1977

A Bookmark Contest and Two-Dollar Dues

On January 26, 1977, members elected officers Patricia Gazin, Lorraine Hales, Sunny Mowbray, Cynthia Godofsky and Isolde Whitney and planned quarterly book sales. The Friends asked for Mira Costa and Redondo high-school yearbooks, and Rebecca Cowan gave eighteen Hoofprints annuals. A children's bookmark-design contest drew more than 200 entries. The Police Association donated three $25 savings bonds as prizes, artist Clare Creighton judged, and the winners received their awards on April 23. On April 7 members raised adult dues to $2 and amended articles V through VIII of the bylaws. A spring book sale sold nearly one thousand books and raised more than $200. The Friends sent children's books to Point Barrow, Alaska, South Central Los Angeles and Mira Costa. The June 24 Libations at Bernard and Isolde Whitney's home netted $130.11.

Drawn from: Annual meeting minutes and election of Patricia Gazin; Board directory with later annotations; Mira Costa presents library with yearbooks; Bookmark winners to receive prizes Saturday; Police donate prizes for library contest; General meeting minutes adopting bylaw amendments; Friends raise more than $200 at book sale — article and photograph; June newsletter on Libations and book redistribution.

Summary written by Claude from this year's records, for review by the board. Read every year.