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end of the biennium, but the
"improvement of the grounds" has
not yet been started.
We wish at this time to submit the
following extract from
the deed of conveyance to the Society
from Miss Clarissa C.
Moor of the tract referred to above:
"Provided always and these presents
are upon this express
condition that the premises hereby
conveyed shall be used for a
park and monument site and approaches.
Said grantee, its suc-
cessors and assigns shall within a period
of seven years of the
date hereof, improve said premises by
grading, seeding to lawn,
planting with shrubbery and trees and
fencing, by improving
in a suitable manner roadways upon the
rights of way herein
granted and by the erection thereon of a
monument suitably com-
memorating the Battle of Fallen Timbers,
to cost not less than
$20,000.00 and further that said grantee, its successors and as-
signs shall provide for the upkeep and
repair of said premises
and maintain the same in an attractive
condition generally."
This deed is recorded on page 344, vol.
549 in Lucas Coun-
ty. It was executed Jan. 3, 1921, and
recorded Jan. 28, 1921.
We believe it is of the utmost
importance that the Budget
Committee of the Society be instructed
by the Board of Trus-
tees to use their utmost endeavor to
secure a suitable appropria-
tion from the legislature so that the
conditions of the above deed
may be fully complied with.
"Respectfully submitted,
(Signed) W. J. SHERMAN,
Chairman."
On motion the report was approved and
ordered
placed on file.
SPIEGEL GROVE.
The Chairman of the Committee, Mr. W. J.
Sherman
read the report as follows:
Your Committee respectfully submit the
following report of
its activities in connection with the
care and maintenance of the
Spiegel Grove State Park and the
splendid properties therein
located.
The Park itself has been maintained in
excellent condition.
With its broad expanse of beautiful
lawns and native forest
trees, it today presents an unusually attractive
appearance.
There is, however, much work which
should be done in the way
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of improving the drives, re-fencing the
property and marking
the trees with common and scientific
names.
The old slate roof on the residence has
outlived its useful-
ness and should be immediately renewed.
This we consider an
urgent requirement if the valuable
contents of the structure are
to be properly protected from the
elements and the walls, plaster,
wall paper and hangings are to be
preserved.
An unusually wet season has developed
the fact that the
City sewers on which these properties
depend for drainage, are
entirely inadequate, resulting in the
frequent backing up of flood
waters into the basement of the Memorial
Building and a very
considerable amount of damage to the
contents. The practical
result of this untoward condition has
been to necessitate the
abandonment of the basement of the Annex
for useful purposes
in connection with Museum work. A
partial and perhaps a
complete solution of the problem is
being worked out at the pres-
ent time by the State Architect, with a
view of again placing in
commission an old nine inch sewer
leading to the south, which
was abandoned years ago, when the City
sewer was built to the
north.
Acting upon the suggestion in our last
annual report, the
Society has revised and increased the
insurance on the residence
and its contents, which naturally is
gratifying to your Com-
mittee.
We regret to report that the work of
installing a new and
sufficient independent heating plant
under the supervision of the
State Architect, for which the State
Board of Control has made
ample appropriations, is still far from
completion. The near ap-
proach of the cold season naturally
gives us much concern.
The Hayes Memorial Library Book Fund,
which at the
time of our last report amounted to $20,821.26 has
been un-
touched by the Book Committee during the
past year, and now
has increased in amount very
considerably. We still await ac-
tion by the Society on our request for
the purchase of additional
stacks for the accommodation of say
5,000 volumes.
On the first day of July last, Mrs.
Dorothy Edgerton
Wright, our very efficient Attendant at
the Library, was promot-
ed to the position of Librarian.
Upon the resignation of Mr. Alfred
Gowing as Caretaker,
effective August 1st, 1924, Mr. Charles
Joseph was appointed in
his stead. Mr. Joseph had been
previously working as laborer
in the Park and gives promise of
becoming a very satisfactory
Caretaker.
The attendance of visitors has been
steadily increasing as
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is
evidenced by the registration list, which has been as follows,
for
the year ending Sept. 1st, 1924, viz.:
September
..... 1147 April .......... 175
October
....... 413 May .......... 1173
November
..... 169 June .......... 1092
December
...... 128 July .......... 1522
January ....... 35 August ........ 2108
February ...... 14
March
......... 177
Total .... 8153
The
Maximum Sunday attendance was ........ 245
The
maximum week day attendance was........ 160
The
average daily attendance was..............
24
The
maximum monthly attendance was......... 2108
The
average monthly attendance was........... 679
It is
proper to call attention to the fact that there are many
visitors
who do not register, so that the total attendance is much
greater
than that shown above.
We
wish here to record our acknowledgment to the Fremont
Federation
of Women's Clubs for their voluntary services in
connection
with our "open house" on every Sunday afternoon
during
the summer season.
Accompanying
this report is the budget for the fiscal years
ending
June 30th, 1926 and 1927 as prepared and recommended
by
your Committee.
Respectfully
submitted,
(Signed)
W. J. SHERMAN,
Chairman.
On
motion the report was approved and ordered
placed
on file.
EARLY
OHIO SCHOOL BOOKS.
The
Chairman of the Committee, Mr. John R. Horst,
read
the report as follows:
Your
committee on "Early Ohio School Books" beg to re-
port
progress made by the committee as follows: --
At
the call of the chairman of the committee, the commit-
tee
met at the office of the chairman, Eight East Broad Street,
in
the city of Columbus, on the eighth day of May, 1924, at the
hour
of two o'clock in the afternoon.
On
motion, Jerry Dennis was chosen secretary of the com-
mittee,
with duties such as usually pertain to that office,