Our Library Must Grow With Our Community

(Pa!d Political Advertisement) This Wednesday. Ann Arbor School District voters will decide whether to build an addition to the public library. Our rapidly - expanding community and the growing popularity of the library are over extending our present facilities. Expansión is needed now. The Friends of the Library urge you to - Individual Members of Fríends of the Library EndorsingaYESVote Mrs. David B. Bird Mr. and Mrs. William Warner Bishop, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Curtís E. Bottum James and Ann Bonar Mr. and Mrs. Samuel L. Breek, Jr. George B. Brigham, Jr. lima H. Brigham Mr. and Mrs. Donald R. Brown Miss Ruth E. Brown Arthur E. and Eugenia S. Carpenter Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Carr Dr. and Mrs. Charles G. Child Mrs. William S. Clarkson Eleanor S. Collins Mr. and Mrs. Will Connelly Mr. and Mrs. Clyde H. Coombs Mr. and Mrs. George D. Coons Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Copeland Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Coudron Lyle and Asho Craine Mr. and Mrs. Douglas D. Crary Dorothy A. Crisler Mr. and Mrs. Herbert S. Dahlstrom Dr. and Mrs. Fred M. Davenport Josephine B. Davis Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Davis Mrs. Herman A. Deal Mr. and Mrs. David M. Dennison Vote YES on Proposition 3 "Shall the School District of the Public Sohools of the City of Ann Arhor, County of Washtenaw, Michigan, borrow the sum of not to exceed $775,000 and issue its bonds therefor for the purpose of erecting, furnishing, and equipping an addition to the niain library building in said school district?" Under the law, only property owners in the Ann Arbor School District may vote on this issue. This increase - less than one-tenth of one mili (nine cents per s 1,000 valuation) - will provide: doublé the present seating capacity doublé the present shelving, permitting expansión of the book collection installation of a public elevator separa ted children's book area, providingimproved library use for everyone service for young adults individual study facilities added record-listening facilities other improvements, such as increased conference, lounge, and meeting areas. Dr. and Mrs. H. J. Dodge Mr. and Mr. William G. Dow Mr. and Mrs. Philip J. Elving Jack E. Engelhardt Mr. and Mrs. H. M. English, Jr. Edith Fenton Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Filie Mr. and Mrs. Cari H. Fischer Frank Fitt Harriett Bradley Fitt Clover M. Flanders Mary Flanders Mrs. Thomas Francis, Jr. Ronald and Deborah Freedman Mr. and Mrs. William M. Friedrichs Herman and Violet Frinkle Mr. and Mrs. Joseph A. Frisinger Max R. Frisinger Albert A. Garner Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Gault Mrs. H. W. Gingles Sue R. Gingles Elsie Goode Dr. and Mrs. Alexander Gotz Mr. and Mrs. Otto G. Graf Dr. and Mrs. William Grabb Katharine E. Harrington Miss Margaret Harrington Robert W. Harrington Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Hart Mrs. J. R. Hayden C. Irene Hayner Ethel D. Hedrick Helen E. Hempstead Mr. and Mrs. William S. Herbert Mrs. Leonard Himler ' Mr. and Mrs. Ronald E. Hintenman Mr. and Mrs. Jack D. Hogan Joseph M. Hogan Katherine T. Hoobler Elizabeth House F. B. House Delia S. Hunter I Mr. and Mrs. John W. Hyde Ella M. Hymans Ada Inglis Herman Jacobs I Rachel F. Jacobs I M. Alma Josenhans I Dr. and Mrs. Edgar A. Kahn I Mr. and Mrs. Wilfred KaDlan I Roberta Keniston j Dr. and Mrs. Isadore Lampe I Mildred Loeffler Mrs. Albert J. Logan Henry Lewis Dorothy P. Lyons Jeannette B. Mainwood Helen B. Mann Richard J. Mann When the present library was constructed. the book collection numbered 96,500; today. the shelves are crammed with 150.000 books. When the present building was constructed. 18.000 people had library cards; today. over 50.000 Ann Arbor people hold library cards. The chxulation of books in 1956-57 was 266.000; in 1967-68, 582,000 books circulated. Our library must expand Vote YES on Proposition 3 this Wednesday This message is sponsored by the Friends of the Library BOARD OF DIRECTORS: Herbert Dahlstrom Mrs. Eric Warden Mrs. Samuel Breek Mrs. Ronald Hinterman Perry Innes, President Elizabeth Slack Joseph Hogan Mrs. Helen Deal Edward Sibley M. B. Stout Mrs. Edward Stasheff Robert Hodesh Dorothy Lyons Mr. and Mrs. David Maxfield Dorli Mayerson John G. McKevitt Ruth R. McKevitt Mr. and Mrs. John R. Meadows Charles A. Metzner Helen L. Metzner Mrs. Sumner B. Myers Mr. and Mrs. Horace Miner Shirley W. Moomaw Eleanor S. Moore Thomas E. Moore Winifred O. Moore Dr. and Mrs. Joe D. Morris Mrs. Charles Noble Marguerite B. Oliver Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Olsen Willard C. Olson Jesse Ormondroyd Mr. and Mrs. David W. Osler Miss Helen L. Parker lr. and Mrs. Howard Peckham Mr. and Mrs. Donald C. Pelz Mr. and Mrs. Roy Pierce Mr. and Mrs. George Piranian Mrs. James M. Plumer Dr. Frederick G. Poole Marory A. Poole Richard I. Preis Mrs. Richard I. Preis Helene Pyle Mr. and Mrs. Sidney M. Quigley Ellen L. Raab Esther G. Rainville louise Ritsema George Wahr Sallada fAr. end Mrs. Walter Sanders Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Sawyer Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Scanio Mr. and Mrs. Fred E. Schwab Mrs. M. H. Seevers Mr. and Mrs. Alien Shoenfield Mrs. A. Franklin Shull Mr. and Mrs. Howard Sims E. Elizabeth Slack Prof. and Mrs. Preston W. Slosson Jean Paul Slusser Mrs. S. Putnam Smith Helen M. Snyder Mr. and Mrs. Frederick K. Sparrow Mr. and Mrs. Robert Spicer Alisande Staples Roger Staples Nr. and Mrs. Edward Stasheff Mr. and Mrs. Martin Stiles Laura M. Stout Melville B. Stout Mr. and Mrs. Leland Stowe Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Stuart Stuart Thayer Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Thrall Mrs. John E. Tracy Mrs. J. A. Van den Broek Mr. and Mrs. Eric Warden Mr. and Mrs. M. H. Waterman Mr. and Mrs. Charlie E. Webb Lloyd T. Williams, Jr. Nancy Williams Mina L. Winslow Mrs. John G. Winter Osias Zwerdling