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AAUW Asks Funds For A LibraryAAUW, vii o. r s_ If Ll" brar 'NORTH PALM BEACH— The new village country club clubhouse virtually is completed, the V i l l a g e Council learned Tuesday night. Thomas L Contractor. Hodges said his work is done "except for a few odds and ends." Some kitchen equipment re- mains to be installed, but it won't be delivered until, Oct.. 23, Hodges f said. "I ani very proud of that smi - lg pool,99 Hodges said. "It is the biggest one south of Atla . .n- ta )� Councilmen took under consid- I: er.Ltion a�quegt from del�on of women from the North Palm Beach Branch of the American Assn. of Universify Women. iters. Thomas H. Hart Jr. sald 1. the comm i s a need for a ,lLb,rAite, a.ncl that counci ��� s mht aid its owth: Py making available fuU a, rea.di room in the old count club ` uilffin e I ther membe s of Mr.�. group cited a need f r library fa- cilities R to serve children, senior citizens ail_& public Ra e® i3uring lie -fait -summer., the wom- Di v�wWs�aw.Y, n ff• i• �+..uWvu..=r.n en reporte"° ccren used the school librar�.,� .... . ....:a.>. - Without discussion, councilmen awarded a $22,165.08 contract to Roger Dean Chevrolet Co. for a 1 new four -door police car, NPB Library Plan Outlined To Rolory Th e North Palm Beach Rotary Club, meeting for the last time at the Trop- ical Sands ChristianChurch heard Mrs. Thomas Hart representing the Univer- sity Women of North Palm Beach, discuss efforts of the organization to esta- blish a public library in the Village. Mrs. Hart outlined the minimum requirement,for successfully promoting such a project. Full co- operation of every inter- ested resident of the vil- lage, as well as the vil- lage council, may, even- tually, make the library possible. On Monday evening, Jan- uary 28, the Rotary Club held its first regular meet- ing at the new North Palm Beach Country Club where; all future meetings will be, held.. i U U Ingo e ounce indicated to the AAUW that it was interested in meas- uring further community support of a reading room or library. Letters have been sent to presidents of local or- ganizations requesting that they name a Village res- ident member to repre- sent them on the Libr- ary Study Committee. Any organization interested in being represented m a y contact Mrs. Thomas Hart, 418 Anchorage Drive, North Palm Beach. The orgazizational meeting of the North Palm Beach Library Study Com- mittee will be held in the village school cafetorium on Wednesday, January 30, at 8 p.m. The public is invited to attend. NORTH PALM BEACH 33 -member committee for a pro- posed library mi the Village ' o North Palm Beach has been grant ed permission to set up the new,,, library in the former country club building on U. S. 1. Next: step is to begirt acquit. hig books, and this will be the subject of discussion at the1ext committee meeting Tuesday at the North Palm Beach Ele- mentary School, according to Mrs. Ralph Huls. legs. Ruls and Dr. ]Don Bicknell are co.chair- men of the group. Several organizations are al- ready cooperating on the library project. Their representatives will. report on expected funds for the purchase of books. Other books will be given as individual dona- tions. The library itself will culminate more than a ,year of planning and l ultimately may become part of a county library system. During last year the Amez°i- can Assn, of University Women studied library possibilities in the area aid pregented tb.e proj- ect before the xgiba.ge council. The Rotary Club has also clone a, study in behalf of the pro- I posed library. Anyone interested in helpin promote the library is invited to` I+ attend the group's third meeting Tueslday. Eventually supporters of I1 the project will become an organ-. ization, probably called "Friendsl'.1' of the Library." !I-Jibrary To Organize r, NORTH PALM REACH The organ zational meeting of t h e North Palm Reach WANTS .Library Sttir�,y - Con,amittee «vill be held Wednes-GROUP dav, Jan. s0, at. 8 p.m. In the afetoriUM of the North P a I m LIBRARY IN NPB- Reach Elementary &-hool. Th'committee organization is one Several organizations of the steps being taken un -. 'der the leadership ofe AmPriT4, lu have formed a committee ca.n Associ.albon of University to promote a community 'Wom'en to establish a yhere, IYib:F.;Y r•,I,.,'. for the Village of North Palm Beach. Dr. Don ,j. k '. .yl},aC,1`t sSr i+ Bicknell and Mrs. Ralph Huls are co-chairmen. The s{library organization will seek space 1 t former coun- ' he n try club headquarters r ., ''; `fir ` lldln ��r` A film Books for All k 1 {r„rr ✓` S 'I� `�, on the subject of count y > "T y� !, }., ?r13 a ';�. ,, Ik ,q�=,}„ libraries was shown to the Ino North Palm Beach ' group at a recent meeting. g p Branch of the AmericanAssociation It was agreed that a County of University ` library would probably be Women is taking the lead- an ultimate goal but the immediate aim is to work ership in forming a North ` for a municipal library that Library • palm BeachY Stud y would eventually be part of the V i 11 a g e Council and a county system. asked that a portion of the } The new organization is recreation budget be as - open to everyone interested signed to a future library. in a North Palm Beach The committee also asked library. Contact Mrs. Huls a space for a reading fors p g at 736 Pelican Way, North Palm Beach or telephone P room in the old Country Club building. The council..,, ; -___ _ eaw has the � her at 844-6426. put reading room � � The next meeting of the i n will be new organizat o request on the list of those q purposes for which it is � _ S�,: � , held at the N.P.B. eleme n_ considering room al- cayu tar y school February 19. locations of the old Country ' `- NPB Library Plan Outlined To Rolory Th e North Palm Beach Rotary Club, meeting for the last time at the Trop- ical Sands ChristianChurch heard Mrs. Thomas Hart representing the Univer- sity Women of North Palm Beach, discuss efforts of the organization to esta- blish a public library in the Village. Mrs. Hart outlined the minimum requirement,for successfully promoting such a project. Full co- operation of every inter- ested resident of the vil- lage, as well as the vil- lage council, may, even- tually, make the library possible. On Monday evening, Jan- uary 28, the Rotary Club held its first regular meet- ing at the new North Palm Beach Country Club where; all future meetings will be, held.. i U U Ingo e ounce indicated to the AAUW that it was interested in meas- uring further community support of a reading room or library. Letters have been sent to presidents of local or- ganizations requesting that they name a Village res- ident member to repre- sent them on the Libr- ary Study Committee. Any organization interested in being represented m a y contact Mrs. Thomas Hart, 418 Anchorage Drive, North Palm Beach. The orgazizational meeting of the North Palm Beach Library Study Com- mittee will be held in the village school cafetorium on Wednesday, January 30, at 8 p.m. The public is invited to attend. NORTH PALM BEACH 33 -member committee for a pro- posed library mi the Village ' o North Palm Beach has been grant ed permission to set up the new,,, library in the former country club building on U. S. 1. Next: step is to begirt acquit. hig books, and this will be the subject of discussion at the1ext committee meeting Tuesday at the North Palm Beach Ele- mentary School, according to Mrs. Ralph Huls. legs. Ruls and Dr. ]Don Bicknell are co.chair- men of the group. Several organizations are al- ready cooperating on the library project. Their representatives will. report on expected funds for the purchase of books. Other books will be given as individual dona- tions. The library itself will culminate more than a ,year of planning and l ultimately may become part of a county library system. During last year the Amez°i- can Assn, of University Women studied library possibilities in the area aid pregented tb.e proj- ect before the xgiba.ge council. The Rotary Club has also clone a, study in behalf of the pro- I posed library. Anyone interested in helpin promote the library is invited to` I+ attend the group's third meeting Tueslday. Eventually supporters of I1 the project will become an organ-. ization, probably called "Friendsl'.1' of the Library."