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iiructea on tne property willed to city of Hammond by Mrs. Carriefiller in 1937. This lot, on the ler of Morris and Pine Streets, is feet by 150 feet and is located in sidential neighborhood just one :k from Hammond High301...ocated in a residential neighbor-i just one block from Hammond h School?o, this is not a typo. This is an ;rpt from an old, brittle newspa-article dated April 29, 1955. early 40 years later, the parish ary’s Hammond branch and the ler Memorial Library are nmed in this building—a situa-that has proven most uncomfort-Ieveral members of the Miller norial Library Board and Friends he Miller Library, gearing up to t from the parish system, have licly questioned the amount of ish money that comes to the nmond branch. They feel a new ding could be built if the parish em provided more money, s Hammond councilman Edwin ouse said at a parish library board iting in July, “The general feel is the (Hammond) library is not ting their fair share of the ley.”leanwhile, the conflict between Hammond branch and the parish rary headquarters continues— ted words are spoken, and feel-s are hurt. Some of the Hammond nch supporters say the system has ated them out of their fair share he funds they put into the system, ish library officials say they try to ommodate all branches, including •nmond, on limited funds.lut the factions do aizree on some-by the BookA look at Tangipahoa Parish librariesthird in a seriesSystem are negotiating a rent amount for the Miller Memorial library building—a building that city officials say has been provided rent-freefor more than 30 years.Darouse said he wants to take the rent payments and place them in a dedicated fund to be used to construct a new library building on the old Annie Eastman School site.During the years, documents and old letters have shown that while Hammond’s problems and inadequacy have continued, the parish system has recognized Hammond branch’s problems and has tried to find compromises to the situations.A recent example occurred in February of this year. The parish library sought $300,000 through a state grant to construct a new building. However, as stated in a letter from the Miller Memorial Library Board, after the Miller Board researched the requiements to obtain the grant, it was decided “it would not be in the best interest of Hammond’s future library plans to pursue these funds.’’The requirement that the Miller Board found “prohibitory” was the statement that the pansh library sys-t.«m ihaiiIH U'Hia Kioo full 11 11 rtf
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Hammond Daily Star
Hammond, Louisiana, US
Mon, Aug 30, 1993
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