As it prepares for its 60th Anniversary the Shellbrook Public Library invites the community to come celebrate at the Library on Monday, March 26, at 2:00pm. The Library adds to its history as it moves through its fourth decade of history. The Library is also presenting a program on how to use the Library’s online catalogue on March 22 at 7:00pm.
The Library invites the community to join its 60th Diamond Anniversary party on Monday, March 26. There will be a short program starting at 2:00 pm with cake and refreshments served afterwards. There will be displays of the Library history and the 1961 NFB film “Books for Beaver River” will be available for viewing. This nineteen minute story chronicles the creation of the regional library system and was shot locally with local people.
Continuing the revelation of history by decades, the Library saw eight librarians serving the community by the 1990s: Vesta Massey from 1952 to 1960; Dorothy Loth in 1960; Doris Smith from 1961 to 1975; Dorothy Perkins from 1975 to 1977, Anne Anderson in 1978, Brenda Kinnaird in 1978 to 1979; and the longest serving Hazel Barkway from 1979 to June 1994; and Linda Mazurkewich began working in July 1994.
Under Mazurkewich, the Library would move again in 1996 into the Provincial Building at 105 Railway Avenue West where it is located to this day. Previous locations were Halliwell Hardware, the Ladies Restroom, the Elks Theatre, Dorothy’s Floral Shop, Norman Smith’s Furniture Store (presently Dee Gees Confectionary) from about 1962-63 to 1977, Shellbrook Credit Union from 1977 to 1984, and the its own building (presently Triple S. Transport) on the corner of Main Street and 3rd Avenue from 1984 to 1996.
Notable fiction books published in 1992, the Library’s fortieth year, were “The Pelican Brief” by John Grisham, “The Shadow Rising” (Wheel of Time series, #4) by Robert Jordan, “The English Patient: by Michael Ondaatje, “The Black Echo (Harry Bosch series, #1) by Michael Connelly, “Gerald's Game” by Stephen King, "Dragonfly in Amber" (Outlander series, #2) by Diana Gabaldon, “All Around the Town” by Mary Higgins Clark, “The Berenstain Bears and the Trouble with Grownups” by Jan and Stan Berenstain, and “Franklin Is Lost” by Paulette Bourgeois and Brenda Clark, and “The Rainbow Fish” by Marcus Pfister.
The Library is offering a class on Thursday, March 22 at 7:00pm, on how to learn how to use the online catalogue to find books, order in items, and what to do when you just can’t find the title you want. Openings are limited to available computer seats at the Library so hurry to register by dropping in or phoning Librarian Alanna at 747-3419.
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