LIBRARY TO OPEN NEXT WEEK

 Open House to the Public on November 27 to Inaugurate Its Use

        The new Public Library in McConnell Park on South Wayne Street, will be opened to the public on Saturday, Nov. 27.  There will be no formal ceremonies to celebrate the occasion but members of the board will be present from 2 to 5 and from 7 to 9 pm, to welcome visitors and show them through the building and how to use the library.  It was intended to have a program

of dedication, but various delays arose, owing to the installation of equipment hence the plans for such a program were abandoned, and the informal method chosen.  All the citizens of the town and township are urged to call on that day and inspect the new library, and begin to use it.

Miss Rowen, and experienced librarian from the state librarian's office, has been assisting Mrs. Hector for several days in classifying and cataloguing the books and arranging the system under which they will be adopted and every possible aid given to make the library useful and convenient to the people of Angola and Pleasant Township.

Steuben Republican November 17, 1915 Page 1

L.C. Stiefel Gives Fountain

To the McConnell Park and Same is Accepted by the Council:

At the meeting of the city council Monday evening, R. E. Willis, in behalf of Mr L.C. Stiefel, tendered to the city a handsome ornamental fountain to be erected in McConnell Park in the space in front of the library.  Mr Stiefel's generous proposal included the cost of erecting the fountain which will be around $200.00, and all expense to the city will be supplying the water.  The council accepted the offer with an expression of thanks to the donor.  Mr Stiefel is now in New York, but he left arrangements to go ahead with the work, so that the fountain may be places in position by the time of the opening of the library.  He was notified at once of the act of the council, and will immediately place the order for the fountain.

The fountain chosen is of iron of handsome design.  It is about ten feet high, and has a series of three overflow bowls, which spread the water to the best advantage.

On the heels of this gift, the library board today received the tender of a pair of ornamental lamps on supporting posts, to be placed on either side of the approach to the library, from Mr and Mrs John A. Croxton and children. The offer will be accepted with thanks by the library board at its meeting this evening.

These generous acts by public spirited citizens will add much to the beauty of the park and library, and may perhaps lead to other gifts which altogether will make the grounds the most handsome in this part of the state.  The people of Angola appreciate the spirit in which the gifts were tendered and approve of the acts of the officers in accepting them without delay.

Steuben Republican August 11, 1915
-- The fountain was restored in 2004 and is now inside the library--