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Kurth Memorial Library in Lufkin and best-selling
author John Foxjohn invite the public to the book
launch for his blockbuster novel, Tattered
Justice on March 6th, 2010, from
11:00am-1:00pm. Mr. Foxjohn will be in our large
meeting room to discuss his most recent book,
Tattered Justice. Copies will be available for
sale. The library will serve refreshments and
attendance is free to the public. For more
information, see our website (www.kurthmemoriallibrary.com)
or contact Mr. Foxjohn at
www.johnfoxjohnhome.com.
We hope everyone will come out to enjoy the program
by this award-winning local author.
The Genealogy Department would like to thank Karen
Kurth Hall for donating a copy of The Gates Family
of Patrick County, Virginia. They also appreciate
June Moffett for donating a copy of History of
Jasper County, Mississippi. If you are researching
in Pennsylvania, they have added two volumes of York
County Pennsylvania Church Records of the 18th
Century and a two volume set of Genealogical and
Personal History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania.
Ray County, Missouri History, Martin County,
Kentucky History and A History of Uvalde County,
Texas have also been added.
If you would like to do some internet research on
your family, Ancestry Library Edition is
available at no charge for patrons inside the
library. Heritage Quest and Footnote.com
are available for use in the library as well as
outside the library for those with current library
cards. New items are added to these data bases
every week. Stop in today and start digging up your
roots. If you need help accessing these databases,
please ask in the Genealogy department. Our
Genealogy department also has an excellent
collection of print materials that are available for
those who wish to research their family trees,
including books covering families from all across
the country, not just here in Texas. We also have a
large collection of microfilm for back issues of the
Lufkin Daily News. We encourage anyone interested
to come in and see what’s available.
AARP will be
providing free Income Tax assistance at Kurth
Memorial Library for senior citizens and low-income
or disabled persons on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9
am to 12 noon beginning on Tuesday, February 2,
2010. There will be a sign-in sheet and patrons
will be taken on a first come, first served basis.
You will need to have a copy of last year's income
tax return, your social security card, and social
security cards for any dependants.
Our new items this week include J. D. Robb’s
Fantasy in Death, Robert B. Parker’s Split
Image, V. C. Andrews’ Secret Whispers,
Nancy Atherton’s Aunt Dimity Down Under,
James Grippando’s Money to Burn, and Danielle
Steel’s Big Girl. Our patrons can also get a
complete listing of our new arrivals in all areas of
the library on our website (www.kurthmemoriallibrary.com),
or you can see a printed listing by stopping at the
Reference Desk.
Kurth Memorial Library is open 10am to 7pm on
Monday, 9am to 6pm Tuesday through Thursday, 9am to
5:30 on Friday, and 9am to 1pm on Saturday. We do
not charge for membership, however, you must come in
ahead of time to make application for a card in
order to complete the address verification process.
Anyone who lives or works in Angelina
County may apply for a library card. You may not
check out items the same day you apply for a card.
Replacement cards are $1. Parents or legal
guardians must apply for library cards for children
under 18. Children under the age of 12 should not
be left at the library without adult supervision.
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