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E I)It YM ANYNETT. VVC U S S E D It Y S O M ER E A I) It Y E V E R Y It O I) YWire coat hangers make g od crow hunting decoys. Take the crows you shoot and insert them in the hangers. Thenhang the hangers on tree limbs near your blind*f l-fJ i*—*‘ - ■*«“» iCOUNTY. TEXAS (76354) THURSDAY, MARCH 30, 1967-ij»aNUMBERNMMtiMill• “-t * »lt; - .«»— v..s.—❖ ❖ *Public Invited To DedicationNew Burkburnett Public LibrarySundayJApril 2ndP.MhnIt.at9.tetsra-n*r“Not only is everyone invited to attend because the librarybelongs to the people of thiscommunity, but because almostevery resident of the Burk bur-nett community has contributed Vs in some measure to the success of the project,” said Mayor C J. Lippard in issuing the invi tation through the Star.“The City Council would have liked to send invitations to everyone who contributed oftheir time and their money, their enthusiasm or their efforts, but since that would have included practically the entire community, we decided to issue the invitation through thepaper,” he continued.State Representative VernonStewart will give the dedicatory address, following a welcome by the Mayor and introductory remarks by Claude Adams,chairman of the Library Board.The invocation will be by Rev. j Lamoni Champ and the benediction by Rev. Don Youngblood .11k-s.nh-t-e11eB.oit1Council Their joint endeavors produced the library.The library was designed and built to house 20,000 volumes,the recommended number fora city of this size The 4.000which it now contains represent the individual donations of citizens of the community, ranging from $1 to $1,000, and the donations of businessfirms and organizations, both local and non-resident.Co-operative effort went into processing the books for shelving. as teams of women spent many hours pasting in book pockets and stamping the books. Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts gave up Saturday mornings to help unpack books and place them where needed City employees and sevral retired businessmen gave hours of their time transporting books, eitherfrom homes of donors or from the temporary library workroom.eisitt-r.rsilligsthitThe empty spaces on the shelves represent both an op-Following the dedication the i Portun‘ty and a challenge, an Friends of the Burkburnett Li opportunity for those who wish brary will be hosts at an open continue their financial sup house, with refreshments being j |,or^ the library, and a chal-served m the courtyard. The library buildingenge to those responsible for selecting the books most needed by the patrons of the librarywhich, i7irvdi,,r ,hef Bwurjrbujine‘fo7 YtfrkbXu'ta1Mf SKS *7,000, A* ™tafKenor 1i d' undj rri'tiivml J ‘*mpari«n carried on in OctoLran thrnuJh (he Tv, Mate ber’ when volunteer workersfihrirv : went from door to door pre-rr , . r .1 *i -l senting residents with an op-I J!‘TVer' I11 h portumty to contribute to thevisitor approaches the library I {■ ■ Jite, Sunday afternoon, he will I be reminded of the community!fThe courtyard at the rear of the building was landscapedthrough the efforts of the gatden clubs and other organiza-of the act'*2itions and mu/va;co operation which made the li brary possible.The building rests o.i two city lotsJ one ot which **-■• . ■gilt ot Mr. and Mrs’ ”w“ I PIa.ntinS was done by garden•tinier. The building was de' • dub members. Girl Scouts, Boysigned by the firm of Caffee and ! ,ou.ts aMd townies rooted ivyBellamy. Charles Caffee is a f,an s for tff°und c(vcr The native* son, having boeri tfradu i rocks which dominateated from the Burkburnett J, 1?/?dJ£flIP.111?werlt; #ift fr,in*school. 1 1c 111 Willis farm, one of theAs the visitor enters the: ^°rK*er farms of the county.building, he will notice the largefloor areas of greenery, planted by mmbers of the Council ofGarden Clubs.On a smalloplaque onthe rear wall of the library, thevisitor will find these words,Initiated by the BurkburnettCouncil of Federated StudyClubs.”The brief sentence summarizes two years of concentrated and consecrated work by the C1P committee of the Council of Federated Study Clubs, by member study clubs and by the 4ti Burkburnett clubs and organizations which were mem-!Cooper HD Club Has Program On ‘Lines For DressMembers of the Cooper Home Demonstration Club heard a program on “Linesfor Dress”, by Mrs. W. P. Rog ers. Mrs Rogers stressed the optical illusion created by lineshers of the Community Service SL00!!?1L?m diYis,J I ion of space. She illustrated
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Burkburnett Star
Burkburnett, Texas, US
Thu, Mar 30, 1967
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