Show tooele thoele city free public library loaned books during last year to prove the old adidge that good things come in small pack ages one needs only to enter the little building on east vine street with the sign above the door read ing free public library for with in the walls of this small appearing structure lies a vast reservoir of entertainment education and gen eral information collected and pre served for the people of tooele thoele through the years no matter what subject is desired the tooele thoele pub lie library can furnish material on it and through a card index tern the information can be cocat ed in the quickest possible time mrs mary helen parsons the courteous and capable librarian can tell in a jiffy the location of any book requested and will aid anyone in choosing books he might want on a particular subject mrs parsons has been I 1 branan for the past ten years and during that period has greatly enriched her life by reading many fine volumes of literature last year 27 books were bor rowed from the library which is a carnegie free public library op aerated under the carnale plan at present there are approximately books on regular cards and another being prepared the library receives 46 periodicals all the finest magazines in the united states and all the local tons lons t ons these papers and periodicals however are not loaned out but can be read any time in the lib local papers as far back as 1913 are on file and copies of the improvement era dated 1897 can be seen there the average monthly circulation of the library is 2000 books the operation of the library is planned by the library board con s sting of six members the tooele thoele fiction club donates a dozen books to the library every year from its 12 members these are the twelve books picked by the club as the finest of the year and are added to the fast growing number already on the cards besides these about 25 new books are bought every month while donations from individuals and civic organizations go into the memorial shelf which now con bains volumes four new books were recently received from the carnegie peace foundation and a complete I 1 arary of scribner s rad lo 10 music wal also acquired since about a third of all lib card owners are children a fine selection of books is on hand for them too and a chil children drep s hour of story reading is being planned for a future date according to mrs parsons the youngsters be have well and parents who realize the value of good reading are arg ing their young people to take out library cards new brides will find in the pub lie library an answer to many of their problems for there one can find even cook books volumes on home arts and decorating are avail able and up to date so no matter what she wants it is there waiting in fact she may even look up her friends telephone numbers if she wishes fob for at the tooele thoele public libra library ry there is even the phone book one of the in ost informative books acquired lately is the giant commercial atlas and marketing guide which contains maps sales reports agricultural development business trends and general anfor mation about all the 48 states and is completed up to 1946 A corn com piete reference department of 3 sections containing such prizes as the tile encyclopedia a world almanac popular science who s who and many others can be found these volumes render invaluable assist ance to students in the preparation of school wor there also one can find a full section on utah the pioneers mor monism and religion over books have been gathered on these subjects and are among the best in the bu iding in mrs parsons opinion there are many volumes on art music and literature but a more varied assortment of mat enal erial on psychology is needed she says the local lions club is planning to renovate the building soon re painting remodeling and improve ments of a similar nature will be done last february a fire auckly luc kly discovered by mrs parsons when she opened the library at 6 30 p in threatened to make ashes of many precious volumes but it was put out by the fire department before it hardly got started people come into the library for everything said mrs parsons re lating one strange event A man came in once looking for the 2nd book of revelations which I 1 said I 1 believed did not exist when I 1 asked him who told him it did exist he replied that it was his father and his father he said was god As he left I 1 d d not know whether to believe him or not nor did I 1 know who felt more foolish me or the man who claimed to be the son of god hours Hour sare from 2 00 to 5 30 in the afternoon and 6 30 to 9 00 in the evening the library is closed every sunday and monday and on holi holl days if anyone in tooele thoele wants to read needs some reference work for a talk in school or sunday school seeks information for an essay wants to know what s go ing on in the world or in the field of sports or anything else that has happened since way back then let him enter to learn for in the tooele thoele library that person will find not only comfortable chairs plenty of material and a quiet place to concentrate but also the help of a very friendly very courteous very competent librarian mrs mary H parsons |