Jacinto City Scrapbook, volume 1 (1958-1959)

NS Libraries Serve Community Needs The week of April 12-18 has been proclaimed National Li¬ brary Week and throughout the country an active campaign is being carried on to persuade more people to read. The theme Is “Wake Up and Read”. The Sentinel is bringing you information about the library ! facilities in the North Shore area and urges you to get acquainted with them. Channelview In the past few years it has been my pleasure to serve in our growing community as librarian. It has been a time of progress for our community too. During this time the facilities of the li¬ brary have been used by many organizations, Scouts, teachers, students and patrons for study, research, and pleasure. Jacinto City Library Has 1000th Borrower The Jacinto City Branch Li¬ brary which will not be a year ©Id until July has already reach¬ ed 1000 borrowers. Located next to the Recreation Building the library h#,s a collection of about 3600 books, which are changed from time to time and new | books brought from the central j Harris County Library. Last year in the first 6 months j It was open, the library circu- } lated 11,521 books, which is a j good record since die library is j open only 15 hours per week, j The library has books fob all i ages and groups and requests are | taken for books which are not I on the shelves. Merchants Feature National J Library Week .Jacinto City merchants are со- j operating withh the library in ; displaying posters and (books in their windows for National Li¬ brary Week, April 12-18. Loden’s Hardware Store is featuring “Do¬ it- Yourself5* books; Gibson’s has a poster proclaiming books as good CLEAN entertainment, Danburg’s posters follow the j theme of keeping in Style and ;; Step with good reading. Christ¬ mas Furniture has a display of i books with the caption “Books j Belong in the Home, Too.” The public is urged by the proclama- j tion of National Library Week j to “Wake Up and Read.” Library Is Service Project Girl Scout Troop 1319 of Ja¬ cinto City took the local library as their community service pro¬ ject when the Jacinto City Branch of the Harris County Li¬ brary opened last July: Two girls are assigned to help the librarian, Mrs. Dorothy Bowyer of 10613 Muscatine, each time the library is open. Duties in¬ clude the stamping of date-due cards, alphabetizing of book I cards, placing cards in returned ! books, shelving books, and keep¬ ing the library neat. Special pro¬ jects during the year included book sales, decorating the library Christmas tree, and the making of posters for Book Week in ; November and National Library I Week, April 12-18. Jacinto City Library Hours The Jacinto City Branch of the Harris County Library is lo¬ cated at 1026 Mercury in the park, right next to the Recrea¬ tion Bujlding. Winter Hoursi (until June 1) Monday — 6-9 p.m. j. Wednesday — 2-5 p.m. Friday — 2-5 p.m. and 6-9 p.m. ■■—Saturday — 9-12 a.m. __ A vote of Thanks to Mrs. Betty Deville for supplying the rooms in the Community Center for housing the library. The vision and the help of the Pilot Club members made our library a reality here for our community. Mrs. Mary P. Butler, head li¬ brarian for the County has had our best interests in mind and has helped me to supply the needed books for our students and teachers in their research and study. The library has grown in many ways. It is amazing to find that many of the adult pa¬ trons have found relaxation and pleasure, as well as the students. In view of National Library Week, it is with joy that at long last the fact that the library in a community plays a very im¬ portant part is being recognized universally. We have hopes of a better library in the future, and j as your librarian I will endeavor j to serve you, our patrons, to the I best of our facilities. During this very special week no fines will j be charged for books over-due, so now is your opportunity to | bring in that over-due book. Thelma Barnes, Channelview Branch j ■ Galena Park The Galena Park Branch of the Harris County Library open¬ ed its doors to Galena Park resi¬ dents in June 1948. 1 It was located in the Com- j munity Building, later moving to j its present location at 1702 Third. As the library grew the city of Galena Park, realizing the need ! for expansion of its library, did something about it. Renovations were made and an extra room was added. This was finished in pine paneling with shelves to match, which added much to the attractiveness of the library. The city pays part of the sal- ; ary of the librarian and at pres- ! ent are alloting money to buy books for the Galena Park Li- j brary. According to the librarian, Mrs. W. A. Becker the circula- j ti&n has more than tripled since the first year. The monthly ! circulation for February and March exceeded the three thous¬ and books to provide interesting j reading from the youngest reader j | to the adult. Mrs. Beeler extends to every- \ one a cordial invitation to visit the library during National Li- i brary Week, beginning April 12. | The hours are 1 to 5 on Monday, ! Wednesday, Thursday and Fri- | day and 4:60 to 8:00 on Tuesday. HShfL&SX. 5T: L. | J.C. Library 1 Year Old | As County Branch The Jacinto City liibraby cele¬ brates its first anniversary this week, with one year having pas¬ sed since its establishment as a branch of the Harris County Li¬ brary, with municipal coopera¬ tion, on July 2, 1958. Mrs. Dorothy Bower, city li¬ brarian, says that the library now has over 3,000 books for circula- ! tion. Workmen last Saturday i began construction of additional ! shelving in the building, which will enable more books to be ad¬ ded from the county library ! sources. Mrs. Bower says that . 1166 in¬ dividuals have borrower’s cards from the municipal library. ! The summer reading program for children, with the theme “Books are a Magic Carpet” to Adventure”, is now under way. The program, designed for chil- J dren from 6 to 13, encourages I children to read 15 books during j the summer. Older children are asked to read two books each from science, true-life adven¬ ture, fairy tales or wonder tales ! and stories from other lands, j plus seven books of their own choice. Those who have com¬ pleted the 15 books toy the end of the program on August 28 will have their names written inside j the three - D “Magic Castle” : posted on the library bulletin j board, as well as on an individual I card listing the names of the books read. All Harris County branch libraries are participating in the program. Twenty-five Jacinto City chil¬ dren are already enrolled in this “Magic Carpet” program. Mrs. James McDonald, 10528 Muscatine, will be substitute li¬ brarian at the City Litorary from June 8 to 19 while Mrs. Dorothy ! Bowyer, with her family, is on J vacation in South Carolina visit- ! ing her parents. 35 Children Complete Summer Reading Frog. Thirty five children eomplet- ed the “Magic Carpet” summer reading program through the Jacinto City library, City libra¬ rian Mrs. Dorothy Bowyer re¬ ported this week. Each child read fifteen books in different categories, in the program de¬ signed by the Harris County library. The group were guest* ef the library at a party on August 33. The Lahan Brothers of Huckle¬ berry Circle, (Houston, presented a magic show, and refreshments were served. Each child wfc* successfully completed the Ma¬ gic Carpet reading program re¬ ceived a certificate. /fsy “"'Mrs. Dorothy Bowyer, city li¬ brarian, reports that several best¬ seller books have been added to the shelves of the library. These include “Twixt Twelve and Twenty’», by Pat Boone; “Exo- ,dus” by Uris, and “Mine Enemy IGrows Qlder”^_byiKing. _ ^ An open house was held at the Jacinto- City Library, Mercury Drive, last Thurs¬ day evening, April 25, as a part of the observance of Na¬ tional Library Week, Among the guests attending were Ma¬ yor A. J, Holder, and Mrs. Edythe Tompson and Mrs.Ir- is Burnett, members of the Library Board. Susan Runnels won the tar¬ tan bookmark from Scotland for guessing the amount of j money in the pottery pig coin collector in the library. Her guess of $8.25 was Ц off tne correct amount.