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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1971-11-10, Page 15ALMOST EVERY SUBJECT is covered by books local library. available in the James 1.. MIN> %no-limey I Ott., I MI P.1 vi lglll woolompwatiot Atiftell 11 111 III 2111111111 )0P:tiottnt-o:HKAT .*.d.V.; Iw 4 For FREE Burner Service Call Ralph Genttner Fuels Ltd. GULF OIL AGENTS PHONE 235-2411 EXETER 00, fi You'll appreciate GULF FURNACE OIL because it's clean burning 4 OVER 2,000 READERS make use of Exeter's Public Library. Above, Mrs. J. K. Irvin has her books checked out by librarian Mrs. John Schroeder while Mrs. Leila Finkbeiner makes her selection in the background. CHILDREN'S DEPARTMENT librarian, Mrs. Rosemary Jacobs, discusses book with young reader, Sandra McLeod. '48818188818iniiiiiiiiiniitimimIll8111111IIIIIIIiiiillial811111111881818888811811188l,118888888881M = ,...;,.. . = F.-. .-2- Now's the TIME !-,.- to buy Westclox Electric ALARMS $8,98.'21.95 Ef. .54. Keywound E1 ALARMS $1.98 and S UB vlivo _. 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And, as a bonus, the VW Squareback Sedan sticks steadfastly to VW economics. Gasoline is used sparingly. Oil is used frugally. Tires go on tirelessly. All of the added features don'taddasingle thing to the already low price of the car, (Which happens to be a whole lot less than the average sedan.) So although it may be loaded, that doesn't mean that to afford one, you have to be. The Volkswagen Squareback Sedan, erteleetoft 7:),ia94 for Laura Secord Candies Order Early For Christmas WE WILL GIFT WRAP FOR YOU Lucan 227-4150 representing Tim MacFarlane Real Estate London 434-8824 Front page headlines in the Exeter Times of February .26, 1914, announced that a contract had been made with the Andrew Carnegie Corporation for the building of a library on the corner of Main and Sanders Street. The negotiating hoard had already purchased the lot from the Bawden family for the sum of $1,100.00. Andrew Carnegie, born in 1835, amassed a great fortune from steel, and through an en- downment of 65 million dollars built and equipped almost 3,000 libraries, 1,900 of them in the United. States and Canada, It was through the foresight of such men as H. E, Huston, Wm. Weekes, J. A, Stewart, N. D. liurdon, J. Taylor and I. Carling that Exeter was able to obtain a Carnegie grant of $8,000 for the building that is still serving the readers of this district. Of course, there had been a keen literary interest in the town before then. As early as 1878 a meeting was called in Caven Presbyterian Church for the purpose of organizing a non- sectarian literary society. It was named the Exeter Literary Institute, its object being to advance the cause of literature and to serve as a stepping stone to the formation of a Mechanics' Institute. President was Dr. Hyndman; vice presidents, Rev. Harley and W, J. White and skretarY, M. M. Roseburgh. Shortly after, the Mechanics' Institute library was started in the building now occupied by George Vriese Men's Wear and a reading room was open two nights a week, In 1887, the town hall was built and the following year the council granted the library the privilege of occupying the two lower rooms of the town hall. The council room, as it is now known, was used to store the books and the south room was the reading room, No browsing was allowed; a reader simply asked for a book which was passed to him through a grill connecting the two rooms. According to old records, the first librarian was a gentleman named Mr. Kemp. His duties were taken over by his daughter Miss Mabel Kemp who was followed by Miss Connor, the latter being in charge when the library moved from the town hall to the new buildings next door in 1915. Later, Mrs. M. E. Gidley served for many years in this capacity. Others coming behind her were Mrs. James Smith, Mrs. Hilton Laing and Mrs. Assessment is questioned Barry Eastwood, head of the Regional Assessment office located in Huron County, was on the hot seat Friday as members of county council questioned him about certain aspects of the work done by his office. One of the main areas of concern seemed to be whose responsibility it was to seek out new assessment - the assessment office or the local municipal officials. Eastwood told council it would take co-operation between the two departments, He said common sense would dictate that it would be far too costly for the assessment department to crisscross the county often enough to pick up all the new assessment and that a report from the municipal people would be most helpful. Eastwood noted that the full impact of the provincial equalized assessment system would not be felt until 1974 when assessments will be based on real estate values. He claimed this would be more satisfactory arrangement with the property owner having more generalized and easily understood scales to go by when appealing assessment. Eastwood further suggested that after 1974, the "complete AsSessment Act will be rewrit- ten"...but he admitted he was "second guessing the govern- ment" in this regard. Council Will hear from East- woed again in November when he will be recalled to council for further questioning. Woman, applying for driver's license, to clerk: "Could we skip the driver's test? I only want it for identification." Small boy to friend, watching TV: "Same old storyboy gets dog, boy loses dog, boy finds dog." Samuel. Hendrick. Mrs. John Schroeder is the present librarian, having moved upstairs from the Children's Library in recent years. The Children's Library became separate from the main library when it was moved to it's own quarters in the basement in 1964. When Mrs. Schroeder took over the adult section, Mrs. Warren Sanders guided the children's reading department until she moved to London this fall. In the past month she has been replaced by Mrs. Rosemary Jacobs of Huron Park. It's interesting to note that in 1891 the membership of Exeter's library was 103 with 2,297 books in stock. By 1918 there were 523 borrowers, Mrs. Schroeder says it is difficult to calculate the number of persons now making use of the library but reckons it to be between 2,000 and 3,000. Since the advent, in 1967, of the Huron County Public Library system readers now have access to 114,000 books. Books not available I in Huron County are inter-loaned from other libraries ... mainly from Kitchener Public Library. Additional services Holders of Huron County library cards are free to borrow books at any branch; operated by Middlesex and, of course, Mid- ., dlesex cards are similarly honored in Huron County. Shut-ins who are unable to make visits to the library may order books from the library and they will be mailed or delivered. For those readers requiring books with large print there is now a selection of these books available in the county. Over 100 16MM films are on deposit and may be ordered from the local librarian for use by church or service organizations and schools. There is a tremendous amount of good reference material available on almost any subject one can think of. More readers There are more readers now, especially among children, than at any other period of time, While many feared the invention of television would bring about a generation of non-readers the opposite seems to be true. A recent survey showed that Sesame Street (T.V. program) is teaching many young children to read at an astonishing rate. Even among the older children the survey showed that T.V. programs like the Wives of Henry VIII brought many requests from girls for books on Queen Elizabeth and Mary Queen of Scots. Sports and T.V. adventure stories seem to stimulate boys' interest in this type of reading. Next week, Canada observes National Book Week and while T.V. and schools may help to stimulate your child's reading habits the best advice is still "Don't send them to the library, Take them!" Your public library will be ready and waiting for you. as it has for almost a century. Almost a century of service Built by steel magnate Exeter readers increase over 20 times 74ePtitiof 4 Rea EdeAte? Byying or Selling . Complete Appraisal Service Call ti Betty Bates PitirW__kT PICTURE OF ANDREW CARNEGIE,, steel magnate, who endowed over 3,000 libraries, including Exeter's in 1914, is looked upon by book borrowers Case Allen, Rev. Hugh Wilson and librarian Mrs. John Schroeder. OPEN BOOKS reveal new worlds for young minds.