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A Valentine Fantasy, C. Haywood, EEEt in time for Valentine's Day, Ms. Haywood has described in pictures and words an imaginative version of how the customs began. These and many more books will be added to the collection Feb. 1/77. Each month we add a carefully selected collection of nonâ€"fiction and fiction material for both adults and juvenile rea- ders. We have also added greatly to our reference collection in Elgin and each branch has an exâ€" cellent selection of Pre-School picture and story books. We have subscriptivns to approx. 25 diff- erent periodicals and are proud of the high percentage of Canadian magazines which we circulate, i.e. Harrowsmith, Owl, Canadian Consumer, Ontario History, Branching Out etc. A special exhibit "Ontario Indians”, is on View this month at the RIDEAU LfiKES UNION LIBRARY, ELGIN E.ANCH. Handcrafted artifacts by Indians of Brantford, St. Regis, Golden Lake, Osweken and Moose Factory depict the native skills and traditional lifestyles of Ontaric”s Indians. The exhibit also includes a 1“ooh displav about Canadian Indians, their life and crafts. An “Outreach Ontario" and Eastern Ontario Library System project, this exhibit is currently on a tour of Eastern Ontario pubâ€" lic libraries. It will be at Rideau Lakes Union Library, Elgin Branch until the end of February. For further information contact: Mrs. Patricia Little, Rideau Lakes Union Library Phone: 359-5315 QQ L QK 7 CARVETH NURSING HOME HISTORY Space does not permit a detailed history of the home, but area residents will recall it was the Netcalfe Hotel. Mr. E. Prohaska bought it as a hotel, but it had been vacant for several years. Our lasting recollection of the hotel at that time, was that the walls were covered with half an inch of coal soot from the old iron furnace. How we washed, scrubbed and painted for three months! We opened in September, 1965, with twenty-eight patients from Kingston, presumably requiring less nursing care than an "Extended Care” resident. It was a real experience for us and the village. Since that time, expansions and renovations have never ceased as now we have forty-nine reéi- dents . It has always been our regret that we could not adequateâ€" ly provide the needed beds for area residents. Many wonder where the name "Carveth" originated. The home was called the "Rideau House" originally, in keeping with the waterway. On incorporation, we were legally prevented from using this name, therefore another had to be found. An unknown cousin appeared on the scene, with my mother's genealogy, dating back to the year 1612, in the small village of Carveth, Cornwall, South West England. In studying this long line of predescendants, it was interest- ing to observe that most were in the public service of some kind or another. One of my aunts was one of the first women doctors in Canada. Therefore, we thought it appro- priate to name the home after my mother, Edith Carveth. We are looking forward to the expansion of Carveth, and to the continuing of the best nurs- ing care possible. Kingsley Gibson EUCHRE GAMES will be held on Sunday, Feb. 13 at 8pm in the Community Room of the Elgin Fire- hall. Admission 75¢ per person. Prizes will be given and refresh- ments will be served. Sponsored “the month lands Eastern by the Elgin 8?d Phillipsville Catholic Women s League.