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Foundation of Our Public Library
By Chuck Clegg - | May 5, 2021
New Martinsville Library - Left to right Logan Hassig, Judy Nichols, Sharon Dougherty, Debra Mason, Patricia Ankrom, and Grace Williams
Last week’s column told about the history of the towns library buildings. Structures that grew from 1946 up to the present day.
The first were existing buildings constructed years before they housed their first book. That changed in 1977 when the new building was constructed that we still have today.
But the buildings themselves are far from the whole story of our public library. In fact, the most interesting part of the story is the people who are the foundation.