Albion District Library News
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Brown Bag Program at Albion District Library
Wednesday, March 5
Costa Rican Adventure
Take a Costa Rican adventure at the Albion District Library. Joey Verge will show his photos and talk about his year in Costa Rica studying the capuchin monkeys. See and hear about the exciting tropical forests and animals of Costa Rica.
Program begins at 12:15 on Wednesdays in the Naomi Lane Room. Bring your lunch; the Library provides coffee and cookies. Albion District Library is at 501 S. Superior St. on the corner of Ash and Superior in downtown Albion. Please call 517-629-3993 for more information or visit our website at www.albionlibrary.org
Costa Rican Adventure
Take a Costa Rican adventure at the Albion District Library. Joey Verge will show his photos and talk about his year in Costa Rica studying the capuchin monkeys. See and hear about the exciting tropical forests and animals of Costa Rica.
Program begins at 12:15 on Wednesdays in the Naomi Lane Room. Bring your lunch; the Library provides coffee and cookies. Albion District Library is at 501 S. Superior St. on the corner of Ash and Superior in downtown Albion. Please call 517-629-3993 for more information or visit our website at www.albionlibrary.org
Albion District Library Shows Mysterious Tools From the Past
An anonymous friend of the Albion District Library has placed a portion of her collection of antique tools on display in the Adult Room of the Library.
Area residents are invited to stop by to view items that were used by previous generations of hard-working Americans. Hand-carved wooden implements include a sugar scoop, meat tenderizer, ladle, and butter spades. Some of the metal tools on display are hand-forged spikes and a ladle, a pencil sharpener, a rotary crimping iron for pleating collars and cuffs, a soap saver, and a butter curler.
There is a very unusual two-headed (or is it three-headed?) hammer and some mystery items that we need help identifying. Come in and see if you know how the unlabeled items were used and take a trip down memory lane as you enjoy seeing the workmanship in tools that used to make life "easy."
The Albion District Library is at 501 S. Superior St. in downtown Albion. Call 517-629-3993 for more information or go to www.albionlibrary.org.
Area residents are invited to stop by to view items that were used by previous generations of hard-working Americans. Hand-carved wooden implements include a sugar scoop, meat tenderizer, ladle, and butter spades. Some of the metal tools on display are hand-forged spikes and a ladle, a pencil sharpener, a rotary crimping iron for pleating collars and cuffs, a soap saver, and a butter curler.
There is a very unusual two-headed (or is it three-headed?) hammer and some mystery items that we need help identifying. Come in and see if you know how the unlabeled items were used and take a trip down memory lane as you enjoy seeing the workmanship in tools that used to make life "easy."
The Albion District Library is at 501 S. Superior St. in downtown Albion. Call 517-629-3993 for more information or go to www.albionlibrary.org.
New Quilt on Display at Albion District Library
"Hearts and Flowers" is the pattern of the fabric art currently on display at the Albion District Library. This beautiful red, white, and pink heart-themed quilt was created by Albion resident Doretta Wilson.
Wilson took the class for this pattern by Nancy J. Martin (in "Beyond the Blocks") at the Marshall House Quilt Shop. It was her first pieced quilt and is machine quilted.
The quilt was displayed at the Calhoun County Fair in 2005, where it took a blue ribbon. It was shown again at the Harvest Festival Quilt Show in 2007.
The Library is looking for other fabric artists who would like to show their work. The locked showcase measures approximately 67" x 55" and has a hanging rod. If your project is larger, perhaps it could be folded. If you are interested in displaying a quilt or fabric art, please contact the Library.
The Library has additional showcases in the lobby and Adult Room for the display of collections. Please call 517-629-3993 for more information or visit the Library at 501 S. Superior St. to view current displays.
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Albion Tuskegee Airmen Showing at the Albion District Library
Prior to the Tuskegee Airmen, there were no black U. S. military pilots.. However, a series of legislative moves by the United States Congress in 1941 forced the Army Air Corps to form an all-black combat unit, much to the War Department's chagrin. In an effort to eliminate the unit before it could begin, the War Department set up a system to accept only those with a level of flight experience or higher education that they expected would be hard to fill. This policy backfired when the Air Corps received numerous applications from men who qualified even under these restrictions.
Albion was home to three men who served at Tuskegee:
- Grover Crumbsby-pilot;
- Richard Weatherford-pilot;
- and Finis Holt-radio man
These three men are the first to be inducted into the Albion Hall of Fame to be located in the upstairs hallway of the Albion District Library. Local artist Jerome Washington has captured the three Tuskegee Airmen in charcoal. Mr. Washington will host an art show in the Naomi Lane Room of the Albion District Library on Saturday, March 1, from 3:30 to 5 pm. Light refreshments will be served.
The Library also has a Tuskegee-related display in the lobby during the month of February.
Other Tuskegee related events:
Saturday, February 23, 2 to 3:30 pm in the Naomi Lane Room of the Albion District Library.
The Tuskegee Airmen (1995) PG-13
Featuring an all-star cast headed by Laurence Fishburne, fireballs of high speed air action explode off the screen in this exciting story of the "Fighting 99th," the first squadron of black American pilots to be allowed to fight for their country. Based on the true story.
Saturday, March 8, 2 to 3 pm in the Naomi Lane Room of the Albion District Library.
Showing of Local Veteran Oral History Project participant Tuskegee Airman Richard Weatherford. Mr. Weatherford recounts his life and participation as a pilot in World War II.
African American Display at Albion District Library
Frederick Douglass said, "Once you learn to read, you will be forever free." A poster expressing this concept is on display with photographs of many well-known African Americans in the Teen area of the Albion District Library.
Stop by the Library to see photographs of Coretta Scott King and Martin Luther King, Jr., Rosa Parks, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Harriet Tubman, Marian Anderson, Queen Latifah, Michael Jordan, Nelson and Winnie Mandela, Malcolm X, Sojourner Truth, Billie Holiday, Serena and Venus Williams, Ray Charles, and Hank Aaron.
A book table near the Adult Room circulation desk offers African American books for quick and easy browsing and free bookmarks. Also available are free information packets on African American inventors.
The Albion District Library is at 501 S. Superior St. in downtown Albion. Call 517-629-3993 for more information. Visit http://www.albionlibrary.org/.
Albion District Library Receives Generous Gifts for Dolly Parton Imagination Book Project
The Albion District Library recently received generous donations from the Annemary Meeter Trust, P.A.C.E., the Rotary Club of Albion, and the Friends of the Albion District Library to support the Dolly Parton Imagination Library. Additional donations have been received from individuals in the community.
The Dolly Parton Imagination Library is a program where each month, from the day a child is born until his/her fifth birthday, a carefully selected, hardcover book arrives in the mail. This is not a charity or a social service. It is a free gift to all preschoolers in the Library service area (City of Albion, Albion Township, and Albion School District).
For information on how you may give to the Library or enroll a child in the Imagination project, please call (517) 629-3993.
The Albion District Library is at 501 S. Superior St. in downtown Albion . Visit www.albionlibrary.org.
The Dolly Parton Imagination Library is a program where each month, from the day a child is born until his/her fifth birthday, a carefully selected, hardcover book arrives in the mail. This is not a charity or a social service. It is a free gift to all preschoolers in the Library service area (City of Albion, Albion Township, and Albion School District).
For information on how you may give to the Library or enroll a child in the Imagination project, please call (517) 629-3993.
The Albion District Library is at 501 S. Superior St. in downtown Albion . Visit www.albionlibrary.org.
Albion District Library Goes to the Abaco Islands
Sheryl Wilkinson, Albion area traveler and scrapbook artist, will share her stories and photos from a recent trip to the Abaco Islands at the Brown Bag Program Wednesday, February 27, at 12:15 p.m.
What do British Loyalists, starfish, isolationistic sculpture, hurricanes, fear of social disintegration and scrapbooking all have in common? The Abaco Islands!
Wilkinson and family were just taking an innocent family vacation in a tropical place and didn’t expect to end up in an area with so much history and so many stories — and great photo opportunities.
Bring your lunch; the Library provides coffee and cookies.
The Albion District Library is at 501 S. Superior St. in downtown Albion. Call 517-629-3993 for more information or go to www.albionlibrary.org.
What do British Loyalists, starfish, isolationistic sculpture, hurricanes, fear of social disintegration and scrapbooking all have in common? The Abaco Islands!
Wilkinson and family were just taking an innocent family vacation in a tropical place and didn’t expect to end up in an area with so much history and so many stories — and great photo opportunities.
Bring your lunch; the Library provides coffee and cookies.
The Albion District Library is at 501 S. Superior St. in downtown Albion. Call 517-629-3993 for more information or go to www.albionlibrary.org.
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