May
13, 2015
To
commemorate Memorial Day, the Quitman Public Library has set up a display near
the front desk in honor of our military.
The books, available for check-out, span the American Civil War to
present day.
What you
may not know about the Quitman Public Library:
We have a collection of nearly 1000 DVDs. Patrons 18+ may check out up
to four movies for a 7-day checkout. The
DVDs are located in our A/V department and are grouped by the following type:
Humor, Romance, Western, Drama, Classic, Suspense, Biography, History,
Adventure, War, Children, Young Adult, Religion, Fantasy and Science Fiction.
Stop by and check it out.
Patron
cards are for Wood County residents with photo identification. A guardian must sign for children ages
5-17. Hours are Tuesday – Friday, 10:00
a.m. - 6:00 p.m. Call 903-763-4191 or
visit our website at www.quitmanlibrary.org. Keep up with current events on our
Facebook page at www.facebook.com/quitmanpubliclibrary.
Adult
Services
GED® or General Educational
Development preparatory class is on break at the Quitman Public Library, but it
will be starting back up soon. Contact
Peggy Lustig at 903-589-6900 for class information.
Virginia Hoffpauir is offering free
knitting and crochet instruction each Thursday 2 – 4 p.m. in the library’s main
gallery. Students of all ages and skill levels may bring their own supplies and
join the group.
A free FDIC
Money Smart "Money Sense” class is meeting each Wednesday 4 - 5:30 p.m. at
the Quitman Public Library. Money Smart has reached over 2.75 million consumers
since 2001. To sign up, call Pam Hortman at 903-763-4191.
Children’s
Services
Story Time Hour is Wednesday, May 13,
2015, from 2 - 3 p.m., and the theme will be “Mother Goose” presented by
Lillian Gray and Liz Soutendijk. Story Time Hour is designed for young readers
and home-schooled students; however anyone who wants to hear a great story is
welcome.
Advisory
Board
The Quitman Public Library Advisory Board
will meet Thursday, May 14, 2015 at 6:00 p.m. in the library’s main gallery. The
public is always welcome to attend.
Friends
of the Library
The Friends of the Library held its
last meeting of the 2015 season earlier this week by enjoying a pot luck dinner
and welcoming Texas Author, June "Jo" Boyd, who has recently published “A Spiritual
Awakening" (Tate Publishing).
If you would like to join this
active group of volunteers dedicated to the growth and improvement of the
library, contact Teresa Meeks at tameeks@etmc.org.
Genealogy
The Wood County TX Genealogical
Society will hold its final meeting of the 2015 season on Monday, May 18, 2015
at 7:00 p.m. in the Shamburger Community room at the Quitman Public
Library. Officers will be elected for FY2016.
For more information including photographs and recent queries, visit the
group’s Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/groups/woocotx. The Society will
remain active throughout the summer, and current events will be posted on the
website at http://www.woodtxgene.com.
On
Display
In
the library showcase is a collection of pop-up books from the collection of
Rhonda Harris Taylor, Professor Emeritus of Library and Information Science,
University of Oklahoma. Pop-up books are
amazing formats of moveable books that unfold from the page through the use of
rivets, strings, tabs, folds and cut paper.
New
Arrivals
14th Deadly Sin by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro, The Bone Tree by
Greg Iles, Gathering Prey by John Sandford, Memory Man by David Baldacci, The
Liar by Nora Roberts.
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