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Itheneser Toussy Turner. so.
ember of an old Ithaca family
and nno of the ally's most phllan-
throple elUuns, died today, Sept.
"' 1042. In Hartford, Conn.
11e was horn In 'see In the Old
I Nllllams house al Ila L fteneea
fit . the eon or Pbeno"r T. Turner,
n founder and first president of the
Ylrst Naif, ,al Flank, and Mrs. EIIL
abeth %Vllllaml Turner, H& was
&rsduabd In eleelrlul enelneering
from Cornell In ]sail. Mr. Turner
married Miss Martha Malro, and
I minor her death In 191e, he lived .�
With hie cousin, Jr. W. Phillips,
Iror JO yeara Mr. Turner was se-
soclated with the U. S. Metrorolor-,
lent Servics at Itheics, and was one
Of the experimenters who worked
with Marconi on wireless, During
this period, air. Turner wrote a
book on the technical aspens of
with
recording.
' (lave Centers to City
Among Mr. Turners many glfls
to the city and University are the
West Side Howe, built In 1916 In
memory of him wife, and the North
Side flow*, given later when he
saw the growing need for another
service center. He was one of the
largest contributors to the Com-
munity Chest each year. When
Questioned about a gift to a needy
individual, Mr. Turner ones ex-
pressed his attitude In the reply,
"This money Is not mine. I feel
,hat It has only been lent to me"
When the bforse Chain Company
was organized, Mr. Turner was an
associate In the enterprise.
Served as Librarian
For many yea", Mr. Turner was
Ilhrarlan of the Cornell (City) Ll-
brary and ex-offlclo member of the
hoard of trustees of Cornell. He
was a former vlceprealdent of the
First National Bank of Ithaca and
a vestryman of St. John's Episcopal
Church, I
Mr. Turner left Ithaca In Jan-'
uary, 1012, to reside In Hartford
Funeral services will be held In
Springfield, Conn-, Thursday, fol- 1
lowed by cremation, and a later
service and Interment will be held
In this city.
Mrs. T. J. Law of 3I4 E Buffalo
SL, who for some time has been
Children's librarian at the Cornell
(City) Library, left recently for
Bellllehom, Pa., to join her hus-
band, who Is employed In the Beth-
lollom Steel Company there. 31r.
and Errs. Low will make their home
In Bethlehem.
Ithacan :Appointed
'To Library• Post
Mlas Marlon E. Engel of 1-17 E.
Buffalo SL was appointed
librar-ian In charge of brand libraries in .
Concord, N. H, Tuesday.
The new assistant librarian is a
elr� Mduate cum laud* of the School
F of Ubmry Science. Symcuse
University, class of 1911• and sines
Ehas been employed by the rr Co
(Clly) Library as assistant
rian. ,A'bjlo an undergraduate!
at "Cuae• Yid Feel was pres).
dent of Beta Phi Alpha Sorority and
in the library School was a mem-
ber of 11 Iambds Sigma, honorary
Itreirty. She will begin her duties re.
Concord Jan. 13.
Dead at 80
I: T. TURNF_R
WEER 13, 1942
Library Plaits
Annual
1 Open House
Annual open house of the Cor-
nell (City) Library will be held
from D to 6 p. m. Sunday.
The public Is Invited to come In
and see what the library has to
Offer. and to meet Miss Helen Lud-
low, Iibrsrtan, and the staff. Re-
freshments will be served. The Ith-
aca Garden Club will be In charge
of table arrangements.
IAs 1■ the custom, the open house
Will mark the opening of Children's
Book Week ?Coy. I5-2L Original
drawings from newly published
childran's books will be on dis-
play. Of special local Interest will
be the drawings of Robert McCtes-
key eoo-ln-taw of Dr. Albert C.
Durand and Rath Sawyer Durand
of this city, for the now children's
book by Claire Huchet Bishop, -The
loan Who Lost His Head.' Me.
Cloakey's recently rwelrad the
Caldecott Medal for the most die.
Ungulabed American picture book
for ehUdran. 'Make Way for Duck-
Itngs,' which he wrote and Illus..
tratsd. He is also author and lllus
tratov of "tsnt.11" McClosky talked
&add raw at the Cornell yarm and
Hums Weak last winter.
An lrlglnal drawing by Non
Vawln for Elisabeth Yates' book
T
'The Little Fir.' will be shown.
L
IlltutratJona for this book were
sent freest England by dipper, and
had a Itra'.S' atie three-week passage.
ftzaVy arriving to a battered cc le,
tton,
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at
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