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Show -- ft. i WEEKLY REFLEX NORTH DAVIS LEADER. DECEMBER 23, 1981 DAVIS NEWS JOURNAL, i The first Kaysville library has been remodeled and now serves as the LeConte Stewart Art Gallery. It housed the library from Oct. 22, 1921 until the fall of 1963. ORIGINAL KAYSVILLE LIBRARY By DONETA GATHERUM Kaysville city supports the d only library in Davis County. The story of the development of this library is interesting when the information is taken directly from the minutes of the Kaysville Library Board. city-owne- Erma Schofield specializes in whipping up delicatable cakes as part of her holiday culinary fare. HOLIDAY CAKES By DONETA GATHERUM fruit cake as a Relief Society A quick, easy inexpensive cake recipe is one item most people can use, especially this time of year. Mrs. Charles (Erma) Schofield of Syracuse has one favorite applesauce fruit cake recipe that is easy to prepare and very tasty. MRS. SCHOFIELD has and it was very popular. One good feature about the recipe is that it is all made in one pan. The fruit mix, raisins, nuts and cherries in the cake make it sweet enough to enjoy without icing. APPLESAUCE FRUIT CAKE lived in Syracuse for 40 years. She and her husband, Charles, are the parents of four married children and 18 grandchildren. The Schofields are retired but they both work in the Ogden LDS Temple two days each week. Mrs. Schofield served this Mix 2 cup applesauce with 223tsp. soda. Set aside. Sift 3 cups flour IVi cups sugar I Tbsp. cinnamon 1 tsp. nutmeg 1 tsp. cloves 1 tsp. salt. tasting table demonstration SEIT. 28, 1920 MAKE A WELL in the middle of the flour mixture. Add 2 eggs, M cup cooking oil and applesauce. Mix well then add: 1 lb. fruit mix l'i cup raisins 1 cup nuts 1 cup dates 1 cup maraschina cherries 1 tsp. vanilla OTHER FRUITS such as pineapple, orange peel, etc., may be added or may be substituted for the fruits listed. Bake l'i hours at 325 degrees. Mrs. Schofield suggests a pan of water in the oven while the cake is baking will keep the cake moist. -x i .j The Kays- ville Public Library Board met at the home of tyrs. W.P. Epperson. Present were Henry H. Blood, Frank Hyde, Adam G. Frank, Mrs. Epperson, Mrs. Frank Layton and Miss Martha Barnes. Officers elected were Henry H. Blood, president; Adam G. Frank, secretary; Mrs. W.P. Epperson, treasurer. ON MOTION it was voted to establish the public library at once. A committee consisting of Frank Hyde, Miss Martha Barnes and Mrs. Frank Layton was appointed to investigate temporary library quarters. Another committee contacted the Utah Library Association for help in estab; lishing the library. Oct. 14, 1920 A room over the Barnes Bank Bldg, was approved as a temporary library headquarters. Miss Mary Downey of the state library board met with the Kaysville board. She recommended three committees be formed building and grounds, finance and books. She suggested annual elections for board members be held. THE PHYSICAL appearance of the library was considered. Miss Downey stated shelves should be set 1 inches apart with six shelves to a section. The 20 leading magazines and newspapers should be placed on tables. The board assigned Kaysville schoolchildren the responsibility of collecting books. Nov. 18, 1920 The committee assigned to find a tem1 porary library building reported the room over Barnes Bank had been rented to another party. However, the children had collected 1200 Layton Elementary School had a Safety Week sponsored by the Layton El. PTA, under the direction of Vicki Nuttal, safety coordinator. Representatives from the fire dept., police dept., power company and railroad visited the students and presented valuable safety Issons. As part of the Safety Week activities a safety poster contest was held. Winners of the safety poster contest are shown above. Back, left to right, Becky Nott, Linda Garcia, Jenny Hardenbergh. Front, Jessica Wimmer, (Lou-SchoMascot), Matthew Loveland and Denise Brown. SAFETY WEEK ol VfVtVAVAVAWiViVAVA'A'A'AViA HOLIDAY DEADLINES tain man was a financial genius. What does that mean? ."That he could earn money faster than his family could For spend it. Christmas and New Years Ads Thursday 12:00 Wednesday 6:00 Pictures Classified yyy tarx books and Miss Downey had contributed 250 additional books. George D. Bennett gave $50 to the library. THE LIBRARY board decided to approach the Carnegie Corporation about securing a financial gift for the library. The board also made plans to contact the high school to see if the two libraries could be combined. May 7, 1921 The White Bldg, was leased for the library building at a cost of $15 per month. The week ofMay was set aside as the Relief Society citywide book drive" and the Relief Society organization provided volunteers to classify the books. 2 The Genius Dad. it says here that a cer- MAY 25, 1921 the board set a firm policy of not buying Christmas Change Ho-Humms?- vy t SERVICE! Mon. IKS 1 300 Wmt AM.-1- 0 Ml Closed Sundays Hmm 295-23- 4 Church) traveling library was given to the city. The board authorized the purchase of books by James Whitcomb Riley, Edgar A. Guest and Longfellow. The dicpurchase of an tionary was approved. Miss Pratt said 132 books were checked out one day. The average number of books checked out per day was 75. Jf 1922-- Miss were paying the assistant librarian for. She recommended the assistant be engaged for one hour longer each day. The assistant librarian salary was raised to $20 per month. Feb. 27, 1922 the board heard a report on the circulation of books. Sept. Oct. 620 books; Nov. 1629; Dec. 1488; Jan. 1798;Feb. 1495, for a total of 7030. Seventy-fiv- e magazines were circulated and 192 books were added to the librar-y- ; 10 were purchased and 82 donated; 13 books were lost and $11.04 was received in fines. The most used books were fiction, history, biography, higher literature, religion, sociology and agriculture in Kaysville 766-060- 3 Bertha Millgate was hired as the librarian. She requested she be in charge at all times and in this way secure the amount paid in the past to the librarian and the assistant. Mrs. Millgate was Kaysvilles librarian for 28 years. Nineteen of those year she was also the librarian at Davis High School. Aug. 31, 1922 Miss Martha Barnes reported it took 640 watts to properly light the library. books were FEB. 2, 1923 lost on account of being in tomes where there was a contagious disease. . The library approved a resolution to give free service to residents. MAGAZINES approved for purchase included St. Nicholas, Little Folks, Youths Cam-panio- n, Adventure, Good Housekeeping, Cosmopolitan, American Boy, Scientific America, National Geographic, Mentor, Ladies Home Journal, Outlook and American. T. McClure Peters furnished the library with subscriptions to Century, Scribners, Atlantic, Asia, Literary Digest and the Sunday New York Times. July 16, 1923 the library board suggest to the city council a levy tax of W mills be assessed to support the library. Mar. 20, 1925 the total number of books in the library was 3600. June 11, 1925 the librarian was instructed to allow holders of books in homes under quarantine to retain them, not to allow them to be returned. The librarian was to collect one-hathe cost of the book. OCT. 21, 1925 the library board met with Thomas White, owner of the building to discuss an addition of 16 feet to the building. Cost of the addition was $827. Mr. White raised the monthly rent to $22. IN 1941 THE library board filed application with the U.S. Office of Education for money through the Public Library Situations and Needs in Defense Area Assistance program. The request stated the Kaysville Library services a community with a population of 1200. It offered library service to 7,000 additional residents of north Davis County. The Kaysville Library was the only public library in Davis County. The county population in 1941 was 15,784. Oct. 27, 1941 work started on a new Kaysville City Municipal Bldg, which would house the library. Sept. 1963 the Kaysville Public Library moved into the north end of the city municipal building. TODAY, THE Kaysville Library contains 26,224 volumes; 38 magazines and six newspapers are received by the library. The average monthly circulation is 5,600 volumes. This includes magazines and newspapers. About 20 books per month are circuy loan lated on an progam. inter-librar- Syracuse News gave a very interesting history of an ancestor in her family and Mrs. Lois Lewis gave the lesson. Maurine Dupaix lead the group in Christmas singing. Bv VIRGINIA BENNETT ' 825-039- 1 Mr. and Mrs. Bradden Mann entertained on Tuesday evening at their home for mem- Officers for the year are bers of the Syracuse Third Ward bishopric and their wives with a dinner and an evening of socializing together. The annual Christmas party for the Fort Lane DUP was held Wednesday at the home of Mrs. Shirley Wilson in Syracuse. A potluck luncheon was served. Mrs. Alene Stewart Mrs. Virginia Dowden. captain: Norma Kloser. first vice president: Lorene Thompson, second vice captain: Wanda Christensen, secretary: Isabel Meadows, registrar: Marie Wilson, historian. Rachel Craig, parliamentarian: Verda Flint, parliamentarian; Patricia Dowden. social member: Jean Nielsen, chaplain. The annual Christmas party for members of the Syra-Lit- e xClub met on Monday Kaysville evening for a most enjoyable time together at the home of Mrs. Helen Barber. Mrs. Flor- News Richard Harvey of Fruit Heights, who is the director of Davis County Environmental Health, has been authorized by the Davis County commissioners to tour six resource recovery sites in the nation in the near future. Mr. and Mrs. Terry Thatcher, his sister, Mr. and Mrs. Wynn Hubrich, traveled to San Diego. Calif, to attend the Holiday Bowl football pme. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Provost entertained at a Christmas par- ty at their home Saturday evening. Guests were Mr. and Mrs. Gary Garlick, Kaysville; Mr. and Mrs. Lyal Johnson, Fruit Heights; Mr. and Mrs. Lindon Grandy, Woods Cross. Jim Dykes, Orem; Mr. and Mrs. Bill Larsen, River-dalMr. and Mrs. Max Wig-gi- ll of Sunset. Mrs. Edith Sheffield hosted a family dinner for her son and his family, Mr. and Mrs. Dean Sheffield; grandson, Mr. and Mrs. Brent Sheffield and children, all of Layton, at Maddox Cafe in Brigham City Tuesday evening. e; ence T. Rampton was the assisting hostess. Mrs. B. Williams gave a Christmas story and Santa La-Va- Claus came w ith gifs for everyone. A dinner was served to 19 club members and eight guests. A huge crowd gathered at the Syracuse 3rd Ward on Saturday evening for a dinner, program, and Santa's visit. That same evening a Christmas dinner party was held for the members of the Syracuse 2nd Ward at the cultural hall on Bluff Rd. MERRY CHRISTMAS Brimley Repair Service I would like to thank all my customers and wish them a I apMerry Christmas. preciate your business. BUI Brimley 766-313- 4 1 that order. THE LIBRARIAN was structed to purchase 15 recent in- j Knit For Joy. months. They would be rented to customers for ten cents a week. June 8, 1922 Miss Amy American Thread Sale 208 East Gentile, Layton - 376-540- 1 S-J- 49 reg. SI. 72 Sale Pre-Invento- ry fiction books each two Sale price Limited to stock on hand ?? Over 3500 Items To Choose From tU HOLIDAY SPECIAL 20 Off Slock Itcius Dual Exhaust Loir At llcaw Shocks liMAHtlT Else!!! Fran Brown and Company 3 Locations Mrs. lf Pratt stated, It is impossible to do all the work in the time we JAN. 23, Where thru Tlwn. ffl md Sal It Associaton of the LDS b. IIML-IP.- Seafood V Pratt resigned and accepted a position at the AC (Utah State University) in Logan. JUNE 29, 1922 Bertha Millgate served as Kaysville city librarian for 28 years. LIBRARIAN m DEC. 13, 1921 E.M. Whitesides offered the Kaysville Elementary School library to the city. The Kaysville share of the YLM1A (Young Ladies Mutual Improvement 'fl I ' Ren-stru- 1 tho bodutifuf Bmttvn't Coys in Bountiful SUPERB SEAFOOD & STEALS FAST, COURTEOUS OCT. 22, 1921 the official library opening was held. Activities started with a program held in the Opera House (located on the west comer of the block where the Kaysville Tabernacle now stands). Mayor John W. Thornley said, "The establishment of the library would mark a new intellectual epoch for Kaysville and vicinity. The main address was given by Prof. Elmer Miller of Davis High School. Musical numbers were furnished by John Parrish of Centerville, Miss Moselle of the Kaysville school and Mrs. Lucus Laudie of Layton. A reading was done by Miss Carter and the Kaysville school children. Punch and wafers were served at the library. to Ho! Ho! Ho! Ho-Hu- m Monday 12:00 Of books from book agents, but new International Encyclopedia and the Library Tool Book were purchased for about $15. June 21, 1921 Miss Amy Pratt was appointed city librarian. Her salary was $25 per month. Miss Artell Linford was hired as assistant librarian with a salary of $15 per month. LONGTIME Layton Clearfield 825-721- 2 Initialled 00 1395 |