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Show a j Community's Archives 1 -"t---... - .-------- "Can you tell me Hie date the Kni- tlst church burned 1 menu, of course, the famous lire (lint all the old luliab- Hants talk about?" The librarian looked up from her 1 work. "No, I can't tell you the ex- net date, but I think I cnu find It for you quickly, for we have the Hies of the local paper since It wni started. My Impression iliat the lire the big ; II re, us Ihey call It wan ubiiut 1873, 1 ' riinl It uon't lie a very loic Job io look It up." She went to the black In the rear of the library, pulled out a dusty bound volume marked "Herald, 1873," .mid spread It open oil tho table. "Ah, here It Is," she gold, after a minute M'cnt In turning ocr the yellow leaves. The pcrfsoti who I1111I Inquired for 'the date, a member of the woman's club of the town, sat down and lead the article. "This glxo me exactly the liiformntloti I wntilcd." she aald. "I ihiiuvhi It nwiii'iI." onlil the librarian, libra-rian, "I fear mint people do not appreciate ap-preciate lio.x uiliinblc N the local newspaper fiinu ihv viewpoint of local lo-cal lil'tnr.v. In lact, It eeins to mo that It Im nlmut our onlj source, only when 1111 cw-ut vets Into print N It I'lllclally rcdii'dcd and tiled for reference, refer-ence, Kllinsj as It Is, the printed word of today Is the counterpart of Hie ancient siimc Inscriptions Hint give us our recoiil". of a lnug-'ig jeMerdny. I consider tho hound volumes of our local papers perhaps the most valuable valu-able possession of this library." There's at least one librarian who Is giving "SuliM'ribe for Your Home Town Pnper Week." which will be observed ob-served November 7-12, the most hearty hacking she can give. |