Putnam patriot., 1927-05-06
THOMPSON
Iihrarr Rr>nrt


 The annual meeting of the Thomp- son Library IS always an interesting occasion, and the meeting held last Monday evening was no exception. Al ter the reading of the reports of the officers of the association, three new trustees were elected. ta take the place of the three whose terms expired They were Mrs. George Vaughan. Mrs. liar flson Nichols, and Mir Elwell himball ni North GrosveHardale.
 \ number of new corporators were proposed. A vote of thanks was giv- en Co the librarian, Miss Munyan. and the assistant librarian, Miss Sheldon, for their very faithful and efficient work during the past year. IL was also voted Co run the library on day light saving time for the convenience af large part of the public or in other words Co open and close the h- hrary one hour earlier The trustees meeting, which usually follows the an- nual meeting, was postponed till lat CT date, when more can be present.
 The librarians $ report. which tells the history of the library for the past year. Is given below:
 It seems hardly possible that a year has passed since my last annual re port. and still more impossible, that It will be twenty-five years. in the com ing September, since this library was opened The days. months. and years. have passed so rapidly. l speak of this now. hoping when We complete our quarter century. some observance may be made of it.
 This year no time has been lost by storms or holidays. We have regis tered l51 new borrowers; total for ! year, 730.
 For the convenience and Use of uuf patrons, We have added to our refer euce shelves, q Desk Standard Die. tIonary. as supplement Go our large one. containing the new words brought into Use since 1910; also the .ludex l ta Nelsaus Encyclopedia A desk ! for the assistant librarian has been much appreciated.
 During the summer We had vaea- ton Reading Club for the children l tWenty=tWo members enrolled, ning completed the course and received cer. tiiicates
 In our work with and for tn, schools We have pursued the same course as in previous years. The school at Quadic has had four collee tions of books. 94 in all. with circu- l lation of 303, Mrs. Clemens, the teach CT, transporting them and keeping q record of the circulation. Mechanics vile has had six collections, tetalling i l06 transportation by the teacher l Mrs. Rhoades The scholars from East Thompson and Brandy Hill, at tending the consolidated school on the Hill. have taken 727 books. No record has been kept of books taken by chil- dren living in the district. Number by high school pupils, i61 The Howe Aarot School has had books for spe- eial work. and many of the girls take for general reading. As heretofore, large amount of reference work has been done for schools, clubs, etc.
 Among the gifts of books for the year. | would make especial mention of an autographed copy of the " His tory of the Town of Woodstock by Mr. Clarence Bowen, given Tn memory of Miss Larned. Mrs. Golcleugh who has done SD much for our library. con tinues to add e her valuable collee- ton. presenting sixty volumes this year. which now numbers 40l. A set af the works of Emanuel Swedenborg in thirty volumes. has been given by Mrs. Amidon. thirty by Mrs Goodwin; Mrs. Vaughan. seventeen; Miss Lewis, sixteen; Mrs. Decker. feurteeni others to the number of tifty-siN by the fol-