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After a banner premiere season, Tuesdays

With… returns with exciting new presentations

on local history, Lowcountry wildlife, hometown

heroes, and so much more. All lectures are at

10 am in the Georgetown Library Auditorium.

September 18

Speaker: Paige Sawyer, Georgetown Historian,

Professional Photographer

Topic: “The History of Battery White and the

Harvest Moon”

October 16

Speaker: Cokie Roberts, Senior News Analyst for

NPR/Political Commentator for ABC News

Topic: “Putting the HER into History”

November 20

Speakers: Officers Ryan Lundy and Justin Pickler

Georgetown Coast Guard Station

Topic: “The United States Coast Guard: Then

and Now”

A Publication of the Friends of the Georgetown Library

Tuesdays With… Is Back!

FRIENDS OFFICERS

President Bob Willey

rwilley1019@gmail.com

413-427-8224

Vice Pres. Lavonn Gettman

Secretary Ralph Edwards

Treasurer Zella Wilt

The FOGL Treasurer has prepared the financial report for the first six months of the year. If you would like to obtain a copy, please contact Bob Willey.

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Promote the use of library

resources and services,

Sponsor programs of

community interest,

Support the Children’s

Reading Program,

Raise funds supporting

library services & programs.

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FOGL Membership

for 2018-2019

Baruch Seminar Series Continues The Friends have partnered with

Clemson’s Belle Baruch Institute of

Coastal Ecology 50th Anniversary

Lecture Series to celebrate local ad-

vancements in ecological research.

The lectures are at 10 am in the

Georgetown Library Auditorium.

September 27:

Jack Whetstone, Associate Professor

Emeritus

“Coastal Extension Programs in

Aquatic Invasive Species and Aqua-

culture”

October 25:

Dr. George Askew, VP, Public

Service and Agriculture

“The Baruch Institute: An Important

Player in the SC Coastal Plain”

If you haven’t sent in your 2018-2019 contribution, we

encourage you to renew your annual Friends

membership now—to support the Georgetown Library

in its work for the children and families who use its

resources.

Due in large part to donations

from the Friends, the 2018

Georgetown Library Summer

Reading Program was a

success! Hundreds of local kids

enjoyed puppet shows,

encounters with wildlife and

fossils, magic performances,

arts and crafts, and more.

Many thanks from the

Summer Reading Program!

Winyah High School Collection

Thanks to the commendable efforts of the Winyah High School Yearbook Committee led

by Danny Brabham, the Georgetown County Library System has a complete run of these

historic annuals from 1939 to 1984. This collection is housed in a special cabinet in the

Georgetown Library’s Patricia D. Doyle Local History Room. The yearbooks are accessible

to the public and are being scanned for display in the Georgetown County Digital Library

(www.gcdigital.org). Nearly $1,600 in donations to this project have been received from

the following generous individuals: Elizabeth G. and John E. Bazemore, Sr., Elizabeth D.

Bernadin and Philip M. Wilkinson, Mary Ann and Dannelly M. Brabham, Bette M. Brown

and Dr. James H. Galt-Brown, Joanne S. and Fletcher Carter, Shirley C. Cauthen, Hollis D.

Cromartie, Linda R. Crumpler and Eleanor W. Stalvey, Louise D. and William W. Doar, Jr.,

William E. Dufford, B. Dutchin Hardin, Estelle F. Higgins, Jean Holland, Dawn P. and James

E. L’Heureux, Courtney C. Manchester and Donald W. Camlin, Jacquelyn V. and C. J.

McCants, Mary and Ken Morgan, Rennie R. and Frank D. Morris, Sylvia S. Owens, Bernice

W. and Benedict P. Rosen, Alta K. and W. Reed Swann, Glennie Tarbox, and Ann A. and

John Ray Williams, Sr.

Upcoming Library

Children’s Events

Mother Goose Story Time

Fall Session September 5—December 19

Wednesdays, 10 am - 11 am

Ages birth—4

Board Games and Coding Games

Tuesday Afternoons

3—5 pm

All ages

LEGO Free Build Fridays

3—5 pm

Ages 4—14

Questions? Call (843) 545-3310

FRIENDS OF THE GEORGETOWN LIBRARY 405 CLELAND STREET, GEORGETOWN, SOUTH CAROLINA 29440

Annual Membership Renewals

Are you up to date? Please renew

as soon as possible. Donations are

also always appreciated!

A century ago, Georgetown became the home

of Lebanese immigrants and, for subsequent

generations, the Lebanese culture has been an

integral part of the region. To celebrate that

heritage, the Georgetown County Library is

hosting a Lebanese Legacy Symposium at the

Waccamaw Neck Branch Library at 41 St. Paul

Place, Pawleys Island, SC.

The event will commence on Friday, October 26, at 7

pm with the premiere of a documentary featuring

interviews with South Carolina’s Lebanese families linked

to Georgetown County. Then, on Saturday, October

27, beginning at 9 am, scholars will present lectures on

topics ranging from history to religion, music to cuisine.

Also included will be an exhibit on Lebanese

contributions to American life.

These free activities

are all made possible

by a grant from South

Carolina Humanities. They are the result of a collabora-

tion of the Georgetown County Library and the Moise

A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies at

NC State University, headed by Dr. Akram Khater. For

more information, call Trudy Bazemore, Georgetown

County Library Associate Director, at 843-545-3303.

Lebanese Legacy Symposium