Blowout Book Sale and Celebration Photos
Here are some photos from the Blowout Book Sale and Celebration. Click on one of the small images to see a larger version.
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| Line outside Library’s Community Room a few minutes before sale opened at 9:00 | “Better books” room just before sale opening | Community Room a few minutes before 9:00 |
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| Community Room at 9:02 | Friends volunteers filling a table with mass-market paperbacks | Mass-market paperback tables outside |
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| Community Room during mid-morning | Browsing tables of trade paperbacks | Silent Auction |
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| Sign near street corner after first day of sale | The Bobcats | This way to the lemonade stand |
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| Margaret Pantridge, President of Friends of the Library, introducing speakers | Lois Sockol, Chair of the Board of Library Trustees | Jim Healy, Chair of the Board of Selectmen |
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| Library Director Ann MacFate | Ed Donnelly, representative of Rep. Lida Harkins | Sen. Scott Brown |
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| Cake decorated with photo of old library building | Cake decorated with architects’ rendering of new library building | Recruiting new Friends members |
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| Book sale banner hanging above Library entrance | Sign marking the dedication of this sale to the memory of Diddy Brown | Everything free during final three days |
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| Remainders after the sale ended were given to several charities. |