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Paget- THE Wednesday March im Amnesty week fails Amnesty Week a lime of forgiveness for those grossly overdue book not as successful u Betty Comwell bad anticipated Mrs head librarian at the Georgetown Public Library explained the weeks poor success We find that the ones which are stubbornly overdue will slowly never return the books The public Is often too afraid back Dm ones which should have been returned a Mrs Comwell stated that over the past IB months mora than 100 books have been declared writeoffs This total includes only those which were officially borrowed A complete inventory check Is necessary to calculate the amount of books which were stolen Over the missing volumes are of nonfiction technical or practical nature Mrs believes that the books are not missing out of carelessness When Shakespeare projects come up the shelves magically clear Fortunately these books often mysteriously reappear on the shelves Its the taxpayers who suffer the loss of both the ordinary and sometimes irreplaceable volumes To replace a twoto threeyearold book the library aces a percent Increase of the books original cost However these are not the only expenses the library roust consider when replacing a book Administrative costs In persuing a lost book often reaches five to six dollars unnecessary expense A high percentage of the books written off are from people whom the ad ministration cannot locate Books ore often packed up with family possessions and never find their way back to their original home According to Mrs Comwell the existence of the fine system for overdue books Is under fire all over Ontario The dropping of fines in Georgetown is regarded as desirable for It would result In less expenses for both the library and for the taxpayer Commenting on the possibility of discontinuing the fine system Mrs CornweU stated a great deal depends on how the public Is prepared for it Inacloseknitcommunlty it would probably be very because people then feel Its more of a personal matter to return the books is the Easter Value Place Hop to it Absolutely No Compromise in Quality I TOWN CLUB SMOKED COOKED PICNIC STYLE PORK SHOULDERS