03/08/2023
The Ragland Library Story (St. Clair News-Aegis : Thursday, October 13, 1966)
On December 1, 1959, Ragland became the third town in the county to have a branch library. It is one of the three in the county to have a separate building for its library. The others are Steele and Odenville. The town of Ragland has given strong support to the library program since the county re-organized in 1963. The library building is going to be renovated with wood paneling for the walls and remodeled windows. Recently a dictionary stand was provided to take care of the new unabridged dictionary. Ragland has a basic reference collection as well as a 1965 edition of Collier’s Encyclopedia. There are 1,709 books in the Ragland branch. The “swap shop” visits Ragland once a month and books may be exchanged to suit the needs of the branch.
Mrs. Jeannette Jones has been the librarian since the library opened. The town of Ragland has paid her for four hours each week. In April 1966 the St. Clair County Library Board began to pay for four additional hours help in each branch library. Mrs. Jones was appointed to work four extra hours at that time.
The Ragland Branch has participated in the vacation reading club each summer and usually a good number of children receive reading certificates.
Photo : Mrs. Jeannette Jones, Librarian advises Sandy McDill on the choice of a book to read. Sandy is in the 12th grade at Ragland High School.
