Newsletter — children's mural and Belasco fund milestone

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HERMOSA BEACH NEWSLETTER
HERE COME DA BOOKS!! The SEPTEMBER BOOK
SALE will be held on SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, from
FRIENDS of
9:30 AM to 1 PM, in front of the library at 550 Pier
the LIBRARY
Avenue. Pat Gazin reports that the Specials section will feature a 1934 multi-volume set (missing one volume) of
the Dictionaryof American Biography, a
"wonderful tool for historical research" according to head librarian Ron
Schneider. The new edition sells for $1100, but Pat says she'll consider any
reasonable offer for this set. As always, the sale will offer many new and almost-
new hardbacks at absurdly low prices, and enough paperbacks to see you through
any vacation. Be sure to tell your friends and coworkers about this sale; you heard
it here first. More books are always welcome, and needed -- leave them at the
library anytime before noon Friday, September 7 (but please, please,
? no magazines, thank you!! I keep putting that in these newsletters, and
still we are up to our ears in old periodicals. Is anyone out there?). We can always
use more it volunteers t! to work at the sale. It really is a lot of fun. If you'd like to
get in on this, leave your name and phone number at the library (379-8475).
NEW ADDITION TO THE INTERIM BOOK SALE: The four bookshelves just inside
the library door (hardbound books for sale at fifty cents each) have now been
joined by a carousel full of terrific paperback values. Stock up on your beach
reading at only a quarter a pop!
SOMETHING FOR THE KIDS: The FOL board has commissioned local artist VICKI
TIMMONS to paint a great big mural for the north wall of the children's section of
the library. 50-60 characters from favorite children's books, as suggested by our
Library staff, will be depicted. FOL president Charlotte Malone has arranged with
Multivision Cable to film a "work in progress" of the painting to be shown on local access channel 3. The work should be completed in October, for presentation to the
children of Hermosa Beach with all attendant hoopla, huzzahs and hurrahs. We
want to make the library as appealing as possible to the children now, to ensure
plenty of customers and volunteers for book sales ten or fifteen years up the road.
AND YET MORE FOR THE KIDS: The perpetuity of the Evelyn Belasco Perpetual
Memorial Fund has now been insured by the investment of $20,000 in a Certificate
of Deposit (I can't just say "a CD;" we non-financial types would confuse it with
very expensive music). The interest received will be added to the fund to be used
for children's books. Librarian RON has recently purchased, with money from this
fund, 15 books recommended by the Hermosa Beach School District.
FOL BOARD NEWS: Nikki Humbarger has agreed to serve as FOL recording
secretary. She replaces Toni Empringham, who had to withdraw due to conflicting
commitments. Welcome, Nikki, and thanks!
GOOD STUFF FROM THE FRIENDS: Head Librarian RON has recently made some more great acquisitions with funds from the Friends, but alas, I don't have room to
list them here this time. I count 11 works of fiction, 17 works of nonfiction, the
above-mentioned children's books, and seven videos. (The library is really
acquiring a fine video collection; check it out!) Come on down and be pleasantly surprised by all the new books and videos at your disposal. I also don't have room for the usual pay-or-die membership renewal information,but we'll be back with
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that in the next newsletter. Till then, buckaroos, keep on readin'!

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HERMOSA BEACH
FRIENDS of
the LIBRARY
550 Pier Avenue, Hermosa Beach,
California 90254
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