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Show , Uintah Uintab CountyLibrary County CountyLibrary ILibrary Library Has 25thAnniversary 25thAnniversary 25thAnniversaryBy 25th ' Anniversary AnniversaryBy By Jennie Weeks WeeksUintah WeeksUintah WeeksUintah Uintah County s public pubhc library libraryis librai"is libraiis " ' is observing its 25th anniversar anniversary anniversary anniversaryduring anniversaryduring ; during the month of April rhe The rhecounty Thecounty Fhicounty county library has one o ( ) of thimost the themost themost ' most interesting developmentthat developments developmentsthat that has been made in 10 the county coun county county countyOpened ty tyOpened Opened in 10 1908 when the publie pubiic pub public lic lie donated 300 volumes MrsMina Mrs MrsMina MrsMina Mina Pack served as first f1rst librar hbrar libraran hbrarlan libraran lan > an The library hbrary was 1 first st sup IPortea mrougn aonauous II-UlB II UlB IIUlBjthe - jthe ( the public and appropriation appropriatIOns appropriatIOnsfrom : ; from the city It was under th the thedirt thedirection < dmction direction dirt ction of Bertha Meredith unlIL uniii un til lIL iii 1919 1010 when the state lcgi"la lcgila legisla lcgi"lalure legislature legisiature " lure ture provided for the cstabl1sh establish cstabl1shment establishmerit establishment ment merit and maintenance mamtenance of count county countylibraries countylibraries ; libraries In April 1920 thcity the thecity thecity ( city and county libraries llbranes were wereconsohdated wereconsolidated wer < consolidated consohdated and the commls commis commlssioners commisstoners commissloners sioners stoners made a tax levy for the thefirst thefirst th thfirst < first county library libraryMerle Merle Massey now Mrs LynnRoss LynrRoss Lynn LynnRoss I IMerle Ross of Arcadia was sent to New NewYork NewYork Ne- Ne NeYork - York for a six weeks course 10 in 10library inlibrary irlibrary library work and then acted aslibrarian aslibrarian as asl1brarian l1brarian librarian up to the time of hermarriage heimarriage her hermarriage marriage in 1932 Elizabeth ElizabethManker ElizabethManker Ehza th thManker Manker was her successor and andserves andserves andserves serves in that capacity at thepresent the thepresent thepresent present time timeT14 The Th'e T14 ' library ltbrary has grown from fromthe fromthe { rom romthe the ongnal orignal 300 volumes to 4 500 500at 50Cat , at the present precent : ; time The&t Thet TheM Thea & . books bookscome bookscome bookscome come from county funds fund and donations do donatlons donations natlons nations of individuals and ami organizations organl organ organlzation organzations zation zations ! . Approximately Approximatelv 1000books 1000 10(10 1010 ( ' ' ' ) ) books are circulated yearly Th The Thebooks Thebooks books and magazines at th the ( ' 11 Ii 11brary Iibrary library brary cover a wide variety vunety ofsubjects of ofsubjects ofsubjects subjects Over 2 200 borrowercards borrower borrowercards borrowerards cards ards are now in force forceThe forceThe The library llbrary board respon"lble responlble responsible responsiblefor respon"lblefor " for the functioning of the organ organi organization organization ( zation ration consists of five membersthe member members membershe " the he president is Mayor B D HStringham H HStringham H3tringham Stringham 3tringham with Martin W Curas Curtis Cur Curtis tis as Edith B Shimmin Shlmmm MazlP Marie MazlPChristensen Mariehristensen MazieChnstensen Christensen hristensen and Mada D Idl\ Idl idles Idlas idlesis idle\as idle as ( ' \ as is the other members member < ; _ |