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Show Library Seeking Items of Historical Value j The Springville Library is in- ; itiating a project through ; which it expects to collect anything any-thing pertaining to the history of Springville, such as books, which have been written by Springville people; books printed print-ed here; books containing the history of the city or any phase of the history. Miss Effie Kelsey, librarian, said Wednesday that pictures of old scenes, celebrations, buildings, drawings, etchings, or paintings will all be appreciated appre-ciated and will be placed in safe keeping to become a part of the collection making up the history of the town. It is believed that townspeople towns-people may have magazine or newspaper clippings which could become a valuable addition addi-tion to the collection and may otherwise become lost. Old journals, catalogues would also prove interesting and valuable items for such a collection. If for any reason owners of historical articles desire to keep them, if they will notify the Librarian, an effort will be made to have the items copied. An example of material being be-ing sought by the librarian is the following taken from the Utah Gazetteer and Directory of Utah in 1884: "Springville was first settled set-tled October 1, 1850, by A. Johnson, M. N. Crandall, W. Miller, and John M. Deal. The city was incorporated in 1852. Elections were held biennially. There were two churches. Lat- ter-Day Saints, Nephi Packard Bishop, and Presbyterian, Rev. George Leonard, Parson; six schools and five school houses, five district and one Presbyterian, Presbyter-ian, with an average attendance attend-ance of 300. They have two libraries, Young Men's Mutual Improvement Association and City Library. The societies are as follows: Young Men's and Young Ladies Mutual Improvement Improve-ment Associations, Relief Society So-ciety and Ancient Order of United Uni-ted Workmen. The city is pleasantly plea-santly located six miles south of Provo, the county seat, on the line of the Utah Central and Denver and Rio Grande Railways. In it are located a flour mill and a woolen factory. fac-tory. It has also a fine theatre, erected by the Springville Theatrical Thea-trical Company. The building s large and commodious, having hav-ing a seating capacity of 600 a large stage and good scenery. The citizens are principally engaged en-gaged in farming. Mail is received re-ceived daily from the north anc south." |