DIVISION nine; — SOUTH PASADBNA. 655 



where a room was given for its use, free of rent. The South Pasadena Citizen 

 of August 20, 1889, pubhshed a list of 29 new books purchased for the 

 lyibrary. The officers then were : lyco A lyongley, president ; J. J. Young, 

 vice-president ; A. H. Nettleton, secretary , Mrs. Etta Longley, treasurer ; 

 Miss Jennie Colher, librarian. Open every evening from 7 to 9 o'clock, 

 and on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday afternoons from 2 to 5 o'clock. 

 The South Pasadena^i of December 14, 1893, published a report of receipts 

 and expenditures during the successive years 1889-90-91-92-93, by F. H. 

 IvOngley. The total receipts had been $476.05, and expenditures $475.55; 

 and it was announced that the library would be closed, for want of funds to 

 meet the necessary expenses. But friends came to the rescue. It was not 

 closed. And on April 19, 1894, the librarian reported a total of $116.45 re- 

 ceived since December ; also that the rooms had been kept open, old debts 

 had been paid, and some books and periodicals added on the shelves and 

 tables. Another report on July 5, 1894, showed visitors in April, 63 ; in 

 May, 96 ; in June, 98. To reduce running expenses, the room was now only 

 opened on Tuesdays and Saturdays from 2:30 to 5 o'clock p. m. 



In September, 1895, the city council voted to make thel^ibrary a public 

 institution of the municipality, and appropriated $1,000 of the city tax levy 

 for new books and current expenses the first year. The library trustees 

 appointed under this new system were : Rev. A. M. Merwin, F. H. lyongley, 

 lyco A. Longley, James Wadsworth and Merton Keith. 



LITERARY SOCIETIES. 



An account of the different Chautauqua Circles that have existed here 

 will be found on pages 517-518. The public school has a literary society of 

 its own, whose officers June i, 1895, were : Mabel Hauk, president ; Gussie 

 Wood, vice-president ; Ruby Fell, secretary ; Sidney Smith, treasurer. 



There is a Literary Club, of whose membership I obtained the following' 

 names : Mrs. M. C. Graham, Miss Jennie Collier, Grace Longley, Mary 

 Beery, Edna Smith, Ruth Dougherty, Alice Cone, Rena Neibel, Paul 

 Dougherty, Charles Longley, Fred Crossly. 



There is a South Pasadena branch of the Lyceum League of America, 

 chartered as No. 1467 ; and from an article in the South Pasadeiian I gath- 

 erd the names of some of its members, thus: M. B. Keith, president ; R. B. 

 Stevens, Bert Brown, Paul Dougherty, J. F. Crossly, J. C. Goodrich, Miss 

 Nellie North, J. A. Wassman, Miss Grace Longley, S. E. Hatfield. No 

 further data obtained. 



THE POSTOFFICE. 



January 3, 1883, a postoffice named Hermosa, with Frank M. Glover as 

 postmaster, was established at the Hermosa Vista house. The name " Her- 

 mosa " for their postoffice proved unsatisfactory to the people of that vicini- 

 ty, because it lost to them the prestige of the name "Pasadena," which was 

 now rising into high repute, and which \h&y had secured for their school 



