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HomeMy WebLinkAboutscrapbook pic doris tucker willett (35)Bc C T Or,, in(7lc of Ch ildhr» 's -Book + llltrarerlions ]]tautly Is'rhihil 1 It inea school children began err 1 Acing in I. rge groups today at the II, (•ornnll (CU Llbren• to vlow the In Mnal1 nook Week dlsplav et MII- r( tircn's honks which has, horn e1.r h library. In the jily"1L room of In, 'r ( This year's display, arnarrd by 1 ] Afre. TBOrn" Law, a member of! n library " co lctof original Allufloor. 1, 'lratlonshted f t 1 rmtn savoral new bmko,. APploxl- d I alai b' fw worlh of file,, orlalnnh pubJliss ass were obtained from n for the week's dlrlday. Included among them are originals hT° Leo Polltl for •Tho Lonal One," 1'v Afro. RUth SAwyel• nurand of Ithe,,, and by Hugh Troy, for morly M Ithaca, for his now book .The Chippendale Darn.. Others on Dtspinv other Originals are on dlspla Jfrom Uulle �Austln's popular no moose," 'Pther Church Sanford Toua•'s "Bob an th, Railroad," and Opal Wbcelor' Staphon Paster and His Llt❑ Dog Tray One of the original ahrnctlons of the exhibit this year Is a "book house," a small model house fash- lencd catlrel yof book Jae -,Is and complete with veranda and plllam. ( Books for children from pro - school to high school age are In1I eluded In the displays Ono table,) n•h lch pro\ts the center of stirs h tJon with ever' influx of visitors, is covered with new books for younger readers, A second lab]° 1s devoted to books for Internee- dlate age readers, and still another ICarolers to Sing At City Library The Girl Scout carol troupe hill sing at 4 p. m. Wednesday, in the Cornell (City) Library, for the, benefit of the public. The program will Include several of the most 1 P o P u I a r Christmas carols. The group will sing around the 16-foot spruce tree which has been placed in the center of the library's main S' room. The large tree Is decorated solely With home-made decorations, made by the Garden Club of Ithaca with the assistance of the Junior Book Club, Ornaments 1 n c l u d e paper chains, glided walnuts, and popcorn balls. Other decorations In the Id- brary Include attractive wreaths of 13011y and sumach leaves. All dec- orations were done under the di- rection of Mrs. Sherman Peer. The library will close at 6 p, m, Wednesday, Christmas Eve. has been planned to Interest high school age bays and girls. Girls Host",,, I Rita Schneider. Marle Schickel Viand Barbara Brown, members of the library-•s Junior Sook Club, are acting a9 hostesses in the after noon. Members of the Garden P Club of Ithaca assisted with deco- rations for the off spls}-, A 2fexlcan T Idisplay in conaectlon with Mrs. Llbiaj•3r to Start Duraad's book was arranged by'� J Mrs, Howard Heller. I Ylile Activities 4maag the most popular of the f 1 l! ooks whichfnlrye nea-Lv-Painted helves of the children's room are Christmasactivities at the Cor- `Nothing at All" by Wanda Gag, I sell (City) Lfbra 'Nolte Way for Duckl:n m I way at 10 a. . Saturday, when ry will get under - the Lucky" by In, a gT -and Edgar story hour will Of held for children b Lois dLenslire, „Indian Captive"II under 10 y Lois Lenskf years et age. Miss omp- •lemison, th0 story of Nary j once Curtis, secretary of the Tomp- and the two beaks by i' kins County Tuberculosis and Pub - Ithaca authors, 1 lie Health Association, will tell Book Week- opened Sunday w1tL several Christmas an open house and tea in the li- \vill be placed on the sale of Christ- es Stress brad'• Mrs. Howard Liddell deco- lass seals during rated the tea table and Mrs. T. J. n the hour. Bather and Mrs. A. lif. S. Prldham g group of alga drawings are n's poured. ing put on display In the children's ' room of the library. They are the work of children in the fourth grades at Fall Creek and Central Schools, who drew them ' sent scenes from Har' Anderson's story, ,T- Children whose c awin chosen for display are 1Vf. ian Flalk, Eugene Leggins, Barbara. sell, Cook, Jenny Bor'donl, Jimmy Rus- Charles Westbrook, Bobbie Weir, Fannie Tripodf, and Laura Nicholson. The pictures will be shown through the weep of Dec. 15. The library announced today that a 1,i-foot Christmas tree will be placed In the center of the main I room soon. Library decorations are being arranged by the Garden Club of Ithaca, Members of the Junior Boole Club will again assist In making decorations for the Christmas tree. Virg. Avl-4)ss Sweet l/i111N 1, 11•l`il en The as a sourcedale ptf, used for years i tractors, of €J guerb r area con_ cover a is reputed acre and l to be 20 feet deep Jn for a skabeen .used at area younnr( %!1M v(titw, sue. idea (yesterday in a recovery of the Wescott boys body, ordered the village gravel bed drained of several feet of water which had accumulated by seepage and spring Similar action was promised to other quarters by Indignant area control I I ,,,lgnrletsrs firemen had only to oPo" (hole doors and then were at the ncono of n fire �horlly hnroro 0:011 n. m. today, Two gird \Toro walking along E, son- i ocn St., opposlto rho fh'o station, When they discovered smolto Pnur- Ing ell of a basement window In the Llbrmy Building. P'Iremon discovered thatthe look tot, apparently had boon clonning the fmnaco tiro and hot coals hold landed too close to several brooms and floor mops which had lgnited. Although he serious damago was caused, Ile building was quickly filled with a Pungent smoke which necessitated a thorough ventilation. Shortly after 6 p.m. Saturday, firemen were summoned In extln- gulsh an nulomobilo tiro In the 200 block of hallo Ave. The machine was owned by Mrs. A. T. Jenkins of 921 E. State St., and Chief B. J. Reilly reported that Ignition wires had been burned by a short circuit. Another automobile fire occurred earlier In the afternoon, but fire- men were not needed. The machine was owned by Game Warden Frank Begent, who was on his way to the football game, when anti-freezo solution boiled out of the radiator and Ignited. Mr. Begent used a hand extinguisher. :EMI Counly Ilislofy In New -Books The Cornell (City) Library inn. anquirod several now books on tine history of Now York Stale. Tomp- Was County Is mentioned In many of these books, and biographical akotchos of several Ilhncnns are In- cluded In one or the sets. The now books are "The History Of tho state or New Yorlq" In 10 Ivolumost "Central New York —An Inland Empire, • in four volumes; and an "Historical Atlas of New York Stale." The book, "Central New York — ,Ali Inland Empire," Is generously Illustrated and many of the Ple- turos son of local scenes. Among those are the state parks In the county, views of Cornell University, and old views of the City of Ithaca.' The fourth volume of this set Is primarily devoted to biographical bsketches. Listed In the set as mem- ere of an advisory council on facts are the following Ithacans: Arthur G. Adams, Howard E. Bab- cock, John G. Brooks, and Dexter S. Kimball. The "Historical Atlas of New York State" has many unusual features Including a physical map .of the state, maps of land grants, Indian tribal boundaries, state parks, and maps of the principal cities, Including Ithaca. "The History of the State of New York," which was a gift to the library from an Ithacan, contains many articles about Tompkins County. Campaign Nets 2;371 Books For Soldiers Miss Helen Ludlow, librarian of the Cornell (City) Library, and chairman of the local collection committee for the "books for vic- tory" campaign, announced this morning that 2,371 selected books are ready for shipment. The books are all Classes A and B, and technical types, and the vol- umes now selected include con- tributions from the _city of Ithaca alone. More books are still coming in, she said. The quota for Ithaca) has been exceeded by more than 300 books at the present time and included are many books of cur-1 rent fiction and non -Action in ex -I cellent condition, Miss Ludlow said. The 'ar•gest single contribution to the local committee, Miss Ludlow stated, was made by the Morse In- dustries Association. The Associa- tion turned over its entire library of mole than 800 books to the cam- ¢aign. The committee has been pleased with the co-operation shown byIf local residents, Miss Ludlow said.I She added that, although the cam- paign closes this -veer(, the Library Will continue to receive books through next week, and will pro- vide for shipment of these books to their destinations. Books Sought To Supply Service Clubs An. I(baea commlttac hag been organized to conduct a drive ba- glnning Monday. Jan. 12, for books for sorvlce clubs of men In the U. S. armed forces and the mor- chant marine. Part of a national effort on the part of the USO, Red Cross, American Library Associa- tion, and the American Morchnslt Mnrino Library Association, the local goal 1s 2,000 books. Miss ilnlen Ludlow, librarian of the Cornell (City) Library, Is gen- eral chairman, Mrs. Beryl Kellogg, former president of the State Li- bra ryry Association and former It- brarlan of Cortland Free Library, Is chairman of the selection and sorting committee. Miss Kathryn Leary, representing the .City Fed- eration of Women's Organizations, is chairman of the collection sub- committee. All Schools Depositories All local public schools, including Cayuga Heights, will be deposi- tories for the books. In the Unl- verslty area books may be left at Willard Straight Hall, Barnes Hall, Martha Van Rensselaer Hall Li- brary, and Cascadilla School. Em- ployes of Morse Chain Co., Ithaca Gun Co., and Allen -Wales Adding Machine Corp. may find it con- venlent to leave books there. In the downtown section, collec- tion centers include Rothschild Bros., Corner Bookstore, Atwater's, British War Relief Headquarters, Northside Pharmacy, Cornell (City) Library, and the new headquarters of the County Traveling Library in the Old Court House. Collection Planned Persons unable to bring books to the depositories may call the City Library, telephone 2052, and ar- rangements will be made for their collection, - Books, not magazines, are re- quested, the committee stated. In the fiction field, those concerning adventure, aviation, history, humor, mystery, sports, and Westerns are desired. Technical and scientific books earlier than 1935 are general- ly not useful. Texts in present use in law and medical schools are wanted by service men who have to stop professional courses to go into military training. Wants Varied The list of books wanted includes applied psychology, current affairs, military publications. Crime and the FBI, police systems and finger- printing, English grammars, arlth- metic, algebra, geometry, trigonoftl- etry, calculus and tables of logar- ithms, accounting, shorthand, busi- ness and salesmanship, lettering and mechanical drawing, photos raphy, cartoons, books about music, sports, novel and playwriting, poetry and individual plays, geOg- raphy, travel (of the last 10 years), biography of the shorter, more Popular type, history (particularly Europe and North and South Amer- ica since 1900). Among other members of the lo- cal committee are: Maude Kulp, Frank Bliss, Dr. Otto Klnkeldey, Bernard Naas, F. C. Wilcox, Ger- ald Williams, David Saperstone, Prof. Clyde B. Moore, Jules Berin- stein, and Harold Jansen-, the Mes- dames Frances Harvey, Sarah Os- borne, Dorothy Riddle, W, W. Flex- ner, Dorothy Sayles, Dudley Ward Fay, Donald Finlayson, T. J.arbara Bark- er, the Misses Ann Wilson, B Kirby, and Laura Warner.