Volume 7 , Issue 50

Alva Library...

"Read the article in the Courier (Alva Review-courier - dated 12/11/2005, written by Helen Barrett) about the Alva Library (celebrating it's century of service) and it jogged loose a memory of my mother. She was an avid reader and made good use of the library when it was on the third floor of City Hall.

One day she showed me one of her prize possessions. It was a library card from the Alva Library completely stamped with check out dates front and back. The one reason I remember the library on the third floor is it was over the fire station and one time I got to slide down the fire pole, whee doggies!

Just seeing that card and sensing the deep pride she had in her accomplishment placed in me a desire to one day have my own filled in card.

I got my chance in 1944 when I visited my grandmother in South Pasadena, California. I participated in the summer reading program of the local library where military rank was given for the number of books read. I am sending a scan of my report card where I achieved the rank of Four Star General." -- Bill   |  View or Add Comments (0 Comments)   |   Receive updates ( subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

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