WALTHAM PUBLIC LIBRARY

Press, Volume LXXI, Issue 21414, 5 March 1935, Page 14

WALTHAM PUBLIC LIBRARY

♦ i ANNUAL MEETING There was a lar.ee and representative attendance at the annual meeting of the Waltham Public Library last night. The patron, Mr J. J. Hurley, was elected to the chair. The treasurer's statement showed that subscriptions received during the year had amounted to £93 6s lOd. Five juvenile. 64 non-fiction and 320 fiction books had been placed on the shelves at a cost of £69 18s. A further £22 0s lOd, had been spent on repairing books. There were at present 280 subscribers; and at January 31, there was a credit balance in hand of £l7 17s. Cr. G. T. Thurston, who was present at the meeting, spoke of the good work done by library committees. The Waltham library would receive a larger subsidy this year than previously. He urged the committee to take its troubles direct to the sub-committee of the City Council concerned and not to wait until the annual meeting before bringing troubles to the notice of the councillors. The Beckenham Lib-

rary Committee had had trouble irjthe entrance to the library, but «i bringing it before the notice, of v council, this had been remedied ww the bad weather set in. Cr. T. H. Butterfield said that • request for repairs to the ro» a reasonable one that could iiotw well be refused. He would not pron* anything definite regarding tne l ■ plaints made of the entrance o* would place the matter before tne< mittee concerned. .-confatiw-' Cr. T. Milliken and represent of the Linwood, Sydenham, a»° Martins libraries, also spoKe. Officers Elected The following officers were %,_ for the ensuing year:—Patron, J. Hurley: president, Mr p- r %. t 4 ton: vice-presidents, c A. W. Andrew, Messrs A. Copplestone, D. McKenzie, <£*•,. a!J . ston A. Stothers. R. B. ditor. Mr H. Ward: committee, dames Armstrong, Besley, -Bcieft j ley, Lahoar. Smith, J. C. vivi McKenzie. A. Winder. Misses v. lock, F. Woolcock. M. Pope. £ j strong. M. Britton. H. Pope. Messrs A. Bonney, u . l 'go 4 stone, C. Cook, A. Cameron, £ fl S. C. Jones, G. Newton H. H»»o# Towart. S. Polaschek, F. woo* R. Dacombe. .„j a t 1 1 The secretary will be dect* I later meeting of the committee-