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Odessa Library Sees Record Circulation Growth This Summer
Ector County library activity continues year round with growing Odessa demand. The summer vacation reading contest drew 500 children under the slogan Wagon Wheels Westward while readers are urged to read 10 books to Hitch your wagon to a star. Miss Zelma Ray Henry oversees the program in Penwell Goldsmith and the Negro library as well. Velma Barrett announces circulation rose to 91 353 since January with 35 000 books catalogued.
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