I —————= 1951 May 18, 1851 Pillar To Post Of course you have been saving things all year for the Library Auc- tion, things that will bring a good price on the block, things some- body else will be glad to buy and use, things you no longer neéd but with years of good wear in them. Maybe some of the new folks who have recently moved to the Back Mountain don’t know about the Library. The library is a community affair. Very few libraries are sup- ported entirely by an interested community without direct aid from the tax-payer. Our library is unusually well stocked. It sends books around to the public schools in the Back Mountain. It has a thriving book cub whose members pay dues enough each year to finance abook apiece. These books are kept for a reasonable length of time for ex- clusive use of book club members, then placed on the shelves for reg- ular circulation. This assures a constant stream of the latest books for general circulation, and these books do not come out of funds realized from the annual auction. But children’s books are in con- stant need of replacement; the li- brary has a paid staff as well as occasional volunteer help, it needs heat in the winter, grass-cutting in the summer, repairs all the year round. And recently the library has pur- chased another building next door to it, and is remodeling it for expan- sion and much needed space. All of this costs money. It is the Library Auction that furnishes the money. You’ll have more fun, when you come to the Auction, if you have contributed something. Seeing your own gift on the auction block is like seeing your first-grader mount- ing the platform for his first public appearance. June 8, 1951 This year’s Library Auction will have as special attractions a rose- wood melodeon in perfect working condition, and a small sized corner cupboard for dishes. LL LL Don’t Let Those Barking Dogs Bite Into Your Fun A folding camp chair will take the weight off your feet at the Back Mountain Library Auction next Friday and Saturday. You will want to spend the eve- ning as well as the day, and that folding chair is worth its weight in gold before midnight. July 13, 1951 Perfect Weather Prevails For Fifth Annual Auction The only thing that was lacking to make the announced goal of ten thousand dollars an actuality, was the time. There was enough mer- chandise, both old and new, antique and modern, but not enough time to get it over the block. Some lesser antiques were marked and placed on the trestle table for direct sale Monday night. 20th ANNUAL Back Mountain Library AUCTION!!! AT FERNBROOK DALLAS, PA. We wish you continued SUCCESS Andrew F. Roan, Inc. Memorial Highway July 20, 1951 Safety Valve A new project was launched suc- cessfully. The Book Stall cameinto being and is destined to be an im- portant factor in the future of the Auction and the Library. We accumulated about five thou- sand books. From these three hun- dred and fifty were selected to go on Library shelves. They had an actual cash value of $350. Incidentally, if you give us credit for that—there is your $10,000 goal nearly reached. Then we cleared $317.45. Of more value than the books and the cash is the service the Book Stall is destined to give to the community and to the Libr- ary. Ruth A. LeGrand 1952 July 11, 1952 Biggest Auction Opens Thursday Pillar To Post Gus DeRemer’s horse will be on hand for rides for the children. And there’ll be plenty of things for them to guy. Joe Peterson hasbeen rounding up comic books as his special project Every time he brings in a collection he sits down and starts to catch up on his litera- ture. July 18, 1952 Off to a slowstart Thursday night because ofthreatening weather, and definitely in competition with the Republican Natinal Convention Friday afternoon and evening, the Sixth Annual Library Auction crashed through to a spectacular ending Monday night establishing a record gross of more than $10,- 300. July 25, 1952 Barnyard Notes “Confidentially, brother, I'm glad this Auctionis over foranother year” someone whispered to me out of the shadows as I went down to close the chicken coop Saturday night. Looking back over my shoulder I saw the speaker. It was the Barn. Settling back on his haunches he was shivering as though a chill were running up and down his frame. “I’ve got a splitting head- ache,” he confined, “and I’m as gaunt as though I'd been on a bender for a month. My sides ache. My timbers are sore. I'm jittery and wobbly.” “I'm all bound around with bunt- ing and pennants and my mouth tastes as though Napoleon’s army had marched through. Wherehave I been?” I straightened him out on that. “No,” says I, “You’ve just gone through the Sixth Library Auc- tion.” Then he began to regain his equilibrium. “So it wasn’t Napoleon’s Army after all. It was that guy Berti and Floyd Harris. I remember.” I suggested a bag of lime or a sack of cement might settle his stomach and he seemed pleased with my solicitude. ‘And the Dodge and the Plymouth,” he added, ‘I think Icouldhandlethem. But Lord deliver me, Icouldn’t digestanother chair or marbletoptablefora year. Shiver my shingles if I know whether I can ever take another Li- brary Auction.” HALL'S PHARMACY wishes continued SUCCESS to the AUCTION on ils 20th YEAR Shavertown Highway Intersection Registered Pharmacists on Duty at All Times J. J. Fedock—E. W. Hall—L. J. Elliott Open Daily and Sunday 8 A.M. to 10 P.M.
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