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DMcDChris is correct. Here are a couple of links to substantiate it. The ticket was "Wead Library"-thought it was "Mead" first (of which there are dozens)-but only one "Wead", in Malone.
http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ny/franklin/history/1918/malone3.txt
(mentions Wead Library and Deaf Institute)
http://www.hugbugs.com/smalltown.htm
(pictures of town including the Memorial Park)
There's a Franklin Academy school there. Maybe that's worth looking at.
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