75th Library Anniversary

A very well attended 75th anniversary event was held this past week.  It was nearly perfectly timed to coincide with the founding on November 24th 1950. Hosted by Carmen Erison with speakers Marni Fedeyko Town of Cochrane, Charles Love, Melissa Legacy, Cochrane Public Library, and Gemma Noon of Folklore Research, who presented a video history of the “Willing Working, Women” who realized the need for, implemented and ran the library during its early years. Entertainment provided by Good Vibes Memory Choir who were excellent. Still Water Tea provided refreshments, and Farmer’s Leaf provided gifts.

Four women formed the core group of Willing, Working, Women.

• Vola McPherson,
• Nan Boothby,
• Amy Callaway,
• Grace Oldfield

Long time volunteers:

• Emily Lathwell (33 Years),
• Margaret Beattie (32 years),
• Catherine Hansen (25 years),
• Dorothy Steves (21 years)

Ruth Davies used to travel with Nan Boothby to Calgary to acquire and then repair books for the Library collection.

Be sure to click on any of the following images for an expanded view. We’ve more history of the library in the articles in Deep Dive at the bottom of the page.