The Harry and Mary Green Memorial Library
Mediator
Book Club
Friday, December 19, 3:00 p.m.: Surprised by Joy, The Shape of my Early Life by C. S. Lewis, led by Pat S.
From
the Introduction: The story is, I fear, suffocatingly
subjective, the kind of thing I have never before and shall probably
never write again. I have tried so to write the first chapter
that those who can't bear such a story will see at once what they are
in for and close the book with the least waste of time.
History of the Harry and Mary Green Memorial
Library
at Mediator
On Sunday, January 18, 1976, the Harry Green Memorial Library at Mediator was officially dedicated. Following the service at which former rector, The Rev. David B. Birney, was guest preacher, Mrs. Paul Hannaford, past president of the Church and Synagogue Library Association spoke at the opening of the library in the Parish House. The dedication took place at noon that day. Harry Green was a long-time member and senior warden-emeritus of the parish until his death in 1973. (Taken from an article in The Morning Call dated Saturday, January 17, 1976)
Upon the death of Mary, Harry's wife, her name was added to the library and it became the Harry and Mary Green Memorial Library. Photo portraits of both Harry and Mary are prominently displayed in the Library.
Past History
A note found in the archives at the Mediator in May 2008 indicated that, "Sandy Burroughs and Irene Gossweiler completed cataloging the library early in 1965. The Frederick L. Hiller Memorial Library was located in the reception hall of the Parish House."
For many years Mrs. John (Grace) Liebig was the Librarian and it was through her efforts and the efforts of a very dedicated group of "Library Angels," as Grace called them, who converted the library into the Dewey Decimal System and moved the library to its present location in the Parish House.