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Extracted from
the Zeigler Public Library Newsletter Vol 1 No. 1. December 18, 2001
Article about Mary Burnett (Our given Title – A history of
the Zeigler Public Library and Mary Burnett)
Congratulations to One and All
The following article was submitted by Jane Kolar at the request of
her mother Mary Burnett.
I see we are going to open the ''new" Zeigler Library early in
2002! What an achievement that is!! You know, or most of you do, that
this is something I was really committed to while I was still with you.
I've asked my daughter, Jane, to write this for me as I always did.}
We all worked hard to buy the Old Depot and make it the future home of
the library. And, I'm really proud of how much has been done since I
left you. The effort! The creativity! Everyone deserves a huge pat on
the back"!
I was involved in it all until I was nearly
91. Wanted to go to that Library Board meeting when it was all "signed,
sealed and delivered" in
January, 2000. But, I just couldn't. Barbara Corcoran gave me a full
report", though. All this is a dream come true!
But, you may not know how long I was interested in libraries. I was even
the school librarian for ZCHS when I was in high school! I was also the
first Zeigler Librarian when the Woman's Club established a Library in
1926! In 1985 I got really involved again and served as President of
the Library Board from then until 1995. To me reading was always fundamental,
even before they had a program for it! It is my legacy to my home town
that I know will benefit one and all!
Mary S. Burnett
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