Maj-Britt S. Traynor
Maj-Britt S. Traynor, 95, of Bemus Point, N.Y., passed away peacefully in her home on Monday April 5, 2021.
Maj-Britt was born in Varmland, Sweden on May 7, 1925. She immigrated to the United States with her parents, Carl Oscar Anderson and Linnea S. Gustafson Anderson in 1931 and like so many others grew up as a proud Swedish-American in Jamestown, N.Y.
After moving to Bemus Point, N.Y. she was graduated from Bemus Point Central School in 1944. She continued her education attending Alfred University and Jamestown Business College. She served as Youth Ambassador to Finland, US representative to Operation Democracy in Denmark, served on the New York State Town Affiliation Committee, and the Young Adult Civic Council. Building community and bringing people together was very important to her throughout her life, especially evident as a member of the Sister Cities Affiliation Program. While continuing the celebration and promotion of her Swedish heritage was a
Jan 20, 2021
Julie Nagel and Dawn Sard have started a Little Free Library in the village of Panama.
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PANAMA Panama residents, lifelong friends and avid readers, Julie Nagel and Dawn Sard, have fond memories of the local Bookmobile, a bus filled with books that brought “a magical doorway to a world of adventure and possibility,” to their small community.
It is out of this love for reading and for their community they have partnered with the village of Panama to add a Little Free Library to this corner of the world.
Little Free Libraries are book exchange posts set up all over the United States and the world. Anyone who passes is encouraged to “take a book or leave a book.” No library card is needed and books don’t have to be returned.
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