Tryon; Wm. Waddell; Mrs. Frank MacDonald; Mrs. Head; and B. C. Wood, to form a managing committee to provide quarters.

It was finally decided to build a new Library. Dr. Bovyer and Wm. Waddell were named a building committee. The Crapaud Creamery Co. very kindly offered a site, which was accepted.

About this time, the Library project lost a very good friend in the death of Spurgeon Clark.

Contribution lists were circulated about the area, and the response was generous.

The Government also, through Mr. Chandler, was generous in its support, accepting the Library on the same basis as a new School. Much free labour and material were supplied.

The building of the Library was begun on April 16, 1949, with Bruce Gamble in charge, and was ready for occupancy in August of that year. Mrs. Maurice Cudmore was now acting as Librarian.

The cost of building the Library was approximately $1,600., about a third of which was provided by the Government grant. Donations from Crapaud W.I. amounted to $200., and Westmoreland $12.

The Library Concerts began in the spring of 1949 to pay the debt and for its maintenance. The programs were supplied by the various com- munities, and the proceeds credited to the Women’s Institutes of each district as a donation to the Library. Following the first Concert in Cra- paud Hall it was found necessary to repeat the performances the second night, owing to their popularity and worthiness of the cause.

By 1954, in this way, $825. had been raised, leaving $100. still owing on the principle. In July of that year, the very generous gift for that amount was, received from the Misses Mary and Ethel Inman, which cancelled the debt.

Following the illness of Dr; Bovyer, the Library Committee was re- vised at the Annual Meeting on February 6, 1954, thus:

President : B. C. Wood Vice-President : John H. Myers Secretary-Treasurer : Mrs. Thomas Best Committee:

Austin Smith; Wm. Waddell; Mrs. Frank MacDonald; Dr. Peter MacDonald; Rev. G. R. F. Ebsary; Presidents of Wo- men’s Institutes and Principals of Schools; also Clergymen of surrounding districts.

“To read is to have a full mind.”

We live in a small Village, but through our Library shelves we have access to all that is good in literature and new in science; to the finest minds of past, present; to practical living in our homes and farms; to travel beyond our means.

The children’s books are a delight —— attractive, entertaining, and instructive; an incentive to the imagination and intellect.

- We are grateful indeed for the cultural advantages our Library provides our communities.

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