 4sl vol umes. Books of history and travel of the greatest interest anu Nhluts OtHtF- wise far beyond our reach, and best of all the collection Is still growing through Mrs. Coleleugh's generosity.
 Is Library Appreciated
 Now ask. is the Library appreciat- ed by the residents of Thompson? The answer is found in the annual reports. The first year with 1875 volumes and seventeen magazines, 249 persons formed the library habit and 3,0S4 books were loaned Tn 1927 the li- brarian reported 7.26s volumes, thir tv-seven periodicals tfhese latter Miss Wiley has faithfully solicited for twen- ty-fve yearsl and a circulation of 11.773. with 730 borrowers The H. hrarian. Miss Muuyan. and the assist ant. Miss Sheldon (better paid ] am glad to report. than twenty-five years age), are giving much he!p to the schools and children in their research work. and are untiring in their efforts to assist in every way and increase the efficiency of the Library.
 One afternoon, walking from North Grosvenordale. one of the Trustees met group Of boys carrying books and questioned "On the way home from school, boys 29 The reply came: "No. been to the Library" Then one