1638-12 Public Buildings _ . �' SLS^T R't e.' 't••- .4. _ .. fVwR:!, 't1
r,: Elsbeth Honored :47z.";!1
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THE need for this new public
T library which is proposed for
4 '4 Word was received here 'this Miami Beach is emphasized by the
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I week that Miss Elsbeth Ellis, growth and popularityof the lib-
'v JI► daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. L. rary now operated by the Miami
>1 4. Ellis, of 721 Michigan avenue, who Beach Woman's club of which
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is attending Hollins, College, at Mrs. T. J. Pancoast is president.
\11Hollins, Va., was listed among the Report of Librarian Bertha
honor students of that school. This
is her first year at college. Aldrich shows that from a total
of 947 volumes in the library
t. when it was first organized, the
library now has 6660 books on its
shelves and in circulation. In the
Judges Named for two and a half years the library
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Story Contest of has been maintained, 108,714
10.01\1, books have been circulated, an
1 Literature Group average of 3,623 a month. There
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t * are now 2300 local borrowers list-
• .: � Miss Mary B. Merrit of the ed at the library while the num-
t� ~e", University of Miami, Mrs. Mor- ber of transients registered is
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L • j ton 51. Milford and Mrs. W. A. 1,654. Winter visitors are asked
Lawrence this week were named to leave any books they may not
C ''a ,� judges of the short story contest wish to take north at the library,
1' .l« ' r 4 being conducted by the Liters- in the Hampton Arcade on Lin-
p fa>F ture Study Division of the Miami coin road.
qi '' Beach Woman's Club. The con-
2 >it 1, test closed yesterday afternoon ,
?. • with a number of short stories
d • ` being submitted. The winners Plans Are Approved
r i `Y "' +''- will be announced next week. For Collins Library
F- = +• f., Prizes for the best short story
are, first, $25, donated by the Plans for the John S. Collins
"' Miami Beach Sun•' second, $10, Memorial Library have been ac-
f
Miami Beach Chamber of Com- cepted by the library board and
° •,` merce, and third, $5, Miami will be submitted for official
Beach Public Library. The three approval at a special meeting of
winning stories will be published the Miami Beach city council to-
in The Sun, the first prize win- • day.
Pukington• ner appearing in next Friday's • The plans, conforming closely
Even though he is about the most prolific issue and the other two in sub- to those described by Dr. Joseph
writer we ever heard of, Percival Wilde
always seems to have time for"off hours" Sequent issues. H. Adams in The Tropics of
'most any time he (or his young sons) Those turning in stories at the ' - March 7, were drawn by Russell
decide they want to go beaching. This
was made in one of the "off hours." Sun's press time last evening T. Pancoast, grandson of Mr.
were: Miss Florence Swisher, Collins, who gave to the city
Mrs. Ethel B. Koger, Henry P. the park bearing his name, in ,
Ferris, Mrs. Carrie Hulse Pe- whish the memorial will b•
trillo,Mrs.Charles Quackenbush, erected.
Mrs. E. A. Roser and Mrs. Gract
Brown.
BEACH PRESS Library Records Broken
As Circulation Pyramids
Collins Park location Records at the Miami Beach Li-1 Miami Beach Public Library
brary are established that they Open 10 A.M. to 9 P. M.daily except Sundays
For New Memorial library may be broken. Circulation of the and Holidays. .
library which is housed in one SPECIAL PLANtFOR WINTER TOURISTS
Dr. Joseph H. Adams, president nt room in the Hampton Arcade dur-
the proposed $100,000 Memorial Libra- ing January and February was
ry, which is to be erected at Collins 9,029, or more than 150 books per
day.
Park, located near 23rd street, reports
a fund of more than $20,000 already The largest circulation for any
raised. Plans are being sketched by one day in the history of the in-
stitution occured on February 22 • .., •.Z^ N
Russell T. Pancoast for construction when 322 books were loaned. ''''• • - v
of the first unit, the plans call for a Tourist registrations also have 4,-`'1
reading room for adults and children, reached a new high mark with 551
an art gallery, a museum, a central recorded. :,.. ;
library and reading room. Another interesting figure fur- O*
Directors and officers are: Thomas nished by the librarian, Bertha t
J. Pancoast, C. W. Chase, sr., F. Low- Aldrich,covers circulation since es- {'
ery Wall, W. E. Walsh, Clayton S. tablishment of the library. In two
illt Cooper. Mrs. T. J. Pancoast, Mrs. Irv- years and seven months the total 1
ing A. Collins, M. D. Swisher and Dr. circulation has been 108,714.
Elisha A. King. t�
The city has unofficially approved 4 i t+f .
New Garden Books at Library It » 'i
the proposed erection, although the Garden lovers of Miami Beach s .. • rO.k _•
city will not be asked to contribute to will be interested in announcement
the library either for Construction or i ""`,.
of two books recently added to the t , +
maintenance It may contribute to the Miami Beach Public '
library from time to time as done in "China, MotherLibth '
shelves. They are t
other cities. Aa
of Gardens" and "Plant Hunting," •
All residents and visitors are in- r
by Ernest H✓ lson, director of :.
vited to participate in the erection of Arnold Aboretum itt Harvard Uni- R
the library. Donations as small as $1 • versity.
will be accepted. The monthly reports The books tell of hunting for at- S
of our small library in the Hampton tractive and hardy wild flowers in v%
Arcade with its limited resources show many regions of the Orient which ti
is the great need for a larger Library have been cultivated and are now c.,.
andeart gallery • grown in favored regions, includ- A. Mitchell Palmer, former United
ing Florida and California. States attorney general, spends the
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Nra1"1, at his Miami Leueh home.:' ty „:' ` .LAuy T r ''I•-a rPitri . � »te • .1.`FV4.,i •'; i'.
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