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May 2017
Shelby Area District Library
LIBRARY LINGO What’s happening at your library...
The Library will
feature a display
honoring Shelby High
School seniors in May.
Decision Day will take
place in early May for
local seniors. The
display will show each
senior’s plan for the
future. In conjunction
with this display,
check out what your
librarians did after
high school! We will
have our stories in the
glass display case in
the hallway.
SUMMER READING PROGRAM
The Library will host reading programs for all ages this
summer with reading bingo or reading grid sheets. These will
be available at the circulation desk and on our website
(www.shelbylibrary.org) beginning June 1.
PRESCHOOL STORYTIME ON HIATUS
Preschool storytime will resume in September.
FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY PLANT & GARDEN SALE
The Friends will host their annual sale on Saturday June 3 at
9am. Arriving early is recommended as it’s “first come first
serve & while supplies last!” The Friends are asking for your
plant and garden item donations to make this sale a success.
Garden items may be dropped off to the library the week of the
sale and plants can be dropped off the day before. Thank you!
NEW ONLINE CATALOG
NEW MEMBERS ALWAYS WELCOME!
The Friends of the Library are looking for new members! This
group is an important support system for the library. The
Friends meet the FIRST THURSDAY OF EACH MONTH at
5pm in the library’s meeting room. No membership fee!
THE LIBRARY WILL BE CLOSED ON MONDAY MAY 29
Meet our new online catalog! This is
available for use at the circulation desk.
Stop by to try it out—we will be glad to
assist you in navigating it! Our desktop
version of the catalog will be available
until June 1st.
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The Book Tasting
Book Club will meet
on Saturday May 13th
at 10:15am to discuss
the book The Two-
Family House by
Lynda Cohen
Loigman. Questions
can be directed to
Kelsey at 861-4565.
We wish Laurie Fulljames a Happy Retirement!
Laurie was Branch Coordinator for the Rothbury Branch
Library for 18 years, then moved to the
main branch to work for 6 years at the
circulation desk. “I will miss working with
the wonderful staff and meeting all the
various people that come to the library for
services. I loved all of it!”—Laurie
MEET OUR VOLUNTEER
We have an awesome volunteer
we’d like to introduce! Brenen
has been working at the library
for about a year. He straightens
books, creates book displays, gets
the monthly newsletter ready for
mailing, and takes inventory of
programming supplies. Here is a
little more about Brenen...
HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN VISITING THE LIBRARY?
I’ve visited the library for quite awhile, when I needed something to
do. I began volunteering about one year ago.
WHAT ARE SOME OF YOUR FAVORITE BOOKS OR AUTHORS?
Ranger’s Apprentice series written by John Flanagan is one of my
favorites. I also like books written by J.R.R. Tolkien.
WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE JOB AT THE LIBRARY?
I enjoy helping find and sort books at the library. I enjoy doing extra
projects like sending out the newsletters.
WHAT BOOK WOULD YOU RECOMMEND TO OUR READERS?
I feel all of the books are good books, but I highly recommend Calvin
and Hobbes by Bill Watterson.
Thanks to a donation
from the Shelby
Optimist Club, the
Library was able to
purchase the
following sets of
books published by
World Book:
America’s Presidents
Famous Myths & Legends
of the World
Enigmas of History (sets
1&2)
Natural Marvels
Endangered Animals of
the World
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LIBRARY
CALENDAR
THURSDAY MAY 4
PINTEREST CLUB
6PM “CANDY
MAKING WITH
QUINN”
(REGISTRATION
REQUIRED)
THURSDAY MAY 11
FRIENDS OF THE
LIBRARY MEETING
5PM
SATURDAY MAY 13
BOOK CLUB 10:15AM
MOMMY & ME
CANVAS CLASS 4PM
(REGISTRATION
REQUIRED)
TUESDAY MAY 23
LIBRARY BOARD
MEETING 5PM
MONDAY MAY 29
LIBRARY CLOSED
Canvas Painting
“Mommy and Me Class”—for
moms and kids ages 8+
Saturday May 13 at 4pm
$4.00 fee to cover canvases
“I found this while looking through past Friends of the Shelby Area District
Library newsletters. Thanks Steve and Nan—the trip down memory lane was
great fun!” —Tiffany
PAUL AND KATE (ANNA KATHERINE) LOUND
LIBRARY ENDOWMENT CHALLENGE
The children of Paul and Kate (Anna Katherine) Lound are making a challenge to patrons of the Shelby
Library to raise funds for the library's endowment fund. The family will provide a dollar-for-dollar match up to
$5000 of donations made to the library's endowment fund between now and 8/31/17.
Mr. & Mrs. Lound, who raised 11 children on a farm east of Shelby in the Blooming Valley school district,
are being honored because of their lifelong habit of reading that they passed on to their children. Growing up in the
1940s, '50s and '60s, the Lound kids made use of a wide range of books that could be borrowed for 2 weeks from the
Shelby Library as well as libraries at Blooming Valley grade school and Shelby High School.
Times have changed since the Shelby Library, created in 1907, was located on Shelby's main street above the
“Engine House” what is now about where the Shelby Bakery is located. Mrs. W. E. Adams was the 1st librarian.
Karen Lound Henderson recalls the old library: “In our younger years we didn't do all the things kids do today and
going to the library was something I looked forward to. Going with dad was a good memory. Climbing those stairs to
the (original) library, having to be really quiet and looking through the shelves of books for Nancy Drew mysteries
and all of those "Old Mother West Wind" books was a real treat. We used to get magazines like "Saturday Evening
Post" and "Good Housekeeping" for mom. I don’t remember going to the library with mom. We only went to the
library from fall to spring as I remember. It was such a warm and cozy feeling to spend those winter nights with mom
and dad as a family reading and eating popcorn and drinking cider or having homemade fudge. I still love to read and
thank mom and dad for blessing us with that gift. I wouldn't trade those memories for anything in the world.”
In 1954, the library was moved to its current location on Maple Street in a new building, all on one level,
shared at that time with the Shelby Village Hall. With local support, the current building has been expanded 3 times
since then. Mrs. Florence Wade Pinkerton (John Wade’s aunt) was a librarian beginning in 1955 along with Mrs.
Elsie Van Sickle, head librarian. The main room of the new library was in the space where the restrooms and the
books on CDs are currently located.
Although they lived out in the country and had only 1 car, Mr. & Mrs. Lound made sure that their children got
to the library regularly. As Joan Lound remembers it: “At one point, a trip to the library coincided with Dad's
bi-weekly appointment to get his hair cut at Cecil Cheever's barber shop around the corner from the library. A kid
could check out armloads of books or get lost for an hour or two reading in the peace and quiet that was presided over
by Mrs. Van Sickle and Mrs. Pinkerton. The library was a place to explore. I can still remember checking out a
small book with a bright red cover, a Spanish-English dictionary from the children’s section that I thought I could use
to learn Spanish. For me, it worked ‘muy poco’. I was a lot more successful when I took Mrs. Birdsall’s High
School Spanish class.”
Picture on left: the extended
Lound family photo from the
100 year farm centennial in
August —including over 100
people.
Picture on bottom right (next
page): picture of the
remaining siblings
—contributed photos
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Today there are signs reminding library patrons to respect others by talking quietly but in those days the
librarians somehow managed it without signs -- maybe people just had a greater appreciation of the peaceful
and quiet space that the library provided. At one time, the library was open until 9:00 p.m. some nights and until
5:00 on Saturdays. Later, Sally Hansen Diepen was hired to work on Friday nights so that Mrs. Van Sickle could
watch her son, Jim, play football and on Tuesday nights so she could watch him play basketball.
Times have changed and the library has changed too. Books on CDs, e-books and DVDs and works by
local authors have a room of their own in what takes up a large part of the original library space. In addition to
public access computers and internet, the library staff offer sessions to help users learn how to download e-books,
use their tablets, phones and laptops. History buffs can browse or do research in a room dedicated to local
archives. Patrons of the Shelby Library can apply for guest membership at area libraries and with MelCat, the
librarians can borrow books for you from other libraries across the state. Programs for kids and classes in painting
and other arts and crafts are offered to the community.
Some things don't change: Mr. & Mrs. Lound's reading habits have been passed down to the 5th
generation, hopefully with no end in sight. A few years ago, Logan, aged 5 or so was very proud when the
librarians helped him apply for his first library card; at 13 he is an avid reader. At least one of that later generation,
3-year old Zach, has already become a library groupie, having attended story hour at 3 different libraries. And, to
highlight the importance of reading to very young children, including babies, the Community Foundation for
Oceana County recently coordinated the launch of the county-wide effort called "RERO" (Read Early, Read Often)
to collect children's books and get them into the hands of families of pre-schoolers to encourage reading to young
children so that they will be better prepared to read when they enter school. Even before RERO, some may
remember Connie Morse Near, an avid reader and passionate librarian, at an SHS homecoming parade handing out
children's books when others were handing out candy. She made a special effort to collect those books at yard
sales and places where books were recycled.
Who knows the future of the public library when e-books, bookstores and amazon.com become dinosaurs
and as wi-fi access becomes faster and more available to rural areas? Many libraries were funded by local residents
with support from the Carnegie Foundation as well as federal grants and state allocations. In the same spirit of
those who founded and funded the original Shelby Library in 1907, the purpose of the Lound Library Challenge is
to assure that what we now call books, magazines, newspapers and other information sources will be available in
whatever form, even in small rural places.
Those interested in participating in the challenge can do so by contacting Library Director Tiffany Haight at
231-861-4565 or [email protected]. Donations towards the match can also be made online at
www.oceana-foundation.org.
The children of Paul & Kate Lound:
Paul Lound, Jr.
Donald Lound
Mary Ann Lound Mead
Karen Lound Henderson
Richard Lound
Jeanne Lound Schaller
Joan Lound
Cris Lound Wyns
Catherine Anna Lound
Sharon Lound
Martin Lound
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BECOME A FRIEND OF THE LIBRARY
You can become a Friend by making an annual donation, volunteering for one of the
Friends’ projects, or helping to improve the library in any way. Annual donations
are used to support programs, purchase materials, and promote interest in reading
and learning.
Name:___________________________________
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Phone:___________________________________
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Newsletters are sent free via e-email. If you would like to receive the newsletter via regular
postal mail, please let us know so we can accommodate your request.
Please make checks payable to Friends of SADL and send to:
Shelby Area District Library/Friends * 189 Maple Street * Shelby, MI 49455
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Shelby Area District Library
189 Maple Street
Shelby, MI 49455
Phone: 231-861-4565
Fax: 231-861-6868
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.shelbylibrary.org