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Record of Proceedings Relating to Howell Carnegie Library Howell, Michigan Pages 118-119

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Record of Proceedings Relating to Howell Carnegie Library Howell, Michigan Pages 118-119

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Howell Carnegie Library board minutes and ledger entries approved by the board.

Doubleday, Encyclopedia Britanica, C. W. Holkins & Son, Gilkes & Zizka, Michigan Bell Telephone, Wagenwoord & Co, Hillsdale School Supply Co, Detroit Edison, Demco, Detroit News, Ellison Book Shop, Ted Shindorf, Al Shindorf, Dorothy Warner, Ina Hight, Ruth Bennett, June Randalls, Imperial Book Co, R.R. Bowken Co, Horn Book Inc, H.W. Wilson Co, Berrien Bindery

Howell Michigan March 13, 1957

A meeting of the Howell Library Board was called to order at 7PM.

Present were Theodore Krieger, chairman, Leslie Merritt, secretary, Mrs. Lillian Gatesman and Mrs. Gerald McCloskey, Absent, Mrs. Karl Hoch.

Minutes of the meeting of February 6 were read and approved.

Mrs. Gatesman reported for the Friends of the Library on the Francis Line travel lecture. Gross receipts were $685 and expenses to date about $219. Word was still awaited, she said, from the Department of Internal Revenue on whether there was a tax obligation on the tickets. Mr. Krieger thanked her for her work on this project.

Mrs. Hight gave a librarians' report. She mentioned circulation continued to mount, appreciation of work of Friends of the Library, said there was excellent attendance at the Saturday children's story hours and also expressed concern about plaster falling in rotunda. Mesdames Jameson, Herbon, Sherman and Woodworth, all of whom have had some library experience, had accepted invitations to serve on a book choosing committee. Mrs. Hight renewed her statement of doubts on desirability of a rental shelf for new books and said a 7-day circulation plan was preferred. She requested no new action from the board.

Mr. Krieger reported the city manager had arranged with Chaffee Co. to repair the building gutters with work to start promptly.

Tentative date for the next meeting was set for May 15 at 7PM. Adjournment was at 8PM Leslie B. Merritt, Secretary

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