The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1949-01-27
--THEU UNION COUNTY JOURNAL. MARYsvnLE
REDWOOD NEWS
BY MRS. r. ]. LANGsTAFF

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BY MRS. r. ]. LANGSTAFF
CHRISTMAS SEAL SALE
! A report of the returns of the
sale of Christmas seals up to
Saturday, Jan %, was given in
meeting of the officers and town
ship chairmen at the Marysville
High school last Saturday after
noon.
At this time it was reported
that Claibourne township had
turned in S29l.28. Some money
has been turned in since that
time but we have not yet come
up to the amount that we con-
tributed to this fund last year.
If you have not yet sent in your
contribution, please mail it in as
soon as convenient. A more COM
plete report of this meeting will
be found on the front page of
either this edition or the Tuesday
issue.
i CLAIBOURNE GRANGE
Claibourne Grange met on Mon
day evening with the new master,
Mr. Herbert Simmons, in charge.
Mrs. Paul Speyer has ben re-
appointed as home economics
chairman and she made the fol-
lowing announcements: the sew
ing contest for this year will be
a two-piece suit. Orange chiffon
cake will be featured in the bak-
ing contest. The next melting will
be a Valentine party and cookies
and coffee will be the refresh
mentS.
Miss Patty Warner has been ap-
pointed matron of the Juvenile
Grange with Mrs. Glenn Davis as
assistant matron.
Mr. William Burbin has been
appointed to the executive COM
mittee. The auditing committee
consists of Mr.. Zane Randall, Mr..
Jesse Roberts, and Mr.. d. B.
Shoup. Those serving on the pro-
ject committee are Mr.. Glenn
Davis and Mr.. Charles Shields.
The committees for health is Mrs.
Howard. The card and flower
committee is Mrs. Fay Bell and
Mrs. Adrian Potts. Mr.. Irwin Dur
bin has been appointed as CHOIR
iSter.
Worthy Master Simmons an
nounced that Grange will start
promptly at p. m. The Grange
voted to pay $500 to the polio
fund.
The main feature of the even
ing was a farewell for Mr.. and
Mrs. James Howard and family
who are moving to Logan.
The program for the evening
was in charge of Mrs. Jennie
Grindell A piano solo was played
by Analee Potts. The Grange
members sang several songs and
Mrs. Fred Webster, Mr.. Glenn
Davis, and Mrs. Ray Matlack
gave several recitations which
had been taken from McGuffey
readers.
The program was closed by the
entire group singing. God Be
With You Till We Meet Again.
LIBRARY BOARD MEETS
Last Wednesday evening the
board of the Redwood Public
Library held its reorganization
meeting for the year l949.
The meeting was in charge of
the president, Mr.. T. P. Sieg. Dur
ing the business session, Mr.. H. R.
Fisher took the chair for the
election of officers. The following
were elected: president, Mr.. T. P.
Sieg; vice-president, Mrs. RI.
Langstaff; secretary, Miss Lucille
Smith; clerk, Mr.. l.. j. Mccoy.
The following were re-employed
to serve the public in the library:
librarian, Mrs. Stanley Peet; as
sistant Librarian, Mrs. F. G.. Van
dergriff; janitor, Mr.. John Lewis.
The librarian gave the follow
ing annual report: New books
purchased, 257 New borrowers
listed, l09. Number af books cir
culated, l4,241. OF the books taken
out 1851 were non-fiction; 7lO0
were fiction; and 4,505 were juve-
nile. There are now listed l,047
borrowers of which 4l6 are adult
and 63l juvenile. The library
new owns 6,806 volumes of which
1882 arc recommended for adult
reading and 1924 are for juven-
lies.
A schedule of salaries was a
doptcd. Time for the summer
schedule to 60 into effect was set
at June |. At this time the Ii
brary will open at l.30 p. m. un-
til 5 and from 7 to 8 p. m. six
days each week. On Sept. the
winter schedule will commence at
which time the library opens at
1870 instead of 1870. This change
of time makes Is possible for
children who come in to school on
buses to come to the library dur