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Show laycee-Ettes Study Children's Library Needs, Adopt Project As a result of an investigation of the conditions in the children's child-ren's library by Mayor Gronway Parry. Ruth Corry, Junior librarian, librar-ian, Mrs. Charles Ahlstrom, Jay-cee-Ette president, and a Jaycee-Ette Jaycee-Ette comittee, it was decided that the book situation was bad and that many more books were needed. To help remedy this situation, the Jayce-Ettes are turning over the funds from their fourth annual an-nual Fashion Show which will be held on March 25, to the Children's Child-ren's Library to purchase new books. The results of the investigation investiga-tion surprised many people at the inadequacy of the library to handle the reading needs of Cedar Ce-dar City children, according to Mrs. Ahlstrom. Most surprising, was the fact that the children's library, located locat-ed underneath the public library, has a larger circulation than the adult, notwithstanding the fact that the children's library Is open only from 3 to 5 p. m. dally, she continued. j During these two hours, the clr-1 culatlon for a year is around 13.000. The children average 149 books per year. The Investigation . further revealed, said Mrs. Ahl- strom, that every book goes out! at least once during the year, and that popular books have a waiting list of from two to three months. To make the situation worse, Mrs. Ahlstrom revealed, appropriations appropri-ations for the library have been cut in the last two years to where it is now operating on about $400 for the entire year. The money taken from the Children's fund was used to buy publications for the adult library. Average cost of children's books run from 75c to $3.50, ac I cording to library records. Three' years is the average life of the books, including repairs. Money for repairs comes out of fines. and many children work off their their fines at Jobs In the library. Proceeds from the Jaycee-Ette Fashion Show will be used to buy new books for summer reading. read-ing. The records show, said Mrs. Ahlstrom, that the summer time is the heaviest reading period at the library. A committee has been appoint' ed to work with Mrs. Burns Sher-ratt, Sher-ratt, Cedar City school teacher, to eliminate many Readers in the library which the children will use later in school. Many, children child-ren read them and then an not interested when they take them up in class. Mrs. Harold Jameson and Mrs. LeNoir Jones are working work-ing with Mrs. Sherratt on the project |