Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-05-29
LIBRARY tn
SEEK MORE FUNDS
Now Operating on Same
Basis as When, Opened
Is Years Ago
INCREASE BY COUNTY
Its Donation Now Said To Be Less
Than City's Annual Contri-
button of $1,000 for Lib
rary Support
INCREASE BY COUNTY

Trustees of the H. Leslie Perry
Library will ask the Vance Board of
County Comm. fasteners this wear TO
increase the county's appropriation
for the library to an amount eoi1i
to Tho $4,000 anna. contribution of
the City of Henderson, they decided
at meeting Friday afternoon. held
Tor the purpose o. discussing plans to
meet what was declared to be a lone
felt he I'd for the library to be open
longer 2OurS to prOVi Ia increased SER
vice to rural residents Of the county
1t was pointed out that, while the
City of Henderson contributes $4,000
annually TO the support of the library,
the county gives only $4,000 In view
of the fact that only 6,345 of the 81
294 people of the county (the figures
being the 1880 census) live in the COZ.
| pOrate limits of Henderson and the
| fact that the request for longer hours
has come from the county people, the
trustees planned to make the request
of the county for additional funds
from that source. At least a match
ing of city funds is to be asked for.
1t is commended that this increased
appropriation world not only enable
the library to be open morning, aft
ernoon and night, as library serv-
ing $1,000 people should be, but would
also mean that collections of books
could be placed in different communi-
ties. in the county. At present there
are collections of books from the lib
rary at Hester's store in Kittrell, the
Dabney high school, the post office
in Townsville, and Mrs. Walston's
store. in, brewery. It was stated that
the South Henderson branch in the
Community House there, will be open
ed again soon. The WPA library pro-
ject is responsible, it was explained,
for some of the books being in the
county, but the books belong to the
library and may be borrowed free.
A petition requesting the commits
siOners to increase the library appro-
priation has been placed on the lib
rary desk, and patrons in. the county
who enjoy the library's facilities and
would like to have the library open
longer hours are asked to sign this
petition before June T., and also to
interview the county commissioners.
The library has been serving Hen
derson and Vance county for more
than ~ years on the same annual APP
preparation of $4,000 Statistics made
available today showed that during
that time the number of readers has
increased from 1917 the first year to
5,187 at the present time and the cir
culation has nearly trebled, rising
from 26,532 to 7O,22O. When the library
opened, it had 4,249 volumes available,
and this number has grown to 1850
at present. A graph of the librarys
growth and it's service to the COM
munity is On display at the library
In addition to discussing plans for
the. service of the library
to the community, the trustees FIT
lay also talked over routine Matters
It was voted that the mayor of Hen
lerson be asked to serve as an ex-
,fficio member of the library board.
rhe chairman of, the county commits
ioners serves in that capacity at the
present time. 1. b. Watkins is re-
tular member of the board of trustees
md for that reason has not served
IS an ex7officio member during MS
erms as mayor.