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AT THE FORKS OF THE GRAND Whether or not there was a general decline in cultural activities r after 19I4, one thing is certain: the library-board built up one of the best collections of books to be found in any small town in Ontario, and the per-capita circulation was among the highest. This in itself was a cultural achievement. Paris Musical Society Band, about 1895. 154