THE GRAND opening of the Terrace Public Library is schedul- ed for Saturday, September 9 at noon. Everyone is invited to come down and sce the beautiful new expansion, ‘So for this week, I would like to - tell you how Terrace’ 5 library first began. | * Mrs. Kate Braun (of Braun’ 8 Is- land) was the first person to feel that Terrace needed a library, and decided to do something about it. She was a real estate lady who came from New York. ‘Mrs, Braun approached : Mrs. Cassie Hall, whom after Cassie Hall Elementary is named, and requested her assistance, - For two weeks they worked to- gether then Mrs, Braun, being satisfied that all was well, left the next 16 years of work to Mrs. Hall, The first Terrace library then began i in approximately 1929 and _ the original books were the prop- erty of the Canadian Legion. The library room was actually located in their Great War Veterans Hall on Lakelse Ave., which today is now Wilkinson Business Ma- ~ chines. : Added to “the Legion’ s books was a supply, of books from the provincial library. These books were exchanged twice a year.. After a few years of operation, Ms. Hull ‘decided to, form’ a li- brary board: 7 - Mrs. Arthur Carr, Mr. Ralph Cory and. ‘Mrs. Geoff. Hamlin ° were the first) members of the boird, . Library board members ‘held a tea each year to help raise funds to purchase new books. * During the Depression, the 1i- brary had to be moved from the Legion hall. because the Legion was forced to close the building around 1936.:. © So Mrs. Hall moved the library- collection over to: the old police stalion at the corner of Lakelse and Kalum. |; Those were well guarded books, with the police in. one comer of the building and the li- brary in the other corner.- The library was..only there around two years. From the po- lice building the library moved to the: little fire hall next door to the village’ offices::~ vate Because this ‘building ‘was not sainelen winterized, the library could only . operate during the summer and fall. _ Mrs. Hall still was not satisfied with this arrangement, so she talked to Bert Swain about using. a room upstairs in his new build- ing on the comer of Kahin and Park Ave. ’ Mrs. Hall operated her library ‘upstairs in this litde room with a window look out over Kalum St, an old wood stove for heat and a few chairs, Membership cost 2s cents for . three months and although the li- brary was only open Saturdays, it was a busy place, At the time Terrace’s popula- tion was about 500 people. Cassie Hall ran the library here until Mr. Swain: died, and the building was bought by Harold Smith. He wanted the upstairs to. YVONNE MOEN. | be converted to roams for rent, so Mrs. Hall was forced to close the doors to Terrace’s first library in 1945, For 16 years, she gave the Ter- race and area citizens access to a library. . But she didn’t close down oper- ations entirely, She kept a book collection alive in the old city ball building, where the Happy Gang Centre is today. Today, we think back on Mrs, Cassie Hall ‘as- the founding mother of Terrace’s first library: For a number of years after she brary, Terrace went. without a fi- _ brary. Then in 1952, a group of citizens met to discuss establish- aa ing a librarys © , Mr, Len. Leighton chaired. the a meeting which was. attended by Mr. C.K. Morison, superintendent of the Public Library Commission in Victoria. In April, 1953, the Terrace Li- brary officialiy: opened in the provincial government building with a public ceremony. ‘closed: the door on that first li- .- Terrace became the eighth member of ihe North Central Li- brary Association, which had ac- . cess to 10,000 books... The new library board consisted of chairman Len Leighton, secre- tary Mrs. H. Harper., treasurer Mrs. Mien Van Heek, ‘and Reverend A.C. Dukelow, V. Har- per and W.J. Havelaar. By 1959 the, library had grown to such an extent that the need for more space was imperative. Board members were promised space in the new civic centre, but ‘Instead the library moved in 1960 to the old municipal build- ‘ing north of the police stalion on Kalum St. KIDS ONLY CLOTHING FALL/WINTER 1995 Clothing for Infants to Adult * 100% Cotton *. 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Prior to the move; Mrs. Mien Van Heek had been librarian since 1964, Her two able as- sistanis were Peggy Bartlett and Ruth Shannon, So now, on Saturday, Septem- ber 9 at 12 noon, residents of Ter- race can help celebrate the grand © ~ opening of the Terrace Public Li- a brary’s new expansion, There will be cake, relresh- . _ ments, music and tours of the. Jie, brary. . Come by and meet the libraty staff: Chief Librarian Ed Curell;- Children’s Librarian Holly tion and to sign up, call Yvonne The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, September 06, 1995 - B7 Nguyen and the other library as- sistants, akkkek I've organized a round-irip by bus to Hazelton on Tuesday, Sep- tember 12, to see the beautiful fall colours, Sorry, this trip is for seniors only, For more informa- E- at 638-0423, Learn to Read 635-9119 . 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