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*  1936 - [[Rittman High School Library]] became a deposit station almost '''immediately''', had a circulation of 7,992 books. Additional deposit stations were setup in 1936 with $2,500 from the [[County Budget Commission]] and an extra $400 from the State of Ohio.
 
*  1936 - [[Rittman High School Library]] became a deposit station almost '''immediately''', had a circulation of 7,992 books. Additional deposit stations were setup in 1936 with $2,500 from the [[County Budget Commission]] and an extra $400 from the State of Ohio.
 
*  1937 - Became a deposit station almost immediately, had a circulation of 7,992 books.
 
*  1937 - Became a deposit station almost immediately, had a circulation of 7,992 books.
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===[[Creston Library]]===
 
===[[Creston Library]]===

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    Extension Service

    • 1935 - A budget was set to provide equipment, room in the basement of the library for a collection of books for county extension. Much work was done during the summer in starting this collection library. The library was promised $2,000 from county funds for the work and also $500-$700 from the State Aid Funds which had been made available by the Ohio State Legislature in 1933.
    • 1941 - July, William E. Bartel, first extension librarian was called to Army camp. Replaced by Helen Vallish was able to drive the bookmobile. [1]
    • 1942 - October, Priscilla Johnson County extension librarian and resigned March 1944. [2]
    • 1945 - Up to this point Branches received no budget of their own. They were provided books and librarians from the Main library. The buildings were funded by the towns they were located in. At times, too little supervision and help from Wooster a problem Helen Sebeika hoped to solve. [3]
    • 1945 - Up to this point Branches received no budget of their own. They were provided books and librarians from the Main library. The buildings were funded by the towns they were located in. At times, too little supervision and help from Wooster a problem Helen Sebeika hoped to solve. [4]
    • 1947 - February, Mrs. Faith Stoughton was hired as County librarian.
    • 1948 - Wayne County donated $300 toward a new bookmobile. The branches were still under the supervision of the County librarian and visited them once a month. * 1948 - Wayne County donated $300 toward a new bookmobile. The branches were still under the supervision of the County librarian and visited them once a month. [5]
    • 1950 - May, Mrs. Faith Stoughton resigned as County librarian. Replaced by Lawrence Huber as County librarian. [6]
    • 1951 - New service added was to bring books and a way to read them while in bed was brought to hospital patients. [7]

    Outlying Branches

    Shreve Library

    WCPL's Shreve branch.

    Rittman Library

    WCPL's Rittman branch.
    • 1936 - Rittman High School Library became a deposit station almost immediately, had a circulation of 7,992 books. Additional deposit stations were setup in 1936 with $2,500 from the County Budget Commission and an extra $400 from the State of Ohio.
    • 1937 - Became a deposit station almost immediately, had a circulation of 7,992 books.

    Creston Library

    WCPL's Creston branch.

    Dalton Library

    WCPL's Dalton's branch.

    Doylestown Library

    WCPL's Doylestown branch.

    West Salem Library

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    WCPL's West Salem branch.

    Wooster High School Branch

    • 1910 -
    • 1933 - Miss Virginia Kerr reported that although there were not many new books circulation was good. She was also giving lessons in library science as part of the English curriculum.
    • 1937 - Miss Margaret Haunstein became librarian at the high school. [8]

    Club room & Meeting room

    • 1937 - A large room located in the basement was equipped for various group and quickly became a popular meeting place. [9]
    • 1937 - A problem which was brought to attention appeared in Mrs. Eugenia Glenn's report and would trouble librarians for the next 30 years was a lack of meeting room space. [10]
    • 1939 - The room was used 56 times [11]
    • 1941 - The club room was used for carious courses in first aid and nursing. [12]

    Museum

    • Housed on the 2nd floor. The museum was of special interest to James Mullins and George J. Schwartz
    • Sample of items in collected included: Dr. J. H. Todd's collection of Ohio archaeological specimens; Rev. Jacob Reis' relics of "Cameron" in West Africa; James Mullins's "fine collection" of stuffed birds which he had purchased at the St. Louis World's Fair for $2,500. [13]
    • Museum officially opened in 1918, but many visitors were welcome to see the collection as it grew during the early years. Miss Myrtle Allen, librarian in her annual reports credits the museum with drawing many people to the library. [14]

    Deposit Station

    Apple Creek
    • By 1937 became a deposit station.
    Dalton
    • By 1937 became a deposit station.
    Fredericksburg School
    West Salem
    • By 1937 became a deposit station.
    1. ↑ History of the Wayne County Public Library: a research paper submitted to the Kent State University Library School in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Library Science, by Joyce A. McKnight. June, 1970, p. 32, 34.
    2. ↑ History of the Wayne County Public Library: a research paper submitted to the Kent State University Library School in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Library Science, by Joyce A. McKnight. June, 1970, p. 38.
    3. ↑ History of the Wayne County Public Library: a research paper submitted to the Kent State University Library School in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Library Science, by Joyce A. McKnight. June, 1970, p. 37.
    4. ↑ History of the Wayne County Public Library: a research paper submitted to the Kent State University Library School in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Library Science, by Joyce A. McKnight. June, 1970, p. 37.
    5. ↑ History of the Wayne County Public Library: a research paper submitted to the Kent State University Library School in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Library Science, by Joyce A. McKnight. June, 1970, p. 41
    6. ↑ History of the Wayne County Public Library: a research paper submitted to the Kent State University Library School in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Library Science, by Joyce A. McKnight. June, 1970, p. 43.
    7. ↑ History of the Wayne County Public Library: a research paper submitted to the Kent State University Library School in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Library Science, by Joyce A. McKnight. June, 1970, p. 44.
    8. ↑ History of the Wayne County Public Library: a research paper submitted to the Kent State University Library School in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Library Science, by Joyce A. McKnight. June, 1970, p. 32.
    9. ↑ History of the Wayne County Public Library: a research paper submitted to the Kent State University Library School in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Library Science, by Joyce A. McKnight. June, 1970, p. 32.
    10. ↑ History of the Wayne County Public Library: a research paper submitted to the Kent State University Library School in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Library Science, by Joyce A. McKnight. June, 1970, p. 32.
    11. ↑ History of the Wayne County Public Library: a research paper submitted to the Kent State University Library School in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Library Science, by Joyce A. McKnight. June, 1970, p. 32.
    12. ↑ History of the Wayne County Public Library: a research paper submitted to the Kent State University Library School in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Library Science, by Joyce A. McKnight. June, 1970, p. 35.
    13. ↑ History of the Wayne County Public Library: a research paper submitted to the Kent State University Library School in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Library Science, by Joyce A. McKnight. June, 1970, p. 15.
    14. ↑ History of the Wayne County Public Library: a research paper submitted to the Kent State University Library School in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Library Science, by Joyce A. McKnight. June, 1970, p. 15.
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