A Collection of Articles and Photographs Chronicling the Burgettstown Community Library

Burgettstown Community Library

A Collection of Articles and Photographs

Fort Vance Historical Society Shelve-Less Library Poses Problem For Junior Club' Sponsors

"Open House" at the new· home for the Burgettstown Library . in ·he Munay School building has f) een temporairily delayed because of lack of shelving material. The ·~wo rootr..s made available by the ; choo~ board for the Library now being m oved from the Culley ·milding on Railroad street, have been cheerfully renovated with a liberal sprinkling olf paint and :Japer and on Sunday a commit ee of civic minded citizens laid new linoleum on · the flooa·. The ":Jooks are packed in boxes and ready to be 'hauled from tr.,e old· quarters as scon as ::naterial for the shelving has been secured by •the Junior Woman's clup." .An aouncement of "open house" dates will be pubiished C'n Oct. 3, in .he meantime book borrowers are requested to h old- the books and :·eit:l.:n them promptly when t..l-Je ne:y quarters are opened.

Shelve-Less Library Poses Problem for Junior Club Sponsors Burl!ettstown Enternrise-Sentemher 26. 1946 Enternrise Shelve-Less Library Poses Problem For Junior C lub' Sponsors

"Open House" at the new· home for the BurgettstO\\·n Library . in ·he Murr-ay School building has ':>een tempora.rily delayed because of lack of shelving material. The ·':wo roon:s made available by the >chool board for the Library now being moved from the Culley )Ui1ding on Railroad street, have been cheerfully renovated with a liberal sprinkJing olf paint and 'Japer and on Sunday a commit ee of civic minded citizens laid new· linoleum on · the floc[·. The ·Jocks are packed in b oxes and 1·eady to be ·'hauled from tl>e -old· quarters as soon as material for !he she·lving has been secured by •the Junior Wom an's clup." .An :louncement of "op en house" dates will be publish ed e>n Oct. 3, in .he meantime book bonowers are L·equ ested to h old- the books and c·ett:I .II1 them prom ptly when the uew quarters ar.e ~opened.

Shelve-Less Library Poses Problem for Junior Club Sponsors Burgettstown Enterprise-September 2 6, 1946 Enterprise BURGETTSTOWN BOROUGH

ORDINANCE NO. 127 ProvidJng for appropriation of cer· tain sum of money for aiding in mabtenanoe of a free public library in the Borowg~h of Burgettstc>v..-n. The Town Cou,ncil of the Borough of Burgettstown, in the County of Wa~.hi ngton, Pennsylvani-a:, does OR DAIN: Section 1. That there shall be ap J,cooriated from the general Borough tundb t::Jonthly, beginning the mon th! of F ebruary, 1935, the sum of $10.00 , t o the J unior Women's Club of Bur gettstown, for the purpose of aidin;; lin t he maintenance of a free public libraTy in said Borough of Burgetts· town. OllDAINED AND ENACTED into an Ordinance this 4th day of Feb-· ruary, 1935. · D. C. DOWDEN, President of Council Attest: W . J. WHALEN, JR. Se cretary EXAMINED AND APPROVED by m-e this 4th day of F ebrua ry, 1935. J. A. McKENZIE, Burgess.

Burgettstown Borough Ordinance No. 12 7 Aid in Maintenance of Free Public Library Burgettstown Enterprise-February 6, 1935 Edition "When will you move into the new library?" is a ' frequen~ quest ion since the.little red brick build . - ing on Kerr Street appears al But a third bill--that for the most ready for occupation. . shelving which -costs like fury in "It won't be long now,". is the this day of expensive lum'ber a response from those-.in touch· with mounts to $623.32. the LibTary's activities. · 'l'he library board has not gone beyond its ability to pay:-rt s till A peek through the new library has some security, but that se windows will reveal final con curity lies in its operating expense struction taking. place -- stack accO'Ul1t, not in the 1building fund. building, .or shelf building. what' If the library ·is to -continue 'in beautiful shelvmg it will be! And operation t his fund of a mere $740. in what a delightful :room! 77 should no t be touched. 'What ev ery library board m em The two-toi:lf green tiles of the ber wishes w'ith all his h~art . is floor peep through the litter of that from some sources another carpenter's shavings. The smooth thousand dollars can be secured to light colored mahogany wall meet the costs of -construction. board gleams satin-like in the sun Then the fund for current expen shine. The b ig electric fixtures · ses 'VITill not be tapped. dangling from the ·ceiling promise T'he co,mmunity -and . its friends have. been marvelously ,generous. to throw the whole room in a flood What seemed an impossibility four· of light at nightfall. years ago has become a Tea:lity. Here and there one catchei a The library has been ibuilt. In a glimpse of interesting corners few days it will be used by the where a cupboard qoor can swing people of tpe Burgettstown Com open to reveal space for library munity. Hundreds of young peo equipment; where a bulletin board ple and older folks ·will ~o in and out its door seeking enligh.ten:m.ent. i s backing for ·an outside show refreshment for the mind, enter window; where a door :will lead to . tainment. From it, will issue ibooks· a tiny lavatory. and books and books· full of infor The new library should be fin -mation and insptt-ation. The li ished this month! brary will continue to ·become, as ilt has already, one of the gpeater ' "At what cost has all this been assets of the cornm.Un.ity, or, as accomplished?" is the ·next guery. Roger BaJ::>son calls it a pJ.ace"to Has the Burgettstown Community recharge your m·ental batteries." Library, which promises to be one The Burgettstown Community of the most attractive in the coun- Library Boai·d wants ~very cent of ty, been paid for? . th.alt -assest paid for They a•re sure that you do too: The answer: The Library Board HO'W about it, folks? You've has so. far spent $5080.92, a re done well. Can you do just a li~e _markable small sum for so fine a · better? ·Let the door.of the library pie_ce of construction. open this .month to a building that Two bills yet unpaid are esti- I is truly :pai-d for! Mail your don mated at appr<>x.imately $200 and ation to M:rs. Dol.'IOthy :MoE~ney, $230 respecti

Library to Enter New Building Soon; Needs Additional Funds for Operation Burgettstown Enterprise-May 3, 1956 Edition ~ Book Depicting History Of American · Legion Presented To Local Libraries

Nine copies of the book, · John Grecco, supervising "The American L e g i on principal of Burgettstown Story," have been distri Area schools, accepts copy buted for the local read of the book, "The Ameri ing public, it was announc can Legion Story," from ed today by Jerry Stif~ler, George Connelly, chairman Commander of the Bur- of the Americanism Com ' gettstown American mittee of Burgettstown Legion Post 698. Post 698. The books were pur chased by the local post. Six were presented to the 'Union high school library, and three were given to the Burgettstown community library. The book, writteifby Ray mond Moley, Jr., with a foreward by J. Edgar Hoov er, is a story of what in dividuals have done and can do in a free society. · Don Proudit, Senior Vice Story," to Miss Mary Wil~ The history of the Ameri Commander of the Bur son» treasurer of the Bur can Legion is significant, gettstown American Legion gettstown Community Lib not as something separate Post 698, presents the book, rary Board. and ~part from the history "The American L ~ g ion )f the United Shites,but as a dynamic, consistent force Ln national affairs. It is an Lntegral part 9f any full account or appraisal of our ~ountry's progress in the twentieth century. The Legion's activities ~nd services to community, state and nation are covered in the brief nar rative--Rehabilitation, Na tional Security, Child Wel fare, Ame'ricanism, Youth Training For Better Citi zenship, Religion, Disaster Relief, Foreign Relations and many more. From the closing days of World War I to today's atmosphere of renew e d - world crises, this is a vivid story filled with dy namic vignettes such as

Burgettstown Enterprise 1966 ATTRO FRATONI HONORED AT UBRARY A social hour was held at the Burgettstown Community Library Fri day evening, March I, to honor Attro Fratoni, a past president of the Bur gettstown Community Library Board. Mr. Fratoni. was presented with a plaque for his.years of faithful service. Mario Grabski, accompanied by Annette Valenti, sang for. the occa sion. Light refreshments were served.

Attro Fratoni Honored at Library Burgettstown Enterprise-March 13, 1985 Edition Library Fund Drive 1988 The annual fund drive for the Burgettstowwn Community Library begins today. Letters of appeal will be received by residents of the Burgetts town Area School District The library is appealing to busi nesses and professional persons of the district, as well. This year's goat is $10,000 due, in part, to a loss of $3,000 in state funding. The library is asking for help in offsetting this loss as well as meeting its 1988 operating cost. The people of Burgettstown and the surrounding area have had the good fortune, through the efforts and dedication of so many people, to be able to "go to the library." It is more than 50 years since the idea of a local library was born with the Junior Womens' Cl'ub of Burgettstown. This organization and its charter members, many of whom stili reside in the area, are to be commended and thanked for the "foundation" on which we have built what we have today. The legacy of the library is one in which the district should take pride and make every effort to support. As you read the letter of appeal, please be aware that if everyone helps the library can, not only over come the current financial setback, but meet the operating costs for 1988 and also assure the people of the Burgettstown Area that the library will be here another 50 years ... at least.

Library Fund Drive 1988 Burgettstown Enterprise-March 23, 1988 Edition l 50 NEW BOOKS :ADDED TO SH.EL YES .OF PUBLIC LIBRARY \I - - During th e summer months and 1 untH furth.er notice, the Burgetts town Public Library will be open Tuesday and Friday evenings, £rom 7:30 p.m., to 9:30 p.m., in stead of from 7 to 9 as it has been in the :past. :The Junior Women announce I that fifty books have lieen 'added ' to the library shelves and a re I now available for reading " Clo" by Abbott; "When The Stars Come Out" Baker; "My Animal Baib~es" Benchley; "Har vest of the Hudson" Benry; "On the Tip of My T.o.ngue, Brody; "All In A Lifetime'' Buck; "En emy :Post" Childers; "The Grocery Mou9e" Clymer; "The Black Rose" Cosvain; "Journey Among Warriors" Curie; "Katrina" Glelt sman; "The Silver Darlings" by. Gunn; "The West Window," Hart ley; "The Es)dmo Hunter" Hayes; " Wildwood Wisdow" Jaeger; "The. Junior Sports Anthology" Kelley; "A Star Danced" by Law ence; "Country Colic" Lawsnn;. 1 ''Rendezvous On Mindanai" by Litten· "Americans And Their Songs '~ by Luther; ,..Homing" by Hill· "The W:orld The Fl-esh, and ' Father Smith" Marshall; "The Upstart" by Marshall; "The Love Letters" by Massie; "Up Front" by Mauldin; "Call Of The M:>Un- j tain" Meig•s; "Wild Lilac" M1ller; , '"The Bar-20 Three" Mulford; I 1 "Port11ait of Love" by Nichols; "Hurricane" by Nordho£f. ''Lay That Pistol Down" Pow ell; "Now, Votyager " P!'ounty; "The Murderer Is A Fox," Queen; Like A Girl" Randall; "Low-Cost 1 Crafts For Everyone" Reynolds; . "T h e Family" Riasanovcsky; "Renni the Rescuer" by ScacherJ.; "GI Had iFun" by Schacht;; "A'\VOL, K-9 Commando" Shurt leff· "Horsethief Pass" · Snow; ''Ellzabeth a)'ld Essex" Strachey; , "Blood From A Stone" by Wallis; " Gre,at Snoct Nov·els" by Weeks·; "Crime Incarnate" Wells; ''My Indian Family" by Wernher; "A partment In Athens" by Wescott; · "Judith" by Whitney; and " One World" by. Wilkie. -:- .... ---4--

50 New Books to be Added to Shelves of Public Library Burgettstown Enterprise-July 11, 1946 Edition On th1s day. August 21 . 2006, the Valen bm1ly IS honored to dedicate a gramte btnch on the hbrary grounds In lovmg memory of ANTHONY VALENTI

Anthony Valenti Memorial-August 21, 2006 In The Library By Arletta Zelenko For the children: • The Care Bears and The Ter rible Two's. • Green Eggs and Ham. Re placement of a Dr. Seuss. • Pig's New Hat. • Frederick. My favorite - the story of a little mouse who has the answers. This book has been placed in memory of Fred Stom, who passed away recently. He entertained us many times here in the library. The book is aptly named frederick. • Saint George and the Dragon. Caldecott winner. • Teddy Bears Go Shopping. • The Berensteln Bears: Messy Room, Moving Day, The Truth and Meet Santa Bear. • Strawberry Short Cake and the Winter That Would Not End. New in non-fiction: • 1985 Guineas Book of World Records. • You Don't Have to Be a Genius to land a Computer Job. • In Search of Intimacy. loneli ness and what to. do about it. • Friends, For life. The psy chology of close relationships. • Forgive and Forget. Healing the hurts we don't deserve. • Mind Bending. Brainwashing, cults and programming in the '80s. • Nothing Down. Real estate. • Uk:e Father,- like Daughter. How father shapes the woman his daughter becomes. • Arco's Practice for the SAT. • flying High. Inside big-time drug smuggling. • What Color Is Your Para chute? Practical manual for job-hunt ers and career-changers. • Acid Rain. Devastating impact on North America. • Why Children. To have or not to have children. • Private life of the American Teenager. Parents, sex, drugs, drink ing and peer pressure. • What a Game They Played. The good old days of early football. • Dr. Bums' Prescription for Happiness. George Bums. Please be reminded of our used book sale in conjunction with National Ubrary Week. Books will be on sale April 15 through April 19.

In the Library Burgettstown Enterprise-April10, 1985 Edition Someon·e Tries To ~urn Down Local Library P e r son s unknown, with a fire and threw water on it to warped sense of values, attempt extinguish it completely. Buzz e,d unsuccessfully to burn down Farner Fire Extinguisher and the Burgettstown Community Li Burgettstown Police were then brary late Saturday afternoon. called, as was Frank Pappas, The Library is still under con member of ttie Library Board. struction, scheduled to be com It was determined by all that pleted in the next few months. the fire was deliberately set, Willie Lockridge, janitor, was possibly by youngsters playing working in the new section of in the neighborhood. Since the the building when he saw and Library grounds are private smelled smoke. He quick 1 y property, neighbors are asked checked throughout other parts to report any children tres - of the building, and discovered passing in the area of the build smoke in everv room. ing. Unable to determine it source, An hour prior to the discovery he called Elizabeth Scott, Li- , of the Library fire, leayes and brarian, who arrived in a few papers had been set afire under minutes. and attempted to locate the pine trees in the front yard the fire. I of Mrs. Betty Grimes, Highland Together they went to the ba·se Avenue. Mrs. Grimes is vaca ment, where the steel reinforce tioning in Florida, and the house ment on the outside cellar door is occupied by her daughter and was red hot. Outside,· they dis husband, Beverly and Ben Marks. cove'red that weeds, cardboard, This is not the first time the papers and pieces of wood had Community Library has been hit been set afire next to the door. by vandals of various descrip burning a hole through it to the tions. Last fall, somone as yet steel plate. ,Several foundation not apprehended punched large stones had also b~en ...P u 11 e d holes in the insulation, re - loose. quiring the task to be done the _M~ · Lockridge beat out the second time. Other objects have been thrown at the building a n mber of times.

Burgettstown Community Library-Arson Attempt Burgettstown Enterprise-February 21, 1976 Edition 1983 Library Fair Scheduled Sept. 10 On Saturday, September 10, the Burgettstown Community Library will hold its ninth annual fun raiser, the Library Fair. Sponsored by the Friends of the Library, it will again feature a variety of ethnic foods and entertainment. The fair will be held at the library grounds from 12:00 noon until6:00 p.m., with Debbie Vraninin as the chairperson. The following have taken charge of the various events: Debbie Vraninin, raffle and entertainment; Susan Price, trea surer; Mary Kay Shimko, food; Ellen Slak, Country Store; Dorothy Jancart, art; Irene Bongiorni, child ren's section; Donna Wishnok, flea market; Caesar Grossi, used book sale; Michele Pappas,· bake sate; and Louise Dugas and JoAnn Valenti, crafts.

1983 Burgettstown Library Fair Scheduled Sept. 10 Burgettstown Enterprise-August 17, 1983 Edition Library Board -Holds flnnual Meetings And :Elects Officers · At the annual meeting of the Burgettstown Community Free Library Association Monday eve hing, October 20, Mrs. Harold Mc B:lhaney was elected president. Mrs. Michael Bihum was chosen. vice president; Mrs. J. R. Culley, secretary and Mrs. Delmont W.ha len, treasurer. Miss Katherine Pyle was r etained as librarian. Elected to serve a three year term on the board were Miss Eliz abeth' Scott, Mrs, Frank Blaine, Mrs: Bihum and Atty. E. V. Scia ·manna. 1 Mrs .. Whalen, retiring president, eonductedi t -he meeting which 'oper:red bl)" a reading of the minutes and annual reports by the librar ian and treasurer. Miss Pyle re 'ported that 2957 books had been circulated directly f.rom the lib 'rary during the· past year. This was about 10() books more than had been pircqlated during t h e previous year, and the number does not include the several hun-; d·red· v.criumes circulated by t h e library in the Smith township and Burgettstown Borough schools. Plans to increase circulation in 'several' new areas were discussed, but until the library has more books, no special effort will b e made to extend tbe scope ·of cir culat'i

Officers and memhers of th e Miss Elizabeth Scott, President. Miss Mary ·wils0n, Treasurer; Community Litrary Board are Standing, from left to right, are and Mrs. Clara Lanczak. Not pictured above. Seated, from Miss Katherine Pyle, Librarian: pictured is Mrs. Katherine Z0l left to right, are Miss Gina Fil- Mrs. Emily Bihnm; Miss lars, $ecretary. ipponi, Vice President; Richard Nancysue B 1 a in e, Assistant Holt, financial chair~an, a If d Librari~n; Miss Helen Bigger; I

Library Board Responsible for Project's Growth Burgettstown Enterprise-April 5, 1962 Edition ~ampaign for Pub ic Lib ary arked by C od eg·nni g

Active campaigning for support in 1 in play, cards being preferred by many 11heir efforts- to establish a public li- of the older guests and a number of brary in Burgettstmvn was inaugur young people. Some indulged in both ated last Friday evening. At that time diversions. A number of visitors from a. dance and card party, sponsored by out of town were in attendance at the t•he Junior Women's Club, was held party. on the gymnasium floor of the Union Judging from the success of the high sc:qool building, with practically initial social function, staged on short the entire. club membership taking notice and immediately following the part in the management of the func Thanksgiving holiday, splendid sup tion. port to the library projed will be Despite the fact that advertising accorded the Junior Women's Club. had been meagre and the event sched- From now on it is proposBd to wage uled on very short notice, the re- an intensive campaign to assure the spouse of the people of tJhe community establishment of the library at an was gratifying. After deductions for early date. Announcement of further all expenses·, which were under the activities may be expected within a circumstances quite high, a neat sum very short time. was realized by the club. This sum . . . . goes toward the laying of a foundation The propo~1t10n 1s not be1~g based for the capital that will be required upon a beggmg plan. Donations of to get the projected library under I books will be retiuested, but the clUJb way. takes the position that when cash is -asked something in the way of enter- About 40 couples enjoyed dancing tainment should be r eturned: This at to the music of the Keystone Caval- tiiude is most commendable, and it is ies, an excellent orchestn.l organiza- safe to predict that at the proper time tion of the loc-a1 district. Upward of a cash donations will als·o be made dozen tables of bridge and "500" were available.

Campaign for Public Library Marked by Good Beginning Burgettstown Enterprise-December 5, 1934 Edition ,,She earns ceramic; egg fer many good d,eed·s r gettstown community a better "When I was little, the festa of• By Bridgette B. Nofsinger place to live. San Rocco was more exciting to The Record-Enterprise The children of John and Bar me than Christmas," she said. bara Stunda requested the Good Although she grew up many Egg be given in their parents miles from where she now lives, Her granddaughter says she memory, following their tragic Mrs. Alvarez said she has loved dresses nice, smells good and death in 1984. Burgettstown for a8 -long as she makes a mean spaghetti. Along with a ceramic egg, the can remember. In her spare time, Clara Stunda family makes a $1,000 "My dad had a cousin who Alvarez manages the UniMart donation to the library in the lived here," she said. ''We would in Burgettstown and coordinates name of the winner. take two buses and a train to every community project from Clara is the fourth Good Egg visit her." planting May flowers to hanging winner from the UniMart. Oth Her father returned to Bur December lights. ers i'hcluded Grace Preston, Eve gettstown before he died, several She serves on the Bur lyn Beard and June Mancinelli. years ago. gettstown Restoration Commit Clara said she is proud to be "I th,ink it would make him tee, regularly attends Our Lady included among these women. very happy to know I am living of Lourdes Church and dreams "I don't do anything alone," she here now," she said. · ' of the day she will once again said. "Without the support from Among those who spoke about visit her family in Italy. my husband, my coworkers and Mrs. Alvarez during the Good Clara Alvarez is a good egg - people in the community, none of Egg ceremonies were her hus and now she has the ceramic to the projects would be possible." band, Richard, her -good friend, prove it. Clara and her crew are respon June Mancinelli and Bur Family, friends and coworkers sible for the flowers seen blos gettstown Borough Council gathered May 14 in the Bur soming throughout tlie summer member John Panconi. gettstown Community Library in Burgettstown's "center," as THE STUNDA FAMILY presents a ceramic egg and plaque to Good Egg winner Clara Alvarez. Each echoed the same senti to celebrate the 18th annual she and June Mancinelli call it, ments - Mrs. Alvarez has a Good Egg Award and congratu as well as for the twinkling great love for her town, her. fami late this years recipient. .( lights that hang from the tele plete with photos from the past Aliquippa to visit her two broth ly, her church and her friends. . The Good Egg award was phone poles at Christmas time. toward installing a fountain in The world could use a few established in 1980 by Friends of town. · and present. After sewerage goes ers and to participate in the They hold fundraisers for those through, some great things will three-day San Rocco festival. more Clara's and so could the the Library, an auxiliary to the who need help and buildings "I want a big one," she said. "' UniMart corporation, said her library's Board of Trustees. It is want people to be able to see our occur in Burgettstown, she said. San Rocco is. the patron saint of that need to be refurbished. In Mrs. Alvarez has lived in Bur the little town of Patricia in Italy supervisor Stewart Sivic. given annually to one person October 1997, they restored the fountain from UniMart." ''You are the shining star of our who, by contributing their time She is also working on a pic gettstown for 23 years. She often where Mrs. Alvarez's mother Fairview Cemetery building. was born. town, Clara, you really are," said and effort, has made the Bur- This year, Clara is working ture book o~ Burgettstown, com- returns to her hometown of Panconi.

Clara Alvarez-1988 Good Egg The Record Enterprise-May 20, 1988 Edition Burgettstown Community Library- 2 Kerr Street Construction of original library, currently used as the Children's Room. The Fairy Tale o/ the Burgettstown Library

Once upon a time, long, long ago, this Village gathered and proclaimed that it was

necessary and appropriate that it erect a public library to bestow the gifts of education and knowledge upon its citizens.

Consistent with that proclamation, a dedicated band of merry men and women took action to fulfill the Village's desire. They worked and toiled and made plans to make the dream a reality.

With the cooperation of the Village's educators, a parcel of real estate and small castle were acquired and the crusade was underway. Upon this property emerged our grand damsel, within whose walls we congregate today.

Our damsel grew and flourished ov~ the years thanks to the generosity of the Villagers and the good works of our dedicated band. She fulfilled her mission and served us well.

As timed passed, and as things changed, as they always do, our damsel suffered some growing pains. She needed to expand and to revive. She needed a white knight to come to her aid.

And as fairy tales always go, there was a white knight--in this case, several-who came to the rescue of our grand damsel. Through the generous charitable bequests of those white knights, our dedicated band oflibrary merry men and women were energized to envision an expanded and greatly improved public library.

To assist them in making their vision a reality, they enlisted the assistance of a local son who specializes in castle design. It was his work that translated their vision into this magnificent place. Also, because of the high cost of castle building in today's world, our band of merry men and women petitioned the Governor of the Realm to open the Realm's treasury to assist them with their crusade. Because the Governor is a benevolent leader, he looked favorably upon the Petition and declared it to be worthy. Through his local Lords, he bestowed funds upon the Village.

Thereafter, the artisans and craftsmen appeared, and with great skill and care, completed their work and made it so.

Which brings us here today to celebrate and re-dedicate this great Castle of our Village and to proclaim again, for all to hear, that we are committed to this place and this ffiiSSlOn.

This might be a good place to say THE END- but in reality I believe this is just a beginning for our Village and that this storywill bear re-telling again and again as we move into the future.

Thank you.

-- Comments made by Paul]. Walsh at the Dedication o/ the new Burgettstown Public Library on November 13, 2 004 A dedicatory program marking the completion of renovations to the Children's Room of the Bur gettstown Community Library, in memory of the late John Toth, will be held at the library Thursday evening, April21, from 7 p.m. until 9 p.m. The library board, which is sponsoring the event, cordially in vites the public to attend. Prior to John Toth's death two years ago, his co-workers at Pennsylvania-American Water Company, some friends and his uncle, William Stewart, launched a campaign to raise funds for a bone marrow transplant which was thought might save him from suc cumbing to myelogenous leukemia. Before the operation could take place, Toth died May 8, 1992. A substantial amount of money, John Toth approximately $5,000, had been collected, which was recently con tributed to the Burgettstown Li brary that serves the entire com ness was diagnosed in May 1991, munity in which Toth grew up and and he was given three courses of resided at the time of his death. chemotherapy. He became a pa It was decided to use the funds tient in Allegheny General Hospi to make necessary renovations in tal in October and was permitted to the children's room. The ceiling come home for the holidays, but he was lowered; new lighting, Walltex returned to the hospital in January and carpeting were installed; and of 1992. several sets of new books have Toth was a member of St. been added to the shelves. Some Alphonsus Church, McDonald, and money may still be used for small he is buried in Our Lady ofLourdes tables and chairs for the room. Cemetery here. Among the books purchased Before his illness he had en were a set of World Book encyclo joyed remodeling his home, and he pedias; World Book Information was always especially interested in Finders(on discs); the Time Frame hunting. Series; People and Places, a geo During the campaign to raise graphical series; Study Guides for funds in his behalf, bake sales, ga SAT; and a selection of paper rage sales, a dance and a flea mar backs. ket were held in the community. Anthony Valenti, a member of Numerous local persons contrib the library board, will serve as uted to these projects so that it master of ceremonies Thursday seems fitting that the they may now evening. Following the program, benefit from the Toth Memorial refreshments will be served by the Gift to the library. library board. John Toth, who was 42 years old at the time of his death, was sur vived by his wife, Kathleen;· two children, Amanda, then 8, and Mat thew, 7; also his parents, Alex and Elizabeth Toth of Cherry Valley; a brother, Alex of Buffalo, N.Y.; and a sister, Marilyn Clair ofLangeloth. John Toth grew up in Cherry Valley and graduated t'rom Bur gettstown Area High School in 1968. He was employed by the Smith Township Water Company before working for Pennsylvania American Water Company. His ill-

Dedicatory Program slated at Burgettstown Library in Memory of John Toth The Enterprise-April 20, 1994 Edition Courtesy of Fort Vance Historical Society PUBLIC LI BRARY D ISC U SSED I AT FR I DAY CLUB M EETIN G I The regular monthly bu>iness and I soc~al meeting of the Friday Club was held in the home of l\Irs. J. G. Scott, Center avenue, last F:r.lday afternoon. I A-bout 25 members were iu attenda~ce I The president, Mrs. W . L. Scott, presided. j A discussion relative to aid.ing the Junor V'i'omen's Club in bheir efforts I to establish a pubLic library occupied a considerable part of the time of the business session. Defi nite action in tlre premis·es w•a.s .deferred fo r the im· mediate present. [. Th p•rogram of sooial activity in ! eluded the reading by various members of papers dealing, with Christmas customs in obher lruJ.ds . These papers wer e prepaerd by a number of young ladies of the communJLty, and wer.e interesting and informative. '.Ph e Scott home was beautifully ap pointed with seasonal decorations, and a brilliantly lighted Christmas tre·e in many colors. A lU'Ilcheon com pleted the afternoon's acti v~.ties. The next m eeting will be ·held in the Westminster churoh, wihere a joint meet ing with the Junior Women's Club will be held, the Friday Club members acting a-s .ho:stess·es. 'Dhe Juniors will present a program of entertainment .

Public Library Discussed at Friday Club Meeting Burgettstown Enterprise-December 19, 1934 Edition District Library Meeting Held Here; Open House Planned At Local Facility

Nineteen librarians and rep Barton from Burgettstown were resentatives of eight Library Jam a Revak and Anna Salek, of Boards met in the first District German - Masontown Libr ary; Library meeting to be hosted Mildred Christoff, Canonsburg; by Burgettstown, last Thursday, Patric ia O' Connell, Waynesburg; October 21. The meeting opened Tr udy Berkey, Carmichaels; Eda at 10 a.m. with Dean Gross, Nimerth and Jessie Muchant, District chairman, of Citizens' Marianna; Helen Arm strong and Library, Washington, in charge. Marian Mamrack, Chartiers - Each one pre sent brought a Houston; and Marty Hensel, Su sandwich for the noon meal, san Priest, Patty Thompson, Pat which was supplemented by sal Gregg, Marcella Gantz, Hilda ads contributed by the women Bigler, Louise Stuart and Dean of the Library Board, a cake Gross, all of Citizens' Library, donated by Jim Petrucci, presi Washington. dent, and coffee and donut s At a recent meeting of the served by Joanne Valenti, Mary Burgettstown Library Board, it Wilson and Nell Petrucci. was voted to hold Open House on The group meets monthly at Sunday~ December 12, beginning various libraries in the Wash at 2 p.m. Definite hours will be ington District. They were given decided at a later meeting. a tour of Burgettstown's new The public will be invited to facility, and all were duly im this event, which will stress the pressed. The building whiS:h has completion of the new and modern been under construction for a facility. number of months will be com pleted when the original section, which will be known as the Chil dren's Room, undergoes some modernization. A parking lot will also be built. Those attending in addition to Elizabeth Scott and Jean

District Library Meeting Held Here; Open house Planned Burgettstown Enterprise-October 27, 1976 Edition Co urtesy of Fort Va nce Historical Society Burgettstown Community Library

Started by Burgettstown Junior Women September 13, 1934. Incorporated: April 9, 1954 as Frederick Public Library, but the name was amended to read Burgettstown Community Library, August 29, 1955, when

Mr. Fredericks refused his agreed contribution. Present building was built during the summer and fall of 1955. Contributions were made by individuals and organizations. The skeleton of the building which was erected out of lumber from a discarded school building which was donated by the School Board. A brick veneer, slab floor and covering, windows, heating, plumbing, and stacks were paid out of Library funds. Books were moved to the building in May 1956.

There are presently ten members of the Board. The officers are: Miss Elizabeth L. Scott, President; Miss Gina Filipponi, Vice President; Mrs. Katherine Zollars, Secretary; Miss Mary Wilson, Treasurer; Mr. Richard Holt is Financial Chairman. The followings facts are gleamed from the annual State Library report presented in December 1961. Areas of service: Burgettstown Boro

Smith Twp. I efferson Twp. The Union Board, January 1962, agreed to pay the librarian's salary plus a contribution of $300 for books for the school service, $100 for the general fund of the Library to be used as deemed best. Approximately 1627 borrowers are on the active list in the pastten years. 176 new borrowers were received during 1961. The building is owned by the Library, but built on the Union School; property. The library is open Monday, Wednesday, and Friday 7-9PM. The library inventory in December 1961 showed 6,682 books. 24 slide films. 2 records. 9 periodicals, 600 books in circulation to six schools. The 600 are rotated between the schools so that the schools receive a new group three times a year. They are returned to the Library and reissued near Thanksgiving, and again at Easter. One librarian is hired. Part time help is hired to help in checking books out.

Librarian is paid $2.50 per hour. It is estimated that care, processing and ordering of books require equal time to the hours open, and she is paid on the basis of 12 hours. Receipts from School District (Not salary) $400.00 Receipts or appropriations from taxing body (Boro) 1961 300.00 (Promised but never received) Income from Climax Company for Science corner 600.00 Miscellaneous 177.00 Total $1477.00

Expenditures. Salaries building staff (cleaning) $230.00 Books 1442.88 Binding and repairing 12.13 Heat, light, power, water 157.65 Insurance 36.66 Total $1879.32

Librarian's salary was paid directly to her by the Burgettstown Area School District and therefore does not show on these pages.

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Burgettstown Community Library July 28, 2013-0bserver-Reporter ,,h J~ # "' f'

THE ENTERPRISE/ JIM DAllARA Honored for contribution to library Burgettstown Hardware owner John Weidert and clerk Tammy Cook were presented a plaque recently by Burgettstown Community Library president Debbie Vraninin, right, in recognition of their efforts in aiding library causes. During the year, Weidert and Cook, with the help of a certain porcine character in town, raised money for the local library through sales of Pauline the Pig shirts and hats. They also promoted other activities to aid the library and local fire fighters.

John Weidert Honored for Contribution to Library The Enterprise-November 11, 1992 Edition Library in the McMurray Building Sponsored by the Junior Women's Club In The Library By Arletta Zelenko Please note: Upcoming in the library. Tupperware demonstration on Nov. 29 at 6 p.m. Bake for Books Cookie Sale on Dec. 16. Craft class for adults on Dec. 6 at 6:30 p.m. The craft will be a Mr. or Mrs. Santa Claus door decoration or wall hanging. Instructions will be given by Betty Sweeney. The library Board of Trustees will sponsor a holiday turkey raffle. The tickets are one dollar each, which entitles the buyer to 15 chances to win. The winners will be· announced on Dec. 15. What are you reading? The library has the current best sellers. Used paperbacks are on sale. It is time to "stock up'' in the event the weather prevents your going to the library for "something to read." Videos in the library are popular for children and adults alike. Visit the library and ask about the video policy. Library hours are Monday through Friday from 1 p.m. to 8 p.m., and Saturday from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.

In the Library Burgettstown Enterprise-November 16, 1988 Edition Courtesy of Fort Vance Historical Society In The Library By ArieHa Zelenko DATES TO REMEMBER: • Oct. 15 through Nov. 19, Krafts For Kids. The Burgettstown Community Library is offering craft classes for sixth and seventh grade stu dents. The classes will be: Decorated Picture Frame - This project will require two con secutive weeks to complete. Oct 29 and Nov. 5. Craft time is 1 p.rr. to 3 p.m. The cost for the Deco-- ated Frame Projec~ is $5. Thanksgiving Napkin Holder - Once again, it will require two weeks to complete this craft. Nov. 12 and Nov. 19. The time is 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. The cost is S5. Sample crafts are on disptay Anyone interested in the craft classes is encouraged to regis ter, as the number is limited. Those registering for a ctass must pay half the cost of the class one week prior to the class. This is necessary in order to insure the correct amount of materials needed. If registration permits, Moms and Grandmas interested in learning a craft to share with the youngsters in their lives are wei come to call the library. • Oct. 26. 6:30 p.m. Adult Cnll1l Class. Fall wreath, corn husk and ribbon variation. The scheduling of adult cra_it classes is in progress. A~ interested in offering a cJass at the library is asked to contact Mrs. Zelenka at 947-9780. If yoo have any requests or sugges tions, you are encouraged to call. • library Hours: Mon.-Fri.. 1 p.m. to 8 p.m.; Sat., 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.

In the Library Burgettstown Enterprise-October 26, 1988 Courtesy of Fort Vance Historical Society In The Mailbox Burgettstown, Pa. Feb. 4, 1955 Dear Editor: What would we do without our Hbrary? 'What would' happen "if other small communities lost their libraries? A library is one of our biggest resources ot", pre se n t knowledge, fur1lher education and wholesome enjoyment. Libraries are incentives that.belp to develop the mind: and character of not only young childr~wbut all of us. We need our library- and we need to support it for' our daily benefit. Many persons won't support the library because they 1lhink that they receive nothing in return. Did you ever try, t~ discover what an enjoyable evening a book can provide? Did you stop to think that' maybe the youngster yJ h 0 stops at1lhe library to look up information on a school assignment may someday be in a profession that will.aid you? By giving gen- erously to the library fund, you w'm be helping yourselves as well as everyone in the surrounding area. And a few years from now, when you see these young people who are grown up and: going out to give 1lheir cotltribu- tion to society, you will fee 1 warmth that will be more than enough payment for your small contribution. ISome think that a library is not important. Had the pharaOins, rulers and kings not felt a need for libraries and not kept ~hem well preserved we would have no, knowledge of their ancient world.' So just as it was necessary for them to preserve their history; so it is just as' important for us to keep our books and our libraries for future generations. , Carole Maroni Junior, U.H.S.

In the Mailbox-Library Burgettstown Enterprise-January 20, 1955 Edition Miss- Elizabeth Scott presenting Linda Boni with a registration card, number 5000. (circa 1960) .

Miss Elizabeth Scott presenting Linda Boni with a registration card number 5,000. (Circa 1960) Burgettstown Enterprise-Centennial Edition-July 5, 1978 Edition Miss Elizabeth Scott presenting Linda Boni with a registration card number 5,000. (Circa 1960) Burgettstown Enterprise-Centennial Edition-July 5, 1978 Edition JUNIOR WOM,EN I PLAN TAG DAY FOR I PUBLIC UBRARY I A tag day for the benefit 011 the Burgettstown Public Library will be sponsored by the Junior Woman's Club on saturday, ·sept. 15 . Club members will be station ed on various streets in town all day to receive contributions. Funds donated will be used to 1 purchase new books for the li- , brary. At present about 2,200 books are li~ted for circulation. Library \ hours are from 7 to 9 'P· m ., every I Tuesday and Friday evening. Mrs. Paul Morgan, chairman of the library committee, has appointed 1 the following dub members as 1 librarians for the ensuing club ye~::ptembei· : Tuesday - M ·r s .J George Bish, Mrs. Raymond Wade; Friday-Mrs. George Grimes, Mrs. Betty Tschuti. October: Tuesday-Mrs. James Walker, Mrs. James Crilley; Fri day- Mary Smith, JI.'Irs. Thelma Halliday. November: Tuesday:..Mrs. Ed, win Wagner, Mrs. George Lewis; Friday- Ivirs. Clair Noah, Mrs. George Rogers. December: Tuesday- Mrs. Hugh Pollan, Mrs. William CTaig; Fri day- Mrs. George l([-aeer, Mrs. Roland Clair. January: Tuesday- Mrs. Paul Mcrgan, Ruth Friday; Friday- i Mrs. James Kimberland, Mr• i Henry Quinet. February: Tuesday-Mrs. Aus- · tin Stui.l.a, Mrs. James Hall; Fri day- Ruth Bland, Mrs. Margaret Kettle. March: Tuesday- Mrs. Eugene 1 P etrucci, Betty Franz; Friday- Mrs . . George Wagner, Mrs. Harold Da- 1 vidso11. April: Tuesday-Mrs. W. P . TVIiil- l er, Mrs. Harry McCormick; Fri- I day- Mrs. Warren Malone, Mrs. Wendell jlrabson. May: 'tuesday- Mrs. Ralph Hill, Mrs. Edward L ukon; Friday- Mrs. Robert Hemphill, Mrs. Kenneth "Smith. - -- June: Tuesday- Mrs. Harold Ma lone, Betty Riddile; Friday- Mrs. Dwight Cook, Wilma Wagner . July: T u e s d a y -M r s. Hugh Hitchcock, Mrs. Cecil Mester; Fri day- Mrs. Joe Hemphill, Jean Skipper. August: Tuesday- Mrs. James McHenry, Marie Love; Friday Mrs. Asa McCoy, Mrs. Clair Mar tin.

Junior Women Plan Tag Day for Public Library Burgettstown Enterprise-September 13, 1945 Edition "After All," a collection of essays, ADD MO"RE NEW BOOKS sketches and poems selected from the works of the late Clarence Day. "Saint Joan o·f Arc," by V. Sack ville-West. A magnificient new biog TO STOGK OF LIBRARY raphy and an enduring portrait o£ the indomitable woman of the people Junior Women's Club Announce New who led the armies of France and Books for Adults and Children fired the world's imagination. Recently' Received "The Brothers Ash1kenazi," by I. J. Singer. A powerful European novel. Through the continued efforts of "Listen for a Lonesome Drum," by the Junior Women's Club and the Carl Carmer. The romance of New cooperation of the comm unity in s up York State in history, legend and porting its various projects , the Bur picture. gettstown Public Library is steadily "I am the Fox," by Winifred Van growing. A shipment of 30 new books' Etten. An extremely popular and un has just been received. The Junior usual novel. Cl ub is happy to offe,l' these books to "Olcl Jules," by Mari Sandoz. A its patrons. The book committee colorfll.l biography of a Swiss pioneer chooses books with great discrimina in the Midd.lewest, as written by his tion, attempting to select from a wide daughter. and varied fi eld of adult books, and "Forty Days of Musa Dagh," by uses the greatest car e in the selec Franz Werfel. A true account of the tion of children's books. The new Armenian exile of 1915. books upon the library sh elves are : "Death Comes for the Archbishop," · "Gone with the Wind," by Margaret by Willa Cath er. A story of the Mitphell. The foremost novel of the church's part on the New Mexican yea.J·. frontier. J "The Docto·r," by Mary Roberts The new children's books are as Rinehart . The author, who is a doc follows: "Bluebonnet s for Luc,inda, tor's wife, writes with a rich, w arm Child's Day, Farm Twins, Hurdy American humanity as she describes Gurdy Man, Now we are Six, Man th e life progress of a doctor of today. ners can be Fun, Amer ican Twins of "It Can't H appen H ere," by Sin the Revolution, Arkansas Bear, Book · clair L ewis,. A book which h as awak about Ships, In t he Days of Giants, ened the counr y. It presents the im Book of Cowboys, Little Maid of aginary situation of America ru~ ed Quebec, Great K ipling Stories,. Bear · by a dictator. Twins, Audobo,n. "The Last P ur itan," by George Library hours are Tuesday after Santayana. A memoir cast in the form noon, from 3 to 5 o'ciloc.k and F riday of fiction, composing a sort of spirit evening from 7 to 9 o'clock. The Jun- · ual landscape of the P.uritan New ior Club is g1lad to serve all during · England scene. these hours. Persons not a lready en "Drums along the Mohawk," by joying the advantages of the library Walter D. Edmoncls. A story of the are invited to vis~t the library dur ing America,n Revolution as it was en these hours and get a personal card dured by the frontier settlements of which will entit>le them to select the- Mohawk Valley. ks of theiJJ: choice.

Junior Women's Club Add More New Books to Stock of Library Burgettstown Enterprise- November 19, 1936 TAG DAY FOR PUBUC LIBRARY ·-~:.~ ~ TO BE HELD OCT. 16

Members of the Junior Wom en's club will conduct a commun ity wide tag day on Saturday, Persons . wno ues1re to present October 26, When t.bey will hold the new library hame with fcrit open ho.use at the new Library l' ically needed equipment, other roOIITI in the McMurray school than by tag day conb·ibutions are building. rem.ioc):d !that the follol\ving Friends of the Library of the equipment is desired: Greater Burgettstown Communitv A child's round Library Table, are_ cordially invited by the spon 4R in., in diameter and 30 in. ·high Isonng.-.club to pay the new - U- and a set of Chairs for use by b rary

Tag Day for Public Library to be Held Oct. 26 Burgettstown Enterprise-October 17, 1946 Enterprise Help the Library Fund. A card party for the benefit of the pUJblic library fumd is announced · by the Junior Women's Club. The ·prarty will be he1d in Haines hall, Tuesday evening, JanuaTy .8tl;l. All the bridge and "500" experts eXJPeot to be on ·hand.

Help the Library Fund Burgettstown Enterprise-December 26, 1934 Edition Library Fund Dance. A dance and card party w.Ul be held by the .Junior \¥omen's Club in the high school building on Friday eve ning of thils week. Proceeds are to be used in the es.tablishment of a public library for Burgettstown. Dancing and card playing will s;tart at 9 o'clock. T·he Keystone Cavaliers will furnish m.usic.

Library Fund Dance Burgettstown Enterprise-November 28, 1934 Edition Library Benefit Party. A card party for the benefit of the J)ropos€d public 1i,brary will be given by the Junior Women's Club in Raine$ 1ha1I on Tuesday evening, Jan uary· 8th. Table-s will be providBd for bridge, 50l0, rhum and hokum as moa:y be desired ·by thQs·e attending. It is hoped a good crowd will turn out and help th-ese public spirited young rw()men in the excellent plans they .oare sponsoring to give the town a public library. Re.frS!Shments will be .served during t'he course of the eve ning, an1 other features will prov-e of sp,ec.ial int~est.

Library Benefit Party Burgettstown Enterprise-January 2, 1935 Edition .JUNIOR WOMEN PLACE NEW BOOKS ON LIBRARY SHELVES

Journey Cake, ISabel McLennan McMeekin. How Old Storma.long Captured Mo cha Dick, Irwin Shap-iro. The Ciadel of a Hundred Stairways, ·Henry C. Pitz. , voung Fu of the Upper Yangtze, Elizabeth F. Lewis. Hooming, Girl of Ne-w China, Eli?..abe.th F. Lewis· - , Wonder Book of the Air (New Edi :tion), Laura D. Lyman. 'New Wonder Book of Knowl-edge (Re- vised Edition). - Poo-Poo and the Dragons, C. S. Forster. Carol Plays Summer Stock, Helen D. Boylston. Apple Pie Inn, Mary .D. Donahey· FJight Training For The Army and Na~. . · Chooky, Lu.cJlle Wallower. Thumbs up! Ruth~-for4: 1.fontgomery . F.Jying Banners, _ -Editfi B. Sher- man. .. . 'rhe ·Blueberry Mu,ffiri', Mary w. Thompson. . · · My Room Is My . Hobby, Marion Downer:. · Adventure For Allison, · Elizabeth Howard.

Junior Women Place New Books on Library Shelves Burgettstown Enterprise-June 3, 1943 Edition

ltibrary launches important fund-raiser! By SARA SNATCHKO capital expenditures and another to percent of its day-to-day income from ra1smg the thermostat, conservin, Staff writer provide matching funds for a Keystone the state. Five percent comes from electricity by turning off lights an· Grant, which will be used to add a 2,000 county funds. The local communities shoveling snow. BURGETTSTOWN, Pa. - The Bur square foot addition to the building. are responsible for the remainder of The local contributions help to .comi gettstown Community Library recent The capital expenditure account the expenses. bat these problems, and have kept ly launched "the most important fund will keep the building in good condi While always appreciated, the local library open for the thousands of 1 drive in the history of the institution, tion. From 1985 to 1991, capital expen contributions are sometimes barely pie who benefit each year. A Bul-i according to the Burgettstown Library ditures included windows and a roof in enough to keep the library running. gettstown Enterprise article publish Board of Trustees. the children's section,·sidewalks, secu "When December rolls around, in 1962 shows a photo of then ~year-ol: After years of maintaining the rity lighting, floor support, tree ser you're wondering if you'll make it Linda Boni, whose library card markec daily expenses thr ough the fund vice, central heating, electrical through," Zelenka said. She was fea 5,000 users. :. drive, the board now finds itself in the updates, water lines, structural repairs tured in an article in the Philadelphia Zelenko said the library has position to foster major growth and more. In those six years, the capi Enquirer in 1997, entitled "Libraries in through the generosity of those who blessed to have a generous communi tal expenditures exceeded $33,000. Distress." The article was published and dedicated board members. left. bequests. Those expenses did not include daily when Pennsylvania libraries w~re fac With the pending expansion and operations, such as utilities, postage, ing a financial crisis. · "It's difficult to name certain peopl' addition of square footage and services book binding and staff costs. The theme of a past fund drive was who have contributed money becaus such as Internet access, this year's "The bread and butter of our day-to "Endangered Species: Bald Eagle, you would never Wflt to leave some fund drive, as in the past, is absolutely day operations comes from the fund Humpback Whale, Whooping Crane, one out," Zelel).k.o said. ''We have ·4 vital to the continuance of daily, opera drive," said Librarian Arletta Zelenka. Gray Wolf, Public Librarie's." handful of board members who take on tions. "If everyone would just give a dollar it The sacrifices from library employ~ this responsibility. We;ve always beeli The board has invested a number of would be a big. help." ees and board members have included so lucky to have extremely dedicated bequests in two accounts - one for Zelenka said the library receives 30 wearing layers of clothing to avoid See LIBRARY Page 4 ¢ "l Continued from Page 1'"" board members." the library moved into the cur result in an operating budget ' The president of the Bur rent location on Ken Street in at least three times greater gettstown Library Board of Burgettstown. than the one in use prior to Trustees; and active member of Burgettstown Enterprise expansion." That operating the library for over 20 years, articles throughout the years budget was dependent upon Debbie Vrannin said she volun often refer to the library a,s the ·contributions from the com teers her time because of the "little red brick building." munity, and the new proposed wide range of people that bene In the 1970s, the libr~ry expansion should include a fit. expanded significantly. An open similar rise in the cost of oper "One of the reasons I chose to house was held Dec. 12, 1976 to ations. do this is because it doesn't cater celebrate new additions, and the The expansion will include to one specific group or age or adjoinrnent to an educational paved parking, a first-floor walk of life," Vrannin said. building that originally belonged meeting room,· a computer Not only do local donations to the Burgettstown Area School room, a showcase area for his contribute to the general opera District. torical and genealogical infor tions, but they also help the That expansion quadrupled mation and artifacts, a new library secure funding from the the size of the library and pro library office, a wheelchair state, Vrannin said. "State aid is vided meeting rooms, furni accessible rear entrance and based on what is stimulated ture and equipment. And"with complete accessibility through locally. So if growth is slow with the expansion,. came the need out the building, ·two new the local fund drive, it is slow for additional support froin accessible restrooms, and everywhere." the community to pay for oper more. The Burgettstown Communi ating expenses. According to Vrannin said the furniture ty Library was founded as a the program for the 1976 open and supplies will come from result of the efforts of the Junior hou.se, "It is anticipated that local contributions ~ "With the Women's Club. in the 1940s. It the increase in physical size, expansion, we should be able to was housed on Railroad Street the additional hours of opera keep up with the times. The local Contributed· before moving to the old tion, extra personnel and the contribution maintains us. And OLD LIBRARY- This is the McMurray Homestead, where the community' libra ry was located prior to il McMurray Homestead. In 1955, proposed new programs will now, we need to move forward." 1955, when it was relocated to its current location on Ke rr Street in Burgettstown. ·:.~ ' •H Library Launches Important Fund-Raiser Burgettstown Enterprise-May 2, 200Z Edition COMMONW.EAL TH OF P ENNSYLVANIA D EPARTMENT OF PUBLIC IN STRUCTION STA'FE LIBRA RY AND MUSEUM

HARRISBUR G THE DI R ECTOR

February 15, 1939

Miss Daisy Allison, Librarian Public Library Burgettstown, Pennsylvania

Dear Miss Allison:

I received your letter today signed as librarian of the Burgettstown library. Are you the librarian permanently in charge or is yours a temporary position? We would like to know so that we can change our records i f your position is permanent.

The t raveling library which you now have was sent you a year ago in March. You probably will want an exchange collec tion since you have had the books so long. I am enclosing a re port card for you to fill in if you do want another collection. If not, will you please tell us so and we will send a packing case to you for the books . These traveling libraries are loaned with the underst anding that the library which borrows them pays the cost of transportation both ways. On receipt of the report card we will send a list of seventy-five books. From that list you choose fifty which you would like to have by checking the titles and returning the list to us . We send these new books to you and when you receive the new collection you send back the books you now have in the box which held the new library. The books may be sent e1.ther by freight or express, whichever way you prefer. We have generally found, however, that the shipment by freight i s the cheaper.

Sincerely yours,

Evelyn 1. Matthews Assistant ~xtension Librarian E:LM:dh Library ~xtension Division Libiaries are centers ·of our communities an libraries survive the no longer just a place to read 21st cenl:11Fy? We've been and borrow books on paper. It Chearingf

Library Aid Prospects Burgettstown Enterprise-March 20, 1935 Edition Library Board Holds :Annual Meetings And Elects Officers At the annual meeting of the Burgettstown Community Free Library Association Monday eve ning, October 20, Mrs. Harold Mc Elhaney w as elected president. Mrs. Michael Bihum was chosen vice pr esident; Mrs. J". R. Culley, secr etary and Mrs. Delmont Wha len, treasurer. Miss Katherine Pyle was retained as librarian. Elected to serv e a three year term on the board were Miss Eliz abefu Scott, Mrs. Frank Blaine, Mr s: Bihum and Atty. E. V. Scia manna. Mrs .. Whalen, retiring president, · c.onducted' t .fie meeting which ·opezred. oy a reading of the minutes and annual reports by the librar ian and treasurer. Miss Pyle re 'porfed tfiat 2957 books had been circulated directly f~om the lib rary during the' past year. This was about 10(} books more than had been circulated during t h e pr evious year, and .the number does not include the several hun- , dr ed vcriumes circulated by t h e library in the Smith t ownship and Burgettstown Bor ough schools. Plan s to increase circulation in several n ew areas w ere discussed, but until the library has more books, no special effort will b e mad-e to extend the scope of cir culation. The libaria:n also reported that

Library Board Makes Plans for Building Drive Burgettstown Enterprise-November 12, 1953 Edition LIBRARY BOARD RESPOt~SIBl E FOR PROJECT'S GROWTH

Library Board Responsible for Project's Growth Burgettstown Enterprise-April 5, 1962 Edition Happy 79th Birthday to Burgettstown Community Library I'PD.N""TOWN'S'LIIRf.¥ j. "~ .. J",, ~ \;'~:'i .. ' '.,.,.., ...,..... ',;/"":':,/'"':'}''\'<:\{'", l! TQ~e~N0~f~~~~PA YJ Great Community prOjectSponsorect! who persistently. di~regard.s them., . . . ".' __.. ..' One book of fIction and one book" by Jl.mlor:,~o.men'tl Club Has i of non-fiction will be loaned to adultsl Reached"Supc~sfuI18sue. ,'at one time. 9n€ book may be bor- :-'-'-. -' " . ,I rowed by children. Juniors and Sen. I Through ~h'e cooperation of 1!h€iors in High. school will be considered I Junior Women's Club"and the- Bur-' ad'l1Us. I gettstown Borough Council, it has Children must get the signature of been made 'POssible to open a Free '.a parent or guardian before a bor.• Public Library in .Burgettstown. The rower's card may b€ issued to them~ j Library is located on Railr{lad street, ,Books are loaned for two weeks;/ next to the post office, in tlhe store: and may be renewed once, iby request. room fmmerly occupied by Mrs..A. .. One cent a day will be charged for' W. Bingham: " books not returned on time, Books r The library IWill b€ .open for in-; may be reserved for a persqn if hel speGtlon and registration On Thurs. can be reached by telephone, or if hel day, March 2;lst, .be1Jweenthe hours of. will ,leave a postal to be sent by mail! 2 P. M'. and 5 P. M., and the general Reserved ,booIm will be held only uno' public is very, cordi'ltlly invited to at- til the next time the library is .open; tend the opening. that is, willen a notice of -a:reserve isi The Junior Women's Club memo. sent out on Tuesday, the boo~ is held j bel'S have dev()ted a lot of tinle and Iuntil closing time Friday night. If it~ ~ffort to get the 'libra.ry started, and hae not been claimed by that hour,; are very greatful to the many persons the. ~ext 'person on reserv.e will be ' who donated book~. Approxinra:t.ely noti.{,ied. J 500 books are On the shelves to start Books not in"the library's collection 1 the library. Many were donated and,' will be borrowed from the State 1 t:h.ebalance purchased by the..club. ... libraTY if the bOlTower wants them, I. Miss MattheWlS,of the Pennsylvania provided the borrower will pay the, State Department of Publk Instruc-' cost of postage. ) tion, spent three days at the library getting things arranged in a syste. matic order. She highly praised tlhe splendid cooperation the Junior WoOmen'sClub received fr.om the Bor. ()ugh Council and the residents of tM" community. . 'I'.he library committe is desirous of getting more books for the shelves, and will most heartily we1C{1meany donations of books or money to buy books from interested patrons. A sponsor's lilSt will be posted in the library, giving the names of 'ltll donors and will also be published in the Burgetsttown Enterprise, Follow- ing al'e the rules of the library gov- erning the lending of books: . Jm;y. resident Of Burgettstown or Smith township may borrow books as long as he is willing to abide by the rules. The club reserves the right to withdraw the privilege from anyone Town's Library to Open on Thursday Burgettstown Enterprise-March 20, 1935 Edition Fort Vance Historical Society Steering Committee ,Plans Community Center

Representatives from 16 organi- Miehael Hayden, Slovan VFiiV;Al- zations in this community met in fred Christy, 'Edward L. Dugas Pompe's Restaurant Tuesday night and Ernest Williams, Knigihts 0 f to discuss a recreation c~nter and llibrary building and elected a Columbus; J. L. Caplan, D. L. I"steering committee" to beg i n Malone, C h a r 1e s Cunningham, the foundation planning work. Lions Club; Wilbur A. Moore, Elected were: W. Joseph Cun- Cross Creek Village Grange; Peter ningham; Ohairman; D. L. Malone, Gobleck and Emil Stanish, Rac- IVice Chairman; and Ernest Wil- coon Owls Club; Blake E. Miller, liams, Secretary.,.Treasurer. Burgettstown V F W; Nell A. Charles Cunningham: president Christy and Mrs. Mary Lukon, of the Lions Club, presided over Catholic Daughters of America; l1the initial meeting when questions Mrs. Vance Lee, American Legion ,such as-size of a building to'ihouse Auxiliary; Mrs. Jack Cunningham Iboth a library and recreation cen- and Mrs. Donald Bywaters, Junior iter, how much funds will be re- Womans Club; Mrs. Harold McEl- quired, what kind of program will haney and William P. Miller, Lib- be planned for agreeable clubs in rary Board; Mrs. Edwin Wagner, the community to adhere in fund Friday Club; Mrs. Ralph Organ, J raising campaigns, and site-took B.P.W.C.; August E. Repole, Bur- up several hours' discussion. ' gettstown Fire Company; Agnes I ,It was agreed that if a consoli- Donati, VFW Auxiliary of Kuch- dation of both projects, new lib- er-Saska Post; James Dellaria, Irary and recreation center :ne ap- American Legion; Mrs. Eugene proved, the steering committee Tucci, Slovan Italian Women; and will meet and formulate a set 0 f W. Joseph Cunningham. plans which will again be pre- It was stressed, however, that sented to the clubs for approval. need for a new building to . /house Those present include: Com- the library is immediate and mander William Sztukowski and should be primarily considered.

Steering Committee Plans Community Center Burgettstown Enterprise-February 3, 1955 J MEGAN SELLA PUTS the finishing toucnes on a gingerbread house. A class was held in the Burgettstown Community Library recently for children K through 6. Pi ctures taken of the children in attendance may be picked up at the library.

Magan Sella-Completes Gingerbread house at Burgettstown Library The Enterprise-December 23, 1992 Edition Martin and Julia McMurray Home Main Street, Burgettstown, PA The home was located near Stottlemeyer Park with their drug store located to the left. Later, the home was used for school classes and the library during the 1940's. 1l1EI'JtiOR Y TREE. .. SLYTH ANNUAL LIGHT-UP JVIGHT •98 BURGETTSTOif1V COMMUNITY LIBRARY.

... what we have once enjoyetl.. we can never lose...... all that we love deep(v becomes a part of us... Helen Keller

THOSE REMEMBERED

George A bbott, E. Ida Mae Knisley (mother) Dan A damson Fami(v Ben A lvarez & Ange Pete & Alice Blue Benny Alvarez & Rita Pete & Alice Blue !Jtlattlzew Baker, P. A&RZelenko ~ "' 1rer 0 UVfll:,..".• - ltu .u:lt ~ tin. , 1.. • A&R Ze!enko John Bartoletti MM Michael Bartoletti & Fami(v William Bertus Judy Petricca Geno Bianchi Don & Jackie Bianchi Irene Bianchi Don & Jackie Bianchi Edward Black Joyce Roupe I llamarv Blaker, R. Rose/eta Taylor Pete Blue & Lottie Pete & Alice Blue Richard Bongiorni "Ducky" Dana Bongiorni Joe Bongiorni Bob Bongiorni Gary Bongiorni Bob & Deb Bongiorni Art Campbell Enid Leeds & Nadene Dodds Frank Christy Marge Homitz Red Christy Marge Homitz Charles Christy & Felicia Marge Homitz Nellie Clark, L. Edie Jones Earl Cline Susie Reynolds Anita Co/linger, Rose Rose Collinger Sabatasse Jack Crisco, Jr. Fami(v Robert Darras, W Peggy S;.iminski Large J. Darras, Perry Cynthia Darras Elsie Dennis Shirley flllarcucci . Joey DePaul MM Scott A. Skiple Delma DeSanto, Lawson Charles Lawson Robert Diehm A&R Zelenko Moe Dowler, "Poppy" Ross & Neil Longo Kathie Dudeck Rich & Ju[(V Lounder Joseph Durain Arvella Sella Gertrude Durain Arvella Sella Paul Dusenberry Christina Dusenberry Eleanor Eckhouse Jim & Dol~v Valenti & Fami~v Ginger E~v Susie Reynolds Ferbezar Fami(v Jennie & Elsie Ferbezar Earl Farner & Bertha Walter "Buzz" Farner Joseph Franchina Zee Guido Jeff Galentine Eleanor ]Jfeerdo Beulah Gardner MM Donnie Grey Pogue Gardner ]jfJ'rf Donnie Grey Brenda Gates MM Donnie Grey Hilda Gavazzi Karen Adamson Del Gavazzi Karen Adamson Jack Gilbert Mary Gilbert William Gilbert, "Buddy" Grace Petrucci Cecil Grey MM Donnie Grey Valerie Grey MM Donnie Grey James Guido MM Tony Valenti Tony Homitz Marge Homitz Becky Jackson Debbie Vraninin Walter Johnson Martha Johnson Harry Jones, C EdieJones Mae Kerekes Morgan Lauff EmmaJane Klim A&R Zelenko Frank Korosec Frances Korosec Florence Kristoff Bernice Kristoff Julius Kristoff Bernice Kristoff Ricky Kuczyski (son) Kathy O'Hara Charles Lawson, Sr. Charles Lawson James Lawson & Tillie Charles Lawson Kimberly Libengood MM Donnie Grey Edward Lukon, P. The Phillip Lukon Fami(v Ben Mader & Ellen Mary Vraninin Don Malone Bob & Deb Bongiorni John Mancinelli Jonni Buchwald Mary Mancinelli Jonni Buchwald Gildo Mancinelli Jonni Buchwald Gildo Mancinelli Michael & Julie Mancinelli John Mancinelli Michael & Julie Mancinelli Mary Mancinelli Michael & Julie Mancinelli Jean JJ;fanni Joe & Bev Manni & Family AI Marcucci Dorothy Marcucci Eve(vn Marcucci Dorothy Marcucci John McCabe Mary McCabe Red McClain Diane McClain Teofila McGraw Pat McGraw Pat McGraw, MA-1 Pat JJ;tcGrcnv Andrew Minzak Clara & Richard Alvarez Lil Morra MM Jos. Sherasky Dan Murphy Dan & Joan Murphy Mary Murphy Dan & Joan Murphy Anthony Muzopappa Dorothy Muzopappa Frank Nee(v MM Donnie Grey Betty Nee(v MM Donnie Grey " Mae Nice Virginia Geisler Barbara Onda Jim & Dol(v Valenti & Fami(v Sara Orga, R. Sam Orga Jack O'Hara Don & Jackie Bianchi Jack O'Hara Morgan Lauff Regina O'Hern Mary Lou Dowler Mike Pasquale Shirley Pasquale Matt Patterson Tom & Nancy Patterson Donna Petka Stanley Mozina Eugene Petrucci, Jim Cheryl Chesnic Earl Petrucci, "Peachie" Grace Petrucci Nell Petrucci Cheryl Chesnic George Porcfziran Lila Porchiran Joe Pusateri Josie Pusateri Larry Radomski A&R Zelenko Tex Reed & Margaret Dale, Sandy & Kay/a Mary Repole Sheila & Tom Repole Jim Repole Sheila & Tom Repole Doris Riddle, S. Peggy Sziminski Large Tom Rowland & Esther Charles Lawson James Sabatasse Rose Co/linger Sabatasse Joy Saffle MM Donnie Grey Kermit Saffle M!Jtf Donnie Grey James Saffle MM Donnie Grey Maxine Saffle MM Donnie Grey Shirley Salvadori Florence Salvadori Battista Salvadori Florence Salvadori Mary Salvadori Florence Salvadori AgnesSaska Sheila & Tom Repole PJ Sciamanna (vnthia Darras Tete Sella Arvella Sella Clarence Shawley Jim & Dol(v Valenti & Fami(v Samuel Sprando Rose & Gene Sprando Rebecca Sprando Rose & Gene Sprando Richard Sprando Rose & Gene Sprando Richard Sprando Pete & Alice Blue Rebecca Sprando Pete & Alice Blue George Srekon Mary Vraninin Dawn Starr Christopher Stafford Matthew Stetar Fami(v Pearl Stetar F ami(v Ludwig Stetar Fami~v Eve~vn Stetar Fami~v Ann Stiffler Martha Stiffler Ralph Stiffler Martha Stiffler Dol(v Sziminski Peggy Sziminski Large Sergie Sziminski, "Red" Peggy Sziminski Large Edwin Tf~vlor, M. Rose/eta Taylor Ted Testa Rich & lut~r Lounder Tom Testa Rich & Ju(~V Lounder Margaret Testa Rich & Jzu~v Lounder Ted{~V Testa, Joe Rich & Judy Lounder Carmelo Trimarki Antionette Trimarki Michael Trimarki Antionette Trimarki Hugh Tustin, Sr. Teri Bowers Rose Valenti MM Tony Valenti Joseph Valenti MM Tony Valenti

Marv- Veaab "Tuna" A friend Robert Walden Alice Walden Eddie Welsh Darlene Welsh Josephine U'hiteford Sheila & Tom Repole Mrs. Wiehloh Karen Adamson Edward 1-Fojick O'Hara Fami(v Pat Yanni Deanna Yanni Ruth Yatsko Bob & Deb Bongiorni Tim Yeager Marlene Antonetti Gregory Zamberlan Ilde Kreszock Mary Zelenko A&R Zelenko Joseph Zelenko A&RZelenko

REFRESHMENTS 1-VILL BE SERVED FOLLOWING OUR "SING ALONG·'' 1-VITH CAESAR GROSSI (ONCE AGAIN, THANKS, CAESAR)

HAPPIEST OF HOLIDAYS AND A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO ALL THOSE WHO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT YOUR LIBRARY. THOSE REHEHBERED

.Julius Kaminski David & Susan Kaminski

Loring E. "Bud" Williams David & Susam Kaminski

Preston Family Grace Preston

Charles Strongosky Rita

Anthony Pusateri, Sr. Agnes Pusateri

Mancinelli Family June Mancinelli

Stewart Family June Mancinelli

Battisti & Giuliani Families Clara Alvarez

Little Tausha Clara Alvttr.ez

Souls of Fain•iew Cemetary Clara Alvarez

Alvarez & Vega Families Clara Alvarez The Seventh Annual Dedication of the Memory Tree

This year, the Restoration/Beautification Committee ofBurgettstown and the Burgettstown Community Library, have come together at this special time ofthe year in an effort to promote the meaning of community. Let us do the best we can with what we have and enrich our community.

... enjoy this evening... THOSE REMEMBERED

... what we have once enjoyed ... we can never lose ...... all that we love deeply becomes a part of us ... Helen Keller

Adamson, Dan Family Ahlborn, C. Milton Janet, Dan, Danny & Nick Ahlborn, C. Milton Norma Jean Ahlborn Aller, David Jim & Debbie Aller Alvarez & Vega Families Clara Alvarez Anderson, Doris Richard & Karen Anderson Armstrong, Delbert Linda Armstrong Baker, Matthew P. Arletta & Richard Zelenko Baker, William P. Arletta & Richard Zelenko Barto, Barry Alyce & Duffy Barto Bennett, Paui... Deceased members of... family Dorothy & Paul Bennett Bernola, Elmo "Monk" Esther Tabone Bianchi, Irene MM Don Bianchi Bianchi, Geno MM Don Bianchi Blaine, John Betty Blaine Blaine, Jamie Betty Blaine Brunner, Eleanor John W eidert Bubenheim, George Debbie Stetar Campbell, Art Alice Campbell Chalmers, Alverda Donna Lynn Christy, "Red" Marge Homitz Cipranic, Helen & Louis Jerry Cipranic Family Clark, Nellie L. Edith C. Jones Classmates of '49 June Mancinelli Collinger, Anita Rose Rose C. Sabatasse Cunningham, Edith Joanne Cunningham Darras, J. Perry Cynthia Darras Davidson Family Don & Betty Ann Fletcher Degenkolb, Ellen The Baker Family Dennis, Elsie Shirley Marcucci DeSanto, Fred & Delma Walter & Irene Smitsky DeSanto, Delma Smitsky Family DeSanto, Alfred Charles E. Lawson DeSanto, Delma Irene Smitsky DeSanto, Alfred & Delma George & Connie Nemeth Diehm, Robert Arletta & Richard Zelenko Dowler, "Moe" Mary Lou Dowler Dowler, "Poppy Moe" Ross & Neil Longo Dudeck, Kathy Rich & Judy Lounder Duesenberry, Paul Christina Duesenberry Dugas, Sr., William, Rose Dugas Fazio, Adeline Rose Marie Angelo Fazio, Tony Rose Marie Angelo Fefolt, Thelma Suica *see final page Ferbezar Family Jennie & Elsie Ferbezar Filipponi, Gina Richard & Karen Anderson Filipponi, Gina Clara Giacomelli Fletcher Family Don & Betty Ann Fletcher Fullerton, Glenn 0. Library Board of Trustees Gallo, Barbara Clara Alvarez Gardner, Pogue & Beulah Donnie M. Grey Gates, Brenda Lee Donnie M. Grey Gavatorta... Deceased members of... family Mary Ann Gavatorta Gavazzi, Del Karen Anderson Gavazzi, Hilda Karen Anderson Giacomel, Angelo Florence Giacomel Giacomelli, Angelo Clara Giacomelli Gilbert, Jacob Mary Gilbert Gilbert, William "Buddy" Grace Petrucci Giuliani & Battisti Families Clara Alvarez Grabski, Stanley E. Ray & Janet Suica Grey, Alma (Lou) Donnie M. Grey Grey, Valerie Ann Donnie M. Grey Grey, Cecil Donnie M. Grey Halulko, Mike Edna Halulko Harper, Hazel Sheree Zimmer Havelka, Chuck Punky Hemphill, Joseph V. Kay Hemphill Holland, Freda Carol Holland Homitz, Tony Marge Homitz Hucik, John Wanda Hucik Hucik, John Roy & Peggy Lochran Hughes, Alice Ray & Cheryl Miller Jackson, Becky Arvella Sella Jones, Harry C. Edith C. Jones Jones, Clifford Adolf Schilinski Jones, Clara Adolf Schilinski Kaminski, Ann & Julius David J. Kaminski Kerekes, Mae Morgan Lauff Kern, Wanda Megan Kern Kira Starlene Duesenberry Klim, Emma Jane Arletta & Richard Zelenko Knowlton,Sr. , W .B. Mary E. Westlake Knowlton, Dorothy E. Mary E. Westlake Kokoskie, Andy Edna Halulko Korosec, Frank Frances Korosec Kranak, Dorothy Rich & Judy Lounder Kristoff, Florence Bernise Kristoff Kristoff, Julius Bernise Kristoff Kyczynski, Ricky Kathy O'Hara Lawson, Sr., Charlie Walter & Irene Smitsky Lawson, Josephine Lynn Lawson Lawson, Tillie & James Charles Lawson Lawson, Charles & Delma Charles Lawson Lawson, Sr. , Charles George & Connie Nemeth Lawson, Josephine Charles Lawson Leas, Annie & Kenny Mary V ran in in Libengood, Kimberly Donnie M. Grey Little, Floyd John & Kathie Antonetti Little Tausha Clara Alvarez Longo, Sue Anthony Longo Lounder, Rudy Rich & Judy Lounder Lukon, Edward. P. Phillip Lukon Family Lukon, Mary E. Phillip Lukon Family Mancinelli, Gildo June Mancinelli Mancinelli, John & Mary June Mancinelli Marcucci, AI Dorothy Marcucci "Marie's Parents" Judy Hucik Marra, Sam Joanne Cunningham Matesic, John G. Jeanette Matesic McClain Family June Mancinelli McClain, Gerald "Red" Freda McClain McGraw, Sr., Mr, & Mrs. Pat Pat McGraw McGraw, Teofila Pat McGraw Meneely, Bert Pauline Meneely Meyers, Donald Donna Lynn Miladinovic, Sophie Mary V ran in in Miladinovic, Sophie Mary V ran in in Miladinovic, Sophie Vraninin Family Miller, Betty Rose (Halulko) Edna Halulko Miller, Adam & Ethel Ray & Cheryl Miller Minzak, Andrew & Margaret Clara Alvarez Morra, Lil Ginny & Joe Sherasky Mugello,Sr., Anthony Anthony Mungello, Jr. Mungello, Jessie Anthony Mungello, Jr. Neely, Frank & Betty Donnie M. Grey Nemeth, Frank & Anna George & Connie Nemeth Orga, Sara R. Sam Orga Orga, Chris Sam Orga O'Hara, Jack Morgan Lauff O'Hara, Jack MM Don Bianchi O'Hern, Regina Mary Lou Dowler Patterson, Matt Nancy Patterson Pavlik, Jason Lois Pavlik Petka, Donna Stanley Mozina Petrucci, Earl "Peachie" Grace Petrucci Petrucci, Nell & Jimmy Arletta Pierce, Rose Ann Linda Armstrong Pinciaro, Nicolene Arletta & Richard Zelenko Pinciaro, Silvio Arletta & Richard Zelenko Poznak Family Dolly Poznak Preston Family Grace Preston Pusateri, Joseph Josie Pusateri Radomski, Larry Arletta & Richard Zelenko Reed, Tex & Margaret Sandy, Dale, Kayla McQuillan Resnik, Rose John Resnik Riggle, Melanie Arvella Sella Rinehart, Mary Roy & Peggy Lochran Rinehart, Mary Ann Roy & Peggy Lochran Robinson, Mary Clara Alvarez Romestan, Family Dolly Poznak Rosen, Matthew Perry Smith Rowland, Tom & Esther Charles Lawson Saffle, Kermit & Maxine Donnie M. Grey Saffle, James & Joy Donnie M. Grey Salvadori, Shirley Florence Salvadori Salvadori, Batista & Mary Florence Salvadori Schilinski, Ben Adolf Schilinski Schilinski, Barbara Adolf Schilinski Schilinski, Judy Adolf Schilinski Sciamanna, Pete Cynthia Darras Sella, Americo Arvella Sella Senile, Romeo *see final page Sinile, Phoebe E. Young *see final page Slopek, Charles Margaret Pescho Family Slopek, David Margaret Pescho Family Slopek, Edward Margaret Pescho Family Stetar, Matthew Family Stetar, Pearl Family Stewart, Wm. H ....Deceased members of... family Elsie & Bill Stewart Stewart, John ... Family June Mancinelli Strouthers, Scottie Christina Duesenberry Suica, Stanko *see final page Suica, Jeka Minnich *see final page Tabone, Steve Esther Tabone Talmonti, Monty The Baker Family Tarr, Elmer Mary,Gary,Sue & grandchildren Tasz, Joseph Mary Tasz Taucher, Mary Margaret Lynn Taucher Testa, Margaret Rich & Judy Lounder Testa, Ted Rich & Judy Lounder Testa, Teddy Joe Rich & Judy Lounder Testa, Teddy Joe Joann Testa Testa, Thomas Joann Testa Testa, Tom Rich & Judy Lounder Thornburg, Linda Roy & Peggy Lochran Toth, Joseph, Sr., ... Deceased members of... family Elsie & Bill Stewart Trevena, Charles Mary Vraninin Trevena, Charles Mary Vraninin Trevena, Charles Ruth Cowden Triebsch, Bob Sue,Gary,Bob,Cyndy,John & grandchildren Triebsch, Martha Sue,Gary,Bob,Cyndy,John & grandchildren Turkaly, Skip Pat Flynn "Uncle Russ" Judy Hucik Vladich, Nikki Desire' e Aller Walden, Robert Alice Walden Westlake, Perry R. Mary E. Westlake Wetzel, Gladys Raegene Stetar Wetzel, Lew Raegene Stetar Williams. Loring "Bud" David & Susan Kaminski Wilson, Margaret Ann Bob & Dana Fratini Windsheimer, Alma Margaret Pescho Yeager, Tim Marlene Antonetti Yeager, Tim John & Kathie Antonetti Zamberlan, Gregory Ilde Kreszock Zelenko, Joseph Arletta & Richard Zelenko Zelenko, Mary Arletta & Richard Zelenko

*remembered by Ray &Janet Suica, Ed & Suzanne Sell, Tom & Terri Reed and Phoebe Suica & John McConnocki The Restoration and Beautification Committee Clara Alvarez, June Mancinelli, Charles Lawson, Gracie Preston wish to thank the following:

George Allen, Barney, Nickolay, Richard Alvarez, Daryl Bates John Petricca, Molly Choman

Jim Buchanan of the Buchanan Christmas Tree Farm for the six chistmas trees loaned for the circle.

Bob of Cardinal Tire for the tires used for the support of the trees.

John Weidert of the Burgettstown Hardware ... "who is always there for us".

The Board of Trustees of the Burgettstown Community Library Debbie Vraninin, President .. Lynn Taucher, Secretary Charles Lawson, Treasurer (thanx for the tree, Charlie) Sheila Repole, Janine Despines, Donnie Grey, Tony Valenti Marie Tulle, Beverly Rankin, Janet McGraw

would like to take this opportunity to say "Thank you" to "one and all" for the help in making this night one to remember. ... Many thanks for many things to many people...

Special thanks to Caesar Grossi... at the piano, the folk group, Love United and the ministers.

HAPPY "HOLIDAZE" !!!

...join us for refreshments... Mrs. Claus coming to Burgettstown Library BURGETTSTOWN- The Burgettstown Commu newspaper articles on various historic events and urday. The library is closed Sunday. nity Library will welcome Mrs. Claus from 10 a.m. to people. Volunteers are needed for the organization Patrons can download e-books and audio books noon Nov. 30 at the library located at 2 Kerr St. and collection of these articles. Volunteer hours are from the library's website at www.burglibrary.org She will read a story and share a snack with area flexible. through the "Off the Shelf'' initiative. children. Parents are asked to call the library and The group will be available at the library from 10 The library benefits from deposits at the ABITIBI register if they plan for their children to attend. a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesdays through November. For recycling containers, which are located at the Adult Tai Chi classes are held at 11 a.m. on sched information on the historical society, call (724) 947- library and the Barbush Community Center's base uled Thursdays for a $10 donation. Call the library 5441. ball field entrance in Langeloth. for scheduled dates and to register. The Friends of the Library group assists with The library is holding a continuous book sale, The Quilters and Friends of Quilters groups meet fundraising efforts and volunteer work. Those inter with mysteries, romances, biographies and chil at 6 p.m. the second Thursday of each month. The ested can call the library at (724) 947-9780. dren's books available. Hardback books are $1, and groups are open to both beginning and experienced The Burgettstown Doll Club meets from 6 p.m. to paperback books are SO cents. quilters. Members share ideas and patterns. New 8 p.m. the last Wednesday of each month and is open The library is registered for the Labels for Edu· comers are welcome; call the library to register. The to those of all ages interested in collecting 18-inch cation program. Residents are asked to drop off group will next meet Nov. 14. dolls. The club will not meet in November and labels fror:i participating products. The eLabels for The library board meets at 7 p.m. the first Tues December. Those interested. in attending a meeting Education program also is available. Those wanting day of each month. It will next meet Dec. 3, and the should call the library to register. to participate may visit eLabelsForEducation.com public is invited to attend. Library officials request donations of paper tow and register their frequent shopper card from a par· The library has book clubs meeting; call for infor els, toilet paper, hand soap, scotch tape, paper clips, ticipating store and select library as the organiza mation. ink pens, Post-It notes, U.S. Postage stamps, art sup tion they want to support. Fort Vance Historical Society volunteers are avail plies, children's snacks, printer paper and cleaning To earn double label points, participants can still able to assist with genealogical and historical research. supplies. clip and redeem labels in addition to registering To make an appointment, inquire at the library. The library will be closed Nov. 28-29, Thanksgiv them through the e-program. The historical society is digitizing its archives so ing; Dec. 24-25, Christmas; and Dec. 31, New Year's The library also benefits from those designating they can accessed from the library's computer net Eve. the library to receive rewards from their Petrucci's work. Those interested in making donations toward The library is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday IGA Loyalty Card. this project or assisting can ask at the library. and Tuesday; 9 a.m. to 8 p.m., Wednesday and Thurs For information or to register for a program, call The society also is composing collections of old day; 9 a.m. to noon, Friday; and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sat- (724) 947-9780.

Mrs. Claus Coming to Burgettstown Library PA Focus-November 7, 2013 Edition Courtesy of Fort Vance Historical Society ~om mun Hy Ubr,ary Serv.ices Thre·atened Every Monp'ay, Wed~esday and Friday e\lening fro111r 7 to 9 the Burgettstown L i b r a r y comes alive with activity. Fre quenters of the library -a r e adults, high school !)Uri grade school students, and even pre-' schoo\ers. They come to t h e' library for information or ~or reading pleasure. - Th~se ' visitors ar~ selectlng books of fiction, browsing in the Climax ScJence Corner, tis~ ing the encyclopedia for infor mation for a term paper, re,ad-: ing current magazines, a n d newspapers, or studying ethnic data concerning the Bur~ettstown CommmHty. ' In addition to on-the-spot service· given, the -library keeps circulating O\Ter 600 books to the elementary schools · in t h e Burgettstown Area. Elementary students wh see the sampling of books at fheir grade schools· are motivated to visit the lib . rary themselves in the evenings for other interesting books. The librarian assists those wQ.o come to the liorary in finding materials they - need and keeps an accurate record of all books borrowed. She- con ·stantly supplies the library with the most recent reading /matter and catalogs all bookst· In fact, one librarian sho1,1ld not pe expected to hl!ndle all this ·work, b4t because of limited finf!nces, i; is· impossible to get her the help she .needs. The Ljl;>rary Board . realizes that the library ' zhould ··-·be, opened every night, but again, the fin ancial condition of' the Iibritry prohibits this. · All library services are still available to the people of the. area only because Miss Pyle ha's w.orked the p a s t 31.-2 months without· pa;y. ' Financial problems are n ot strange to the Community Lib-. rary, but the Jiprary has pever' been in such a desperate situa tion as' now. Money is needed to keep the li'hrary open. The Lib rary. BoaTd cons~lted , wit)'! {Jer son!:)el-Of the State Library E)!: • tension _Setv.ice and has tieE)n 'iarl 'i>·-'lld to s: e- ~ k' a::!.~ltt•~nlll .mpne:i)r(l):n.local SOtU~s ·. f... · &- 'cord'ing t0 State Act l81l, ) he. ltla~ary can gl!!t ·state aid:. ,only if support is ,gi'Ven .by local dis tricts. 1n order io keep the lib rary open, the loc.~l gci:verning bodies" will ~ave . to assume this respnnsipility: · .

Community Library Services Threatened Burgettstown Enterprise-November 23, 1961 Edition OLD BOOKS~ PAPERS, AVAilABLE

An ancient book, published in of 1822. That label Miss Pyle is j 1813, is shown to BE-verly pointing to carries an interest Grimes and Vicki Spanogi.ans ing message: "This book belongs by Librarian Katherine P yle. to the Raccoon Library. Do not 1 Entitled "Travels In the Inter lend it, nor hold its back to the I ior Districts of Af:ic&.," the fire, nor a candle over it, no r I book was bought from sale of turn down :t.s leaves." the Raccoon Library in March

Old Books, Papers, Available Burgettstown Enterprise-April 5, 1962 Edition WELCOME TO BURGETTSTOWN

COM~IUNITY LIBRARY OPEN HOUSE

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1976

2:00 TO 6:00 P eM.

-~ .. BlJRGETTSTOW"N COMMlJNITY LIBRARY

The Burgettstown Community Library came into being L."l the early 1940's, a product of the efforts of the Junior Women. Its first location was on Railroad Street. From there it was moved to the old !vfcM urray Building, then to its present location on Kerr Street when the original building was constructed in 1956. The money for early operating was realized from gra11.ts, gifts, bequests and memorials. In recent years a Library Fair was held annually, resulting in substantial sums for expenses. In 1975, a significant expansion program was begun, aimed at joining the original Library and the The Climax Room is the Child :ren' s Room, which was formerly the entire Burgettstown Library.

adjacent educational building be longing to the Burgettstown Area School District. This move resulted 1."'1. quadru.pling of space, as well as providing a large well-equipped meeting room, and a display room for the Fort Vance Historical Society.

All of this was accomplished at a cost of nearly $50,000, including over $10,000 for furniture and equipment. J\1oney was raised by a The Vian Room is the main special fund drive, as well as from Library Room. usual sources. The community is indebted to additional hours of operation, extra two outstandjng personalities who personnel and the proposed new have graciously served in top-rank programs, will result in an operating ing library duties over a period of budget at least three times greater many years. Katherine Pyle, who than the one in use prior to the was with the Library since the expansion. beginning, retired only two years ago and was presented with a It is hoped that these financial plaque by other members of the needs can be met by an effort to Library Board. secure greater government, industry and business participation, increas Elizabeth Scott, who was called ed emphasis on the memorial into the institution in its infancy, program and the active interest of and who later helped to design the individuals and organizations. original building, :remains today as Acting Libraria..t""l. She also holds a Burgettstown Community, this is plaque for her untiring services. your Library. The Library is now one of the finest assets of the Burgettstown area. It 1s anticipated that the increase in physical size, the

Upstairs Meeting Room, furnished by Burgettstown Women's Club and The Petrucci Room is the Adult Charles Lawson. Available for public Reading Room. meetings. Seats 60. LIBRARY BOARD

Thomas Lee - President Michael Eannace - Vice President

Katherine Zollars - Secretary Mary Wilson - Treasurer

Sandra Allison Gina Filipponi Caesar Grossi

Steve Kladakis Charles Lawson Frank Pappas

Eugene Petrucci Eugene Povero Thelma Progar

Anthony Valenti

Elizabeth Scott - Honorary Librarian Jean Barton - Clerk

Kathryn Slasor - Public Relations Willie Lockridge - Custodian

Elizabeth Scott Katherine Pyle

Library Board Meets First Thursday of the Month Present Library Hours: 4:30 - 8:30P.M. Weekdays Phone: 947-9780 DONORS

Plaques have been placed throughout the building in honor of those who have donated one hundred dollars or more.

In Memory of Vito and Mrs. Katherine Eaton B. Angela Bovalina. Cochran

By Vito Bovalina Mr. & Mrs. Richard Holt Bovalina Packing Co., Inc. Union Electric Steel Corp.

Panhandle Food Sales, Mellon Bank N .A. Inc. Frank Pappas & Sons Lumber Co. McMahon & Kenneth Ins. Agency, Inc. !vir. & Mrs. L. W. Hoy

Petrucci's Market In Memory of Margaret A. Godish. John C. Oliver By M:r. Severio Godish

Bologna Coal Company Margaret Darras

Charles Lawson I. T. Miller & Co., Inc.

Coil Tire Our Lady of Lourdes Parish

Burgettstown Enterprise Burgettstown Pharmacy Burgettstown Borough Ele Burgettstown Women's Club mentary PTA. Burgettstown Homemakers Climax Molybdenum In Memory of Harold Murphy McFarland Agency, Inc. By Burgettstown Lions Club G. J. Barbush Ralph Filipponi & Sons Mr. & Mrs. Frank Bovalina Dr. & Mrs. Thomas G. Col. & Mrs. John F. Reed Harper

Mr. & Mrs. Elmo Bernola Gene Povero Family

In Memory of James Guido. Money contributed by many By Mr. & Mrs. Anthony have resulted in plaques for Valenti the following:

To the Memory of Julian Historical Room Gobleck Family. In Memory of Kevin Cowden, Mr. & Mrs. James Dellaria Susan Robertson, Walter M. Dickson, Alberta Franz, Anne Mr. & Mrs. D. L. Malone Richey and Roberta Beau mont. Mr. & Mrs. R. Donald Hall & Family In Honor of Mr. & Mrs. Eugene Tucci and Mr. Stan In Memory of Eric Sarracino. ley Tyrpin and members of By Mr. & Mrs. Charles A. the Building Trades Program Rizzi - BASD. POWER Library unveiling new look

The Pennsylvania Most of the site is library is open from 9 POWER Library, unveil open for browsing, but to a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays ing a new look, is now all use the online e and Tuesdays; 9 a.m. to 8 on one website - power resources, users must p.m., Wednesdays and library.org- and allows have a library card Thursdays; 9 a.m. to noon users to chat with a issued by a Pennsylvania Fridays; and 9 a.m. to 4 librarian, search e library or obtain an p.rp. Saturdays. The resources, or find a book eCard that allows access library is closed Sun or photo from a library to the POWER Library e days. It is located at 2 across the state. resources. Kerr St. For information, POWER Library is the Information on obtain call (724) 947-9780. online portal to all Penn ing a library card or Heritage library is sylvania libraries. Users POWER Library is avail open from 4 p.m. to 8 have free access to news able at the Avella Public p.m. Mondays, 10 a.m. to papers, magazines, jour Library, Burgettstown 8 p.m. Tuesdays, nals, historical docu Community Library and Wednesdays and Thurs ments and photos, online Heritage Public Library. days, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. databases and eBooks at The Avella library is Fridays and 9 a.m. to 4 all hours of the day. open from noon to 5 p.m. p.m. Saturdays. It is Librarians are on call to Mondays, 10 a.m. to 7 located at 52 Fourth St., direct users to websites p.m. Tuesdays, noon to 7 McDonald. For informa and e-resources and rec p.m. Wednesdays and tion, call (724) 926-8400. ommend keywords and Thursdays and 10 a.m. to POWER Library is an search terms. 5 p.m. Saturdays. It is integral part of Informa POWER Library gives closed Fridays and Satur tion Literacy, a compo Pennsylvanians access to day. It is located at the nent of the PA Forward authoritative, subscrip Avella Community Cen initiative of the Pennsyl tion-only information not ter at 11 School Court. vania Library Associa Staff Photo available through free For information, call tion, promoting the value NEW FEATURE - The Avella Public Library, located at 11 School Court, Avella, is one (724) 587-5688. of libraries in the 21st of three local sites, also including Burgettstown Community Library and Heritage Pub search engines or web lic Library, where residents can receive more information about Pennsylvania POWER directories. The Burgettstown Century. Libraries help all Pennsylvanians learn Library. how to use online ticipate in a digital socie wealth Libraries, a Divi- tion. It is supported by resources and current ty. POWER Library is a sion of the Pennsylvania the taxpayers of Pennsyl technology to fully par- service of Common- Department of Educa- vania.

Power Library Unveiling New Look PA Focus-November 7, 2013 Edition Courtesy of Fort Vance Historical Society (]Jurgettstown Community £i6rary

~cognition ~ception (J)onor Waf{ Jfonorees

Octo6er 29, 2015 %e (]3urgettstown Community Li6rary was esta6[isfiea 6y tfie Junior Women's C[u6 ofmurgettstown in 1935 to serve tfie community. Incorporatea in 1953, it was fiousea in severa{ focations unti[ it founc£ a pennanent liome in its present focation on 'JVrr Street. 06viouslj it lias undergone severa[ clianges ana must continue to cfiange to meet tlie clianging neecfs ofits patrons. It is onlj tlirougli tlie generosity oftfze peopfe of tlie four municipafities tliat it serves, tliat tlie Ei6rary wi[[ accomp[isfi tliat goa[

'To recognize tliose indiviauafs wlio liave so generouslj supportea tlie Ei6rary in tlie past, tlie (J)onor C]?gcognition Wa[[ lias 6een esta6[isfiea so tfiat tlieir generous gifts to tlie peopfe wi[[ not 5e forgotten. rrlie (J)onor 'Watr tliat we ojftcia[lj unvei[ tliis evening recognizes four feve(s of donors. P.figi5fe aonors liave macfe a singfe contribution tliat meets one of tlie jo[fowing fevefs: P,merafd ($1,000- $4,000) Sappliire ($5,000 - $9,999) (](u6y ($10,000- $24,999) (J)iamonc£ ($25,000- )

Our Inaugura[Jfonorees at tlie Sappliire £eve{ are:

Cliarfes Lawson: "Cfzarfie" was a Co11f]-time supporter of tne Li6rary anti of tlie Port tVa nee Jlzstorica{ Society. }l fije-fo11fJ resicfent of ffiurgettstown, Cliarfie fejt a fegacy tnat sti{{ to tliis aay reaps 6enefits for tne Ei6rary.

1(atlierine cpyCe: 'l(atfzerine Pyfe was k,nown primarilj as a teacfzer; no-wever; tfzose wno k,new ner wef4 k,new tnat 'l(atnerine was tru[y a ffiurgettstown treasure wno supportea tfze Port Vance Jlzstorica{ Society anti tfze fz6rary tliat nousea it.

Our Inaugura{Jfonorees at tne 1(u6y £eve{ are:

'lhe Pami{y ofSara antiJoe !Montequin: Life-fong resiaents of tfze ffiurgettstown }lrea, Sara antiJoe :Montequin nave fejt a fegacy tnat continues annua{lj tnrougn tfzeir sons 'Witfz aonations to tlie Ei6rary in tneir memory. %efamily of Jolin ant£ (}3ar6ara Stutufa: Vpon tfie untimefy cfeatfis ofJofm and CJ3ar6ara Stunda, ttieir sons requested ttiat "

f}eMgiana rz'ayfor: Jl CJ3urgettsto-wn resident, qeorgiana wtio tivecf fier acfu{t life in Sewick..{ey, was a ctiemist wtio maintained tier ties to CJ3urgettstown and to }lrfetta Zefenf

}Ivonelle Stevenson 'Wal{er: }lvone{fe grew up in CBurgettstown and was a stutfent of 'l(atfieri.ne Pyfe. Currentfy living in :New rto~ 9vts. Wa{~r lias maintained a tife-fong fri.endstiip witli }lrfetta Zefenf

Our I naugura{ J-{onorees at tlie CDiamonc£ Levelare:

f]fen Pullerton: Jl{ttiougti Yltr. Pufferton was not a patron of tlie CJ3urgettstown Li6rary, tlirougli liis refationsliip witli :Jfe{{o 9vtungai and liis wife wtio was a Pullerton, f]fen Pu{ferton remem6erec£ tlie ti6rary witti a sizea6fe 6equest in tiis wi{[

P.lfze Jones: Jl fije-fong resident of CJ3urgettsto-wn, ancf a {ije-fong mem6er of tlie Part Vance Jtzstorica[ Society, fF,aie Jones spent a great aea{ of time in ttie ti6rary. Vpon tier cfeatti, fF,cfie generous 6equest to tlie ti6rary 6etiec£ tier fove of {earning and tier Cove of CBurgettsto-wn.

:Mr. aruf:M.rs. P.UfJene cpetrucci: f£ugene ancf:Ne({CFetrucci were {ong-stan.ding supporters of tlie CBurgettstown Li6rary tlirougli monetary contri6utions, ancf ttirougli service on ttie CBoarc£ of CDirectors. 7lieir fove of ttie Ei6rary was no more evident tlian in ttie 6equests tliat a[fow tfie Ei6rary to weattier aectining support for pu6Eic ti6raries over tlie years.

(jQ.lt/i ~ lJ'omlinson: jls in many cases, participation in tlie ti6rary ancf in tlie

fi6raries as traditiona[ « 6oof(;fending repositories. " rro tfiat end, tfie CJ3urgettstown Community Li6rary staffand CJ3oard of(])irectors fiave committed tfiemse[ves to ensuring tfiat funding is a[ways avaifa6{e to maintain tfie fi6rary as an effective and efficient 6enefit to tfie communities tfiat it serves.

%e individuafs andfami[ies 6eing recognized tfiis evening fiave ~nown tfie va[ue ofpu6fic fi6raries and fiave most generous[y supported tfie CJ3urgettstown Community Li6rary witfi financia[ gifts tfiat fiave ena6fed it to 6e a via6fe and vita[part oftfie communities tfiat it serves.

}f.6out tlie}f.rtist: Tzna :Afitcfie[[, a previous resident ofP.Uersvif{e, is a self-taugfit artist wfio fiad gracious[y vo[unteered to fie{p tfie fi6rary create tfie (((])onor (Rgcognition Wa[f' at tfie fi6rary )s [o66y entrance. (]iven on[y an idea ofwfiat tfie CJ3oard fioped to acfiieve, :M.rs. :M.itcfie{[ created an entrance to tfie fi6rary tfiat captures one's attention, and tfiat fiigfi[igfits tfiose wfio fiave 6een sucfi generous 6enefactors to tfie peopfe of(]3urgettstown. :Afitcfie[fs creation a[[ows for continued recognition oftfiose wfio fiave given as we[[ as tfiose wfio may 6e so generous in tfie future.

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CJ3urgettstown Community Li6rary 2 'l(err Street CJ3urgettstown, P}l 15021 1LIBRA~Y REPORT [SHOWS LARGEST .BOOK CIRCULATIONIN 1957 Circulation at the Burgettstown · Commuriity .Library was greater in the past year t.Yian · in a);ly pre V'imis ytpa,r, it was repor:1~d . at the annual meetin g . of the ..,library board Oct. 10. A total of 5228 books' ;was loaned directly fror!l the lib rary during th e year, and ·appro ximately another 600 books were drculated in the schools from Oct. 1, 1956 to June 1, 1957. W~th ft.mds supplied b:r the Cli m ax Molybdenum Company 250 books, all of acient ifi·~ nature, .par· ticularly · :for children and teen agers, were purchased. '.Dhe fnnt] h as··sti1l n ot been ex )>a u ste~ , an d other books will soon be added to the Climax Corner. Approximately 400 other ·volumes which Wt're either l)'Urchased ··n .ith money from the library's treas ~1ry or were. don ated b'y . · interested .. 'citizens have been processed ·a.nd' placed on the shelves iri· the past 12 months. Also ·125 new books. f'or 'children were ready J 0 r diStribution i n the. schools its- offi September 1, these having been bought with money contributed by the school

State. Aid Grants. ·Given To Li:bra.ries Govern6r David L. La~rence today appro~ed. - state aid gra~ts to six libraries ' in Washington County, includbg one of $45HiO to the· Burgettstown' Library. - r I . The Govern:or said that . today's grants are the first in a series and that a second dis. tributiol'l is scheduled :Eor this fall wheri. a portion ·of the 1.5 mil"lion appropriation for fi?cal 1962-63 will be released. A- . rnoU.n_fs are "bas'ed on the popu- ' lation served "by each library and release dates are determin-· ed. by the flow of State reve ·nues. The' grants ·are authotjzed b.Y~ . the · Library Code Act of 19tH. :The Goverhor said that he

1 was pleased to ,see the grants become 'a reality. · "The liibrary prografn was one of the vital features bt t!!fs administration's program of,. state improvements arrd l ,am happy that this gqal has been achieved.. . ·: "The distribution of these grants·· is the dawn of a new era for the· free· ;,mblic libraries of the Commonwealth that have too long ~uffered from the lack of adequate funds. This is a .milestone · in education in the state that will 'enrich and en rlarge the . library services h1 ·· 1 even the smallest communities. · "I mged officials to conti.nue,- and even increase, local Sl!IP port of -libraries so ·that. th-ese grants.... ' will~ . increase,• not m-erelyt replaGe, local-library budgets," the Goveqwr -added.· · ~---- ... - --o..-.----. ----~

State Aid Grants Given to Libraries Burgettstown Enterprise-June 18, 1962 Edition 'Statenient of C lub On Library Statu s

J u nior Wom en V oice Appreciation of A ct s of H elpful ness of People and Borough Cou,ncil

The Burgettstown Junior Women's Club wishes to express its thanks to those who have given their support and cooperation in establishing a free public library in Burgettstown. There are now approximately 500 people on the circulation list. The children especially seem happy to have thi·s means of receiving reading material, and the Junior Women have • made au issue of having the best of children's literature at their disposal. An invitation is extended to the adults who have not visited the library to pay it a visit and not only inspect the books but to join the circulation list. The club appreciates the action of the Town Council for its financial cooperation in this pro ject. The CouncH ,agreed to pay the ~ 10 . 00 a month rental. Squire W. B. Culley is ai.so to be thanked "and commended. Squire Culley saw that the library was repa.inted and papered, :and th·at new eleGtric U fixtures were installed. The Juniors are compelled to rai the money for /all other necessitir They pay for the gas and electrici and buy all new books and supplie, For this reason the club finds i necessary to raise money from timE to time, for which certain activitie~ are inaugurated and the general public invited to join in. 1 To all of those of the town't people who have donated books the club returns sincere thanks. Good books are always acceptable. Any one having books or magazines for the libr.ary ple1ase oall any Junior Woman and she will personally see that they are taken from your home to the library, and there catalogued and placed upon the shelves. At this time the greatest need of the library is furniture. Anyone hav ing a straight chair or a table suit able for reading room purposes stored in their attic or not in use, would find it .an article much appreciate<' in the library. .Ca ll a club memr and tell her if you have one 01 • other of these art,icles:-- The foregoing is a somew" vised statement of ~he Women"s Club, submittea newspaper for publicity. The news paper would like to make the addi tion that the young women, in prai·s ing others, take no ,account of the splendid service they have performed and are sti11 performing. They are making the free public library an institution that the town should be proud of and should in every way encourage and support. Statement of Club on Library Status Burgettstown Enterprise-September 4, 1935 Edition Burgettstown Community Library-1992 Annual Story Hour Picnic Mickey and Anthony Gobleck Story Hour AI Public library Children of the Greater Bur gettstown Community are invited to attend the Story Hour which will be reopened this Saturday, Nov. 11 in the Burgettstown Com munity Free Library fr om 2 p.m. to 3 p.ni. Stories will be told appro priate for children 10 yeaTs of age or under. The pr oject has b e e n successfully carried out in the lib rary in past years and members of th e library board are h opeful o f its continued success this season. Mrs. Harold McElhaney and lib rarian, Miss Katherine Pyle will be in charge Saturday aftern oon. .

Story Hour at Public Library Burgettstown Enterprise-November 9, 1950 Edition t / LIFESTYLES :Tamburitzans to perform

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Duquesne UniversityTamburitzans will perform at 7:30p.m. reserved for $25. Tickets will be $30 at the door. Group rates Saturday in the Burgettstown Middle-High School perform· also are available. Call724-947-5116 for tickets and informa ing arts auditorium. Tickets are available at Burgettstown tion. Founded in 1937, the ense.mble performs an average of Community Library, 2 Kerr St., which is hosting the group as 80 shows per season and has received critical acclaim both one of its fundraisers. Advance tickets can be purchased or stateside and abroad for performing excellence.

Tamburitzans To Preform-Benefits Burgettstown Community Library Observer-Reporter-October 9, 2013 Edition (This is the f<:>urth in a .series of articles that, explains how some institutions and businesses in the Burgettstown Community began.) · Time' has almost eclipsed. the actual beginnings of the ·smgetts town Community Library, but an early history of the Burgettstown Junior Woman's' Club, in the possession of Mrs. Ethel Blsh, records its · birth. Several , senior citizens still living in the Burgetts town area were also partly respon sible for the library's founding. . It was early spring in 1932, that a gr0up of 14 young girls was invited to the home of Helen Hindman Clark, of Main Street, to discuss organizing.a Junior W<;>man's Club. Two weeks later Mrs. Harry Lari mer, of Monongahela, met with the girls and advised them t.o choo~e a project of importance, preferably a literary one, If they wished to become members of the .Federa The library wa;first'op~ned in a tion of Women's Clubs." storeroom on Railro.ad Street, It was two years later, May 3, formerly occupied by ·Mrs. Bing 1934, before the first · formal ham, now a part of Tom McGraw's meeting of the Burgettstown office. Stella Kuhns was chosen as Junior Woman's Club was held. O.f managing librarian;· however, the ficers were then elected including members of the club took turns Helen Hindman Clark; pr-esident; 'Qpenin_g . the· library on certain Margaret Whalen, vice presid~nt; afterh9ons and evenings . each Nellie Wray, secretary; and Lois week. · Thomassy, treasurer. "The follow During the Forties the library. ing· girls were listed; beside.s the was moved to the McMurray home officers as charter members: stead which was being used at the time for school purposes. It was Grace Clark Allen, Thelma located on land adjacent to the Cunningham, Norma Dickson, Ed Burgettstown Public School, now na Foster, Els.ie Hamilton, Mary part of Stottlemyer Park. · Olive Hamilton, Marguerite Mann, In the early Fifties the Library Ruth Lawther, Bertha Mc8ormick, Board, which by that time had Louise Pyle, - Margaret Piersol, takeri over the work ot the Junior Dorothy" Richey, Mildred Richey, . Woman's Club as· sponsor, voted Roberta Hemphill and Ida Wood to erect a sma.ll building on Kerr row. Mrs. Mildred Barr was selec Street. In the mid Seventies an ad ted as an ·advisor: dition was made to the building At a meeting· in September of _and the tormer home economics 1934, the Junior Woman's Club building was incorporated into the members agreed ·to establish a li.brary structure. public library in Burgettstown. · During the years since · 1934 · A benefit dance was held at there have been many people who Union High School in November of have contributed to the growth of that year. It was followed by a the libr?ry in sundry ways. ·What series of . bal{e sales, rattles, · began as a dream on the part of movies, card" parties and other some ambitious, starry· eyed young money making projects to support ·girls developed in 50 years into the new library. one· of Washington County's most A canvass of the community progressive libraries benefitting was made to collect second hand thousands of people in ~he com- books. ':lunity. ______·- ·

Beginnings of the Burgettstown Community Library Fourth in a series of the beginnings of institutions and businesses Featured in Burgettstown Community, by Katherine Pyle Burgettstown Enterprise-February 2, 1983 Edition Christopher Stokum won the huge Christmas stocking donated by Wanda Sprando to the Burgettstown Community Library. The winning ticket was drawn by Matthew Metzger at the story hour Christmas party held December 10 in the library. Clara Alvarez of Uni-Mart was especially helpful with the raffle. Proceeds will be used to defray winter heating costs at the library. Christopher Stokum-Winner at the Library The Enterprise-December 29, 1993 Edition Courtesy of Fort Vance Historical Society Winner at library Christopher Stokurn won the huge Christmas stocking donated by Wanda Sprando to the Burgettstown Community Library. The winning ticket was drawn by Matthew Metzger at the story hour Christmas party held Dec. 10 in the library. Clara Alvarez of Uni-Mart was especially helpful with the raffle. Proceeds will be used to defray winter heating costs at the library.

Christopher Stokum-Winner at the Library The Enterprise-December 29, 1993 Edition Courtesy of Fort Vance Historical Society Burgettstown library hours. Monday-Thursday from 1 p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Register now. The library will offer adult education classes soon. Call 947-9780 and register now. The class size will be limited. Computer and GED classes will be available. Suggestions for additional adult classes will be accepted. Kids komputer klass. The library is offering a computer class for students in grades 7, 8 or 9. The class will run for three consecutive Mondays, and the dates are Nov. 2 , 9 and 16 . The time for each class will be 6 p.m. to 7:3 0p.m. The class size is limited. Call the library today and register. The charge for the class is $10, which must be paid in advance in order to reserve a computer.

Burgettstown Community Library The Enterprise-October 23, 1992 Edition At libra-ry Video on boro to be screened "Burgettstown," a 30-minute video documentary produced by Greg Scheer and Dan Morrison, will be screened at the Burgetts town Public Library on Wednes day, June 28, at 7 p.m. Production of the documentary began in April 1994. It was first broadcast on PCTV, Channel21, in Pittsburgh on May 16, 1995, and will continue to be broadcast through June. The documentary, which was shot on location in Burgettstown, attempts to portray the history, life, people and inner workings of a small, western Pennsylvania town. Consisting mainly of interviews with townspeople, the documen tary presents a mosaic of a distinc tive people and their views of the town they love. Among the many people interviewed are A.D. White, John Weidert, Charles Stadelman, Tony Valenti, Dan and LaVerne Johnson, Caesar Grossi and Ron DiOrio. The documentary was produced using equipment from PCTV, Channel 21, under the auspices of the Rascals, Rogues and Rap scallions (RR&R), a fraternal so ciety dedicated to exploration and discovery. In what is called a Ras cal's Challenge, the RR&R sends its members out to discover curious and interesting stories which lie hidden below ordinary-looking sur faces. Greg Scheer was sent to dis cover what could be found in Bur gettstown, and he took Dan Morrison along as his assistant. Greg Scheer and Dan Morrison were both impressed by what they found in Burgettstown. Scheer, a Pittsburgh-based composer and choir director, was particularly pleased to get to know Caesar Grossi, whose sacred and secular compositions span a number of dec ades and styles, and to learn the Burgettstown Polka, which is played by the John Tasz Band. Morrison, a professor ofphilospohy at Carlow College, was delighted by John Weidert's folk philosophy and Ron DiOrio's extraordinary wit.

Video on Boro to be Screened The Enterprise-June 21, 1995 Edition LIBRARY BOARD NEEDS S2000r.OO TO COMPLETE NEW BUILDING Near Union high school and the Home Economi.cs house stands a brand new building with a green roof and wi-n~ dows that open to the north and east. The building is the Burgettstown Community Libr-ary - only so far it is just a building. It can't be a library until it is finished. And it won't be finished until a couple of thousand dollars pours into the library till. A tremendous amount of construction has been done on very little money. The building is "up" and the mere hanging of doors will close it in. But the brick siding has not been· added; the floor has not been laid; the wiring is unfinished. Installation of toilet facilities awaits completion. The inside finishing of walls with mahogany sheet rock, the glazing o£ windows and the building of stacks must still be done. This sounds like a large order, but the building committee esti mates that $2000 should complete the job With the end so near in sight, the library board again appeals to the public for help. Over a year ago a house to house canvass was made in the community for funds for the new library. People were gen~ erous, as generous as one could expect them to be in this-.day of "gimmes," and fcir a project, which at that time had not been started. A few thousand dollars was raised, roughly about $3500 in alL Then the Smith Township School Board offered one of the old Raccoon School Buildings to the lib rary. With timber from it, construction began on the library August 5, 1955. Individuals and business firms have chipped in free labor and materials at cost. The building has grown. In a month's time it can be finished. The library board faces again the fact that it must ask you for money. Since no canvass was made ,in the business districts during the campaign last year, members of the board have planned to solicit these establishments. A few individ uals who were not contacted before may be asked to contrib ute. But to all of you, w~ make this general appeal: Help us to complete the work we have begun. Stop by and view the new structure on Kerr street your self. See what your money can do to make it a public build ing of which our community can be proud Contact a member of the library board, preferably Mrs. Dorothy McElhaney, treasurer, and make your contribution. In the past twep.ty years the library has operated largely on faith. It has grown steadily because the people of the Bur gettstown Community have recognized its value. We have faith that it will continue to grow with your help! Pleas~ don't disappoint us. k. p.

Library Board Needs $2,000.00 To Complete New Building Burgettstown Enterprise-October 27,1955 Edition Courtesy ofFort Vance Historical Society BREAKFAST WITH THE BUNNY SET AT RAE lYNN'S Breakfast with the Bunny will be held again this year as a project of the Friends of the library. On March 30, from 9 until 10:30 a.m., the 65 persons holding tickets for the breakfast will assemble at Rae Lynn's Restaurant for breakfast and entertainment. The Easter bunny will be present to greet the children. A limited number of tickets at $3.25 for adults and $2.25 for children will be available at the library beginning the first week in March. All reservations must be made by March 22. Tentative plans were made at a meeting of the Friends of the Library Thursaay evening, Feb. 21, for the observance of Library Week April 14-21. Announcement was made by the librarian, Arletta Zelenka, that new book pockets had been purchased which are imprinted with a picture of the library.

Breakfast with the Bunny Set at Rae Lynn's Burgettstown Enterprise-March 6, 1985 Edition BURGETTSTOWN LIBRARY ANNUAL FUND DRIVE

Fund raising is a Must to Keep the Doors Open ]lBURGETTSTOWN_ COMMUNITY_ J[ THE LIBRARY IS A BUSY PLACE LIBR A RY IN OUR COMMUNITY. EST 1935

We have over 2200 registered users of PROUDLY SERVING the library. Over 130 children attended BURGETTSTOWN BOROUGH, this years summer reading program. HANOVER,JEFFERSON, Our weekly Story Time and ABC Club & SMITH TOWNSHIPS serve the pre-school children in our & community.The computer stations. THE SURROUNDING AREAS. printing and faxing services are used daily by our patrons. Hours: Monday & Tuesday 9-5, Wednesday & Thursday 9-8, DONATIONS NEEDED Friday 9-12, Saturday 9-4 It is a popular myth that Pennsylvania Sunday CLOSED libraries are fully supported by the State. We actually have to fundraise Phone: 724-947-9780 Fax: 724-947-5116 50% of our budget. Email: [email protected] MAIL YOUR • DONATION TODAY Burgettstown Community Libra ry STAY UP TO DATE ... err St. Burgettstown, PA 15021 VISIT OUR WEB SITE WWW.BURCLIBRARY. C DONATE ON LINE & D IT•s EASY & SAFE SIGN UP FOR OUR MONTHLY www.burglibrary.org E·NEWSLETTER

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VISIT OUR WEB SITE 888 11VIItl3d WWW.BURCLI BRARV. ORC 'v'd 't!31S'v'JN'v'l Gl'v'd 38'v'lSOd' ·s·n m-NnN'v'l S03_Lt!OS3tld CHESS TOURNAMENT TO BE HElD MAR. 16 A chess tournament will be held Saturday, March 16, at I p.m. at the Burgettstown Community Library. There wm be three age categories: grades 1-5, 6-9 and 10-12. Pre-registra tion is required. Participants should register at the library before March 15. No registration wm be held the day of the tournament. A trophy will be given to the winners and they will be eligible to enter a tournament at Citizens' Library in Washington at a later date. The local tournament is sponsored by the Friends of the Library.

Burgettstown Community Library-Chess Tournament to be Held Burgettstown Enterprise-March 6, 1985 Edition GOOD EGG AWARD TO HONOR BARBARA STUNDA The annual Good Egg Award, which has previously been sponsored by the Friends of the Library, will be presented as a memorial award this year in honor of the late Barbara Stunda by members of her family. A contribution of $100 wii! be made by the Stundas to the Burgettstown Community Library in the name of the award recipient. The money will be used to purchase books or for any special library project. It is hoped that . many persons in the community will think seriously about who should be named for the award. A blank for voting will appear in the Enterprise.

Good Egg to Honor Barbara Stunda Burgettstown Enterprise-March 6, 1985 Edition By Arletta Zelenko I am accepting used books. Any one wishing to donate paperbacks or hardbound books may do so Monday through Friday from 1 p.m. to 8 p.m. daily. This year the used book sale will take place in the meeting room, upstairs in the library. The date is Sept. 7. Stephen King has a new book out entitled Skeleton Crew. John Irving's Cider House Rules takes place in an orphanage - proves to be food for thought. Voices in ·the Wind, an Evelyn Anthony novel, is a haunting story of love and revenge. Catherine Cookson presents another powerful novel with The Bannaman Legacy a story of three generations trapped by one man's past. Men and Angels - a novel about what love can and cannot do, by Mary Gordon, is a good selection. Barbara Bradford's Hold That Dream- which is a sequel to A Woman of Substance- is one you won't want to put down. Michael Korda in the novel, Queenie, has created his crowning achievement. You will want to read this story of an Indian girl from Calcutta _who be comes a dream princess of the movie world - and her fate. Men Are Just Deserts and Smart Cookies Don't Crumble are two new non-fiction books by Sonya Friedman - for every woman, 30, 40 or 50, it can simply mean that for every woman there is a second chance - "Read all about it!" Children be reminded of the hand puppets which you may borrow for a week. Stop in and take your tum borrowing one of our "new friends." Flowers add so much to our sur roundings. The flowers compliment;. ing the library setting were made available through the efforts of Charles Lawson. Thanks a bunch, Charles! I would like to have a piano recital in the library. The Friends of the Ubrary have made our beautiful piano possible. Anyone interested in pre senting a plano recital in the library, • 947·9780.

In the Library Burgettstown Enterprise-July 24, 1985 Edition BETWEEN THE COVERS

having your child tutored, call the library for information. Burgettstown • Hours. Community Library Monday through Thursday, 1 p.m. to 8 p.m.; Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 • G.E.D. diploma. p.m.; Saturday, 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Anyone interested in acquiring the G.E.D. (General Education Diploma), please register now by Avella calling the library. Community Library • Plano lessons. Piano lessons are on hold until an • Hours at the Avella Community instructor is engaged. Library are Wednesday and Saturday, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., and • Tutoring. Monday, Tuesday and Thursday Parents: if you are interested in evenings, 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.

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