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ILibrary's Book Of HomageHero Dead5,r.vrtii;lI**Looking forward to MemorialDay, James Ritter Werher (right* 1133 Carmania avenue, and John Wyllie. Deer Park, inspect theBook of Homage on permanent display at the Public Library. Lastyear when the. new building wasopened. County Commissioners andLibrary Trustees made it a memonal to all citizens of HamiltonCounty who died in the three wars of the twentieth century.In the lobby of the Library the book holds the place of honor Inside the flag, near the plaque bearing the great seal of the UnitedStates. The book combines thefinest craftsmanship of printer and binder At the head of each letteralphabet are quotations smen. writers and sol diers of many nations and manEach week a leaf of the book is turned so- that all namesofmay appear*he open page There is also a far v le edition on hand which maybe consulted by friends or. familieso purchased from the Library atib* price of $1.For special qualities of the Bookof Homage, Hamilton County k in-vhted to Carl Vit*. former direc ■«*r of its Library. In his ld#*ijfil Mr Vlti tells in simple and mm !';u words what the Library means • the long tradition of human free Ton The Public Library k a crea non of democratic America and be cause of its free character can only live where liberties, are guarded, whatever the cost. In the House of Bpok- Ml. Vit* finds the closest tie binding the dead, whose names are recorded in the Book of Horn age to the living men, women and children to whom books can bring recreation and knowledge, truthand wisdom., sympathy and underlandingfetaaeyahct: were pouring into it by trucks and * I private cars. Hero too was themeaning is felt, real feeling forrtf Ilf#* k lift'n inseen Americanmir heartsOurwayand
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Western Hills Press
Cheviot, Ohio, US
Fri, May 25, 1956
Page 17
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