Date: Fri 13-Dec-1996

Publication: Bee

Author: ANDREA

Quick Words:

Booth-Library-bricks

Full Text:

with cut: Library Fund-Raising Hits The Bricks

Forget seeing your name in lights - a brick is more permanent. And it's as

easy as filling out a form, shelling out forty bucks, and voila! Your message

will edge the paved walkway at the newly expanded Cyrenius Booth Library.

"Memory Bricks," the latest fundraising endeavor of the Library Board of

Trustees Building Committee, will benefit the Building Fund. Townspeople are

invited to "create a special tribute to family members or friends; commemorate

a special event such as a birthday, anniversary, or graduation."

The message sandblasted on each paving brick can run three lines with twelve

characters (including spaces) on each line. Anyone ordering a brick will

receive a certificate, which can be used to announce the gift of a brick. In

late spring or early summer, the smooth paving bricks will be placed at the

edge of the path leading from the parking lot around to the side porch

entrance. The "unveiling" of the walkway will be incorporated into the gala

weekend planned for the opening of the new addition.

"They are a lasting, enduring reminder that you were a part of Newtown's

heritage - building a new library," said board member Pat Denlinger.

Anyone interested in purchasing a brick to "help pave the way to the newly

expanded library" can contact the library staff at 426-4533 or Pat Denlinger

at 426-5982.