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NEWSLETTER No.47 July 1991 Dear Friend of the Library, Casino Night Just to let you know: the authorities have promised that we will hear from them by the end of August about a firm date in October or November. When we do hear from them we shall be phoning all the nice people who said they would be willing to help with the Casino Night. We are hoping to raise around $20,000 for our Library, so the more the merrier! As to what the money will be used for (excuse my English) interest seems to be settling on contributing in some way to the re-furbishment ($20,000 - range) or replacement ($50,000 -$60,000 - range) of our ageing Bookmobile. This service is so important and valuable to those who cannot easily get to the Library, and the need to do something about it is becoming urgent. (I may be dreaming, but how nice it would be to see something like "Funds donated by the Friends of the Library" painted on the rejuvenated, or even a new, Bookmobile). Book Sale in June Our congratulations and thanks to Betty Neilson and all who helped to prepare for and to staff the paperbacks/records sale on the patio. The temporary "roof" erected by Paul Windsor-Martin was excellent and the weather was kind this year, and we did rather well ("All men have their faults; too much modesty is his" - Oliver Goldsmith 1728-1774) - all right, it was a record June sale - we earned $1,652! Numbers Membership is up to 97. Our total funds at the bank are made up of $3,595.72 including the Book Sale revenue, plus $2,500 in a term deposit, a grand total of $6,095.72. (We worked for the money: now the money is starting to work for us once more). Art Receptions These will continue regularly until December, 1991, then will stop until the Library expansion is completed. Fall Book Sale This will happen at the end of October. Thought for the Month: "There is nothing that solidifies and strengthens a nation like reading the nation's history, whether that history is recorded in books, or embodied in customs, institutions, and monuments." Joseph Anderson 1836-1916 WHERE ARE WE? The Domesday Book was written here. Jane Austen died here. John Keats wrote his Ode to Autumn and said the good air was worth sixpence a pint. "It is the pleasantest town I ever was in," he said. The City of Kings! From King Arthur and King Alfred to William the Conqueror and Queen Elizabeth II, they have all made their contribution to its history.