New Britain herald., 1927-08-08
Bristol News
LIBRARY USAGE
 GREATER IN YEAR
Report of Librarian WoodinS
 Shows Growth Of Institution
GETS OLD TIMBER

EntFF bldnkS fOr SpOrtsuen SHOW
 Mailed-Young Girl Reported
 Missing-Highwaym Are Active
 At meeting of the board of li- brary directors held Saturday eve ming, it was decided, upon the rec ommendation of Librarian C. l.. Wooding, to move the reference room of the library into the present reading room. The present refer ence room will then be used as a newspaper room where the various newspapers now received at the li- brary will be placed.
 Increased Circulation
 In spite of the warm weather dur ing July. the circulation of the li- brary continues to increase, accord ing to Librarian Weddings report. The number of books issued last month was 11.672. an increase of 72e over the same month last year. Compared with July. 1926. there was a gain at the main library of 656 in the adult department and 158 in the gain of 1T at the Endee branch, while at Forestville loss of 105 was reported. Twenty-four per cent of the circulation was classed as ju- venile fiction and 61 per cent as adult prose fiction.
 The circulation for July was dis tributed as follows: Main library adult department, 7,291: children's room, S,37s; Forestville. TIP; Endee Branch, FPS.
 During the month 347 volumes were added to the library 211 by purchase, from the bindery. 14 transferred from the school library department and 119 by gift from the following sources: Library of late Clara Lee Bowman. 114: James l.. Hill, 8: Katherine Gaylor chap ter, D. A. R., 2; U. S. government, l.; J. w. Howell 1, Bristol Lumber company 1.
 HI Worn out volumes were with drawn during the month with an average circulation of 55 and one volume was lost. The total num- Der of books in the library on Aug ust l was 51,151.
 Ancient Timber Received
 A piece of timber, inscribed From the Roof of the Bodlein Library, Oxford university. built 1897, re- stored 1921" was presented to the library from Charles R. Riley. treas- urer and general manager of the Horton Mfg. company of this city. MT. Riley secured the wood while on a recent trip to England, where he visited his son, who is a student at Oxford.
 Entry Blanks Mailed
 Entry blanks for the second an- nual outing of sportsmen to be held at Lake Compounce on Saturday, September 3. have been mailed by Joseph P. O'Connell, general chair man of the event. The outing this year is expected to be much larger event than the affair last year.
 Starlings Again Chased
 The fire department was again called out Saturday evening to dis perse the flock of starlings which had again taken their roost in the trees on West street. The large searchlight was again put into play and the birds flew a short distance away.
 It was pointed out by local resi- dent this morning that in England the birds the eaten. This probably might be good way to alleviate the situation here the same party pointed out.
 Reports Daughter Missing
 Constantine Unali of Frederick street. Forestville. reported to the police department last evening that his daughter had been away from home all day. He gave the girls age as 15.
 Signal System Out
 The police signal system went out of commission during last night and while rings came in as usual the machine failed to register the box number. Repairs are being made today.
 Case of Speeding Nolled
 The case of Edward Westphal of Curtiss Lane, this city. was nolled by the prosecutors office this morning on payment of costs amounting to Ss.s0.
 Family Dispute Settled
 The dispute involving two mother in-laws and a son-in-law, which was torney last Monday was settled this morning when Judge Joseph NJ. napovar H,,cnapded iu6Dront op