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VOL.IV, N0 .6
NE\!VSREEl
Published by the LOS ANGELES COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY
SANDW ICH NUMBER
When En gl and's Earl of Sa nd~vich wns too busy far t o eat ,
He s ent his servant for a snack of butter ed bn :ad and me a t :
/md thus evolvec t hat handy meal - THE SANDWICH - f mnous
fill er ,
Which hurrind modern life has made a sur6-hit luncheon
pillar .
Your harr i ed Nt..::wsreel s t af f t hi s month, had l i ttle t ime to
issue
A full --course number. Hc.: r o ' s a snack - and j oy her ewith we
wish you .
- M. ~v .
lvlay 1939
Mae Wooster, Editor
Janet Williams, Branches
Johanna Allerding, Catalog
Bernice Martin, Children
Maurine Stephens, Office
Barbara Bronson, Order
EDITORIAL COMMITTEE
November 1958 - September 1959
Associate Editors
Mimeographing
Alice Lewis, Advisor
President, Staff Association
Charles Benson, Reference
Donald Hughes, Transportation
Evelyn DeMuth, Workroom
Agnes E. Sycour, Chairman Public
Relations Committee
Louise Hastings assisted by Virginia Hostutler
S'l'AFF BULLETINS FROM OTHER
LIBRARIES
It is interest ing to read the staff
bulletins fron other libraries received
regul arly .
To Staff :nembers who may not be a-ware
of it we announce that we are the
recipi ents of four staff publica tions:
11The Broadcaster11 , 11Tho Kern County
Sta.ff Association Progresn11 , "The Chi ·cago
Public Libr:.::.r;1 Staff Nows", and
"Among Ourselves" .
The Ch ica.go Public Library 11Staff
News" and the Los Angel es Pu blic
•Library 11Broadca ster 11 a r e neatly • I r rinted., co;npact bulletins.
I The Korn County (Califor nia ) 11 St aff
Association P::.'ogress11 is mi meogr aphed ,
and as yet, briof', but we o.re a.l ways
gl ad to hear from our n e i ghboring
County Library s t c.ff to the North .
I "Among Ourselves11 , by the Staff As--
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sociation of the Brooklyn Public
Library, is mi mc)ogr aphc:d on col ored
!papers of seventeen puge:.i or mor e .
Its pages are highl y enlivened by ~.musing
pon dr awings rmd sketches . It J
beo.r s tho earm::::.r ks of gener ou8 coopor- I
I ation from s t aff member s ~ i n the nu:nber I
ir.md vo.rioty of a rticl e s thD.t i t carries. I
!We enJoyod nspring s ong ;1i th v:.u·:t.... I
!ations" in the April i ssue, a ver"J !
, ~pri g~tly_. pl.?&
0 an~~ a~eu~1~n~ for s t nff I
l.l.nter,Jst :m it,, o ,m ouL .. t.:t:in. I t I strikes a r e sponsi vo chord here, Fhere I lour editors have al way s tried to over·- I
come n regr etta ble i n ertia on t ho part I
lof our mm s t aff !nember s in t his civic I
matter .
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I. I {Wise ) CHACKS HT THE CATALOG 1
'1 11Ea rthquakesi; by Heck I
i I "Boints bornn by Strrlin ·------------'
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I CLUB SANDWICH
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I Speaking of sandwi ches we might
mention our ovm pet v~riety ; wort wit h
.young people. Up unti l recently it was
!squeezed like lettuce right between
the .juvenile jelly and adult bu tter .
The onl y t i me it eot any notice wus
when somebody tried to divide the s andwich,
and then it becam8 an awful
[nuisance.
I I But t &s t es have changed latel y and
I IN'l'EH:vlEDI.1:.TE work is beginning t o l ook ! 1:1.lrn a Cl ub Sandwich, really di gnified
land something to bite into .
Posters a ttractive to the Teen Age
are calling a ttention to s pecial
shelves of truly a;:1:Jet izing books .
Lu s cious n ev: lists are appearing evory
day nnd even pu blish er s a r(:; ca t ering
I t o young appet:L to ~; ::mo s erving up
· ,cn·ncticc.11.l y e1)icurean Sltuce s for all
sorts of f a scinating subj ects .
Tho ii . L , A. has a section now, de-·
voted t o the problerris of youth , and
tho PmH;l Discussion o.f the Young
Peopl es 1 Reading Round ~Cabl e on
.June H~ th at t ho We s t er n Women 1 s Club
in San Fr anci sco, '.7iJ.l. be ono o:f the
highlights of thu A. L. L. conven t i on .
Hc h m McKn i ght Doyl e , :mthor of "A I chi ld wont for thrr, i s to he t he speak-·
Ie r a t the luncheon f oll owin g tho p<m81 discussion .
By llnd l ar 8e, our s andwich i s r api dl
y groni ng i nto a course by i t s el f ,
and wo bope t o !TW.ke it incr eo.singly
s uvorJ lmd nutritiou s a.s tim e~ goes on .
H.0 1C.
'l'he Ne-;1s Heel st~1ff' enjoyed loo1dng
ovor "J oshua", the No .l, Vol. 1 ~Japer
pr i nted h'J t he Keppol Union El ementary
School of Li ttler ock . The School Con sti
t ut:i.on was pc.rti cu1ar1y intoru s t:in ~ .
Pride in their student govern:nont vms
ap9nr r.;nt in m11ny of the a r t iclec con-·
tri bu te:d by thu j unior edit ors .
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Budgets and personnel matters have
been claiming much tim8 in the Office
these.: days.
The Civil. Service Conuni ssion has
issued three bulletins r..:.nnouncinr, the
.following examinations.
(1) An open competitive
for Library Aid, Grade II,
in mediwn-sized branches.
held March 30.
examina t i on
for positions
This was
( 2) An open competitive examination
for Libraria~, Grado 1, for junior
positions of professional r ank at the
Cent:ral Li brary. This vms held
May 1 2.
( 3) An examination for Librarian,
~II, .for senior positions of
profes sional rank at the Central
Library. This i s a promotional exnmination
limited to qualif ied per ~3 on s
already employed in t he Li bro.ry De -
partment.
The examination given May 12 f or
j uni or librurfons was held as a .j oint
exami nat ion f or posit i ons in l ibraries
in the ci t i es of Long Beach and Glen -- ,
dal e as well as in the Los Angel es
County Libr ary. Giving a joint examination
i s an attempt t o eliminat e
duplicat e examinations for positions
of similar rank , r:md the idea may be
found suitable t o apply throughout t he
State.
A fourth exrnninntion wi ll be given
soon t o qualif\; t huse assistants who
alrendy hold posi tions in medium- si zed
branches of the Los An gel es County
Library nnd which have r ecent ly been
brought into the compet itive group
and r ecl assifi ed as Libr ary Aid, Gr ade II.
A.L.A. AT SAN FRANCISCO
This year the American Library Asso-ciation
is holding its annual conven-
. tion at San F'rancisco June 1 9- 24.
jMilton J, Fergunon , Librarian , Br ooklyn
I Publi c Library, formerly Librarian of
the California State Library, i s the
!pr esident. The theme of the convention
is to be: BOOKS, MIND TO MIND; AUTHOR
ITO READEH.
I As :i.8 customary when the A. L. A •
. I meet s within the St a t e , the Cal ifornia .
j Libr~iry As so ~iat~o:i holds but, a brief
I ses sion. This wLLL occur on rhursday
1morning, Juno 22 . Sidney Mitchel l ,
pr esident, will pr eside.
In The Library J ournaJ. for lVlay 1
there appears a Map of Calif ornia
I· locat i ng al l county librar i es in t he
St ate, particularly those al ong autornol.
d.l e routes Number s 101 and qg .
Acco:npnnying the map is an invitation
f rom Californi.:1 county librarians to
all visiting county and regional librariuns
. Many del egat es to the A. L. A.
may be travolling by automobile , bus or
t r ain on t he way t o or r eturning f rom
t he convention via Los Ang,!l e s .
We ar e hopi ng t o gr eet new f riends
a[3 well as many old oneG who vi sited us
in 1 !130 when t he confer ence was hel d in
Los An gel es . Miss Mi ldr ed L . fut chelderj
Clli·ef- Bchool and Children •·c Li brnry ·
Division, A. L. i. . , Chicago, wil l be our
first schedul ed visitor June 12 .
The exhibit a t the A.L.A. Convent
ion wi l l f eat ure t he work of county
public l i br ar i es . Our library will
be r epr esented by a book of 28 pages
23" x 26" i l l ustn. ting service to
adult s , young adults, and chil dr en.
The book will be r eturned t o us , and
an effort wil l be mnde t o ].end it t o
the branch libraries so t hat as many
as possible of our ovm peopl e may
see it.
COUNTY LIDRAHY COURSE AT USG
A series of ei ght lectμre;=i in
county li\>rary wor·k given oy mempe+s
of t he I~o~ Anrseles County F'tiblic
L:Lbr4:ey· s~{.tff to a class of ·twcmty--six
p~ti4r;nt r-i at the School of Library
Science, Uni versi t.7 of Sou t ht:rn California,
has ;just peen eompletqd:
Admin,istr4t:l,ot1 of a Coun-Qy Library
f.\yst rnn undo1~ the California Count;y
Fre~ ~ibrar~ . La~v, Hel em E. V~glefion. I
Admim .. stration of a Branch Library ,
System, J<~l e anor _S~ er.h orrn .
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R(~ feronce Work in a Cotm ty Library,
Olive M. Hyder.
Services Provided for lnterrnudiat es,I
Helen 0 1Conor.
County Library Servicr; to Childrc,n, I
Claire Nolte.
Cmmty Li braF.f Work wit h Schooln,
Alice B. L0wis.
HANDVVHITING ANALYS'f
1Viis8 Margery Quigley, oxpert in
analyzing th<; handwriting of docurnen to,
gave a very interesting I;:; lk to tho
Staff on April 28.
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Miss Qui gley :is possi oly thu only
woman in the United Sta t es engaged in
this kind of v:ork which r c,l a tes to
d~ciphering forged vrriting, espe ci~lly j
signatures un checks, con trrlcts, wills, j
and such documents. · 3he ·s t .. :1t ,3d that · :
everyone has an individua.l style of ,.
!writing and tha t the vario.tions in
kinds of ink or l oad used, thu pressur<.:I
·of pen or pc.:ncil, r.;J.l may bo ine .. gn:Lfi ud J
to show when a forgery has been
attempted.
Miss Quigley gave a number of
pr<:cticnl sugge ntion;:;, t wo Vi:ll'Y importruit
ones being to endorse ch0cks
close to the top nnd to fill up the
entire line of Ct chGck on which the
amount is \7ritten by use of :J. lor~
dash so tha.~ l'\P words or fi gures may
be adc1ed to th'f:l f,LffiOUJ.""lt intended.
J\f; iss . L2u:l,.gl~:y h&s s1'udied abroad,
j havi:n8, spent ·n~a:r.J,.y a year in India
where very curio11s inst.anc e ~1 of forged
documepts we;r.,a p;tought to her attention
Sqe :i,13 th9 Pl'e\3:\.~ ent of the Lof.l
Angel t:lf d:i.ub ·qf Int,ernational 1\ltrusa j
Iii. tH1rvt~ e ~.lub composed of women exGcutives.
· 1 HIE:;TQ!U CAL MURALS
I A ~:ie:cies of ten Hif1toricnl Murals
pr upnr ed under the direction of the
Fcd0ral Art Proj ect will be accepted
and dedi cat ed by· the Board of Super-
. vi3ors on ii/lay 20. These large murals
! ar2 loca. ted in tho Hearing Room of
the Board of Supervisors.
The the;no running through the pic-turGS
depicted in colors r elates ~o
strec.1ms of influence affect :l.ng the
hi :>tory of California .
A beau t iful boc>kl r:t of' thirty pages
dNicribing the murals will be made
ava ilctbl o t hrour,h the Board of Supervisors
J ond a copy will be added to
the book col].r;ction of each brl'mch
li bro.ry. Hovmvcr, when you visit Los
An z.:)l es you sho1Jld visit th0 Board 1 s
Hoo.ring Room on the fifth flo or, Hall
of Rt'!Cords J ~md f)nj oy the murnls as
. aerm in tlwir ovm rich colors.
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The sub,i ccts ure:
Gre.. n ting the Ma gnrJ. Cbarta - 1 215
Landing of Ca brillo - 154;:
Dre.. ke 1 s Lmctine in Ca lifornia - 1579
'l'h.e Dec l a r n.tion of' Independence - 17'16
I Do Nev•'> Found~->- Los Angul as ·- 1781
Il, .J,..',.J.C, .,... .. J~.., I '<-"-''=<>' U 1", ... S"' .P...\. u•s i·.· .)]·. cr .,. J.. l Am; ;. 1E:~' ri' canL Ch<u >rte~. .. r. -
1 '19~--
1 ·T e dc:diah Srni t h near San Gabri.el - 182G
, Dana a t s ~m Padro - 18i35 l Troctty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo - 1848 I Butterfield. Overland_ Mail StEl.ge - 1858
LET'S GET TECHNICAL
111 had no idea I could obtain such
information at the library1', is the
frequent r emark :·f:>f' patrqns with' \'Vh'orn T
have talked in ourr£taderp 1 advisory
work at the brandies. 'it h~d riever
occurred t o most of the se pe op~e tnlit
the library could supply late and' de'- ·;
t ailed i nfor mation on such a variety
of subj c0c t:J, or that it was k ec.mly
inter ested i n doing so.
To supplement the reference service
rendered to the County branches by the
I ' Central Reference Division , the Techni-cal
Reference Libra1·ian devotes one
evening each week to readers' advisory
work at a branch. '.i'o date these
visits have been limited to the Tor-·
ranee, Compton and South Gate areas .
The purpose of our work is to acquaint
patrons with the services and resources
of the County Library, in the
technical book fi1:;lds particularly.
Of equal importance, we become better
acquainted with the community and its
peculiar needs.
Our work , however, is not limited
to advising patrons in locr~l brf.mchos.
Much time is devoted to outside contacts
in the area served by the
brtmch. We call on employers nnd
employees of industrial conc c~ rns,
heads of departments of city governments,
heud of the evening school,
and o. thers, to e.n list their, coop~. r-ation
and to acquaint them with the
type of service they can obtain from
the local library. Notices nro posted
in these pl aces, to advertise our
weekly visits .
Al though this wor1c at the branches
hns been carried on but a short time ,
it has borne some tangible results.
Over a period of two months at one o.f
the branches, we hnd the privilege of
supplying technico.l ma t orie.l to .::1.pproxima
t ely 75 patrons, most of which
dealt with advunced t echniques in the
!vocations or occupations in which
1pntrons were engaeed. It was grt' .. ti-·
fying to have several persons whom we
had served, express a deep apprecia tion
1'or the assistance given them, and a
wish that we might continue the work.
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On April 19,
the Technical
Refer ence
,section presented
a program
for the
Branch Li·brarians
meeting
which was
sponsored by
the Reference
Division, Mr.
Guy E. Marion,
Research Dir
ector of the
Los Angel es
Chamber of Commnrce, told of the industric1l
development of Los Angeles
County, and gave some indications of
future trends for local industries .
Mr. Elwood C. Moore, Assistant County
Farm Adviser, spoke about the work of
the County li'arm Adviser, and about the
agricultural situation in Los Angel es
County.
The rc~mainder of the program was
devoted to a discussion of the work of
the Technical ll.efe r~mce Section of the
Ref er enco Divi sion, how the Section
functions in supplying specin1ized
assist':mce in science and t echnology,
and how it cooper o.t os with the
br<:nchos in supplying technicD.l book
needs for the community served by <my
br[meh. An annotnt ed reading list of
t en outstanding science books of 1938
was pr epar ed for the meeting. Copies
of thiG list, ttAn Orientation in
Sciencetr, ar e available to o.11 who are
inter est ed in obtai ning it.
Hequested by a Lancaster patron:
,__ ttWal king Murrietta " ______ \
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HOBBY POSTSCHIP'rS
I I Ori<5 of the gra tifying effects of
i our last mon t~1 1 s Hobby Issue has been
II t~1at it bas eacouraged a rldi ti0nal
staff members to confestJ t hat thoy t qo I cen be numbor ed a::.1ong our "hobbyists. 11
Rebecca iviacNair of the Or der Di vision
hac revealed that she ha s a collectlon
of fashion prints "'hieh cove r
a ninety yea r period, 1820·-1910 . She
has collected a print for every ten
years , and has had each one aporopri·-
, 1 ~ I i l • •\. ' .i. · a tely framed. Of thoso she poss ,.,,sses,
the oarly French hand-- pa.in t ed 01ws a r e
h or f avorite s . In addJti on to her
fashion pri nts, Miss Ma cNair has al uo
collocted stamps, while yet anot her
specialty of hc:rs has boon f i ne ch :~n a
t ea cups, of ••:hi ch she can now boast
of a collection rc"pre s (:n ting the wares
of mnny different COlmt ric s .
, Virginia Bol0nbw.tgh '"nd Marg r e t t a
II Iilorshall of the Brur..chos Div:i_uion have
admitted t hat the;y 1.~re both Ga U -- j
forniuna enthusiasts . Not only i:ire
they inter est~Jd in collecting Cnli-·
forniana books , but a2 n i'o11ow--up ,
' they enjoy spending weck- cndc; and
vo.cations visiting nl1 the localitie s
therein described.
Ii'lov1er:::; at the book reviCY" me e t i ng
of May_ 17, wh_ic~1 f') f_,_ tured ga rden boolrn
and c. talk on nev: pl<1nts were, approprio.
tely, gro'lm by m•3mbe:-.·n of the
[;tu.ff . Vi r ginia Hostutlm·, Catalog
Di vision, brought t he rosos vrhich
. decked the tc.blf1 whor e the gnrden books
wore displJ.yed. Mr. Cobb r ai s nd t he
king of !ell delphiniums, \'.hi c:h r or,r ed
i t c blue spire so magnificently n er'r
the spea.kcjr' s table~ . The dE.inty pink
"Mexican primroseB11 , whi ch hevu won
first prize &t Hollyvmod. flovrer s howr..; ,
came from Mrs . Gross's San For.nendo
g11:r.·d en. Mrs . Lut hrop of Flor011ce
brought tho "Copa de oro11 , :--~ great
iyellow cup, deli ca tely m&rked Fi th
iPUrple , Fhich blossoms on :1 tropl.-·
i cal vi n o .
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PERSONALITY O.F Tl!Ji, MONTH I
~:ihe is a per son small in sta ture , l
I but she fills an i :nr.>ortan -l.:. pl ace on i
, the Library staff, for it is to Helen I
I Ko~1ler of tho Workr oom Division that a I c,rea t Plany of us come to talk ov er
our various probl ems.
If there is a b(JOk to be mended
tha t lookG impos~1i ble, it is 1:tlvm.ys
1 noh ~ ask Mrs. Kohler, she 1 ll know11 •
I The pr oblem of making papor -cover 0d l 1?oo_ks ._rnor:c attractive to the r ending ! 1iuh Lic solve s i tsolf dc-.:ftly i n her I han d r; . Lo;c:i.~.y ~ ards, s crap-?~ok s,
i and mo s t origi .oa.L, colorful gifts,
I. not t o rn.:mtion her flower arrange -
: men t s , are indica tionfl of hor a rtistic
I abi l i t i es.
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Being ~. na tive daughter of CaJ.ifor:.:
iia and born i11 Los ltngf:l eo , sho is
intm1soly intcr e3tod in the horticul
t ure of t hi s Dtr1tr-: . Travoling is
another pa.anion with Mr~3. Kohlor . Sht3
loves to p.ll'.n i tinere.ri8S f or others,
ul most as much n t: making the trips her-s
elf . All in all, she is en ergetic
and intcr t:)st:Lng, and v•orthy of tho
ti. t l e , 11Pnrsor1t'.l i ty of the Monthn .
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S P E A K I N G =>-'
THE THREE D's
In these days of triplicat e l etters
(AAA, CCC, t he 3 R' s) we f 0el we are
doing our share if we add the 3 D'' s .
In this particular instance vre :nean
Dinner, Discussion, Diversion. These
three servod as an excellent combination
for the Regional Catal oger's
c'ipring Meeting, Apr il 24th, at I Occidental Col l ege .
I Participants from thi s libr .<:try
wer e none other than .Jeanne Johnson,
i Mabel HogQ, Annri Tomlinson, May Hunt,
Mar-.1 Gordon, Peggy Griffith and
Johanna Allerding. We al so saw
Charlotte Himoe, who i s now worlcin,g
in the Ca t alog Department of t he Los
Angel es City Library.
After a deli ghtful dinner in t ho
Col l ege dining room, t he group of
about 50 pGople adjourned to a
comfortnbl e lounge , ther e to hoar o.
discussion of the var i ous activities
of members of the gr oup during the
l ast sever al months. An outlino of
tho t opi cs to be di s·cussed by the
Ca t c'.'.log Sect i on at the ALA convent ion
was presented by Mr. Nyholm of U. C.L.A.
!Perhaps the most i nt er esting meet i ng
will be the one on advantages & di s-
' advantages of dividing the co.t::tl og in-to
two di stinct sections : Sub,j eot . and
Aut hor and Title.
Diversion was provided by an illustra
t ed t al k on the processef.l and
history of printing by Ward Ritchie ,
wel l-known local printer. He showed
early Babylonian clay tabl e t~->,
Chi nese pi cture seal s , mediaeval wood
blocks , as well ai; modern methods
of pr eparing half-tones and printing
. f rom movabl e t ype .
NORWEGIAN HOLIDAY
Svttende. Mai i s Norway's Indepen-dcnco
Day , This cel ebration, hel d
annuall y on the Sunday pr e(~ e din g the
17th of May , e9mmel)1ora t es the .adoption
of the Norwegi an Constitution on
May 17th, 1814 . 'l'he constitution ii3
e:x.ceodingl;)' democratic and stat es that
Norway i s "Free , independ ent, indivisible
, and an inalienable Kingdom".
The visit of Crovm Prince Olav nnd
Crown Princess Martha to the United
St nt n made thi s a memorabl e event
t hi s ye[lr.
Norwegi an-American members of our
staf f who bclped to welcome the.Crovm
Pri nce nnd Princess to Los Angeles
at t he Norneginn Cel ebration in Sycamore
Park , were Gunda Gunder son, Doris
Soder, Elsie Kittle.i cmd Anna Twohey.
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The br anch l i br ary a t Rancho Los
Amigos r e t:Jorts tht:< following j
experience wi t h a patrcm who had I'.
def foite ideas about what he wanted .
"We were recen tly afforded a rather j
unique disti nction be t ween b:i.ogrnphy
and autobi ography . I .
!
I "One of our worl~ers cnme in from
j the wards wi th a r equost for somethi ng I
· on U. S. Gran t . l r c:.conlJnDnded tha t he 1
t ako t he first volume of Gr ant ' s I
Personal Me.moir:3 .
. "He did so, but vih en he came in I again, he S:?..id the patron exhmi ned.
I the book end t u r ned it r 1ght · back ,
rema r kin g, 1That 1s not wha t I wEmt .
ITh11t' s a l l n.bout hil11 when he wa s
l a.live . I want him de1:id •. n I .
LICHT OF LI BERTY
Mr s . Arthur Wright , l i br arian nt
Li bcrty, says that ono of the mo st
encournging f e::ttur \,S of l ocal YJ()rk i :1
tho increasing us0 made of tho li·brE:.
ry s er vices by hi gh school cm d
college s tudent::; , and adds t hc.t it is
grn.t i fyi ng to huvc such ser vices I acknm':l edged by t he s tuden t s ,
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1For instan ce , she has j ust r e cuivud
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l·-a- t etter f r om rforman Lapworth of AgouraJ
gr aduate of U. C.L.A. , who t hanks her
f or Uw Hwny works in physics and gener
&l applied scien ce she ha s b,:)en able
t o obt ain f or hlm.
Norman , son of Mr . Charles Laiwmrth, I
a former cdi tor of t lrn Londog paily I
H~Ld , has jus t boen appoint ed by t he i
Un i ve r s i ty of Califor ni a as l ecturer ·- ·
demonstra t or at the Science Buil ding
i n the San Francisco Exposition. He
wi l l expl ain t o visi t orG t he vmnder (3
of the formidable a t om-sma sher.
BRANCH BOUQUETS
Reports D.r e still coming t o Cent r al
expruf;s'Lng nppr e c:La t i on of patrons for
t ho tmge number of boo'c r equest s
filled thi c yuar .
FilDVi AVALON:
"I do not know whom I should thank
f or the l c~s t shipment I r ecei ved , but
I clo want t o expr t:SG my appr eci a t ion .
My p(;opl e o.r e dc;;lighted with t he
s el ection , Dnd that pl eas e r; mo , of
cours o. 'I'hanks to everyone concerned.
E.E. MucRuc"
FROM LAKEl1~00D VILLAGE
"Dear Li br arian- in- cha r e e- of- nev1-
Books:
The.nk you so very much for t he
many l ovely, new books . How my
patroHs have onj oyed t hem! Last
8
Tuesday was .my best day, since I 1ve
been here, which made me very glad.
Dear Miss Vogleson:
Minnie 0 1Toole"
March l, 195B
A.Lincoln School
Three weeks ago Monday we went to
the Compton library.
"
Miss Hathorn was very kind to us.
She showed us the books and she showed
ua-th~ ""Pictu-re'S -0n.-the- wall. Sho ·.
made a fire in the fireplace for us.
We sat on the floor in front of the
fireplace while Miss Hathorn told us
about the Library. We enjoyed the
books and the pictures* and the fire~
place. We are glad we got to go to
the Library.
Signed,
Your friends,
(Each member of tho class signed
the above let..ter.
J *Tho· pictures 5' x s• done in
·.color by Za..ck Hoag a.re: Don Quixote,
The Pied Piper of Hamlin and Uncle
Remus.)
The engagement of Mrs. Lillian Goetz
to Mr. G.W. Crawford of Snn Dimas, was
. ~· ~tly at 'a "blffret su:PPer ~
given by some -01' her friends. Mrs.
Goetz is librarian of tho La Verne
Heights Branch.
Branch Librarians are reminded that
they are welcome at the Book Review
meetings of the Children's Division,
held the first Monday of each month
from 9:50 to ll:OO·A.M. Next meeting
.takes place on June 5.
I FAMILY Al.BUM I
i t How "the Library embraces all know- •
j ledge" and serves adults, yotmg peoplo
1 and children, through bui.lding up col--
l 1ections of reading materials and dis-pensing
books and illformation will be
shown in the large a·crapbook which is
being prepared in the Children's Division
by a. staff committee.
'l'his "family album", full of photograph~,
reading lists, posters and
other visual evidence of our sarvices.1
is oeing compiled to show interested
visitors, especially during the Americun
I.ibrary Association convention,
what :we do. ·
In addition to reading lists, posters,
and other attractive .forms of library
publicity, there are photographs
showing special collect:lons of books
and pictures, work with branch patrons,
classes of young people .and children ·
learning to use tho library, nnd ·
sp,:1ciul work with the adults, such as
techn:i.cal reference work in offices
and factories.
After bdng exhibited at the A.L.A.
convcn'tion in San Francisco, the great
book will be I'eturned to Miss Vogleson
1 s office, where it will bo used to
give visitors a quic~ .and vivid survey
·of some of the most intorcsting phases
of our work •
A commit tee rep re sen ting the Li braxy
departments coilec.ted the materials
and offered suggestions f:o~ their .arrangement.
Mrs. Kohler of the Workroom prepared
the large cnrdboo.rd J>?ges of the
nlbu~, and the wooden cover was made
in th~ LibrarJ Shop by Calvin Phillips.
Mrs. Blunt, Chairman of the committee,
ho.s the responsibility for final
urrruig8ment and mounting. Other members
of the committee are Mrs. Q1Noill
Mr. Hewitson, nnd Miss Walkington.
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