Membership and volunteers

The Friends opened membership with a drive in October 1959, after a September 29 organizing meeting at Pat Gazin's home. Membership passed two hundred by January 1960 and reached 272 (190 adults and 82 juniors) in January 1964. Volunteers staffed spring membership drives at the library and read at summer story hours, and in June 1978 Mary Lou Barks delivered books to a convalescent home and a homebound reader. Members raised adult dues to $2 on April 7, 1977; in July 2018 the board reported newsletter envelopes had increased membership receipts.

Drawn from: September 29, 1959 organizing meeting and associated membership notes; Membership drive and early activities newsletter; Annual meeting — Charlotte Malone elected president; Membership-drive volunteer schedule, March 2–7, 1964; Summer story-time reader schedule, 1964; Board minutes offering volunteer help after Proposition 13; General meeting minutes adopting bylaw amendments; Board meeting reports bookstore move is not happening.