![]() The library has survived floods and budget cuts, but remains thriving today with more improvements and renovations ahead.Zak’s Tech Time - Mon., October 3, 10:00-12:00 Carnegie spent more than $56 million in the late 1800s and early 1900s helping to build 2,509 libraries around the world, with a majority of them in the United States, according to Columbia University’s Carnegie Collections. The community then spent $8,000 to build the library, and according to the same book, the Ripley Progress Club even secured a $10,000 grant from famous philanthropist and steel magnate Andrew Carnegie. “It was nice of him to come and spend some time and schmooze.”Īccording to passages from “Ripley, Ohio: Its History and Families” by Eliese Bambach Stivers, between 19, the Ripley Progress Club raised $2,298 (equivalent to around $43,358.49 in 2015) to purchase a plot of land through “ice cream festivals, sold articles and solicited donations from former Ripley residents.” “He sat and talked (with others) and we talked a little bit,” Gibson said. Gibson was impressed that Green stayed around to chat with people instead of making his speech and returning home. Gibson added that she was pleased to catch up with Doug Green, who she interacted with regularly while he was Brown County Auditor. ![]() He came and enjoyed and worked the crowd.” “The mayor (Tom Leonard) showed up a little later. It was a well rounded crowd of young and old. Retired trustees came came as did some council members, including Linda South. “A lot of the retired employees from the library came back and it was good to see them,” Gibson said. Gibson said it was a treat to not only see so many visitors, but also to see many former and retired employees of the library, and catch up with them. ![]() Gibson said that other homages to the past included folks dressing in clothing from any of the past decades and homemade old fashioned hand fans for people to take as a souvenir. Ripley native Harriet Jackson Groh sang at the event before Green gave Gibson and the library a certificate from the Ohio House of Representatives to commemorate the library’s centennial.įormer Judge Tom Zachman and his wife Jane also spoke briefly at the event, which was based on ice cream socials that occurred more than 100 years ago to raise money to purchase a plot of land on which the library was built and still remains to this day. Gibson and other library employees set up a history of the library on the street outside the building, with news clippings and other historical items detailing the last 100 years of the library. We had a little festival and that was the mood I was looking for.” The memory scroll was a huge hit as people walked through decades of library history. “The social part of the ice cream social was well received. “I think it went very well,” Union Township Public Library Director Alison Gibson said. 20, and included speeches from library trustee president Jane Zachman and Ohio State Representative Doug Green, as well as enough ice cream to fill bookshelves. The 100 year celebration was held on Sunday, Sept. The Union Township Public Library in Ripley celebrated its centennial with an ice cream social attended by more than 150 visitors.
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