COPLAY PUBLIC LIBRARY - 50TH ANNIVERSARY.

COPLAY PUBLIC LIBRARY
5TH AND CENTER ST.

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GEORGE MILLER
FOUNDER OF THE
COPLAY PUBLIC LIBRARY
1962


THE FOLLOWING 2 EXCERPTS
WERE COPIED FROM THE
COPLAY CENTENNIAL
HISTORY BOOK (1969)

BACK IN THE EARLY TO MID 1970'S,
RECOGNIZING  THE FACT THAT A
LARGER FACILITY WAS NEEDED,
GEORGE MILLER, LOUIS TEPES,
JULIAN NEWHART, MRS. JAMES HELLER
AND  OTHERS,
LAID THE GROUNDWORK FOR THE
PROJECT.  THE LOCATION AT 5TH
AND CENTER ST. WAS SELECTED 
BECAUSE OF ITS' CENTRAL
ACCESSIBILITY AND PROXIMITY
TO THE HISTORIC COPLAY HIGH
SCHOOL.  BECAUSE OF THESE
VISIONARY GENTLEMEN,
 THE NEW COPLAY PUBLIC
LIBRARY BECAME A REALITY. 
THE BUILDING CONSTRUCTED BY
TEPES CONSTRUCTION WAS BUILT
SPECIFICALLY TO SERVE THE
NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY FOR
MANY YEARS TO COME.  A
LIBRARY IN A COMMUNITY IS
A LIMITLESS SOURCE OF KNOW-
LEDGE, A PLACE TO RELAX IN
COMFORT AND READ THE LATEST 
NOVELS, HISTORICAL JOURNALS,
THE DAILY NEWSPAPER, HAVE COPIES
MADE OF PERSONAL DOCUMENTS,
SEND SOMEONE A FAX, ACCESS
INCOME TAX FORMS AND IN THIS
ERA OF MODERN TECHNOLOGY,
HAVE ACCESS TO THE INTERNET
BY THOSE WHO DON'T HAVE THE
WHEREWITHAL TO PURCHASE A
COMPUTER OF THEIR OWN. THE
FACILITY IS UTILIZED BY SCHOOL
STUDENTS IN PREPARATION FOR
TESTS AND COMPLETION OF HOME-
WORK ASSIGNMENTS.

WE ARE ALL AWARE OF WHAT THE
PENNA GOVT. ADMINISTRATION'S
 HANDLING OF THE STATE BUDGET
HAS DONE TO THE FUNDING OF THE
SCHOOL DISTRICTS THROUGH OUT
OUR COMMONWEALTH.  WITH THIS
IN PLACE, THE COPLAY/WHITEHALL
SCHOOL BOARD ANNOUNCED THAT
THE MONIES PROVIDED TO OUR
LIBRARY WILL BE DISCONTINUED.
COPLAY COUNCIL MANAGED TO
NEGOTIATE A PARTIAL FUNDING
FOR THE CURRENT SCHOOL BUDGET
YEAR (JULY 2012-JUNE 2013) WITH
NO GUARANTEE BEYOND THAT.
COPLAY BOROUGH COUNCIL WILL
PROVIDE ADDITIONAL FUNDING
FOR THE LIBRARY OPERATION
THRU THE END OF THIS CALENDAR
YEAR. 
WHAT DOES THE FUTURE HOLD
FOR THE COPLAY PUBLIC LIBRARY?

AT THIS POINT, I BELIEVE I SHOULD
MAKE YOU AWARE THAT THE INTERIM
DIRECTOR OF THE COPLAY PUBLIC
LIBRARY IS OUR DAUGHTER, 
MRS. MARYROSE FARQUHAR.


WE ALSO FEEL THAT THE ENTIRE
STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS ARE TO
BE COMMENDED AND APPLAUDED
FOR THEIR FUNDRAISING EFFORTS
IN AN ATTEMPT TO MAINTAIN THE
COPLAY PUBLIC LIBRARY AS A
MEANINGFUL, VIABLE RESOURCE
OF OUR COMMUNITY. PLEASE
CONSIDER BEING A PART OF THE
EFFORT IN THE FUTURE.







GEORGE MILLER WAS ALSO
FOUNDER AND/OR CO-FOUNDER
OF THE FOLLOWING:

COPLAY SPORTS
APPR. 1955

COPLAY RECREATION AND
WELFARE ASSN., WHICH
RECEIVED ITS' CHARTER
ON JULY 5, 1955