Dear Miss R.
As chairman of the C.P.L. Bd. It is my pleasure, indeed my honour, to address to you these sentiments upon the occasion of your retirement from the staff of the C.P.L.
Having known and been associated with you as a friend for three[?] decades, I wish in my official capacity, on behalf of all the members to express to you our appreciation for your loyal and thoughtful[?] services to the people of this community in your position of librarian. For 17 years you have been directly associated with the library, first when it was an association library in those lean and hungry years when you were an assistant and later in charge + secondly when it became a P.L. when you were head of the circulation station. But it was not as a mere issuer of books + keeper of records that you shone; it was as an enthusiastic advocate of library services – per se that you spread the gospel, as it were, of a better library with better more adequate facilities. You cheerfully put up with the cold + inconveniences of the old building + this cheerfulness was reflected in your pleasant greeting to each + everyone, young + old, who came to your desk. You knew your books + were able to advice the readers well on what was available + likely to please their individual tastes.
And then, into the new library. I know from your oft repeated remarks how gratified you were to be privileged to have + share in its operation. If anything, your enthusiasm waxed eloquent at the wonderful facilities now available.
There comes a time however, when one feels that one would like to step down + enjoy a period of relative ease + leisure. Last month you say fit to tender your resignation + we accepted this with extreme regret. As a small token of our appreciation for your services over these years we would ask you to accept this gift, with which goes our best wishes and prayers for many year of enjoyment of your new found leisure time.
Most sincerely,
[?] Chairman
On behalf of the C.P.L. Bd.
Gardiner Field Verney Edwards Sine Leonard Lawson McCaig
