Mrs. Ruth Pooley Is To Resign as County Librarian

il, 1932 -I MISS ELNORA EDGAR Miss Elnora Edgar, first assist¬ ant county librarian of Harris County sine© 1929, was recom¬ mended to commissioners court Monday as successor to Mrs. Ruth Underwood Pooley as county libra¬ rian. Mrs. Pooley advocated the appointment of Miss Edgar at the end of her tenure of service on November 30. Miss Edgar also will b© recommended by the state library board, it was learned Mon-, day. THE HOUSH MRS. RUTH POOLEY IS TO RESIGN AS COUNTY LIBRARIAN Mrs. Ruth Underwood Pooley, Monday handed her resignation as county librarian for Harris County to the commissioners court, with the request that it be made ef¬ fective November 30. No reason for the resignation was given. Miss Elnora Edgar, first assist¬ ant librarian, has been recom¬ mended by Mrs. Pooley as her suc¬ cessor, and it is understood that the state library board will join in the recommendation. Mrs. Pooley has served as county librarian since the fall of 192 3, when she succeeded Miss Eucy Fuller, now Mrs. Lucy Fuller Gross, librarian of the Tyrrell Public Li¬ brary of Beaumont. Alluding to Mrs. Pooley’s resig¬ nation, County Judge Spencer said: “Mrs. Pooley has been an extremely valuable department head, and it will be difficult to replace her.” Commissioner Dreyfus said the county library had been about the only department of the county about wpich he had heard no criti-f cism, and. he was sorry to learn of Mrs. Pooley’s intention of resign¬ ing. When Mrs. Pooley, as Miss Ruth Underwood, first took up county library work, the county library occupied a small space in an unfin¬ ished room on the fifth floor of the court house. Twelve rural sta¬ tions were established that year. Now the county library organiza¬ tion consists of a spacious, well- equipped county library on the fifth floor, and 74 branches throughout Harris County. People of the remote sections, who for-1 merly made little use of the library facilities, now are its heav¬ iest users, according to the records. Total circulation of books has grown from about 19,576 in 1931 to 320,000 for the past year. Both Mrs. Pooley and-Miss Edgar are graduates of the University of Texas and trained librarians. Miss Edgar formerly was assistant libra¬ rian of Baylor College, Belton, and spent one summer doing branch work in the New York Public library.