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Miss Ann Willson giving the deeds and legal papers to Mr. Douglas B. Holabird, Selectman making the library town property. Left to right in picture, Judge Ellsworth B. Foote; Governor Raymond E. Baldwin; Mrs. Alden J. Hill and Rev. Fr. McCarthy.

Front Row from left to right -- Rev. DeVries, pastor of the North Branford Congregational Church; Douglas B. Holabird, First Selectman; Mrs. Frederick Davis, Library Board Member; Mr. Atwater's Daughter; Miss Ann Willson, Secretary to Mr. Atwater;…

Taken on the front steps of Atwater Memorial Library on the day the building was dedicated.

The front of the original Atwater Memorial Library

Children watching Governor signing

Upstairs is located the Selectmen's room in which many meetings are held, and court matters settled. Here it is hoped, at some future date, items of local historic interest may be put on display, when other quarters are available for town offices.

The lecture room downstairs has been fitted up with extra tables, and here on Wednesdays the ladies of the community gather to make Red Cross surgical dressings. The excellent lighting system makes hours of close work possible. Also in the basement…

Simple charm, and an atmosphere of peace, are felt by those who linger in the library. The windsor chairs, and tables with turned legs are of maple, carrying out the colonial idea. As the light filters through the Venetian blinds, it is softened…

Children from all walks of life pause before the charging desk to have books checked before taking them home. Boys and girls from homes where parents speak little English learn from books much of the folk lore of our country. Often the youngest…

It is not unusual to find several children seated about the tables, reading books purchased for the little people, but so charming that the older girls and boys pause to read and enjoy them. Or, perhaps, homework is done here, reference material in…