Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1962-02-03

situation. Improvement could
be realized in increased staff
more adequate facilities, better
reference section and more
funds to meet the obvious de
mand for general library serv.
ices.
Good public library service
Is important because it is an
attraction to new members of
our organization and commun.
ity."
John M. Nelson III, president
of The Nelson Company, wood
working products, Baltimore:
1.-THE library is as necessary
as the police department, the
fire department and health CEN
ter The habit of reading,
no matter how far afield from
the strictly educational the
reader may go, is a habit of
overwhelming value to the in.
dividual, his family, and his
country"
Austin E. Penn, president of
Baltimore Gas and Electric
COMPANY. with 7640 EMPLOYEES.
Baltimore, wrote:
"Non-professional employees
make at least a two-fold use
of public library service - to
further their avocational and
cultural interests and to further
their vocational interests. Pro-
fessional employees use the
full services offered by public
libraries. Families receive many
benefits from public libraries.
"The public has grown to be
dependent upon its Libraries for
leadership in thinking. In this
era, economic problems, inter-
national unrest, social reforms
and many other matters make
newspaper headlines daily. All
levels within a community are
aware of these problems and in
terested in their effects on the
individual, the family, and our
nation. Many turn to their lib
raries for enlightment and I'M
derstanding."
Evelyn M. Kefauver, super
visor of the technical library,
Aerojet- General Corporation, At
lantic Division, Frederick, pro-
Queer of military and CONNER
cial work in fields of automa-
ton, airborne Instrumentation,
underwater identification sys.
TENS, $4,000 employees, IS of
them at Frederick engaged in
research and development of
automatic materials handling:
81 am supervisor of the tech
meal library service at the At
lantic Division and in my efforts
to make available to our staff
members current scientific
books and literature have made
many inter-hbrary loan arrange
ments not only with the local
c. Burr Artz Library, but with
libraries such as National Blu.
reau of Standards Library, De
partment of Agriculture, Ma.
tional Library of Medicine, etc.
81 believe the library makes
an invaluable contribution to
any community and to the cul.
tural level of its people"
j. C. Geist, associate director,
Vitro Laboratories, Division of
Vitro Corporation of America,
Silver Spring, manufacturer of
electronic communication equip.
ment, $50 employees:
II find from visiting local lib.
raries (Wheaton and Silver
Spring. and from experience
with my own son that the lib,
raries are used extensively by
high school students. This
speaks well for both the lib
raries and the young people OF
our community.
"The public library is excel
lent for supplementing a per
sons formal education - I use
it for this purpose We FIND
the county library system q
good source of supply for some
occasional requests that cannot
be filled from our own collec
ton"
w. A. B. Paul, executive Of
Edgecomb Steel Company, man
ufacturers of iron and stee'
warehouses, Easton:
There is no other source fol
the inquisitive mind than the
library. The term 'cultura,
level is a difficult mean to eval
uate, but over 100000 books cir
culated in a county populated
by $4,000 people in 1861 - anc
each year this circulation in
creasing - would be a factor
in any rating of 'cultura.
level"
Douglas c. Turnbull, jr., vice
president for research and de
velopment, Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad Company, commented;
Good library service seems
to me to be more important
today than it has been in the
past. Mans knowledge along
many lines is growing more
rapidly, especially in hitherto
UNEMPLOYED fields. A good lib