Peters Township Library To Hold 60th Anniversary Bash

PETERS TOWNSHIP, PA - If it seems as though 1957 was a long time ago, that’s because it was. Dwight Eisenhower was president. Toyota began selling cars in America. Elvis Presley’s “Jailhouse Rock” was a big hit at the box office.

And the Peters Township Public Library opened.

To mark that landmark anniversary, the library will have an open house on Oct. 22 from noon to 3 p.m. The birthday celebration will include live music, a balloon artist, photo booth, prize wheel, birthday cake and ice cream. Not only that, the first 100 children attending the festivities will receive a complimentary copy of “The Cat in the Hat,” published, you guessed it, in 1957.

Other highlights:

• 12:30 p.m. Storytellers Barbara Seels and Mary Jo Sonntag will help capture favorite memories with “What’s Your Library Story?”

• 1 p.m.: Members of the Donaldson family will present a photographic display “110 Years of Donaldson’s Crossroads.”

• 2 p.m. Library Director Myra R. Oleynik will share some details about the Peters Township Public Library’s history. Dr. Robert W. Moore, the 1968 Peters Township High School valedictorian from the Class of 1968, will follow with “A Sampling of Peters Township History and Resources for Finding Much More.”

If you’re thinking of avoiding the festivities because you have an overdue book, there’s good news. The library is having a fine amnesty week the before the birthday bash.

“We have cardholders that we haven’t seen in awhile either due to outstanding fines or misplaced materials, and we simply want to welcome them back with a special surprise to celebrate the library’s 60th birthday,” Oleynik said.

Photo: Patch file.