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The Machias Library Association was formed about 1815 by Rufus K. Porter, a local attorney. His son, Henry Homes Porter, was a successful railroad executive. With the library of his hometown lacking in funding and a permanent home, he gave $1,500 in 1891 to stabilize its financial situation, and promised an additional $9,000 for construction of ...
Blandford public library in 1899. The Porter Memorial Library is a public library, [6] established in 1891. [7] In fiscal year 2008, the town of Blandford spent 1.46% ($35,908) of its budget on its public library—approximately $28 per person. [8]
Myers has donated about 20,000 items, including books, videos, music and artwork to the Mount Aloysius College library since 2000. How a retired Somerset County pastor's ministry continues to grow ...
On Feb. 21, Baxter, the embattled library director, appeared alongside Anderson and another local pastor on the “Greg Dunker Show,” a local conservative talk radio program.
Porter Memorial Library may refer to: Porter Memorial Library (Maine) in Machias, Maine; Porter Memorial Library (Massachusetts) in Blandford, Massachusetts
Machias / m ə ˈ tʃ aɪ. ə s / is a town in and the county seat of Washington County in Down East Maine, United States. [2] As of the 2020 census, the town population was 2,060. [3] It is home to the University of Maine at Machias and Machias Valley Airport, a small public airport owned by the town.
That’s why he went to the Andover Public Library recently to check out as many as he could — reportedly more than 100 in all — in order to take them out of circulation during Pride Month.
Before the Civil War, and its aftermath, First Bryan's pastor and several church members played integral roles in the emancipation of blacks in Savannah. James Merilus Simms, a trustee and ordained minister of First Bryan, went to Richmond, Virginia in 1862 and returned to Savannah with the preliminary draft of the Emancipation Proclamation to share with Savannah's black leadership and population.