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TXTOTVXLL* KEIALDi TITUSVUAJL KimJLFRIDAY, AUGUST 31, 1314dr.nsJS.loelC€theofl«retcrge:heson■ithmdrue!ndmeonent• r m • • * *Lo«grJdii?e Career; \■ ———|—^■ * .Conneautvi lie Is Proud of Womanieyrend*atu-dr.iering*hticeert;phionTi*nt-dr.ndiedtoiedde-rs.dr.ofionndndndnddr.By KENNETH P. WILLIAMSManaging Editor, Th« Maadvllla TribuneCONNEAUTVILLE, Pa. (AP) —TK# community of Conneaut-ville is proud,' particularly in this sesquicenntennial year, of Miss Effie Louise Power, At 92 she is the only surviving deeen-dant of the pioneer Conneaut Valley Power family, bearing the Power name, who resides in the area.This Western £rawford County borough of about 1,200 was founded in the spring of 1814 by Alexander Power, who earlier had surveyed1 the “wilderness” of Northwestern Pennsylvania for the state government. Con-neautvilie is celebrating its 150thbirthday this week.-Miss Power is just as proud of her family heritage as the community is of her. She speaks happily of Alexander Power; her own grandfather, Charles Butterworth Power, who was a nephew of Alexander, and of thetfr ‘ ' /and Mrs. Kenneth ■ Robbins were Mr. and Mrs. Rodney Frambaugh and family of Munroe Falls, Ohio, Miss Hazel Fosberg ■ of Warren, Ohio, Mrs. W. T. Frazier of Cambridge Springs and Mr. and Mrs. Leonard * Elliott and daughters of Townville.Mrs. Pearl Gillespie of Akron, Ohio, is visiting her niece • and family, Mr. and Mrs. Morris Mc-Elhaney.iMr. and Mrs. Kenneth Robbins and Mr. and Mrs. Patrick De-llassie of Saegertown were Wednesday evening dinner guests of Mrs. W. T. Frazier at Cambridge Springs, RD.Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Bortzer of Diamond were Sunday visitorsof Mr. and Mrs. William Price.*James Warner of Waterford is spending a few' days this week with his uncle and aunt, Mr. andMrs. Robert Price.other stalwarts in this pioneering family.IBusy CareerBut she is modest and reluctant to discuss her own remarkable and historic career as a librarian, educator, - lecturer, writer and bibliographer.Miss Power lives with Mr. and Mrs. Edward B, White at their home in Conneautville, having gone there in May from Pompano Beach, Fla. She Is alert and in relatively good health despite her years. The answer may lie in this statement she made at the outset of an interview:“I’ve lived a very busy life and always have tried to be interested in other people and in their .activities and this problems. Nothing ever has upset me very much,”The career of Effie Louise Power spanned half a century, covered two retirements and included service as a librarian and. specialist in work with children in the public libraries of three cities, Cleveland, Pittsburgh and St. Louis.590 LecturesBut her life’s work included much more: She delivered more than 500 lectures in a dozen university library schools and. at library training' sessions and conventions in scores of cities. She served on faculties of several universities and' colleges, including a period of four years —1933 through 1936—as a professor at- Columbia University. Active in work of the American Library Association and other similar organizations, she wrote several dozen booklets, pamphlets and papers, mostly about library work with children and children’s work. Her name was Included with an impressive paragraph of memberships and accomplishments in several editions of “Who’s Who In- America,” aswell as in another respected publication: “American Women, The Standard Bibliographical Dictionary of Notable Women.” When she retired a second time at Pompano Beach, residents of the Florida community staged a community observance in the high school auditorium and entitled the affair, “An Orchid For Miss Effie,”Proud of College Honor' But according to Miss Power, “The thing that I’m really most proud of is my honorary, degree from Allegheny College.r She was awarded an honorary degree of master of arts at the Allegheny commencement in 1934. At that time, the Gonneaut-ville woman was director of children’s work at Cleveland Public Library and a teacher at Columbia University. Yet, when queried about the degree she modestly says she believes “Allegheny really must have done this because of. my family’s early interest In the college.”But her own record. and the commencement citation by then Allegheny President William Pearson Tolley show that this honor, like all the others, was awarded because of Miss Power’s .achievements.First RetirementMiss Power retired for the first time in 1937 when she left Cleveland Public Library, where she had served since 1920 following two or three earlier terms in the Ohio City. She had started ■in the work in 1896 as an unpaid employe of the public library.She served as head children’s librarian in Pittsburgh and St. Louis before returning to Cleveland, where she had received her high .school diploma at old Cleveland Central High School in 1892. She studied at CarnegieLibrary School, Pittsburgh, receiving a diploma in 1904, and attended Columbia UniversityIFOUR-LEAF CLOVERS FLOURISHPEKIN, N.Y, (AP) - PekinHill florist Leon Groth, through seveS years of research, has bred a plant which produces 20 generations of four-leaf clovers a year..“A market for these plants exists in the piaftlca industry,” he says. “I hope to turn this endeavor and my hand to fashioning souvenirs, beginning this spring.”And, he adds: “Someday my wife Brenda and I will plant acres and acres of fields brimming with four - leaf clover plants in the Great Northwest. We’ll offer folks the opportunity to pick one. No gimmicks — no fee. People really enjoy lucky clover leaves and we’d like to pafs what luck we've had along to them.”9*slimmer session in 1906. The training at Carnegie and Columbia was in library work with children and children’s books because, as Miss Power explainedit:’Necessary’ Work“There were not many libraries nor librarians for children in i those days, and 1 felt this was very, very necessary.”Leaving Cleveland, Miss Power moved to Florida and decided to make her home at Pompano Beach.But retirement was not her way of life, and in a little while she displayed an interest in library activities there. She became librarian in 1941 and “a moving force in the community,” as a newspaper story said, until 1948 when she retired again.1rA. :Identifies yourWELCOME WAGON; SPONSORS...iftrnw of prestige in th*business and-civic fife lt;4 your community.For information, callYour Welcome Wagon HostessesMrs. Mildred B, Paucek Phone 825-1431•«Mrs. Juanita R. Berlin Phone 822-3222USE OUR SERVICE SHOPforHoover, Evieurode and Power Mowers.All Major and Traffic Appliances.Only factory guaranteed parts used. .BRYAN HARDWARE. 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Titusville Herald
Titusville, Pennsylvania, US
Fri, Aug 21, 1964
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