Salt Lake Telegram | 1938-10-25 | Page 13 | P-T. A. Requests State to Aid 'Itinerant Libraries' Program

Trailers May Carry Books to Far Corners J. J 44 rr 1 7 MiM i j 49 J Ss jg UINTAH LIBRARY DIRECTORS ENVISION WIDE STATE PROGRAM Miss 1 Lois Anderson left Mrs 1 Charles II H. Skidmore Mrs 1 D. D Eugene Livingston Miss Inez E. E Wilcken P. P. Requests State to A AidS Aid l Itil Itinerant Libraries' Libraries Program Report Shows Utah Towns H Have ve No No Access to Good Volumes Utah has only 59 public libraries About towns in the state are arc entirely without book service These figures given T Tuesday by Mrs Charles H. H Skidmore of Salt Lake City chairman of the library committee of the Utah I Congress of Parents and Teachers which is making it a project to bring book service to parents and children throughout the state A good library system is one of democracy's best insurance policies Is Is the watchword of the congress Join Campaign More than members from the states state's Teacher Parent-Teacher associations associations asso asso- are joining in a drive to obtain state aid for library service Mrs Skidmore pointed out They envision itinerant libraries in automobile automobile automobile auto auto- mobile trailers which will visit outlying outlying outlying out out- lying districts regularly a state li library library li- li supervisor school libraries remodeled for day and night and year-round year service During National Teacher Parent-Teacher Association week October 23 to 28 T. P.-T. A. A libraries are open to public inspection Homes Donate Books One of the best examples of a library li library li- li gathered from the shelves of the homes in the community and sponsored by a teacher parent-teacher association asso MSO- elation is the Uintah school library which was started four years ago and now has 1605 classified volumes About new volumes are to be added during the school chool year Directors of the library are Mrs D. D Eugene Livingston president of the Uintah Teacher Parent-Teacher association association association tion Miss Lois Anderson school principal and Miss Inez E. E Wilcken librarian