Record of Proceedings Relating to the Howell Free Public Library and Carnegie Library Building. Howell, Michigan Pages 388-389

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

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Page 388 Record of Proceedings Relating to 1930 The Howell Free Public Library and Carnegie Library Building. Howell, Mich.
Bills Allowed
Jan 22
508: Paris Art Bk Bindery — Rebound Books ($4.80)
509: Wells Purdy — Salary ($70.00)
510: Estelle Bennett — Filing + Repair ($10.00)
511: Minnie Van Slyke — Salary ($85.00)
512: E. R. Johnson + Son — Books ($6.95)
W. S. Farnsworth, Sec. By M. S. V. Lib.
Feb 12
513: Keystone View Co. — Bk. Cabinet Books + Pictures ($93.27)
514: Detroit Edison — Lights ($12.21)
515: Mich. Bell — Telephone ($2.88)
516: John Hildebrant — Repair Lights ($14.75)
518: Leon Stowe — Insurance ($8.00)
519: Gaylord Bros — Supplies ($13.65)
W. S. Farnsworth, Sec. By M. S. V. Lib.
Feb 26
520: Estelle Bennett — Services ($10.00)
521: Mae's Book Shop — Books ($19.35)
522: National Map Co. — Maps ($18.90)
523: Wagenvoord Bros — Rebound Books ($7.20)
524: Childrens Bk. Club — Books ($42.00)
525: Wells Purdy — Salary ($70.00)
526: Minnie S. Van Slyke — Salary ($85.00)
W. S. Farnsworth, Sec. By M. S. V. Lib.
Mar 12
527: Washburn C- Boy Scouts — Books ($16.60)
528: State Journal — Paper ($4.00)
529: Americana Corporation — Encyclopedia ($50.00)
530: Detroit Edison — Lights + bulbs ($11.15)
531: Mich Bell — Telephone ($2.98)
W. S. Farnsworth, Sec. By M. S. V. Lib.

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Page 389 Bills Allowed
Mar 26
532: Leo. C. Dailey — Wood ($7.00)
533: Mae's Bk Shop — Books ($22.66)
534: Houghton Co — [Books] ($61.55)
535: Wells Purdy — Salary ($70.00)
536: Minnie S. Van Slyke — Salary ($85.00)
W. S. Farnsworth, Sec. By M. S. V. Lib.
Apr 9
537: Detroit Edison — Lights ($5.75)
538: Mich Bell — Telephone ($2.88)
539: Estelle Bennett — Repair Books ($10.00)
W. S. Farnsworth, Sec. By M. S. V. Lib.
Apr 23
540: Wagenvoord Co. — Rebound Books ($17.50)
541: E. R. Johnson + Son — [Rebound Books] ($29.25)
542: Mae's Bk. Shop — [Books] ($45.91)
543: Aldrich Print Shop — Printing Cards ($3.00)
544: Wells Purdy — Salary ($70.00)
545: Minnie S. Van Slyke — Salary ($85.00)
W. S. Farnsworth, Sec. By M. S. V. Lib.
Meeting Minutes: April 23 / 30 Special meeting of Library Board called with W. S. Farnsworth and F. Shields present.
Upon motion, it was voted to hold Library Conference in Howell May 7th. Following bills were presented and allowed.
W. S. Farnsworth, Sec. By M. S. V. Lib.

'Just Right Books' FOR BOYS AND GIRLS Approved Book List

Illustrated Gift Books Attractive and Inexpensive. Bound in Unbreakable Bindings and Printed in Large, Clear Type on Fine Quality Paper.
WAGENVOORD & CO. 420 N. Grand Ave. Lansing, Mich.
Selected Titles & Authors:
New Years to Christmas in Holiday Land — Clara J. Denton ($2.00)
Playtime Round the World — Frances Ellen Funk ($1.50)
Oft-Told Tales of Lincoln — Mollie C. Winchester ($1.25)
Adventures of Lafayette — By E. Cecil ($1.50)
Inspiring Lives of Sixty Famous Men — Lena C. Ahlers ($1.50)
Fighting for Cuba — Gordon C. Stables ($1.00)
Alice in Wonderland — Lewis Carroll ($1.00)
Gingerbread Picture Stories ($2.00)
Aunt Martha's Corner Cupboard — Mary and Elizabeth Kirby ($1.00)
The Magic House — Louise Harvey Butler ($1.25)
The Pancake Brownies — Eloise Byington ($1.00)
Hallowe'en Tales and Games — Ethel Owen ($1.00)
Sixty Games and Pastimes for All Occasions — Carolyn Sherwin Bailey ($1.00)
Little Folks from Spotless Town — Laura Rountree Smith ($1.00)
Real Nature Stories — Clara J. Denton ($1.00)
Eskimo Island and Penguin Land — Roy J. Snell ($1.00)
Circus Animals in Funland — Laura Rountree Smith ($1.00)
Beautifully Illustrated Famous Classics ($1.00 each):
The Pied Piper of Hamelin — Robert Browning
The King of the Golden River — John Ruskin
The Dog of Flanders — Ouida
The Little Lame Prince — Miss Mulock
The Man Without a Country — E. E. Hale
Young Folk's Uncle Tom's Cabin — Grace Duffie Boylan's Famous Edition
Illustrated Gift Editions:
Daisy Dolls — Clara J. Denton ($1.75)
A Girl of The Forest — Mary Earle Hardy ($1.50)
The Jolly Little Clown — E. F. Pease ($1.25)
Red and Gold Stories — Frances Kerr Cook ($1.25)
The Pumpkin People — Ethel Owen ($1.00)

'Just Right Books' Brochure (Inside)
Fact and Fancy Stories ($1.00 each):
Little Folks from Etiquette Town — Laura Rountree Smith
Mother Brown's Earth Children — By Deihl
Robin Redbreast's Home — Clara J. Denton
Denton's Fanciful Tales — Clara J. Denton
Illustrated Editions of Short Stories for Children Up to Nine Years ($0.75 each):
The Looking Glass — Edna Groff Deihl
Today's Stories of Today — By W. M. Major
Runaway Nanny — Clara J. Denton
Merry Christmas Stories — By W. M. Major
Flag of Our Heart — Edited by W. M. Major
The Bird Woman — By Hope Daring
In Ocean Land — Emily Paret Atwater
Happy Easter Stories — Edited by W. M. Major
Fireside Bible Stories — A. G. Krottjer
Stories of Jesus — Gertrude Krottjer
Large Pictorial Books for Younger Children ($0.65 each):
Little Black Sambo — Helen Bannerman
Mr. Blue Peacock — Edna Groff Deihl
Little Black Hen — Edna Groff Deihl
Peter Rabbit — Beatrix Potter
Gingerbread Man — M. Higgins Edition
The Big Indian — Yvonne McCandless
Entertainment Books:
Drawing the Easy Way — Cobb X. Shinn ($1.00)
Denton's Best Plays — Clara J. Denton ($1.50)
Denton's New Program Book — Clara J. Denton ($0.75)
Entertainment Speaker — By W. M. Major ($0.75)
All the Year Playgames — C. S. Bailey ($0.60)
In and Out Door Playgames — C. S. Bailey ($0.60)
Party Playgames — Laura Rountree Smith ($0.60)
Fun Artists — Cobb X. Shinn ($0.60)
Busy Work for Nimble Fingers — Cobb X. Shinn ($0.60)
Legends and Holiday Stories ($0.60 each):
Fifty Funny Animal Tales — L. R. Smith
Interesting Little Tales of Our Red Men — S. June
Homespun Stories — Clara J. Denton
Cozy Corner Tales — Clara J. Denton
Vegetable and Fruit Children — E. G. Deihl
Flower and Berry Babies — E. G. Deihl
Little Biographies and Other Land Stories ($0.60 each):
Singing Twins — Laura Rountree Smith
Washington's Boyhood — Ida C. Mirriam
Dinner That Was Always Ready — Roy J. Snell
Little Boy France — Roy J. Snell
Sue Seeley Edition:
Child's Garden of Verses — Robert Louis Stevenson ($0.75)
Poems and Stories:
The Arbor Day Lady — Mary L. Hellings ($0.75)
Easy Reading Children's Library — Ten First and Second Books ($0.60 each):
Knowledge Primer Games — Mirriam
Tiddly Winks Primer — L. R. Smith
Six Tiddly Winks and the A to Zees — L. R. Smith
Brownie Mew in Tiddly Winks Town — Smith
Tale of Curly Tail — L. R. Smith
Jolly Polly and Curly Tail — L. R. Smith
Bow Wow and Mew Mew — G. M. Craik
Doll Land Stories — Eloise Byington
Fifty Famous Sky Stories — C. S. June
Comical Circus Stories — L. R. Smith
Unusual Bird and Nature Stories ($0.60 each):
Strangeland Bird Life — Roy J. Snell
Northland Bird Life — Roy J. Snell
The Bird Wonder — Clara J. Denton
Birds of a Feather — Muriel Burns Wike
Busy Little People — Clara J. Denton
Real Bird Tales — Clara J. Denton
Home Life and Knowledge Stories ($0.60 each):
Little Men and Women Stories — C. S. Bailey
The Postman's Dog — Caroline Town
Social Training — Caroline S. June
Treasure Twins — Laura Rountree Smith
Surprise Stories — Carolyn Sherwin Bailey
Reading Time Stories — C. S. Bailey
Little Red Pony-Auto — Roy J. Snell
Gingerbread Boy — Laura Rountree Smith

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