Memoirs of Waukesha County. From the earliest historical times to the present with chapters on various subjects, including each of the different towns, and a genealogical and biographical record of representative families in the county, prepared from data obtained from original sources of information.

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current expenses, and April $7.87 still remaining. A public entertain¬ ment in May brought in $7.50. By August sixty names had been added to the membership list and all the money spent except $5.02, and the librarian's salary in arrears. At the annual meeting in September, the year's expenses were reported at $345.98, of which $33.64 was for new books and $7.12 for binding. The year's income was $413.99. The new officers elected were Mrs. Haight, president; Mrs. C. W. Parker, vice president; secretary and treasurer as before, and direc¬ tors to fill vacancies, Miss H. E. Marsh, and Mmes. G. W. Carleton, J. E. Bacon, and E. W. Malone. The vice president and secretary and Mrs. Carleton were appointed book comimittee.
"At the November meeting there was a balance on hand of $58.75, of which $20 was ordered to be used for book purchases and binding. By March, 1899, the balance had grown to $134.94; solicitation among citizens having brought in $200 in the way of contributions from busi¬ ness men (who were now admitted as members), beside a gift of $27.15 from the local federation of women's clubs. At the annual meeting in September it was found that there was $37.25 on hand, and the expenditures during the year had been $373. There were 750 bound and 250 paper covered volumes in the library. Mrs. Haight declining a re-election, Mrs. Sanner was chosen president; Mrs. Walker, vice president; Mrs. Warden, treasurer; Dr. Park, secretary, and Mmes. Malone, Whitney and Carberry, directors. * /^ "^ At the December meeting only $5.31 remained in the treasury. It was the deep darkness just before the dawn. During the month the Practical Club presented 35 volumes of new books to the library, and a propo¬ sition brought by Alderman Arthur J. Dopp for the city to assume its care in the future was gladly welcomed at the regular January meeting and the change effected at a special meeting on the 24th of the month, the city council having approved the plan.
"Before the 30th of January, 1900, Mayor A. F. Warden had ap¬ pointed as directors of the Waukesha Free Library, Messrs. D. J. Hemlock, T. W. Haight, E. W. Chafin, George Harding, and Henry Lockney, and Mmes. Sanner, Carberry, W. H. Anderson and Dr. Maybelle Park, who with Prof. H. L. Terry, member ex-officio of the new board, met on that day and organized by the adoption of by-laws and the election of Mr. Hemlock as president, Mrs. Carberry as vice president and Dr. Park as secretary. Up to this time the work of the library had been wholly performed by the ladies of the Beacon Lights Club in the first instance, and afterward by those of all the local women's clubs, who had thus, through many seasons of discourage¬ ment, brought the enterprise to a point where there was no longer any danger of collapse for want of financial support. Their help was not withdrawn, however. In the course of February the Ideal club pre¬ sented $100 worth of books to the library, and the Beacon Lights Club continued its contributions, and within the year the Waukesha Woman's Club added $100 worth more of selected volumes.
"The subsequent history of the library need not be told in so much detail. By the end of the library year in July, 1901, Messrs. Chafin and Lockney had retired from the board and Messrs. H. E. Osborne