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He continued, “We would like to thank the Richmond Hill Hor- ticultural Society for their work in planting the front flower bed" â€" and remembering the night of "Operation Book Move" he said. "We are thankflfl also for the York Summit Boy Scouts and Cubs who mo"ed our 10.000 vol- ume collection from the shelves of the old library, to the shelves in the new library in less than two hours." 6 on Staff Mr. MacLaren referred to li- brary personnel and said Chief Librarian Mr. Fred Israel took over his duties with the board on March lst of last year; in June. his wife. Mrs. Kathleen Israel joined the staff as Boys’ and Girls’ Librarian, and has since that time been responsibile for all services to the children of the Town. Other members of the staff are Mrs. Naida Berry. senior clerk; Mrs. Maureen Stephenson, senior clerk and secretary; Mrs. Margaret Bergin. junior clerk and Mrs. Irene Thatcher, also a junior clerk. When the new Library was opened in June additional hours were added to the schedule and are now as follows: Monday. Tuesday. Thursday, Friday 1-9 p.m., Saturday 10 am. to 5 pm. Closed Wednesdays. And although the library itself it not open dur- ing the morning hours, nor on Wednesday, telephone reference service is available and an in- Voicing the gratitude of the Richmond Hill Public Library Board. Mr. MacLaren reported “We are grateful to the Council of the Town of Richmond Hill for its interest and financial sup- port in providing better Library facilities for the citizens of this town ..... and We would like to ex- press our appreciation to the var- ious departments of the munici- pal administration for their as- sistance during our building pro- gram, especially the Clerk’s of- fice, the Works Department and the Hydro Department.” The Library auditorium was named for Chairman MacLaren, Council's representative on the Library Board. in recognition of his great civic spirit and interest in better library service for the Town. ' Following up on Councillor (now Reeve) James Haggart’s earlier proposal to the Inter- Municipal Co-ordinating Commit- tee that the three municipalities of Richmond Hill, Markham and Vaughan should get together to establish a sort of mutual defence pact, to “protect our borders against annexation,” the (To-ordinâ€" ating Committee was last Wednes- day instructed, on suggestion of Reeve John Perry of Vaughan Township, to concentrate immedi- ately upon the production of a brief on the subject which could be used when the subject of North York‘s proposed attempt to annex the southern portions of all three municipal areas, comes up. North York's Plans Acclaimed at the time of its opening as, “one of Rich- mond Hill’s most beautiful civic buildings,” and adjudged by many visiting librarians as one of the finest in the Province, the modern yellow brick building is designed on the open plan and has an atmosphere of spaciousness and light throughout. It is amply supplied with reading rooms, workrooms and a children’s library and Separate story room, as well as featuring a fine auditorium. Co-ordinating Committee Met Battle Of The Boundaries Opens Municipalities Fight Annexaton In presenting the annual report of the Richmond Hill Public Library Board, Chairman W. Gordon MacLaren notes that, “From the two small, dark rooms in the Muni- cipal building, to the new functional building on Wright Street is the greatest change we have experienced during the year. With a very slow start in 1958, and a further delay of almost three months in 1959‘ the Library was officially opened by Mr. Angus Mowat, Director of Prov- incial Library Service on June 20, 1959”. North York‘s Plans The instruction followed the advice of Deputy Reeve Wilfred Dean. of Markham Township, who told the committee he understood North York planned to go ahead with the attempted annexation "immediately." Mayor Tomlin en- dorsing the request to the com- mittee to prepare a brief, said that “We have to have a case to present when this question comes up." Twenty Year Plan Discussing Toronto's 20 year development plan, Reeve Perry said. “They are not doing much for us. We get no water under the plan." Wilfred Dean added that so far as Markham is con- cerned only a 1% mile slice of land will get water under the plan. Reeve Haggart suggested the committee should discuss the To- ronto 20â€"year plan fully. “It is very important," he added. Reeve Perry stated that his township’s drainage and sewerage report was ready and Deputy Reeve Dean said Markham’s was about ready also. Combine Our Thinking Chairman McGowan who ably chaired the meeting throughout asked the committee if the mem- bers did not think that in these matters “our individual thinking should be combined." Mayor Tomlin agreed. Maybr Tomlin suggested that what was necessary was for the three municipalities to demon- strate clearly they could run their own affairs more efficiently than was the case below the Metro bud». Annual Bd. Repofl New Rchmond Hill Library Reports Great Progress '59 The present book stock of the Library is approximately 15,000 volumes. According to Canadian Library Association standards. towns with the population of Richmond Hill should have two and one half books per person, or 37.500 volumes. Mr. MacLaren said “We are very short of this goal, and the result means that we are lacking many standard items that should be included in our Library. This condition im- poses serious limitations on our service.” Regarding the book collection in' the reference section. Mr. Maclaren said it is generally in- adequate and efforts will be made this year to improve it. However. for those who request books that are not included in the present collection. the Library tries to borrow these on inter-library loan from either the Toronto Public Libraries or the University of Toronto Library, But the Library goes even fur- ther than its yellow-brick con- fines, and following a survey on the east side of Richmond Hill last year Mr. Israel contacted the principals of the Public and Sep- arate schools and as a result has set up a lending library in each creasing use has been made of this service, both by adults as well as by the children. Questions on a wide variety of subjects are answered each day, either over the telephone or for those who come to the library. Inadequate Reference Section Circulation of books increased by a wide mark in 1959 and an increase of over 65% was re- corded for that year, the chair- man reports. In the Library itself the chil- dren’s room is “fitted” just for them, with books arranged in a flexible age grouping, and a cor- ner of the children's room sup- plied with small-sized furniture and sloping picture-back tables. In the Story Room a weekly story hour is held and puppet shows will be held there too from time to time. This increase, he said, is due to the large increase in those using the library, the increased hours and the extra services to the children. Increased Children’s Service Incinerator Question Reeve Haggart asked if the question of provision of an in- cinerator could be further dis- cussed. Chairman McGowan was asked to take all these suggestions into account and to prepare an agen- da for future study by the com- mittee. On Chairman McGowan’s suggestion it was agreed that copies of the agenda when pre- pared should be supplied to all the members of the three councils. Before this discussion Chair- man McGowan asked Mayor Tom~ Iin to amplify recent statements on the Metro plan. Mayor Tomlin said that his public statements had followed discussions he had had with Reeves Clark and Perry of Mark- ham and Vaughan respectively. He said he had put their joint view that the three municipalities should combine to resist annexa- tion from any source. He pointed out that “this is what we have discussed and agreed upon fur- ther." . Re-organize Committee So far as the coâ€"ordinating com- mittee itself was concerned he had put forward a proposal which came originally from Reeve Perry. It was the Reeve's suggestion the three Municipalities’ Chief Execu- tives should sit on the Committee and that it should have some sort of executive power to act on its own recommendations. He had agreed to that because he thought it would make the committee more effective. Would Not Be Legal Chairman Dugald McGowan took a different view. He said that it would not be legal to set up a body over and above the elected councils. He thought that the committee was intended to save the time of chief executives which it could best accomplish by carrying out the sometimes lengthy and intricate investiga- tions of matters of common in- terest as between the three mu- nicipalities and bringing briefs and recommendations to the Councils for final consideration and decision. Otherwise the Chief executives would have to give a lot of time and still go back to their respective councils for ap- provaL Council Coâ€"operation Important Reeve Peri-y hastily vassured the committee that it had not been the intent of his suggestion Mr. Maclaren reports the fol- lowing book activities: Adult fic- tion 136,031 in 1959, as compared to 13,168 in 1957. Adult non-fic- Mr. MacLaren voiced the grati- tude of the Board members â€"â€" but it is felt the gratitude of the Town of Richmond Hill should be noted in return to those who comprised last year’s board who were: Mr. W. Gordon MacLaren, chairman, Mrs. P. C. Hill, Mrs. P. Townsend, Miss Katharine Ball, Dr. Gordon K. Martin, Mr. Thomas Buchan, Mrs. Robert Johnston, Mr. Lynn Evans, Mr. James Haggart (now Reeve of Richmond Hill )and Mr. Joseph Paterson. Fifty-five boxes containing 20 books each are rotated from school to school monthly. One school is bringing seven classes to the Library building monthly. Thornhaven School is also sup- plied with books. The benefits of suplementary reading for the children of Richmond Hill have become increasingly obvious to both teachers and parents. Membership Recorded There are 2,664 children regis- tered members of the Library, but as a result of the lending out of books all the school children of Richmond Hill have access to Library books. ' tion 17.338 in 1959, 5.873 in 1957. Boys and girls 36.383 in 1959 and only 13,994 in 1957. During three months of school service last year there was a cirâ€" culation of 13,342 books. There are 889 resident adults registered as library members. and 163 n'on-resident adults; 1,053 boys and girls have library cards. New books added to brary collection in 1959 Adult fiction 629, adult tion 611, boys and girls total of 2,843 new books. “We hope to extend our servâ€" ices to the schools in the fall if possible. This will also be neces- sary as there will be more classes to visit," he continued and con- cluded his report by advising, “We expect to be able to give reference service to the industrial and commercial firms of this town, when we have improved our collection." to set up an authority superior to the Councils. He said “Why don’t we then appoint non-members of councils only to the committee?” Mr.,McGowan disagreed with this proposal also. He said that for the committee to have the full- est goodwill and assistance of the councils, at least one mem- ber of each council should be represented on the committee so that all three councils could be kept continuously informed. Representation Agreed 0n the 1960 board all mem- bers are the same, excepting: Mr. R. D. Little replaces Mrs. Hill, Mrs. J. C. Wilson replaces Mrs. Johnston and Mrs. Frank South- well replaces Reeve Haggart and Mr. Paterson as the Mayor’s delegate to the Board. school “A concentrated eflort will be made during the year to improve the service at the Library in all its phases." Mr. MacLaren an- nounces. The increased popula- tion has placed greater demands on the Library Board and the staff, as well as on the stock of books and materials. During the year 1960 some plans for services to the east side of town for adults must ‘be made. The requests from this area of the town are becoming more fre- quent and more demanding. Mayor Tomlin and Reeve Hag- gart and Deputy Reeve Dean and Councillor John MacNeil of Mark- ham all agreed and it was sug- gested that perhaps a Councillor and a member of each Council's Planning Board would provide the ideal membership. On a motion this proposal was unanimously agreed upon and adopted. Com- mencing with the next meeting this representation will comprise the committee. Air Is Cleared ' Mr. McGowan said he welcom- ed the discussion which had cleared the air considerably and led on to a clearer understanding of the committees place and func- tion in the scheme of things. Reeve is Converted During the discussion Council- lor MacNeil chided Reeve Perry that Vaughan Council's represen- tation at previous meetings of the committee had not been good and this apparent lack of interest had operated against the best func- tioning of the committee. Reeve Perry replied, “I have to admit it." Toward the end of the dis- cussion however Mr. Perry added, "I'm getting a much better pic- ture of this thing now." He meant of the committee and it was clear he was beginning to approve the important and helpful part the committee could play in the field of inter-municipal co-operation. Richmond Hill & District Unit For Information call Biehmond Hill TU. 4-1229 CANADIAN CANCER SOCIETY TU. 4-4821 AV. 5-41 Thornhll] AV. 5-1603 AV. 5-1743 ALpine 7-2650 AV. 5-2406 Unlonv file 239 4-1229 5-4825 the Li- include: non-fi c- Second Week! 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