Falmouth-by-the-sea : the Naples of America . who use them, and the town hasunder consideration the proposition to erect a library building in the near fu-ture. The library has a fund of three thousand dollars, the bequest of M. Beebe, and the town appropriates to it annually the dog- tax. Thetrustees are E. Pierson Beebe, Hon. Seba A. Holton, and Rev. Charles Miss Clara L. Davis is librarian. 44 Ulest FalmoutI) £ibrarp. T^HE West Falmouth Public Library originated with the Young PeoplesSociety of the village. With the aid of summer company the nucleusof the present libra


Falmouth-by-the-sea : the Naples of America . who use them, and the town hasunder consideration the proposition to erect a library building in the near fu-ture. The library has a fund of three thousand dollars, the bequest of M. Beebe, and the town appropriates to it annually the dog- tax. Thetrustees are E. Pierson Beebe, Hon. Seba A. Holton, and Rev. Charles Miss Clara L. Davis is librarian. 44 Ulest FalmoutI) £ibrarp. T^HE West Falmouth Public Library originated with the Young PeoplesSociety of the village. With the aid of summer company the nucleusof the present library began. Liberally supported from the start, its historyhas been one of steady growth and prosperity. The present new and commo-dious building was erected on land donated by Mr. and Mrs. Mendenhall, ofMinneapolis. Capt. C. O. Hamblin, D. Wheeler Swift, Everett Frazer, T. Chisholm, J. A. Boyce, A. J. Thompson, have been the prime movers insecuring the beautiful edifice. The property is valued at $5,000. Mrs. Ida is The West Falmouth Library. 45


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