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OVER 2,000 READERS make use of Exeter's Public Library. Above, Mrs. J. K. Irvin has her books
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CHILDREN'S DEPARTMENT librarian, Mrs. Rosemary Jacobs,
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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
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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.