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VOL>75 — NO. 19
THURSDAY, MAY 14, 1964
The Historie Risley Bare —
Photo by Kozemchak
— tome of the Library rbuction.
Looks deserted?
Just wait until July 9, 10 and 11, when the Library Auction will
be going full blast!
"Young men will be pounding in and out of the wide open doors,
bringing more used furniture to the auction block, swinging chairs
and tables down from the hay loft, stopping to snatch an ice-cold
coke, and up and at it again.
And the doors will be open to receive goods, almost any time
now. A number of articles havealready been received. By the middle
of June, trucks will be delivering things for the BIG SALE every
day, and the second and third floors will be loaded.
The stalls for Antiques and New Goods will be unlocked, and the
wheels of the Auction will begin to turn.
The bare space in front of the Barn will be bare no longer. Car-
penters will erect the block, the Grounds Committee will haul out the
framework and the canvas for the tents, and the whole yearly pag-
eant will commence. ;
This is the eighteenth year for the annual Auction for support of
the Back Mountain Memorial Library.
Some of the people who were the mainstay of the Auction are no
longer here to give their aid and encouragement. Howard Risley is
gone. Without Howard, there could never have been an Auction.
Harry Ohlman, the first of the auctioneers . .. Dr. Sherman
Schooley, the man who was always roped into buying back that
motheaten racoon coat... Paul Warriner, the first president of the
Library Association . .. Judge Harold Flannery, who could sell a
stuffed pheasant for two cents to a small boy, or “take” an old
friend for a $200 silver punch bowl with equal grace.
The Library Auction is bigger than any one person or any one
group. It goes on and on, year after year, gathering momentum.
The tempo has increased since that first rainy Saturday when
neighbors gathered under dripping umbrellas to bid in an ironstone
pitcher for ten cents, or a wooden tub for fifty.
The leisurely atmosphere of the first auctions has given way to
intense activity. This is inevitable, as expenses increase year by
year, and more and more money must be raised to balance the
budget and provide for future added services to the community.
Many staunch supporters of the Auction who worked their fingers
to the bone eighteen years ago, are now content to take it a little
easier, letting some of the younger folks carry much of the burden.
But a goodly percentage are still going strong.
And NOBODY would miss a Library Auction.
It is the high spot of the year.
See you at the Auction!
The Dallas Post