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Neel Transfer and Storage was awarded contract by the Howard County Commissioners Court on Monday to pack and store the more than 12,000 books in the Howard County Library pending their re moval to the new library on Scur ry early in June. Neel bid $105.30 to do the job. It was stated that the books will be placed in boxes—each shelf to be boxed separately and prop erly labelled. The storage, until time to move to the new library, will be in the northwest room of the present li brary. Other bids were submitted by Mitchell Van and Storage and Big Spring Bonded Warehouse—both submitted bids based on hourly rates for employer and equipment and Wooten Transfer Storage whose blanket bid was $545. The removal of the books and their storage is made necessary by the need to tear out all shelv ing in the present library in the courthouse for installation in the new library building. Carpenters are to move in on the heels of the packers and remove all shelves and furniture as rapidly as it is made ready. The library, in the meantime, closed down on Monday and will be closed for all of May. Mrs. Opal McDaniel, librarian, said that it was urgent all patrons who have books from the library at the present time return them at once. This is applicable she em phasized, regardless of the return date which may be stamped in the book. It is imperative, she said that all books be back in the hands of the library as quickly as possible. Contractors are remodelling the old Dora Roberts residence on Scurry to serve as the future per manent home of the library. It was planned to use all shelving and all furniture from the present library. Commissioners expressed regret that the shutdown of the library had to be at this particular pe riod before the close of the school term. Students made heavy use of its facilities. However, it was point ed out the contract the county made with the builder was such that when his work reached the proper point the removal of shelv ing had to be ordered. When the library is completed, the books will be hauled to the new location by Neel and placed back on shelves in the exact order in which they are being removed from their places today.
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Big Spring Daily Herald
Big Spring, Texas, US
Mon, Apr 28, 1958
Page 5
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James J.
