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Sesquicentennial Display Items! - If you have items that you have said you will lend to display for the Sesquicentennial - please begin bringing those to the library by Thursday, May 29. If you have clothing to display, either bring them to the library or take them to the Mulberry Health & Retirement by Tuesday, June 3 - please mark all items clearly with your name so I can get them returned to you at the end of the week! Thank you for your help! Free Beginning Piano Lessons - Applications for free piano lessons for students in grades 1-6 are available at the Mulberry Library. Summer Reading sign up begins May 19 - scroll down the page for more details! Toddler
Time/Story Hour will be Mulberry Book Club will be meeting on March 26 for a day trip to Story, IN and they will be reading and discussing Persian Pickle Club by Sandra Dallas. The next meeting will be on April 23 and they will be reading Stormy Weather by Paulette Jiles. The next Friends Meeting will be July 9 @ 7 pm at the library. All members are encouraged to attend and support their local library. Get the latest
information about library events as well as book reviews in our
Mulberry
Library Blog and Clinton Prairie
Reading Lists - click on link to see the lists for grades 7
-12. Online Genealogy
Databases are offered through the Frankfort Genealogy Page.
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The Friends of the Mulberry Library are a support group for the library, assisting with special events, and raising funds to contribute to library services, materials and equipment. To join the Friends group pick up an application at the Mulberry Library or talk to any of the Directors. All membership dues are good for 1 year, with the exception of a lifetime membership, which is good for life. Membership dues are: Active - $10.00 Board of Directors: Kim Haan, President Deb Schutz, Gene Marshall, Treasurer Patty Wright, Secretary Louisa Hoffman David Hovde Jan Mosier
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Mulberry Community Library
Mulberry Community Library
615 E.
Jackson St.
PO Box 489
Mulberry, IN 46058
(765) 296-2604
Branch Manager: Michelle Ogden
Email
address: mogden@accs.net
Library Assistant: Carol Schriefer-McClean
Email address: cschriefer@accs.net
Mulberry Sesquicentennial Info
Volunteer Sign up sheets are available at the Library. We need people to help taking shifts to watch the displays at the Library and at Mulberry Health & Retirement. We also will need some help on our 1958 Movie Nights. Please see the calendar of events to get dates and times and call the library to sign up if you're interested! Thanks for the help!!! We appreciate you!
The Mulberry Library is planning on
having historical displays throughout the library and other select
locations in town. Right now, we currently need more Mulberry
historical items to display that includes, anything to do with old
businesses, anything regarding the Centennial, vintage clothing, or any
other historical information you would like to have displayed. These
items would be on loan to the library during the Sesquicentennial only and
would be returned to the owner. We will strive to make the
collections as secure as possible by having them in display cases or by
having them watched by loyal volunteers.
Please contact Pam at pseabolt@accs.net
for more information
about this.
To check out more information about the Sesquicentennial and its list of events go to http://www.mintel.net/sesquicentennial.htm.
Summer Reading Programs!
Registration begins May 19th for kids. Teen and Adult Summer Reading Programs begin sign up on June 2nd.
School Age Special programs for kids in grades 2+ begins May 28th and runs through July 25th with no programs during the week of July 4th. Registration is encouraged, call the library for dates and times and more information. Stop by the library to view samples of the upcoming crafts.
Preschool Music programs will
be on
June 5 & 12 from 2-3 pm, registration required.
Busy Hands Preschool Art class
will be on
June 20 & 27 at 10 am, registration is required.
Library Tote Bags Available!
The Mulberry Library now has tote bags available for purchase. The tote bags are $12.00 each or free with a Friends membership of at least $25.00. All of the proceeds go to the Friends to support the Mulberry Community Library. The bags are black with blue trim with multiple pockets and an adjustable hip-length shoulder strap. Visit the library to see the bags and for purchasing details.
Art Exhibited
Also on display are Maori masks from New Zealand that were donated by Gene and Linda Marshall. The masks are carved representations of ancestors, with eyes inset with paua shells. The two carved faces are examples of ancestor figures and are similar to those found on Maori meeting houses. The faces usually look fierce, often with the mouth open, the tongue sticking out, and the eyes protruding. The expression is aggressive and looks like the grimaces that Maoris make during war dances in order to intimidate their opponents. The lines on the masks mirror Maori tattoos, which they traditionally had on their faces to make them look fierce and scare off their enemies. The masks on display at the library were carved in Rotorua, North Island, New Zealand, a center of Maori culture and the site of Te Puia, an institute for preserving and encouraging Maori culture, especially wood and jade (greenstone) carving, and flax weaving.
Volunteers Wanted
Current volunteer opportunities are available. If you would like to volunteer to help at the library or have an idea for an activity that you would be able to donate your time for, contact Pam.
About the Library
The new Mulberry Community Library opened in 2001 thanks to the generous contributions of the community.
Facts About the Building:
Architect: H.L. Mohler & Associates
General Contractors: Gilliatte General Contractors
Stickley Furniture: John Kirk Furniture Gallery
Circulation Desk, Shelving, Endpanels, Lamps, and Librarian's Desk: Jerry Thompson and Jim Kaylor
Stained Glass Lamp Shades: Kim Van Arsdell
Stained Glass Window Panels: Kim Van Arsdell
Tables: Paul Harshman & Jerry Seager
Pillows: Nancy Fullerton and Leota Snyder
Donated Rugs: Florence Smith
Wall Hanging: Kermit Berg
Wooden Steam Engine, Train, and Tracks constructed and donated by Jerry Seager
"County Line": Painted by Paul Harshman, donated by Mildred Harshman
Various Wood Sculptures: Victor
Colby
Scissors Jack
Poet Slave
Flock of Birds
Bird
Head
(Shakespearian age)
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The Library is looking for historic pictures of the town of Mulberry that we may frame and display. If you have historic photographs that you would like to donate for this project, or if you have photographs that the library could make copies of, please contact Michelle Ogden.