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J IATUTES OF MARCH 1967 MEETING
THE EULESS PUBLIC LIBRARY BOARD MET MARCH 2, 1967,
7:30 P.M. IN THE LIBRARY FOR ITS REGULAR MEETING.
THE METING WAS CALLED TO ORDER BY MRS. JACK BROWNE,
CHAIRMAN, THE MINUTES WERE NOT READ AS SECRETARY WAS
NOT IN ATTENDANCE.
MRS. BROWNE READ THE TLA CONFERENCE PLANS AND SUGGESTED
MEMBERS ATTEND TEXAS LIBRARY TRUSTEE ROUNDTABLE AT
10:00 A.M. MARCH 17.
THE TLA WORKSHOP TO BE HELD IN EULESS BY MISS DECKER.
ON MAY 19 WAS DISCUSSED.
PLANS FOR THE FORMAL GROUNDBREAKING WERE MADE, WITH
TENTATIVE PLANS SETTING THE DATE FOR ONE DAY DURING
RATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK, APRIL 16-22.
MRS. BROWNE REPORTED ON THE TRIP SHE AND MRS. HARRIS
MADE TO T. W. U. AT DENTON WITH REGARDS TO HELP WITH
SELECTION OF THE REFERENCE BOOKS WE PLAN TO PURCHASE.
SHE STATED MISS BETSY BURSON, A GRADUATE STUDENT AT
T. W. U. , IS TO MAKE EULESS HER PAPER FOR HER MASTER 'S
THESIS WITH REGARDS TO POLICY AND RECOMMENDED BOOKS
FOR THE SMALL LIBRARY.
BIDS FOR THE NEW LIBRARY BUILDING WERE DISCUSSED AND
MEMBERS BROUGHT UP TO DATE. A MEETING BETWEEN THE
ARCHITECT, BUILDING COMMITTEE, MRS. ARMSTRONG AND
MAYOR FULLER HAD TAKEN PLACE PREVIOUS TO THE BOARD
MEETING AND THIS WAS REPORTED ON. IT WAS STATED BOTH
THE MAYOR AND ARCHITECT RECOMMEND WE ACCEPT THE LOW
BID OF $189, 800 FOR GENERAL CONSTRUCTION AND LANDSCAPING
FROM EDWIN D. TIPPS. THEY ALSO RECOMMENDED THE BOARD
GO OVER THE FURNITURE LIST IN SPECIFICATIONS WITH THE
PRICE LIST AND WORK UP NEW LIST AND SUBMIT THE BID
SEPARATELY TO WHOLESALERS AS LOWEST BID FOR FURNISHINGS
WAS HIGHER THAN OUR ESTIMATE, AND BUDGET.
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A MOTION WAS MADE BY MR. O 'DANIEL THAT WE RECOMMEND
TO THE CITY COUNCIL THAT WE ACCEPT EDWIN TIPPS B.ZD
FOR PARTS A E R OF THE BID SPECIFICATIONS AND SUBMIT
PART C OURSELVES. .''`_rOTION WAS SECONDED ??Y MR. SOULE
AND CARRIED.
A GUEST LIST FOR THE OFFICIAL GROUNDBREAKING WAS
STARTED WITH RECOMMENDATIONS FROM ALL MEMBERS.
MOTION WAS MADE BY PYR. MESSER THAT Tr RING NATIONAL
LIBRARY WEEK ALL OVERDUE BOOKS MAY BE RETURNED WITH
NO FINES IMPOSED. SECONDED BY MR. 0 !DANIEL AND
PASSED.
MRS. ARMSTRONG REPORTED CIRCULATION FOR FEBRUARY WAS:
ADULTNON-FICTION - 442, ADULT FICTION - 993 FOR A
TOTAL OF 1, 435 ADULT CIRCULATION. JUVENILE NON-FICTION -
672, JUVENILE FICTION - 1,104 FOR A TOTAL OF JUVENILE
CIRCULATION OF 1 , 776. MAGAZINE CIRCULATION OF 13 BROUGHT
THE TOTAL OF ALL CIR CULATION TO 3, 224. REGISTRATIONS
FOR MONTH OF FEBRUARY WAS 97.
SHE RELATED THAT WHEN LADY LIONS GAVE WORLD BOOKS TO THE
LIBRARY IN 1964, TOM SPIKES OF WORLD BOOKS TOLD HER HE
WO ULD REPLACE THE ENTIRE SET WITH A NEW SET IN THREE TO
FOUR YEARS. .FIE IS NOW IN THE PROCESS OF DOING THIS WITH
THE 1967 EDITION. THE R.OAR D VOTED TO GIVE HIM A SPECIAL
'RECOGNITION OF THANKS.
IT WAS ACCOUNCED THAT EULESS PUBLIC LIBRARY HAD RECEIVED
A GRANT OF $4, 000 UNDER TITLE I FROM THE TEXAS STATE
LIBRARY FOR THE PURCHASE OF NEW BOOKS, "?ICROFILM, OR
REBINDING OF OLD VOLUMES.
A LETTER FROM THE ARCHITECT WAS READ IN WHICH HE REPORTED
TO HAVE SPOKEN TO MR. JACKSON IN AUSTIN. MR. JACKSON IS
REPORTED TO HAVE STATED WE HAVE DEFINITELY BEEN APPROVED
FOR PART III, TITLE II AND MAY PROCEED WITH AWARDING THE
CONTRACTS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF THE NEW LIBRARY.
MEETING WAS ADJ.O URNED A T 9: CD P.M.
RESPECTFULLY SUBMIT TED,
MRS. H. C. HARRIS, ACTING SECRET AR Y