By JOYCE MOLLER |

: When Ruch Stott retires on.
~ May. ; 31. as head: of" Wes

‘she: leaves a. legacy. of fine |
“book ‘collection, - ‘a harmon-
fous _ staff, ~ beautiful new _
“ building: and. much: ‘goodwill
-with the public. May 17. has
been. set: ‘aside: ‘as Ruth Stott
Staff and °

‘‘good-bye |
” to. a ‘warm -

“cot muity. cae

Her - main. concern. with
7 ‘leaving 1 the library is. that the

“new-head, Don Mills, will get.

- the financial support needed"
to continue | building . the ©
collection. and a. staff to”
operated it successfully. ~ we

: op m. happy “about :
_“replacement,’”. “she “said.
*Mr. Mills has a great future »

ahead. of him? The ground: © |

-work has. been iaid.. in. the.
“Jast’ five “years the book’.

collection. has’ been - _thor-.

-- oughly weeded and built-up.
“In another. year it will” | be.
_ excellent.’ a.

Stott ‘said - she. can’t
remember. a time withcut—
-pooks: - Before she started —
school she ‘could reac. At
home she wac tzught to
_ Speak correctly. (not. skoo-el,

“Sion .

Stott’s pe eer

“nish: father married late in

‘ life, after travelling around
the Horn in the lest of the
- Wind Jammers and serving .
in. the Boer War and First —
World ‘War.

_ the needy.

“Stott,

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; Her. mother, ‘English’ with».
‘a dash: of Scotch, was loving -
‘but inflexible when Ruth was

period..‘‘I wasn’t French and.

Irish for. nothing,’ ‘she: said. :

.

Two cousins’ were raised

-by her mother. li was a warm —
family with plenty of loving
limits that shaped: ‘Stott’ Ss.

Philosophy of life.” : . a
 [N-health, : from’ ther late

in her teens: It-was rebellious | -

ing: . administrator
~ Musto ‘retired ‘early, John

- Martin’s deputy | ‘and finally
“head of the library: _Work _“‘She ™ re
‘was. her ‘salvation during ©: tron

. difficult times in her personal oS ae _
__jife. ‘‘Especially. when — you .

‘are doing what. -you™ love,”
she added. ‘‘l’m grateful to-~

In 1957 ‘Stott was trans- —
“ferred tc West Vancouver ~

: worked with dedicated: “high
_ calibre . wee - and to the public.” a
where she became Elizabeth —
-Musto’s assistant, then act-— f
Z when | member who is convener.of |
. Ruth Stott: Day on May..17,. 9...
had. this. to. say. about | her: fe.

‘to show. how they fs feel about z _ ;

Mrs. Leslie. Alm, - “board fo

” Now her : publid will be: ‘able. t

made her value the study of
nutrition and the help of a

_ eventual interest in: ‘vegetar-

accept meat in ‘her diet.

+: .marred ... Stott’s:
“through. it ‘she. became ‘ ‘good.

‘my.

“was a-help at that-time, as.
“was the: ‘beauty: ‘and strength
ofthe Old: Testament Psalms
mee and Proverbs: During: those
_years | she. discovered ‘the’
“source of strength beyond

“first:job at VancouverPubi
». Skool, her ‘mother chided), ©
good manners and compas: Branch in 1942:

“ mystery has-a ‘way of taking

wo your

During the.
depression his concern for.
others was recalled,.a help- St

ing hand was always given a :
‘marvelous. relationship wath

AS HER ‘MANY FRIENDS. will ‘yemember her....Ruth:
retiring administrator of West - ‘Vancouver
Memorial Library, where she has worked for 21 years, |
Before that she spent 15 years with the Vancouver Public’
Library [John Kendrick photo].

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1395 ‘Marine Dr., Wost Van. ,

7 her. eR Be

the people I’ve known and
_teens until her early thirties - OER ee ane gE

naturopath, ‘and fostered an

ianism. “Her: ‘passionate Jove
of: animals. would: not:let'h

Personal. tragedy has also.
life, but:

friends’”. with | herself and.
discovered ants a

“Man’ 's: io. Ms for. ‘Himself’, aa

herself. °

-Who-done- it’s 2) were pe - / | | ae: . a oe os J ro { ne es co et
enjoyed on. the bu: doe ae ere ee . — a .

Library’s Main and Hastings:
“A “good:

mind — off yourself,”
‘Sivii Silied, ;

Her 1 next. ¢ library \ ‘was in a.
windowless basement... old a
Gordoii. House. The light and:
- warmth. was. generated from
within’ and | “she™ was ‘the,

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