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Q U I N C H
Quincy Branch LibraryA service of the Branch District Library
11 North Main St., Quincy, Ml 49082 Phone: 639-4001Email:[email protected] Website: ivww.branchdistrictlihrary.or^lquincy
Library Hours:Sunday / Monday - ClosedTuesday- 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
A Quarterly Newsletter
Wednesday -11:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.Thursday - Closed
Friday - 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.Saturday - 9:00 a.m. -12:00 p.m.
Volume32; Number 1-Winter2014
Branch Manager's Message Pagel From the Quincy Herald Newspaper - May 24,1928 Page 4
Branch Manager's Message (Continued) Page 2 What's Coining in January Page 4
Interesting Dates Page 2 Days Gone by... Pages
Did you Know??? Page 2 Quincy Library Board Page 6
In Appreciation Page 3 New York Hmes Bestseller List Page 6
Upcoming Events Pages Interesting Tidbits... Page 6
Branch Manager'sMessage
In light of Presidents' Day nextmonth (February 17), the following isa May 4^^, 1888 handwritten entryfrom our Grand Army of the Republicrecord book of the "War History" of alocal soldier, Comrade JamesCleveland. (Corrected spelling andpunctuation has been added forreadability). This soldier guardedPresident Abraham Lincoln while he
lay in state:
"/ was taken down with the campdiarrhea and remittent fever. The
fourth day after I went into camp,when I was taken to the camp orpost hospital, where I remainedconfined to my bed for six weeks. Igot so thin and reduced in flesh that Iwas a mere skeleton, which gave methe nick name of "Bones". I was
transferred to General l-iospital at(illegible) ward H, when I wasdetailed as nurse. While performingthat duty I caught severe head coldsand in each instance it settled on mylungs, which confined me to my bedfor a number of days each time. I,
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consequence, I have lost the use ofmy left lung. At the time ofpresidential election in 1863, I wasthe only one left in ward H to takecare of 18 wounded men and 10 sick
ones; all recovered. The surgeonwished me to remain as nurse, but Igot myself discharged and sent tomy Regiment. I was on detachedservice guarding the recruits anddrafted men to the front I w/as one
of the three detailed from CampCook, Springfield III. to guard theremains of President Lincoln while he
lay in state and the vault tilldischarged.
Comrade Cleveland was
born June 3"^, 1864 at Homellsville,Steuben County, N Y. EnlistedSeptember 9, 1864 Company E, 146III. Infantry for one year. DischargedJuly 8'^, 1865, final order, wardepartment. Was confined in thefollowing hospitals: Ward H, PostHospital, Camp Butler*, Springfield,III; was transferred to GeneralHospital, same place. Was soonafter, set at nursing & detained untilthe last of March, when at myrequest, was discharged & sent to
my regiment which was guarding &running troops to Nashville, Tenn,and Chattanooga.
After President Lincoln's
death, we were ordered to CampCook, Springfield, III. and guardedhis remains while he lay in state &also part of my Company guardedhis vault until we were discharged.The names of my most intimatecomrades were AC. Carter, Walter J.Hansen, Francis Williams. I was putin [as] head nurse, ward H, Gen.Hospital one month while the boyswent home to vote for Honest Old
Abe; had 18 patients to look after atfirst & 25 later. Had never dressed a
wound but got along nicely and theboys were all doing well when thenurses came back. Had a wounded
soldier from the Battle of Nashville,shot through the calf of his leg,bandage over his drawers. It tookme some time to soak clotted blood
before could dress the wound. Poor
fellow - he was in great misery butwas soon laid down and asleep, afterhis leg was dressed. By the way, hewas an Old Country Dutchman whocould talk with his head and hands
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as well as mouth; and we had a crazy man in the hospitalwho didn't like Dutchey and he waited his opportunity toa diff [dish?] at Dutchey. One night at supper, Dutcheywas talking to another Dutchman; Crazy was 4 or 6 bedsaway, taking soup out of a heavy china mug. He threwthe mug, hitting Dutchey on the Jaw. Dutchey went athim with his crutches, but we prevented any accidentAbout a week after, Dutchey got on another spell talking.Crazy made signs he wanted the bard **[bedpan]; I got it;he sat down to use it, but as soon as my back wasturned, Crazy planted the vessel in Dutchey's ribs,glancing off, breaking it all to pieces against the stove.There would have been a dead Crazy, but we took awayDutchey's crutches while Crazy looked on as innocent asa lamb. He never spoke but once, while in the hospital,and then said "it was the first time he was ever in a
whore house." He died in Jacksonville Insane Asylum.£ T. Hoyt, Historian"
*Camp Butler: the second largest recruiting camp InIllinois during the Civil War; named after William Butler,Illinois State Treasurer; one of the major mustering sitesduring the Civil War.
**Bard: trademarked 1915 at U.S. Patent Office; refersto a bedpan of rubber having a hard rigid bottom andflexible sides; later made of ceramic (which would bewhy It broke when Crazy threw It).
Money Smart Week - April 5-12,2014
Money Smart Week® is a public awareness campaigndesigned to help consumers better manage theirpersonal finances. This is achieved through thecollaboration and coordinated effort of hundreds oforganizations across the country Including businesses,financial institutions, schools, libraries, not-for-profits,government agencies and the media. These groupscome together once a year to stress the importance offinancial literacy, inform consumers about where theycan get help and provide free educational seminars andactivities throughout the week. Check out your locallibrary for some good books on this topic.
National Drop Everything and Read Day - April 12,2014
D.E.A.R. stands for Drop Everything And Read. NationalD.E.A.R. Day is a special reading celebration to remindand encourage families to make reading together on adaily basis a family priority. The official event date, April12th, is the birthday of author Beverly Cleary. D.E.A.R. issponsored by the National Education Association (NEA);Parent Teacher Association (PTA); the Association forLibrary Service to Children (ALSC, a division of theAmerican Library Association); Reading Rockets; TheGeneral Federation of Women's Clubs (GFWC); theNewspaper Association of America Foundation (NAA);First Book; HarperCollins Children's Books; Read KiddoRead; Walden Media and Ramona Quimby. Stop in thelibrary to find some new books to read with a child inyour life.
Many thanks to Mary Dawn Dobson for her efforts and Did You Know??notations in reading over this entry.
Lisa Wood
Quincy Branch Manager
Interesting dates:Freedom of information Day - March 16,2014
Freedom of Information (FOI) Day Is an annual event onor near March 16, the birthday of James Madison, whois widely regarded as the Father of the Constitution andas the foremost advocate for openness in government.Each year, the James Madison Award and the EileenCooke State & Local Madison Award are presented bythe American Library Association Washington (DC) Officeon Freedom of Infomiation Day to recognize thoseIndividuals or groups that have championed, protected,and promoted public access to government informationand the public's right to know.
11 % of people are left handedUnless food Is mixed with saliva you can't taste it8% of the population have an extra ribThe Hawaiian alphabet has 12 lettersThe most commonly used letter In the alphabet is"E"
The least used letter In the alphabet Is "Q"The 3 most common languages in the worid areMandarin Chinese, Spanish and EnglishDreamt is the only word that ends In "mt"The names of all continents both start and endwith the same letterIfyou try to say the alphabet without moving yourlips or tongue every letter will sound the sameSponges hold more cold water than hotBirds need gravity to swallow85% of plant life is found in the oceanThe average person falls asleep In 7 minutesThe longest recorded flight of a chicken was 13seconds
An ostrich's eye is bigger than It's brain
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Upcoming Events February 25
February 1-28
February 7
Winter Blah's Contest
Adults (age 18 andover): Read and log atleast two books
between February 1stthrough the 28th to beentered. The winningname will be drawn
March 1st and
contacted by phone.Reading logs areavailable at the library.
Story Hour - resumesFriday's at 10 a.m. forages 2-5; no advancesign up is needed
April 15
April 22
In Appreciation,In Memory of...Ambrose Diamond
Betty Blair
Ray KranzMary Jo Kranz
Joan Harmon
Union Church Women's Society
Rhoda S. Harmon
Rob & Dawn Felts
Marian Smith
Betty Biair
Patty StaffordUnion Church Women's Society
Ernest Yuhl
Union Church Women's Society
Max Zimmerman
Union Church Woman's Society
In Honor of...Connie Karney's BirthdayJudy Dobson
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Donations to the Jane Baldwin
Endowment Fund...
In Memory of...Jane Baldwin
Dan & Judy Dobson
Loyal McCbllanPete & Marie Baldwin
Thank You:
Ruth King - for the donation of pastQHS Alumni newsletters containingclass photos, these are appreciated.
Mary Dawn Dobson and TeddySinclair - for their continued volunteer
hours in preserving our local Civil Warmonument soldiers' names and their
history.
Louise Wadsworth - for the donation
of nice books
Teddy Sinclair - for keeping up thelibrary urns
Sherry Lutterbeck and Rita Carpenter- for helping children write letters toSanta in the library lower level duringthe Quincy Lights event December 61
Happy 95th BirthdayHappy Birthday to MaryCronmiller! She is our
wonderful Tuesdayvolunteer
Annual Friends
MeetingSherwood Branch -
5:30 p.m.
Quincy FriendsMeetingLower Level - 4 p.m.; allare welcome
Shirley Haver, Mary Jo Kranz, JolayneTaylor, Paula Preston and ReneeHardy, Wava Gano- The Quincy Lightsevening was a success due to thedelicious cookies that were made for
the event.
Carol Kahaian and Candace Newkirk
- They were instrumental in greeting thepublic with our cookies at the Swallow'sNest.
Karen MacCheyne, Candace andBonnie Frick - Luminaries lined our
library sidewalk
Dear Lisa and Renee,
Thankyoufor the opportunity tohold a book signing at our wonderfullibrary.You were great hosts. I hope to seeyou again when mysecond novel isreleased (2014).
Regards,Victoria Burlew
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From the Quincy Heraldnewspaper - May 24,1928
"NEW FLASHING LIGHTSThe new flashing lights system at the Main streetcrossing of the N.Y.C.R.R. was completed last Friday,when the new system went Into efifect. The workwas done under the supervision of Wm. Hause, ofHillsdale. The old drop gates, which wereinaugurated here about 1903, were removedSaturday.
Fred Wlltse, who has been gatekeeper heresince 1912, has been transferred to Sturgis ascrossing watchman at that place, but will maintain hisQuincy residence, for a time at least. Mr. Wiltse hasbeen in the employ of the railroad 27 years, first atAllen as section hand, and has five years to servebefore age of retirement. Byron Daniels, the secondgatekeeper, is also retired by inauguration of the newsystem.
H. W. Johnson of Coldwater, grandson of thelate Lev! Johnson, has charge of the flashing lightsystem on this section, after its inauguration.
The flash lights are operated by electricity,supplied by the city plant, with relay boxes arrangedjust west of the old gatekeeper house, where apowerful emergency electric battery Is maintained foruse in case of interruption by accident to the cityplant.
The concrete pavement will be widened ateach side of the track, opposite the flash light towersto make room for vehicles."
"McKENZIE MILLING COMPANYTalking with Mr. C.D. McKenzie recently, the Heraldreporter was very much surprised to learn to whatextent the business of the McKenzie Milling Co. hasincreased in the last few years. This company is nowshipping flour west to the Mississippi river, east intoPennsylvania and south covering West Virginia, Ohioand Indiana, as well as all of Southern Michigan.
During the year just past they have groundover 50,000 bushels of buckwheat and 150,000bushels of wheat into flour. They have givenemployment to about 30 people for 5 months andhave 15 employees for the entire year, paying out forlabor about $39,000 and locally for grain, nearly$50,000, which fact is certainly a factor in theprosperity of this community.
Wherever you go in the territory covered,"McK's Best" and "Pride of Quincy," "McKenzie'sSelf-Rising Biscuit Flour," "Buckwheat and WholeWheat Pancake Flour," and lastly, "Mrs. McKenzie'sFancy Cake Flour," are found in all the better grocerystores and on the housewife's kitchen shelves. Weare very proud of the success of the McKenzie MillingCo. in carrying on a growing business, which is slowly
but surely expanding and is putting the name ofQuincy, Mich., on the map.
The history of the Quincy mill is an interestingone, dating back to Civil War days, the main buildinghaving been erected in 1863. Felix A. McKenziepurchased the mill in 1887, when it had a capacity of20 ban-els of flour a day. For a number of years Mr.McKenzie was associated with Robert Hyslop, nowliving at Lansing.
The McKenzie Milling Co. was organized in1903, with Mr. McKenzie as secretary-treasurer andgeneral manager, and under his supervision thebusiness increased rapidly, the present capacitybeing 300 barrels of flour per day and 800 barrels ofbuckwheat flour.
The death of Mr. McKenzie in 1919, after abrief illness, was a hard blow for the company, but thebusiness of the company was entrusted to his son,Cariton D. McKenzie, who graduated from theUniversity of Michigan as mechanical engineer just intime to enter the Worid War, from which he wasdischarged a short time before his father's death,serving as Ensign in the navy. The subsequentsuccess of the business has proved that no mistakewas made in placing Cariton in charge of the businessafter his father's removal by death.
Much credit for the success of the business isdue Mr. Lee A. Ban-on, cousin of the present manager,who has been with the company as bookkeeper since1905, and secretary of the company since Mr.McKenzie's death in 1919."
What's Coming in January:
Adult Fiction:
Mrs. Lincoln's Rival
Eggs in a CasketThat Old Black MagicCell
Dark Wolf
Fear NothingThe Way ofAll FishThe Invention of WingsRiver Road
Killing CupidForget Me NotCarthageFirst Love
Raymond, Emily/1llingworth,Still Life with Bread Crumbs
In the Blood
Standup Guy
Non-Fiction:
Your Life Calling
by Chiaverini, Jenniferby Childs, Lauraby Clark, Mary Janeby Cook, Robinby Feehan, Christineby Gardner, Lisaby Grimes, Marthaby Kidd, Sue Monkby Krentz, Jayne Annby Levine, Lauraby Michaels, Fernby Oates, Joyce Carolby Patterson, James/
Sasha
by Quindlen, Annaby Linger, Lisaby Woods, Stuart
by Pauley, Jane
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DaysGoneby..
CurrentsiteoftheCitgogasstation.
ThisisnowthelocationofAceHardwareonthesoutheastcorner.
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U N U I N
QuinCy Librdry BOdrd Qulncy Ubrary hosted the District Board meetingThe Quincy Library Board meets every month on the In October, the Foundation Board elected the followingsecond Wednesday and mo_nitors the activities, programs officers: President. Teddy Sinclair; Vice President, Mary
'" ' ' Kranz; Secretary, Judy Dobson; Treasurer, ConnieKarney and Trustees, Carol Ludlow, Barb Rockhold andLisa Wood. In November, the Library Board re-electedthe current officers for our 2013-2014 year.
Also at the October meeting, Scott Baldwin of Baldwin
and budgets of the library. Things have been movingalong smoothly so the board has been pretty quiet thisyear.
The usual observance of March is Reading Month foundLisa at the elementary school reading to the classes.Steven's Puppets funded by the Baldwin Endowment Fund Capital Management, who oversees the Jane Baldwinentertained at the library for National Library Week in Endowment Fund met with the Board to answer anyApril. Children's Book Week was celebrated by handing questions we might have had concerning the Fund orout treats to children checking out books. The Summer investing in general.Reading Program "Dig into Reading" was highlighted byan Amphibian/Reptile program by the Kalamazoo Nature The Board is excited as we look ahead to the 2014 yearCenter. The Great Timbini Magic Show, by Marnle " 'Szafranski once again led imaginative Arts at the library
In October, the Foundation Board elected the following
entertained at the library for National Library Week in
and all the challenges and rewards ahead.
Respectfully submitted,Judy Dobson, Secretary
New York Times Bestseller List
Combined Print & E-Book Fiction
1. SYCAMORE ROW, by John Grisham2. DOCTOR SLEEP, by Stephen King3. COMMAND AUTHORITY, by Tom Clancy with
Mark Greaney4. THE GOLDFINCH, by Donna Tartt5. INFERNO, by Dan Brown
Combined Print & E-Book Non Fiction
1. THINGS THAT MATTER, by CharlesKrauthammer
2. KILLING JESUS, by Bill O'Reilly and MartinDugard
3. LONE SURVIVOR, by Marcus Luttrell andPatrick Robinson
4. DAVID AND GOLIATH, by Malcolm Gladwell5. GEORGE WASHINGTON'S SECRET SIX, by
Brian Kilmeade and Don Yaeger
INTERESTING TIDBITS....
• If you commute to work every day, taking an hour to get to work and an hour to return home, between theages of 22 and 65, you will have spent two and a half years in transit.
• A bride stands to the groom's leftat a weddingso that his sword hand would be free. Apparently, Anglo-Saxon brides were often kidnapped before a wedding and brawls were common. That's also why the bestman stands with the groom; the tribe's best warrior was there to help the groom defend the bride.
• The Titanic was the first ship to use the S.O.S. signal. It was adopted as ^the international signal for distress in 1912 and the Titanic struck the j• Influenza got its name from the fact that people believed the disease was
caused by the evil "influence" of stars. The worldwide "Spanish flu"epidemic which broke out in 1918 killed more than 30 million people in
• The phrase "raining cats and dogs" originated in 17th century England. During heavy downpours of rain,many of these poor animals unfortunately drowned and their bodies would be seen floating in the raintorrents that raced through the streets. The situation gave the appearance that it had literally rained "catsand dogs" and led to the current expression.
• The U.S. interstate highway system requires that one mile in every five must be straight. These sectionscan be used as airstrips in a time of war or other emergencies.
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Wednesday 2 - 9 PM
Saturday 10 AM - 2 PM
Closed Thursday
STORY HOUR
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Volume 1 January, 1982 Number 1
GREETINGS FOR 19621 The Friends of the Quincy Public Library send yougood wishes for the-new year. This is the first issue of a newsletterwhich we hope to publish at least quarterly. When our organizationreally gets going, maybe it can be a monthly undertaking.
We hope to acquaint you with our new group and our aims and goals forhelping the library become of greater service to the people of Quincyand Quincy Township. So read on to find out what is going on....
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Annual Friends of the LibraryIVIembership Drive
The Friends of the Library invites you to renew or begin yourmembership. The membership begins January 2014. Pleasecomplete the below information, enclose a check payable tothe Friends of the Library and either send it to the library or toTeddy Sinclair at 490 Clarendon Rd., Quincy, Ml 49082. TheFriends of the Library are responsible for the continuance of thenewsletter and assisting with many of the library's programs.
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2014 Quincy Library Board
Teddy Sinclair — PresidentMary Jo Kranz — Vice PresidentConnie Karney — TreasurerJudy Dobson — SecretaryBarb Rockhold - Trustee
Carol Ludlow - Trustee
Bonnie Frick - BDLS Liaison
Friends of the Library BoardCarol Brown — President
Karen MacCheyne — Vice PresidentTeddy Sinclair — TreasurerLisa Wood — Secretary
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