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Home My WebLink About1947-01-14 Minuteslinutes of the Library Board January 14,1947 The Library Board held its regular monthly meeting on Januaryl4,1947, :1Ir. dc'i'Vhorter in the chair. Members present. l+ ir.l:7cidiorter.Miss Vaulx,Mrs. Richardson .Mrs.Swartz, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Blossom, Dr. iileriwether,Mr.Greenhah,Mr. Butler, and. Ivir.McMillen . The minutes of the November meeting were read. and approved.Since a quorum was lacking at the December meeting,there were no minutes to read. It was voted to reeommend.to the annual meeting for approval certain proposed amendments to the constitution due notice having been published in the IJorVhwest Daily Times in accordance with Article V1 of the Constitu- tion.The proposed amendments are to doiAtinue Article V and become Sections 4 and 5.'i'hey read as follows: Section 4. Should a vacancy or vacancies arise on the Board of Direc- tors between the annual meetings of the corporation,such vacancy or vacan- cies may be filled by the remaining members of the Board of Directors. Section 5. Five (5). members of the Board of Directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of the business of the corporation. The Librariants report was read.lt showed a decrease in circulation from November of some 500 volumes,which fact is explainable by the smaller number of days open for issue in December.The report is filed with these minutes. In the absence of Mrs.Vincenheller the Treasurer's report was read by the Secretary.It showed a balance of $1430".18 in the First National Bank and total assets of 02628.49.The report is filed with these minutes. The Chairman read a letter from the i'reasurer,blrs.Vincenheller,who could not attend this meeting of the Board. It was voted to allow the P T E Study Club to hold a meeting in the Library on February o under the supervision of idrs.Delbert Swartz. Adjourned. Cf�1 O.W.idetillen, Secr Annual iviinutes of the Public Library Association January 14,1947 The annual meeting of the Public Library Association was held in ' accord with the constitution of the corporation on January 14,1947,the second Tuesday of the year.Due notice was published in the daily paper concerning, the time and place of this regular annual meeting.There was a rather small attendance. The Chairman, 1hr.ivicWhorter,called the meeting to order promptly at 8:00 P.i/o and made a brief statement concerning the past year's work of the Library from the point of view of the Chairipan of the board,stressing our need for a permanent librarian and pointing out the fact that the Library is in a good condition financially. The Secretary read his report which briefly reviewed the activities of the Library for the year 1946,pointed out the difficulties experienced by the Board in connection with securing someone to replace Miss Jobelle Holcombe as Librarian,and indicated changes that had taken place in the Hoard's personnel during the year,the principal loss being that of Mrs.C.K.1•.1cClelland,who had been Secretary for some twenty-five years. In the absence of Mrs.Vincenheller,the Treasurer,her report was read by the Secretary.The report showed that the Community Chest had contribu- ted $2264.36 to the Library,that the total received during the year was 1p2733.54 and that the total assets as of January 14,1947 were 42628.49. These two reports are filed with these minutes. It was voted to instruct the Secretary to write a letter of apprecia- tion to Mllrs.i3dmund Watson,the Librarian,for her efficient work with the Library since she was elected to the post on August 1,1946* In accordance with the recommendation of the Library Board,it was voted to amend Article V of the Conetitution by adding Sections 4 and 5, due notice having been published as provided in the Constitution.These amendments are as follows: Section 4. Should a vacancy or vacancies arise on the board of Direc- tors between the annual meetings of the corporation,such vacancy or vacan- cies may be filled by the remaining members of the Hoard of Directors. Section 5. Five (5) members of the Board of Directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of the business of the corporation. The matter was presented to the Annual meeting by ivlr.Kar1 Greenhaw. A copy of the notice of the proposed amendments is filed with these minutes. It was voted to re-elect the following persons to membership on the Library board,their terms having expired Mr.W.E.McWhorter :firs,Miriam A.Vincenheller ivirs.Fount Richardson. Since the incorporation of this Association it has been the custom of the hoard to fill vacancies that arose between the annual meetings although the Constitution did not make provision for the Board's doing so.In view of the fact that several members now serving have been so appointed,it was vot= ed to confirm their membership. They are irir.Greeniiaw,Dr.ideriwetkier,i,irs.Swartzo, Adjourned 09'v'6 .,aclnlllen, Secretary I make a motion to amend Article 5 of the Constitution of the Fayetteville Public Librajy Association Inc. � �- r Qe�-.E_ - J 3 - _ v ro xxdW 3 y Section 4 - Should vacancy or vacancies arise on the Board of Directors between the annual meetings of the corporation, such vacancy or vacancies may be filled by the remaining members of the Board of Directors. Section 5 - Five (5) members of the Board of Directors shall con8titute a quorum for the transaction of the business of the corporation. C ou have 'not been able tt Regardless' -of what the'- or, fay be send.p letter to Bos in core of this ne%yspapei msibly: some assistance car In` oG u; .kind28-26t-x MdV1N, Ail s of dire the ho' ,job.- Alake your, ap- point?, earl 'Ilea Phone equipment5..is ELKINS � "1 1 former instructor WArkansas 2A: Still In The Red" land M. College and ,'assistant director, of'the VMversitY Ex- RecenC visitors at the Gus Wil- " Washington, Jan 3 -(k') -A House tension Service liams home were Mit,Clava Gib' Special committee reported today son of Denver Colo., Mi and _America's wildlife resources "are Little ROCK C. of• �; 'Mrs. Walter Her I... and daugh- still in the .red" and face "criti-I ` ter, Ruth, of Cave Springs and, cal times illI the years immedi,' Nomes Sadler Presldeht: Mr, and Mrs. T. H. Williams of .alely mead." Fayetteville. Already the in in hunt- " Little Rock, Jan. 3 -(!P) -The Mr. and Mrs.'Noah Skelton have ing and fishing pressure," the Greater Lith. Rock Chamber,.'of Purchased and moved into the report said, "has been grenter than Commerce has elected . William Bill Drake propei Cy recent;y va- :most people expected, even Harold Sadler, chairman- of the entad by the Earl .Foster family. though administrators had gen- Arkansas Highway Commission, •.:Wotch, Clock, Jevrelry orally realized there would be a as its news president. He succeeds I" Camera, rhslrument - large increase immediately after Walter O. Guy who was.. named I ®UCKNER the war," second vfcb president: Other of-. I�@rJQIYIY1g £fears include Sam B: Strauss, i third vice president and, Harvey WAYNE A HENBEST The Rev. Jake Drake of Fayette- Judge Disopproves C. Couch. treasurer. x`510 N College Phone 26 °1lle will preach at 11 a. m. at the r Scott Hamilton was -reelected Buckner Baptist a fist Church Sunda Deputy's s Q ointment .. p y. P X PP manager. GENERAL MACHINE Mr. and Mrs. Ernst Von Rid - on sdprfP entertained Tuesday( ) Pleasant Surprise *I night at a ,watch party. The eve- I Prosecuting Attorney James H. WORK.ning was spent playing games. At Pilminton's appointment of Henry For The Patrons ' "ELECTRIC AND midnight a buffet supper was Woods as deputy prosecutor has (, been disapproved by Circuit Jude served. The dining table was Dexter Bush of the Eighth judicial. Shanghai, Jan. 3 -(IP) -patrons' ACETYLENE WELDING decorated with yellow jasmine district. Pilkinton, newt at two Chinese night clubs were land blue bud cedar. Guests were i Y sworn pleasantly surprised -today. Wait+ Mr. and Mrs. Lowell Gardenhire task the Stats id he int Court to GREEN'S ors'refused to give them *.their - end children, Joyce, Lola and . ,bills and announced .that every > review the action. - MA 1SHOP of Fayetteville, Mr, and ".MACHINE 1SHOP Mrs. Earl Mhoon and Mr. and I — __ _ thing Th was on the house. Mrs. Sack Hughes add son, y ®p! The waiters said they were on �'•I ;MACHINE APPRECIATED Michael. fights Last Night a. "we won't collectstrike", to 17 E. MEADOW. ST The Buckner school buildingsupport demands for higher pay, . They wouldn't even accept tips. is being repaired with a new ar TIM dsaociujoR Prate --+--- CQMPLETE SERVICE foundation and roof. School is Hard Work I,being held in the church, Atlantic , City—Ray. Spurlock, Mr..and Mrs. Ralph Brooks and 162, Kansas City, and Johnny) I''�ashington, Jan...3-(AP)-You a think. YOU'RE tired ofsredio coni - ON ANY Ifamily are moving to Rogers. Walker,. 161, Philadelphia, drew, mercials? The Federal Trade � . New York Commission said todayits Trapper Rewarded m I (Jamaica Arena) 1946 included readinganaverage �% I�I� in W. H. Been,, trapper from Fay- Tony Labial, 132, New York, of 4,547 IYAI?R- APPLIANCE (knocked out Justin Johnson, 135, pages of radio script each etteville, has a .$5 daily working _ award for correct pelt hand I Brook).yr;! 5. I g day. li in the h National Fur Show Fall River, Mass.—Bobby Eng- 1 126, Fall River, out Bonus Request Planned 1J�, ,,1 (' co cted by the raw fur mar- pointed .�1 Q.1/N.�IIERJ, tin ears, RoCin r Iia n c 'Washington,_ Jan. 3-(fP)-Repre- g service of S I Y Ian _es_ 131, _'oronto, 39. Isentative Pace (D -Ga) said today VACUUM and Company. His pelt was judg-I \ ( ) Y o CLEAN 'I [ A Al ed one of the three best handled' l TI preacher John Wesley de-' he will ask the now Congress to \' CLEAN skins received at the Sears station � dared cn fa be harmful to both I pay to all World \gar II veterai}'8. o REERIGERATD Memphis on December 19.\Th nd soul.Y-6bonus of $4 a day for home service and $5 £or every .day NOTICE' e finest and. most subtle l spent overseas. 7Visit Our Service e f Notice is hei•eb i often comes from a blendp y given thatveal herbs rather than Expansion Planned p�/I proposal to emend Article Five (5) I one. 1u Little Rock, San. 3 -(I3) -Plans for yl®iitgOm@r -Ward of the Constitution of The Public; _ _ a $50,000,000 improvement pro Library Association of Fayctte-; gram this E. Center vibe, Arkansas, Inc., will be sub-' ,.,e 7 year for the ,Arkansas Phone 21.22 P Repaii .Tomplete, si sl Ill check yot estin ADAMS SE' AND AP ,'R n :491 c ringda witted for a vote of the member ower and Light Company, have - 18 -t1 -c ship thereon at the neat annual: sraAM been disclosed by the .utility's BATHS /GOT ENOUGH president, C. Hamilton Moses. Phone meeting of the corporation on the! ZEKE—LET ME second Tuesday in January, 1949,; OUT OR /21 BE Parole Board Meets 2021 I at 6 o'clock P, M. The full text' ! YOO 141E4K rO MY Little Rock, Jan. 3 -(IP) -The of the o sects aorto Ai nt which] MY_ AIEUISPAPER- State Parole Board met today Sewln¢ adds two sections to Article Five' (�„ 80y TOMORROLO/ to consider applications for 45 (5) will read as follows; paroles, 11 furloughs and two Machines I "Section h. Should a vacancy 7 commutations of sentence. or vacancies arise on the Board of ` ] �' a•<�� Directors between the annual' 1 Green and black tea can't 'be All Makes ht a meetings of the corporation, such I't.->.' 1 I �)pi ,} 0^ obtained from the same kind of vacancy or vacaucics may be filled' { o �• tins parts and by the remaining members o[ the: I\'�'� leaves. ++jj Board of Directors. nachine and giro "Section 5. Five (5) members' a tree. of the board of Directors shall con- \ CASH PAID FOR 'lIG MACHINE stitute a quorum for the trans- \ C };, - DEAD 8 CRIPPLED ANIMAL51 ONCE CO. action of the business of the Cor - St. I parati f i ul uldi.ng phone ;'P'I P.resident, The Public Library in McClintock, Association of Fayetteville, �` 28 -lino -c Arkansas. Inc. 3 -It -c ls"A""-� t V&7 Phone Collect61 SAYETTEVILLE 1819 For Prompt Dependable Serviee Minutes of tiie Library Board organizational January 14,1 9 4 7 Just ai'ter the adjournment of the x,nnual 1.'eetinP of the Public Library Assoc.iation,the nein Board met to organize for the year 1947, irleribers present:vlr.idc;4horter,ivliss Vaulx,l+rs.ciichardson,Lirs.Sevartz, i.Sanders,Dr.i+leriivetirer,crir.Greenlxava,iir.butler, and ,;ir.iVlesiillen. It was voted to re-elect irirs.6dmund uatson as Librarian. :'he following officers of the Board were elected. Adjourned, President ldr. i.l:;*MclVihorter Vice -President vIr.Karl Greenhav✓ Treasurer Mrs.lairiam A.Vincenheller Secretary 1.Sr.o. G.;dc2dillen 0. Secretary