Friends of Delaware library to hold book sale

The Friends of the Delaware County Dis­trict Library are hold­ing another Bar­gain Book Fair, and they have thou­sands of books, DVD’s, videos, and mag­a­zines for all ages and at rock bot­tom prices.

The Bar­gain Book Fair will be held at the library’s Orange Branch, 7171 Good­ing Blvd., begin­ning with a “Mem­bers Only” event from 6 to 8 p.m. Sept. 28. The book fair will be open to the pub­lic from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sept. 29. All pro­ceeds sup­port the ser­vices and pro­grams of the library, and the library staff is always thank­ful for the sup­port of our Friends. They have funded the Sum­mer Read­ing Pro­gram, and with their gen­eros­ity, the library has been able to enhance ser­vices and out­reach to the public.

If you would like to become a mem­ber of the Friends so you can attend the “Mem­bers Only” event, you can join at the book fair or at delawarelibraryfriends.org. Lev­els of sup­port range from $15 per year to a $250 life­time mem­ber­ship. And you can turn any mem­ber­ship into a fam­ily mem­ber­ship by adding $10. You can also pick up a mem­ber­ship appli­ca­tion at any library location.

As a reminder: The library will be open its reg­u­lar hours through­out the Delaware County Fair, includ­ing Jug Day. Stop by to pick up a best­selling book or block­buster movie, bring your chil­dren to story times, or sim­ply enjoy the ambi­ence of the library.

As a spe­cial treat for kids, the children’s staff at the Delaware (Main) Branch have put together a Lit­tle Brown Jug Scav­enger Hunt that will take place all day on Thurs­day. At 4 p.m. on Jug Day, join us at the Delaware Library to watch some pop­u­lar and cur­rent animé series with your friends. This month’s fea­ture is Hetalia.

“LEGO Club: Angry Birds” will be held from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Thurs­day at the Orange Branch. Kids aged 7–10 are invited to design their own angry birds with LEGOs. Call the Orange Branch at 740–549-2665 to pre­reg­is­ter to attend this fun event.

Did Betty Grable play Dolly Levi in “Hello, Dolly!” on Broadway?

Yes she did, accord­ing to Broad­way: Its His­tory, Peo­ple and Places. Betty Grable was a replace­ment for Mrs. Dolly Levi from June 12-Nov. 5, 1967 dur­ing the orig­i­nal 7-year run of “Hello, Dolly!” Oth­ers who played the part of Dolly included Carol Chan­ning, Gin­ger Rogers, Martha Raye, Bibi Oster­wold, Pearl Bai­ley, Phyl­lis Diller and Ethel Merman.

How many kings and queens are buried in West­min­ster Abbey?

The Com­plete Idiot’s Guide to British Roy­alty notes that there are 17 Eng­lish mon­archs buried in West­min­ster Abbey. They are Edward the Con­fes­sor, Henry III, Edward I, Edward II, Richard II, Henry V, Henry VII, Edward VI, Mary I, Eliz­a­beth I, James I, Charles II, Mary II, William III, Anne, and George II. Many poets and writ­ers, as well as other nota­bles are also buried in West­min­ster Abbey, includ­ing Robert Brown­ing, Charles Dick­ens, Thomas Hardy, Charles Dar­win, Sir Isaac New­ton and David Liv­ing­stone. In order to be buried in West­min­ster, the Dean of West­min­ster must give his per­mis­sion, and only ashes are permitted.

Who invented the pencil?

I searched one of the library’s online ref­er­ence books, Inven­tions and Inven­tors (Gale Vir­tual Ref­er­ence) and found out that the ear­li­est pen­cils date back to the ancient Greeks and Romans, who used flat cakes of lead to mark faint black lines on papyrus to guide writ­ers. In the Mid­dle Ages, peo­ple used thin rods of lead or sil­ver for draw­ing. The mark­ing abil­ity of graphite was dis­cov­ered in the 1500s, and the first mod­ern pen­cil — that is, a pen­cil con­sist­ing of a wood case glued around a stick of graphite — was made in the late 1700s. In the mid-1800s, William Mon­roe, a Mass­a­chu­setts cab­i­net­maker, invented a machine that cut and grooved wood slats pre­cisely enough to make pen­cils. About the same time, the Amer­i­can inven­tor Joseph Dixon devel­oped a machine that smoothed the sur­faces of the pen­cils after the slats were cut apart. In 1861, the first pen­cil fac­tory in the United States was built in New York City by Eber­hard Faber.

If you have a ques­tion that you would like to see answered in this col­umn, mail it to Mary Jane San­tos, Delaware County Dis­trict Library, 84 E. Win­ter St., Delaware, OH 43015, or call 740–362-3861. You can also email your ques­tions by vis­it­ing delawarelibrary.org or directly to Mary Jane at mjsantos@delawarelibrary.org. No mat­ter how you con­tact us, we’re always glad you asked!

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